The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-11-23 00:00:00

TILE• ORMONDE PROPERTY.

It is extremely gratifying to remark the change which
km keen produced in the value of landed property, owing
to the improved state of the agricultural interest, and the
in:ressing presverity which is spreading itself so rapidly
throughout all lava of the united empire. The sale of the
Ormonde property is a striking evidence of this. A report
bad got abroad, that the Sutton llall Estate, which was
sold to the wealthy Mr. Arkwright for 216.0001. had been
parted with at much less than its value. We have reason
to kcow that the reverse of this is the fact, and that the
price procured for it exceeded its valuation by many
thousand pounds.
The aggregate of tie se Wes amounts to 482,4311., a sum
mending by 230,0001. the amennt produced by any pro-
podever before submitted to auction, and full 80,0001.
the expectation of the respectable valuers, the
average being more than 40 years purchase upon a rack-
rent. Indeed, the rents were considered an high, that the
tenantry required (and it was conceded to them), a deduc-
t:A of 25 per clit. in die years 1520, 1021, and 1840.
The Chilcote Estate praluced 2,000!. a-year, and had
ite tame deduction. During the agricultural distress it
traduced 97,000!. being upwards of 43 years' purchase.
rhe Coton Park Estate is let at 280/. a-year ; it was
necked down to the sue:mired competitor for 12,800!. or
47 years purchase, and in no case throughout the whole
sf the sales did ally estate mil at less than 40 years' pur-
t!tase, being an unequivocal evidence of an improvement
is landed preperty of 10 years purchase with reference
to my previous pales.
The purchaser of Dawles Lodge Estate, near Andover,
of SRI acres of wood land, was sold by Mr. George Robins
delay following his Ormond: sales, to Mr. Thomas Gould,
for 17,000 guineas, the timber to be paid for in addition.
This G-ntleman was the bidder at 200,0001. fur the
" Leviathan Lot" on the previous day ; it is said he was
dAmt, d by Sir M. Lopes, Bert. A freehold house in
lioeoln's Inn-fields, let on lease for 13J/. a-year (part of
L.cdOnuondes property) sold for 4,313/. or 30 years' pur-
e me; it would therefore appear that houses as well as
had are improving in an equal ratio.
The Agent for the Duke of Devonshire was the bidder at
01400/. fur the estate purchased by Mr. Arkwright.
The auction duty payable to Government out of these
in is 14440/. Is% 5.1., a sum far 'vac:soling the amount
paid to the Eatlse on any one sale since the otiiiin of
,anetiens.

REIT TO KEEP (WT OF TEE GAZETTE.
(From the Economist.]
Before you tole a bus:: and shop, consider well of all
the etc.:moon, s, soil do nut rest entir.ly on your own
;ialpuen:: the l,at persons to seek chic.. of are those who
na motive for or agabist the undertaking) live in
e weighlieurli,od ; tie y are better able to judge of local
sorts. and the p.obability of your sum •sv. Bargain with
Izorlecrking carpel:L.li and ether trad smen to nuke the
ikn:iu.s aLsolutely necessary. Pay ready money fur all
envies. In laying in your goods, go to a resp.etable
h use, and bi no means propose any extension
I:cre:n; IP punctual in your pay:mows w:th.o the tune
upalaiel; this will open the door of eve: y warehouse to
:iar approach, and place the very best go ds in your line
a ye T service, and you will soon have the choice of the
irk t. Be as much b..hind your own counter as eircum-
alim will per in!t ; be very particular who you en,usge as
:stoputan; pay him sufficiently ; spend your evenings at
lrae, and !Lake all about you as comfortable as possible.
yea wish to serve a needy friend, rather lend him your
Cry than your acceptance; in the one case you can only
Ls: year money, but in the other you may not only lose
money, but your reputation also. If by any accident
ue analle to satisfy a creditor's demand, do na ab-
-8 a yoursaf, but cute to him the plain facts ; in the worst
!et, he is but your creditor: but by avohling cr iteceiv-
-1;1110. he becomes your enemy. Strictly adhering to
toe rules, with industry and perseverance, you will, iu
iiikaz! a yrob-Liliiy, t cep oat of the Gazette.

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trecentor in a rarish church, not 100 miles from
Itre Ns, on the toatureta, at a recent sacran•ental occasion,
Quo sake his appearance in the desk at :he usual tiim
Loriciatiitg clergyman, ut... having observed his absence,
tueott the psalm. and sat down, but, after waiting for
its time, his surprics was excited that the precai.tor did
rest.eict..e tune ;on looking over the front of the t,
I'4.e:erred the cause, and giving his head a gentle shake
4..,114 id down, in the belief, perhaps, that he might be
t tht door, teed would immediately be in his place.
.T..l:l:inn sat mute and motionless, till one of the
tthe. rid, after openly requesting several individuals
ewe the tune without success, his eye caught one he
.47 •,00 an luellynt singer, and walking op to him said,
_'•?l,l*. win, gang up to tie a': and raise the tune."
,el. however, who had not been accustomed to chaunt
i;1" cue of a whole congregation, except as a priva:e
r:deo', declined that honour, and the elder MS return-
t• LI seat widiout accomplishing his object, when
I.lCl'll master, who was sitting in the front of the gal-
-1,: Le': had nut observed the previous application to him
/ the elder, said —" Tell Charley —, min, to raise
44'13'." " So I have;" slid the elder, •• but he winna
't"—" Cl • ••. •
.11.1 P) • min, rejoined the master, looking over
•rcnt of the gala)+, " canna ye raise the tune ?" " Yes,
fil4CharleY, ''if yell kt we do't where I'm sitting, but
gait,; into the precentor'.: scat." " Its nae matter
t1.4t." anMend his master, " sing where ye ir, it'll
"o‘i esculi :" cn which Cbarley, who was perfectly
`•"Pet.i.t to, the task, bel:an, and the service, but for thbi
• Ptittni was gone through with much decency and
Eet7.—Coledunion lifrrcury.
s:ism Samar or GLASS.—On the evening of
)rviaY last a very exten.ive seizure was made by the
tzn'e:' of Customs a: Greenock. on board the smack Hope,
„ Be, 14111. In three large hogsheads, raid to contain
:1' mee were found 42 boxes containing upwards of a
"tight of crown glass. The hogsheads (lid contain
but the quantity was limited, there being only a
;1.0 in each, fixed opposite the bung-hole (purposely
so,d Peening out, to divert suspicion from the con-
' cared Jeaecry which nestled Lehizd it. The seiatire is
it nearly 2001. value.
77201, one of the supposed murderers of the Franks'
'ee
tridelwe' Ts. Leen
be
amid lodged in
in Mallow
Sheehan, it :Till be recollected, was custody
e"
helled with this hcrrid crime, but contrived to
fruen the brideweU iuDanertae.