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The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-12

LINCOLNSHIRE.

IMPORTANT and HIGHLY VALUABLE FREEHOLD
and TIT 11E-FREE ESTATES, situate at BILLING-
BOROUGH and SEMPRINGHAM, in the County of
Lincoln, containing 386 a. 2r. sp. of excellent Arable Mea-
dow and Pasture Land, forming most desirable and conve-
nient Farms with good Farm-houses, suitable agricultural
buildings, comfortable Cottages and old established black-
smith's and butcher's shops in most eligible and commanding
situations.
MR. PARKER SMITH will SELL by
AUCTION, on FRIDAY, August 21, 1840, at the
Greyhound Inn, at Folkingham, in the County of Lincoln, at
Five o'Clock in the Afternoon, by order of the Trustees of the
late Mrs. Phillipa Foulkes,
This ESTATE, which will be divided into convenient Lots,
and embraces numerous important advantages. The whole of the
Land is extremely fertile and productive, and the grazing Land
(which is of first-rate quality) is always well supplied with ex-
cellent water from the village of Billingborough ; added to which
the great respectability of the tenants, and the excellent roads
and commanding situation of the beautiful village of Billing-
borough and neighbourhood, in which the Estate is situate,
render it one of the most desirable properties for investment
or occupation that can possibly be submitted to public com-
petition.
Printed particulars, with lithographed plans, may be had at
the place of sale; also, attire Fortescue Arms at Billingborough ;
at the principal inns at Bourn, Sleaford, Grantham, Stamford,
Boston and Spalding; of Mr. William Cragg, Threckingham ;
of Mr. Parker Smith, auctioneer, Caythorpe, near Grantham ;
and at the office of Messrs. Amory, Sewell, and Moores, soli-
citors, 25, Throgmorton-street, London.
London, England, 1840-08-12

WHITEHALL, JULY 21.

The Lord Chancellor hag appointed Mark Shephard, of Strat-
ton, in the county of Cornwall, Gent. ; July 29, Daniel Price
tones, of Newcastle Ernlyn, in the county of Carmarthen,
Gent. ; 5, Frederick Scudamore, of Maidstone, in the
county of Kent, Gent., to be Masters Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.
London, England, 1840-08-12

RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Germain
Versailles, R. B
L.B.
Orleans .. 4126 ... 5 0 ... 495 ... 497 50
S.raFburg to Bale &l.) ... 320 ...:IAO ... 3,6

We have received Madrid Journals of the 3d
instant. General O'DONNELL had resigned the
command of the army of the centre, owing to some
dispute between himself and General ESPA RTERO.
The following is a summary of the latest news from
Barcelona, where the Court is still sojourning
BARCELONA, AUG. 4 --The Queen does not yet an-
nounce her intention of leaving this city. In the evening
of yesterday her 116jerty, with her two daughters and some
persons of the Court, took a trip to sea on board a magni-
ficent yacht, which was fitted up with white and crimson.
A steamer accompanied the small. vessel. The young
Queen seemed to take the greatest delight in fishing,. and,
infact like, sent two fish which she had caught with her
own Royal hands to the Palace. Night was drawing nigh
whoa the Royal party thought of returning, All the yeti,
London, England, 1840-08-12

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Aua. IL

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Timothy
Yeataa Brown, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul for the
Duchy of Genoa.

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Auc. 11.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to ap-
point Sir James Clark, Bart., M.D., F.R.S., and Henry Hol-
land. NI.D., F.R.S., to be Physicians in Ordinary to his Royal
Highness.
John Forbes, M.D., F.R.S., and Theodore Gordon, M.D.,
Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, to be Physicians Ex-
traordinary.
Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., F.R.S.,Benjamin Travers,
Esq., F.R.S., and Charles Aston Key, sq., to be Surgeons in
Ordinary ; and
Alexander Nasmyth, Esq., M.R.C.S., to be Surgeon
Dentist.
London, England, 1840-08-12

NEW BEER ACT.

(FROM A COLIRESPONDENT.)
The new Act has, come into operation, and I was
much gratified to observe that the occasion wascele-
hrated by the worthy chairman of the. Beersellers' din-
ner, Mr. Dyke, of Mile end, who testifi td his approval
of free-trade principles, by illuminating his house, which
aff4rded a peculiarly striking object, and could be
seen for a long distance. On the western front a
star of variegated lamps presented itself to view, and on
the eastern front were emblazoned the letters V. A., and " Free Trade," also in variegated lamps. Two
barrels of excellent ale were placed in front of the
house, and the contents given away to the public. A
hand of music added to the hilarity of the occasion,
and hundreds, nay, thousands, of persons witnessed
the scene, which only closed with the midnight
hour, when the worthy host and his numerous friends
separated, much to the regret of many, who lingered
about the house for some time after. It is satisfactory
to add, that not an instance of disorderly conduct was
observed, although so many persons partook of the good
cheer provided or witnessed the transaction.

