The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-09 00:00:00

SALE OF BLOOD STOCK.
The following were sold by Messrs. Tattersall yester-
day :

Guineas.

The Long Rifle, by Footstool, out of The Trap.
per's dam, 3 yrs old ; no engagement ... 3O
Brown Bess, own sister to the Long Rife, 2 yrs
old ; engaged in the Oaks, 1857 ; sold with
her engagements

EASTERN COUNTIES STEEPLECHASES.
These chases, which have been twice postponed in
consequence of the frost, will take place to-morrow. A
special train will leave the Bishopsgate station, for Ips-
wich, at 9.30 a.m., returning to London half an hour
after the last race. 11:13 train will stop at Colchester.

MARKET NEWEL—(This Day.)

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 6s ; clover do.,
31 10s to 51 Ss; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 9z per load.
Trade dull.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12e to 4/ Ss ; clover
do., 3/ lOs to 5/ 8s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 103 per load.
Supply good.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 6s ; clover
do., 3/ lOs to 5/ 8s; and straw, 1/ ls to 1/ 9s per load.
Trade rather dull.

COLONIAL.
TEA.—There has been a very active business transacted
in most qualities, but principally in fine congons, which
have realised rather higher prices. The stocks of Common
Congou are very light, and there are free buyers at 9d.
per lb., good sound qualities bring 9d. per lb.
SuGAit. —Large transactions have been entered into
both for home use and for exportation, and there is still a
good demand chiefly on speculation. Previous rates,
however, in almost all instances, have been fully sustained,
the arrivals have been unimportant, and the stocks are not
much larger than they were at this time last year. Prices
are expected to rule higher. The Refined Market is rather
dearer.
COFFEE.—There has been a good inquiry for both plan.
tation and nativeCeYlon, and the superior qualities of both
have brought enhanced rates. The deliveries have been
large, and the stocks very much reduced, in the absence
of any large arrivals, and prices are expected to rule rather
higher.
RICE.—The transactions in low and damaged sorts have
been large for distillationispuarrptiocslees,,caotmfpulalryedprev.
but in the superior qualities no business has beenirner,aatenssi
with those at
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ART IN FRANCE.--iu. Ingres, the celebrated painter,
has just finished two remarkable drawings, which have
excited considerable attention among connoisseurs. The
subject of the first is " The Birth of the Muses, presided
over by J upiter," and that of the second, " A Child mak-
ing an Offering to the Virgin." M. Marelle, of the Rue
Trudon, one of the mostenthusiastic uilettantitof pictures
and works of art, lately died at Paris, aged 75, leaving
behind him a collection of about 4,000 paintings, the
fruit of about 50 years of untiring research. Very many
of them are by Greuze, Chardin, Watteau, Boucher, and
other masters of the 18th century. One of the pecu-
liarities of his collection is that it contains the portraits
of many of the most celebrated men of differentdeet_
centu-
ries, painted his
by contemporary artists. Before
h 9 had been struck with paralysis, which left hint nothing
but his eyes to afford bim enjoyment. In this stateh
e
used to have his favourite pictures placed before
dying, h
im
and all day long regard them. Hi,ssleae mstl wyolardets
articulated with difficulty, were, ,
it is a Watteau !" By his will be has ordered thatso
ern
epurchase
about
d for
500 of his pictures shall not be sold, but
his children and grandchildren.
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