The obituary of the past week contains the name of one of the most distinguished historical writers of the present day, the Rev. Dr. Lingard. An able and zealous champion of the Church of which he was so eminent a member, his tolerant spirit and independent principles show that of Dr. Lingard may be said, what was applied with admirable propriety to his co-religionist, the late learned librarian at Stowe, by Sir James Macintosh, that he was "True to his faith, but not the slave of Rome." The sale of M. Donnadieu's valuable collection of Autographs will commence on Tuesday next, and occupy five days. The Catalogue, which has been prepared by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson with their usual care, is itself a very interesting document. Our limits will not of course admit of our specifying a tithe of the curious and valuable articles which are now to be brought to the hammer: but as specimens of the richness of the collection, we will point out a few which are of importance, as illustrative of English history. Lot 165, for instance, is _Charles I.'s Marriage Contract with the Infanta of Spain_, a document of the highest value, but which has not, we believe, as yet been printed either accurately or entirely. Lot 184 is a most interesting letter from _Charles II. to his Sister the Duchess of Orleans_, written from Canterbury the day after he landed at Dover; while Lot 661 is a most pathetic _Letter from the Duke of Monmouth to the Earl of Rochester_, entreating his intercession with James, and written five days before his execution. Lot 254 is _The Original Warrant to the Lord Mayor of London, directing him to proclaim Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Dominions thereto belonging_; and Lot 500, a _Warrant of the Privy Council of Lady Jane Gray_, is a document of the highest importance, as proving (what has been doubted) that the Council of Lady Jane Grey did actually perform official acts as a Council. These of course are among the gems of the collection; but in the whole thousand lots there is not one but is of interest. CATALOGUES RECEIVED.--J. Sage's (4. Newman's Row, Lincoln's Inn Fields) Miscellaneous List for July, 1851, of Valuable and Interesting Books; T. Kerslake's (3. Park Street, Bristol) Catalogue of Books lately bought. BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE. LIFE OF DR. ARNOLD. 2 Vols. 8vo. RAILWAY MAGAZINE or Journal, 1844 and 1845. KNIGHT'S SYMBOLICAL LANGUAGE, 1818. WILLIS'S ARCHITECTURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES. CLARKSON'S HISTORY OF RICHMOND, 2nd Edition, 4to. BRITISH POETS. Whittingham's Edition, boards or quires, without the Plates. BEBELII ECCLESIA ANTE-DILUVIANA, &c. Argent. 4to. 1665. TYNDALE'S "PARABLE OF THE WICKED MAMMON." Any Edition prior to 1550. THE DAPHNIS AND CHLOE OF LONGUS. Courier's French Translation. BELL'S SYSTEM OF SURGERY. Vol. I. THE CHIRURGICAL WORKS OF PERCIVAL POTTS. Vol. I. BRYANT, DISSERT. ON THE WAR OF TROY. 4to.