The rise in Portuguese Stock today was full i per
cent., the New Five per Cents, having realised 334
to 34, and the Three per Cents. 22i to 23. Spanish ;
Active Bonds went as high as .261, but closed at 213.-1, i T 7
i KATAL ACCIDENT IN THE SERPENTINE.
that, out of
tog ; the Pass.ve Stock was marked 6i, and the De- ,
So active are the men of the Royal Humane Society when
ferred 12i. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. touched , :-1
62* to '4l, Belgian Five per. Cents. 1.03 A. to 4, and t3-two cases since the Ist of May, two persons only
a..cioects occur to bathers in the Serpentine,
RUSSiin (11.1) Bonds 115,', -Biiail Stoat rose to 80, h"avve-enp:crished. Four acalynts, ma! of which has proved
and Colombian Six per Celts. to 2.51- to 26. -
The Share Market has experienced a slight re-action al out nine W.:leek, just as the bathers had left the water,
Lt tl, occurred at the Serpentine on Sunday evening.
today, probably on account of the near approach of the to Thomas Kelly, a French-polisher, residing in James-
*Wing day. Great Western Shares declined to 3.4 ; about twenty-four years of age,
street, Oxford.strect,
London, England, 1840-08-15

COWES-ISLE OF WIGHT.

(FROM OUR OWN COTIRRPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE
At a geheral u.eeting ef the Royal Yacht Squadron,
held on Friday at the Squadron House, Cowes, present
Thomas Hallitax, Esq., in the Chair, Sir G. E. Ham-
mond, K.C.8., the Hon. W: H. Hare, J. Lindegun,
Esq., Colonel Sheddon, James Weld, Esq., the Hon. W.
H. White, W. H. Saunders, Esq., Captain W. Herring-
ham, R.N., Jos. lleynolds, Esq., A. W. Corbet, Esq.,
the Earl of Ilehester, James Lyon, Esq., John Wore,
Esq , Thomas Gibson, Esq., Charles Brett, Esq., Capt.
A. L. Corry, R.N., the Earl of Wilton, Almon Hill,
Esq., the Rev T. L. Lane, H. Robinson, Esq , Spencer
de Horsey, Esq., M.P., John Bayley, Esq , George Ben.
ti.,ck, Esq , Thomas Hallifax; jun., Esq., John Beard-
more, Esq , Viscount Exmouth, Colonel Petre, E. H.
Chad, Esq., F. P. Delme Radcliffe, Esq., and Viscount
Powerscourt, the following candidates were elected mem-
bers :—The Earl of Tyrconnel, Guilla cutter, 42 tons ;
R. B. Sheridan, Esq , Crusader schooner, 127 tons ; F.
S. Greville, Esq., Spider cutter, 33 tons ; Marquis
Conyngham, Medina cutter, 42 tons.
Mrs. Thorold was elected housekeeper, in the place of
her late mother, Mrs. Kendall.
The secretary has sold the Albatros, the property of the
late Earl of Durham, to the Hon. W. 11. White.
London, England, 1840-08-15

DOMESTIC COOKERY, BY A LADY.
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INTSYSTEM of DOMESTIC
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advanced state of the art of cookery.
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", '0 The public is informed that Mr. Murray's is the
only correct and improved Edition, and bears his name on
the outside.

In Bvo., price 125., Volume VII of
THE HISTORY OF SCOTLAND.
By PATRICK FRASER TYTLER, Esq.
This Volume embraces the eventful period between the Mar-
riage of Mary to Darnley, and the Conclusion of the Civil War
in 1752.
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Marshall, and Co., London.

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WANDERINGS in GERMANY, with
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By EDWARD WILKEY.
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GUIDE to the ISLE of WIGHT. By JOHN
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THE ERA (the ONLY CONSERVA-
TIVE WEEKLY SPORTING NEWSPAPER)
of TO-MORROW, will contain—Napoleon's Attempt on
Boulogne (further particulars)—lmprisonment of the Prince
in the Fortress of Ham—Preparations at Paris for the Trials
of the Invaders—Relative Strength of the French and English
Fleets—England's War Inefficiency—Dismemberment of So-
ciety—Prorogation of Parliament—Poverty of the Queen's
Speech—Parliamentary Proceedings—Assize Intelligence—
Law and Police Reports—Market and City Intelligence—Lite-
ature and Art—The Drama—Green-room Gossip—Miscel-
lanea—
London, England, 1840-08-15

THE WEATHER AND CROPS.

Around us in all directions we now hear the whet of
the scythe, and mark the progress of the busy sickle,
while the sound of gladsome voices, the crack of the
whip, and the creak of the harvest waggon, proclaim
that active labour is gathering in the reward of its
twelvemonths' toil Arad indeed the husbandman grasps
no niggard handful. The wheat sheaf, we are assured,
is everywhere full and heavy, and much of this crop, the
staple support of the population, has already go. .e to
the stackyard or the barn in the finest condition. A
good b;eadth of barley and oats, too, has disappeared
from the fields ; and the pea crop, deficient we regret
to hear, has also been carted. Indeed throughout last
week the farmer was undisturbed in his harvest opera-
tions by cloud or shower—all was ripening sunshine—
no storm arose, big with the forked bolts which
" Flash from its bulging sides, where darkness lowers,
In fancy's eye a chain of mouldering towers"—
and the labours of the field proceeded therefore with
great activity. This week a few showers have occa-
sionally suspended the progress of carting, but they
were welcome to the uplands, which began to assume
a barren hue ; and while we write, the husbandman is
vigorously continuing his toil—the gleaner paces the
stubble,
London, England, 1840-08-15

