ÂPBiL 29, 1899.
THE ESTATES GAZETTE
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The professional adviser responsible foT this disregard of one of the most definite of the London County Council bye-laws does not appear to have been called to justify the method of sanitation adopted.
All who have had to do with modem sanitation know that a high standard is not to be had without considerable expenditure, but when it is suggested that to put nine soil pipes at the Carlton Hotel outside the building it would be necessary to half pull down the structure which cost nearly £500,000, one stands aghast at Messrs. Waring ׳and Sons’ estimate of the alterations necessary to comply with the bye-law of the County Council.
But my chief object in writing is to call attention to what is either a justifiable regulation in the public interest, or an unwarrantable interference with individual liberty. If the bye-law of the County Council, which provides that every soil pipe in connection with a mew building shall be outside the building, is a justifiable regulation in the public interest, surely a large hotel is, of all buildings, one in which it should be enf orced. On the ■other hand, if the regulation is not essential, why Should it be imposed on those law-abiding persons who make it a practice to comply with the regulations made by lawful authority ?
Should the London Government Bill give us the municipality of the City of Westminster as proposed, we shall have a stronger Local Sanitary Authority, which it may be hoped will do one of two things, viz:—enforce the byelaws, or take steps¡ to amend them.
I am, yours, etc.,
MARK H. JUDGE, A.R.I.B.A., Fellow of the Sanitary Institute.
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and sheep, signed “ P. N.,” 1817, on panel, llgin. by 16^in., 100 guineas ; C. Stanfield, “War,” 26in. by 40in., 100 guineas, at the David Price sale in 1892 this realised 250 guineas ; R. Madrazo, “The Nosegay,” 37in. by 22in., 145 guineas; R. Ansdell, “Craft and Confidence,” 52in. by 96in., exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1870, 90 guineas, at the Snowdon Henry ■sale in 1897 this picture realised 190 guineas ; another by the same, “ Turning the Drove, Aviemora,” the Grampians in the distance, 26jin. by 62in., 1851, 94 guineas ; T. S. Cooper, evening, Canterbury meadows, with three cows and sheep, 37in. by 51in., 1852, 225 guineas; two by J. F. Herring, senr., “The Farmer’s Home,” the figures by C. Baxter, 1856, 135 guineas; and “The Smitten Cavalier,” the figures by C. Baxter, 1855, 115 guineas; J. Linnell, senr., “The Hayfield,” ■on panel, 15^in. by 284-in., 270 guineas ; J. B. Pyne, view on the Avon below Bristol, 33in. by 51in., 100 guineas ; and W. F. Witherington, “John Gilpin,” 44in. by 60in., 155 guineas.
SANITARY BYE-LAW OR BYE-WORD?
To the Editor of the ESTATES GAZETTE.
Sir,—•A case was decided at the Marlborough street Police Court on Wednesday last of considerable public interest, ■and worthy of ■note in connection with the committee discussion on the London Government Bill.
Put ■shortly, the case was as follows: — Messrs. Waring and Sons were summoned by ■the St. James’s Vestry (as the Local Sanitary Authority) for having disregarded the bye-laws made by the London County Council under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. On behalf of the vestry it was■ stated that the proceedings had not been instituted in any unfriendly spirit, but, inasmuch, as Messrs■• Waring and Sons in fitting up the sanitary arrangements of the Carlton Hotel had put nine soil pipes inside the building instead of outside, the vestry had no option but to take action for enforcing the law. It was said that if the situation of the soil pipes complained of were altered, the structure would have to be practically pulled down, so that under the circumstances the vestry would not object to the case being met by a fine. Hereupon Mr. de Rutzen very properly pointed out that if he imposed a fine, the vestry might keep on summoning the defendants and the matter might go on ad infinitum. For the defence it was urged that it would be unreasonable to compel Messrs. Waring and Sons■ to ■half pull down the structure which ,had cost nearly £500,000, just to alter the drains, and if the magistrate felt bound under the bye-law to convict, a small penalty would meet the case, and in the future the matter should be allowed ■to drop. Mr. de Rutzen imposed a fine of £2 and allowed £10 10s. costs.
