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SALES BY AUCTION.

BERKSHIRE, within HALF-A-MILE of SHRIVENH AM
V PION, on the GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
R . W. W. SIMPSON has received instructions,
...._ pursuant to the will of the lite Joseph Coster, Esq.,
to SELL by A UCTION,'at the Auction Mart, on TUESDAY,
June 28, at Twelve, in Three Lots, the following desirable
PROPERTY:—

Lot 1. A valuable Freehold and Tithe-free Estate, called
Lower Field Farm, eligibly situate in the parish of Bourton,
four miles from Ilighworth, six from Swindon, and seven
from Farringdon, all excellent market t wns. It comprises
a brick-built fat in-house, with garden and orchard, granary,
stabling, bullock-shed, and other buildings, together with 115
acres of land, whereof 72 acres are pasture (a large proportion
of which is very powerful bullock feeding land), including 17
acres of water meadow, which may be irrigated at pleasure,
and the remainder deep stapled arable land.—Let 2. A de-
sirable Estate, called Acorn Farm, situated near Lot 1, corn-
prisinc, a cottage, with garden, barn, stabling, and other
buildings, together with 100 acres of land, of which 70 acres
are meadow and pastu-e (including seven acres of most pro-
ductive water meadow), and the remainder very fertile arable
land.—Lot 3. A Cottage and Garden, with about an acre of
pasture land, situated near Lot 2, and held under leases for two
lives, aged sixty-five and sixty-six years, at a quit rent of one
shiting per annum. About an acre of freehold pasture lard
adjoining, and two cottages and gardens contiguous, held under
a lease for three lives aged 55, 56, and 68 years, at a quit rent
of 10s. per annum.
The Estate may be viewed, and particulars may be obtained
'9. Coleman-street ; at the Auction bdart ; and of Mr. W. W.
in due time of I.llessrs. Tilson, Sqqance, and Tilson, solicitors,
Sitrpion, 18, Bucklersbury.

KENT.—An unrivalled FREEHOLD INVESTMENT.
The emir! ISL IND of ELMLE't, containing nearly 3,000
ACRES, about a mile and a half from the London-road, and
only two miles from Sittingbourne.
ISN-EillastiryecAeircdTlo directionsatthe
ilf.r(1)11:;thleI-P•roSpiriAetiol:St?
Mart, London, on Titu'rts,DAv, June 16, at' Twelve, in
One Lot.

The ENTIRE ISLAND of ELMLEY, comprising 2,300
Acres of old fresh marsh, and 290 Acres of marsh, enclosed 15
years since,, all of superior quality, and peculiarly adapted to the
grazing of bullocks and sheep, together with 350 Acres of salt
marsh. These valuable marshes have the pre-eminent advans
(age of an ample supply of fresh water in all seasons, there being
10 pure springs on the island ; such, also, is the soundness of
these land , that when the rot in sheep prevailed to a frightful
extent throughout the kingdom, Elmley Island never engen-
dered this destructive disease. There is not a public road, nor
is there a pubis path. on the island, excepting to the church.
The estate is bounded by the East Swale, and the river walls
are most substantial and in excellent condition ; they are gene-
rally proteeed by a deep foreground of salt marsh. During
the last 11 years, a period which includes some of the highest
tides known within the memory of man, the repair of these
walls has averaged only 1301. per annum, which is the best test
of cheap security. The buildings on the island consist of cot-
tages for herdsmen, cattle sheds, stabling, &c. ; these, with th
gates and fences, are kept in repair at the joint expense of
landlord and tenant ; the average outlay of the landlord does
not exceed 30/. por annum. The parochial rates are of insig-
nificant amount. There is but one pauper who at the pre-
sent time receives relief in the parish
.of Elmley. The estate
supplies first-rate coursing; hares are reared and preserved at
scarcely any cost, and as the island consists exclusively of green
land they may be multiplied without injury to the occupiers.
This extensive surface of marsh land might, if it were in the
possession of a proprietor of tillaged estates, be most advanta-
geously parcelled out in certain proportions with the farms,
which rre deficient in green land, and the rental of this island,
as well as that of the upland estates, would thus be greatly
augmented. There are several hundred acres of the land com-
prised in this estate which, if it were thought desirable, might
be advantageously broken up and converted into tillage, the soil
being peculiarly favourable for the production of wheat
and other grain, as well as green crops generally. The
tenants, of whom there are six only, are wealthy, and
of the highest respectability. That the rental is very
moderate is attested by the recent valuation of a compe-
tent local surveyor, whose estimates are confirmed by the opi-
nion of Mr. Simpson. Mr. Simpson is open to private offers
antecedent to the day of sale.
Particulars and plans may now be had of Messrs. Bridges
and Mason, Solicitors, Red Lion .square ; of Richard Ba-
athnudrostf,
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IRELAND, COUNTIES OF LIMERICK AND DUBLIN.
Valuable FEE-SIMPLE ESTATES, part of the outlying
Property of the Right Hon. Viscount Midleton.
ATI 1.1. . . SIMPSON has received directions
_OIL from the Noble Proprietor to 'SELL' BY AUCTION,
at. the Commercial Buildings, Dublitwon TuEsonv, May 31,
at One, in Lots,
The LISMOTA ESTATE, Containing about 606 Statute
ACRES of rich loamy land, on a limestone substratum. situate
in the Parish of BALLINGARRY and Barony of UPPER
CONOI,O, about four miles south-east of Rathkeale, and
twelve from Cherleville, in the County of Limerick. This
property is out of lease, but of the estimated value of 5001. per
annum, and, being susceptible of great improvement, is
strongly recommended to the attention of capitalists. Also the
lands of Dubber, containing about 29 Statute Acres, eligibly
situate in the Parish of Santry, within four miles of Dublin, in
the occupation of Mr. Wm Ecklin, at a rent of 501. per annum.
The property my be viewed.—Partieulars, with Plane an-
nexed, may now be obtained of Messrs. Mellersh, Marshall, and
Nlellersh, Solicitors, 0 odalming, Surrey ; of John Pontifex,
Esq., Solicitor, St. Andrew's-court, Holborn, London; of
Thomas Foley, Esq Tourtane, Lismore, Waterford, and 189,
Great Brunswick-street, Dublin; of Thos. Weldon, Esq.,
Riversfield, near Rathkeale; and of Mr. W. W. Simpson, 18,
Bucklersbury, London.

