The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-26 00:00:00

THE CAVERSHAM PARK ESTATE.

The Auction Mart has probably never been
so crowded since the Institution was established as on Thursday.
The large room was literally crammed almost to suffocation.--
The great magnet was Caversham Park; though it • must be
admitted there were many other' very important estates that
assisted in causing so numerous an attendance. The first
Estate was Hudsor Property in Worcestershire, compre-
hending Gan
- acres of Land, with Manor Douse and die Advow.
son. Mr. Dron GE Itoniss spoke of it in high terms as pre-
senting more advantages than are usually combined •in one
estate; it was free of tithes, exonerated from land-tax, with a
manor co-extensive with the parish ; it excited a great deal of
competition, and we are inclined to think the sum it produced
may in some little degree be traced to the probability of the
possessor havingconsiderable weight in the Borough of Droit-
wich ; it was sold for :1),(100
a Freehold Farm in Norfolk ; this was evidently an estate
guinerts.—Next in succession was
calculated only for investment, as it had no house upon it ;
merely 540 acres of land, let at a rental of 4001. a-year ;it sold
for 9,000 guineas.—Then came " Caversham ;" we shall not
attempt to follow Mr. Ronnie through Iris long exordium—
the subject was very prolific, and he did not fail to turn it to
advantage. In adverting to the Mansion, lie said he lamented
snore than he could well express that the great Captain of
the age, the Duke of WEL i. s KCI TOW, had previouly purchased
Strathfieldsay, because he was persuaded t it would not be
put in competition for a single moment with this " Earthly
Paradise." Caversham was worthy of being placed in the
rank with Blenheim, and no one could doubt that the Duke
of Wellington should possess a place equal to that as-
signed to the illustrious .Marlborough. In conclusion, he
urged in very animated terns the strong hold the Posses-
sor of Caversham would have, in securing one of the Seats
for Reading. Be remarked that for stating this, his firm
opinion, in the public advertisements, he had been attacked
at a county
MeetingtheinSp latnietd by a Mr. Marsh, and asinsT convened for the sole
purpoassistingse
onf
he thought, with as little liberality as good sense. This Gen-
tleman, forsooth, could not understand how in this free country
he could venture to sell the freeholders—granted—but he might
safely state all that he said, and which was to this effect :
That if the purchaser of Cavershamwarsa man of intletsen-
andedntcofourntutrnye, anasditpwri and firinly attached to the King
oncity far the most splendid Mansion ant
Demesne within fifty miles of the place, and as the Estate
reached almost into the very town, he thought it by no means
unnatural that the Electors might be as well disposed to give
possessor of such a place, as to either of
thosetheir suwfrir:guesowto therepresented them. Ile had only to remark,
that to him it appeared bad taste to mix up two subjects so
opposite as the Spanish Subscription and .the sale of Caversham,
and he could only account for such a blunder, b-
y believing the
orator was at a lees for words adapted to the subject be was
badly advocating, and, as a rue de gii.erre, extricated himself'
from his difficulty by iulverting to this Sale.—The Estate was
put up at 50,000/. it quickly advanced to 100,00 a, and was
finally sold for 110,000 Guineas. .
ld. We were to in the roam
it was purchased by Mr. Rothscht Mr. Barld '
ing's
name was
also mentioned.
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Portsmouth Harbour has at present a very gay
With strangers
also much corn-
appeal:ince, where the 'loyal yacht InTle.d, and several other
vessels, preparatory to
the mbar Anon of MAJESTy Which
takes place 2ext week. The numerous pleasure yacht.: whieit
pang. occraosrtiosinnalotilyt•honiltt;o:
nut been
bofeellVit?ohetraotmtrlinectit
for years as at present.