The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-03 00:00:00

SHUGBOROUGH HALL SALE.

During the last week many families of distinction have
visited Shbgborough Hall, previous to the dispersion of
its valuable contents by auction. The sale commenced
on Monday last with the fine library of books.
Shugborough, anciently written " Souborough," and
so called from its situation at the mouth of the river Sou,
was one of the palaces of the Bishop of Lichfield, and
was built by Walter de Langton, biihop of that diocese
in the reign of Edward the First. A copy, very neat
and perfect, of John Bell's English Poets, fetched 51. 151.
6d., bought by Rodwell. John Dryden's Works, edited
by Sir Walter Scott, in 18 vols. royal Bvo., produced 8/.
from Henry Bohn. The Elzevir Classics, beautifully
bound in red morocco, and richly gilt, fetched 71. 7s. ;
bought by Rodwell. George Edwards' Natural History
of Birds, Animals, &c., with coloured plates, in 4 vols.,
produced 51.55. A very fine copy otElias Ashmole's In-
stitution, Laws, and Ceremonies of the Order of the
Garter, large paper, date 1672 ; bought by Bohn for
6/. 6s. Also a very fine copy of Sir Robert Atkyn's
Aacient end Present State of Gloucestershire, large
paper and newly bound in russia, date 1712, pro-
duced 51. ss.- Venerable Bedm liistoria, Ecclesiastic:L.
Liable ct Saxonice, a Smith, fine copy, Can-
tab., 1722 ; and Badge Antiquitates Britannicm. Hanoy,
1605, fetched 4/. 14s. 6tl. from Strong. The Holy Bible
and Common Prayer, illustrated with Plates by Nichol
Vischer ; also a folded View of Jerusalem, by W. Hollar,
good impressions of the plates, in 2 vols.. date 1660,
sold for 8/. Bs. ; bought by Bohn. A remarkably clean
and perfect copy of Sir Henry Chancy's Historical An-
tiquities of Hertfordshire, very fine impressions of the
plates, date, London, 1700 ; bought by Knight, for
7/. 17s. 6d. Doctor Thomas Comber's Companion to
the Temple, or Help to Devotion, in the USe of Common
Prayer, &c., in 2 vols., date 1672, and two other books,
produced t;/. ; bought by ;Straker. A Buoke of Common
Prayer of King Edwartle VI., in black letter, very clean,
but slightly wormed, otherwise quite perfect, in russia,
imprinted at London, in Flete-streetr,. by Edwardc
Whitechurche, the fourth daye of Maye, 1549, very rare,
produced la 2s. ed. ; bought -by Straker. A large
paper copy of John Dart's Antiquities of Westmifister
Abbey, in 2 vols., with fine impressions of the plates,
sold for 91. 19s. 6d. The proceeds of the first day's sale
amounted to 4201. 15s.

THE PROPERTY AND LicostE:TAi.--The following
notice has- been put up at all the parish churches,
chapels, and the inns of court in the metropolis, and at the
market-places and churches throughout the United King-
dom Notice is lietelly given, that all persons required.
by the Income anOriiperty.•tax Act sth and 6th Victoria,
rap. 35, to make returns of their profits arising from pro-
perty, professions, trades, 'and offices, are to deliver such
returns ' at my dwelling-lions& enclosed and sealed,
situate at (according' to what parish it may be), within
21 days from the date hereof, duly filled up and signed,
and that any person who may not have received a form
applicable- to his or her partibular case, may obtain the
came on appliCation at my said dwelling-house."
(Signed by the assessors.) In some parishes the forms
sent to the householders are dated 23d of July ; others
30th, and Ist of August, 1842.