The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-08-09 00:00:00

VIEW OF THE ACROPOLIS AND THE CITY,

including the MOunt Hymettus, and Pentelicus, the PirEe'us,
Salamis, and indeed all
THE ISLANDS OF THE IEGEAN SEA.

In superintending this magnificent Panorama, how awfully
grand doth Nature's works appear, inclining the imagination
first to believe, and at length the senses to concur in the
realization of all those classical associations, which cannot
fail to interest and encourage the enterprise, and lead to
researches which the march of intellect has recently more
than ever provoked. Oh, that the pen of the great Bard
could at this moment lend its influential aid, and direct the
one that now falters in the vain attempt to give a' moderate
portraiture of the Landscape ! but this is hopeless. A short
summary of a few of the minor points for consideration must
suffice with those who, while they would enjoy the Antiquities
of Athens, are not insensible to the large income that is avail-
able by this purchase. It has already been noticed that the
Demesne around the City numbers
THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ACRES,
the greater patt under cultivation, in Corn, Cotton, and
Maize, beside
LARGE PLANTATIONS OF OLIVE TREES ;

THE VINEYARDS AND EXTENSIVE GARDENS
are about twenty acres, walled round and planted on the
celebrated site known as
" THE ACADEMUS OF PLATO,"
_ _ _

and to which the river Cephisus becomes the irrigating
stream, as well as to the smaller vineyard, which is allied to
the abode.
Within the garden-walls of Six Acres, are
PLANTATIONS OF ORANGE AND LEMON TREES,
and it must not be overlooked, as a special gift belonging to
its produce, that
HIS MAJESTY, THE KING OF GREECE,
and his Queen—always on important occasions, when a
splendid fete is given at the Palace, prefer to have the fruit
from MR. BELL'S CELEBRATED GARDENS.
Numerous Plantations of Mulberry Trees crown and vary
the picture, and
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY BUTTS OF RED
AND WHITE WINE.
is the fair annual produce. There is beside
CORN, WINE, AND OIL IN ABUNDANCE.
It is to-be hoped, and indeed is believed, that enough has
been said to enlist the attention of those who are sensitive to
the delight, and consequently know how to appreciate
THE ARTS AND SCIENCES.

If profit be also in their " mind's eye," they will find it
at Athens to their heart's content. But there is still another
class who may, and ought to be seduced to give a serious
thought to this sale—alluding especially to those who dislike
not longevity—throughout the world it would be in vain to
look for a more congenial climate. NINETY-FOUR is
not accounted OLD, and Doctors and Physic are very little
in request. To those whom ambition leads to soar above
their fellow-men, the proximity to
THE COURT OF ATHENS,

and the gratification (leaving self-interest fora moment out
of consideration) derivable from frequent intercourse with
" THE HIGH AND MIGHTY IN POWER,"
and the continuous intimacy with the
" MOST REFINED OF EUROPEAN SOCIETY,"
under the paramount protection of England and. France,
completes a picture of which the possessor may well be en-
vious. A plan of the Estate and a view of the Villa, is in
preparation, and may be had twenty-one days anterior to the
Sale, at the Jerusalem, and Lloyd's Coffee Houses, Cornhill;
the Mart ; and at Mr. Robins's Offices, London.
P.S. Building is proceeding as rapidly as in England ;
Foreigners may possess Freeholds on the same terms as the
Greeks ; there is an English Church, and the Protestant
religion is respectedi