The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-05 00:00:00

LOUIS QUATORZE HALL CLOCK

on bracket, fully.equipped model of a man-of.war, and an infinity of
other useful and ornamental articles. Also,
A LIBRARY OF TWO THOUSAND VOLUMES OF WELL-

BOUND [BOOKS,

including many esteemed works, among which may be mentioned,
Hakluyt's Collection of Voyages, 1599; Linschsten's Voyages ;
Spencer's Polymetis, 1747; Thurloc's State Papers, large paper;
Seldeni Opera, 6 vols., large paper ; Montfaucon l'Antiquite Ex-
pliquee, 15 vols., large paper; Bishop Jewell's Works, If 109; Jose-
phus, by L'Estrange, 1755 ; Dupin's Ecclesiastical History and
Canon, 8 vols. ; Tillotson's Works; luvres de Rousseau, 17 vols.;
Annals of the Reign of Queen Anne, 11 vols., 1703; Barbauld's
Collection of Novels ; Johnson's Posts, 75 vols.; Universal History
63 vols. ; (Euvres de Voltaire, &c.
A SIDEBOARD OF SPLENDID GOLD AND SILVER
PLATE, EMBRACING MANY THOUSAND OUNCES,
including the splendid table ornaments used
ON A MEMORABLE OCCASION,
the whole being of a most
COSTLY AND PRINCELY DESCRIPTION.
THE COLLECTION OF PICTURES

embraces specimens by the following highly esteemed masters, viz.:
N. Poussin Tempesta
G. Poussin Orizonti, and
Zuccarelli Le Seur, and
A GU AND LANDSCAPE WITH WATERFALL,
By JACOB RUYSDAEL;

a picture which has been pronounced a chef d'oeuvre of this justly
appreciated master; a very fine marble bust of Lord Anson ; also
A CELLAR OF FINE WINES,

a portion of which has been bricked up for many years, independent
of 70 dozens of some wonderfully fine Champagne. The! kitchen
articled are both numerous and excellent, including everything that
is useful, but which from the already too extended length olthis an •
nouncement, it is impossible more particularly to mention; as well as
SOME VERY GOOD TABLE AND BED LINEN.
The whole will be on view one week antecedent to the sale, with ca—
talogues, at 2s. 6d. each, without which no person can be admitted,
and which can be obtained at the office of Edward White, Esq.,
12, Great Marlborough.street; and at Mr. George Robins's, Covent-
garden.

In a romantic part of the County of KENT, between RIVER-
HEAD and WESTERHAM, a delightful RESIDENCE, with
Thirty Acres of Land, about 25 miles from the Metropolis,
MR. GEORGE ROBINS is instructed by the
Proprietor to offer for UNIVERSAL COMPETITION,
at the Auction Mart, on Tituasrmv, June 16, at Twelve,
A singularly attractive FREEHOLD ESTATE, to those de.
voted to the enjoyments of a rural life. It is known as
PHILIPPINES, NEAR TO BRASTED, IN KENT,
a county proverbially the moat lovely, encircled by a continusi
scene of beauty, coin nanding a varied and picturesque panorama
of boundless extent, including the coast of Essex, with the Tnames
and its moving scenery, and the Kent and Surrey hills reaching
beyond the rich intermediate valley: The Estate. adjoins those of
the Earl of Stanhope, and is in excellent order, the present Propri.
etor having, by a most judicious outlay, rendered it perfect in
every department. The Residence possesses ample accommodation
t;,r a moderate sized Family. Noble Drawing and Dining-rooms,
each 25 feet by 21, elegantly fitted up, with Bedchambers of equal
dimensions; several of the rooms open to a conservatory; the
offices are excellent; we I supplied with water; and in the Court.
yard there is Stabling for five horses, double Coach-house, and
Farm buildings.
THE GARDENS AND PLEASURE. GROUNDS ENCIRCLE
THE RESIDENCE,
which is approached by a carriage-drive, through a lobby entrance.
The Kitchen Garden is walled, well sheltered, and abundantly
stocked with the choicest fruit-trees.
THE DOMAIN EXTENDS TO THIRTY ACRES,
divided into Orcharding, Meadow, Arable, and Woodland, with a
Walk bounding the property. Game is in abundance, and affords
never-ending amusement to the Country Gentleman.
The property may be viewed until the sale, and particulars, with
l,lan and drawings, had, at the Inns at Bromley, Farnborough,
Riverhead, Brasted, and Westerham ; at the Auction Mart; and
at Mr. George Robin's offices, Covent-garden.

