The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-08 00:00:00

EtPait6 f) lurtion.

THE LATE MR. RAINCOCK'S LIBRARY.
MESSRS THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS beg
leave to announce that for the convenience of Sale,
they have removed the valuable and extensive LIBRARY
of the late Fletcher Raincock, Esq., to the EXHIBITION-
ROOMS, POST-OFFICE-PLACE, were fjt will be SOLD by
AUCTION, THIS DAY, (Tuesday) the the Bth inst., and ten
p
following days (Sunday excepted , t Eleven o'clock each
day, by order of the Executors.
The LIBRARY comprises man valuable Works on the
Arts, Illustrated and Embellished Books ; the most esteemed
productions of English Miscellaneous Literature, Voyages,
Travels, &c ; a valuable collection of the most admired Clas-
sics ; a choice selection of Works in the French and Italian
Languages; Dictionaries, Lexicons, valuable Mathematical
Treatises, Illuminated MSS., and early Printed Missals ;
and Books, Maps, &c, &c.
Each day's Sale may be viewed on the preceding Afternoon
from Four o'clock to Seven, when Catalogues may be had at
the place of Sale, and of nessrs. Taos, WINSTANLEY and
SONS, Church-street, Liverpool.

EXTENSIVE SALE, WINSTANLEYS' ROOMS.
MESSRS. THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS re-
spectfully announce, that they will,-SELL by AUC-
TION, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th Jun instant, and three
following days, precisely at Eleven o'cl k each day,

An extensive and valuable Assortment of HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE, Table, Dessert, ancill'ea Services of China,
Cut Glass, Plate, and Plated Articles, Six-octave Square
Piano fortes, by favourite makers, Two elegant Cut Glass
Chandeliers, a Turkey Carpet, 23 feet by 15 feet 4 inches, a
Billiard Table, modern Paintings and Framed Prints, Time-
pieces, and other Effeets, removed jrO convenience of sale.

The CHAMBER FURNITURE consists of several Modern
Four-post Bedsteads, tastefully fitted up with Moreen and
Printed Calico Hangings, handsome French, Nursery, and
Camp Bedsteads, well-seasoned Feather Bed and Bedding,
Painted Chest of Drawers, Toilet Table and Washstands,
Dressing Glasses, Curtains, Venetian and Kidderminster
Carpets, &c._ _ _

kXCelient DINING-ROOM and PARLOUR ARTICLES, in
Mahogany Pedestal and Cellaret Sideboards, Sets of Dining
Tables on Telescope Frames, Elliptic and Circular Lou Ta-
bles, Card and Pembroke Tables, Sofa Ditto, handsome
Sofas and Couches, capital Sets of Chairs, Flanges of Me-
rino Damask Window Curtains. Brussels and Kidderminster
Carpets, Fenders and Fire-irons.

. •
A variety of ROSEWOOD DRAWING-ROOM FURNITURE,
in Card and Loo Tables, Cabinets, Chil-funnier, Pier Tables,
&c.
A Turning Lathe and Tools. a quantity of Iron-bound
Barrels and Half-barrels, Child's Carriage, Kitchen Re-
quisites, &c.
The whole may be viewed on TUESDAY next, the 15th
inst., when Catalogues may be had at the Rooms.

By Messrs. THOS. INSTANLEY and SONS,

On FRIDAY, the 25th instant, at One o'clock in the After-
noon, at the Clarendon Rooms, South John-street, Liver-

pool.
A LL that MESSUAGE or DWELLING-HOUSE, with
LI. the COACH-HOUSE, STABLE, OUTBUILDINGS,
and large GARDEN thereto belonging, sipiate in Dingle
Hill, High Park-road, Toxteth-park, ne• Liverpool, and
now in the occupation of Mrs. Alargaret ancker, as tenant
thereof.

The House is substantially-built, fitted upup with every con-
venience, and well-adapted for the Residence of a most re-
spectable Family.