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The furniture sale held on Tuesday and Wednesday, by Messrs. Elsworth and Knighton, at No. 21, Queen’s-gate-terrace, included the following ■interesting items :—A Sheraton semi-circular cabinet ■of satinwood with mahogany panels, and inlaid coloured woods in scrolls, etc., £108 ; a Louis XV. pedestal ■secretaire of ebony, inlaid mother o’ pearl and buhl, etc., £18 ; a cabinet, ebonised, inlaid buhl and pietra dura, £13 10s. ; a Louis XIV. ebonised and inlaid buhl bonheur-du-jour, richly mounted ormolu, £15 10s. ; 1handsome ■striking timepiece in Egyptian onyx and chased gilt ormolu mounted case, £5 10s. ; a pair of painted Dresden china figure®, £6 15s. ; mantel clock with double dial, surmounted by vase and statuettes, and a pair of candelabra en ■suite, etc., £50 ; a pair of painted majolica ewers with figure handles, £9 10s. ; striking timepiece, by Bour-din, of Paris, in gilt ormolu and painted Sevres china case, surmounted by vase, £8 10s. ; a pair of Sevres china vases and covers, £10 10s. ; a pair of handsome embossed and painted Dresden china ewers, with figures, etc., £15 10s. ; Empire clock in white marble !and chased ormolu mounted case, £12 ; a striking timepiece, by Gille l’aine, a Paris, £37 ; Empire timepiece in marble stand with chased ormolu mounts, £13 10s. ; ■and an Empire clock in ormolu case, with two bronze figure ■supports, £26. The total •amount realised was nearly £1,900.
Books.
Some rare books were disposed of at Messrs. Sotheby’s on Tuesday. The most interesting lot of all was a copy of “The Troublesome Raigne of John, King of England,” the first and second parts, printed for Sampson Clarke, 1591. Until this copy ■appeared in the market the only one known was that in the Capel collection, Trinity College, Cambridge, which was reproduced in facsimile a few years ago. It was from this play that Shakespeare wrote his■ version, about the year 1595, of “The Life and Death of King John,” which first authentically appeared in the folio edition of his plays in 1623. The copy sold wants the title page to the first part, but in other respects: it is much finer than the Capel copy. Bidding started at £100, and stopped at £510, the purchaser being Mr. Jackson, the bookseller, who, it is understood, purchased it for am American client. Shakespeare quartos ■are, it is well known, of the greatest rarity, but the price now paid is, we believe, higher than has׳ yet been realised at auction for any genuine Shakespeare quarto. The day’s sale also included an imperfect copy of Higden’s “ Polyehronicon,” from Caxton’s press1, circa 1482, £111 ; J. de La Fontaine, “Contes et Nouvelles,” 1762, the “Fer-miers-Generaux ” edition, £35 10s. ; C. J. Dorat, “Les Baisers,” 1770, £22 ; C. Dickens,
‘ Sketches by Boz,” 1836, a fine clean copy of the first edition, £29 ; a copy of the second issue of R. Jugge’s “Newe Testament,” 1553, £17 5s. ; an imperfect copy of “ The Byble,” translated by Myles Coverdale, of which no complete copy is known, £43 ; an imperfect copy of the first edition of the Great or Cranmer’s Bible, 1539, £26 10s. ; and “Poliphili Hypneroto-maehia,” 1499, David Garrick’s copy, with his bookplate, £25 5s. The day’® sale realised £1,740 4s.
Pictures.
Although there were no sensational prices realised at Christie’s on the 15th instant, the sale included many interesting examples1■ of modem pictures and watercolour drawings. In the case of a once popular R.A., R. Ansdell, a serious falling off in price was! experienced. The most important picture in the sale was: an example of Paris Bordone, “ The Baptism of Christ,” an angel to the left, and group of cherubs in the sky, 50in. by 51im., 1,070 guineas. The other pictures in the day’s sale included the following:—Three by Sam Bough, R.S.A., Dunkirk, from the lower harbour, 39in. by 52in., 430 guineas ; a view of Loch Luskin, Argyllshire, 25in, by 41in., 240 guineas:; and Whitchurch on the coast of Kent, 10in. by 20in., 95 guineas; J. B. Burgess, R.A., “The Promenade,” 1879, exhibited at Worcester, 1882, 29in. by 21in., 120 guineas ; T. S. Cooper, “ April Showers,” a flock of sheep and cattle on the left, 42in. by 74in., exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1864, and at Worcester in 1882, 330 guineas ; B. W. Leader, Col-wyn Bay, 1884, 29in. by 54in., 260 guineas ; W. Shayer, senr., “The Mid-day Meal,” and “A Farm Scene,” a pair on panel, 13J,-in. by W^in., 90 guineas ; and another by the same, a view on the ■sea coast, with numerous fisher folk, cart, horses and dog, 1847, 38in. by 48in., 70 guineas ; E. M. Wimperis, a view in Sussex, with sheep and figures, 1883, 125 guineas ; P. Nasmyth, a farm scene, with peasants, cattle
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The highly important sale of silver plate to be held at Messrs. Christie’s on May 11, will include a richly chased service of silver and silver gilt decorative and table plate, comprising upwards of 7,000 ounces, the property of the late Sir Cecil Miles, Bart. Among the more noticeable items are an equestrian silver group, presented by yeomanry cavalry officers to Sir W. Miles, a table plateau with richly chased silver border, and a centrepiece of First Empire design. Another collection, to be dis1-persed on the same day, will include several articles of old English plate, chiefly of the Early Georgian period, and a few piece® of old French, German and other foreign decorative silver and silver gilt.
