New-York tribune., 1901-12-29
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
LONDON.
,pR.NoEMENTs FOR THE OPENING OF
PARLIAMENT.

1-pEs BoITGHT BY AMERICANS
METHODIST FUND OF
MILLION GUINEAs.
,o.-,-,r,t. 1901: BY The New-York Tribune)
IsY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.l
,so, Dec 2S.-Arrangements for the OPEN
.ng ~ Parliament by the King on January 16
ere making rapid progress. The government has
s.cided to carry out alterations at Westminster
IN tbe hope of preventing recurrence of the
scenes of ten months ago. when in the eager
rush 10 witness the ceremony in the House of
Lords two members of Parliament sustained Sc
rious injuries. Last February two hundred
representatives of the people were huddled to-
gether under the most unpleasant conditions
but IL IS expected that next month 45S of the
60 members Of the lower house will be enabled
10 witness the proceedings in comfort. The
King has decided that II will not be necessary
for the peeresses to wear mourning January
Is The Queen and ladies Of the court will
therefore appear in colors. and they will be
abled TO add ustre to the scene by wearing
Jewels in the gilded chamber. Everything
points TO more brilliant pageant than
was witnessed when the King went down to
Westminster Palace at the beginning of the
first session of his reign.
Immediately after Easter the work will begin
of preparing Westminster Abbey for the corona
ton in June. One of the most serious problems
TO be faced by the Duke of Norfolk. who
Earl Marshal. has charge of the arrangements.
will be providing accommodation for the multi
tude of persons entitled to witness the
nony. The peers, peeresses and members of
the House OF Commons and their wives will
alone aggregate about two thousand indvid-
uals. and the other spectators will probably
raise The total to three thousand. Ordinarily
he ANYTHING
like this number, and the difficulty will proba-
bly, be surmounted by the erection of great GAL
leries.
. Six important acts of Parliament passed at
the last session will come into operation on
New Years Day. Three of these acts
pecially interesting showing the increasing
regard OF the legislature for the interests OF
children. The Intoxicating Liquors act prevents
the sale of any description of intoxicating liquor
TO children under the age of fourteen. The
Youthful Offenders act introduces new ele-
nnent into parental responsibility. When youths
under the age of sixteen are charged with Of
fences their parents guardians may be sum-
noned with them if there is reason to believe
that they have conduced to the commission of
the alleged offences by wilful default ha bitual
neglect of their responsibilities. and they may
be ordered TO pay fine and give security for
The good behavior of their offspring or charges.
-~ass Scotch Education act regulates the at
tzrlas4,ee Of children at school north of the
Tweed. ~s-r
The everlasting Irish question is likely to oc-
cupy considerable proportion of the time of
Parliament during the ensuing session. The
agrarian dispute is once more to the front in
Ireland. and T. W Russell, NJ. P. since his
tirement from the government has been as
active as any Nationalist in advocating the
cause CT the tenants. The opportunity is
great one for such a clever. astute politician as
John Redmond One of his first moves will be
10 give notice of amendment to the Address.
which will doubtless raise the whole subject OF
Irish administration. The imprisonment of
Irish members of the House of Commons will
afford a fruitful theme for debate, and as the
government shows strong signs of adhering
10 the present policy in dealing with intimida-
ton. some lively scenes in Parliament are an
ticipated.
The winter exhibition at the Royal Academy
will be one Of old masters. Hitherto at old
master shows the first room has been devoted
To British pictures, but next month there will
not be any examples of the work Of painters of
this country A special attraction will be the
devotion of one gallery to the oil paintings or
Claude and a collection Of the French land
scape painter's studies. Another circumstance
that should make the exhibition memorable
will he the inclusion of some famous canVases
never before seen on the walls. Mr.. ]. Pierpont
Morgan's lately acquired Raphael will be among
these. while a whole length portrait Of a. lady
By Van Dvck in his Genoese manner, Rubens
of q man in armor and Velasquez valued
at $4,000 will add to the glories Of the room.
list has been compiled of the pictorial treas
ures Of this country which in the course Of the
last twelve months have become the property
of American art collectors At the top of the
list of course stands Gainsborough's Duchess
Of Devonshire" This beautiful picture. bought
in 1876 by Agnews for f10,6o5. is now in the
possession Of Mr. J. Perpont Morgan who paid
10000 for IFS transfer. Another English treas
ure in Turner's Rockets and Blue Lights has
been secured by Mr.. Yerkes for $4,000. Then
there is Hoppnsr's Lady Louisa Manners"
which was sold in London auction room
in June for 1860 guneas Sir Joshuas Reyn-
olds's Lady Betty Define and Children" has
also gone to America Seven years ago Mr.
Charles wertheiner paid 1000 guineas for
this picture Charles Vilers Viscount Grandi-
SON painted In Van Dyck's English period,
has been acquired by an American col
lector for, it is said, 25,Oo0 guineas; while a
velasquez from the Earl of Carlisle's collection
has gone TO Boston at the figure of $1,000 1t
is known that these works have passed into the
hands of wealthy American collectors. and 1t is
believed that IL certain private transactions
were revealed the list could be considerably en-
larged.
In response 10 an appeal for 100000 guineas
for the extension of the work Of the Wesleyan
Methodist Church, the sum of f722,OO0 has been
actually paid while an additional f1S0,OOO has