The 'tenure is Freehold of Inheritance

The Premises can be viewed by leave of the Tenant ; and
further particulars may be had of Messrs. LACES and Co.,
Solicitors, Union-court, Castle-street, Liverpool ; or at the
Office of Mr. EDMUND WARD, Solicitor, Prescot.

TO DEALERS IN EXPORT ALES, CAPTAINS OF
SHIPS, AND OTHERS.
By Mr. TROTTER,
On TUESDAY next, the 15th June instant, at'eleven o'clock

precisely, i
THE valuable Stock of the Export , g, now lying in the
several Vaults in Concert-street, et-street, and Seel-
street, belonging Wl:the Estate of Mr homas Hebblewhite,
a Bankrupt, and exempt from Duty :
Comprising 47 Puncheons, 42 Hogsheads, and 31 Barrels
of Bitter East India Ale, and fit for immediate use, together
with the extensive Range of Stillages, from 20 to 45 feet each
long, with their supports ; a quantity of prime and welt-sea-
soned Puncheons, Hogsheads, 'Barrels, Half-barrels, and
Quarter-casks, Bottling Tubs, Drip Ditto, Corking Stools
and Boots, Funnels, Filling-up Cans, Stove, Grate, and other
Miscellaneous Effects. . 4

Samples may be tasted on the Morning of'S4le, and Cata-
logues may be had from the AUCTIONEER, N't ifiKchapel.
The BREWERY in Fleet-street, Hanover-streeji replete
with every convenience and fitted up in a very superiOr man-
ner, having a never-failing supply of fine Spring Water,
Steam-engine, and extensive Machinery to supersede manual
labour, together with a DWELLING-HOUSE attached to
LET.

Particulars may be had from Mr. BELOE, Accountant,
Park-lane, and from Mr. TROTTER, Whitechapel.

IN NORTH DEVONSHIRE

A Delightful Swiss Villa, on the summit of the Splendid Sce-
nery of Lynton ; also, a Swiss Cottage, called " Waters
Meet," in the beauteous Vale, two miles off, and Coombs
Park, with 130 Acres of Land, in the immediate Vicinity
of this inimitable Spot.
. . . . .

AfR. GEORGE ROBINS is much pleased in having.been
preferred to OFFER to PUBLIC COMPETITION,
at the New London Hotel, Exeter, on Saturday, Arust 14,
at Twelve, in Lots,
A FREEHOLD PROPERTY,
and one that has powerful claims on the earl attention of
all those who would avoid the expense and fa ue of visiting
Switzerland, and yet could delight in the opplrtunity of par-
taking of
THE SPLENDOUR OF ITS SCENERY IN
ENGLAND,

within a ride of ten hours from the metropolis of London.
Mr. Robins feels that he may, in the discharge of his duty,
venture to call in question the bad taste that has kept silent
the Muse of ancient and modern Authors, in respect to
THE BEAUTIES OF NORTH DEVON.
In his research, he has not been so fortunate as to come in
contact with any work that does not very imperfectly repre-
sent this county : it is, however, of Lynton and its vicinity
that he is required to give a succinct, and, necessarily, a hur-
ried sketch of the surpassing beauty that is in store—he has
but too frequently been at fault in his humble effort to appre-
ciate the innumerable advantages afforded by splendid scene-
ry in other parts of England •, but he finds in North Devon
that which has far eclipsed all that has heretofore come un-
der his especial review ;—it is, indeed, but humble praise to
observe that it leaves all former reminiscences at a pretty
considerable distance, as our American friends would say—
he can only strive to enlist the attention of all those who
have (or have not) visited Switzerland to the imperfect at-
tempt that will follow, in the expectation that he may at least
have been so fortunate as to incline many to perambulate the
scene of enchantment he has just visited ; and he is fully as-
sured no one will gainsay that at Lynton and its environs the
traveller will find all that his fondest expectations can have
contemplated in an excursion to Switzerland.
LYNTON'S FAVOURED WATERING PLACE
only requires to be known to be duly appreciated. Throughout
ENGLAND'S VAST DOMAIN

