The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-12 00:00:00

FONTHILL ABBEY.

SLCOND DAY'S SAI.), WEDNESDA St PT. 10•
The sale commenced this day at half-past
Mr. PDILLIPS declined re-stating the conditions
on which the sale was to he tondtcted7 but CCtt.
tented himself „with referring the company to the.
conditions themselves., He repeated the assure
once that the whole of the property was to be
sad without the smallest reserve, and mom•
mended it to all present to save time,by promptly
bidding what they intended to bid, ts.in this
way they wou;d best consult their own interests.

The tint lot put up, %%v. " Cir:en's Ilietory and Antiquities
qr, Wormier," twu volumes, bound in r, N 1 morocco. Sold
fr.: Z 4. .

The next remarkable lot was a splendid Missal on vellum,
illuminated by thirty miniatures and a profusion of devices, in
the capitals, LI orders, &e. richly coloured, with the original
and curious bit Kling. This was knocked down for 91. I9s. 6d.
The atop'e work contains a series of ;English and Latin
prayers, beate:.ifully written with numerous illuminated decors-
tlOnt: in the t, est style of the middle ages. '
The folk) wing graces in rhyme are written in the ouve: a:
the end ; tb.ey are-curious from their apparent antity.ity,
can hardly be regarded as a part of the book :

" Grace Before Dynner.

" it that now ys or simile bessett-vpon this borde.
Be ,J same sanOtyfyed by t'he Lordy's worde."
After Dynner.

" V ,'e gyve ye thanks, 0 Father Almyghtyc,
g or thy graces and benefyte manyfolde.
NVI tyche chow has powred upon vs abundantelyt.,
)f thy kyndenoa vt can not be tolde."
The .• Dcmonologg,". by King James, which we notice:i on
Monds v, was sold for 101. Os.
.

The: attendance was scanty from the continuance of the causes
which! we alluded to yesterday. All was over by half-past four.
The bi )(dui will continue on sale for the next eight days, before
any of her article will be offered to the public. In the course
of the, day the Marquis and Marchioness of fansdown, with
thuil ;on, Lord Kerry, visited the Abbey, as did Lord and Lady
Cawi, . The Noble Alarquis attended the sale.
haVe given a sufficient specimen of the notes found is
these' volumns from the pen of their late proprittor to satisfy
public curiosity ; but we think• the following, in Chandler's
'•of William 'NJ/V:le, Bishop of Wincheseer," worth
transt
." Those eminent Doctors in Oxford, who mutually
puma nting each other with sounding titles, the proftund, the
ang:lie. and the seraphic, drew on themselves the reverence
of the it own time, and the contempt of all posterity."
15,1. --".King Edward IV. died almost broken-hearteul. April
9; 14 2. His body was ceased at the Castle-gate of Windsor
by ths Archbishop of York, and Waynflete, who was also pre.
sent, iNith divers great persons, when his effects were seques-
trated, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, hi: E.re:uier.t not
admi?iitteringto hi: Will."

173:—" Sa-d times when a man's house eras irld.c‘d his castle,
and it was unsafe to abide in a dwelling house not harricadved
and t'firtitied.'

I SVaynflete, to make sure of getting • oat ourga •
tory,' ordered masses, in commemoration of the five aooluis, to
be saki foz him 5,00 times."

Collatteral Oratory near the high altar of the Chapel,
111agditleo College, Oxford. This is now concealed by the
wainscot of the chapel. but a door leads into it from the
cloister. It is small with elegant stone work, particclarly the
r:,of, and has been decorate,: with painting and gliding."
283.—" Magdalen College tricked out for the reception of
James I. in August, 1605. The figures in the quadranwle
were painted, antf particularly Moses had a new green coat on
the occasion."

The first, sxontl, sixth, and seventh of the foregoing notes
are but extracts from the work to which they are appended.—
The third embodies, with the fact stated relating to R,-...kard
the Third, Air. Becliford's own opinion as to what that Monarch
would have been hsd he lived at a later period. That which
folloz.s rather enlarges on the reflections offered by the author
of the book on the fastenings which appear to have been consi-
dered easetitiul to the security of an ancient dwelling. The fifth
hate refers to the following paragraph :
" The five wounds of Christ were of great celebrity in the
Papal Church. They were displayed with a chalice on the
banner of the rebels who advanced from the north, brandishing
a cross before them in the time of Queen Elizabeth. The
office of the Mass to be celebrated in commemoration of theta
was, according to the rubric, delivered to 80/lit:se; Bishop of
Rome, by the Angel Raphael in person, who told hint, among
other.extraordinary things, that if it were used for the dead, as
soon as it should be ended five times, the sold should be freed
front yourgatory. Waynflete, who believed in its efficacy,
ordered, as will be seen by his testament, that it should be :std
for hint five thousand times."

The English-Coliege at Donny, now a mann-
factory for cotton, is, we understand, stilt the
property of persons in this country, and is likely
very shortly to be restored to its ancient ten_
table uses. Our late Konius, JOHN KIMBLE,
was educated at this College.