IRELAND.—COUNTY OF WATERFORD, BARONY
OF GLENAHIREY.
DESIRABLE FEE-SIMPLE ESTATES (part of the out-
lying Property of the Right Hon. Viscount Midleton),
situated near Clonmel and Dungarvan.
MW. AV. SIMPSON has received directions
from the Noble Proprietor to SELL BY AUC-
TION, at the Great Globe Hotel, Clonmel, on FRIDAY,
May 27, at One in the Afternoon, in One Lot,
Valuable Fee-simple Estates, comprising the town lands of
Bnunfune, Silliheens, Glashy, and Small Quarter, contain-
in.- in the whole upwards of 1,400 statute Acres, including
about 500 Acres of mountain, situated in the Parish of
Kilronan, within five miles of the flourishing market town
of Clonmel, and only 12 from the excellent seaport town
of Dungarvan, in the County of Waterford. The new road
connecting these towns intersects the property, which is sur-
rounded by the estates lately purchased by the Earl of Strad-
broke. The greater part of the land consists of rich deep
soil, a considerable portion is on a limestone substratum, and
the whole let at rents amounting to 5861. 12s. 66d. per annum.
The only part of the Estate, which is on lease, is the townland
of Glashy, which is held for the lives of two gentlemen upwards
of eighty-four years of age each, on the fall of which a large
accession of rental will accrue. _ _

The property may be viewed, and Particulars, with Plans an-
nexed, may now be obtained of Messrs. MeHersh, Marshall, and
Mellersh, Solicitors, Godalming, Surrey ; of John Pontifex,
Esq., Solicitor, St. Andrew's. court, Holborn, London ; of
Thomas Foley, Esq., Tourtane, Lismore. Waterford, and 189,
Great Brunswick. street, Dublin ; at the place of Sale ; and
of Mr. W. W. Simpson, IS, Bucklersbury, London.

