New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-24
ART-ELOQUENCE.
ROYAL ACADEMY SPEECHES sY -
BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH nm
ROSEBERY, THE PRINCE On
WALES. SIR FREDERIC LErcu-
TON AND MR.. ANDREW
LANG

LANG
London, May
The Royal Academy Banquet Is comm.",.
thought to be the most interesting banous, !.
the year, attended by the most distngu,,'s
company. 1t is sometimes even put forw.,a :.
an exception to the rule that public dinner. -
dull perhaps in England the only rule 10 vh,.,
there is no exception. There are however d..r."s
in everything. The speakers at any rs,. -
some Of them. are sure to be eminent, ana ~.
make their best speeches. The banous, !.
Saturday was a very good specimen: one q, ~.
best in fact, and 1t may be worth while to r,,..
for moment to something Of what was said
A new orator has been discovered Hs =.
peared for the first time at the Royal Acadsr,
Banquet on Saturday evening, In the person :.
the Bishop OF Peterborough. Dr. Creighton n.
episcopal title recalls the fame Of his predsc..
sor in that diocese. DR.. Magee afterward for ,
brief period Archbishop OF York DR.. Mac.
ranked as ore Of the first three speakers IN N.
House OF Lords Dr. Creighton has either M,
cared TO speak in that august body or has faileh
to attract attention; speaking, perhaps, when ma
reporters were present, and before that quorum
of three In which the legislative wisdom Of tn.
hereditary chamber Is sometimes concentrated
In the printed report Of the Bishops Academ,
speech there is no passage Of surprising Ella.
auence There are passages Of point and sense:
there IS a pure and vigorous dlction, there a
some ORIGINAL thought All these together do
not necessarily make an orator.
DIR. Creighton probably owes part OF his sud.
den celebrity to his voice and delivery to an
clocutlon which made him everywhere audible
and TO presence which Is impressive
and agreeable The speech had, moreover, the
browning merit Of brevity. II was less than ten
minutes long. and into this less than ten
minutes a good deal WIS very neatly packed
Very neat. for example, was the contrast between
fine artist and the politician The Bishop
thought It a peculiar privilege Of the academi.
clan that he did not put forth his products In
detail. but launched them all at once and chal.
Ieneed n verdict on the labors Of a year. This
10 followed with the daring suggestion that, IN
like manner political speeches should be limited
70 onc week IN the year. II imagine" added
Dr Creighton. that politicians would shrink
from an ordeal which the higher conscientious
ncss Of the artist readily accepts" II that vas
Gathering 10 the Academy there was nothing
obyeoulous in the remark that English art should
retain all that Is large and sound in Its old trad
lions ana yet SuDW al iihAAh "'N~~'NJ ~ "'-"'"b
now experments There was. he thought IN
the exhibition Of the year no loss OF old quail
ties. there was every sign OF vigorous effort TO
discover new regions and 10 suodue' Inc view
sooms saneuine but the Bishop RECEIVERS himself
in his declaratio that instead Of clumsily pras-
ing the works about him, he would simply ei'
press his sympathy with their AIM
That Is safe and adrcit II is almost AWAY
safe and also fair 10 assume that the am -
good. And It may be said In passing tnat tne's
&c in truth II not much more origihah'y 'haa
| ~ old in the pictures OF the year al burning
ton House. a good deal Of eccentricity' Ihs
motto Is often forced. the struggle for noVelV
| o,.,dent Tho artists who have not an assures
nos,tjon. or who feel their popularity eo0ls'
have sought 10 obtain or 70 recover a noa on ING
nubuc by mere audacity. That tnlng snoaS
| be true is not enough; 1t must De new snu y
.,,,s, nossess those qualities which aHest
the careless spectator at first sight, ins sA'
hibtion is competitive; II lacks serenity anu ~
first impression is not one OF conscious anu ".
| scientious power, but OF anxious rivalry ""c
co,r-assertion. OF art for arts sake you see 'e''
than YOU would Ike; Of art for the a''s' saAr
FAR too much. These are themes Oh "H''"
bishop might have dwelt II anyoouy' Ou' NV
,ho ACADEMY dinner. At the Academy onD.'
,.,,, arc a guest; and II you are called up'" "
| s,oar ,ou are under tacit oohgauoh " So,
,h,,gs apreeable to your hosts. Inc p'e"' "
po,orborouch was as outspoken as soou """
,ors would permit. and he took the sung 'u' '.
bis criticism by disavowng all claim 10 spea"
or,,ic or 10 a critical knowledge OF arr.
rord Rosebery has long been known as oHs ',
| o.. ,,,,,o- snealers in England ana
HE sneech at the Academy will add sone'nls ~, -
49,. ron,,ation He has. among other uselu'
gifts the gift OF being amusing and insu1sI 81.
.. ,ha same time. A good example OF II y -.
protest against the rapidly spreau'"s
Of the English landscape ,,,s..,sr
",rhe other day. on returning from 'ia"..s -.
ros deenlv and hideousy impressed WIN =.
fact that all along that line OF railway -. "a
! NJ q pleasing landscape was ruiheu y! ,,,,ov
the public to save their constitution ou' ,.,,oo
their aesthetic sense by constant "fF
Of a particular pill. ,rvng :,
He had heard that the same hrlh "e,@ 'r.-,ns
vuIearize the sea as well as the lanu' ~ ma
everv ship a mainsail free, inscrioeu W. "a,
name of the same pill. The shipS m.
! seen. Fishing smacks and small p'a'' ,,s,
| coast have. with this medicinal iese"u r.rp.h
| canvas The watering places o'' bsth.
coast are covered with them; me We. ~ ave,
ing machines. as we'll as boats pa'".'- UNA,
With the odious name Of the plll-ila"e IA
asked Lord Rosebery. would Turner say s,,n h.
70 see the luggers and coasting vessels "I ~sslc.
loved and lovingly painted mace Wv =. yh.
Cor odvertising a quaclI medicine! Inc" ..
-, ,ha word "ouack" because 1t Is ao"y "a,
and substituted IA medicine OF whicn .S., h.
know the properties He mentioned nuisance 'a.. CO
had seen in America the same soF' % Tngland
which covers the railway margins i, friend
u no were not so good and enthusiast. LAD.
- America he might have used To- the
,,roeo Of America than Of EnsIanu' ,..cusr.
DOMINATION is the greater and more - much
there-perhaps because America = ~ nna
bIeeer. He said: IAN advertisement, u states
common I am sorry to say. In the o" s.s.ucs Of
and speak with reverence in the p,,yt
the Ambassador OF that great comhiu ,,..,v that
Wen. neither here nor at home is II 'n ,,lI hsu
remonstrance or rldicule or indisIla'O' - spspy