it cannot dread a contemporary.
THE VALLEY OF THE ROCKS
alone would compensate for many a wearied day, and the
scene that encompasses it, will not—shall not—be weakened
by any effort of the writer tt do it justice. But it is time to
endeavour, by a condensed account, to speak of the property
to be sold. First,
THE SPLENDID SWISS VILLA,

placed on a rock of fearful height, looking down upon the
peaceful village, the ascent to which is rendered easy by cir-
cuitous walks and rides, varied at every turn by new and de-
lightful peeps at the opposing rocks. The expanse of the
wide ocean, the cataracts and waterfalls that are everywhere
presented, and the murmurings of the rapid waters below,
remembering that this ascent, through
THE WOODS OF PARADISE,

is rendered as perfect as a combination of art and nature can
perpetuate. The whole is clothed in prolific woods and plan-
tations, with French and English gardens, to vary the scene
during the pleasing encounter through the Elysium grounds.
On arriving at the acclivity, the scene is so beauteous as to
render it quite fruitless to attempt even a sketch : it must
be seen, or it cannot be believed, or fully appreciated. It
need hardly be added, that, as a winter residence, it is ex-
cluded from all the annoyance that one less exposed must be
to wind and weather, and in a climate not unlike the south
of France. It is, to all intents and purposes,
A SWISS VILLA, _ .

except that, within it, attention to family comfort has pre-
sided to a much greater degrce. The offices are in every re-
spect of a corresponding character. Hot and cold baths and
every essential to happiness, is conspicuous everywhere ; hut
the writer cannot resist again to recur to the situation. In
contemplating a scene like the one under consideration, a
strange spell seemed to rivet him to the spot; but to see and
to feel this in all its force,
" THE SPECTATOR MUST BE ALONE WITH
NATURE."

The enchanting scenery, of which it is the very centre, give
it all those charms with which the imagination invests
TIIE REALMS OF FAIRY LAND.

It may be compared to a rich gem inclosed in a most beauti-
ful setting, at once reflecting and reflected by everything
around. Then
The roar
Of rushing cataracts, sounds that sink and soar,
Freshen and faint in turn, and still renewed,
Wake the wild chords of Nature's solitude."
Next in succession is
THE SWISS COTTAGE,
IN THE CONTIGUOUS VALLEY,
designated " WATERS MEET,"
and is one of the prettiest things in Europe ; but it is very
petite. The road to it is between the mountains, where the
hanging woods are clothed in verdure to the summit : in the
heavenly region below is placed the cottage, surrounded by
its pleasure grounds, and claiming a portion of the land on
the adjoining hill, the river struggling over the rocky beds,
the rush of many waters fall in mingled chorus upon the ear,
but so faint, and with so little of the audible character of
" headlong floods," that the sound has a tranquillising rather
than a startling effect. Again, and next in succession, is
THE COMBE PARK ESTATE, ONE HUNDRED
AND THIRTY ACRES,
a short half mile beyond the cottage. It was intended to be
a residence of some pretensions, one that the magnificent
scenery, by which it is surrounded, seems to have especially
required. Much has been done towards its accomplishment;
still the opportunity is left for unexceptionable taste to direct
its completion. The offices are very sufficient, enclosed in a
court-yard, and ornamented by a building in the modern
Gothic style.

A BEAUTIFUL RIVER ENTWINES ITSELF'
AROUND,

and forms a little boundary. There is altogether a domain
extending to

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ACRES OF VERY

GOOD LAND,
of which about sixty acres are around it : the little farm of
seventy acres is half a mile off. The extent of the two, it
will be seen, is sufficient to occupy a little leisure, and banish
ennui from this sequestered spot. The forest immediately in
front is FULL OF RED DEER;
the partridge and 'woodcock shooting very good, and the fish-
ing perpetual, and not interrupted.—Full particulars of this
property, with drawings of each (at 6d. only), may be had at
the inns and libraries at Lynton, and the hotels at Barn-
staple ; the libraries throughout the clustre of watering places
in South Devon; the New London Hotel, Exeter_; of Mr.
Pitman, solicitor, Barnstaple; and at Mr. G aoRGE YtOplNeki
offices, London.

aalts bp Mutton.

