The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-19 00:00:00

POETRY.

TO ADA.
Thine it the smile and thine the bloom

Where hope might fancy ripen'd charms ;
But mine is dyed in memory's gloom,
Thou art not in a father's arms!

And there I could have loved thee most,
And there have own'd thou wert so dear,
That though my worldly all were lost,
I still had felt my life was here !
What art thou now ?—A monument,
Which rose to weep o'er buried love :
A fond and filial mourner, sent
To dream of ties, reator'd above !

Thou, dove! who may'st not find a rest,
Save in this frail and Nhatter'd bark,
A lonely mother's °Teed breast,—
May Heaven provide a surer ark,

To bear thee over sorrow's waves,
'hich deluge still this world below I
'Tilt thou, through Him alone that saves,
A holier Ararat shalt knuw.

Nor think me frozen, if for thee
No earthly wish now claims a part ;
Too dear such wish ; too vain to me ;
Thou art not in a father's heart !
A. J. Brno r, December 10, 1316.

..• The foregoing lines to her Daughter are ascribed to Lady
BYROX, and the piety and maternal tenderness which they
display are so characteristic of the amiable Writer, as to leave
no doubt on the subject.

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SALE OF TuE OVIONDE ESTATES.

The sale of these estates, which has been ad-
vertised for some time past, drew a great company to the
Auction Mart yesterday; for notwithstanding the unfavour-
able state of the weather, before one o'clock (the period fixed
for the sale), the great room of Messrs. Robins was tilled to
excess. A large proportion of those assembled were gentle-
men either residing in or connected with the county of Derby,
in which county all the English estates of the late Lord
Ormonde lay; among them we observed Mr. Arkwright;
Mr. Webb, of Burton • Mr. Locket, the principal agent
to the Duke of Devonshire ; Mr. Moore, &c., tic. At one
o'clock Mr. Robins mounted his desk, and proceeded to
business. Ile acquainted the company that the sale of the
estates was peremptory, and without reserve, as they were
regulated by Act of Parliament, and which had been ren-
dered necessary by the circumstance of the late Marquis of
()monde dying suddenly, and leaving hs of in a very cm.
barrassed condition, being in debt to the amount of 450,0001.,
and that his brother, the present Marquis, feeling an earnest
desire that those debts should be liquidated, had come to the
resolution of disposing of all the English estates for that pur-
pose. The Sutton Hall Estate was then put up, and the con-
ditions of sale were read, to which some objections were taken ;
one of the conditions was—that in the event of the purchasers
being at all dissatisfied with the titleileeds of the estate,
that it should then be in the power of the vendors to vacate
the sale altogether. A question was then asked, as to the man-
ner in which the auction duty was to be recovered from the
Crown. This created some discussion, and the mode of recovery
was not very satisfactorily explained by the agents of the vendors.
We believe that the conversation which was held on this sub-
ject, damped in some degree the spirit of the bidders. The
sale of the sutton Hall Estate was then proceeded with.—
The mansion-house was described as a noble stone edi-
fice, built in the most ornamented style of Grecian archi-
tecture, upon which there had been expended upwards of
100,0001.; and if we can form a true opinion of it front the
plan which was handed round, it certainly must be as noble
a house as any in the kingdom. There were attached to it
6,500 acres of land, with valuable coal and iron mines.—
The present rental of the estate was stated to be about 5,8001.
per annum, but which was capable of considerable increase,
as the whole of the property was much under-let, the late
Marquis never having raised his rents. It was stipulated in the
[conditions, that if there should be found to be any mistake in
the measurement of the land, as stated in the particulars of sale,
that such mistake should not invalidate the sale, but that the
matter should be referred to Mr. Nuttall, of Matlock, a gentle-
man who seemed to be known to nearly the whole of the com-
pany assembled, either personally or by character, and with
whom, on account of his respectability, all parties were satisfied
us a referee. The trustees for the sale, under the Act of Parlia-
ment, are, the Marquis of Huntly, Sir Jas. Graham, and Chas.
Butler, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn. The first bidding for the Sut-
ton Hall Estate was 100,000/. which was advanced by 1(1,0001.
each bidding, until it reached 200,090/. It was ultimately
knocked down to 3. Arkwright, Earl. the cotton spinner, of Man-
chester, a gentleman well acquainted with it, for 216,000/. Sew-
rid gentlemen near us, who were competent, from their know-
ledge of the estate, to form a judgment on the subject, consi-
dered this to be 50,0001. less than its worth. The next in order
was the Chilcote Estate, forming one entire parish, of which
the land tax was redeemed, and no reservation made of the
minerals, though it was not stated in what they consisted.
There were contained in it six capital farms, conveniently di-
vided, with many small cottages, all of which were in the occu-
pation of a most respectable tenantry. The estate comprised
altogether 1320 acres of pasture, meadow, and arable land,
producing a rental of 2,2001. per annum. The first bidding
for this was 30,9001. It was purchased by Mr. Robinson, of
Kingston, in Surrey, for 87,0001. This estate was also consi-
dered as a great bargain. The third and last lot was the
Cotin Park Farm, contiguous to the Chilcote Estate, and con-
sisting of 281 acres of land, tithe-free, and in a ring fence,
held by lease till Lady-day next, at the rent of 21101. per
annum. The first bidding was 10,0901. It was knocked
down to Mr. Cookney, solicitor, Castle-street, Ilolborn, who
purchased it for H. Worthington,
Esq. the
laffetwh al ertht:ln‘glhei
amount produced by these sales is 316,8001. ; n
a great deal more was expected, yet we must do Mr. Robins
the justice to say, that his exertions were not spared to get
as high a price as he could for his lots ; and we sincerely
believe that his oily oratory produced as much as could
have been obtained. In describing the estates he was very
happy ; he completely exhausted the whole budget of su-
perlatives. The sum required to he raised front the sale,
we have already said, is 450,0001. More titan this will he
realised, as by the conditions of sale the purchasers Of the estates
are bound also to buy the timber on them at a fair valuation._.
The estate at Sutton Hall abounds in thisinwialtieitrlilatlh,
calteidistliitagtrteoaot
of the most valuable description. It is incumbent also on the
vendee% to purchase the fixtures, among which, strange as it
may appear, ell the deer in Sutton Park, o
quantity, are included. The eales were not concluded until
pewter past four o'clock.—(British Press.)