LONDON IN AND OUT OF SEASON.

Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7741, 22 December 1890, Page 5

LONDON IN AND OUT OF SEASON.

[ffßOe OTJR COBBBSPOtfDIOT.J LONDON, November L PERSONA*. ; A typical Englinh adventurer has died In Sir Richard Burtou, the Orientaliab and explorer. Few uien have seen aa much, pi the world as he. The only part of the globe he did not visit was Australia. The Standard says of him that had he founded his claims to distinction on almost anj one of the many subjects -which he tooh up, he would have made good hie right to be the rival of thoee who had conli&ed themselves to a single speciality. Yet Tfe learn from the few who were moat intimate with him and knew, how, ; undei a eotnetlmos curly exterior,- there lay a heart of great goodness and a mind of remarkable power. He died without obtauv ing that ample appreciation which he ba richly merited. Yec he was part) 3 to blame for his neglect, tor he was never loth to pat himself in opposition tatbt Whitehall authorities; and ihete wer« ,other; reasons, coo, which militated against hie promotion. It was only Iα 1860 that Lord Salisbury gave blrn i,|ie K.C.M.G., which appears to have soothed his feelings a little. ' ; A man named Thomas Murphy, who died a few days since In an American Hospital, had a romantic history. JpC is twenty years aiuce a sanction Was caused Iα JEngltea society by the clandeatiae marriage olfLady Blanche Noet. the toeauU* ful daughter of the Earl of Gainsborough, with a young organist, Thomas Murphy, whose only resources were good looks, musical talent, aud a lively tanaporament. Murphy was the son of an iris* peasant, aud the Karl would not forgiv* his daughter, who had married beneath her rank. The, young couple werft, jtc America, and' there for maay years they gained a scanty livelihood, ho teaching; music and she writing tor magazines and papers. The name of Lady Blanche Murphy became a familiar one in American current literature, and as her husband became an invalid, she was for many years the chief bread-winner of their little home among the New Hampshire hills. Bath shrank from notice, and bore their hardships without complaint or appeal tot assistance. At last Lady Blanche hereell fell ill with a fatal disease, which finallj caused her death eight years ago. Hei devoted husband strangled on, but at last disease and poverty did their worJs, and death released the unfortunate. TheJwUl of Sir Richard Wallace bat greatly disappointed people in this country. It is no doubt natural for a man to leave his property to his wife, but Lao's Wallace la French, aud in a' sense It la taking the splendid, collection of arc I treasures away from England*. The Will , leaves the mansion at 28 Boulevard dee Italiens. to his son, Edward Richard Wai* lace, who died two years ago. To Mi John Murray Scott he leaves the sum ol o! £20,000 ;toM. Kmile Jβ Vafceur;,^lo,ooo{ tie Mr Frederick Lucas Capron, £10,000, all free o£ legacy duty. The whole 01 his roalcluary estate asd property,' oi whatsoever kind- possessed ac the time of his death, he bequeaths ta .his wife Amelia Julio Charlotte absolutely. He also charges the Irish estates in Antrim and Down to raise a fund for the perpetual endowment.,of Hertford Hospital at Le Valole Perret, France, 6n its present footing. The efleeft ot the will Iβ generally to raaintata his charitable gifta in France and Ireland, fa ttatu quo. The whole of Sir Richard'a great wealth and peerless collection t oi pictures (which Includes nineteen <ps amplp.a ot Meissouier and Greuze) vests iaJUIg wife at her ow& txee disposlti'sn. The Hertford family era 901 