Star.
London, England, 1826-07-31 00:00:00

SALE OF ESTATES.

By MIL HOGGART.

The following extensive Freehold Estates were brought to the
hammer .on. Friday, at the 'Auction Mart s
The Feltwell Lodge Estate, near Brandon. Norfolk. comprialog
a residence on a large scale, with every requisite domestic allkees,
gardens, pleasure grounds, and 972 acres of fertile land, topes,
with the rights, quit rents, and immunities of the manor,,lbils
6004 per annum; also a residence or sporting box. with dairy,
farm yard, and nearly I'S acres of land. mkt ; the estate is subject
to outgoinp for land and Other taxes of 7W. 24. 140. per annum,
knocked down at 19.9001.
The Pergo Park Estate, near Brentwood and Havering, &am,
formerly the residusec of overalls( the Clitimmi.Dowagers of Rog.
lend, comprising a fans Isoum.allefle,firdome. orchards,
tural buildlepAsk puede, ant ellitdrf pieces id*rtio INA seas-
prising in. the whole sist aems..sibeat .acres Wan
ea the whole of the ester
A Freehold Malt tesdliery.Aaisbead-Ablessisolihrtferibilse.
asosisting of a still been. deollbar Moses. mom belleck. bensse
for WO beasts, cooling roam, awl every otter requidte for a die.
4lkry ;also the plant, etendls.airli two steam maim of IS mad*
hone
• resrw 14164.1w1L beDetry Finn. Revering Bower. Maws, with MOO
these. inebandbars. and 47 acres of land, land uses part of veld&
redwased..4l.4lol.
A Family nastiest*. wide domestic &Ices. miss aid *ma
orenads.
Ont neat Newpart.in the Isla of Wight. halm )1110141.11i6m
.
ammimmorpown.
The Hon. Mrs. AGAR, and her son and heir, arrived
at beer seat at Lanbydrorii, Cornwall, ea Friday law. after an alarm
of le years.
Friday the election of a Coroner for the City of
Oxford, in the room of )Ir. Peace That, took piece. whew Jib
Games Cam, solicitor, of Besunsonwereet, was sleeted. •
The slaves in Jamaica have made a subscripdoll elf
271.45. 2d. for the distressed gi operatives" in England;
and
.pride themselves on not being obliged to work. like
the objects of their commiseration, 16 hours a day !
-3. me benevolent individuals in the City have been
diligently .employed in collecting articles of wearing
apparel, for the use of the distressed manufacturers, to
whom, as the winter approaches, clothing will be al-
most as essential as food.
The importers of French Gloves do not meet with
the encouragement they expected, the price being higher
than our own, the quality very indifferent, and many of
the packages of grain iambs, mixed up with and in-
tended to sell as kid, which is very commonly done by
the French ; and in silks, generally speaking, the ad-
mirers of French goods have an opportunity of getting
almost as good an article for five shillings as they may of
English for four.
On the 9th inst. Mr. John Atkinson, of Croftfoot, in
Ennerdale, succeeded in attaining the summit of the
rock called the Pillar Stone ; and although the under-
taking has been attempted by thousands before him, it
was always relinquished as hopeless. John is, there-
fore, most probably the first human being " whose foot
has pressed the tender grass" upon this huge pile. His
dog. the faithful companion of the shepherd. lay by his
stag at the bottom, and, as if conscious of the danger
his master was incurring by the attempt. uttered the
most piteous cries during his absence. The only pre.
caution be took for his descent was placing pieces of
moss on the track by which he ascended. On the top
he found several plants of the Juniper tree, some of
which he removed. and has since planted in the more
genial clime of Croftfoly.--Csnerberland Paved.
Samiltitt”lparly last week, while some children were
bathing ,in the neighbourhood of Whitehaven, one of
thaw whotad passed beyond his depth, was sciaed and
destroyed b 7 a shark, which had been lurking about
that coastin search of hs prey. The alarm occasioned
by this lamentable circumstance may easily be eat
ceived.m-dteople *tire Immediately sent to the Variollll
tov.as Oro the coast, to Workington, Marypert, 1/40.
tocusnmssoscate ;be *ins, and to caution the parents
and guardians of youth not to allow their chaalp
incur. by bashing. so fatal a danger.—lam
austpsase lemonance or Eonorxeir CUSTOMS..s.
The following anecdote is curious, as chewing how
utterly ignorant the Burmese are of the customs of
Eueopean warfare. In one of the recent actions with
the enemy, a wounded.Burnian was taken prisoner. lli

leg was so dreadfully shattered, that anti
absolutely necessary to save the man% life.
tion was accordingly performed by our sur,
instead of being thankful for the humanity tt
him, he asked when the work of mutilation
resumed, and when his other leg (perfectly s(
his arms were to be cut off? thinking, no 0
thai the English were accustomed to treat
goners takes in war !
Dr. Shawl, Master of Peter House, Cambridge, to-
wards the close of the 16th century, deprived the Col-
lege over which he presided of a handsome estate, by
his whimsical pet vastness. Mary, the widow of Thos.
Ramsay, Lord Mayor of London, in 1577, after con-
felling several favours on that foundation, offered to
settle .SCOI. per annum on the house, provided that it
might be called " lhe College of Peter and Mary;
"Ho," said the capricious Master; ..Peter, who has
lived so long single.is too old now for a female partner."
Tl.e Lady, disgusted at the Doctor's scruple, turned the
stream of her benevolence to other foundations.
'l7.lotigh the arts which minister to luxury and refine-
fnet'• have attained a higher eininenerein other countries,
yet, ja every department of intellect which is really
useall, Britain has no rival among nations, and has, in
fact, opei.ed and exploded morenew regions Of thought
it-. every direction than all the test of the world since
the restoration of learning.

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