The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-08 00:00:00

IRELAND.-COUNTY OF ANNUM.

One of the most improving and extensive FEE-SIMPLE ES-
TATES in the United Kingdom, containing 50,000 Acres, the

greater part situate in the manufacturing district of the county.
Mit. W. W. SIMPSON has the honour to an
nounce that he has surveyed, by order of the Noble Pro-
prietor, and intends to OFFER for SALE by AUCTION, early
in the month of September next, at the Royal Hotel, in Belfast,
The GALOORM or GLENAHERTY, the BRAID, and
KELLS ESTATES, in the county of Antrim. A large portion of
these estates is rich and very productive land, lying in the valleys
of the River Main, and the Braid and Kells waters. The Galgorra
Estate includes the fine mansion of Galgorrn Castle, on which a
considerable sum has been recently expended in valuable improve.
ments. Attached to the castle is a demesne of about 150 acres of
superior land, in hand. On the property, which embraces a great
volume of water-power, there are many extensive bleach greens,
beetling and corn mills, in the occupation of wealthy and respect-
al
en, d
andintelligence.there
arc
exten-
sivel'h e
tracts of pasturable and easily reclaimed mountain lands,
respect-
able manufacturers ; and several of the tenantry are engaged in, or
connected with the various branches of the linen trade; the ma-
jority are Protestants, and, in the highly favoured province of
Ulster,bogs
tahreei
veryin udvitasltrayb
abundantly stocked with game. The property is in the immediate
neighbourhood of Ballymena, and approaches within a quarter of a
attached
to
the
estate
s t farate
mile of this, the largest inland town in the county, and is only fle
miles distant from Belfast. The entire of the estates includes a
surface of about 50,000 acres. The Belfast and Ballymena Rail-
way, the works of which are contracted for, passes through the pro-
'
party, as will also two other railways in contemplation.
I'articulars are in preparation, and may,
in due time, be ob.
tained of Messrs. J. W. Sherlock and Sons, 29, Grenville-street,
Mountjoy-square, Dublin, and Fermoy, Ireland; at the place of
sale ; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, IS, Bucklersbury.
Mr. Simpson, from obvious reasons, which need no explanation
to the public, has recommen.'ed his noble and other proprietors of
Irish estates to defer those sales which were intended for June to
the month of September.
Mr. Simpson, while drawing the attention of capitalists to the
above valuable estates, wishes to state that a second e.iition of
his pamphlet has been published, on which the " Times" news-
paper made the following review :—" Mr. W. W. Simpson, the
well known and deservedly respected auctioneer and valuator,
has recently published a p;mmhlet, entitled A Defence of the Laral-
lords oflreland, with Remarks on the Relation between Landlord
and Tenant, The Dublin Evening Packet,' in reviewing this work.
gives the following character of its author Mr. Simpson, we
scarcely need remind our readers, is an Englishman, of vast ex.
perience in matters relating to the improvement and value of land
in kin own country. He is, moreover, a gentleman of moat com-
prehensive views, and posse,o.4n umters,,,richng naturally strong,
and a stock of practical knowlcge and sterling sense which falls to
the lot of very few persons in his Own or any other rank of life.
With the social condition of Ireland he has made it his business,
almost as a matter of necessity, to make himself thoroughly ac-
quai„ted. Hr feels fir her wants, and has contributed as much,
rhaps, as any man to his time to improve her resources, by en-
couraging the investment of British capital in every department. 01
Irish industry. Such a witness as this we therefore hold to he
beyond the reach of suspicion, on the score either of interest or
mustu
i His testimony
partiality. be regsrdsti as invaluably as it is
unquotionsbly usispisthal,l4y '