The New York Herald Newspaper, April 4, 1875, Page 6

TUE SALON OF 1875, A Peep Into the Paris Studios. Review of the Works Prepared for Exhibition. Seusation Pictures of the Year. FAILURES AND SUCCESSES. Exhibition Works of the Amer- ican Artists. —— meet: BP Eee RB. Cordier’s Great Monument for the Mexi- can Capital. Paris, March 14, 1875, As the day |s close at hand when the works pre- pared for the Salon must be delivered to the jury, Jt das atruck me that a preliminary notice of them right be acceptabie to the readers of the HERALD. It is mot customary thus to anticipate the opening Of the Exhibition, but when it is considered that Not one-half of the pictures that will be sent in can be admitted, and that the operation of an un- Just ana arbitrary regulation will exclude large number of meritorious works, my motive for de- parting from the usual course will be readily appreciated. By the uninitiated. portion of the public the rejection of a picture by the jury is but too generally accepted as a conclusive proof that cne work has noi been deemed worthy of exhibition. Now, in many cases nothing can be more unjust than this as- sumption, When it ts remembered that every artist who has received the medal is exempted jrom the jurisdiction of the jury, and is entitied to send tn three pictures annuaily, a privilege of which but few fail to avail themselves, and that the numver of works which are thus certain of ad- mission amounts to about 1,500, it will be seen that the question of space has more to do wita ‘the rejection of pictures than their actual de- werits. The total number of works occupying wall space exhibited last year was 2,628, and of these ooly 1,852 were ot] paintings. Ifto the num- ber of privileged works sent in by artists who are hors concours we add those of the pujils of the leading masters, whose influence is certain to secure them admission, it 18 clear that many excellent pictures which have neither influence nor privilege to back them must aiways be re- Jeeted. The Exhibition of last year will long be Memorable for the maby acts ot injustice that Were committed in this way. While works of an inierior character were not only admitted, but ob- tainea places on the walls, which only served to render their worthlessness the more conspicacus, Others of vastly superior merit were eitner re- jected or hung uway out of signt. No one is more ready than I am to admi: tne perplexing character ‘of the duties woicn devolve upon the jury and Hanging Committee, but J cannot help expressing My surprise that the well founaed complaints made year aiter year on this head should not have resnited in some attempts at reiorm, But, as 1 have inatcated, all these minor grievances merge themselves in that of the unfair monopoly of space. The privilege exercixed by the artists who have received the medal, of sending in three pic- tures is neither beneficial to theirown mterests nor to those oi art. They spread over three large woiks, often hastily conceived and as hasttly exe- cuted, to suit the exigencies of the picture deal- ers, the strength and intelligence which would more profitably for their reputations be concen- trated on a single picture. But it ts unnecessary for me to dwell further on this point. [t is not likely that anything I can say willlead to a renun- ciation of the seifieh advantages arrogated to themselves by the heads o1 the profession. If the reform comes at all it must come from the latter, and neituer in france nor el-ewhere that I know of hag the hierarchy of art shown itself very con- siderate toward beginners. In the meanwaile it seems to me that the press might do much to alleviate the tojastice of tne present state of things. 1 see no reason why it should not pass outside the jurisdiction of the jury and suppiement its decisions by awards of its own. A fuirly critical notice oO! a work rejected under the circumstances | have de ved, would, in the columns o! & journal of cnaracter, be at any time equivalent to the so much coveted medal, in time people would even come to regard it asa surer test of the merits of an artist. I re member the period when the H#RaLp inaugurated this tribanal of iast resort in New York, and when, setting aside the awards of the Committee of the Nationa! Acacemy of Design, tt fearlessly exposed the favoritism which at one time prevaiied im that institutiou. From tuat period dated the pros- perity of art in the United States. Young painters of merit, who would have been crushed out by the exciuaive spirit of the wonopoliats, took courage, and uncer the genial epcouragement of the news- papers, broke down the artificial barriers that had been opposed to their progress. Look at the present condition of art in our country ana com- pare it to what it was twenty years ago. Its present Nourishing circumstances are due not to the Academy, nor to the academictans, but to the Independent efforts of the members of the profes- sion itseli—encouraged and sustained by the press. It has often struck me that what has proved use- fui and venet wo art in our country would tf vrougat to bear on the avuses to which I have drawn attention at this side do much to elevate the younger class of Frenci artists from tne de- pression and discoursgemest under which they are laboring, aua to smooth, If not entirely remove, the obstacies of which they complain. Were the French journals to cast aside the footish prejudices to which they have so jong ciung in connection with pablic exhibitions and art juries and enter upon the task of iudependent criticism, it would do more for the encouragement and welfare of the pro- jevmon than can ever be effected by artificial stimulants. They are now under a republican form of government, and in art a8 well ag in other things, republican notions and republican prac tices should be in harmony. In this spirit and With tuese views [now proceed to carry out an idga whien has long veen a favorite one Of mine, and to give to the MReaLD, If not an anticipatory | review of the Salon, at least of the principal works ‘Which have veen prepared for it, As many of these ‘Will, 1m accordance with toe aus! Habit, be cer- toimly rejceted, the disappointed artists will at Jeast have the consolation of reflecting that an American journai will have dove them the justice which will bave been denied them by the jury, I om im hopes that the example thus set may exercise its due induence on my confréres of tbe Frenc. Press, and induce them to exercise for themseives in relation to art a judgment waolly freed from the iaduence of the onques and coteries that Mave .bitherto dictated the law on these matters. In my Vis'ts vo the studios this year Ihave been struck by the predominance of portraits over sodject protures, This is to be accvunted for ine great measure by the depressed condition of things, and rhe diMeulty thas artists find tn dis posing of their compositions, if you inquire of apy of the leading picture dealers they wil ten | you they are selimg wotning engravings