The Express.
London, England, 1852-06-02 00:00:00

PUBLIC SALES.

Jrxa I.—By MOMS. DaxtßL SMITH and SON, at the
Mart. —The Hawley estate, situated near Illackwater,
Hants, comprising manaion, plantations, farms' and above
1,340 acres of freehold land, was bought in at 24,300!.
Freehold flour mills, at Sonning, with plant, tvarehousee,
residence, pleasure grounds, and eight acres of land ; also
the Banning Lock, with the freehold navigation tolls arising
therefrom—knocked down at 4,300!.
Freehold fisheries in the Thames and Lodden, extending
from Sonning-bridge to Shiplake, with islets and eyote,
amounting to 14 acres of land—knehed down for 1,9.501.
Freehad estate at Sonning, called Wenman's farm, com-
prising 28 acres of land, in band—sold for 1,730!.
Six freehold cottages in Moaning village, let at rents pro-
ducing 541. per annum—knocked down for 7001.

A PLEA TOR FOREIGN REFUGEE-E.—Thew poor
fellows have been hunted from frontier to frontier on the
continent, like mad dogs. Half of them have been con-
demned to death in their own country, many of them forced
to fly from home, and kindred and friends, and occupation,
for deeds or thoughts expressed in print or writing, which
ministers or governments would take, here, more as compli-
ments than otherwise. They manage things differently
abroad; and so there are in London many public-houses and
coffee-shops always full of refugees. Harmless enough they
are, these unfortunate forestiers. There are black sheep
among them, certainly ; but St. Wapahot's sainted fold
itself hes, sometimes, muttons of suspicious %ye among
its snowy fleeces. There are refugees who cheat • little
amebae@ at billiards, and who rob their furnished
lodgings, and attempt to pass bad half-crowns and forge
Prussian bank notes (I never could find out how they could
pay for forging, for their value appears to vary between
twopence-halfpenny and sixpence). There are refugees
who get up sham testimonials, and are connected with
swindling companies and gambling cigar shops; but consi-
der how many thousands of them here in London, born
and bred gentlemen, who have lost everything in the
maintenance of what they conscientiously believed to be
the right sgainstmight, live quietly, honestly, inoffensively,
doing no harm, existing on infinitesimal means, working
hard for miserable remuneration, willing to do anythig ter
• crust, teaching language' for sixpence a lesson, painting
portraits for a shdling apiece, taking out lessons on the flute
or pianoforte in bread or meat ! We give them footroom,
to be sure, but little more; and stout John Bull, with all
his antipathy to foreigners, may sometimes melt at the
eight of a burly Polish major of heavy dragoons explain-
ing the intricacies of an Italian verb to the young ladies
in a boarding-school, or • professor of moral philosophy
selling cigars on commission for his livelihood. They live,
somehow, these poor foreigners, much as the young ravens
do, I opine ; yet they meet sometimes at Herr Baelskopre,
in Soho, or at some French or Polish or Italian publio-
home in the same refugee neighbourhood, and take their
social glass, drinking to better times, when they shall enjoy
their own again. Meanwhile, they atiumedate them-
selves, asp best they may, to the manners Si elute= of
their 'etafatherland. forgetting Rhino Wm end Bavarian
beer, and snob foreign bo's'ns's for Os aises, and living
humbly, indeetriosaly, eoutentei geegannao
such poor meats and drinks as they son gat— ' RESS
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