Star.
London, England, 1830-07-03 00:00:00

HIS PRESENT MAJESTY.

PROCLAMATION OF THE KING IN :11E TOWER AND
TOWER HAMLELS.
This ceremony took place yesterday, pursuant to an order of the
Privy Council, conformably to former precedents. Sir Francis H.
Doyle,; the Deputy Lieutenant of the Tower, attended at the Go.
vernor's house at ten o'clock, where he was received by Major El.
rington, the resident Governor, and Thomas B. Ricketts, Esq. the
Steward of the Courts of the Tower. At 1 l o'clock a circle was
formed on the Parade by the officers of the Tower, with the magis-
trates of the Tower liberty, and deputy-lieutenants of the Tower
Hamlets, who assembled on the occasion, and silence being coin.
mended by sound of trumpet, the proclamation was read by .1. W.
Lush, Esq. the ('ltlef Bailiff, which was followed by three hureas,
and a flourish of drums and Trumpets, the guns round the batteries
firing a royal salute ; a procession was then formed in the following
manner t
The High Constable, and about 20 petit Constablas on
Horseback.
The Beadles and Peace Of! CCTS
The Drum-hlajor, with the Kettle Drum and eight
Drummers of the Royal !leasehold.
The Sajeant-Trumpeter and ten Trumreters of the King's
Household.
The Chief Bailiff, in an open carriage.
Thirty Wardens of the Tower, with the Yeoman Porter ant
Gentleman Gaoler at their head, two and two.
The Deputy-Lieutenant, Fort. Major, and Steward of Court of
Record, &c. in a Carriage.
The Deputy-Steward and Chaplain, in a Carriage.
The Magistrates and Daputy-Lieutenants of the Tinter Hamlets,
in Carriages.
The procession was harked by several constables mounted on
horseback, and about 200 policemen.
Alta feuding the proclamation a second time on Tower-hill, the
procession proceeded to 'Whitechapel.bars, Spitalficialr.ruarket.
Shadwell-market, and Retell/re-cross, where it was also read. Con.
siderable applause front the populace followed on each occasion.
Owing to the excellent arrangements made by the local authorities
and the superintendents of the new pollee, the procession war con-
ducted with great regularity; and we believe no accidents occurred,
although the streets were much crowded by spectators.

PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

At a Special Court of Guardians, held last night, Mr.
Little contracted to supply the Governor and Guardians
of the Poor with 50 tons of best Newport Coal, at 21s.
7d. per ton, and to take oakum in exhange at the rate of
225. per cwt.—Plymouth Journal.
M. Henry Mayo, farmer at Lowell, near Dorchester,
was killed by the lightning on Sunday morning in his
bed-room ; the electric fluid passed down the chimney.
and under the bed (by the side of which lie was stand-
ing), and through the floor into the lower part of the
house. He was a young man, about 23 years of age.
Yesterday, Mr. D. Mahony was restrained, by an
order of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer, from acting
as Accountant General of that Court until further orders.
—Freemen's Journal of Wednesday.
Sir Thomas Lethbridge has published an address to
the freeholders of Somersetshire, in which he states his
intention of retiring from public life, in consequence of
indisposition. Mr. E. A. Sanford has since offered him-
self as one of the representatives of that county.
Mr. Fellowes has declined offering himself again for 1
the county of Huntingdon, and it is rumoured that Mr.
Fellowes, jun. n ill be proposed in the room of his father.
The names of Lord Strathaven and Lord Milton have also
been mentioned as probable candidates, it being under-
stood to be the intention of the latter Noble Lord to relin.
quish the honour, of representing the county of York
HALSSWORTiI, (Suffolk) Juke 30.—Saturday morn.,
ing, about one o'clock, we had u severe a thunder-storm
as I ever remember to have witnessed, preceded by pow-
erful aid awful lightning. At Rtunburgh, near this
place, it set fire to three dwellings, and killed one of the
inmates of ouo of them l• • • • -

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