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173. Henry Somerset, Earle of Worcester, half-length, in
armour, engraved by Faithorne, large folio, brilliant impres-
sion, and very r re. 41. 15s. Messrs. Smith.
178. Robert Beetle, Earl of Lindsey, Bann Willoughby of
Eresby, Lord Chamberlain, 1627, halt-length, in armour, four
hoes in Latin verse below; engraved after Geldorp, by Van
Voorst, fine and rare. 141. 10s. Messrs. Smith.
182. Marquis of Worcester, half-length, in armour, an twat.
mezzotint, by R. 41.
192. Arcl.bishop Laud, whole length, habited as the chief
of the church militant, in pontifical costume, accoutred with
matchlock, bandiliers, and an helmet, with feathers; an etching
in Hollar's manner, and possibly by him, but subscribed R. S.,
exc., Arnstelodamus, folio, very rare. 4/. 10s. Graves.
205. Sir William Waller, Knight, Sergeant-Major-General
of the Parliament Army, engraved by Rodtterrnond, 1643,
folio, very rare, 10/. 10s. Smith.
• 207. George Tooke, of Popes, in Herefordshire, engraved by Marmion, and the portrait of Captain Charles Salterstalk
engraved by Marshall, both rare, 4/. IBs. Messrs. Smith.
220. Sir Peter Paul Rubens, engraved by P. Pontius, a tine.
proof, with two portraits of Maria Ruthvea, Vandyck's mis-
tress; Sir Anthony Vandyek, by Vorsterman, 4/. I3s. Tiffin.
227. A print, an oblong half-sheet in size, containing the
poi traits of Walter Evans, Charles the First's gigantic porter -
Sir Jeffrey Hudson, the Dwarf; and Old Thomas Parr, aged
152, seated, sleeping, in a chair ; subscribed Edward Bowers,
Temple-bar, ptnxt. 5/. Messrs. Smith. Of thin extremely
rare print, there is another in the British Museum, kith au
inscription below, which in Lord Orford's had been cut oft
Query-Was this Edward Bowers, father of George Bowers,
the medallist ?
229. Female head, an impression from a woodcut, said to
have been executed by Maria de Medici, in 1586, in her six-
teenth year. See Fournier, the Younger's, dissertation on the
art of engraving on wood, 2/. 2s. M'Kinley.
242. Anna d'Acres, Countess of Arundel and Surrey, in
her sixty-ninth year, engraved by Ilollar, fine and extremely
rare, 10/. ss. Messrs. Smith.
249. King Charles the Second, an etching by Wallerant
Vaillant, 1576, very rare, 3/. 15s. Messrs. Smith.
234. King Charles the Second on horseback, in the back-
ground ; " the true manner of his Majestie's riding by St.
Paule's Church the day before his coronation, April 22, 1664."
Sheet print, in Chantry's manner, rare, 3t. ss. Messrs.
Smith.

236. Kirg Charles the Second on horseback, in the costume
as he rode towards St. Peter's Church, Westminster, to his co-
ronation. In the background is displayed a procession, and
below are six lines in English verse ; engraved by Chantry,
she t, very rare, 3/. Messrs. Smith.
260. Henrietta Stuart, Duchess of Orleans, holding a basket
of flowers, half-length, engraved by Larmessin, most beautiful
and rare, •21. 13s. Graves.

263. •‘ Portraitures of the Royall progenie of King Charles
I." lialf•lengths, in six oblong ovals, engraved on a large quarto
plate, a print of the greatest rarity, .51. Messrs. Smith.
265. James, Duke of Monmouth, two portraits by Loggan
and Vander Vaart, both rare, 31. Graves.
282. Robert Lord Brooke, of Beauchamp's Court, Warwick-
shire, Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Stafford, engraved by
Valet ; William Howard, Viscount Stafford, executed in 16766
a mezzotint° of great rarity, 121. Is. Gd.
287. Charles Lord Gerard, mezz., by Sherwin ; George
Fitzroy, Earl of Northumberland, a mezz., after Gaspar;
both fine and rare, 41. 4s. Graves.
'the amount of the day's sale ss as 3176. 10s. ; the deteriora-
tion in many of the lots being caused by the damage the en-
gravings have sustained from Walpole's reckless way of paring
them into h;s volumes.