RELEASE OF MR. KOBER

The two Tory papers of this county, mortified and
disappointed that the sentence against Mr. Roberts was
not carried oat to its fullest extent, have endeavoured to
raise a prejudice against him, because bis release was
hailed with joy by hundreds of persons at Trowbridge ;
.Ind have pointed him out a fit person to be again made
the victim of legal proceedings, by insinuating that the
first use he made of his liberty was to recommence a
system of agitation against that Government which had
remitted his punishment. The following letter to Lord
Normanby shows how just those insinuations were, and
what part Mr. Roberts really took in the proceedings.
—Wilts Independent.
"My Lord—l trust your Lordship will pardon my
intrusion on your time in most sincerely thanking you
for the remission of the remaining portion of my see-
tenoe. To this I owe the possibility of regaining my
health, which, though seriously impaired, is not, I trust,
irretrievably injured.
"There is a circumstance connected with my release
which I have no doubt will be unfavourably represented
to your Lordship. Immediately on ray discharge (three
o'clock on Tuesday), 1 was anxious to get home. There
was no conveyance to Bath till midnight ; but a coach to
Trowbridge was going 33 lades on my way, leaving me
`itAit ten more to accomplish. By this I proceeded and
7eached Trowbridge by nine o'clock in the evening.
I then procared a gig for the remainder of my
jcuroey, and, while it was being got ready, I went to a
frie.sd's host.se to take some refreshment. In the mean
itme, the fact of my release spread through the town
like wiMfire, and some hundreds came to congratulate
me. To restrain them was utterly impossible ; they
were mad with joy ; my appearance was regarded as
the forerunner of a general release of all political pri-
soners. The general joy was ungovernable, and they
insisted on accosopanying me for about two miles on
my read home, siuging and cheering the greatest part
of the way.
" Now, my Lord, I cannot help fearing that the above
will be unfairly represented to your Lordship. It will
be said, in few words or many, that I sought the first
moment of my release to create fresh excitement ; the
circumstances tend to that conclusion, and I have no
meat=s of proving its untruth.
My assertion, however, will have its weight. I
assure your Lordship, that the strong desire of my
heart was to reach home as speedily and quietly as
possible. I knew that my only chance of life de-
pended upon my avoidance of all excitement, for a
Jong time to come. If I had had the slightest idea of
the commotion to be produced by my appearance, I
should certainly have waited in Salisbury for the
night coach, or have travelled by a different road ; but
the idea never entered my head. The circumstances
mill, there is no doubt, be twisted and hammered into
an argument against the release of others to whom your
Lordship might be favourably disposed. The knowledge
of this grieves me beyond my power of expression. I
trust, however, that your Lordship will be satisfied with
my statement.
London, England, 1840-08-15

THE NELSON PILLAR.

Oa Friday the Duke of Northumberland, Sir George
Cockburn, W. Berries, Sir Peter Laurie, and other
members of the Nelson Testimonial Committee, met
at the National Gallery, on the subject of the magnifi-
cent pillar now rapidly rising in Trafalgar-square. The
brick-work appears above the railing, and will soon be
very conspicuous, and the Committee expressed their
warm approbation of the energy manifested by the con-
tractors, Messrs. Grissell and Peto. It appears from
what has recently taken place before the members, that
the altitude of the pillar is not to be so great by thirty
feet, as Was at first contemplated. Mr. Bailey is at
work upon the figure of the naval warrior, which is to
be of Portland stone, and for the execution which the
sculptor is to rec,•ive the sum of 1,000 guineas. It is
calculated that Portland stone will retain its colour and
polish upon being strongly saturated, better than bronze,
and Mr. Croker instanced the Nelson monument of
Dublin as a proof of the superiority of the former.
Mr. Lough is to execute " the Lions" at the pedestal,
but they are not to be commenced until the near ap-
proach of spring, when it is expected the subscription
will receive numerous additions.
A Committee of the House of Commons reported a
little while ago, that the Nelson Pillar ought not to
be raised ia Trafalgar-square. But the House having
taken no notice of the suggestion, the work will pro-
ceed without a check to completion, very much to the
satisfaction of the public, who began to apprehend that
it had some of the Royal Exchange quality of procras-
tination about it. The project of a new site would not,
it is conjectured, be very kindly received, as Government
gave the ground, and contributors gave their money,
expressly for the purpose of raising the latter on that
soot, to this great naval hero of England.
London, England, 1840-08-15

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

Forirth week of Haines' Historical Spectacle, "Jane of the
Hatchet." Overwhelming success, and increasing desire of
the Public to witness it—the military evolutions of the hun-
dred Feicale Warriors, grand Tableaux d'action, and the ge-
neral effects in this extraordinary production. attract jowl-
merahle crowds, and create universal admiration and de-
light ; it will consequently be repeated every Evening.
THIS EVENING. AUG. 15.

"Will be acted a Grand Historical Spectacle, of unequalled splen-
dour, entitled
JANE OF THE HATCHET.

