The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-23 00:00:00

SALE OF AUTOGRAPHS

On Friday, a sale by auction, of several valuable
awl rare autographs, State pap:•rs, and intorcst-

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ing documents, Which was commenced the preceding
day at the rooms of Mr. Fletcher, was continued, on
which occasion there were present Sir F. Madden, of
the British Museum, who was a purchaser of some of
the most important State papers and autographs, Mr.
R. Lambert Jones (Common Councilman). Mr. Ev.ms,
Mr. Bullock, &c. The collection submitted for compe-
tition comprises letters, autographs to State pavers
in the hand-writing of King Henry VII., Henry
VIII., Charles 1., Henry King of Navarre, Henry
111. of France, Henry IV. of France, Francis 1.,
Catherine de Medicis, Louis XIII., Louis XIV., Louis
XV., Pope Innocent VI., Pope Leo X., Pope Innocent
XI., Pope Alexander VII., Frederick the Great, Em-
peror Charles V., &c. The following were among the
number sold:—No. 201, A letter from Charles James
Fox to the Duke of Portland relative to the treaty with
France, 1783, 18s. No. 262, Another curious letter by
the same to the same, requesting his Grace to see the
King immediately, and if Lord Ashburton is dead to
give the Earl of Derby tha duchy, 1783, 9s. No. 26.3,
Another to the same, on the King's forthcom-
ing speech, respecting the alarming outrages, &c.,
1783, 10s. No. 280, A long and interesting let-
ter by the Earl of Essex, Lord Deputy Lieu-
tenant of Ireland, on the affairs of Ireland, 1674,
IL 95. No. 281, Letters of instructions from King
Charles 1., to Viscount Falkland, Deputy Lord. Lieute-
nant of Ireland, 1628, IL 6s. No. 291, Boyle,
Earl of Orrery, poet and dramatist, to R. Roger-Soutlivvell,
Secretary of State, 1678, 18s. No. 293, Lionel Boyle,
Earl of Orrery, to Sir R. Southwell, requesting some
troops to defend themselves against the Irish Rapparees,
which are assembled in great numbers, &c., 1690, IL
No. 307, Henry Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, to Lord
Treasurer Buckhurst, the poet. 1599, 19s. No. 308,
Henry Lord Herbert, afterwards Marquis of Worcester,
to Sir Edward Hoby, Kt. ; a most interesting letter
from Ragland Castle. which the writer maintained
and defended with 800 men, at his own cost, during
the Civil Wars in the Royal Cause, 1606, 11. ss. ; pur-
chased by Mr. Thorpe. No. 309, Lady Anne Herbert,
wife to the above, to her brother Sir E. Hoby, 1606,
11. 4s. ; purchased by the same. No. 336, King Charles
the First's autograph to a beautiful and interesting letter
of instructions to the Lord Deputy Lieutenant of Ire-
land, 1628, IL 7s. No. 337, King Henry VIII.'s auto-
graph to a warrant addressed to the Keeper of the Great
. Wardrobe, dated from Greenwich, 6th of March, 1513,