IIENLEY REGATTA,
Furst DAY—The announced regatta at Henley-on-Thaines
yesterday, which had been looked forward to with a great de-
gree of sporting interest, turned out, we regret to say, but a
sorry day's sport, not from any want of attention of those on
whom the management devolved, but in consequence of a dis-
pute which arose as to the right of the Cambridge gentlemen
to shift any portion of their crew, and a throw up on the part
of the Oxonians in consequence of the decision. The nature of
this dispute we will at once state, without offering any com-
ment on the subject. Amongst the list of entries, it will be
remembered, that the two eights whose wager of Saturday
last so distinguished those engaged, were both entered for tlI i
Grand Challenge Cup at this place, and it of course.
generally supposed and equsily as much desired, that a second
struggle should take place between tistn. It was at the
meeting at the Town-hall, to draw for stations, yesterday, that
the wish of the aquatic public was doomed to be disap-
pointed—the present holders of the cop, the Cambridge Sub
scription Room Club, held in London, declared that should the
Oxonians win the trial race with their opponents of Saturday
'last the Cambridge Subscription Room crew would he juFtified
in selecting any members from the Cambridgie University
boat, and substituting them for others who might not feel dis-
posed to contend. This was strongly objected to on the part
of the Oxonians, who were of opinion that the holders of the
prize ought to confine themselves to their own crew, and the
stewards and umpire having been called upon, decided that
the Cambridge crew were justified in changing, on the ground
that the members of the Universities were also members of
the rooms in London. The decision was far from satisfactory,
and two of the Oxford clubs, the University Boat Club, and. the Oriel Club, were withdrawn, and the entries for the
sport were left to consist of four challengers for the grand sup
in two boats ( the gentlemen being divided in consequence of
the narrowness of the stream), and four boats for tile secon:i
heat, similarly arranged.
The exceedingly late hour at which this 'account arrived in London, principally owing to the dispute we have spoken of.
and a very viothut storm, which lasted two hours and a half.
prevent us going into any lengthened detail.
MUST HEAT FOR HE CHALLENGE CUP.
Cambridge University Boat Club, Cambridge.-111r. Rid-
ley, stroke, Hon. G. Denman, Mr. Royds, Mr. Cobbold, Mr.
Vials, 111 r. Watson, Hon. L. Denman, Mr. Tevey. Egan.
steercr.
King's College.-111esrs. Lanto, stroke, Lee, Kenset,
Lambe, Coulson, Harrison, Snell, Stock. Lewis, steerer.—
A pretty start, but the race won eas ly by the Cantabs.

SECOND HEAT.
The Etonian Boat Club.—Messrs. Bethel, stroke, Potfield,
Shadwell, Rogers, Walter, Lambert, Oddie, Stapyltou. Shad-
well, steerer.
The Oxford London Aquatic Club.—Messrs. Mahe'ley,
stroke, Powys, Powel, Walsh, Linsay, Simpson, Cox, Stuart.
Cuurchill, steerer.—This was a sharp and spirited conflict, and
won by half a length by the Oxonians.
THE GRAND HEAT.
CANIBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BOAT CLUB-OXFORD LONDON

AQUATIC CLUB.
The gentlemen did not start for this until nearly half-past
eight in the evening, but it compensated for the lateness in tho
day and the tediousness in the fore part.
It was a sharp, splendid, beautiful race, and brought dowa
shouts from a vast assemblage. They started level, and its
about a minute the Oxford had slightly the lead. In another
minute they were scull and scull, and in this way continued, at
an almost incredible speed, to the winning post. It was gene-
rally considered a dead heat, at first sight, and then a report
was in circulation that Oxford had won ; but the umpire,
D. Bishop, Esq., being referred to, he pronounced the Caw.:
bridge to have won by a" foot."
STEWARD CHALLENGE CUP.
This was with four-oared boats, and at the time of starting
two of the crews had retired from the conflict, leaving the Lott-
don St. George's Boat Club and the Henley Dreadnought to
try their fortune as challengers.
DR&ADNOUGHT.—Messrs. Page, stroke; Crothurst, For-
rest, Ive, Tagg, steerer.
Sr. GEORGE'S BOAT CLUB.—Messrs. Bannister, Burke,
Thackaway, Nodding, steerer,
A good race: they were oar and oar half a mile, and then
the King's College gave a chance away by steering very badly.
Bo h the crews rowed hard, and the Dreadnought won by a
length.
This was the whole of the sport of the day, and it wiil be
seen in the course of the above that Mr. Vials was substituted
for Mr. Penrose in the great Cambridge list of last Saturday;
and as he had been in the room's boat, this was no doubt the
knotty point at issue. We understand Mr. Penrose withdrew
in consequence of a domestic calamity, and that Mr. Vials is
duly disqualified.
The sport of this day (Wednesday) will consist of matchos
between the winners of the challengers and the present holders.
We regret to say that there may be some trivial inaccuracies
in the above names, but in the general melee we were fortunate
to get at them at all.