or photographs, and their chie! subject of lamenta- ~rom ta the {ailing of thet has taken place im the merican branch of their trade, In such ® state of things artists are ‘Pdisposed to undertake works of importance, and thez nataraily [al back, | . NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1875—QUINTUPLE SHEET. asa resource, upon portrait painting, which nas | always been considered tue staff of the profession, | It ean bardly be to this necessity, however, that | we owe the picture which is destined to be the | sensation of ibis year’s Salon. I allude to Bon. | pat’s portrait of Mme, Pases, which, though it bas | not ag yet left the artisi’s studio, is already the universal theme of discussion in art circles. Tue lady who bas been so fortunate as to be aclected jor this distinction nas flue express'on, but not regulurly bandsome features, She 1s tall and | commanding in appearance, and the costume in which she ts painted—a iong, white satin robe, | bordered with Russian sable—sets off ber figure to ihe greatest advantage. It ig in the faithful re- produetton of all the winute traits of resemblance | in face and figure, amd in the wondertiul tdeilty of the flesh tones and tissues that the cuaning of the artist 1s shown, The mght arm and flowing | sieeve stand out from the canvas witn such | startling etfect that the spectator is, in spite of | himseli, induced to approacs the canvas to make sure that he is not gazing on an iliuston, The ism of this picture approacnes too closely to a photographic effect to entirely satisiy those who preter broad artistic resa:ts to minute elavora- | lion; butit will, neverthe'ess, capture the crowd and increase immensely the popularity of | this already much-csteemed artist, M. Bon- nat hag also ready for the Salon @ cartoon painted for the Palais de Justice, which ts broadly and vigorously (reated, but which, like his famous Christ, will be seen to most advantage at @ dis- tance. A visit to the s'udio of Bouguereau, alter leaving that of Bonnat, affords one all the pleasure ol striking vontrasts, The works 0! the former are Qs fall of poetry and sentiment us those of the latter are startlingly realistic. The turee pictures which Bouguereau has just completed jor extibi- tion are not, perbaps, in nis most forcibie style, but it is impossible to conceive anything sweeter or tenderer than their treatment, One oi them, a Hoiy Family, seems ike an inspiration, 80 divinely beautiful is the face of tho Ma- donna. The aliegorical picture “Flora and Zephyr” is less to my taste, perhaps because Loare little for this class of pictures, but in com- position and handling it is as carefully treated as the other, The “Baigneuse”’ i more vigorously painted, and forms the link between heaven aud earth in this galaxy of beantiful conceptions, It 18, 1m short, a type of physical perfection nourisned on something more substantial them nectar and ambrosia, Boulanger has just completed tor ex- hibition anther picture Of the lue of Imperial Rome, to serve as a pendant to bis much-admired work, “Tae Applian Way in the Time of Augustus.”’ It represents the women’s apartment in @ Roman house, which, as our readers are aware, Was taboved to all bat the master of the family. The mistress of the estaoiushment 1s seen seated in rhe centre of the room, reposing herself duringthe heat of the day and enjoymg tue cool- ness Of @ jountain whieh Sends its spray badbiing into the air, while her children and slaves are en- gaged in ihe pursuit oi Lueir various avocations. At the open door appears tue husband, just ree turned to visit hig family, but still apparently ab- so; bed in Lusiness, as he ls seen poring vver his tablets. As a picture of the hebits of w civilizauon enurely diferent aod jar removed irom our own the work is fall of ipterest, and Lt trust that M. Boulanger will coutsue his lavors in the same directi n. The consetentious studies Walch he makes Jor these pictures necessitate ire- quent visits to Rome, and i only ‘ear that be will be indueed to abandon tiem by the interraption whien toey cause to ms other occupations, Dubufe confines bimseli to portraits this year, He as three neariy ready for the Salon, one of Mme. Alired Arago, another of Baron Gargan, and @ third of tae Comte Je Marvis. Tnat of Mme. Arago is three-quarier size and is ad- mirabdle as a likeness, There is no attempt! at e! fect in costume, a3 in the three superb fuil length portraits exhibited by the same lat year, but the picture wilt tue leas reiisned, owing to its simpic truthiuiness. Of the male portraits it is unneces- sary for me to say Maneb. Ip ove of them, that of the Comte le Marvis, the costume of the Imperial Guard affords an o: portuaity .or the introduction Ol some fine effevts oi color; bat otherwise these | pictures wili peraaps afford bat litte interest tor the genera! public, Merte will nave but one Work for exhinition, as he has been absent ior some time in italy, It 1s an “#stser and Abasuerus,” of rather limited dimensions, spirited in concep- tion and treatment, but to my taste rather hard in tones. Detaille, Meissonpter’s young pupil, Cui- of Morsbronn” made~ on last year, 18 finishing for exibition er flue piciare entitied “Le Regi- ment qui Passe.” tue sceve ts iaid’at the Porte Saint Martin, past which the Fiity-fourth regi- meot of the line is seem Marcuing rapidly, tue colossa! drum major swingtug his baton around his wead With (he usual energy and altracting the awe-sirickeu regards of tne small boys of the pavement, wo are seea darting in and out of the crowd to gaid the dest possivle point of observa | tion, Among the spectators grouped in a corner | are to be remarked Meissonuier and his turee | pupils, Detaie, Gros anu Courant—all admirable ukeuesses, The great feature of the picture is | the air of rapid movement which the artist bas | succeeded in imparting to this large mass of | humau figures. ihe easy, swinging gait, 80 | pecular to the French golaiery, and which | makes it such @ pleasure to waccn their progress througt the strects, ls as perecuy reproduced as if the spectator were gazing on the actuality. T need hot +a; that tae piciure is @ commission, as | for @ long ‘ime to come the young artist’s produc. | tious Dave been bespoken. He 13 barely tweniy- one years of age auq yet he has already attained acelebrity which secures him the Income of a Veteran Oj the projession. His master, Meissoanier, lregret to say, does not exnioi. this year. He passes most Of his time at his residence at Poissy, where ne is painting bis picture of the *Uuirassiers at Ratisbonne.” Wile the snow lay on tue ground he Was constantly to be seen painting In tie open | air, much to the discomiort of his models. Next | woek ne loaves for Lialy, Where he proposes to re- | main for @ coupie of months. He is erecting a maguificest mansion and stume on the Rue de Vigny, overlooking the Parc Monceau, on which | | whose “Charge of the Ninth Regiment ot tr rassiers in Viliage such a se he is expending