The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-02 00:00:00

PRESTON GUILD.

Now that the tranquillity of the town and of the surround-
ing districts is perfectly restored, with every probability of
its continuance;a great deal of interest is taken throughout
the county at the approaching Guild Merchant Festival, the
celebration of which only occurs once in 20 years. The guild
of Preston is unique, there being no resemblance to a similar
institution in any other part of the kingdom, whilst the me-
morials remaining in the archives of the corporation trace
its first celebration to 1329, in the second year of the reign
of Edward 111., since which period it has been held every
20 years with scarcely any intermission. The " Guild Mer-
chant" is held on the Monday after the feast of the Decol-
lation of St. John the Baptist, and is always duly announced
by advertisement in the London Gazette. The celebration
has, at former periods, attracted a very large attendance of
the surrounding nobility and gentry, and on the last occasion,
in 1822, was attended by the late Earl and Countess of Der-
by, the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, Lord and Lady
Skelmersdale, Mr. Justice Park, and many other distinguished
visitors. Politicaljxcitement and agitation now being over,
the present meeting is likely to be no less interesting
and attractive, and amongst others who have put down their
names as patrons, and many of whom have taken houses for
the occasion, are the nigh Sheriff, the Duke of Hamilton
the Earls of Balcarras and Sefton, Lord Francis Egerton,
M.P., Lord Stanley, M.P., Viscount Lindsay, Lord Skel-
mersdale, Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir P, H. Fleetwood, Bart.,
M.P., Sir Howard Douglas, M.P., the Hon. R. B, Wilbra-
ham, M.P., Sir George Strickland, M.P., Sir Benjamin
Heywood, Bart., Sir John Gerrard, Bart., Sir T. B. Birch,
Bart., Sir Thomas de Trafford, Bart., Sir R. H. Leigh, Bart.,
Lieut-General Sir Thomas Whitehead, Sir George Drink-
water, Sir Thomas Brancker, P. Ainsworth, Esq., M.P. J. I .
Blackburne, Esq., M.P., W. Fielden, EsT, M.P., J.W.
Patten, Esq., M.P., C. Standish, Esq., M.P., G. Marton,
Esq., M.P., and most of the leading gentry in the County,
many of whom have expressed their intention of keeping open
house on the occasion. In the list of patrons stands the name
of Sir Robert Peel, whose presence, which was expected,
will only be prevented by the pressure of official business.
Everything has been done by the corporation, in whose
hands the management of the affairs of the guild is vested, to
keep up the interest which for many centuries it has excited
in this and the neighbouring counties.
On Monday morning the business of the Guild Court will
be transacted, the old and venerable guild books will be
opened, and the legal business will be transacted. For the
evening a grand display of fireworks is announced. On the
Tuesday there will be a grand procession of th 6 guild, the
mayor, corporation, guild officers, and companies of trades
and societies, to the parish church, where a sermon will be
preached by the vicar, who is also chaplain to the guild, and
church service will be performed by several efficient vocalists.
These bodies, which will be arranged by the marshalmen,
are very numerous, consisting of Ist, tanners, skinners, cur-
riers, and:glovers ; 2d, cotton-spinners and weavers; 3d, cord-
wainers ; 4th carpenters ; sth, butchers ; 6th, vintners ; 7th,
tailors; Bth, plasterers; 9th, Smiths; 10th, gardeners; 11th,
lodge of odd fellows ; 12th, printers and bookbinders ; 13th,
lodge of freemasons. In the evening of this day there will
be a grand concert of vocal and instrumental music. On the
same day. there will be a bazaar at St. Ignatius' Schools, in
the North-road, for the benefit of the Roman Catholic Col-
lege, near Leicester at which the Earl of Shrewsbury with
his family, Lord Clifford, and several of the leading Roman
Catholic families in this county, have signified their intention
to be present. On Wednesday morning the mayoress's pro-
cession, with ladies, to the parish church will take place,
when there will be performed Handel's sacred oratorio of
Messiah. The leading singers engaged for the occasion are
Miss Birch, Miss Stott, and Miss Maria Hawes, Mr. Hobbs.
and Mr. Phillips, in addition to which, the orchestra,
selected principally from Birmingham, Liverpool, and
Manchester, will consist of 42 performers, and the chorus
of 66 voices. This has always been an occasion of particular
interest, and at the last meeting the mayoress was followed
by the Countess of Derby, Countess of Wilton, Lady
Hoghton, Miss Hoghton, the Misses Stanley, daughters
of Lord Stanley, and a retinue of at least six hundred ladies
of the first distinction. On this evening there will be a grand
dress ball. On Thursday morning the mayoress will give a
grand public breakfast, after which both races and regatta
are announced. A grand performance of sacred music will
likewise take place at the Catholic chapel of St. Wilfred,
comprising a selection from the Stabat. Mater of Rossini, in
which Signor Rubini, as well as Negri and Puzzi, and Mdlle.
Pacini and Mdlle. Osterguard will take a part. In the even-
ing there will be a grand concert at which the above will
attend. Friday morning will commence with races, after
which the scholars of the various public, national, and Sun-
day schools will be regaled with entertainments ; and in the
evening there will be a grand costume ball, to provide for
which several of the caterers for such amusements from
London are present. The whole of the proceeds of the
musical entertainments and the balls will after defraying the
expenses, be applied for the benefit of the public charities of
the town.