Has Mr. Rudyard Kipling’s recent illness affected the price of the first editions: of his works ? For years■ past several of the rare first editions of Mr. Kipling’s books ¡have, of course, commanded large prices! in the sale room, but we think a decided advance■ has been: made quite lately. On Monday, for instance, at Messrs. Sotheby’s, a copy ■of his “ Schoolboy Lyrics,” 1881, reached the remarkable sum of £135. This is an excessively rare publication, and was printed when the author was only 18 years! of age. Several other copies of first editions of Mr. Rudyard Kipling’s works were included in the sole. The following were the most important:—“Departmental Ditties,” 1886, with a MS. note by the author on the first leaf, but wanting the front wrapper and flap, £8 10s. ; another copy of the same, in the original wrapper, and with the flap, £19 15s. ; “ Quartette,” and “ Christmas Annual of the ‘ Civil and Military Gazette,’ by four Anglo-Indian writers,” 1885, £10 5s. ; “Letters of Marque,” first edition, 1891. £8 12s. ; and “ Plain Tales from the Hills,” Calcutta, 1888, £5.
During the past few days a large number of people have been attracted to Messrs. Christie’s rooms, to view ■the remarkable pictures׳ which form the Mieville collection, to be disposed of to-day. The modern French school is represented by four important works by C. Troyon, including two magnificent pictures entitled “A Cattle Market and Fair in France,” and “The Dairy Farm” ; “The Mote,” by J. B. Corot, and choice examples of N. Diaz, Jules Dupre, and one or two other distinguished masters. Of the other Continental schools the most striking pictures are “The Poacher,” by L. Knaus ; “After the Banquet,” and “The Arrival,” by Boron H. Leys ; and works by A. Calame, P. J. Clays■, L. Gallait, J. H. L. De Haas and L. Munthe.
Two very fine woiks by that great imaginative artist G. F. Watts, R.A., represent the English school, together with “ A Sunny Landscape,” by R. P. Bonington ; characteristic portraits by Hoppner and Romney ; and the well-known portrait of that once famous man, Dr. Hawks-worth, by Sir J. Reynolds. The collection is particularly strong in the works of ■the Dutch masters, including a fine frozen river scene, by Van der Oapella ; “Dr. Y׳an Ruyber Lecturing on Anatomy,” by Gonzales Cocques!; three choice works by A. Cuyp ; “ The Unexpected Return,” by Jan Steen ; and a portrait of D. Teniers, by himself. We will not go the length of predicting the actual amount which the collection will realise, as¡ one of our entertaining contemporaries does, but the sale is undoubtedly by far the most important of the present season.
A few works in the collection of modem pictures sold at Messrs. Christie’® on Tuesday realised very satisfactory prices. A charming landscape, “ On the Hills above Bettwys-y-Coed,” by B. W. Leader, sold for 190 guineas ; “ Uplands,” by J. T. Linnell, 240 guineas ; “An Irish Pair of Bellows,” by Erskine Nicol, A.R.A., 180 guineas; and “The Ultimatum,” by the same artist, 205 guineas.
Royal relics have not been plentiful of late in the sale rooms. On Wednesday, however, at Messrs. Sotheby’s, one appeared of particular interest. It was the lock of hair of the Emperor Napoleon, already referred to m these columns. This interesting relic is accompanied by the original, letter with which it was sent, and also particulars of Captain Poppleton, who was in the 53rd Regiment. He was appointed “Permanent Orderly over General Bonaparte,” and remained in that capacity until June, 1817. In his letter to Mrs. Le Yaux he says, “Enclosed is what I ■promised you—it is small but precious. I have but little left.” The price obtained for the relic was five guineas.
We understand that the remaining portion of the Hope collection, which was to have been offered on May 1 and succeeding days, by Messrs. E. and H. Lumley, at Bedgebury