upward of 4 million Of irance, He has « mania fur busiding, which, nowwithstand- | og che eUOrmous income Which he earns iD his proiession, will always keep him poor, Henner has three admiracle Works for this your's exhivt. tion, it 15 reireshing to fad so much natreté combined with so much talent as this artist dis- jays. Tue man isa genius, but if you were to | fudge him by bis appesrance aud manuer you | ‘would be fuclined to lauga at (ne assertion. He erally acts a8 @siowman (0 his own pictores, | Treating indulgently thts peculiarity, when, oy the bye, 18 not Uncommod With artists, One Cans | not nei) acmitting that M. Henver is @ wan of | uacommon glits. Strange to say, there is arefivement, delicacy and poetic inspiration | in everytaing he attempts which compels respect and admiration in those who migat be | tempted \0 laugh at his eccentric: Take, jor Instance, the picture Woich ne entitn ‘Uu Reve.” | Ihave never seen avy subject more sweetly aud | tenderly baudied. Ihe fesh tones of the figure | are periectly marvel.ous, and the whole pic, ure 1, | in short, of @ qaality that entities itto be coa- | sidered @ che/-u’wuvre, Auother Work imvended | tor the Salon—a temale head without any trickery of adoriment—aiso rivets the atieation of the visitor toM. Henner’s stauto. It is the portrait of one Of those female martyrs Who pass tarvugh jong lives of grie! aud suderiog without losing their i@ith in bawenity or iaeir love for their feliow beings, How much resignation, charity ana forgiveness is coucentraved cue D o- paie and Worn seatares, What a # Ger expression illuatines the eye! That portrait Would at once atiract atiemion amoug a thou- saad olner pictures, and the mourniu. beauty of its fea‘ ures stil coutunues to bauct me, thouga it hos [or some time passed out of my sigut. Tae jarze pictare apon which Cabanei vas oven #0 long en- gaged Das at last received the fuishi toucoes, find it will, undoubtediy, be ove of the tuost Im portant works of the Salon, The subject ts “Ab- saloia Swea:ing to Avenge Tamar'—a fae one in the bands of such a master, The iigur are sapercly drawa, and the expression of age ferocity wien ligsts up @ jace of Avsalom 19 «appalling to look upon, in tno treat- ment of we accessores of ti tare M. has shown ane! than bis wsuai care. his subject has enabied him to tuirodues riet Oi rich iabrics, and consequently some fine effects of color. ibe two otner piciutes whica be is sending are a Venus and & lewale vortral', the Jormer being a littie too vaporous to my taste, M. i, Letepvre has & lay reavy for extlol- tion, Which ts treated in a so: hat similar man- | ner, Out with tufinitely more It 18 eutiiied “La Kosee,” al | Goadess of the Morning risiag wiih tae mists, and borne Feciiaing upoa | into the heavens. 1 | anything more graceful . artangement and this gure, M. bre seuds ready resource 0! fleure painters at a | sunject. lawbey does not extibit this yer too ialt of orders to spare time, and veing, be~ sides, as he bimseli quamtly expresses it, Diss rT posed to give elbow roum wo aspirant His genins is a8 young and iresh aa ever, how leew three pictures on bia easels, Whicd, tu g: fui drawing and cusious Kateleuscopic ors of | color, are unepproachaole. Tue old artist pre- | serves all the gaiety aad vivacity of bis early days, and is 4 most amdsing raconteur, He toia me ® curious 6 | in consecton With his — Works, which Tecommead w the atten | tion of picture colleccors in| New York. | alter the last Mnancial crisis our Coanitymen, an enure aud, without aay Mmendaion to him, | 10¢ 10 agk at hid He says that snort: In America one of stranger, called at his 5 ort Of iatroduction or Fr | taformed him that he bed & ser bands, inabey, though somewhy startied at hs | goruptness, polively replied thd ne woud ve happy to ply With Dts requese ii lt was io bie | power to do so, The American iniormed t @ year previously be bad purchased | ou of us works fn Gum ot $5,000) aud 1 thal, baving been ruined by the panic, he to get back the amount waion le fir'tue pioure, He aducd shat ho bad | copy of One of bis paintings by some wel.-skilled | cipal picture has tor subject the reception by the | always seem Lo We to be made sabdsidiary in impor formed by apicture denier that Mm. Isabey bad more orders on hand taan he had time to exe- cute, and that it had strack bim dispose of the rie | for | im, ey, Who is one of the best natured men ta the world, replied that he would do so with pleasure, and desired him to send bum the picture at once, mit are rived he examined it minutely, Dut it was some time belore he recognized the fact that mt ‘a hand and that even his signature had been forged. ‘Tue distress aad wnaoyance Of the owner of tho picture woen he learned the deception can readily be Imagined. The poor man nad evidentiy counted upon the saie of the work a8 @ incans of relie! to tym in bis embarrassments, and he went away thorougtly cured of Mis taste jor tae Hoe aris, Compte, whose gracetul and carefully siudied moyen age pictures usually form 8» Interesting & feature in te Salon, will wot, Lre- | gret to say, exhibit this year, Envrevanche, we shall bave an Alsacian Interior ‘tom his pupll, M. Pabst, Wiierrexsibits not merely great streagth, bat @ rien and playtul fancy, Luminars has two Of Whose severe classical pictures to WRicu bie Bork ous character oj nis mind inciines tim, and which are always to be admtred for their con- scientionsness and mstorical accuracy, His prin- Breton King Morven of the Ambassador ot Louts le Déoonnaire, The plenipotentiary is eadeavor- tog to persuade the monarch to untte his forces with those o! his master in an aggression upon another Power, Morven, @ fred-natred, un- couth-looking ba) bar! somewhat like Ls the Scotch gillie in “ihe Heart of Midlothian,” seems hull inclived to listen fo bis propositions, but he is neid iu check vy fis spouse, & young and benutiini woman, Who, seated by his side, whis- Poe to him counsels of prudence, Nothing can e finer or more artistic than the expression of tue Queen’s face, as, witb ner eyes fixed upon those of the Ambassddor, she leans loving!y upon her husband and seeks to draw bim Irom the totis of the craty diplomat. One such picture as tus is suffictent representation at the Salon for an ar- tist of genius, and therefore I shall content my- self with merely indicating the subject of M, Luminats’ second work, it is entitled “A Raid in tho Middle Age,’ and rep- resents a@ body Of lansquenets ariving of we cattle they have captured, Comte Caiix con- tributes three of his charming love episodea. They are entitled respectively “Le petit chemin qui mene join,” “Bonne nuit voisin’’ and * chers.” ‘hey are all characterized by that play- Ininess Of tanc: ress of pur} and na hess of expression Which distinguish this art works. Mme, Calix sends in a pcture which she entities “Meditation,” aad whicu is of an entirely opposite characce: lo the subjects chosen by her busband., It represents a young and beautiful wowan, with