Star.
London, England, 1802-06-03 00:00:00

FREEHOLD ESTATE, BERKS.
0 BF SOLD BY AUCTION,
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Conte time in July iitat, in Lots, as will be exprefTed in future
Atlvertifements,

grliE Valnable and very befirahle Freehold
1 , known by the name of" Uftnn Court Eftates,"
conning of upwards of 2300 Acres, eligibly fituate in the
moil beautiful part of the County of Seeks, between Reading
and Vevehurr, about forty-feven miles from London nn the
high Bath ; with (staidve and beneficial Manors, Royal-
ties, Ste. them: ! ylonging.—Due notice will be given of the
time and place fate, and when particulars may be had of the
Andloneer ; and Addirs. Aldridge and Smith, Solicitors, Liri.
eobt's

PROSPECTUS of an ABRIDGMENT of the
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS.
BY A SOCIETY OF LITERARY GENTLERICX.
TO THE PUBLIC

DKVONSHIRE.--Some time in the Month of Auzuß next
WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION.
-ri IE FREEHOLD MANOR of WEtIBURY
1 in the Neighbourhood of Plymouth, conlilling of a
luable feveral Farms Containing 889 A. 3 R. 12 P. of
very improvable Land, chiefly Tithe Free, and let on Rad:
Rent Leaks, for 'full's nearly expired. at the Rent of 826 L
nos. 4d. only—And Three Tenements containing 55 A. o R.
16 P. on Lcafes for Lives, of the Yearly Value of 801.
The Eilate affords molt beautiful and extenfive Profpeals by
Sea and Land ; and befides its improvable advantages, is very
eligible for Buip.ing on.
Any Paces fer.solly Inclined to become a Purchafer of this
F.Rate may apply, before the Time of :ale, [or Particulars, to
Meffrs. Word sod Fout, Plymouth Dock ; or to Meffrs. Kent,
Claridge, and Pearce. Craig's-court, %Veit:flintier.

