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Show WHY ENGLAND LOST AMERICA. Tle announcement that. North End Place, Hampstead Ileath, Is to be sold by auction in London brings to mind a singular and dramatic period in the life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. It was in this residence, during his irequrnt fits of melancholia, that Pitt, in spite of the fact that he was at tne time prime minister, and was beln? urgently called for by the king and his colleagues, shut himself off from all communication with the outside world, jiiid even from his-own family. Tho small room in which he remained for c'nya together, seeing no one, still ro-malns, ro-malns, and contains the curious box clipboard in the wall thiough which the patient received his meals and anything else it was desired to convey to him. It is an opening about two feet square, having a door on eacti fide of the wall, so that articles could l;e placed' In the cupboard from the outside and withdrawn from the Insido without the chance of obtaining a glimpse of the Invalid. The Chatham correspondence shows Instance after instance of the urgent appeals aeiit by the king, the Duke of Grafton and other ministers, all of which failed to induce Pitt to leavo North End. The author of "The Records Rec-ords of the Manor and Borough of Hampstead'' remarks in reference to North End Plac: "Had Iord Chatham not been there, but In health and at his post, the Boston tea duty would never have been imposed, and over the American continent the Union Jack who can say? might a(. this day bo flying." North End Place was at one time known as Wildwood House, or Wild-woods, Wild-woods, and at another time as North End House. It is a fine old mansion, placed at the foot of timbered slopes and commanding extensive views, es-prclallv es-prclallv from the upper windows. Hampstead Heath practically surrounds sur-rounds the property, which occupies 8T, Island site almost on its summit, ana is of freehold tenure. London Telegraph. |