New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-19
NEwyORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, AUGUST 10. 1865.

every day that one has chance to buy bit OF Gobe-
lin wtha story woven into i'll Perhaps some one OF
our readers will take the hint" Mr. Avery has also on
exhibition Geromes original sketch for the picture OF
Diogene's trimming his lantern-now in Mr.. Belmont's
gallery; and fine specimen of james Tissot-Mar.
guerite the Fountainthe only picture by this re-
marka be painter. in America.
ANTWERP DOES ITSELF HoSoR-Antwerp has re-
Gently commissioned its distinguished townsman,
Baron Henry Legs to paint series Of pictures for the
Town Hail. Illustrating the history Of the city. The
subject gives NJ. Legs magnificent and varied field OF
work, which no man living Is able to treat we'll as
he His knowledge Of medieval times Is exhaustive
and bis sympathy with them intense, but it is far more
human than an antiquarian sympathy He is q color.
st-master OF grave and rich chord which makes his
works reflect the CLEAN OF the old Netherlandish
stained glass and mosaic work; his men and women
none the less recall the brave old type OF national life
whose fithialness to duty, Godfcaring earnestnesS
and splendid of wealth have made their country al
most holy ground When will the day come that we
shall have artists able TO paint our noble history and
corporations with souls large enough to wish to see it
paintedi
PorlcHEMAsrE ExrRAoRDIyARY-wil a story about
chinaware find its proper place among these Fine
Ant Iemsi II So our readers shall have it, The late
Duke of Bedford excessively fond OF tea which he
always ready to drink at any given hour Of the day
or night. His particular chum and bOsom-frend was
the we.known Rev. Algernon Peyton. handsome
man Of high BIRTH and great pluralst holding half
dozen livings In the English churchparishes whose
tthes he drew, but whose duties ne paid curates for
peIformiug-and whose chief personal recommendation
II We may trust the enthusiastic exclamation OF the
lnal.coach driver who used to drive him down to his
countr -seat--Or OF thcm-in the old days when
there stage coaches. was the admirable care he
took OF his boots. KNOB i'm. srf Hi know i'm
Wy sir used to ave the best BACKED boots Of any
gentleman in Hengland. STRIP
The bond that bound the Reverend arisocrat and the
great Duke so closely together their mutual love of
tea; but more singular idosynocracy still, was the
refusal Of either drink It out OF any but white poree-
lain teapot. Each Of the gentlemen had mania FOR
collecting white tapots, and in the townhouse of each
wns small breakfastroom In which was an extensive
collection Of eapots of every variety Of shape and size,
and from every mandatory in the world but all agree
ing in dscarding any suspicion of color or tint. Once
every day during the the Rev. Agernon entered
the Ducal mansion and sooner had he and tie noble
owner exchanged sautations than they seated then'
selves In the breakiatroom. and the butler without
waiting for orders, Immediately brought tea. After
n sufficient quantity bad been mbibed. the friends
parted to nee. again few hours later at the house
of the Rev. gernon. where in his breakfastroom the
butler served from of his white teapots. And
thus the distinguished nobemGn and the equally distn-
guished holder Of of the richest yngs in England
got through with their duties to society One does not
wonder considering the noble example set by the father,
that bis son. the presen. duke probably the riches:
noblenan in EDgland-his income reaching to nearly a
miilion OF rounds-shouM have developed similar
refined taste When Marquis OF Tayistoek he married
that very cracked piece of china who. in spite of the
refusal OF society to recognize her, insisted upon her
,ite--and why not i--of Warehouses of Tavistock
She is now the Duchess of Bedford with reputation
considerably white than the teapots Of her husbands
father.