The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-19 00:00:00

TALLOW

There is much less activity in the demand for tallow, and
prices are a shade lower than on Monday last. To-day,
P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 57s 3d per cwt. Rough
fat remains at 3s Id per Blbs.

1855. 1856. 1857. I 1858.. 1850.
Stock this day.... 29.344 9,165 16.723 11,041 21.924
Price of Y.C. 57s Od to 51s 3d to 59s 6d to 40s 6d to 5753 d to
1 57s 3d 51s 6d —s )d 49s 9d -s Od
Delivery last week 2,792 3,571 1,802 2,293 1,757
Ditto from June 1 35.472 34,368 25,382 26,423 19,F94
Arrivals last week 189 1,71.1 6,614 3,122 3,242
Ditto from June 1 17,101 26,823 28,981 25.897 29,737
Price of Town ... . 59s 6d 548 3d 62s 6d 52s 8d 58s 9d

THE LATE NORTETVICri COLLECTION.

So much doubt and mystery attended the 'sale of
this collection, in consequence of a majority of the
purchases having been made " on commission," that
it is really a matter of interest to know With cer-
tainty into whose hands these treasures have fallen.
Gradually, since the termination of the sale, this
information is supplying itself, and at present fur-
nishes the following results. Among the principal
purchasers were the Duc d'Aumale, who secured
several very choice examples, and among the
rest the fine Perugino, " The Virgin and Child,"
for 350 guineas—the Dukes of Cleveland, Wel-
lington, Newcastle, Hamilton, and Buccleuch—who
each, through their agents, bought a number of
valuable works—the arquis of Hertford, Baron
de Rothschild, the Marquis of Lansdowne the Earl
of Ellenborough, Lord de Lisle, Lord Lindsay, Lord
de Saumarez, Sir T. Phillips, Mr. Labouchere, Mr.
Drax, Mr. Scott, Mr. J. E. Denison, Mr. Baring,
Mr. B. Owen, Mr. Holford, Mr. H. Butler, Mr.
Hargreaves, Mr. Hardy, and other noble and dis-
tinguished collectors. The most extensive pur-
chaser among the gentlemen alluded to above
was Mr. Earle Drax, M.P., who is said to have
bought upwards of 100 pictures, several of them
choice examples of the masters whose names they
bear. They include, among a host of others,
Claude's "Apollo and the Camman Sybil," 210
guineas ; Sacchi's " Ascension of the Virgin,"
200 guineas ; Pinturecchio's " Nativity," 240
guineas ; and A. del Sarto's " Charity," the figures
life size, 210 guineas. Mr. J. Scott was the pur-
chaser of Lingelbach's " Departure for the Chase,"
105 guineas ; B. Luini's " The Virgin gazing on
the Infant Saviour," 200 guineas ; " Girl with the
Horn Book," by Schidone, 405 guineas ; and the
" SL John" of Carlo Dolci, for which he gave 2,010
guineas, the highest price. of any. picture in the
sale. The nobleman who bought most freely was
the Marquis of Hertford, and among his purchases
are included Gonzales Coque's " Group of Family
Portraits," 300 guineas; J. B. Weenix's " View
in the Garden of a Chateau," 350 guineas ; Co-
negliano's " St. Catherine," 800 guineas ;
Giorgione's "Cupid Wounded by his own
Arrow," 1,250 guineas ; Velasquez's " Boar Hunt,"
310 guineas ; and a. number of others. The Mar-
quis of Lansdowne has acquired, for 700 guineas,
Giorgione's " Musical Party," one of the most
charming pictures in the collection, and a few others.
Lord Northwick was also a large purchaser, and
has secured upwards of 60 of the choicest paintings,
comprising Maclise's " Robin Hood and his Fores-
ters," for 1,305 guineas; " The Stoning of St.
Stephen," by Garofalo, 1,530 guineas ; Frost's
" Diana and her Nymphs surprised by Actaeon," 675
guineas ; Danby's " Wood Nymph chanting her
Hymn to the Rising Sun," 360 guineas ; Redgrave's
" Flight into Egypt," 350 guineas ; Van Schendel's
" Market Scene—Selling Poultry by Candle-light,"
255 guineas; Rubens's large gallery picture of "The
Lion Hunt," 300 guineas ; G. Dow's " Portrait of
Dr. Harvey," 120 guineas; Velasquez's " Lot and
his Daughters," 140 guineas ' • and a number of
others, including examples of Titian, Guido, Gior-
gione, Mabuse, Giotto, Vandyck, Fiesoli, Albano,
and other famous masters, ancient and modern.
Five pictures only were purchased for the National
Gallery, namely, G. de Treviso's " Virgin seated on
a Throne, holding the Infant Saviour," 450 guineas ;
Giuilo Romano's "Birth of Jupiter," 875 guineas;
Moretto of Brescia's " Glorification of the Virgin,"
550 guineas; G. Terburg's " Portrait of a Gentleman
in Black," 65 guineas; and i\lasaccio's "Portrait
of Himself," 103 guineas.

BRITISH ARCH. 2E iLOGICAL
ASSOCIATION.

NEWBURY, SATURDAY.

After a hurried visit to the ruins of Reading
Abbey and the Priory yesterday afternoon, Mr.
Pettigrew and the other members of the Archeolo-
gical Association returned to this town and attended
a soiree, which was given in the Mansion-house, in
the evening. Mr. Pettigrew occupied the chair.
Mr. Blundell, F.S.A., read a paper on the Battles
of Newbury, the first of which took place on the
18th of September, 1843, Charles I. commanding
the Royalists in person, and the second in the year
1644. The Baroness Weld and other ladies con-
tributed to the musical portion of the entertain-
ments, and some local gentlemen exercised their
vocal abilities for the gratification of the company,
which was one of the largest and most fashionable
during the congress. It was approaching midnight
when the soiree terminated.

By this morning the archaeologists had diminished
in number, and all the clerical members left the
town for their parochial duties on Sunday. This
led to an alteration in the programme of to-dm 's
proceedings. The Vale of the While Horse was
intended to be visited, but the journey was found
too far and it was abandoned. The expedition was
first to Welford Church. The manor formerly be-
longed to the abbot and convent of Abingdon, but
is now the property of Mr. Charles Eyre, of Wel-
ford-park. The church is of the Saxon style, and
the stone stalls in the chancel are some of the
most remarkable in the country. On the north
wall is a handsome monument, with a sculptured
woman in a dress of her time, kneeling at a desk,
and this was an object of much interest to the
archeeologists. The church at Little Shefford was
also visited, and Mr. Planche read a paper on an
alabaster monument, having on it the figure of
a man in armour and a lady, without any inscrip-
tion or arms. At an early period the manor was
in the family of Feltiplace, one of whom, Thomas,
married Beatrice, an illegitimate daughter of John
the King of Portugal, who had been successively
the widow of the Earl of Arundel, Lord Talbot, and
the Earl of Huntingdon. In the chancel is an ele-
gant gray marble tomb, against which are the
effigies of John Feltiplace, his wives, and children.
From his mouth issues the inscription, " Deus
misreatur nostri et benedicat nobis," and from that
of the woman, " Illuminet vultum suum super nos."
This proved to be one of the most interesting places
that has been visited. The excursionists returned
to the town early in the evening.
There was a fair sprinkle of gentlemen at the
table d'hote at the Pelican Hotel, Speenhamland.
Some speeches were delivered of a complementary
character, and relating to archaeological researches,
and the proceedings of the congress were brought
to a close by a meeting in the Mansion-house.