New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-27

THE ALABAMA CLAIMS-IINANlIAL MATTERS.
LosDoE, Tuesday July 70. 1870
In the House of Commons tonight Mr..
Gladstone, in reply TO the question Of Mr MccunogA
Torrens said the negotiations FOR tie sot,cmc II tho
Alabama claims stood where they did year alo half
ago the United states having declined the onr made by
England The next advance due wa5 one nom tia
American Government.
Tomorrow ~ the day for stock settlements, and in ths
present convulsed condition Of the markets failures are
anticipated
WHY WERE MR.. DICKESs's PICTURES soLDf-
ARTICLES sGLD AND TIE PRICES OBTAINED.
IPR0M OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, July 11.-Why were Mr.. D.ckcns's
pictures and brcJrae sold One or two journals asscIi
very positively that the sale Is only held In ohc,ceto
an express command IN the vii Of the dcccsot author
Elsewhere II has been intimtcd that there wa Gin-
Guilty in dividing many small objects Other authorities
suggest that it would he difficult 20 produce viii ~
Mr. Dickens containing any directions whatever about
the mattor-s less any direction for falc wilma
month Of IFS death. He leff, q f. said fortune Of
nearly 10000 that lis family can hardly plead actual
necessity a. an parting with whole uoopof
things so intimately connected with Dickens and his ie
confess have solution 10 of,r " The oineAJ, and
have not been able TO persuade myself that lr Dickens
directed the sale Of pictures given % him by artists Who
were his near pcr-ora friends DIS stanhcd ard Firth.
and Macise rs well Of the pictures and other objects
presented by his publisher and host OF less valuable
things, which, mcmcntoes, were, of ouS-t % nave
BEEN most precious his relatives. And again. - get
ting 10 be asked n the viii ordered this s1ie Why not
pubish the will or m extract from ~ TIE subsistence 81
everyboiys will if In the least interesting, is ordinarily
published Why not Dickens'sl had rather not say
what are some of the answers which, rs mere fumo arc
floating about London but told yesterday, Oh "haS
ought to be good authority that the family haze power
to keep the will private FOR year. and mean 70 Use 'na'
power.
whatever may said about hc sale In other esl'cs'
it has proved extraordinary success hnaA''y. mo
publie were mad for relies of Dickens, ana pad mad
prices Before the doors Of MessIs Christie Manson q
Woods's great salcr0oms In kinS''p 81 J"n''' "ee
opcn crowd had gathered Installing the hour u 'le
sale-which was fixed for O'clock was th'it az nan
past 12 and already the doors were boseged. "heh
went back. an hour later, the largest saleroom was
crowded 1t did not contain many notable persona
There was Mr. John Forster one OF MI Dckehss eAtcu-
tors; Mr. sala Of his blCcrdphers; MI bonn, Mss
Braddon Mr. Conway, Mr.. Dion Boucicault;-hardIy an
other person whose name Is known in America. Nor
were the dealers present in great force III was the gen
public the bogeoisie. the readers anu adfe" OF
Dickens, having some meneuto OF tAeii great
favorte who crowded the and ran mp tie prices
friend who had inspected tie pictures and other ware
the day before, told me il was mostly great trash tx
ceptinc dozen fire paintings, should say the Gcscrip
ton was true enough II freely reported That ah
American Spectator had offered $4,000 for the collection
in lump, with view 10 exhibiting IL. Tie price was
extravagant but was not accepted, and the family have
some reason to glad that refused For the pro
ceeds OF Saturdays auction far surpassed the most en-
thusastic estimates, ana reached nearly 900 pounds
sterling.
There were just forty pictures the catalogue The
first was view OF Rochester by O. p Norman, draw
ing in colors 1t brought ten glircas. Throughout The
sale the bidding was guueas instead Of iu pounds,
and guinea may be recSoned accurately enough a'
five dollars. The second lot was portrait Of grl pur-
chased by Mr. Dickens in Paris, said the auctUuecr Mr..
Woods, from notion that it looked like one " his
herones 1t brought but six guincas. Three saufelds
came next, with them the real interest Of the sale
began, since anything with stanheds is readily
taken at high prices. They slight affairs but the
first picture OF the BRITANNIA" the ship in whsh
Dickens first went to America, brought 10 guincas the
Lands End" a souvenir from the Artist OF q Cornish
tour with Dickens % guneas; and the Legan Rock,
another similar with portraits less dis
tinguishable OF Dickens, Maclse and Saufcid in the
foreground, for IS guneas to Mr. John Forster. "A
Mother and Child by Sir David Wiide, brought 100
guineas The prices seemed high but the excitement
began with two water-colors by Topham, Barnaby
Ridge and His Mother" which fetched 10 guneas and
Little Nell and Her Grandfather in the Tent" which
went at 275 guineas. william Hunts Roses in Blue
and White Jug" fine but very small, was bought by
Charles Dickens, r for 800 guineas few slight pencil
sketches by John eech framed together Of them
scarcely distngushabe, brought l62 guineas while
another pendnulnK Iflne Dy T. NJ warn, 10 nave
been card OF admission to private dramatic per
formance sold for CT guineas There longer
any doubt that the audience were in mood 10 pay in
credible for nOthings. picture emit ed What
are the Wild Waves Saying" by Mr. James Hamilton OF
Philadelphia and presented by him, went for As guneas.
ale Garde Champetre," by Zamacois, brought 2is
guneas, and ZamacOs IL just now the fashion, and
of his pictures the leading attraction OF the Paris
Salon. the price cannot be called eXtrayagant CrOpsey
"Autumna Foliage" gift from the artist, found few adj
mers and allowed 90 for % guineas while Mr.. W.
Gales Mr F. Aunt work OF art about inches square,
was thought worth co guineas Then came Mr.. T. Web
sters DOtheboys Hail. the Birthstone Treaee Scene
which much praise has been layished, bit OF picture
covering eight inches OF canvas; 10 started 4oo
and sold at $40 guineas "The Simoom," singular
piece OF color by D. Roberts, was bought by Messrs
Agnew, the wel-known pcture-dealors Of Manchester
for guneas. c. r. Lesies "Pickwick and Mrs. Bar
DELL" in grisale, painted for Dickens, H. in, went
at l31 guneas. Then Messrs. Agnew, who had just be-
gun make themselves felt in the sale, bought for 100
guneaS Mr.. Eggs portrait OF Dickens Sir Charles
COdstream in Used Up"-an unsatisfactory likeness Of
the writer with, suppose, likeness Of some actors
leaning his shoulder. Two companion pieces by
Caderon, "The Letter" and Hide and Seek"
produced together 25l guineas. one OF the
few really charming pictures in the col
lection was Maelises a Girl at Waterfall"
1t started at guneas and bought by Mr.. John
Forster Gle OF is about 30 by 20 inches and
its value may be- for aught know, something near mar
that sum. Mr.. W. r. Frth's dolly Warden" has been
called the gem OF the collection; which other persons say
it is not having been painted the beginning OF the
artists career. BE that 1t may, the picture was
eagerly cheered when 1t put the auctoneers
easel and hotly The first offer 200 guineas
thence it by jumps OF so guineas till it reached 1000
guneas and after somebody had bid one guinea In add
ton which auctioneer oheyng the general voice OF
the ROOM refused 10 accept. dolly Warden" Wa
knocked down az the round TO Messrs Agnew.