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, CHIMNEY GLASS,

PIANO-FORTE.
GREAT GEORGE-STREET,
By Mr. WALKER,
Tins DAY, (Tuesday,) the Sth instant, at eleven o'clock
precisely, on the Premises, 10, Great George-street,
THE remaining HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Chim-
ney Glass, Piano Forte, and other Effects of a Gentle-
man removing, comprising Sets of Mahogany-framed Chairs,
Easy Chairs, Sofas, Mahogany Telescope Dining Table, Loo
and Pembroke Tables, Chimney Glass in Gilt Frame, excel-
lent Six-octave Piano-Forte in Rosewood' Case, Ranges of
Moreen Window Hangings, handsome/China Tea Service,
Vases, Glass, Brussels Carpets, loftyAld excellenT Maho-
gany Four-post Bedsteads, with Chintz and other Hangings,
Paillasses, capital Feather Beds, Bedding, Mahogany Ward-
robe, Chests of Drawers, Toilet Tables and Glasses, and
other Effects, together with the Kitchen Requisites.
May be viewed op the Morning of Sale, and Catalogues
had of Mr. WALKER, 55, Church-street.

NO DUTY ON THIS SALE.
SPLENDID DERBY CHINA,/
ivER. WALKER respectfully intimates to be Nobility,
Gentry, Hotel-keepers, Export Mer ants, and the
Public of Liverpool and its vicinity, th eis directed by
Messrs. BLOOR & CO., China Manufact rs, Derby, to offer
for SALE by AUCTION, at his Rooms, 55, Church•-street,
Liverpool, TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 9th instant, and
following days of business,
A splendid and valuable Collection of PORCELAIN,
from the justly-celebrated Derby Manufactory, consisting
of superior Dinner Services, choice Dessert Sets of elegant
moulds, displaying various pleasing devices, which are exe-
cuted in most brilliant colours, and of elaborate workman-
ship ; Tea, Coffee, and-Breakfast Services, to correspond; a
great variety of Sideboard, Chimney, and Cabinet Orna-
ments, with Rsised Flowers, which are equal to any foreign
production ; also, a quantity of White CHINA, which was
considered not perfect enough to finish.
May be viewed Tills DAY, the Bth instant, and on the
Mornings of Sale, when Catalogues will be ready.

WINDSOR CHAIRS.
By Mr. WALKER,
Tins DAY, (Tuesday), Bth June, 1841, at five o'phick in the

afternoon precisely, at his Rooms, 55. Church-street,
TWELVE DOZEN of WINDSOR WAiRS, removed
from the Leeds Union Company's \ ehouse for unre-
served Sale : comprising Three Dozen Plain Chairs and Nine
Dozen Arm Chairs, of various patterns, which will be sold
in Lots to suit Purchasers.

May be viewed from nine o'clock in the morning until the
time of sale.

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, TWO GAS CHAN-
DELIERS, kc., MYRTLE-STREET.
By Mr. WALKER, /

On FRIDAY next, the 11th instant, at eleved o'clock pre-
cisely, on the Premises, Myrtle-street, corner of Grove-

street,
THE remaining HOUSEHOLD RNITURE, Two
Gas Chandeliers, and other Effects of a Gentleman re-
moving, comprising set of Tent Bedsteads, Mahogany reeded
Foot-posts, tastefully hung with Drab Damask, Sets of
Painted French Bedsteads, with appropriate Hangings,
Feather Beds and Bedding, Mahogany Chests of Drawers,
Night Commode, Toilet Glasses, Toilet Tables, Set of
Twelve excellent Mahogany-framed Chairs, Sofa, handsome
Cabinet, Pair of Mahogany Card Tables, Oblong Loo Table,
Hatstand, Range of Drab Damask Window Hangings for
two windows, Range of Muslin Window Hangings, Brus-
sels, Kidderminster, and Venetian Carpets, Bronzed and
Steel Fenders, Fire-irons, Two Two-light Bronzed Gas
Chandeliers, together with the Kitchen Requisites and other
useful Domestic Articles.

