20 AUGUST 1842, Page 12

Last night's Gazette states that the Queen has appointed Archibald

William Earl of Eglinton to be Lieutenant and Sheriff-Principal of the shire of Ayr, in the room of the Earl of Glasgow, resigned.

Also, that Sir Charles Adam has declared the port of St. Juan de Nicaragua, in Central America, in a state of blockade ; a mode of en- forcing certain private British claims against the Government of the country.