beaeatted in. the smallest degrteS, dad none of the wealth derived from, the lourCh Marquess, Sir rilchard'a, tether, returas to them. Sir Richard Wallace, ia t ßaid_prio'r to hit),death ;ta have expressed. Ma last wishes to bis wife in a muridiy sense to this country with the ultimate dedication of hl& Superb cpUectioua p£ works of arU , ■ A irAthejr curious case was before fcha Cotnknltfcee at> TattersaU's, afc,th£. J%w« market Booms, on 'Thursday, says ftdteh, which had been adjourned from the New* m.ajclysc fctecoad October Meeting. , A •♦Baron*' Gmnebanra claimed £Vim, fcpua Mr Try, the bjjokinaker. whq did mat die* puto ttte bets, but declined fo pay oa the <j«riouaground that the winner mighc not have beta, able to jny had he lost. *Aa Lord Suffolk, who. with tho Duke lof iJcauforc, pat on ,tha Committee, j&thet pertineufely remarked, this was rather like ahuttiog; the stable door after the steed was .'S&fjlaa* -U- a bookmaker doubts & Jjettor's credit,; i; he ..•, Read «. aofi bet wii.i» him. 'Witnesses were filled to prove - tfaafrr XJrupebaumo te, the son of- & Vienna viQ&ntS/le, and; that eltho«gh the plunger had ,afc times «wed 6heri»graioaey th«r p«reofcal bod always paid upland 01 hearing aU the prwiQue aebts toaweß ? settled. In the «nd the Commkttop dealaed O»«AMir f i!ryDauatpay A - '!#:■ : Ifeiai said that the JPrwce pi- W&lm haa not interned his popularity in Attjrtrtebj KoioK oa a visit-to Baroa iiimcb. Xha %dmhttae ia growing Iα Garmany : and Auatro-Hangary, and she peopleit»w with idisfavor aay feoaa? ehown The whole. cfaiug wm the ; nm>M remarkable from the, fecfc thafe . AuKUstue Paget ihae; Been absenbitatn bis -post during the Prince of Weies visit* t» Austria-Hungary, Soma, aay that Sir? Augustus and > Lwly. .Pages ntrongiy objecteti to.be iocl««ie«l=»a»eng Baroa-iiirsch's guests at S6» .Jobenoi aa tble woiiid have «t3smpelled:6h&s* Wjacoro the Baron'e hospitality by a sdeciai dinner afi the Embassy ia -Ylenua. She anti-Seoiitic ogitaciotj is s very Important factor Iα J»s6 now. A great part of die laad to the Jewe by ri«ht of foreclosed., naert. Kaaes; caorcan It be said that they h»ve umd theie threefold power aa eaplt*««ta, laadownere and newspaper proprietyf* ia any way to the puWic sdvattfeiKa, They for the oppressive Protectionism which weighs upon the-epomtrr sad makes living co Xhey ere grinding landlords, aad. ire feopelessl/ corrapfc. .Ite.-wQtMng das®e*ind .the peasantry of .A®*** I*'1 *' \ Huneary have aow beea made to Ktnder* staad this by ontl-Semlte Agitotow, aad a aati Jewish revolt i»'tiM.g«aie. fbe last straw hae been &uppikHl by iha ehameiesaspecnlatioaa ia which toe dfews is»y© indulged in Tiew ot the pmposedien-•SrSm4Bt?-ef ■ Vtenu«i. Nexfc yaar. a aumbar of the suburban eommunee will te Incorporated withla the city. and as * coasequeeee fc&ere will fee tuoch building of fjoesas, laying oafc ol ae# etatwts and purks, ol sramwayavt«lepho»ea t &c Bat it, turns ouj fchet the Jewsifeavfag some years wiadofwhat wae to happen, have bought ap almost every acre of ground la ih© e©w periphery, and th&fe all kliade pi metropolitaa improveineats are 3i«elJ to ba checked or delayed because of the exorbitant prices whieii to© Jews aw eskios for 6h«slr The ©ad of tat matter oral b« th«t a cears® of etriagenl autl-Sfeiaitie leelslatiea wiM be Mttvmpjm, the anfci-eesoifeie iMEttettoaseema to have ! stopped the Mayor i «wtt»se4 *isifc to Tto«. ,'SbB aati Semites of 13s© Towa Coaacli SgMJw* fehafe ttiey would •"* J2SS2KS tooth and nail, any grant for ettlerttJalug Sir Eentf la&usa ; aa<*» ia *&*> result, the clufc tt would b< dispute;}. . . *■" " i*as woßtn. ,

