The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-08 00:00:00

RECIEWS OP THE WORK.

"The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quali-
fied medical man, who has evidently had considerable experience in
the treatment of the various disorders arising from the follies and
frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad-
dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must
act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal
many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit of no ap-
peal, eves to the most confidential friend."—Era.
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MR.

BUCHANAN'S COLLECTION

OF PICTURES.
The sale of the fine collection of pictures by the old mas-
ters, the property of Mr. W. Buchanan, took place on Mon-
day, at the rooms of Messrs. Christie and Manson. The col-
lection consisted of 67 subjects, mostly of gallery size, of
which the following were considered the finest specimens,
and were eagerly competed for :—" Christ curing the blind,"
by Ludovico Caracci, and its companion, " Christ raising the
w,dow's son," by Agostino Caracci, were sold for 4,000
guineas. These splendid pictures were painted for the
ius-
tiniani palace at Rome, where they remained until 1806,
when they were purchased for a large sum by Lucien Bo-
naparte; they were subsequently sold by him to the ex-
Queen of Etruria, from whose son, the Duke ofLucca,Mr. Bu-
chanan purchased them. The "Noli me Tangere," ofFrederico
Baroccio, well known throughout Europe, from the engrav-
ing by Raphael Moyhen, sold for 560 guineas. The portrait
of Justus Lipsias, painted by Rembrandt in 1644, the same
year in which he painted his celebrated picture of the Syn-
dics at Amsterdam, and the best period of the master, sold
for 700 guineas. The " Massacre of the Innocents," painted
by Nicholas Poussin, for the Borghese palace at Rome, and
subsequently in Lucien Bonaparte's collection, sold for 320
guineas. The " Return from Egypt," painted by P. P.
Rubens for the Jesuits' church at Antwerp, and one of
the few pictures that escaped the fire by lightning, which
destroyed the roof of that church, sold for 360 guineas.
This picture was formerly in the possession of M. Danoot,
banker at Brussels, at whose sale it fetched 20,000
francs. " St. John and the Lamb," a small picture by
Murillo, recently brought from Spain, fetched 240 gui-
neas ; and another by the same master, painted for the
Franciscan Convent at Seville, representing monks visiting
Pope Gregory IX., 285 guineas. An Italian Landscape,
full of character, painted by Sir Nicholas Bercham for
Sir Kenclm Digby, a well-known patron of the tine arts in
the time of Charles 1., sold for 420 guineas. The portrait of
Madame Jacondi, of Florence, by Leonardo da Vinci, for-
merly in the collection of Sir T. Baring, and well known in
this country as " Leonardo's Flora," sold for 640 guineas.
The Holy Family, with Elizabeth and St John, a beautiful
composition, painted a tempera by Bernardino Luini, and
formerly in the Zanini Collection at Milan, sold for 510
guineas. " Early Morning," a fine landscape by Gainsbo-
rough, 360 guineas. An Interior, by Adrian Ostade, with
"La
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by Titian,
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merly in the collection of Mr. W. Y. Ottley, and purchased
by him in Italy, whilst the French army was at Rome, 240
guineas. An Alpine pass, with figures and cattle, by Ni-
cholas Bercham, 330 guineas. A " Bouquet of Flowers,"
finely painted by Jan Van Huysum, 145 guineas. A portrait
by Titian of Henry 111. of France, at the time of his visit
to Venice, 140 guineas. St. Nicholas-day, by Jan Steen,
formerly in the collection of Mr. Walsh Porter, sold for 190
guineas. The other pictures fetched equally high prices.

A SHOWER OF FROGS !—During the heavy thunder-
storm of last week a shower of frogs fell from one of the sur-
charged clouds over the Humber; several dropped on the
decks of vessels navigating the river, and a portion of the
coast near Killingholme Lights was, for a tune, covered by
myriads of these strange arrivals.—Hull Packet.
THE LIVERPOOL BANKS.—The dividends of the Liver,
pool banks are as follows :—Liverpool Banking Company, for
the half-year ending the 30th ult., 71. per cent. per annum;
Union, at the rate of eight per cent. per annum; Royal
Bank, 5/. per share.

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