The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-11 00:00:00

TUB FAT OF -171 E LAND

was not
ACCOUNTED TOO GOOD FOR THEIR REFINED TASTE.
This princely property is all free/101l of Inheritance, surrounded by a
park of great beauty, finely wooded, and full of deer—
Tile branching stag swept down with all his herd,
To quaff a brook which murmured like a bird.
It Is adorned by
THE ORNAMENTAL WATERS, THE PROLIFIC WOODLAND
SCENERY, AND TIIE PERPETUAL WINDING OF TIIE
RIVER AXE,
Ford Abbey is seated in the vale of the Axe (so famed by the disciples
of Izaac Walton for its• placatory pleasures and delicious trout)
winding in serpentine beauty through its fertile meadows. In the park
there Is a never ceasing continuation of woods and water, struggling
for the ascendancy with cascades and waterfalls, to vary the scene,
sparkling with foam.
Before thn mansion lay a lucid lake,
Broad as transparent, deep and freshly fed
By a river, which its softened way did take
In currents through the calmer waters spread.
In the park, the soft undulatirg foliage is perpetually relieving and
deluding the eye into a i:ellef that it was of almost boundless extent.
It imparts just such an air of tempered wildness as would gratify the
lover of scenery, w ithout offence to those who are inclined to look
rather for the evidences of the superintending hand of care and culti-
vation. Indetll everything seems to increase the charms of a spot ro
rich An nature's beauties. The famed river which environs it,
" Lest for a space through thickets veering,
But broader when again appearing."
It may be asked,
"WI I AT MORE C 'MORTALS NOW DESIRE ?"
The sporting qualities extend to every-thing a gentleman's heart
can contemplate ; by the way
THE MONKS' CELEBRATED WALK
is in high preservation. And to omit &panegyric upon
THE ANCIENT TAPESTRY THAT ADORNS ALL THE
STATE ROOMS
would approach sacrilege. It really and truly may he accounted the
WONDER AND ADMIRATION OF THE WORLD. It fearlessly
challenges a rival; and the writer is exceedlnely desirous that the reader
should not for one moment charge this description with being tco vivid.
He may rest assurad here is no flight of fancy—it is a veri-
table and unassuming report. This: description, it is perceived, has
already extended beyond the limits prescribed, and therefore (with
lament) the writer ends this very imperfect recital, merely observing
that the tenantry are very rich, very contented, and very happy,
and are without one guinea of arrear ; indeed, the latter word could
not dud a place in their vocabulary. The rent is exceedingly low.
The demesne extends to
SIXTEEN HUNDRED ACRES OF RICH
MEADOW, PASTURE, ARABLE, AND WOOD LANDS,
NEARLY ALL TITHE-FREE, AND TAXER MODERATE.
Such Is a faithful narrative, and it need not be observed is very un-
common ; indeed, seeing the abundance of unemployed capital (in
spite of the railway mania), and the little value of money, the
present is a most influential opportunity of possessing an invest-
ment in lend, which is doubtless preferable to all others—for, as
it regards the alteration in the corn-laws, it has been observed by
Mr. Robins, in another notice of sale, a fact which every day renders
more and more certain.
WE HAVE ALL BEEN MORE FRIGHTENED THAN HURT."
There are

MANORIAL. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
of considerable extelt, and the estate is (all but) in a ring fence. The
neighbourhood is highly respectable ; many Lords and Nobles are
amongst those who prefer to domesticate in this splendid county.
larkets arc everywhere abundant; in fact, Mr. Robins has taxed
his Ingenuity in vain to try to discover a single blemish. The late
Jeremy Bentham occupied the Abbey for three years, commencing
in 1815, axed from thence Issued many of his most celebrated works.
The Bill description, with plans and the famed drawing of the
Abbey, will be ready six weeks antecedent to the sale. and may be had
at the White Lion, Bristol ; White Hart, Bath ; New London Inn,
Exeter ; the Chard Arms Hotel, at Chard ; Mr. Whitaker, 12, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields, London; the Castle at Taunton; Mr. Salter, so-
licitor, Chard ; the Auction Mart ; and -at Mr. George' Robins's
offices, London (at One Shilling each, this being only with a view to
prevent a 115C10: and unprotltaDle digribOlpn 9rtize 1111.1 particulars).