New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-19
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oFFICE-IRREGUI,R FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
Btsr OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES EXHIBITIONS OF
PICTURES.
ryRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or TIE TRIBUNE
LONDON. April3-The noise about the "Finan-
cisl scandal ihas pretty much died away, and Mr..
sendamore still rcigns in the POstOhice. BE has
mad the money aud spent H. and no amount
- inquiry viii ever get II back, nor stop Mr..
seudamore from doing what he thinks for the public
interest whether he find any law for IL or not But
believe he has been advised 10 keep his zeal under
better control in future and neither open private dis
patches nor msappropriate public money Mr.. Monsel'
the tuar General, seemed never TO have
heard OF the scandal tin attention called to IL IN
Parliament rs Mr. White Nor did he then attempt the
defense Of his subordinate. dialogue Is reported as
having taken place shortly after between MI hohsen
and colleague ~ II pound that little scudamore INTO
mluce meat to morrow" exclaimed the F. M. G. Oh
no" was the answer "you will do no such thlhg' TOT o
Bttle man would jump down your throat" Ana }. IL
understood he did. No one has yet explained NO" MI
scudamore % get control over the balances AZ '
Post-Oice In the Admiralty, the Audit once mas oD
beers and Representatives, and all moneys pau arc nu
fhOrized TO be paid by piece OF paper Dei4's '' ~
Of the vote Of Parliament by which the monty Is pio
r+8 and tho uext morning the Audit officer personally
secs that the money paid really entered III tne proper
hooks 10 the account OF the proper VOTE IL II opNouS
that the must do business on very dlnereht
svsAem. The whole OF the moneys collected by that
T,r,,e,t are said 10 have been paid into the bank
itbopt distinction aud the PostOice drew as II liked
sen oebody must have signed the checks, and checks
Co.. million sterling can hardly have disappeared from
sirbt Mr. scudamOre, again. had been refused money
nv Mr. Lowe. who told him year ago that ne must
brip in an account Of what he hal really spent ana
what else he required 70 complete his Geographic extern
sions so that final vote might be had from the House
OF Commons. Mr. scudamore thought II simpler 10 lay
he hands IN the savings bank balances.
Nj Alderman Heaey OF ROchdaie, who has been trav-
cling for some time Italy, has given commission to
Mr. swinueron the sculptor at Rome. 10 execute bust
OF Gabad which 10 be presented to the Corporation
Of Rochdae 70 be placed in their new Town Hal, winch
has lately been completed. and very handsome and
costly structure it proves to be- Letters have been
cent out from England this week 10 the General az
Camera from Mr. George Jacob Holyoake, Mr. Joseph
Powers and Others OF his ancient friends, soliciting hm
10 grant ttings % the sculptor, that the bust may be
trv said 70 be from the life and 70 represent the Cen
era 10 his latest expression.
The artists studios have been thrown open this week
for private views Of pictures just complication the Ez
hpiton OF the Royal Academy, to begin in Nay. Before
many modest house in KensingtOn crowd OF brilliant
souiuaees was drawn up on sunday ana Monday, as II
At a fashionable reception, which, indeed there was
Fashion chooses 20 take interest in pictures, ana IN
the artists who pant them America is not without It's
REPRESENTATIVES in holding high place IN London
and New-York. Mr.. Whistler is one Mr.. BOughton
another Mr. whistler may be said 20 have won his
definite place and recognition Mr.. BoughtOn's genius
aud work are OF kind different from Mr. Whsuers'
that their nationality is the chief reason Tor
mentioning them together unless add the fact that the
art each singulary genuine and sincere. In these
days Of commercial pcturenang 10 is no slight praise
70 say that he lets picture go cut OF bis
hands into which he has not put his most
faithful effort. II is true Of Mr.. BougAton. and
equally true that delicate sentiment finds
expression Ia delicate works. His picture for
This year is The Herr On a five feet by three
I should think, he gives study Of Knole Park, with
its wonderful spaces OF sward stretching beneath grand
old trees something that is not forest possible TO
mistake prmeva woods but the result OF hundreds
Of years Of culture with trees aud grass their most
perfect growth. boy Of nine ten is coming down
an avenue guarded by his stately woman, more
lady than domestic both N mourning black servant
follows, leading the Arab pony from which his young
master just dismOunted and his appearance such
scene, a time which the costume makes Of the
century gives the picture the air OF out OF
Thaekerav's "Virginans." The contrast between the
swelling Importance Of the negro and the humility Of
the white forester, old raking into heaps the
fallen autumn leaves in the foreground, shows sense Of
humor near akin % that Of the great novelist. The
boy is the heir 70 the noble estate on winch
he VA ks and ownership is written every line OF his
face and in pose OF his body and movement Of his
fnev-drawn limbs. In thar difficult art Of quitting
figures into landscape Mr. BOughtonis known 10 excel
and IN this he has managed 70 conquer the still greater
difficulty Of distributing ms four figures over broad
snace without dividing s picture OrlmpaiTng ITS unity
There are BITS OF work IVA ll "nlCu az alts ici t.s
me show very high technical skill Il does not need an
nor vet any critical grit 20 see that the picture as
a whole ls lul or varied charm In SIZE IL IS II ul9
take not considerably larger than any hing Mr. BOugh
Ton has set sent for exhibition As work Of art 10 IS
distinct step IN advance beyond Nhat tnls painter
whose sfyle equally uncommon and attractive, mas
before accomplished Tie thousands or Americans who
are coming over this summer. and who viii 90 the
Academy OF the SIGHTS not 20 be neglected, viii
lind OF; their cOuntTYmen holding an honorable
place among lis English rivals. o. W. s.