The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-05 00:00:00

PUBLIC SALES:

March 4.—By Mr. HAIMOND, at the 'Mart.—Freehold
and copyhold estates sold pursuant to an order of the
Court of Chancery, in the cause, Cathrow v. Bade ;"

Freehold and cOi)yhold house'and premise satllosidesdon,
Ilerts, let for 421. IN. per annum. subject to a fine of a
year and a halts rent—sold for WO/.
Two freehold houses and shops, Great Windmill-street,
Westminster, with workshops in Ham-yard, let on lease for
80/.-1,6001.

Carnage howlm, stabling, and premkea, That-yard, Great
Windmill-great let on lease for 501.-660/.

Three freehold houses, 11, U, 13, Smiths-court, Great
Windmill-street, and stabling in Ilion-yard, let on lease for
331.-480/.

Freehold carriage houses, stabling, slaughter home, &c.,
on the north side of Ham-yard, let on lease for 691.-830/.
Freehold stabling and dwelling rooms on the south side
of Ham-yard, let for 40/.-480/.
Freehold cowhouses, lofts, and premises, on the cut side
of Ham-yard, let for 251.-345/.
Freehold premises, 13, Tottenham-court-road, let on lease
for 901. per annum-1,430/.
Freehold premises, 15, Tottenham-court-road, let on lease
for 701. per annum-1,300/.
Freehold premises, 12, Tottenham-court-road, let on
lease for 701. per annum-1,3001.

Merin. Diwand MarrnEwm, at the Mart.—Six freehold
houses, Albert-terrace, Buxton-street, Mile-end-new-town,
producing 127/. per annum, clear of rates and taxes—sold
an lots for 1,4001.

Freehold house and corner shop, 7, Albert-terrace, Ict tot
301. per annum-3651.
Two freehold houses, I and 2, New Underwood-street,
producing a net rental of 391. 145.-4101.
Freehold ground rent of 161. 10s., secured upon sic
houses, North place, Huston-street-3431.
Freehold ground rent of &W. Ids., secured upon eleven
houses, New Underwood-street-7551.
Messrs. VENTOM and Ilt-ottes, at the Mart.—Leasehold
house, 8, Durnford-terrace, Kentish-town, let for 261., held
for 90 years at 51.-160/.
Three houses, Upper Victoria-street, Liverpool-road, let
for 601., held for 99 years from 1935 at 15/.-2451.
Three pairs of silk n..idenees in carcases, Lancaster-
road, Kefitt4igton-park, held for 90 years at 4a. per foot
frontag
Mr. MASON, at Garraway's.—Leasehold houses, Albert-
place, Denmark-hill, Camberwell, let for 241, held for 76
yearn at 41. 4?.71671. 10s.

Four leasehold houses and other premises, Lambeth-hill,
Doctor's-commons, let for about 2.501. per annum, and held
for 3.5 years at 921. 45.-4991.
Three houses and other premises, John-strest,Tysoe-street,
Clerkenwell, producing 1:141. 16s. per annum, lees taw's,
held for 64t years, at 241.-52.51.

GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY.—The following interest-
ing geological discovery has just been made by General
Cullen, at Cochin :—A question having been raised auto the
relative positions of that most mysterious of rocks, laterite,
and the shell limestone on which in this quarter it was said
to rest, General Cullen caused a well to be dug from the top
of the cliff, about 40 feet above the level of the sea, down-
wards to this depth. It was about 80 feet inland. At the
depth of 374 feet he came to shell limestone—a well sunk
near the sea, 84 miles to the south-west, gives precisely the
Same results. The limestone is one of the most modern of
our formations. The shells contained in it seem all recent—.
the lignite and fossil remains ore close by. The supposi-
tion that laterite is nothing else than decomposed granite,
is thus completely and at once disposed of; by knowing
what it is not, we may by andl by be led to infer what it
is. General Cullen has now led a career in India of honour
and usefulness exceeding 40 years in duration ; and, with
all the ardour of true philosophy and alacrity of youth, he
pursues his favourite science with an energy which at his
age is in India as rare as it is admirable. It is not every
one who is in a position to dig a well 40 feet deep through
solid rock to ascertain the relation of two sets of strata.