1/. 65.; purchased by Mr. Evans. No. 338, King Henry
Vll.'s autograph to a similar warrant, dated from the
manor of Shene, 1499, 11. 15. ; purchased by the
same. No. 340, Henry 11. of Navarre, autograph
to an order for raising troops, with seal, 1543, 16s. No.
341, Henry Kin... of Navarre, afterwards King of France,
and Henry I. of Bourbon, autographs to a letter to
Charles IX., King of France, with portrait, 1599, 3s. 6d.
No. 342, Francis 1., King of France, autograph to
letters patent, on vellum, 1543. No. 343, King Charles
IX., of France, letter on the victory over the rebels,
&c., 1569, I Is. No. 345, Catherine de Medicis, Queen
of France, to her sister the Queen of Navarre,
1580, 11. 6s. No. 376, Peter 11., King of
Portugal to William 111. King of England, credentials
to his ambassador, with seal, 1693, IBs. No. 378, King
Charles IX., of Sweden, to King William 111., 1692, 9s.
No. 379, Count Oxenstiern's crude itials, as ambassador
from the King of S .veden to William 111., King of Eng-
land, with autograph of Queen Eleanora, as Regent,
and her Lords in Council, with seal, 1697, 11. 3s.
No. 385, the Emperor Charles V., a letter, 1528, 1/.
11s. 6d. No. 388, Leopold, Emperor of ig•erisiany, to Wil-
liam 111., King of England, 1696, 12s. (These with seve-
ral others, were bought by Sir F. 'Madden.) No. 381,
Frederick the Great, note to an official letter in German
for the cultivation of silk-worms, 1775, 175., purchased
by Mr. Thorpe. There was a variety of Bulls, with the
autographs of Pope Leo X., Cardinal Sadeletus, Pope
Alexander VII., Pope Innocent XI.; several autographs
of Louis XIII., Louis XIV., Louis XV., Charles Duke
of Lorraine, Marie de Medicis, of William Pitt, Sir
W. Pulteney, Lord North, &c. ; with letters written by
Stanislaus, King of Poland, the Duke of Wirtemburg,
the Archbishop of Treves, &c.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals—John Hallett, Austin, from Mauritius, in the
Downs, sailed 19th October; Blenheim, Craig, from Singa-
pore, in the Downs, sailed 19th August: St. Helena, 18th '
November; Fatima, Wilson, from Madras, in the Downs,
sailed 18th September; Alert, Oliver, from New South
Wales, off Dever, sailed from Sydney I lth Sept.
Arrivals at Sydney, New South Wales.—Thomas Lord,
Brown, August 26th, from Auckland and Bay of Island.;
Sarah, Birkett, 29th, from Liverpool ; Jean, Clarke, 31st, from
London ; Coquette and Tobago, 31st, from Port Philip ;
Morayshire, Smith, from London ; Shamrock, Sept. 2d, from
Port Philip ; Caroline, 3d, from Hobart Town ; Rover's Bride,
4th, from Howe's Island ; Challenger, sth, from Launceston ;
Jefferson, Howland, sth, from Whaling ; Sir John Byng, 6th,
from Port Philip ; Kangaroo, from Hobart Town ; Persian,
Oppenheim, from London.
Departures from Sydney—Sisters, Wardle, Aug. 27, to
Hobart Town ; Jane, Fairweather, to Sperm Fishery ; Heber,
27th, to South Sea Islands ; Dublin, Duniam, 28th, to Port
Philip and London ; City of Sydney, 31st, to New Zealand ;
Tryphena, Sept. 2,t0 Auckland; Petrel, 4th, to Manilla;
Emma, to Adelaide ; Rachel, Scott, 4th, to Guam ; Phoebe,
sth, to Launceston; Fortitude, Arbuthnot, Aug. 28, to
Norfolk Island.
Loading—Exporter, Reflector, Australasia packet, Fanny,
Montezuma. Salus, Ann Standerings, all for London ; Rajah,
Ferguson, for Port Philip and London ; Artemis, M'Donald,
for New Zealand and Valparaiso ; Victoria, Sinclair, for Port
Nicholson.
VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—CtiriettX, of Dunkirk, from
Rio, 4th ult. ; Justina, London to Calcutta, 11th inst., lat. 49,
lon. 7 ; Dutch barque, Theodore and Sara, 12th inst.. lat. 49,
lon. 6, by the Bler.heim, arrd. in the Downs; Ulster, Liverpool
to Barbadoes, out six weeks, lat. 48, lon. 11, by the Ni ool-
sington, arrd. in the Downs; Firefly, bound to the Coast of
Africa, 15th inst., 70 miles W. of Cape Clear by the Manly,
arrd. at Crookhaven ; Livingston, Liverpool to Calcutta, 14th
inst., lat. 50, lnn. 8, by the Isabella, arrd. at Liverpool; Hand
of Providence, Bay of Fundy to London, 12:h inst., lat. 49,
lon. 14, and supplied with provisions ; Rolls, from Barbadoes,
same day by the Elizabeth Wood, arrd. at Liverpool.