a, Bible lying open before her and meuitating over one Of 1ts inspirea passages. ‘The subject is pleasingly treated, and will interest all who are seriously incimed, Vibert is putting the last foisiing touches to a beautiful lite pictare, entitled “La cigaie et ia fourm,’ which is characverized by the same refined sense of bumor and Gelicacy of treatment which imparted so much value to ms now famous picture, “La reprimande.” There 18 ove str.king mistake in it, however. it reproduces tue priest's face which figured in the jast-mentioued picture, 1 cannot believe that modeis are so difficult to procure or that the artist's fancy 18 80 sterile aa to necessitate whose name he could not learn, and offered him 20,000 frauce ior the picture, on the condition that he wou'd efface the above mentioned portraits, He replued that be would sooner keep the piture toan alter 1 origi plan, ana the party left without offering any remark. Io 1871, aiter the termination of the war, Al. Jules Simon, then Ministre Beaux Arts, placed at thetaisposal of M. Oharies Biune, then director of that estabisinment, the sum o1 the purcoase of pictures trom Freuch artists, M, Luzerge Was asked if be had one for sale, and ne necordingly red his picture of the “F or 4ne Odéou.” The proposition was received with laver, and the price of the picture was fixed by the Director of the Beaux Arts himsel!. The con- tented arts was about to retire from the inter- viow wen Blane, returning upon his deci sion, abruptiy said to him, “I cannot purchase your picture.” “Why not ow replied tie aston- ished artist, “Because you have introduced in tt the portraits of several Well Known Kona) artists.”? Tae artist, recollecting what had occurred to him on @ Jormer occasion in connection with ibe preture, coald not help rejoiuing, “Whom would you baye me put in it, Turke?? “1 thea snatched up my hat aad withdrew,” added M. Lugerve in relauing 'o me this story, ‘“piiying my wniortanate couniry jor having at ihe head of iis administrauve departments men who thought tess of 118 luterests than of those of their party.’’ M, Paul Luzerge, the son of the artist S o whom I have been just speaking, also sends two pictures to the Sa/on—one @ very fine full length portrait of bis mother aud tue other a “Baigneuse’’—that favorite subject of young artists. Mr, Privat, a well Known art critic, exibits an Listorical picture Of large dim: ensions, te subject of which is the Abbé de P Eps demonstrating lis system Of instruction jor the dea! and damo in whe presence of Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette, The work 18 a commission from the government ior the 1ustitution founded vy the ceebrated philanthropist. The story 1s clearly anda jorvibly told, and the portraits seem to be ac- curaie, ‘There ure certain delects of drawing aud coior in whe picture, however, WuJch migul be improved. It is but fair to add that | saw itm an unfinished state and that im all prob- ability the olemishes that 1 no\ced have by this © disappeared, = Saiutin, — whose works are well known im America, sends three plotures, all genre size. Taey ure respectively ea- Uitied “Reflection,” “fhe Flower Girl of the New pera” and “A Portrait o1 @ Child.” They are cuaracterized oy that minute attention to details Whileb distinguishes this artist, and which 1s occa- sionally pushed to the extreme of elaboration, Saintin’s pictures are, nevertheless, always at- tractive, ior he draws gracelully aud iniuses a certain play Ulness 01 Imaginauuon into bis compo- sitioos, Tuny Robert Fieury, the son of @ cele- braced father and himself an artist of merit, ex- hibits only one picture this year—a portrait. 1 regret this ali the more, as he im & young man of great promise. Philippe Rousseau exhibits @ sudject rom La Fontaine’s fables, ‘Le Loup et Sgneau,” but it 1s wanting in spirit and bag Lot # single Louch of humor in it Beard, of uvjects of this kind mucd more me dues not exhibit here this year, nt the important picture on which he has been engaged ior some time past, “La Danse du Sabre,” to the Waliace exhibition in London, Daubigny sends three fine pictures, “The Valley Oi the Scie,’’ a snow piece and a spirited sketch of this repetition. It detracts very much irom the Vaiue Of a work of this kind in tie eyes of connoisseurs and jhould always ve avoided where it is possibie. Gustave Doré 13 finishing for the Salon his colossal work “L’inler,” upon which he has beea engaged 80 many years. It would take more space than [ can devote to the subject to criticise the features of this formidable undertaking. Whatever opinion may be entertained of M. Doré’s merits aS a colurist there can be none as to the genins of his conception or his qualities as a Sreugntsman. He may, with justice, ve styled the Milton of modern art. Fromenuo, lam sorry to say, does not exiioit this year. fits pictures are always in teresting and often instructive. Worms contrib. utes two Spanish scenes, “The Puolic Crier” and ‘Tue Dancing Lesson,’ both of whica are in bis happiest vein. , Of battle scenes we are to have ‘The “Fight at Malmaison,” by ecour aad the Battle of Vilersexel,” by ve euviile. The first of taese pictures snows us the Tiraueurs de la See skirmishing from behind a hedge and eogayed in loading and firing. It is piriteaiy drawn and grouped aud is renderea all the more interesting Irom the fact that the sol- diers engaged were Comrades of the artist and are ail portraits, M. de Neuville’s work is painted with all the conscientiouspess as to details by woich bis pictures are usually distinguished. Of the same class Of works, though not strictly speaking @ battie scene, ts the ‘Londemain oe Waterloo,” by M. Emile Bayard. It represents the interior of @ tarmbonse siab.e filed with wouuded French and Prussian soluiers, all united in &® Community of sufertug. The scene 18 @ ghastly one, Dut it is juli Of strikiug artisue efects. Phe manner in which the wounded men are grouped audia which the ligots and shadows are arranged shows that M. Bayard is #@ master of the resources of his art, iis picture will rank among the best exuio- ited this year, Léon Perrault, @ pupil of Bolgnereav, bas completed ior exiuvition @ very fine picture entitied «Sara la igneuse,"’ a subject takeu irom a poem of Vietor Hugo. Toe only iault i have to flud with this artist is that ne imitates the pecaliaritiea of his master. He Das (alent enough to sirike into an independent manner of bis OWD, aBd be would find ms account init. Carolas Duraa sends in three pictures on which we has lavished all the wealth of bis ine faucy. One Of them—a portrait of a lady—is re- Markable jor the gracelul arrangement of the craperies of the costume, and tae wonderiul fiveuty with which tae texture and glimmer of | the Suks and satus composing costume a bungings are reproduced, Tue same minute tention to detaus is to be found in the picture of the chiid and spaniel—a large work—ihe subject of waich would be sumciently iateresting witnot such prodigality of adornment. 