The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-24 00:00:00

On view on the Mornings of Sale and Cataiogues had

THE ENTIRE ISLANDS OF RASAY AND RONA
IN SCOTLAND, EXTENDING TO EIGHTEEN
THOUSAND ACRES, LET IN 22 FARMS, WITH
A FIRST-RATE RESIDENCE, OFFICES, AND
GROUNDS, LOTS OF SPORTING, AND MI-
NERALS WITHOUT END.
ATR. GEORGE ROBINS has the pleasure to an-
-IAI. nounce that he is authorised to SELL by AUC-
TION, at the Mart, London, on TUESDAY next, Octo-
ber 31. at Twelve, in One Lot,
The El IGH LY IMPORTANT FREEHOLD ESTATES
IN SCOTLAND, OF JOHN M`LEOD, ESQ.,
comprehending
THE ISLANDS OF RASAY AND RONA,
IN THE WESTERN HEBRIDES,
two miles from the Island of Skye and eight from the
main land.

THE TWO ISLANDS
EXCEED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND ACRES.
THE SPLENDID EDIFICE
STANDS UPON RASAY,
at the south end of the island ; it is called Kirktown,
from its vicinity to the church ; is of recent elevation,
large, ani commodious, with offices, prolific gardens, and
extensive pleasure grounds, and placed in a most pictu-
resque spot. Within the abode is all the accommodation
a Nobleman can desire.
THE LANDS ARE BEAUTIFULLY TIMBERED

WITH ELM, LARCH, FIR, BEECH, AND ASH,
and to a sporting gentleman the advantages are beyond all
praise.

The domain is adorned by several
LOCHS OF GREAT EXTENT, ABOUNDING IN

TROUT,

and the magnificent scenery is varied by
NUMBERLESS ROMANTIC GLENS,
Th¢ very picturesque structure of

BROCHEL CASTLE,

THE ANCIENT SEAT OF MACLEOD OF RASAY,
is one of the leading features on the Estate. This build-
ing covers the whole summit of the bold eminence on
which it stands, its massive walls being continuous with
the precipitous faces of the rock, which are so likened to
the masonry of which it is constructed, that it is difficult
to distinguish between the artificial and natural wall.
Here the proud outlines of the cliffs decline toward the
west by a general declivity, terminating in low shores, in-
termixed with grassy slopes.

TICE EAST. SIDE OF RASAY
is covered with scattered Farms, each surrounded with its
cultivated tract, and the whole diversified by towering
eminences. On one side scenes of considerable grandeur
are presented, marked by great breadth and simplicity of
manner and by powerful effect. at times assuming an ar-
tificial character in their architectural regularity, rising
like majestic towers above the deep dark sea, that washes
their bases. The houses perched on these lofty summits
seem more like the retreats of the birds that hover round
them, than the habitations of human beings, the admiring
eye from below scarcely distinguishing them, far less their
inhabitants.

GROUSE AND BLACKCOCK IN COUNTLESS
NUMBERS,
and other game is equally abundant. The land capable at
very little expense of being cultivated amounts, with that
which is in cultivation, to
TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED ACRES,
and that which is in cultivation could be made to produce
double the quantity of crop at present raised, by a little
attention to draining and manuring, and the quantity in
cultivation may soon be increased to

FIVE THOUSAND ACRES.
It requires only the aid of industrious agriculturists to
render the entire island equally profitable.
THE ISLANDS ABOUND IN GRANITE

✓
of a very superior quality.- The rock lies open, and could
be easily quarried and conveniently shipped. The Island
.
composed of a very superior Freestone, nearly three
miles in length, and at the top of the rock lie

TU 0 SEAMS OP IRONSTONE,

extending over

A SURFACE OF THREE SQUARE MILES :
also plenty of fine Blue Limestone, and an abundance of
Slate of a very superior quality. The revenue received
and derivable, under a healthy course of management,
will be most considerable, and rendered still more certain
if Mr. Robins is so fortunate as to come in contact with a
Nobleman

GIFTED WITH A BRAIN FARM,
who has the good taste for improvement, and the tact to
admire the beauteous scenery which is developed at every
turn, and the romantic country which encircles the two
islands. Such a gentleman, with a suitable independence,
and a taste for everything that is unsurpassable in Europe,
will do well to give to this property his immediate time and
attention.

Particulars, with Plans, and a View of the Mansion,
may be had, twenty-one days before the Sale, at the Auc-
tion Mart ; and at Mr. George Robin's Offices, Covent-
garden.

The printed Particulars of the Sale will enter much
more minutely into detail, and give a faithful report of its
present and its perspective advantages. To a sporting
man of independence, there is nothing to approach these
Islands.

-4-k.A T an ADJOURNED MEETING of COAL PRO-
PRIETORS and COAL MERCHANTS, held in
Liverpool, on the 14th instant, it was unanimously Re-
solved, that, in order to meet an advance in the wages of
the Working Colliers, the PRICES of COAL be AD-
NTANCED, on the 16:11 instant, to the rates undermen-
tioned--namely,
Orrel and King Coal. Kis. 6d. per Ton, delivered
within the Old Municipal Borough of Liverpool.
Best Common Coal for House Fire, 11s. Bd. per Ton
ditto.

Best Common Coal for House Fire, 10s. 10d. ditto, in
the Yard.

WILLIAM PEACE, Chairman

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.
WINTER ARRANGEMENTS.
rr HE Public are requested to take NOTICE, that on
and after the Ist of November next, the following
CHANGES will take place in the TRAINS :
The 9 A.m. Down. Train from BIRDIINGHAM, and the
1 P.M. Up. Train from LIVDRPOOL, will be Discontinued.
The Train now leaving BIRMINGHAM at 6 30 w.at. will

be despatched at t,,
Station on the Line

xnving

our ear

Time Bins, with the above
any of the Stations on the Li
instant. By order,

Alterations, may be bad at

on and after the 25th 1