New-York tribune., 1891-05-03

used as they have been used in the last TWO
months then IL will be not the loss or delay OF
Home Rule but. within our generation, we may
bid farewell to Irish liberty. Irish ASPIRATIONS
Irish hopes"
The House Of Commons has toiled all the
week and passed the fourth clause Of the irish
Land Purchase bill. 1t rains amendments and
dull speeches, but everybody admits that the Dill
will pass and even the Radicals are weary oil
obstruction which they know to be futile. y"
understand" said the Leader Of the House, with
one Of his rare flashes of humor, " that this Dill
is to be discussed but not opposed" Mr GLAD
stone, who disclams responsibility for the pro-
ceedings of the party which he Is supposed 10 lead
seemed ill-pleased with this innocent remark. Inc
discussion has been carried to such point that
the Government has now asked for and obtained
all the time of the House till the bill is passed
This request occasioned incidentally test vote
on the woman suffrage motion, down for Wednes-
day week. Mr.. Smith thought himself bound to
reserve that day, perhaps from gallantry, but
Sir Henry James moved to take that also for the
Land bill He carried his motion by ffty-nine
majority, and that disposes of womens rights
for this session-a good weeks work
That section Of the temperance party which
favors confscation of publicans' property has also
suffered defeat. The House voted for compensa-
ton where public houses are closed on pubic
grounds, by seventy-nine majority.
Outside of Parliament and inside too. free
education has been more discussed privately than
the Land bill The more stubborn Tories are
angry with the Ministry for taking up the ques-
ton. They have done their best to organize
opposition Yesterday they held a meeting under
the lead of Sir Richard Temple. hut adjourned
sine die after some discussion, without 50 much as
passing resolution. The truth is, the country
has responded with eagerness to the cry of free
education. The parents of school children are,
like true Bntons, overioyed at the prospect Of
escaping the small payments now exacted The
Gladstonans must support the proposal, and the
twenty-three Tories under Sir Richard Temple
will hardly be match for the rest of their own
party, backed by the Liberal party and almost
the whole country Even clerical opposition
makes but little noise.
The question whether anybody connected with
the Evelyn-Hurlbert case would be prosecuted was
again put to the Attorney General in the House
of Commons on Thursday. lie assured the House
that the evidence was under the consideration of
the Public Prosecutor, and referred to the report
that the plaintiff had moved for new trial
Sir Richard Webster is evidently uneasy. and his
position is peculiar 1t is quite possible that he,
whether his own client ought to be proceeded
against for perjury. Not only he Mr. Hurl-
bert's counsel but he expressed his belief in his
clients story belief of which he has a monopoly.
Nobody else has been heard to express belief in
it, nor is Mr. Hurlberts temperance in London
society expected until he has discovered Mr. VII
frid Murray. produced him, and proved that he
was the author of those so obscene letters of
which the handwriting cannot be distinguished
from Mr. Hurlberts. This eminent American.
who has done his country so much honor, Is
expected to sail on Sunday for New.York.
The New Gallery opened its doors on Wednes-
day for private view, and on Thursday to the
prblic. Tie verdict of the priva nd the gen.
eral public Is the same-that this gallery con-
tinues to attract and to exhibit some of the best
and most original art work of the year. Paint
ing has been carried on all winter under difficult
conditions, for the weather has been abominable.
Many pictures destined for the New Gallery and
the Royal Academy remain unfinished. Some of
the best men are, nevertheless, In great force.
Mr.. Burne Jones in The Star of Bethlehem,
great expanse Of water color, gives us once more
his favorite ascetic types of men and women, con-
ceived in the devout spirit Of the early Italians
and drawn with extreme skill. The composition
is one Of high ambition, justified by success. yet
it fails to appeal TO the modern mind. 1t goes
to Birmingham. What Birmingham will make
Of it remains to be seen. Mr.. Alma Tademas 5
"Love In Idleness," is Graeco-Roman, as usual,
with ladies of the period. and with marble
and flesh and foliage of all periods,
each in its own way admirable and perfect,
with the glow Of pure sunlight over the whole.
Mr.. Sargent the American who lifts aloft and
keeps alight the lamp CT American art in England,
has portrait, unnamed, which is to the Philstine,
no doubt, stumbling-block This seated girl
In white, with her wan face against a brown, pam
elled background, is, nevertheless, painted with
astonishing force, simplicity and subtlety. Most
portraits in this gallery are but moderately sue
cessful Mr. Richmond. If he has nothing so bad
as his Bismarck, is often almost at his worst Mr.
Herkomer who had an admirable subject in Lady
Helen Ferguson, has contrived to leave out the
distinction so characteristic of his sitter. Mr..
John Collier has. as usual, painted what he saw
with fidelity but character Is no more in his line
than in Mr.. Herkomers. Mr.. Shannon, always
plausible. and sometimes brilliant. has found a
subject to his mind in the young Duchess of
Portland. and another totally different in Miss
Clough. the admirable old lady who was the first
principal of Newnham College Mr.. Watts sends
one work, "The Mikes Founding" strangely
delicate, dreamlike and impressive; and there are
many others.
The Royal Academy Exhibition, of which the
private view took place on Friday, is good one,
all things considered. 1t is always thought neces
sary to single out some one work as the picture
OF the year, and this year it is without doubt,
Mr.. Luke Fildess The Doctor" The t.eme-
that of a dying child in cottage, the doctor
watching the PATIENTS not agreeable, but that
only makes the popularity of the picture the more
remarkable The artist has treated this hack
neyed subject with vigor, with energy, and with
sincerity The quality of his work is high, GER
tainlv higher than in any previous picture by Mr..
Fildes Sir Frederick Lcighton's two mythology
cal paintings have many great merits, but general
nonnlarity is not among them. Sir Everett Mil
lais has two good landscapes and four portraits :;
one. of an American lady, Mrs. Chamberlain, not