SHUGBOROUHTiTEE: STAFFORDSHIIt
The superior and appropriate FURNITURE of this noble Man-
sion, splendid Glasses, a Gallery of Pictures of the highest
class, antique Marble Busts and Statues of inestimable price,
a Library of valuable and rare Books, a Cellar of choice Wines.
the Service of Plate, China, Glass, Linen, Pony and Shooting
Carriages, Hothouse and Greenhouse. Plants, and an Infinity of
Effects.
;QTR. GEORGE ROBINS is honoured with in-
structions to ann Attlee for Unreserved COMPETITION,
on the Premises, on NloNnAv, AugUst 1, and 14- following Days
(Sundays excepted), at Twelve for One each day,
TIIE SPLENDID PROPERTY
of every denomination appertaining to
THE MAGNIFICENT ABODE,

SHUGBOROUGH, HALL, THE SEAT OF
THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL 'OF LICHFIELD,
within five miles of Staffbrd, and 12 miles from Lichfield. A
very inadequate disruption of the costly effects which will be
found congregated can only be conveyed through the usual mode
of a pubic announcement. Mr. Robins will endeavour to state,
as succinctly as yx),sible, the leading features, with the full con-
viction that there will be found, in every department, the utmost
attraction to interest and induce the connoiseur of the fine arts,
the bibliomanist, the bon vivant, the florist, and horticulturist,
and those who seek to furnish their abodes with all that is of the
best and purest taste, to Journey to this most extensive and
splendid auction.

THE EXPENSIVE FURNITURE OF THE MANSION
cannot be denominated of the present fashion or period; it is, how.
ever, in the best taste, and excellent of its time, and comprises the
appropriate fittings of the noble drawing-rooms, saloon, dining-room,
library, morning room, and boudoir, with many
BRILLIANT CHIMNEY AMD PIER GLASSES,
of unusually large dimensions;

ORNAMENTAL PORCELAIN AND ALABASTER
of extreme beauty and rarity. The magnificent Equipments of
THE STATE BEDCHAMBER AND DRESSING ROOMS,
in rich crimson silk damask, enriched with gold laze, is, however,
of the latest fashion, and most gorgeous in effect; these chamber.
have only recently been fitted up ; likewise the excellent Furniture
of TWENTY-FIVE BEST BEDCHAMBERS;
the whole of which are roost completely and admirably appointed;
also of an immense number of bedchambers for domestics, and of
the extensive range of oftic,s.

VALUABLE ORIENTAL SEVRES AND DRESDEN
dinner, dessert, and tea services, in endless variety, with an immense
quantity of useful china, rich cut glass for the table and sideboard,
and a wardrobe of table and bed linen.

THE COLLECTION OF PICTURES,
including those

OF THE HIGHEST CLASS,
numbers 120. It was formed hy

THE CELEBRATED ADMIRAL LORD ANSON,
who had unusual facilities of enriching his gallery with gems from
the continent, and who, aided by a consummate judgment, spared
neither cost nor trouble to accomplish his darling object. The
rarest treasures of the Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Flemish, and
English Schools, in their pure state, will here be found ; and
whew there is so much of excellence it is difficult to select for
particular mention ; still the following well-known and un-
doubted pictures by Guido, of the " Angel appearing unto Peter,"
and " Susannah and the Elders," must haye especial notice ; two
landscapes by G. Poussin ; a splendid landscape by Both ; a
landscape by Claude; a landscape by Domenichino; a landscape,
with cattle, by Cuyp ; a small landscape, with cattle and sheep,
by K. I)u Jardin ; a landscape by Berghem ; and another by
Gainshorough, with six matchless sea pieces, by Vandervelde—
one being of large size and singularly fine, and its companion by
Backhuysen—all these are incomparable as works of art. There
are also many charming specimens by the following esteemed
masters :

'Titian Rembrandt K. Du Jardin Zucceralli
Carlo Maratti F. Alois Breemburg •Jan Miel
E. Le Suer Paniiii Poelemburg Sir J. Reynolds
G. Poussin Swaneveldt I'. Brill
P. Veronese A. Stock Albano