Supported by the entire strength of the Company,
and One Hundred Female Warriors.
After which,
THE MAD ACTOR.

In which W. Buckingham will give his imitations of Loodon

' Perforniers.
To conclude with
ALICE GRAY.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
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.. ...
The statement given in by Mr. Peterkin was then

read :
" inute for the Rev. John Cruickshank and others.
« Mr. Peterkin, as agent for the majority of the.
Presbytery of Strathbogie, stated. to the Commission
that lie had been instructed by his constituents to inti-
mate to the Commission, thati they did not intend to com-
competent
iCniv'il ICego'ulirtanhdaving found
pear at this meeting of the Commission, or at any of its
other meetings to be held under the authority of the
last Assembly's resolutions and sentence r.lative to
the last
I:eolacffep.nrtoctebeedings; of;
them. This declinature did
.not proceed from any dis-
respect towards the Commission, or any of the Judica-
toriesn a nneor f. theu n
tC Itihuer c hs
nape:en:lige
that
General t l the
A resolutionsssem bly,
majority of the
Presbytery of Strathbogie, are illegal and unwarrant-
able : and the Special Commission. appointed at last
Assembly having failed to establish the legality of these
proceedings, although an ample opportunity was afforded
to them of doing so, the majority of the Presbytery
cannot, without acting inconsistently, recognize or sanc-
tion any part of the proceedings which have been sus-
pended as illegal, and the carrying of. which into effect
by the Special Commission
.has been interdicted. The
nallsdth.vve
agent for the majority of said Presbytery further pro-
duced, and deposited in the hands of the Clerk of the
Commission, a certified copy of the note of suspension
and interdict upon which the decision of the Supreme
Civil Court referred to had proceeded, and of the several
interlocutors by the Court thereon.
~ ALEX. PETERKIN,
4 Agent for the Rev. J. Cruickshank and Others."
The PROCURATOR for the Church, then addressed
the meeting at great length, and moved, " That a libel
for contumacy be prepared against these. gentlemen,
and that a small committee be appointed to draw up
the libel, to be submitted either to this or some other
meeting of the Commission.
Dr. Coox moved as an amendment that the Commis-
sion do not see just grounds for proceeding against the
Presbytery, and that they report the whole proceedings
to the next General Asse:nbly. On a division, the num-
bers were—
For the motion .............................. 180
For the amendment _ 66

Majority- for the Procurator's motion —ll4
The Commission at Half-past Eleven adjourned till
next day.
London, England, 1840-08-15

COMMISSION OF ASSEMBLY.

EDINBURGH, AUG. 13.—The stated meeting of this
body took place yesterday, when, owing to the un-
usually important matters to brought before them, a
very large number of members were present. The
number of persons interested in their proceedings was
also, on this occasion, greater than we ever remember to
have before witnessed. It was at first intended to meet
in the Tolbooth Church ; but as the hour of meeting
drew near, and the church began to fill, while crowds
still pressed forward, it was resolved to adjourn to
the Tron Church, the usual place of meeting for the
Assembly.
Soon after twelve o'cllek, Dr. Makeilar, Moderator
of last Assembly, took the chair, and opened the pro-
ceedings with prayer.
The Commission then called for the Strathbogie case,
and the remit from the Assembly was read. On the
parties being called, Mr. Peterkin, agent for the
majority of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, gave in a
packet, which he said he had received faun those gen-
tlemen.
The Commission ordered the officer to summon the
seven ministers at the door, who did so, and reported
that there was no appearance. _
London, England, 1840-08-15

HAMBURGH MAIL.

ANOVEII, AuG.B.—The 28th No. of the first part of
the Collection of the Law, published this morning, con-
tains the Constitution of the kingdom of Hanover, and
a Royal Rescript for the prorogation of the General
Assembly of the Estates of the Kingdom. A preamble
to the former announces the fact of the conipletion of
the Constitution, with the concurrence of the Estates,
and orders it to be strictly observed in every part of the
kingdom.

The Constitution is counters gne(l only by the Stale
and Cabinet Minister, Baron Von Schele.
PRAGUE, JULY 31.—1 n proportion to the approba-
tion of the great majority of the public of the funeral
ceremonies in the Protestant Church on the 19th of
July, on the death of the King of Prussia, is their re.ret
at the unpleasant consequences which have resulted to
some of the parties concerned from this ceremony,
which dountless originated in the mist. laudable motives.
At present we can only state the following particulars,
amidst the confixting accounts in circulation. The pastor
and eiders of the Protestant community are said to have
given notice beforehand of the intended solemnity to the
chief of the police, a man highly respected by all
classes, referring to asirnifarsob amity that hail taken place
at Vienna. They received the assurance that there was
no objection, and the manuscript of the sermon, being
communicated by the pastor to the President of the
Government without any observation, he considered
himself as suffic.entiy authorised to perform the cere-
fenny. Meantime, one of the authorities had imp red
of the
police at Vienna, and received for answer Ora the
t
ceremony could not be allowed. It is presum d that
must have been very important reasons for this
prohibition, from the fact that though it was received
after the performance of the ceremony, and it would
therefore have been better to pass it over as already
done, yet by the express order of the Minister of Police
a very vigorous investigation has commenced against the
Protestant clergymen, of the issue of which some appre-
hensions are entertained. Without considering the sub-
ject in a religious point of view, this proceeding is the more
remarkable considered politically, at a moment when we
are told from the most different quarters that Germany
must seek its political salvation in the closest union of
Austria and Prussia. It is well known that a great stress
was laid among us on the fact, when, at the death of the
Emp Tor Francis, three years ago, funeral ceremonies in
his honour were performed in different cities of Germany.
—Hamburg/s Papers, Aug. 11.
London, England, 1840-08-15

ARRIVALS.

