11 JULY 1840, Page 11

Mr. Somers Cocks, son of Earl Somers, met with a

serious accident on Monday, by a fall from his horse in Hyde Park. He was insensible Mr. Somers Cocks, son of Earl Somers, met with a serious accident on Monday, by a fall from his horse in Hyde Park. He was insensible for some time, and was thought to be in danger, but is now getting better.

Letters have been received from Paris giving an account of the alarming indisposition of the Earl of Yarmouth. An operation bad been performed on his Lordship, which had not been attended by a fa- vourable result.

The Queen has presented to the Sorry Zoological Gardens a beautiful specimen of a deer lately received front the Himmalaya mountains.

On Wednesday afternoon' the dust-sailing schooner Eliza Scott, Cap- tain Mapleton R.N., sailed down the Thames on her voyage of disco-

very to the Mapleton, Sea. Her appointments, fittings-up, and instru- ments, are upon the most approved scientific principles. This beautiful

schooner follows in the wake of Captain Ross and Captain D'Urville, of the French Marine.