THE GALLERY OF ANTIQUE STATUES AND BUSTS,
of the FINEST GRECIAN AND ROMAN SCULPTURE,
many of them being whole length figures, the sire of life, and a
great variety of Antique Busts of extraordinary execution, with
some of modern date. The ensemble may be pronounced one of
the richest in this country; it includes nearly SO matchless sped.
mons of sculpture, and any language offered in their praise would
be far too feeble to express their claims to admiration; the fine
antique life-size statues of Neptune with the Dolphin, the Young
Bacchus with a Satyr, of Paris, of Venus from the Bath, of one
of the Muses, of one of the Fates, of a Roman Youth and the
companion, a Female representing Comedy, and many more equally
splendid, with a long list of antique marble Busts, all inestimable as
works of art ; whilst, amongst the modern, may be named

THE MAGNIFICENT GROUP OF CASTOR AND
POLLUX, BY NOLLEKENS,

and several other full length figures, the busts of Homer, Demos.
thenes, Marc Antony, Shakspeare, and Locke, magnificent speci.
mens of sculpture, all by Rubiliac, and the noble Busts of Francis
Duke of Bedford, and Charles James Fox, by Nollekens, and other
celebrated personages.
THE LIBRARY OF BOOKS

embraces SEVER AL THOUSAND VOLUM ES of the HIGHEST
CLASS of literature, and an infinity of works most beautifully
illustrated, with many rare books, particularly the splendid works
of J. B. Piranesi, Sir William Dugdale, a Series of the County
H.stories, the Antiquities of England, and all the best standard
works, both in verse and prose.
THE CELLAR OF WINES
INCLUDES ABOUT TEN THOUSAND BOTTLES,
selected with the well.known judgment of the Noble Owner, com-
prising the choicest vintages, and includiug all the rare, curious,
and expensive wines of the Continent ; there are several bins of
splendid old Port, brown and pale Sherries, Jones' Royal Ma-
deira, Bucellas, Barton, and Sneyd's Claret, red and white Her-
mitage, red and white Burgundy, ChampLgne, Sauterne, Hock,
Moselle, Frontignac, Calcavella, and many rare liqueurs ; Brandy,
Rum, a,iel others spirits, with a qurntity of Fine Old Ale.
IN THE GARDENS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS

are valuable orange trees, fruiting pines, succession pines, and
pine plants, in all about 1,000, with a large collection of green.
house and hothouse plants, as well as the extensive range of glazed
lights, the furniture of the Chinese temple, several colossal marble
statutes; and
IN THE OUT•IIUILDINGS AND PARK,

four.in.hand, shooting, and pony canines, fire.engine and pipes,
harness, 43 Welch ewes and lambs, a quantity of wool, &c.
The entire property will be on view a fortnight previous to the
sale, and catalogues then had, at ss. each, to admit a party of four,
which may be had on the premises; at the Stafibrd Arms, Sitairbrd
the Advertiser Office, Birmingham ; the Cheltenham Chronicle
Mice, Cheltenham; Itoyal Hotel, Manchester; the Waterloo Ho.
tel, Liverpool ; of Edward White, Esq., Great Marlborough-street;
Messrs. Vizard and Leman, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Messrs. Keen and
Hand, Stafford ; at the Auction Wirt ; and at Mr. George Robin's
Offices, Covent garden.

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LATE —A B SAVORY and SONS.Manu-
facturint, Silversmiths, No. 14, Cornhill, London (oppo-
site the Bank of England).—The best wrought Fiddle-Pattern
Silver Spoons and Forks, at 7s. 2d. per ounce. The following
are the weights recommended, but the articles may be had
lighter or heavier at the same price per ounce :
oz. s. d. £ 1. d.
12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 30 at 7 2 ... 10 15 0
12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2 ... 7 3 4
12 ditto Table Forks 30 at 7 2 ... 10 15 0
12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2 ... 7 3 4
2 ditto Gravy Spoons 10 at 7 2 ... 3 11 8
1 ditto Soup Ladle... 10 at 7 2 ... 3 11 8
4 ditto Sauce ditto... 10 at 7 8 .. 3 16 8
4 ditto Salt Spoons(gilt strong) 1 0 0
1 ditto Fish Slice 2 10 0
12 ditto Tea Spoons... 10 at 7 8 ... 3 16
1 ditto Pair Sugar Tongs (strong) 0 15 fo
N.B. A price current, stamped as a newspaper, illustrated by
drawings, and containing every information relative to the pur-
chase of silver or Sheffield plate, may be had on application, or
will be sent into the country, free of postage, in answer to a
paid letter.

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To Mr. PROW', '229.
Strand, London.
Beaconsfield, August 7th, 1841.
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