8111,:Athi'lr-o'iving, and,
IRELAND.—COUNTY OF LIMERICK and BARONY
of KENRY.
-rCuoicrty, or portions
Extensive and Valuable FEE-SIMPLE ESTATES, within
about Seven Miles of the City of Limerick, andtsAm(luaiydnwi3ea;;
between Askeaton and Adair.
MK. W. 'W. SIMPSON has ,received directions
Pasture Land,
from the Noble Proprietor to SELL by AUCTION, IsOtaNt,uatet
property
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calculated leases, reininta.l of
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is eligible in the
extreme, being bounded on the north by the navigable river
Shannon. The lands are proverbial for their depth of staple,
the soil consisting chiefly of a rich deep loam on a
limestone substratum, and producing most luxuriant white
straw and green crops, in all their varieties. Many
of the residences are of a superior grade, and the
oof.oo this 0i•
farmhouses and cabins are generally above the average
description. The rents on these estates are punctually
paid,. and the best proof of their being low is, that when
any of the tenants are desirous of disposing of their holdings
( an event of very rare occurrence), they readily obtain for the
,oadwill or interest therein a sum g varyi.
.: from 151. to 20/.
per kith acre. Mr. W. W. Simpson has in this, as in every
(Aber instance, care'ully avoided misrepresentation, and re-
jected altogether those florid descriptions which too frequently
lead to annoyance and disappointment in the minds of pur-
chasers, who naturally will judge for themselves. Mr. Simpson,
at. the same time, fearless of contradiction, ventures to assert,
from the result of personal survey and valuation, that an estate
of such value, reversionary interest, and capabilities, is very
rarely the subject of public competition, taking ei,en•the wide
range of the United Kingdom.
Particulars, with I'lans melt% may be had of Francis
Berry, Esq., . Tullamore; Thcmas Sterling Berry, Esq.,
Hume-street, Dublin; Messrs, Manning and Daleton, solici=,
tors, .Hertford-street, Map:fait ; at-the .plice of mile; an lof
AlltsVt... Simpson, 18, Bubklerslp:Y3 London.

E NGLISII MINSTRELSY.
THIS EVENING, MAY 23.

At the MUSIC HALL, STORE-STREET,
Mr. WILSON, will give an ENTERTAINMENT of
ENGL.! SJi SONG, in which he will sing :—" 'Twas Merry
in the Hill."—"The British Grenadiers."—" A Cobbler there
was."—" In the Spring time of the year."—" 0 wee: may the
keel row."—" Sally,in our alley."—" A hunting we will go."
—" Away to the Maypole."—" The Vicar of Bray."—" The
Old English Gentleman."—" Robin Hood and the Bishop."
—" Black-eyed Susan."—" The Roast Beef of Old England."
O THURSDAY MORNING, at the HANOVER-
SQUARE-ROOMS, PRINCE CHARLES'S ADVEN-
TURES.

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RAILWAY RETURNS.

We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re-
ceived On the principal Railways of Great Britain
tor the week ending on the day of the month prefixed
to each. The return includes the money received for
passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer-
chandize

Week- Miles • 'total.
ended Name of Railway.
0. en ed £. a. d p .
Slay 14 Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 1,195 H 6
13 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,554 16 4
7 Brandling Junction 25 898 17 10
13 Chester and Birkenhead ..
14 Dundee and Arbroath . l6l 229 8 9
15 Eastern Counties ......
14 Edinburgh and Glasgow
14 Glasgow and Ayr ..
14 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenoek 223 838 17 1
14 Grand Junct., Chester &Crewe 113 8,530 14 0
14 Great North of England 45 1,284 1 8
15 Great Western
16 Ilayle
14 Hull and Selby , 31 848 8 3
14, Lancaster & Preston Junction 203 465 11 9
13 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,480 9 10
14 London and Birmingham 1123 17,101 5 8
19 London and Blackwall ... :..
14 London and Brighten
14 Ditto Shoreham Branch
17 London and Croydon lO3 542 7 5
19 London and Greenwich 3l 2,352 19 3
15 London and South Western
13 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 529 13 63
16 Manchester & Birmingham
14 Manchester and Leeds
14 Midland Counties .
14 Newcastle and Carlisle ......
12 Newcastle and North Shields 7 384 11 1
15 Northern and Eastern
14 North Midland
13 North Union
14 Preston and Wyre ..... .......... 193 176 15 10
16 Sheffield and Manchester...... .7 280 611
15 Ulster
14 York and North Midland 2B 1,556 3 7

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending May 14, 1842." The Table is
issued front the Office of the Registrar-General:—

Weekly
Average
-1838-9- I
CAUSES OF DEATH. Total.
Four I Four
Springs [Years
Epidemic, Endemic. & Contagious Diseases 129 183 190
Diseases of the Bralli, Nerves, and Senses 133 147 149
iseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
s.).seases of the Heat and Blood-vessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion ...
Diseases of the Kidnays, &c
Childbed, Diseases of the Uteras, &c 6 9 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Museles 3 6 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c 0 1 1
Diseases of Uncertain Seat lOO 99 104
o'.d Age, or Natural Decay
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intern-

perance
Causes not specified
Deaths frem all causes . 773 ...._. _.
Average Weekly Deaths B7l 912
. .