1 think that M, Duran Carries this tendeacy too far, tis portraits tance to tue accessories 0: the piciure and ww be Used merely a8 & pretext ior exlibiting kul in tion Of Color. A work mor “La Fin de 1a Saisor through tbe have just with the sun pouriag down iis ra! trees upon & group of nywpns issued irom their morning bath. The subject is broadly and eMectively bandied and shows what the artist can do When he chooses to from the millinery of his raits, 1am gad tw learn that M. Duran has at present ten or twe.ve Ameri- Cun puplis working assidousiy under nis care. 1 koow no master from whom so much can be | t ed Of Lhe resources Of modern art, With the exception Of Cavanel tnere is certainly no por- Mile, Meise Jaque- toucaes to a portrait unusual interest. young Waliacnian gir of remark- ie ty, attired in her #at onal cos ume. She 1s tue daughter ot Prince Nicholas bibesco, bat it fact than th y Kastern type of her ieatures which oom: of the pictare. Mile. Jaqaemart will send other portraits-one of the Marquis Rochethaion and aaower Ditte—to To ed with broad style of this handing itis Bary to say tl wil o@ wortoy of ver r Artist Woo threat. faanionavie world | ns In that branch of tue projes | sion, M. F, &. Bertier, & pupil of Usva- nel, Whose portrait of Comte Potoski first vrougat | bim inte notice, and Who is DOW eugaged on por- Which hé expects to Dave Anish Exaibition, M, Berti jas brougit bi tim from Spain and _ Italy, has spent several yea an cution Of bis studies, & manner of tr weil known t® comporion, fail Of | Departure of tne | ime of Luis XLV. the operations of the oyster shippers at Vancale, Lawmbinet and the other leading paysagistes are also Well represented. Ribot exnioits a powerful male portrait and a genre subject, “Une Famille Normanue au Cabaret,” which is a good specimen Of ols firm apd vigorous style of treatment, It is ramored that several of the artists whose pictures were rejected last year, and who attrib- ute to personai motives their refusai, intend to send In the works whic they have prepared tor tue approaching Salon under other names. Ido not see Low Cols Will mend their case, I their bew pictures are accepted under a pseudonym it Wil be said (hat they ure better than those ot last season, and are Consequently entitied to admis- sion, it tbey are rejecved it will only confirm tue Justice o/ the jormer decision. ‘Most of our resident American artists are going to try tveir chances with the jury, Tuough @ number of them were rejecved iast year, they are ail, With commendable pluck, making another venture. EKaward May, of New York, who ts one of the hors concours, and whose beautilui picture, now in the possession of Lorimer Graham, our Consul at Florence, attracted so muck attention at last year’s Salon, seems satisfied to rest for @ wulle on his jaurels, and will exhibit merely @ portrait—that oi Geverai W. ‘Tevis, of Baitamore, whose ca‘eer hag been saficientily remarkabie to reuder the picture @ subject of interest to many. Lt is poweruliy painted, and wil! compare favorably with most of tue Works of the same Class in Vhe Salon, Mr, May being noted for bis breadth of bandling and One color, Gignoux has prepared a picture for exhibition, which is entirely out of Nis usual line, Dut NOt the less success.ui lor that, Ivis the interior of the church wt Eire ihe pleasant little French watering at wuich he aud pis family passed the greater part of last summer. Iu addition to this work he will probe abiy seod @ couple of gr oe painted irom | sketches im the same neighborhood. Henry Bacon is putting the Snimning touctes to a historical picture, entitied **The Boston Boys and General Gage,”’ and representing the well known | Lossing. it is by Jar this class that has been this promising young arist. G. P. A. Bealy, the doyen oi our artists, is engaged on @ iuil lengiu poriraitof Mra. Hicks, beautifal and wealiby New York widow, now the belie of our Ameri colony. 300,000 francs for | ‘ ration a8 one cun expect to 1nd In me modern school, Classical correctness being now too oiten sacrificed to the exigencies of fasntonable tas in sculpture trere will be few attempts at grand composition exhibited tbis yeur. basts have become so important a source of reyeuue In _ this branch ofthe arts that but few ellow their ambition to divert their time trom them, One noble work. however, will compensate for the dearth of subject pieces that will mark this year’s Salon, Jaliude to the monument that bas been designed by Cordier in honor of Christopher Coiumdus, and Which ts to be erected opposite the | new railway station in tiie city of Mexico, The | figure of ‘the great discoverer 18 of colos- | sal proportions, as are also those, though on a graduared scale, of the ‘our monks which are to serve as supporters at the base, The | height of theentire monument will be about forty- two Jeet. Lt have séen ail the figures since they | have been cast in bronze and bave been tmpressed | by their simple grandeur, Nothing can be finer | than the efect produced by the principal figure. It ts full oi iile, energy and c.assical grace. In re- gard to the waits of resemblance they may be as- sumed to be correct, for M. Cordier mage a trip to Ltoly and Spain for the purpose of examin: such portraits of Columbus as are deemed authentic. Besides the bronze beuring the Latin inscription’ there are to be two bas reliels on the base of the monument, one representing | the aisembarkation of Coiumbus im America, and the other the constraction of the first church in San Francisco, The monument is to be erected provisioually in front of the principal entrance of the Palais de Vindustrie, where the visitors to tle salon will have an opportupity of critically exem- ining it. Carpeaux, Carrier, Beileuse and the other leading Frencn sculptors are aiso well repre- sented; but, as this letter already exceeds the limits ‘usually allotted to such matiers in the HERALD, | sali reserve for the opening of the Salon the rewarks that Thaye to make on their works. THE LADY WASHINGTON RECEPTION. A “TEA PARTY” OF THE OLDEN TIMB, WHICH WILL USHER IN A GRAND CONCERT AND UN- FOLD A MODERN CHARITY BALL, AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. ‘The most important social event of the senson bas been positively fixed for Tuesday next. On the evening im question the average New Yorker is to be astounded by the unfolding of a programme more extensive and briliiant than any that has set the town agog in ageneration. Peo- ple who gathered up the folds of their garments and stepped into the niches of fame provided for their occupancy by the aid of contemporaries, the accidents of war or the chances of political life, nearly @ century ago, will dismount from ir pedestals and embrace the opportunity to have “a goud time generally.” They will be ma- terialized, “for this occasion only,” in the flesh and blood forms o1 their lin dascendants, wrapped in quilted petticoats and dresses & la Pompadour and en (ram, with