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The paintings I;itcly removed from frcsiimeiifs, and occasional profits unoa_ 



Powderham Castle have been sold by luasqiicrades, &c. 



auction by Cbristie at very low prices. In tbe month of October will appr-ai; 



Tfje large picture of the rr.'iH^e i>/o/«;!/, a new edition of the Rev. Sir Adam 



by Rubens, reputed to be \s ortli.several Goudon's Sermons on the Homilies, ii| 



thousand pounds, fetclied but 4801. — At two volumes octavo, revised, corrected 



tlic sale at Streatham Park, the collec- and enlarged, by the aulhor, and dedi- 



tiou of portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds cated, by permission, to tbe Bishop of 



■^vcrc disposed of at the following prices : Lincoln. 



■ — Lord Sondes, SOguincus; Lord i>yt- Sir Everard Home commnnicated 



tieton, 41 ; iYFr. Murphy, 98; Sir J. Key- to the Royal Society some experiments 



nolds, 122; Dr. Goldsmith, 127; Sir R. to ascertain the mode of action of specilio 



Chani])ers, 80 ; Garrick, 175 ; Mr. Bar- medicines: they related principally to 



retti, 82; Dr. Burney, 20 ; Burke, 240; that singular and efTuacious remedy, the 



Dr. .Tohiisou, 360.— At Mi'. Hope's sale, eaii medicinale d'Hitsson. Avarietvoffacts 



in Cavendish-square, being the finest pri- and statements were adduced, to prove 



T^te collection in Europe, the pictures tiiat these medicines produce their cfl'ccts 



fetched very inconsiderable prices. 



TiR- Opcra-House, London, has been 

 sold by auction, and the following parti- 

 culars of the property transpired dining 

 the sale : — It is held under two leases 

 from the crown ; the first of which ex- 



by entering tlic blood, and actmg directly 

 Uijon the affected parts. Thus, mercury 

 requires ts be received into the circula- 

 tion, before it can act upon the syphilitic 

 virus, or remove tiie primary symptoms, 

 of the disease ; and the eau mcdiciEale 



pircs in September 1825, and is subject to must enter tlie blood before it can rc- 



a rent of 1260/. ; the other runs to 1841, move the gout. Mercury, and the caw 



at the rent of 3001. making together an d'Hussou, are regarded as the only two 



annual rent of 15601. The expense of known specifics; and it is assumed 



building the Opcra-Housc, with its ap- though we think that farther researches 



pintcnances, and furnishing the same are required to give firmness to the con- 



M(«Ui decorations, scenes, wardrobe, niu- elusion of Mr. Want, that the eau me- 



sic, and other necessary properties, has dicinale is a vinous infusion of tiie roots 



been stated at 140,000; and at present of Co/c/acH>n a/(<7/H»ia/e. or meadow saf- 



might cost 180,0001. to 200,0001. There fron. In the course of his communica- 



ace 197 boxes in the whole ; of which tion Sir Everard throws out some curi- 



68 are prisate property till July 1825; ous hints upon tlic modus operandi of 



leasing 129 to be let annually towards other medicines. Some acting upon the 



the expense and support of the establish- 

 ment; of which last number 104 are in 

 the four principal tiers, and 25 in tiie 

 tier adjoining the gallery. I'hc boxes, 

 according to the estimate i>i the particu 



secretions of the stomach, and thus iudi- 

 rcf-tly modifying the constitution of the 

 blood; while others produce their efi'ects 

 in consequence of direct mixtures with 

 tliat fluid. This is sometimes the case 



lar of sale issued from the office of the where Ave should least expect it. An in- 



luaster in Chancery, are of the followin<^ 



Taluc : — 



80 in the three lower tiers, of the £ 



annual value of 310 guineas each 26,040 

 a* ill the fourth tier, at 2001. each 4,800 

 25 lu the gallery tier, lOOl. each 



Hence the annual subset iptions 

 amount to 



Door receipts per annum, oil the 

 average, above 11,000 



3,340 



fusion of ipecacuanha thrown into a \ ciu 

 excites vomiting, and opium produces 

 drowsiness; and colchicum sickens, and, 

 according to Mr. Want, cures the gout. 

 Mr. Branue has publislied an extra- 

 '2,:^00 ordinary account of a natural phenomc- 

 uon in the plains of G robogan, in Java, 50 

 palsormilesN.E. Solo. Aparty,of wl.icli 

 S.T. Goad, esq. was one, set oflfrom Solo 

 on the 8th of Sept. to examine it. Oh 

 approaching the village of Kuhoo, they 

 saw, between two trees in a plain, an ap- 

 pearance like the surf breaking over 

 rocks, with a strong spray failing (o 

 33,000 leeward. The spot was completely sur- 

 rounded by huts for the manufacture of 

 salt. A lightuig, they went to the Bludiigs, 

 , ll.fxlO' as file Javanese call them ; and found 



bMides the rents arising iiom benefits them to be on an elevated plain of mud 

 givcu m the theatre, and iii the concert- about two miles in eir. umference in Ilia 

 rooM, the rents of selling fruit and re- ccutre of which immense bodies of salt 

 ;HoMHtY Ma«. Nu, 2b». y ,nmj 



The expense of the sixty i)eiform- 

 anccs is 2;i,o0(tl. but, suppose an 

 increase to 550l. per nitjht 



Then there is ay annual surpliii 

 of 



44,3-10 