A very large influx of strangers is anticipated during the
ensuing week, and demands for accommodation have increased
accordingly. Next to the visit of her Majesty to Scotland,
this will prove the most exciting occasion to the haul monde
in this part of the country in the ensuing week..

A grand fete will, it is understood, be given at Ravens-
worth Castle, early in October, in honour of the coming of
age of H. Liddell, Esq.
The Duke of Cambridge visited the coal-mines of Durham
on Wednesday last, and in9ected the various operations of
the colliers and their machinery.

It is rumoured at Aylesbury that Captain Hamilton, M.P.
is about to take up a three years residence in British India.
If true, this will create a vacancy in the election for the bo;
rough.
REDUCTION IN THE PRICE or FLOUR.—The Sheffield
poor-law guardians have contracted for a supply of three
hundred sacks of bread flour, containing in all 5,400 stones,
at two shillings per stone.
The notorious Vidocq, whose memoirs excited so great an
interest some few years ago, and who has for some time past
been employed in recovering debts, &c., has been arrested,
with, one of his clerks named Gouffe, for illegally confining
an individual and compulsorily obliging him to execute certain
deeds. -

THE DEGREE OF M.B.—Mr. Ro-ert
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.---FIRST
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Harling' lately
Chester, who, with his brother, Mr. B. A.
shared the first honours of his college, has againeddisatlinaguvrairsdbeedd
himself by obtaining the exhibition and gold m
by the senate of the university in anatomy and physiology.
The Earl of Lincoln, as First Commissioner of Woods
and Forests, has just conceded an important boon to the
freeholders of Wales—namely, by having, on the advice of
the law officers of the crown, reduced the amount of the
acquittance fee on rents of assize. No fee of this kind is in
future to exceed 4d. Formerly 63 fees were demanded on
63 arrears of rent ; but one payment is now to serve for the
whole.
CONTINUED PALL IN PRICES.—DUBLIN, Aug. 28.
There was a vary large supply
of cattle, sheep, and pigs at
the fair of Drogheda on Friday, but there was little or no
demand, even at greatly reduced rates, owing, it is said, to
" the dull accounts from the English markets." The Drog-
heda Argus says, " Large numbers of young bullocks were
exhibited, and offered from 25 to 30 per cent. under the
prices of this day twelve months ; but even at this reduction
they were in little demand, owing ity stated to the operation
ofthaenTdariff.: The Ardee fair, on Monday, was fully as bad
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MISCELLANEOUS.

It is said that the Marquis of Westminster gives to each
of his granddaughters lately married one hundred thousand•
pounds.

The exportation of cattle from Belgiuin to England has
commenced. The Belgian sloop Union has just sailed from
Ostend with forty-six oxen on board.

Water has become so scarce at Derry, that it is sold at the
rate of 2d. per can. This circumstance is owing to the long-
continued drought.

THE QUEEN'S TOUR.—Her Majesty, it is said, has ex-
pressed a wish to visit all the scenes of? Sir Walter Scott's
novels,

The law appointments have been definitely settled, and
Mr. Jackson may now be considered a Judge in the Court of
Common Pleas, being succeeded in his late office by Mr. T.
B. C. Smith, who is now the solicitor-General.—Dublin
Evening Mail.
At no period were so many deaths known to have occurred
by the practice of bathing in the Thames between Southwark
and Blackfriars bridges, as within the last fortnight, during
which period no fewer than nine lives have been lost and only
three of the bodies found.

By the Brisk we learn that the Madagascar and Water-
witch had recently attacked and destroyed a settlement, or
what is called a baracoon, at a place near Cabenda, and libe-
rated 900 slaves.—Anti. Slavery Reporter.
BEYROUT, July 24.—1 regret to say that Bishop Alexander
is very ill and confined to bed from fever, having already
been several times slightly indisposed. The climate of
Jerusalem does not appear to agree with his constitution.—
Times.

