The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-02 00:00:00

THE ROYAL ARMS.

(From the London Gazette of Tuesday, Aug. 1.)
BY THE QUEEN—A PROCLAMATION.

VICTORIA R

Whereas King George the Third, by his royal proclama-
tion, bearing date the first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and one, did, by and with the advice of his Privy
Council, amongst other things, appoint and declare that,
with the arms or ensigns armorial of the United Kingdom
of Gceat Britain and Ireland, there should be borne on an
escocheon of pretence the arms of his Majesty's dominions
in Germany ensigned with the electoral bonnet, and that
the standard of the said United Kingdon should be the same
quarterings as were therein declared to be the arms or en-
signs armorial of the said United Kingdom, with the es-
cocheon of pretence thereon thereinbefore described : and
that the arms or ensigns armorial aforesaid should be used
thenceforth, as far as conveniently might be, on all occasions
wherein his Majesty's arms. or ensigns armorial ought to be
used : and wheacas his said Majesty having, -in the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixteen, substituted to his ancient
title of Elector of the Holy Borman Empire the title of King
of Hanover, it was thought fit that an alteration should
be made in his Majesty's arms or ensigns armorial, and it
was therefore, by and with the advice of his Majesty's
Privy Council, accordingly declared, by a Royal Proclama-
tion, bearing date the eighth day of June, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixteen, that instead of the arms
of his Majesty'a dominions in Germany ensigned with the
electoral bonnet, as directed by his Majesty's Proclamation
above mentioned, there should thenceforth be used and
borne with the arms or ensigns armorial of his Majesty's
said United Kingdom, on an escocheon of pretence, the
arms of his Majesty's dominions in Germany ensigned with
the Hanoverian Royal crown, and that the standard of the
said United Kingdom should be the same quarterings as by
his Majesty's said Proclamation were declared to be the
arms or ensigns armorial of the said United Kingdom, with
the escocheon of pretence ensigned with the said Hano-
verian crown instead of the electoral bonnet : and whereas,
upon the demise of his late Most Sacred Majesty, the
German -dominions of his late Majesty have passed
from the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, and devolved upon his Royal
Highness Prince Ernest Augustus Duke of Cumber-
land, now King of Hanover, We have thought fit, by
and with the advice of our Privy Council, to declare, that
henceforth the shield or escocheon of pretence represent-
ing his late Majesty's dominions in Germany, and ensigned
with the Hanoverian royal Crown, shall be omitted, and
the shield left to contain the 'arms or ensigns armorial of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland only ;
but, nevertheless, it is our will and pleasure, that all such
gold, silver, and copper moneys as on the day before
the twenty-sixth day of this instant July were current
and lawful moneys of Great Britain, and all such, gold,
silver, and copper moneys as shall on or after this day be
coined by our authority, with the like impressions, until
our will and pleasure shall be otherwise declared, shall be
deemed and taken to be current and lawful moneys of the
said United Kingdom in Great Britain ; and that all such
gold, silver, and copper moneys as on the day before the
twenty-sixth day of this instant July were lawful moneys
of Ireland, and all such gold, silver, and copper moneys
as shall on or after this day be coined by our authority
with like impressions, until our will and pleasure shall
be otherwise declared, shall be deemed and taken to be
current and lawful moneys of the said United Kingdom in
Ireland, and all such moneys as shall have been coined
for and issued in any of the dominions of the said United
Kingdom; and declared by royal proclamation to be current
and lawful money of such dominions respectively, bearing
his late Majesty's arms or ensigns armorial, or any part or
parts thereof, and all moneys which shall hereafter lie
coined and issued according to such proclamations, shall
continue to be lawful and current money of such dominions
respectively, notwithstanding such change in our am s or ar-
morial bearings respectively as aforesaid, until our pleasure
shall be further declared thereupon ; and all and every
such moneys as aforesaid shall be received and taken in
payment in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, and in
the dominions thereunto belonging, after the date of this
proclomation, in such manner, and as of the like value and
denomination, as the same were received and taken before
the date hereof ; and it is also our will and pleasure that the
several dies and marks which have been used to denote the
stamp-duties, and all other stamps and marks and instru-
ments which, before the issuing of this Proclamation, shall
be in actual use for any public purpose,, and in which his
late Majesty's arms or ensigns armorial, or any parts or part
thereof respectively, may be expressed, shall not by reason
of this Proclamation, or anything therein contained, be
changed or altered until the same may be conveniently so
changed or altered, or until our pleasure shall be further
declared thereon ; but that all such dies, stamps, marks,
and instruments, respectively bearing his late Majesty's
arms or ensigns armorial, used before the 26th day of July
instant, or any parts or part of such arms or ensigns armo-
rial, shall have the like force and effect as the same had be-
fore the said twenty-sixth day of July inst.
Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twenty•
sixth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-seven, and in the first year of our reign.
God save the Queen.

ACiRICULTURAL REPORT for JULY.

To the 14th day of July the weather was beautifully fine
—the day temperature about 74 degrees, but that of the
nights low-5U to 55 ; the concomitant of a northerly wiftd
throughout the present year. Farmers and gardeners be-
gan to complain, and the effects of a drought were foretold
want of straw, plant of spring corn going back, no
fodder," and so forth. On the 14th, however, with a wind
S.W., a lower temperature by day, but a higher throughout
the night, a hint of rain was given ; and, on the 15th, the
renowned " St. Swithin," copious showers fell, and these
were repeated daily till Friday, 21st, when the wind veered
again to north, and a brilliant sun shone forth throughout
the day ; the thermometer, however, fell, by 10, p.m., to 50
degs., confirming a previous observation. Surely such fre-
quent repetitions of facts must, ere long, shake the cre-
dulity of those who still cleave to the superstition of
forty days' rain. Such persons also should recollect
thA the 156,. New Style, is not the St. Swithin of
former years, and that saints can scarcely be ex-
pected to conform to Acts of Parliament. Oats were cut
on the '2sth ; barley turning off rapidly. Of this crop
it is said that, in some rich lands, ears with 18 grains of a
side are to be seen, the usual average being 13 to 15.
Straw was to be weak arid short, be the weather what it
might. Unfortunately, however, for the credit of such
lugubrious predictions, the straw of corn on good land is
very high—that of wheat above the head of a man of middle
stature. Last week, between Maidenhead and Henley, are
crops of such strength and verdure, that no one ought in
future to prognosticate inevitable evil from a long protrac-
tion of cold weather in the spring. Hay is safe—Clover
abundant—Peas ready to be housed—Oats almost ripe—
Wheat very forward—Turnips much better than last year,
and, in places, most abundant. Want of feed-grass brings
up the prices of butter and cheese ; and the drought also
has somewhat reduced the bean crop, which promised to be
abundant. The disease of the potato seems to be removed,
if disease it were ; but the failures depended upon local at-
mospheric influences. Perhaps the bulk of potatoes may
be diminished by paucity of moisture at the critical period
of blossoming. Farmers should send men into the fields
with books, to cut off the extreme point of the sterns—that
which bears the embryo blossom ; the powers of the plant
would be less taxed, and more fluid directed to the tubers.
The loss of an inch or two of foliage could not prove se-
riously injurious, and the experiment might lead to a proof
of Mr. Knight's theory of the utter uselessness of blossoms,
less it be an object to obtain seed.

An insect called the altise bleue has committed
such ravages in some of the vineyards of both France and
Spain, that in the churches of Malaga it has been prayed
against.