stomachers, far- thingales, feathers, diamonds and laces ad libitum, Attending the tbrong of nymphs and graces, our republican eyes are to be gladdened by the sight or gentlemen adorned in the costume worn at present only in the courts of European potentates, Gentlemen in laced coats, small clothes,- silken hose, Japanese cues and spotless ruffles will lend dignity to the spectacie and lead us in imagina- tion back to the days when an aspiration for civil ‘and religious liberty first took possession of our easy-going ancestors. Ons will see everbody’s grandfatuer in the gath- eripg4 and something to remind him of his own in the glass, Every ono will have an opportunity of witnessing the effect they will pro- duce upon their own grandchildren in a genera- tion or twotocome, And wien they have quite settled themselves down to the littie corner they are to occupy when they are pushed aside by the eternal order of things, they will sigh to think of the “progress’’ they are at present 60 apt to flaunt in the jaces of the old. THE MODEST DISSIPATIONS of drinking tea aud eating ices, in which our an- cestors induiged, will be heartily enjoyed in this dream of @ sober and prosy past—this vision of the American Eden, No Owsarian figure with a flaming sword pointed toward a third term and a Crédit Mobilier will Gare encroach upon this charmed ground. ‘ihe air of simplicity and purity which hung around the pa- | triots of @ century gone will be breathed | bere. Mingied with and borne upon it will be the perfumes of a million flowers and the sounds of sweetest music, Rare works of art in marble and bronze wili be ranged about the corri- dors and vestibuie of the Academy, and jountains witn illumined waters, each drop more brilliant than a diamond and laden with rich odors, will fill the picture will not be read the Salon, owing | to the interruption of the tttings oy Uiness; | bul, baving sven the picture in progress, | can say Of it thatit is a Work Of a very remarkable char- acter, and grapples witb difMiculties iu portraiture | and curious eflects of ligat and shade that but JeW artists care to attempt, Miss Gardner, whose “Corinne’’ 1p last year’s exhibition was £0 deserv- ecly admired, ts palnung jor exnibition @ picture entitled “Ine Propietess.” It represen fortune-teller forecasting to-# events of her career, waile ber lover stands by an inverested lisvener. The group is very effectively drawn, and the costumes being , the | arust has bad an Opportunity of introducing some | Of those fine effects of color for which she has 60 loving an eye. Mr. Bridgman, of New York, one of the Mos: promising Of our young artists, has | turned to good account his recent vist to pt. His picture for the Saion this year is “A Daha’ 1 on tue Nile During a Calm.” Four or five Al and Nubians are seen towing the vessel alon, siuggish river, and the edorts which are made oy them offer sume fae studies of etino- Jogical — pecuitarities. stil greater is cr interest excited the distinctive feavures of the atmosphere and of the mys- terious river itself. ‘They strike One with ail the force of actuality. Besides wl Bridgman has finished two otners—Egyptian in- terlors—one Of Wuich is & Commission and the otner intended for exhibition in London. Both interesting, but 1do not like them as well a: Nue picture. The artist hos it in o to reproduce in a series of ux ti art bu i is giving us that of ancient Rome. He has m: such ab accumulation of studies jor th purpose that 1 have no douvt of the complete success 1 annot learn whether ' send anything to the Exhibition this year. I bear that he i painting at his pisce in Brittany an episode of the war in La Vepaée; but 1 am unabie to Jeara whether it will be compleved in tine Saion, Colonel Fairman does not exhibit; but bas “fr Valley of tne Andros co Clementina Tomp- Pitty 0, of B her such /avorable criticism in iast ye con jaitimore, Whose ‘salon, 18 panion plc» voy, entiled, “Le Modbie de ait Artistel” It strikes me to be great advance upon her former © er preture; bot I prefer to see it completed before I pass a fiual yudgment upon it, D. A. Koignt sends ccare; whica be has been paiating in air at Poissy, and whicn he cails “Les Lave: fos de la Setne.” it is Matheson, of gratulate that Mr. Koigot bas can con ue Opportaaity for id growing when i his pictures, He had expected to have veen dition, tae fine picture wul Stewart, of New York, entitica ée;” put his appitcation for It refused, af as be states, the condition bemg acceded toat the time of sale what he should | bave aloan Of it for the Saion, Li the promise Were made to him tt ought to bh been kept, aad | Leanocot help thinking toast a: to blame in the matter, I am sorry to say that | tue popular ater, lou'meucne, Wil ve mare at tne dadon ots ) i competed two beaunul sudueniy summoned away 'o brother-1 A saint So country veteran painter, qa the finianin Oo two tine paysages painted trom skercn’s taken at the celebrated ravine of ene Pais Noir im Frauche Conv, He hus built himset! @ fine hotel and commodiou 10 ou the Boulevard Mout Jarnasse, ond Old Man takes Wis ease, aILer & laborious soeut career. Taere are iew men in the proses sion More beloved oF re#pected, ana while bud complaints are annually heard against tue cou- position of to is ever exprelaed # name removed irom chem. Anotner in- flog Veterad Ol Lhe proiession is Mippolyte Luzerge, the well Known painter of the Oorimta, Waich lave coupled 80 large & space ou the wails Of the Salon jor many years past, Lie sends to vuis y Exhibitwwn another Version of his ‘avor.te neu seems designed to lorm as strikiwg onbas’s )icvare panted ice, and Which was sv much zerge, It avused for its repulsive realism, aM. | wil be recoiievted, is the artist Whv paniod the “Foyer o1 the Odeon,” i which becane nsely popular irom tus iarge Bumver of por- roused I tbe a8 story in conaecuvn with it seems, stil) remains in his to the favor with Wiies It Was and the pov he suppose = ihas tt the governne ‘or ‘The artist telis a this piotura, whica, possession, ‘Ow eo press reason to would be purcnased by the Musée of the Luxembourg, a4 it grouped | towebher the portraits of most OF he Me ba vtlites, poutroal, literary and artistic, of the ca ital. On apmying to the Superintevdent of the Beaux Arie on the subject, he waa told that the Minister bad considered the matter and had cowe to tne | Conclusion that he could not purcaass the pic~ ture, owing to the fact that fort and Lows Uhibao figared among tue portraiin, A Ween OF two after tas refusal @ Giranwer called ubum hin, nm him or ad decision in of bie hin to seize without Lest forcibly those fleeting pecull- mere which are so difficult to introduced in the foreground din is careful Btben~ them the artist whic I bre. fone id by the sugges. tions of Whose pupti hets, I shouid add that Mr. Kuigit is engaged ou & costume pic- ture for Mr. Lippincott, the puviisoer (time Loais XV.) Miss Onesatt, of Philaceiphia, will not ex- bibit this year. She was occupied on @ life size portrait