Nearly half a Century having elapfed, face any Abridgment
of the Philofophical Tranfaidiens of the Royal Society has taken
place, it Is prefumed, that a work of this nature will, at this en-
lightened period, be particularly acceptable to the Public at
Loge, as it will embrace every fubjed the molt ufeful, Mame-
dye, and entertaining, in that important and univerfally approv-
ed work, from its commencement to the prefect time.
The Phillifophical Tranfadions now eonfitt of ninety-two
Quarto Volumes. This invaluable repofitory, in which the
molt able and learned men, of the alt and preceding century,
have exereifed their talents, and difpbyed their depth of re-
fearch, has, by progreffive enlargement, become almoft inac-
ceffible to a very great majority of the Public, Independently of
the confederation of its high price, and the difficulty of procur-
ing a complete fet of fo voluminous a compilation.
The prefent deign, theiefore is to lay before the Public a
Seledtion or Abridgment of thole fubjedts, treated of in this ex-
tenfive Work, which, in the prefect advanced Rite of Science
and manufadturca,may appear to be molt ofeful and inftrwitive
as well to the Mechanic, as the Scientific Reader.
The whole to be arranged in continuation, according to their
dates and order iu each Volume, to be embellifixed and eluci-
dated by many valuable Engravings, explanatory el the articles
deemed worthy of fdedtlon.
To make the prefect Abridgment Rill more intetvfLing, Para
traits, engraved he Ridley in his belt manner, will occalionally
be introduced of the principal Writers and Contributors to the
Original Work.
The Phildophical Tranfadions form filch a colledion Ours
fill knowledge and elision* information, as no age or country
but our own could eves boaft of; and to the fpontaneous
rality with which our learned Men devoted their time and la-
bour to the communication of every thing which could render
fuch a work valuable, may be aferibed much of that perfretion
in Science, Arts, and Manufaftures, by which Great Britain is
' fo juilly diftinguiffied.
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY REsIDENi.T., near BRISTOL. It is urineceffary here to add any arguments to demonftate
TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, on the Trendies, the general advantage of the prefent undertaking. The fad (as
By JOHN FAROtIS, before obferved) of no Abridgment whatever of the Philofophi•
On Tharfilay, the soli day of June next, between the Hours cal Tranfadions having been attempted for near fifty years,
of One and Twoln the Afternoon—ln One Lot, during which lapfe of time they have become gradually more
ALI, that ti Defirable and Improvabir interefting and important, mutt decide itsnezeffity; and the
FREEHOLD ESTATE,fimate at Stoke Whop. about univerfal benefit and convenience refulting from fuch a valuable
Miles from Briftol, in the Perifh of Weftbury, and C‘tnity work being rendered perfedtly acceifible to the Public, and Ina
of tnotreefter, and Ltc the refidatee of Mrs. Hail re, AD, de. convenient file, mutt be generally admitted.
ecabd, hut now the property of Enwmt u Weep, Efq. CONDITIONS.
tonfdling of an exceeding good Brick-fronted Dwelling- The Work will he printed in Quarto, with a new Type, on
Hank, with Double Cm:ll4lmb, and Stabling for so boars ; a fine Wove Dem)? Paper.
Bane, Ont.-honks Sheds, and other attached and detached • The Abridgment will be comprifed in about 24 Volumes,
OSfc_s; large walled-in plraiurc, fruit, and kitehen-garden,; each Volumewill contain 26 Numbers, or upwards of goo pages.
and Orcharding, covered with Fruit-tree of every deferipti 111 l Numerous Engravings,exectited by eminent Milts, will be
and now is full bearing; together with 64 Acres of Arabi:, given in the eourfe of the publication.
Messina' and Psfture Land : and about Three Acres of Cop. Four Sheets, !Inched in Blue Paper, will be publiChed every
pier Wistd ; 3o Acres of which arc let to Mr. Jacob Sturge, Saturday, until the whok is completed, Price One Shilling
' for the Term of Twelie tears, Ten of which are unexpired ; and Sixpence each Number.
and so Acres so Mr. Miles, as Tenant at will ; the rest is m ; A few Copies will be printed on Royil Paper, hotapreiTed,
!boa 'The whole is within a Ring Fence, is well Timbered with proof impreflons of the Plates, price Three Shillinge each.
land Tithe-free. It is molt defgl,uuUy frtuated, commanding I Number I. will be publified on Saturday the 26th of June,
picturcfnue proof t- of the River and of Elaixe Cattle, Ceok's tBoa, and a Number will be pubfifhed OD every fucceeding
Cony, and all the tr-intiftil furmunding conntry ; which added Saturday, until the whole is completed.
to its promimity to Briltol, and the irumb:r at tkattLinen'sl 1.• In No. will appear a fine Engraving of the learned
Sets in the ...eighbourheod, mutt render it tnd; dateable to %I' ISAAC NIWTOttj alfo an tilflorkal Account of the Origin,
any one setting to ;ntrenafe a beautiful country ReSdence. Rules, and Regulations of the Royal Society.
The Ella:: may be viewed by Applkation on the Preinife. ' Printed and Publilhed by Metres. bunocy and Gold, to 3,
Ind ituther Particulars known by applkai ion to Edward Webb: Shoe-lane, Fleet-ltreet (where Orders for the Work are re-
, 144, at No. s 9, 13.11.-vu;, Hoene ;or to the Deface. at N 0.3,1 aiiireuefted aver fent ;) and'
may Ile had of the principal Book-
• • 'mil le-ditch, Erin 01. throughout the United Kingdom.

TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION—By Mr.SONIDB,
At Garraway's Coerce bottle, 'Change-alley, Cornhill, on
Today the tjtb day of Jane, 1802, at One o'Cloek,
'THE RECTORY of CHIGNVELL, in the
tint* of ESSEX, held by three good lives, under the
Prebendary of St. Pancras; confining of a Farm-hour,: and
other foitable Buildings; with 51 Acres of excellent Glebe
Land adjoining the Town; and all the Tithes of Corn and
Aar, (except a faun proportion, which pays a moduli), amount-
acconling to a r cent furvey, to 973 Acres of Arabic Land,
and 1489 Acres of Meadow Land (more se lefs), exclufive of
about a io acres of l'afture gra:ed
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eldfu the Perpetual Adraiitage of the Land Tax of rat a
year, formerly uffeffed on the f me, which has been redeemed
by the I.efrce.
Chigwell is [muted M a pleafant part of the County of Eifel,
only eleven miles from London, and many parts of the Glatt
Lander' wellfituated for bu:Lling upon.

Deferiptive particulars may cf Mr. Squibb, Saville ,
mw; and of Mcffrs. Kcet, Claridge, and Pearce, Craig's-court
Whitebait.