favors the notion, being under the tin* presslon that had we an Academy like the French the English style would be more perfect (like the French), end all matters of literature micrhtbe referred to this Supreme Council. Mr Besant thinks no difficulty would arise in the first instance, as he would be willing, to hand the selection of the forty or fifty to a Committee he names, with Lord Tennyeoaat its bead. Mr Leslie Stephen, one of this Committee, maintains, however, that the establishment of aa Academy is noc desirable. He does not imagine the Academy would be anything but Conservative and hide bound, and as for fixing tiie language, it's just what we «on't want; let usprogrees. The Academy would regard rising geniuses as heretics, and would become a mere Athenißum Club, of dryasdusts and effete fogeys. Mr Archer is inclined to agree withlwth, but thinks an academy would pat a public stamp on letters, and hence should be desired. On the whole the example of the Royal Academy of Arts is not enough to encourage the foundation of an Academy I have received a copy of a book which deals with much the same subject as does "In Darkest England," only in the form of a story. This is " The Decline and Fall of the British Empire," which I referred to last mail as a forthcoming atuaymoos publication by Trischler ana Co. It is a remarkable book, and very well worth studying by all who are interested in ftocial and political questions. It is intended partly as an answer to Bellamy, and at the present juncture ■hoold have a large run. The opening chapters are laid in the Australia of 8880, and describe a trip across the (Australian Continent made oy the hero in that year. Inevitably the position of the Republic is sketched, and then the con* versatlon of the characters taking an archaeological turn, on? suggests that it would be a good idea to go to the old cradle of the race which so few people visit nowadays. It is resolved toga, and 'they make an expedition to England, which Iβ quite ouc of the course of the civilised world. Here they come upon a very medieval civilisation. The climate is horribly severe, the country overgrown with forests, the population meagre, and everything most backward. The reasons for these changes are gradually discovered by the Antiquarians of the party. The Gulf stream was diverted at the end of the nineteenth century by the cutting of the Panama Canal, and the rapid spread of false economic doctrines and Socialism rained the commercial supremacy of the country. Hence her decadence. But here the story passes into action, for the hero pays a visit to a Sybil's cave and goes through a strange metamorphosis after seeing wonderful things. He finds himself back In the London of 1890, and then begins a story within the main plot, by means of which the reader is conducted throughout the whole of the vast ' movements and changes which have gone -to destroy Great Britain, culminating in ( sack of London. Of course the hero, laving lived through all this, returns to his life in 2890 and all ends well. A love atory runs through the tale, which is told [vividly and directly, in parts exhibiting highly imaginative powers. Not only leaders of Bellamy, but those who have an eye for the weird and wonderful, should find their tastes suited in " The Decline and Fall of the British Empire." A new novel by Mrs Walford begins in the November Longman's called "The Mischief of Monica, which also contains an interesting article by Dr Nansen on his projected expedition to the North Pole. Messrs Bentley, who have been monofMlislng the interesting literature lately, advertise " Wormwood," a new novel in three volumes, by Marie Correlli, for next week. They also publish Sidney Cooper's "My Life" in two volumes, and Major Bartello?s life by his brother. A new edition of J. F. Keary's clever story in letters, Called "Lβ Marriage de Convenance," has been issued. STAGE ITEMS.