of intended but n Interrupted oy the Lines of her sister and it Will DOW ve ImMposmbie Lo finish it in time. This to be rearetted for Mis Cwatt is among the young American artists of whom high hopes are en' |. her studies in Italy and Spawn i some OF the yeat qua countries. us t her to important me ely exnibiced a female type not in that promise Fesults, Las: year sii head, aud that very a@tiracuve waied if Was han-led, Was 80 re markabie tat it secured r atiention tian @ moro élaborate picture migit have done, Mi ja sends im @ three-quarter ot tral sone excelient quaitties, >! , and has made rapid pro; within the last year. i+ & pupil o reas unaer ony ote tis year are Anarews, of Steuvenvil) Artour. i Ow Americans who are trying their luck Ono; Burd, ot Cuicago; of Indianapolis Pear: of Puladetn bia; i A ot | Boston. sou jew York. None oF 6 | together in tne | | pl aghe ogy : ject. Aa to the chance: ulate, Se euged t were among that f about to Witness anotuer innocents, are two large panei pic © larme gal- Lerea, parte. by lery tp the bue a’. St. Honoré. They are four metres vy t nize, and Gave respectively for subject, “Venus Optam 4 from ¥ for Her Son,” and ‘Miner ve an wispating About the Name to ue Given wo Urty of Athens,” Both subjects are broadly igorousy handied, They are, | Perhaps, 48 G00 Apecimens of this style Of deco woik, Mr. | Egypt of the Pharoahs, just a8 M. Bou- | ‘Picoolu Musico” won | commission from Mr. | #0 youug an artist | pecimens of decerative | the intervening spaces, Youth and beauty will add charms tothe picture, Men and women bear ing Dames illustrious in the annals of the nation wiil mingle in the gay throng. Ladies who have been honored by the friendsnip of the great o: rth will band you the fragrant bohea. 1 at daughters will offer you ices and cakes, y nook will be a bower o/ rarest blossoma, aiia every flower will seem to bloom for you aloue, And if tuere nl _ i as would stil be unbappy, ty them 1 will be jargest ever made under a Upon the tavie used by Washington tary headquarters, whie operating in and New York, will be placed: tbe fora be General | e on the Heid of battle, and | ing stick Was tne property of Jo the first Presiaent of the Continental Congress, Scores of other relics will be placed in conspic ous places and used in forming trophies central decorations. The Massachusetts tabie, 1 the group of thirteen representatives of ti rig: inal States of the Union, toget with the chair accompanying it, was used before the Revolatios in the family of John Adams, The lady who wii ut the Massachusetts table is a lineal | Teprese: dents and will appear i Wale speak- ing of this lady reiereuce may be made to the PERSONNEL OF THE TER PARTY. Mrs, Wasbington wiil be represented by a grand biece of the first President. This representative O1 the wiie of the fir | which President bears a very re- | jy, BISMARCK AND THE PAPACY, THE PRINCE CHANCELLOR DENOUNCES THE PAPACY AND THE JESUITS AS THE ENE MIES OF LIBERTY AND GOOD GOVERNMENT—~ AN EXCITING SCENE IN THE PRUSSIAN PARLIAMENT—‘‘WIIH GOD, FOR KING AND FATHERLAND.” {Beran (March 17) Correspondence of London Telegraph.) This was in every respect 4 great fleld day tn the Prussian Diet, House, galleries, lobby, doorways were crowded an hour before the great topic og the day was broached, and the Prince Chancellor received an ovation, The manner of it was thus:— Reichensperger had spoken somewhat tedio: sgainst the Disestablishment bill, and Falk, for a Minster, somewhat too coarsely in its fayor, Then foliowe\ Von Sybel, always an able end interesting speaker, who had obviously “crammed” a number ot facts and actions highly damaging to the Romanist cause, and expounded the Same in an exceptionally felicitous manner, unmistakably carrying the House with him. He was in the middle of a lively sketch of @ new pub- lication, by Conrad von Bolanden, now being largely circalatea in the Roman Catholic provinces of the empire, and called ‘Tne Enemies of the Realm,” wheu bis words gave rise to such a dem. onstration as J, jor one, have pever dreamt of witnessing at so solemn and staid an Assembly as the Prussian Diet. He satd:— This work contains a description of the persecu- tion under Diocletian—something similar to which is indicated as going on at this very time, The Emperor is an _ old, weakly gentieman; but he has @ Minister, Marcus Trevonius, who Is aiways called “Mark for short, (Ibis pointed allusion to Bismarck's native Province, the “Mark of Brandenburg,’ produced a sensation in tue House.) This Minise ter is, indeed, a horrid fellow, who persuades the Emperor to commit all manoer o! abominable ace tions; @ bald-headed man, siX feet bign, Of devile ish grimuess. (Roars ol laughter.) ‘At last, hows ever, the virtuous Emperor is made acquainted with the real state of affairs, aod commends that “Mark” be at once arrested. The latter tries te Tun aWay, but tumbles into a bog. BISMARCK’S SPEROH, Then Prince Bismarck rose like @ tower; the smile had long since left his jace, which was set in even more than its usual sternness, Let me endeavor to give you bis Own words as nearly as I can in English tous:— Ido not intend to answer the last speaker in & general manner, but only to repy toa particular expression 0! his; and, indeed, oly this because I fear that no other speaker will repeat that sentence, for it bas been alieady too often re~ yeated, and the honorable member is, perhaps, the last man who will repeat i And yet this sentence must be answered, and im @ way that has uot hitherto come to pass. It is the false interpretation Of a phrase in itseif a correct one—“You shall obey God rather than man,!! ‘The last speaker has Known me long enough—he has oimself often said gv, indeed—to be weil aware that | recognize this axiom in its absolute correctness, and (hati oelievelam obeying God whealserve my King—wiom be also formerly served—in virtue o/} the motto “With tor King and Fatherland.” It seems that jor him the three lac ors in this motts bave broken asund: aud (bat he contemplates God apart trom a t and Fatherland. I cannot follow bim on path. (Stentorian cheeriug.) 