AUG, 7th.—Lufra cutter, Lod John Scott, M. P., from
Leith and London, and sailed directly for Dartmouth.
Light breeze E S. E., and fine.
911.—Aibstros yawl, late Earl of Durham, from New-
castle. Li:,:ht breezP W. N. W.
loth.—Flower of Yarrow schooner, Viscount Exmouth,
from Plymouth.
11th.—Harriet schooner, Jobn Beardmore, Esq., from
the Western Islands; Zephyr cutter, Lord Cholmondeley,
from Southampton. Light breeze W. N. W.
12th.—Therese cutter, J.is. Reynolds, from Hastings ;
Phantom cutter, Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart., from Ramsgate ;
Stormfinch cutter, E. H. Chad, Esq., from Lymington.
Strt og bre, ze W. S. W., and squally,
13th.—Aricl schooner, Almon Hill, Esq., from Jersey.
Free breeze W.N. W. Left the B:illiant, G. H. Ackers,
Esq., in St. Aubin's Bay ; Dream cutter, George Ben.
tinck, Esq., from Portsmouth ; Naiad cutter, William
Delafield, Esq., from Hamburgh ; Emerald cutter, F. L.
Symonds, Esq., in Portland Roads.
14th.—Nymph cutter, John Bayley, Esq., from Dover;
Fanny cutter, F. P. D. Radcliffe, Esq., from the west-
ward ; Ann cutter, Hon. W._ll.__Hare, from Lymington.
London, England, 1840-08-15

and stained with earth, on one of which we landed,
and obtained numerous specimens of sand, stone, quartz,
conglomerate and sand, some weighing 100 lb. Th;s,
I am well satisfied, gave us snore specimens than
could have been obtained from the land itself,
as we should no doubt have found it covered
with the ice and snow 100 or more feet in thickness.
We obtained a supply of fresh water from a pond in
the centre of the same island. Our position was long.
106, 40 E., lat. 65, 57 S., and upwards of seventy
miles of coast in sight, trending the same as that we
had previously seen.
" Although I had now reached the position where
our examinations were to terminate by my instructions
to the squadron, I concluded to proceed to the west-
ward along the barrier, which continued to be much
discoloured by earth, and specimens of rock, &c. were
obtained from an ice-island. A sea-leopard was seen
on the ice, but the boats sent did not succeed in taking
him.
London, England, 1840-08-15

SAILINGS.

9th.—Therese cutter, Jos Reynolds, Esq., for Hast.
ings ; Osprey cutter, Capt. George Keane, for Poole.
llth.—Gem schooner, G. Tomline, Esq., for Ireland.
13th.—Pearl cutter, Marquis of Anglesey, for South-
ampton. Strong breeze W. N W., and squally.
YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.
Schooners—Merlin, Flower of Yarrow, Janette, Hawk,

Hussar, Ariel ; Waterlily yawl.
Cutters—Phantom, Ariel, Nautilus, Ann, Lord of the
IsleF, Therese, Hebe, Emerald, Petrel, Breeze, Reindeer,
Naiad, Forest Fly, Phebe, Nymph, Dream, Sparrowhawk,
Ganymede, Matilda, Midge. Zephyr, Stormfinch, Antelope.
The Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta will commence' on
Monday next, on which day her Majesty's Cup will he
sailed for by the Reindeer cutter, 107 tons, John Moore,
Esq., the Dream cutter, 104 tons, George Bentiiiek,
Esq., and the Antelope cutter, 90 tons, Viscount Powers-
court. On Tuesday the Royal Yacht Squadron annual
ball. On Wednesday the Royal Yacht Squadron Cc.p
will be sailed for (1001.) by yachts above 115 tons; and
on Thursday the itoyal Yacht Squadron annual dinner.

The Duke of Beaufort has taken a house here for the
season. The Earl of Wilton and several other fashion-
ables have arrived this week.

~,
PARISH OF Si'. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS.-
On Friday a vestry of the ratepayers of this parish was
held, and a rate of 7d. in the pound for the relief of the
poor was agreed to. Mr. Simpson urged the necessity of
trying their right to rate the stables of the Queen Dowager
and the private box of Miss Burdett Courts at Drury-lane
Theatre. He and other parishioners referred to the enor-
mous item of 3,0231. iu the overseers' accounts for the sup-
port of forty-two policemen. Mr. Devonport said that the
police cost the parish annually 8.0461., or 143/. 193. Oil.
per man. The chait man ( Mr. Hutchins) observed that a
deputation had waited upon the Marquis of Normanby re-
specting the great expense to which the parish was sub..
jetted by the police, and that his Loidship had stated that
an equal:zation of the police rate would take place through-
out all the parishes.
London, England, 1840-08-15

JOHN RICKMAN, ESQ.

