The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-13 00:00:00

WALK OVER THE COURSE.

To conclude, one half of the purchase.mo;ey may remain
on security of the Estates, at four per cent. May be viewed,
with a particular of sale, to be had at the Commercial and News
Rooms and Exchange Coffee Rooms, at Glasgow and Edinburgh;
the Waterloo, Liverpool; the Bush, Bristol ; of Mr. Fisher, Auc-
tioneer, NI .nchester ; at the Auction Mart• and at Mr. George
Robins's Offices, Covent Garden, London, where the three beautiful
Views of the Castle and Loch may be seen.

SALE DELAYED FOR A WEEK.
AN ADVOWSON, WITH THE NEXT PRESENTATION
TO A LIVING OF 1,1601. A-YEAR, IN DORSETSHIRE.
-141 FR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed to
SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart. in London, on THURS-
DAY, July 25, at Twelve,
THE ADVOWSON, WITH THE NEXT t RESENTATION TO
THE LIVING OF MARNHULL, II DORSETSIIIRE,
Seven miles from Shaftesbury, in the Vale of Blackmoor. There
it an excellent Parsonage House, with Gardens and Out Offices.
The parish contains

THREE THOUSAND FIVE liUNE►RED AND SIXTY

• ACRES,
including thirty-two acres of Glebe. The present Incumbent is
37, iu ill health, and unable to do the duty. The Purchaser can
therefore be appointed the Curate, and have immediate possession of
the Parsonage.

The present annual value of the Living' is
ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY POUNDS

A -YE A It,
but a considerable increase may be expect ed.
Particulars had, twenty-one days prior„ at the Inns at Shaftes.
bury, Oxford, and Cambt idge ; of Mess rB. Roy, Blunt, Duncan,
and Johnstone, Solicitors, Lothbury ; aild jr. George Robins's
Offices, in Covent. Garden.

•
R• GEORGE ROBINS, with feelings of
-M
unmixed pleasure and satisfaction, makes known that he
is honoured by 'having been selected as the humble individual to
OFFER for SALE by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Mart,
London, on Tnuasonv, the Bth of August, at Twelve, a SIN.
GULARLY DELIGHTFUL FREEHOLD PROPERTY. And
he is proud to add that it is the FIRST ATTEMPT at a SUB.
MIS: I ./N t) PUBLIC OPINION and COMPETITION of a
DISTINGUISHED ESTATE SO FAR REMOVED FROM
ENGLAND.

THIS IMPORTANT ESTATE
is Within one mile of
THE CITY OF ATHENS,

Nearly

FOUR HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND-

Within its plains, and a
SHOOTING OR HUNTING BOX, WITH EXTENSIVE

GARDENS,
Before Mr. Robins ventures upon his fearfully difficult task, he
may well ask for a little forbearance with a kind public, in not
criticising too earnestly or too severely this, his first essay as connected
with an attempt to describe a splendid estate so nearlyallied to

THE CLASSIC CITY OF ATHENS,
and so far removed from the usual sphere of his vocations—the city and
its vast renown he may safely leave to those who are well read its
the history of Greece ; his task, fortunately, is only to give in
the language of truth, however imperfectly told, an unpretending
description of the property under review. As it would require
the pets of the immortal Byron to do it adequate justice, the
writer may be well excused for approaching it with fear and
trembling; he will however venture only at a round, un.
varnish: d tale, leaving to the imaginative powers of those who seek
such a splendid repose, to till up the vast, immeasurable space, which
his feeble effort must leave unaccomplished. The Villa may be
thus succinctly described : It is suited to a family not very large,
but whose minds are embued with reminiscences of the glory of this
once tamed city.

It is. placed

" Shrine of the mighty! can it be
That this is all remains of thee ?"

WITHIN THE OLIVE GROVE

on the Plains of Athens, and from its lofty tower commands the

MOST SPLENDID AND PICTURESQUE VIEW
OF THE ACROPOLIS AND THE CITY,

including the Mount Hymettus, and Pentelicus, the PirseuF,
Salamis, and indeed all
THE ISLANDS OF THE JEGEAN SEA.

In contemplating this magnificent Panorama, how awfully
grand doth Nature's works appear, inclining the imagination first
to believe, and at length the senses to concur in the realization of all
those classical associations, which cannot fail to interest and encou.
rage the enterprize, and lead to researches which the match of in.
telleet has recently more than ever provoked. Oh, that the pen
of the great Bard could at this moment lend its influential aid, and
direct the one that now falters in thevain attempt to give a moderate
portraiture of the Landscape! but this is hopeless. A short sum.
many of a few of the minor points for consideration must suffice with
those who, while they would enjoy the Antiquities of Athens, are
not insensible to the large income that is available by this pur.
chase. It has already been noticed that the Demesne around the
City numbers

THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ACRES,
the greater part under cultivation, in Corn, Cotton, and Maize,
beside

LARGE PLANTATIONS OF OLIVE TREES :
TIIE VINEYARDS AND EXTENSIVE GARDENS
are al.out twenty acres. walled round and planted on the celebrated
site known as

" THE ACADEMUS OF PLATO,"
and to which the river Cephisus becomes the ir. igating stream, as
well as to the smaller vineyard, which is allied to the abode.
Within the garden-walls of Six Acres, are
PLANTATIONS OF ORANGE AND LEMON TREES,
and it must not be o‘erlookrd, as a special gift belonging to its
produce, that
HIS MAJESTY, THE KING OF GREECE,
and his Queen—always on important occasions, when a splendid
fete is given at the Palace, prefer to have the fruit from

MR. BELL'S CELEBRATED GARDENS.
Numerous Plantations of Mulberry Trees crown and vary the
picture, and
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY BUTTS OF RED AND
WHITE WINE

is the fair annual produce. There is beside
CORN, WINE, AND OIL IN ABUNDANCE.
It is to be hoped, and indeed is believed, that enough has been
said to enlist the attention of those who are sensitive to the delight,
and consequently know how to appreciate