May be viewed cn the Morning of Sale, and Catalogues
had on the Premises, and of Mr. WALKER, 55, Church-
street.

WINDERMERE LAKE.-CROFT LODGE

The great Feature of the Alpine Mountain Scenery, proudly
standing alone for its high renown and multifarious Beau-
ties, a combination which could alone be ,acquired by
judgment, great taste, and considerable outlay. It
ken A-
pproaches
the Lake, its rich Meado a tending to 50
Acres in the Valley, independently o t Rising Grounds,
which include altogether near 8.0 A ; the sple,tdid and
exceedingly correct taste in Furl)* re, fine Collection of

Original Pictures, Cellar of the Choicest Wines, may all

be added to the purchase.
iu-R. GEORGE ROBINS is flattered that he has been
Ili selected by the worthy proprietor, _

JAMES BRANCIZER,Esq., of Liverpool,
to offer to PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Auction
Mart, London, on THURSDAY, July 15, at Twelve, and in
consequence of a recent severe domestic affliction,
THE SALE WILL BE PEREMPTORY,
a singularly desirable and highly

- IMPORTANT FREEHOLD PROPERTY,
which, from its countless beauties, is not easily approached,
and still less by the imperfect sketch that is about to he at-
tempted. It is not a little fortunate for the honoured indi-
vidual who has been preferred to bring this splendid estate
under public review, that its indescribable beauties are on
record in the minds of every one who has visited Westmore-
land during the progress of its completion. It is but faint
praise to say that it is
THE LEADING FEATURE AMID THE LAKE
SCENERY,

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since nothing, even within these hallowed regions, has ven-
tured to aspire to such a distinction ; and the great difficulty
that presses upon Mr. Robins's mind is, that in selecting
from the countless beauties that prevail everywhere, he will
necessarily in this abridged statement leave too many unno-
ticed.

THE MANSION IS OF AN IMPOSING CHARACTER,
ERECTED ENTIRELY OF STONE.
The order of Architecture may be a little equivocal, or
rather, it presents an admixture of the several orders, ren-
dered perfect by the taste of the liberal proprietor. A
drawing, which will accompany the printed particulars must
necessarily be an humble effort to bring such a combination
of taste and judgment into so limited a space; it will, how-
ever, most assuredly give such a powerful claim to admira-
tion, as to incline all such as can afford, and are anxious, to
APPROACH ELYSIUM IN THIS WORLD,
to pay an early visit to Croft Lodge, where, indeed, he will
find just cause to exclaim, " How imperfectly has Paradise
been represented in this feeble attempt.
The situation was originally selected wisely ; it is seated
on a lawn of considerably beauty, protected from the north
and easterly winds by the almost interminable hills which
form

AN AMPHITHEATRE CLOTHED IN VERDURE,
where the flocks and herds ascend to the very summit, to
vary and improve the landscape. From the mountain-top is
presented a scene that it would be in vain to attempt to de-
scribe; for it has been truly said,
IT BEGGARS ALL DESCRIPTION.
In progressing through the winding progress to the acclivity,
it is almost impossible for the imagination to arrive at a full
appreciation of the

