The Sun. — 1842-04-28 (London, England)

SALE AT STIIAWBERRY7IIII.L.—The lots Of books disposed of yesterday were of a very miscellaneous description. The must important portion of them consisted of historical and political tracts, history, anti memoirs. The six first lots produced upwards of 120/. They were " Tracts anti Pamphlets in prose and verse at the time of James L and Charles 1., many of which are extremely rare and curious, interspersed with notes and ;Tints." The seventh lot, " A :look, containing the true Portraiture of the Countenances of the Kings and Queens of England, from William the Conqueror to Queen Elizabeth, engraved on wood, printed at the Blackfriars in 1597. small quarto," sold for 16/. 16s. These lots, we understand, as well as some others of a similar nature, sold at this day's sale, are to form part of a most distinguished library in this- kingdom ; they are as follows : —Lot 4. A collection of tracts, historical and political, in prose and verse, many of , which are very rare and curious, sold fur 81. 18s. lid. ; Lot 69. Ditto, ditto, 81. I Bs. 6d. ; Lot 70. Ditto, ditto, 6/. 16s. lid. In addition to the above, high prices were obtained for many of the lots ; for instance :—Lot. 110. A collection of tracts and pamphlets, historical and political, published during the reign of King George 111., in prose and verse, collected by the late Lo:d Orford, was purchased by Mr.• Thorpe for 36/. less. Lot 170. The Theatre of George 111. ; a collection of plays formed by the late Earl of Orford, coneis.ing of several hundreds, uniformly bound, with the contents of each volume on the flyleaf, in Lord Orford's baud-writing, was knocked down to the same buyer for 22/. 10s. Lot 171. The British Journal, and Mist's Weekly Journal, was sold for 111. 11 s. Lot 201. " Memoirs of Richard Walpole," " The Jesuit," and thirty other tracts, and relative to the family of Walpole, most of them containing notes by Lord Orford, a very curious collection, was purchased by Lord Walpole for 5/. The proceeds of the day's sale amounted to nearly 600/. 23.—Owing to the very alarming tate of the northern parts of Tipperary, as evidenced by the numerous outrages perpetrated within the last fortnight, a meeting of Magistrates tool place on Saturday last, when a memorial, strongly worded, was forwarded to the Executive, praying that prompt measures would be taken to afford protection fur the lives and properties of the peaceable and welldisposed inhabitants of the disturbed districts. Five additional policemen have been dispatched to Moneygall, the scene of the recent murder, or, it is to be feared, murders, as it is currently reported in town to-clay that Mrs. Margaret Curry, the companion of the ill-fated Mr. Roberts, had expired of the wounds she received on the evening the former met his untimely end. Up. to the present there has been no clue to the assassins, and from the combination that exists there appears to be little probability that the Government reward will have the desired effect of leading to detection. The Commerce contains the following letter from Logan, in the Canton of Tesmo, dated April 17.--." We have been for two-days under arms, on account of a report that the adherents of time aristocratic party, aided by Austrian deserters, and favoured by the Governments of Piedmont and Lombardy, were about to make a new attempt at a counterrevolution. Yesterday was the day mentioned as the day for the intended attempt, but it has passed o7er without any demonstration."  A letter from Vienna, April 13, in tin Journol fle Franhfin t, says :—" The arrival of M. Pageot, Charge d'Affaires for France, at the Court of Madrid, after having been to London on an extraordinary mission, has excited general notice, and his frequent visits to several high diplomatists, always accompanied by Count Flahaut, hate caused various surmises. One of these is that he is chargedwith eneging our Court to favour the modifications which France wishes to be mahe in the treaty for the right of search. Others conceive M. Pageot's object to be the inducement of the Cikaris of Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh, to .join France and England in their acknowledgment of Queen Isabella 11. It has been remarked that, since the arrival of M. Pageot, there have been several conferences between Count Flahaut and Sir Robert Gordon, the British Minister. The only certainty is that, for some time past, the correspondence between the Cabinets of tho different" great Powers has become more active than during she winter  Prince Albert on 'Tuesday afternoon inspected the new Houses of Parliament. his Royal Highness was conducted over the works by Mr. Barry, the architect. The Prince remained pearl' an hour,