On Tuesday, soon after noon, died at his residence
in Duke-street, Westminster, in his 70th year, John
Rickman, Esq., the second clerk at the table of the
House of Commons. Mr. Rickman was of liberal edu-
cation, and enjoyed the society of some of the first
scholars and ablest men of the day, amongst whom Dr.
Southey may be named as an instance. He was the
author of the prefaces and the arrangements of the po-
pulation abstracts and returns, and various other valu-
able statistical Parliamentary returns, also of the " Life
of Telford," the engineer, &c. His labours in such de-
partments were invaluable, giving an interest to, and
making those matters readable and comprehensible,
which v:ere apparently of the driest and most forbidding
character. As an instance of his powers of applica-
tion, it may be mentioned, that after the returns of
the census of 1830 bad been got ready, he was en-
gaged in preparing the prefatory abstracts or results,
and that so intent was he upon those labours, that he
never quitted them for six weeks or two months pre-
viously to their completion, until he bad each morning
heard the Abbey chimes announce that it was three
o'clock. Before being appointed to the table of the
House of Commons, he was private secretary to
Mr. Abbott, when that gentleman was Secretary for
Ireland in 1801. When Mr. Abbott went to the House
of Lords, Mr. Rickman prepared and printed, but for
private circulation only, the different addresses of the
Speaker, on delivering the thanks or the reprimands
of the House, preceded by an exceedingly interesting
preface. He also prepared, and delivered before the
Committee oa Parliamentary Printing, a highly interest.
ing sketch of Luke Hansard, the father of Parliamentary
printing—an admirable piece of biography, which was
reprinted in the Morning Herald at the time, pointing
out the extraordinary habits of business, the industry,
precision, and accuracy of the individual with great force.
Mr. Rickman was a relative of the notorious Clio Rick-
man, but he was at no pains to make that fact known.
Ho had attended closely to his duties till within. about
the last six weeks. His illness was a swelling or gather-
ing in the neck, which rendered his breathing extremely
difficult, and he could not for some time lie down, but
was obliged to be bolstered up in his bed, He died,

however, with calmness and resignation, an exemplary
member of the Established Church, of which he was a
most meritorious member. His salary was 2,000/. a
year, fixed by the Treasury on the revision of the offices.
He is, as a matter of course, succeeded by W. Ley,
Esq., heretofore third clerk, and brother of John Ley,
Esq., the first, or rather " the clerk at the table." As
it is a patent place, John Ley, Esq., has the appointment
of the third clerk, the salary of which is 1,5001. ; and it
is supposed that he will appoint thereto one of his own
sons. Of Mr. Rickman it may be added that his urbane
Tanners and mild intelligence made him a universal
favourite. He was one of those fortunate individuals
of whom every body spoke well.
London, England, 1840-08-15

" I have the honour to be, my Lord,
" Your Lordship's much obliged servant,
" W. P. ROBERTS.

4' 13,ah, July 9, 1840."

" Home-office, July 10, 1840.
alit,—The Marquis of Normanhy directs me to
acisoowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th in-
stant, explaining the circumstances which occurred upon
our .r2leaae, and to inform you his Lordship is sensible
„f the right feeling which induced you to write that
letter.

" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
(Signed) "S. M. PHILLIPS."

FUNERAL OF MR. VELTMANN.—The remains
ml
of this lamented gentleman were interred on onday, at
the Catholic Chapel of Marton, in Holderness.
Daniel Morgan, the gipsy, and the notorious
at d extensive horse-stealer in the counties of Berks,
so ;nerset, Dorset, Hants, and Wilts, is now is safe cus-
tA' at Fisherton gaol, ant will take his trial at our as-
s zaa next week, an a charge of stealing a horse, the pro.
perty of Thomas Taylor, in Worcestershire. It will be
recolleeed that a reward of 10/. was offered for Mr.
Morgam's apprehension, in our Gazette in February last.
fe was detained at Newbury about a fortnight ago, by
.Mr. Wilson, the chief constable, for having in his posses-
sion two horses, supposed to have been stolen, one of
which has since been owned by Mr. Tuffin. The horse,
for stealing which he is committed, was stolen in the month
of December last, and he sold it to Mr. Keeping, inn-
keeper of More.—Devizes Gazette
USE OF WILD CHERRY TREES.—In the aar-
41"a a °°"ager, who cultivates a few patches of barley
and wheat, I found a very large wild cherry-tree, and, as the
fruit is small sad bitter, and of little, of any valuo in
ttic usual way, I coulid: to
not help expressing my surprise
„that he should sufferoccupy the space sufficient for a
h .ce of nobler pretensions. Nhy," said he, " you may
tia.nk it is of no use, but it isofV more use to me than any
find
could be, for the birds so much employment
have
neither in
it, and so greatly to their taste'
hci
time nor inclination to eat thweit that
corn,
they
and it does more
good ti.sta half-a-dozen boysboards, and
liaii...a,..j„rea scare-crows to help them;Pmgarid, were I a
ot; :per, •
I t-oold plant them mad every corn-field I had.,,
—Leartingron Chranicre:
London, England, 1840-02-24

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.