1 believe that aim serviug my God whea I serve my Kingia protecting the Commonwealth, whose monarch he 18, by God's grace—he, whose duty it ts, im- posed upon him by God, to free his people irom fJoreigo spiritual pressure and to protect its indes pendence against Romish attacks—in the tulfile ment of which duty I serve the King! (Prolonged @ud enthusiasiic cacering.) The last speaker himself must, if he be periectly frank (woich be is not obliged to be in the orator’s tribune, but he will possibly be honorable enough to acknowleage it privately), admit that we do hot believe in ti divinity of @ State idolatry; but neverthele: he does not restrain himself from permitting nis deductions to base themselves upon this perversion Of the truth, making out that we Who sit here believe ina Deathenian State deity. He should bave given & taougnt to his eighty yeurs ere be made such an assertion. He falia luto the same error with whiea ube reproached the Roman emperors who aliowed themselves to be deifed, saying, “The fellow: tar from velieving therein” —and believing in What be said; be ouly led himself Of the 1uustration to praise their rule at the ex- pense of ours, A’ he contemplated producing this effect he found it necessary to represent us as veing heathen. Bat the axiom I have reierred to is not the one realiy tu question; the real ques- tion belore us 1s, “Suall you ovey the Pope rather King?” (oars of applause.) For me there exists a very appreciable dugerence, 80 member. ‘ou oF shall you not serve God more than mant’’ jut simply, “Suall We serve the Pope ta worid! matters whicu have nothing whatever to do wi the weliare of our souls more than we serve King?” Belore 1426 we lived ander the ruie of t Landrecht, which wenta little furtaer than we propose to gO; and these geutiemen (pointing to Jentre) who pretend that they are injaced by the May laws, which don’t o as [ai La recut did, Would do yi latvers very honorably w den) under that to reflec t to giory gewor- ose are Matiers Which ry as toe alfairs of the Roman emperors. It 1s said—and by who make as ii they believed what ihey “honoravie Coristiags, such as we, are maligned to a spoerens poate” All that the last speaker en The come uncer the same catego uit was not in reality en in order that it might be heard here, or ivbt convil ou, gentle but im order tha printed, ytbing th tue last speaker’s mouth spoken elsewhere, wero printed with impunity, is pia extreme fruitful of your speeches here (addressing the Centre). Yoo produce effect upon your audience, and you will certainly not obtain by your ches aBy Other Sort of Mae jority against the te government than tnat ou do not already ak Ta ter.) ister with bis wnsuccessf admire that; besiows laurels in one direction wi sideration, whotuer, they have w markable keue:s to ber grand aunt and will on i this occasion Wear a dress tuet was preseated to | ¢, ies” Welk, Gonuees Martha hington by the gentlemen of the fray tl ¥ pe Presidential Cavinet, This dress has fragment | risy would = tha of history attached to it It is of brow woud be the complaints with w cade, hand embroidered, and trimmed with i vefore all Bur as chemics a point applique lace, Mrs, Washington con- men striving to anuiiiiate the ee sidered it too fine and costly jor wear at her epuous, Where she received many gentlewomen who could ill afford au expensive touet. She wore | 1t once because no woman could resist such o temptation, and then she laid it away for ever. On the evening of the 6th of April this dress will | be worn for the second time, Among the | HISTORICAL FAMILIES REPRESENTED will be the Washingtons, Adamses, Olintons, | Hamiitons, Chews, Genets and Kings, wiih | many otners, New York itself will furnish the | grealer namoer of these representatives, though some will come from Massachuseis, irom Virginia and other and more distant States, Uiten Gescend: of those who lived tn “the times that | iried men’s souis” possess a striking resemolance | to their iamons ancestors, The old ed com tumes to be Worn wii o ten wake the illusion | the likeness inost compiere, Those who bav of rO- | jo dresses of the date to be represented | are busy in prepar.ng others which will be exact | facsimiles of the siy.es then in Vogue, and the | | cost of some of the wardrobes already ordered would startie @ modern belie. No doubt some of | | the modern costumes will be of marvellous rict- | bess, aud the conirast in color and material will | add bo the efectas a whole. it is certainly | A WISE PROVISION on the part of the committee of arrangemenss | thar tue modern full dress shall come within tue | Limits of the regulations in regard to admission, ‘The ancieut cosiumes will, However, be excia- | sively Wora upon the stage in \he tavienux repre- senting the Republican Court in the time of Wash- | ington, which will be arranged during the open- | ing jestivities. Ail the ladies who preside at tue tabies and serve tea Will aigo be attired as were | their Maternal ancestors a hundred years ago. | The auctioneer who disposes of tae Wastington china will be arrayed in ali the glory of those lo — qu rctous geniuses who presided over the sale of | household goods at tue colonial Fendues. THE GRAND CONCERT will be given by two of the most famous bands of the city, stalioned In the balconies, Upon Opposite mides Of the Academy. Operatic seiections and national airs will be piayed walle tes is being served, Promenades will follow and at midnight the dancing will begin, ‘The ladu ud gentiemen who are directia: | Qrrangemenis jor this grand assembiage occupied nearly two mouths in periecting ali the | devas, aud they promise that tae party aud ball Willecitpse any aifair ot the kind ever given in | New York. ‘The object of the Lady Washington Reception, as | moss readers of the HekaLD are aware, isthe | founding Of @ iund jor the vuliding of the per maven’ FLOATING HOSPITAL | of St Jobn’s Guilu, Thousands of sick ohtidren | and their mot were taken Upon the em and were the to Where pure air, but | tn nt ot if rip ah Several nundrea doct rs joined | we Guild's a ve to ait it in ite | Work of iy & id charity, These piysicians | clanm that the Floating Hospital saved euad:eus vin death. To enabie tne Gulid to ie tale hot weather thi matin 18 Courch—now would these | imaginable, ti I had reaily oF @ your Ol Churob will Keep thie im mind nsoever it shail recur), of you have acnieved no successes at all. But either way matters nothing here. We ai one, not in the endeavor to ba w of God we; we believe the ou are concerned. that | Know what the wii God is L oO a Joss of this pal the Order of } moreover, G forewa interferences, and In stan spiritual ireed of the German peop! v of the Koinisn Ord id Of the Pope. And (bis we d ud Fatneriand! (rot some hisses from | HIS MAJESTY COMPLETES THR -RIGRTH YEAR OF HIS AGE. (Berlin (April 22) correspondence o! on Tele. e erapi) The Emperor of Germany compile’ his sev. ency-eighth year to-day, His Majesty received the congratulations of the family of the Crown Prince and Princess, the other members of the royel jamliy and the name- rous German aad foreign princely persouages now’in Bertin, The members of the imperial housesoid and the superior military oMicers wio arrived from th@ provinces aise offered \meir cons gravaations, oun orvio. AMENTS, An Immense crowd collectes before the palace and cheered the Emperor most Astasticalt when he appegred with the Urowa I’rince an. Crown Prineess at the window, The streets are decorated with fags, and there are great preparac tions for @ general iMlumination this evening. aT OoURT. A grand dinner, at which the members of the imperial family will be assembied, wili be giveuia “tue pulace, at Which the foreiga princes will also be present, while the members of their saites will be eu ta bangaet in the royal oastic. the will attend @ perform- sae palace of G1