HARMONIOUS COMBINATION,
which seems to increase in beauty and effect at every fresh
break or peep which nature has vouchsafed through the
woods. It is on this fearful height that Windermere is seen
in all its glory, where
" The sunbeam slumbers and the leaves scarce curled
By the cool breeze, their verdant tresses lave
Translucent through its tide."
The little intermediate spaceFfron that vast water is seen with
OF THE CONFLUENCE THE TWO BEAUTIFUL
RIVERS, THE BRATHAY AND ROTHAY,
which are parallel with the Teri-ace-walk ; the former river,
with its ornamental bride
great feature, extending in
the other direction to a similitude
THE FAMED with
VIRGINIA WATERS,
(which are left at an immeasurable distance,) and to the
Swiss cottage in its purest taste
ie; its harbour and the splen-
did river which alone separatest from the lake. The ambi-
tion of the respected proprietor has lead him to prepare a
fleet in this dock which is than equal to compete with
the once favoured flotilla on moreir Virginia Water, and her Yacht,
THE PRIDE OFg HE LAKE,
CARRIES THE FLAG OF THE COMMODORE.
But to return to the mansion. It is ornamented in front by
a balcony and gallery of singular beauty, the windows are
of plate glass, and within it will be found the most perfect
accommodation that a reasonable mind can desire, observing
that comfort in its best form has been regarded to a greatng
extent, while the enormous expenditure, which is c‘nspicu-
ous everywhere, has been disregarded, and only auxiliary to
the view of rendering it quite perfect. It is, in fact,
A PALACE IN MINIATURE,
in the most comprehensive sense. A splendid conservatory
adorns one wing, and there are hot and cold baths ; the
rooms are of the best proportions ; the bed-chambers in
abundance, and well constituted with dressing-rooms. The
principal suite of rooms are fitted up in unusually good
taste ; they are in communication, and nearly the whole are
ornamented by massive mahogany doors, with chimney-
pieces of pure statuary marble. The domestic arrangement
may be accounted perfection, and the offices within and
without so complete as to leave nothing to be desired. The
chimneys, of castellated form, are so admirably arranged,
that smoke and its annoyance have necessarily abdicated.
It may be well to recur again to the situation. If the reader
be weary of the description, the writer promises he will not
be so when the reality is brought under his review. Win-
dermere it is known is always accounted
THE LEVIATHAN OF THE LAKES,
and Croft Lodge partakes of its beauties infinitely beyondany
of its rival candidates, inasmuch as its breadth and its love-
liness increases as it approaches nearer to the Elysium, and
terminates close to the spot where the confluence of the
rivers takes place.
The beauteous valley seen in all direc-
tions, is nowhere more perfect than viewed during the pro-
gress through the rocks and precipitous hills.
The luxuriant country in which Croft Lodge is embo-
corned ; the lucid expanse of its lake ; the distant moun-
tains lifting their glacier summits to Heaven—the combina-
tion must be felt while gazing on this scene, and a delicious
tranquality will steal upon the heart and harmonise with
every kindly feeling. It will exert a sort of fascination over
the senses, and hold the spectator for a time in mute and
breathless contemplation.
The road to Ambleside separates the mansion from the
gardens and river, it is the subject of constant admiration
from all those who frequent the lakes, and equally eulogised
by those who have benefitted by a tour into Switzerland.
The only parallel case which Mr. Robins can bring to his
recollection is the
SCENERY OF LOCH LOMOND,
and it becomes matter of doubt which to prefer; this truism
will leave the reader to judge of the treat that is in store, and
it ought to be a
that the poets of the present age have
selected this vicinagddeed,,
with a view to perpetuate their fame.
Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Southey have reason to be
proud of the auxiliaries found in this earthly Paradise to aid
in their Prolific muse. The situation is proverbial for lon-
gevity, and an East Indian who has amassed considerable
wealth at the expense of his constitution, need only to possess
Croft Lodge to ensure an immediate renewal of a lease for a
very prolonged life The society is everywhere around of
.
the best description. Those who would be gay will find
abundant opportunity, not forgetting the pleasurable scenes
which are constantly presented by the regattas. To conclude
it may be well to observe, that the lakes are now within 14
hours' ride of the metropolis of London.
It will be on view ek
Ld
six wes antecedently to the sale, only
by means of a descriptive p alear . and a drawing and plan
of the estate (at Is. each,) to be had at the Waterloo, Liver-
pool ; the best Hotels at Manchester ; Plough, Cheltenham ;
Hotel, Leamington; the Auction Mart ; and at Mr. Gro.
ItooiNi' Offices, London.