-. —.-
Population Average Death
.enu. Weekly in
DISTRICTS. merated Deaths the
1641. 103-9-40-1. Week.
West—Kensington, St. George r
( Hanover-square),Westmin- Four I Four
ster, St. Martin in the Fields, Ye •rs. Springs.
St. James
North—St. Mary-le-bone, St
Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 156 145
Central—Saint Giles and Saint
George, Strand, Clerkenwell,
Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon-
don, West London, City of
London —373,806 188 179 13s
East—Shoreditch,Whitechapel,
Bethnal Green, St. George
in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392',40i 206 190 158
South—St Saviotw, St. Olave,
St. George( Southwark ),Ber-
mondsey, Newington. Lam-
beth, Camberwell, Rother-
hitke, Greenwich ... -.438,060 221 210 201

Total 1,870,727 912 *7l 773
It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality-7
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmith_ tjhapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom-
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul ( Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in June 1841, was
1,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, is 39, 1840, and
1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths its the four years by
208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52.
TEAIPERATURE IN THE WEEKS ENDING
May 7.. . May 14.
Highest
`Lowest • 42 42
Daily Mean - 56 54
ocneral Register Office, May 9, let 42.

STANNARIES COURT-DUCHY
OF CORNWALL.

(BEFORE Ills ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE

ALBERT.
APPEAL.-TIIOMAS I'. VICE AND BENNETT.
The early hour of eight o'clock on Saturday having
been fixed by Prince Albert, the Lord Warden of the
Stannaries Court, for hearing an appeal in the case
of Thomas a. Vice and Bennett, his Royal Highness
arrived at Somerset House shortly before the time
appointed. The Prince had been preceded by the
Lord Chancellor, Lord Langdale, the Master of flit!
Rolls, Lord Brougham, Vice-Chancellor Wigram
and Baron Parke. ,

The Prince having been conducted to his robins
room by Mr. Gardiner, the auditor of the Court, was
received by the Lord Chancellor and the other Judges
present.

At a few minutes after eight his Royal Highness
entered the Court, habited in his splendid robe of
green velvet, collared and trimmed with white ermine,
and lined with crimson satin; and carrying in his
right hand his crimson velvet cap, turned up with
white ermine. Mr. Gardiner carried the purse before
him, and an officer of the Court bore his train. His
Royal Highness bowed graciously to the persons pre-
sent as he entered, and took his seat in an elegant
gilt chair placed on a raised platform, the Lord Chan-
cellor and the Master of the Rolls sitting on his right
hand, and Lord Brougham, Vice-Chancellor Wigram,
and Baron Parke on his left. His Royal Highness
looked remarkably well.

The Prince was also attended, by the Earl of Lin-
coln, Lord Portman, Sir Henry Wheatley, Mr. Pem-
berton, and Mr. Anson, Members of the Duchy of
Cornwall.

The title of the case having been read,
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, who appeared on be-
half of the appellants or defendants, rose to address
the Court. Ile had the honour to appear before his
Royal Highness and their Lordships in this case
which was an appeal against a decree of the Vice-
Warden of this Court. One of the principal grounds
of objection to this decree was, as they (the appel-
lants) alleged, the want in this Court of jurisdiction
to entertain questions of equity ; that it had no
poWer to proceed in any manner contrary to the
principles of common law ; and that the Crown had
no power to create a Court of Equity in the Duchy
of Cornwall. The Learned Gentleman then went
into a short history of the Stannaries Courts, and
proceeded to argue at great length, and cite cases in
support of his argument, tending to show that there
were no provisions in the constitution of these Courts,
empowering them to exercise the jurisdiction of
Courts of. Equity.
The LORD CHANCELLOR suggested that there were
many Courts having such jurisdiction ; the Court of
the Nunty Palatine of Chester for instance.
The SOLICITOR•GENERAL submitted that such was
undoubtedly the case, but there was a difference be-
tween the Court of the County Palatine of Chester
and the Courts in question, which latter, although
they possessed many jura regalia, did not possess the
power of acting as Courts of Equity. The City of
London had its own Court of Chancery, but its powers
had been confirmed by an Act' of Parliament. The
distinction between the Courts was pointed out in
" Cumming:s Digest."
The LORD CHANCELLOR was of opinion that the
Stannaries Court had exercised such jurisdiction in
the reign of Charles I.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Yes, but it was a
modern assumption. The case out of which the pre-
sent appeal arose was this :—On the I:2th of August,
1825, John Enni3, of Cornwall, being lawfully
possessed of a certain mine or tin bounds, called the
Polbero Mine, ;.;ranted full and free liberty, license,
power, and authority to the present plaintiff to dig,
work, and search for tin ore for 21 years, and that
in 1834 William Vice and others forcibly and
fraudulently took, kept, and still keep possession
of the same, digging, working, searching for, and
carrying away tin ores of divers values, to the
manifest injury of the petitioner, and contrary to the
law of the Stannaries. The petitioner thereupon
called upon them- to deliver up an account of the
tin and tin ores so dug and taken away, but the
defendants had hitherto refused, and still did re-
fuse, to deliver up the said account, the tin, tin
ores, or any part of them. Now this petition in-
volved a question of title to property, for it called
upon the Court to turn out the parties now working
the mine, and give possession to the petitioner. If the
plaintiff were legally right, he could recover posses-
sion by common law, by means of an action of eject-
ment, or by an action of recovery. And while this
was the case, was it equitable, just, or right, that
this petition should be allowed ? If the decree of
the Court was right, the Vice-Warden would be
called upon to adjudge the question of title to lands
and most valuable property in the county of Corn-
wall. Now, was there any jurisdiction in a Court
of, Equity to deliver up possession of property to
which there was a legal title ? He (the Solicitor-
General) apprehended there was not. Such a prac-
tice was contrary to the invariable rule of the law in
such cases.
Mr. SHARPE followed on the same side.