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THUNDER STORM.—..-..ter an unusually on, pert
of dry sultry weather, the metropolis and neighbourhood were,
visited yesterday afternoon, about half-past fou r o'clock, with
to
a thunder storm, ac,mpanied with a slight fall of rain. The
thunder was very loud ; but there was not much lightning.
The rain will do incalculable good to the crops generally, al-
though some injury has been sustained by the fruits in several
gardens and orchards. The thunder storm lasted about an
hour, land we have not heard that any accident happened.
MUTABILITY OF FORT l' N I.: . —Some years ago, a
who resided in Philadelphia, purchased
oUnited States Bank to the amount of 540,000. Ile
afterwardsswtecakitihTitheEng tiiihan
invested in it the fortune of his wife, which was
g,10,000. The sum of 10,000/, was left to her afterwards by
legacy, and this was also deposited in the United States Bank.
integrity. They nonnonreside near Nova Scotia, N. J., and the wife takes
tits lately in sewing to ,upport the family,
Ainisitoat:ltc'.etv,,tdisinterestedsiii
ait of Orleat t:
I Y An date
inhabitanttb e fo
lof l otiisv ;
ing
town dropped from his pocket, in the street, four bank-notee
for 2)0f., and soon afterwards had his loss published by the
town-crier. They had beets picked up by this poor woman,
who had no means of subsistence but. about 15 sous a day
earned by her labour. She immediately brought them to the
owner, and delivered them to him, without asking for the-
least reward, and even refused to give her name, because she. wished to avoid publicity.
Three (lays ago a tire took place at Basly, near
Caen, and, although it commenced at the most busy
part of
the day, when assistance was most easily to be had, it destroyed
seventeen house:), depriving numerous poor families of ell their
property,

STRAWBERRY I ILL. AZ.k
Among the printsellers it is an axiom the more receist-thf
reign the less valuable are the engravings which occur in col-
lections for sale. It was not so yesterday at Messrs. 11,bins's,
for the prints throughout obtained more advanced prices than
on the preceding day, and many very rare specimens of the
chalcographic art remain to be sold during the ensuing days.
154 King Charles the First, a three-quarter length • view of
Whitehall in the distance, Robert Peake excudit, folio, rare,
3/. 15s. Messrs. Smith.
160. Prince Charles, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland,
Duke of Cornwall, &c., half-length, after Dobson, engraved by
Faithorne, fine and very rare, 2/. 15s. Graves.
Among the prints of yesterday, one by accident esra.fed
notice, lot 118, Frances Bridges, 'Countess of Exeter, by
hai-
thorne. This, from the injuries it had received, produced only
18s. Walpole, in his letter to Cole, from Strawberry-hill,
Aug. 20, 1768, was in extacies on account of its rarity.—
" You are always heaping so many kindnesses on me, dear
Sir, that I think I must break off all acquaintance with you,
unless I can find some way of returning them. The print of
the Countess of Exeter is the greatest present to me in the
world ; 1 have been trying for years, to no purpose, to get one.
Reynolds, the printer, promised to beg one far me of a per,
son he knows, hut 1 never had it. I wanted it for tour slit'.
ferent purposes—first, as a grandmother (in-law, by the Cranes
and the Allingt-ms); secondly, for my collection of heads
thirdly, for the volumes of prints, after pieces in my eolhe,ion ;
and, above all, for my collection of Faithornes, high, though
so tine, wanted such a capital print ; and to this last I have
preferred it. I give you unbounded thanks for it, and vet I
feel exceeding ashamed to rob you." By his pasting 'lt so
firmly into his Faithorne volume, Walpole took especial care ho
would not be robbed of it in turn.
166. James Stewart, Duke of Lennox, Earl of March. after
Geldorp, engraved by Van Voorst. Fine and rare, ,11. 10s.
Graves.
168. William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle, his Duches,
and family of ten other persons, a group seated in eonvers,
sation ; in a compartment below tour lines of English verso;
engraved after Abr. i< Diepenbeke, by Peter Closset. Fine and
rare, 5/. Tiffin.
170. James. Marquis of Hamilton, Earl of Cambridge, on
a charger, sumptuously caparisoned, "sold by Wm. \'ebb,
in Cornhill, right against Birehin-lane end." This was one
of the early rogueries of the print l üblishers. The same
plate had been engraved in 1625, by Wm. Pass, as a por-
trait of GeorgelVilliers, Duke of Buckingham, but when he
had eased to exist the Duke's head was rubbed oft the plate,
and that of the Marquis placed there in its stead. 31. Messs.@,
Smith.