UNDER ~THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME
VEST RIS
THIS EVENING, Frs. 24.

Will be presented ~he Grand Allegorical and National Masque,
in hon( ur of her Majesty's Nuptials, entitled

THE FORTUNATE ISLES; OR, THE TRIUMPHS

01. BRITANNIA.

The Music composed and selected by Mr. H. R. Bishop.
After which,
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA.

Captain Macheath, Mr. W. Harrison ; Peachum, Mr. W.
Farren ; Lockit, Mr. Bartley ; Filch, Mr. Harley ; Mrs.
Peachum, Mrs C. Jones ; Polly Peachum, Miss Rainforth;
Lucy Lockit, Madame Vestris.
• . To conclude with the Comic Pantomime, called

HARLEQUIN AND THE MERRIE DEVIL OF ED-
MONTON; OR THE GREA T BED OF WARE.
Dress Bole,:, is. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second
Circles. ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price,
2s. ; Gallery, Is.
Doors to he opened at half-past Six—the performances to
commence at Seven o'Clock. _ _

Tickets and pia( ti for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter,
at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets
may be had upon application.
Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller,
167, New Bond-street.
London, England, 1840-02-24

SIR .REDMO_ND.

Saunders and Odey, London. 1840. -
A volume of very harmless verse, by Mrs. alwerd
Thomas, who shows considerable, fseility of versifica.
tion, and expresses pleasing ideas in a graceful, unaf-
fected manner.

WESTERN'S COMMENTARIES.
Richards, London, 1840.
We noticed this work in The Suit on its firet ap-
pearance two or three years since, and, stated at the
time that we thought from its highly useful and impor-
tant character—being Commentaries on the Laws of
England incorporated with the text of De Lolme--.-it
would be favourably received by the public ; and our
anticipations have been verified, for the second edition
i; now lying en our table, containing much new-n
-Ater,
arranged and digested with much tact, end a fitting
regard to conciseness. Ti:e gentleman to'whorn we are
indebtei for -this •servieeable prac,ical work is—Mr.
Western, of the Middle Temple.

MON TA CU 2E. Tw•o Vols.
Churton, London, 1840.

Miss Mitford's well-known villas° sketches—as the
authoress candidly states in her preface—have suggested
the form of this work, which is an attempt to depict
the homely, every-day life and manners in the remoter
parts of Miehigen, where the refinements and luxuries
to be met with in the larger towns and cities of Ame-
rica, arc, as yet, comparatively unknown. The work
sets out in a spirited manner, with an account of a
a trip to a newly planned settlement on the skirts
of a Michigan wood, where the party seek shelter
for a night in a log-hothe ;- this spirit, however, is
not long sustained, for nothing can he tamer or more
uninteresting than the sketches of some of the char-
acters who form the society of the new village of Mo&.
tacutc. The second volume is the most amusing, and
contains, inter alia, a lively account of a strawberry-
party in the woods, which is hit off with a freshness, and
minuteness of touch that reminds us of the famous
gypsy-party in Miss Austen's Mansfield Park.
London, England, 1840-02-24

GEOGRAPHICAL, 'STATISTICAL, AND

HISTORICAL DICTIONARY—PART 1.
Longman, London, 1840. .

This is a work which—judging from the part before
us—bids fair to be one of the best of its kind in the
language. The compiler is Mr. Maculloch, a thoroughly
practical man, and to whom the public is already in-
debted for the 's Commercial Dictionary," which has
acquired great and, deserved popularity. In every page
of the present part there there are abundant marks of
pains-taking. The articles are tvritteu in the tersest
style possible, yet nothing of moment is omitted. We
have just g!anced at the account of Africa, and find
there that the compiler has not contented himself with
giving merely a history of the different expeditions of
diScovery into that unhealthy region ; but has incorpo-
rated with his details all the most recent discoveries that
have been made in Africa, such as Lander's, Denham's,
Clspperton's, &c. Equally copious and satisfactory is
the account of America, whose commercial, geographi.
cal, and various local pecularities are all carefullybrought
under notice. The pert is accompanied by an excellent
map of the world on Niercator'a projection.
London, England, 1840-02-24

PUBLICATIONS

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN.
In Throe Volumes, Ppst Bvo.
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, a Legend of
The High Seas.
By the Author of " Cavendish," " Paul Periwinkle," &c.
The Second Edition. revised.
London! Printed for Thomas Tegg, No- 73, Cheapside.
DE FOE'S LIFE OF COLONEL JACK.

On MondaY,lll;;eh2,in One Vol., feap. Bvo., Price ss. cloth,
THE LIFE and ADVENTUR ES of COL.
JACK, being Vol. V. of the NEW EDITION of
the NOVELS and MISCELLANEOUS WORKS of DA-
NIEL DE FOE.

*.* A Volume monthly. until the Series is completed in
Eighteen Volumes, each sold separately.
London : Printed for Thomas Tegg, No. 73, Cheapside.

In Bvo. price l Os. 6d. boards, with Plates, the Fourth Edition of
IR CHARLES BELL'S BRII)GEWA-
TER TREATISE, the HAND, its MECHANISM,
and VITAL ENDOWMENTS, as evincing Design.
William Pickering, Chancery-lane.