Mr. ERLE at great length addressed the Court in
support of the petition and the possession of the
equitable jurisdiction of-the Court, adducing many
learned arguments, and citing many cases from the
time of Edward the Black Prince downwards, to show
that the Court had, beyond the time of legal memory,
exercised such power and jurisdiction, and was con-
stituted both for law and for equity ; and concluded
by calling upon his Royal Highness and their Lord-
ships to affirm the petition, grounded as it was upon
the customary jurisdiction of the Court.
Mr. BARLOW followed on the same side.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL having replied,
The COURT took time to consider their judgment.
Prince Albert then took his departure, shortly after
two o'clock; his Royal Highness having sat in his
Court for more than six hours.

FRENCH RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.-SITTING OF MAY 16.

This sitting was almost exclusively occupied with
a discussion on the means of preventing, by the
adoption of precautionary measures, the recurrence
of accidents on railroads. The chief points to be
considered were-Ist, the comparative advantages
and dangers of four-wheeled and six-wheeled loco•
motives ; 2dly, the number of locomotives proper to
be applied to trains, and the mode of placing them ;
3dly, the advantages and inconveniences of large and
small trains ; 4th, the distance which should be left
between the locomotives and carriages for passengers;
sth, the rupture of axletrees, their frequency, their
causes, and an account of the accidents which
have resulted from them on the different railroads
in England. M. Delessert opened the discussion
by reading a letter from one of the Directors
of the London and Birmingham railway, on the
late deplorable accident near Mention. This gentle-
man attributes the accident to the excessive rapidity ,
of the train. As to four-wheeled locomotives, it is
far, he says, from being proved that they are more
dangerous than, those with sfx wheels, and, in his
opinion, undue haste has been exhibited in condemn-
ing the use of them. It results, he says, from an
attentive comparison of these two sorts of machines,
from repeated experiments on both, and particularly
from an exact examination of the accidents which have
occurred on lines where six-wheeled locomotives were
used, as well as on that from London to Birmingham,
where four-wheeled locomotives alone are employed,
that these latter appear to have the advantage as far
as safety is concerned. This result may easily be
understood, adds the writer, when the enormous
weight of six-wheeled locomotives is considered, being
at least a third heavier than the others. This weight
is a leading cause of the breaking of axletrees, and,
in such case, the locomotive is more apt to get off the
rail, and is not kept up, as is generally supposed, by
the four wheels which remain. If the small pair of
wheels in front or rear fall, the large wheels in the
centre, being deprived of flange, do not present the
advantages which are attributed to them, and cannot
retain the locomotive on the rail. If, on the other
hand, the axletree of the large wheels gives way, the
distance which exists between the front and hind
wheels, in a machine of so much length, cause the
ivabbling motion and derangement which tend, parti-
cularly on curves, to drive the machine off the rails
Besides, in case of accidents, the shocks are much
greater with large locomotives, and the operation of
stopping the train much more difficult to be exe-
cuted. It is not on account of security, adds the
letter, that six-wheeled carriages were introduced,
but in order to gain inure power. In fact, they- are
rejected at present by avast number of engineers. Han
estimate were to be made of the accidents which have
occurred on the various railroads where one or the
other system is adopted, the conclusion would be come
to that the number is much less on the London and
Birmingham Railroad; where four-wheeled car-
riages are alone used, than on all the .rest. The
number of passengers on this -railway amounts, for
ten years, to some millions. During that time