New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-31
NOTES FROM LONDON.

MULES FRON LONDON.
THE SYMPATHY IN ENGLAND WITH GERMANY IN
THE CONTEST WITH THE ULTRAMONTANEs-oB-
sTACIEs TO EXHIBITING ENGLISH wATER-CoLoEs
IN NEw-YoRK.
lFROa THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or tbs TRBUsHl
LONDON. Jan. The anti-PapI meeting the
27th under the presidency of Earl Russell bids fair
to be an event of no slight Importance So great is
the pressure for tickets that il has been found neces
sary already to organize branch meeting at Exeter
Hall. apprehend there can be no doubt of the al
most universal sympathy of English Protestants
with Germany in her present struggle against Rome.
Such exceptions The Spectator only prove the rule
That journal, with all its ability aud liberalism, is
never happy when it has a crotchet 1t chooses
now to regard Germany as the aggressor and the re-
calctrant ROmanists martyrs in the cause of reli
gious freedom. l afraid it is once more carried
away by the same intense dislike 10 German policy
which it showed in 1870 and II. But England is
still Protestant to the backbone. 10 believes that
Germany has to deal with gigantic ecclesiastical
conspiracy. 1t is still not without some dread of
Papal influence within its dominions, and 1T
welcomes in the German Empire potent ally against
the cabal which-rightly wrongy--it credits with
wish to detach Ireland from its allegiance. don't
doubt that the meetings on.the 9th will be really
representative, and ready to at least far as the
resolutions already published.
1t seems to be settled that You are to have no
English water-cOlors this year. The London Com
mittee have received notification from the Urea
sury Department at Washington that the permis
sion granted last year 10 exhibit imported pictures
at the Academy in New-York without previous pay
ment of duty had been withdrawn. In the expecta-
ton that the privilege would be renewed, the Com
mittee had collected from great number of artists
Unr Of az col 1raW IN
of the Winters exhibition in NcwYork. The de-
cision of the Treasury leaves them alternative
but to return these to their In the interests
of art the decision is TO be regretted but of its
legality there seems no dOnbt The Committee
quote the section under which it was given, which
is 80 plain that the only wonder liz under what con-
stuction the Treasury last year evaded the obvious
intent of the law to exclude works intended for sale
as well as for exhibition. No struggle is made
against the present determination; but the Com
mittee in circular to the artists concerned an
nounce that they will take energetic measures
to obtain repeal of the prohibitory clause. They
hope to do this in time TO arrange for next years
exhibition at the Academy. It is, am told, the pic
ture importers and dealers Of New York who have in
duced the Treasury toreverse its decision of year
They look upon the enterprise an interference
with their legitimate trade in other words, they
a chance to see and buy the works of English water
color artists without tho help of middlemen, and
without the payment of middlemens profits. There
might be some justification for their opposition, self
ish as it IT, if they in the habit OF importing
and selling these works largely. But they nOto-
rously are not. Some OF the more famous masters
excepted, the English water-coOr school, so Justly
renowned on this side is comparatively unknown IN
America, and for its works there 49, l am told
neither general appreciation nor general demand
The object of the movement now arrested was To
ditfuse knowledge Of them, and to make Americans
better acquainted with 9 form Of art which in
England has reached high degree of excellence
II successful. il would have educated an American
school, while promoting for the time the interests OF
English artists. Undoubtedly it would have created
demand which does not now exist. and III so doing
would have enlarged the business of these very
dealers who, from too narrow view OF their own
interests, have checked it in the beginning For it
would have been impossible to satisfy a gen.
eral taste once created by such supply as
would be afforded by these animal exhibitions,
and there could be nothing TO prevent Messrs.
Goupil and Avery and the rest of the dealers from
importing and selling English watercoors, unless IL
be the fact that they prefer to perpeuate existing
tastes and to sell nothing but the works of such |
artists as are in vogue In any case, special III
teress ought not to prevail over general interests
If the dealers are technically right with respect to
the existing law they can have little reason Tor OPP
posing change of the law The artists do not ask
to be excused from paying duty on works sold.
They paid that last year. All they ask is that the
duty may be levied in advance before 1t is known
whether their pictures will be sold or not
new illustrated weekly journal is shortly to APP
pear, under the title Of The Pictorial bortd, to be
sold at half the price Of the two leading illustrated
papers now published and to be as good as it can be
made for the money. Mr.. Henry Blackburn is to
have the management of it. Ii is mystery may
add, why The illustrated he'cs and Graphic which
are sold here TO the public all over England at six
pence and at wholesale for five pence ten cents or
less, should not be procurable in New-iork at
price bearing some reasonable proportion to their
original cost and the expense of transportation
G. W. s.
FILL FIRE INSURANCE VICIOUS PRACTICE.