In Bvo., price 9s. 6d. clo'h board, the Seventh Edition of
r REV. WILLIAM WHEWELL'S
JL BRIDGEWATER TREATISE, ASTRONOMY
and GENERAL PHYSICS, c'rnsidered with reference to
Natural Theology.
London, England, 1840-02-24

'CONTRACT FOR RUSSIAN HEMP.
DEPARTMENT OF THE STOREKEEPER-GENFRAL OF
THE NAVY, SOMERSET-PLACE, FEI7. 18, 1840.
THE COMAIISSIONERS for EXE-
CUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH AD-
-31111 AL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT
BRITAIN and IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that en
THURSDAY, the 19th March next, at One o'clock, they will
be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con-
t ract, for supplying
RIGA AND PETERSBURGH HEMP,

To be delivered at her Majesty's Dock Yards, according to a
Distribution, which, with a Form of the Tender, may be seen
at the said Office. . .

No ender will be received after one o'clock, on the day
of Treaty, ni•r ar y noticed, unless the Party attends, or an
Agent for him d•l'y authorized in writing.
Every Tender m ist be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi-
rfity, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for
liernP," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place.

ANCHESTEB and BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY GENE-
RA!, MEETING of Proprietors Of this Company will be held at
the York Hotel, in Manchester, on THURSDAY, the sth day of
Marah next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, precisely,
THOMAS ASHTON,
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Manchester, Feb 13, 1840
•

NIANCHESTER and BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given,ih;tthelooKS kept in the Office
6f the Law Clerk, for entering Memorials of Transfers of
Shares in this Company, will to CLOSED from the 21st inst.
to the sth day of March next, both days inclusive.
THOMAS ASHTON,
Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Manchester, Feb. 13, IS.IO.
London, England, 1840-02-24

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.

A new romantic opera, in three acts, was brought out
at this thedtre on Saturday evening. It is entitled Mabel,
or the Gipsey's Revenge, and the principal characters were
perfo mcd by Miss Rainsforth, Mr. Harrison, Mr. J.
Bland, and Mrs. C. Jones. The music was arranged by
Mr. Jolly, the words are by Mr. Reynoldaon. It would,
however, be a waste of time to give the plot, or any ac-
count of the piece, as probably it will nut be represented a
second time. Miss Rainsforth sung.escellently, and Mr.
Harrison also performed his part well ; but their labour
was thrown away. The piece is radica ly bad. The per-
foi mars did their duty, but their eiTirts were wilmut
effect. If the piece appears a second time we shall give
another account.

The Nottingham Review has Misunderstood our o-.
presslan of regret at the great severity of sonic provin-
cial Journals. We did not complain of those Journals,
but we felt regret that the Ministry should has e de-
served their severity. We approved of the artich of
the No'tingham Review, and accordingly quoted it, but
we regretted that conduct in the Ministry wi ich had
called it forth.

THE NEW ROMANCE." THE PATH-PINDER ;
THE IsiLatan Sza.."—" Our heartiest greeting always
awaits Mr. Cooper," says the Athenceurn, .‘ when, as m
hts
' Pathfinder,' he betakes himself like a true man and poet, to
bring hems to our firesides, by the magic of his desuripttons,
some of those wide and wild features of American nature, be-
side
the magnificence of which, the lakes, and woods, Fnd fells,
of the dear mother country dwindle into the dimensions of the
bits of broken glass, and green sprigs, and pinches of clay,
which, in the child's show-box, represent water, trees, and
mountain. The inland sea of Ontario, was sure in such haids to
prove as captivating a subject as the broad ocean or the prairie
and we prepared to meet in The Pathfinder' another escape
through the woods like that in The Last of the Mthicanse—
another rare over the waters, as in former sea corn nc :s —or
another land si,.ge, like the fearful leaguer of the blocs-house,
described in ' The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish.' The event has
proved us to be well nigh as sagacious as Mr. Cooper's hero
himself, yet not perfect ; for in place of any one of these stirr.ng
passages the American novelist giTes us alt three. 'Were he I o
adopt the fashion of Victor lingo t`st his dramas, and Bulwer in
his novels, and christen each &visi6n of ' Pathfinder' with
its own charaeteristic title, the first volume of the work might
be called. the 'frail, the scco.Jd the Lake, the third the Siege.
Yet it is fair to apprise the r ,aier that the interest o' t le story
is as unflaggingly maititained as if it were the first of its family."
London, England, 1840-02-24

CHAMP DE ROSES,

Siinpkin and Marsha Lon lon, 1840.
We have here a collection ,pems from the pens
of some of the most popu'ar „writers in France
well adapted to the perusal of thos ttos people who
have made some progress in the Fr-melt language.
Among the poems we find one entitlNl " The Old
Man and the Elm" which is the production of a rude-
man, named -Chatelain," and displays much tenderness
and delicacy of sentiment.

A VISIT TO A FARM-ItOUSE.
Darien and Clerk. London, 1840.
This instructive little child's-hook gives several inte-
resting details respecting the various rnimals which are
turned to account in an English farm-house. It is also
embellished with upwards of fifty wood engravings.