Star.
London, England, 1829-07-01 00:00:00

SALE OF QATLANDS PARK ESTATE.

Yesterday the extensive Freehold, Oatlands Park
Estate, Mansion, and Domain, Surrey, for upwards of
forty years the favoured retreat, residence, and property
of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York, ,was dis-
posed of at the Auction Mart. The large room was
crowded to excess with the Noblemen, Gentlemen,
Landholders, and Agriculturists, connected with Surrey
and the adjoining counties.
This fine property, which has f een so long and de.
[imvedly admired for the beauty of its situation and
,grounds, was put up in twenty-nine lots. The first lot
I comprised the spacious Mansion, Oatlands Park, the
pleasare-grounds, kitchen gardens, terraces, court•
yard, domestic offices, coach-houses, stabling, and
land, in all seven hundred and seventy-six acres.
The whole situate on the banks of the Thames, in
the parishes of Weybridge and Walton. The late
Duke a York expended a large sum in improving and
embellishing this portion of the property ; the ow.
buildings alone cost nearly 100,0001. The splendid
tennis-court and the beautiful grotto were erected by
his Royal Highness, at an expense of 20,0001. The
mansion, which its late illustrious occupier rendered a
most princely residence, is seated on an eminence, and
.commands fine views of the surrounding country. The
lot, after a lengthened competition, was knocked down
at 50,0001.
The remainder of the Estate and Domain, comprising
the picturesque district, known as St. George's• Hill,
containing 1,100 acres, sundry villa residences, cot-
tages, land, and tenements, in the village of %Vey-
br idge ; the extensive and valuable manors of Byfleet and
Weybridge, Walton Leigh, and Walton-upon Thames,
with the fines arbitrary, heriots, reliefs, quit rents,
royalties, tights and privileges thereof, together with
several capital farms, witb all requisite farm-houses,
farming buildings, cottages, tenements, buildings, &c.
comprehending the By fleet Park, Byfleet Bridge, Brook.
lands, Childs, Weybridge Bridge, Lower Common,
Field Common, and Silver Mere Inclosure, situate in
the several parishes of Walton upon Thames, Wey-
bridge, Byfleet, Chertsey, and NI Wry. The estate, in-
cluding the park and pleasure grounds, contains three
thousand two hundred and forty seven acres, the greater
part of which is tithe-free; the timber, trees, underwood,
and growing crops, it was stipulated, should be taken
at a valuation. The auctioneer, after detailing the
chief features of this important property,made an estimate
of the rental and value, which he said exceeded 5,0004
per annum. The outgoings, amount on the whole, to
2541. Bs. 3d. a year, leaving a net aenu rl rental, in-
cluding the Mansion and Park, and the value of the
land iu hand, of 4,7451. Ils. 9d. The twenty-eight lots
produced the sum of 88,4501. making a total, with the
first lot, of 138,4501. The Right Hon. Lord King was
the principal purchaser, and bid very spiritedly through-
out the sale. Spai kes, Esq. a wealthy landowner of
Surrey, bought several lots.

The Earl and Countess of ABERDERN left town yester-
day afternoon for Windsor, on a visit to his Meaner. The Earl
and Countess are expected to remain at Windsor for three or four
&yr,
A melancholy occurrence took place on Tbeirodey
evening last, at the meeting on behalf of the Loudon
Missionary Society in Broughton Place, Etinburgh. A
,woman, who appeared to have fainted, was carried out
of the meeting ; but upon being brought to the air she
exhibited nu symptom of returning animation. She
was taken into a house in the neighbourhood, where
some medical gentlemen attempted to bleed her, but
in •ain ; life was quite extinct.
Among the Records in the Tower of London is one
to the following effect—King John gave several lands
at Kipper ton and Allerton, in Kent, to Solomon Attie-
field, to be held by this service—l, That as often as the
King should please to cross the sea, the said Solomon,
or his heirs, should be obliged to go with him, to hold
his Majesty's head if there should be occasion for it "
that is, should his Majesty be sea sick; and it appears
by the record that this same office of head holding was
accordingly performed afterwards in the reign of
Edward I.
It is reported that Mr. Stone, the master shipwright
of Deptford dock yard, will go to Chatham. and that
Mr. Keddell, the present Clerk of the Cheque, will be,
made timber and store receiver ; the establishment will
then be reduced to a storekeeper, a timber and store
receiver, and one master shipwright's assistant. These
alterations are expected to take place forthwith, and in
order to faciliatte them,the frames of two gun brigs, cut
out at Deptford, and lying there in readiness to be set
up, are to be taken to Woolwich yard. There ate also
three Vessels building in Deptford yard—the Worcester,
a frigate of the largest class; the /Etna bomb ; and a
sloop. The two latter are to be launched with all pos.
sible dispatch, when all hands will be put upon the
' Worcester. They will be all taken to Woolwich to be
fitted.—Kent and Essex Mercury.