The production of "Cleopatra" at the Porte St. Martin Theatre, in Paris, has been the occasion of the most absurd f ass in London as well as in Paris. The Standard, with an indecency for which there is no term bat grovelling, gave us two whole columns of rubbish as to how the great Barnum ~I beg her pardon, Bernhardt — looked, and felt and sat and lay and trembled, and so forth. Nothing should drag mc to see the play were it In London at the moment; so wearied am I of seeing "Cleopatra" in the papers. It is generally agreed that Landor and Moreau 'hare made a mistake, sacrificing all real aft- to the great Barnum herself. Moreover, they hare "conveyed " the whole of Act Hl.* which is admittedly the best, from Shakespeare, and Oil Bias Is of opinion that Shakespeare's name should hatve figured on toe bills. The death is Considered outo?, disappointing and disgusting, But this is nothing to Sarah SaT&om. * Mr Montague Williams is said to have written a play and offered it to Beerbohm Tree* We are informed that Mr Tree was Ereatly struck with the plot, which he described as extremely strong, and we believe that he suggested that Mr Williams Aoald incorporate his work with Mr George Moore's "Strike at Arlingford," Mr Moore famishing the characters and Mr Williams the story. Nothing but an impossible matinee has occurred daring the fortnight, but next -week we break out again at the Haymarket with " Beau Austin," and on Monday veek "Called Back"ia to be revived by Mr Tree. At the Avenue "The Straggle for Life " goes off to-night, and " Sunlight axtd Shadow" is put up in its place, a new play by Cecil Carton. ODD JOTTINGS.

law weather has suddenly broken into printer, and ever so many degrees of frost bave been discovered In the thermometers fey genial old gentlemen on the look-out for something to write to the papers •bout. All the leaves are gone from the .town squares, though the country is still Slowing with red and brown. Fogs have 'shot down on us. and rain knows us now familiarly. Also there are snows and tumors of snows in the north, till one tnrings one's hands, and shrieks out upon the woe to come. The winter concerts bave began, and the half-season, like the fall-season, is a thing of the past. The topic of conversation in everyone's tootath jast now is the curious Hampstead Bunder, which upon its occurrence 'was •opposed to savor ot WhitechapeL It »ow looks a very black case for the woman Pearsey, who is under arrest, charged with the crime. If she is guilty, it would be difficult to conceive anything more diabolical than her behaviour. The tete&t rumor is that she has confessed to a female searcher in Holloway Prison. For the time this case has displaced the Bennett murder, as she sensation of the hour; Birchall, who received a letter purporting to come from " The Colonel," confessing the authorship of the Woodstock crime, is- generally'considered to have penned the epistle himself. The man who answers to the name of " The Colonel" has bees found, and turns out to have been in liondooat the time the murder was com* milted,

The old Grcsvenor Gallery, so famed from the "greenery, yallery" days., is doomed. Sir (watts Lindsay writes as follows:— ••Many conflicting rumors having been current lately respecting the future of ! Grosvenor Gallery. I venture to ask your aid to put the public in possession of the •sxangements that have been arrived at for Its future. I regret to say that lam no longer able to carry on the yearly ex-j bibitian of works of art in the galleries oa ttoeoant of the heavy loss it entails on my resources, the outlay consequent on the exhibition being far In excess of the counterbalancing receipts. On this account the present Pastel Exhibition will be the last exhibition offered to the general sablic in my galleries. They will now be taken over by the Grosvenor Club, which, with the circulating library, will henceforth occupy the whole of the premises. It ie with deep regret that I am constrained to forego such efforts as I have been able to make in the cans© of art and artiste by means of these galleiies during the last twelve years. I am, however, confident that the Club now prospering in Grosvenor will enable a large number of pictures, not necessarily works of the year, to pass under the eye of purchasers. It is proposed to hang these pictures on on the walls' of the Club ißaileries, and they will be seen by many thousand peoDie at the periodical receptions of the Club in the coarse of the season, and will be for sale at the discretion of the exhibitors. These pictures will be changed from time to time, and the Club intend, should the scheme take root, to give a yeariy percentage on the capital they cepauent. This proposal forms a part of m. scheme for the leasing of art works, •rhich I hope to pat before the public shortly."