The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-24 00:00:00

LANARKSIOE, SCOTLAND.

- MR. \V. W. SIMPSON has received, instruc-
tions from the Proprietor to Pifer for SALE by AUC-
TION at the Mart, London, early in the s..7lner of 18357 unless
an acceptable offer be previously made by priN-sate Contract, the
LANDS and BARONIES of OL'I'NESS and t.'VERTOWN,
situate in the parish of Cambusnethan, 6 miles from liamilton, 14
from Glasgow, and 30 from Edinburgh. The domain compre-
hends about 3,700 English statute acres of arable, pasture, wood-
and plantation land, a large proportion Or which - is of an exceed-
ingly fertile quality. The goods and plantations consist of 477 sta-
tute acres, and constitute a most valuable feature in this Estete, as
the prOduee, consisting of oak, ash, elm, bcech, larch, and ether
firs, for which there is a steadily increasing demand, forms an an-
nually growing source of income. The Estate is divided farms.
which are in the occupation of a most industrious and respectable.
tenantry, and the reductions which were made about the :ears 183'
and 1822 (aperiod of great agricultural distress) when the I.Tincipai.
part of the leases were renewed, added to the continued pu:tetua.,
payment
.of the rents, afford an ample guarantee for the permanency
of the present income. The mansion is of uniform and handsocte
elevation, and has a frontage of li',o feet of polished ashlor. Thy
dining and drawing rooms are of considerable dimensions, and en
suite with a gallery of about 80 feet in length. The mansion is re-
plete with apartments and domestic offices, adapted to tbe reception
of a family of the highest respectability. There are walled..in gardens,
cf considerable extent, with a ranged forcing houses for peaches, nee-
tarines, end grapes, about 132 feetlong; also pine pits with flues, and
a gardener's house. The residence is seated in a park of about :170
Engliih acres, beautifully undulated, richly wooded, and intersperse)
with ornamental plantations in great variety, and with which the
estate is generally belted. There are two most picturesque ant!
thickly planted glens, through one of which the Calder winds it.
way, and these are intersected by rides and walks skilfully varlet:.
and commanding all the beauties of the romantic scenery with
which this district abounds, while the towns of Hamilton and"Glas-
gots are seen in the distance. The estate is bounded on the south.
for upwards of a mile, by the.beautiful waters of the Clyde, on the
banks of which there are very extensive and valuable orchards in
full bearing, and the royalty of the river to that. extent, and a fish-
ing cruive,,are attached to the estate. The fields are generally di-
vided by luxuriant hedges of beech and whitethorn, which being
clipped and well preserved, contribute very much to the charms et
this splendid property. The great Parliamentary roads pass through
the domain to Carlisle, Ayr Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Stirling,
and where they intersect each other, there is a very commodious inn
on the estate. These, with other roads equally good, ensure tke
easy transit of the produce to some of the best markets in the king-
dotn. In addition to its proximity to the populous and rapidly
improving city of Glasgow, this estate presents to the capitalist
the prospect of large and increasing revenues from its weil-as-
certaincd mineral wealth. It has four seams of workable coal.
of an aggregate thickness of twenty-five feet, great abundance•
of iron-stone of the finest qualities, aid an exhaustible supple
of freestone of excellent colour.. Even
_by the present imperfect
mode of obtaining the coal, it costs, pnlY;s. per ton, delivered at
the mansion. About three miles fronglh-e mansion, and quite ote
of view, is an admirable site for the erection of iron works. The
Wisliaw and Coltness rail-road, already evanced to within six
- Iles of the latter place, will, wht,n tontipleted, intersect this estate.
anti open the best means of conveyance for its various producticn!_,
to Glasgow, and thence, by the Monkland and Forth and Clyde
canals, to the sea. The Coltness Estate affords excellent-shoot-
ing, and the neighbourhood is hunted with both fox-hounds ant'
harriers. It may with perfect truth be said that this estate unite-
ativ:.a:ages rarely combined, even in the most favoured parts of the
empite ; and Mr. Simpson's recent survey enables him with eon&
&nee to invite capitalists to test the accuracy of his description by
a personal inspection of the property.
Printed particulars, with plans annexed, may be obtained in du,
time, when the estate may be viewed, of Messrs. Ainslie, M'Allan
and Graham, W. S., 8, Broughton-place, Edinburgh ; of Mr.
David Leighton Factor, on the estate, Hamilton ; at the Auction
• Mart and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, Bucklersbury, London.