Glasgow Courier. — 1853-02-05 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

INTERESTING AUTOGRAPHS. A sale of very interesting autograph letters has just been concluded by Messrs. Puttick & Simpson, of Piccadilly. The collection appears to have been formed mainly by Dr. Mayor and S. J. Pratt, well known as the author of several minor poems. A few extracts will show the character of the collection and the prices obtained at the sale ;—Lot 86, a letter of Lord By, on, sold for LI Ils. Lots 100, 101, and 102, letters having the signature of Charles 1., averaged about £2 each. Lot 106,0 warrant, signed by Charles 11., being for the expenses of the regalia for himself and Catherine of Bragansa, was sold for .4.2 Is. Lot 134, a letter of the Countess of Coningsmare, interceding for her son, then in prison for the murder of Mr. Thynne, said for .13 se. Lot 172, the monogram of Edward IV., a rare autograph, sold for 1,5 ss. Lot 173, a letter signed by Queen Elizabeth, relating to the Anjou marriage, sold for £7 10.; and the next lot, valuable for its signature only, for £3. Lot 177, an order for payment of the expenses of the mask at Court on the occasion of the marriage of the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James L, sold for £3 tin; this document was one of the Exchequer papers which were a short time since no wantonly consigned to destruction. Lot 254, a declaration signed by the Old Pretender, asserting his claim to the Crown of England, sold for £3 31. Lot 322, a letter of Le Brun, the painter, said for £2 Is. Lot 328, a letter of Speaker Lentliall, said for £3 Is. Lot 351, a letter, with signature of Marie de Medicis, and 353, a signature of Mary Queen of Scot. (both from the sale of Louis Philippe's effects), sold for £3 each. Lots 435 to 458 consisted of letters and signatures of Admiral Lord Nelson; the document., not being of much importance, sold an mere autographs at prices from lds to 2 guineas and a half. Lots 528 and 529, two letters of N ich ohm Poussin, sold for £4. Lot 552, a letter of the Duke de St. Simon, sold for £24s. Lot 592,a letter of LlOOllllE* Sterne, sold for £4. Lot 597, a letter of John Taylor, the editor of Dernostlunies, sold (it is difficult to say why) for 1.3 3s. Lot 615,a large parcel of letters of military men, having reference to the principal campaigns of the Duke of Wellington, sold for £2O ss. Lots 616 to 674 consisted of autogralphs of the Duke of Wellington, sold at the usual rates, from is to 30s. (It will be remembered that during the last few months several lettere have been offered for sale by public advertisement at the extravagant prices of from £lO to ,L 50. Lot 678 was a letter of Henry Kirke White remonstrating with the editor, of the Monthly Review upon the unfavourable criticism of Clifton Grove, which had appeared in that magazine, and sold for £3. Lots 770 to 898 consisted' of a parcel of correspondence addressed to the Grenville family when Ministers of State; these letters are highly illustrative of the history of a large part of the reign of George 111., so well as of the time of his successors, and divulge many secrets both of public and private history. Under (heti:lands of a skilful editor a most amnaiug and instructive volume might be produced from these letters. Considerable competition was excited for the first six lots, when the auctioneer abruptly terminated the proceedings, having received a notice to discontinue the sale. There is no doubt these letters would have realised a very considerable sum.