There died lately, says a German paper, in the village of
Felsoe Foerock, in Transylvania, a farmer named Terebesi,
in the 135th year of his age. He always enjoyed good
health, and worked in the field until just before his death.
Mr. Campbell, of Islay, in the presence of the Duke and
Duchess of Argyll and the Marquis of Lom, from his pool
in the Langan, caught in one draught 557 fish. Mr. Camp-
bell then proposed to the duke to apply the net to that part
of the pool from which 1,021 had been taken a few weeks ago,
but his grace remarked that enough had been killed for
one day.
DEAR BREAD.—Several of the metropolitan journals are
agitating the question of the dearness of bread, and making
enquiry whether the bakers and millers are justified in ob-
taining such great profits. The following calculation appears
on the subject in the Morning Herald, from one of the car-
respondents of that paper :—" I have understood that a
quarter of wheat, of middling quality, will yield in flour
about 392 pounds of flour, and that 392 pounds of flour will
make about 130 four-pound loaves. If so, and the price of a
quarter of wheat is 545., that is equivalent to sd. the loaf, as
130 loaves at scl. each amount to 545. 2d. Why, then, is the
consumer charged 81d. or 9d. for his loaf? Is the expense
of grinding the corn and making the bread equal to 34d. or
4d. the loaf, in addition to the profit of the bran and pollard ?

DEATH OF MR. LONGMAN, OF PATERNOSTER-ROW.—
It is with much grief that we have tb announce the decease,
at an early hour this morning, at his residence at Hampstead,
of Thomas Norton Longman, Esq., the eminent bibliopolist,
of Paternoster-row. This melancholy event arose from his
horse having fallen with him on Wednesday last, by which
accident the unfortunate gentleman was precipitated to the
ground with much severity, as to occasion considerable in-
.

fury to the spine, from which he never recovered. Mr. Long-
man was as much distinguished by his amiable and unas-
suming qualities in private life, as by the extent and integrity
of his commercial dealings. He was in his 72d year.—
Standard.

THE ROYAL MAIL COMPANY'S STEAMER TAY.—We take
blame to ourselves for not having earlier mentioned the regu-
larity of departure and arrival of this vessel on its late service ;
especially so, as the line of steamers had hitherto been sub-
jected (and jusay so) to a great deal of censure upon this
point. It now clearly appears from this latter circumstance,
that the arrangements contemplated are becoming so complete,
as almost to ensure a certainty to passengers, that no morti-
fication or inconvenience will hereafter arise, excpt such as
may happen through those causes over which the parties can
have controul. The Tay completed her recent trip, within a
fraction, we may say, of the time in which it was calculated
she would perform it. This looks well.—Guiana Times.
NELSON'S MONUMENT, TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.—It will
be recollected that, some weeks ago, a large block of stone,
from Scotland, presented by, his Grace the Duke of Buc-
, clench to the committee for erecting Nelson's monument,
was deposited in the space of ground appropriated for its re-
ception at Trafalgar-square. Since then a large and well-
lighted wooden shed has been built over the same, to
protect the sculptor from the inclemency of the weather
during the continuance of the task he has undertaken
to perform, which he commenced a few days ago. The
entire figure of Nelson will be formed or chiselled out
of this immense mass of stone, with the exception of
the head and shoulders, for which another block will be re--
quired. Some idea may be formed of its magnitude when
it is known that it weighs 32 tons, is 12 feet high, 7 feet wide,
and 6 feet thick. The pedestal and column are proceeding
with great rapidity, and, notwithstanding the delay oc-
casioned by the strike of the masons a few months ago, it is
believed that the column will be ready for the reception of
the statue very little over the time originally contemplated.
Tine DUBLIN UNIVERSITY.—After all, there is likely to
be a contest, and judging from the equal premises of the two
candidates, it will no doubt be a severe one. A requisition
from several of the heads of the
_college was this afternoon
in course of signature, addressed to Mr. T. B. Smith, who
is understood to have received the appointment of Solicitor-
General, soliciting that gentleman to stand for the vacancy
in the representation created by the elevation of Mr. Devon-
sher Jackson to the judicial bench, and it is reported that
should Mr. Smith accede to the terms of the requisitionists,
he will have the weight of government support in his favour.
Mr. Hamilton, notwithstanding these adverse circumstances,
is determined not to withdraw his claims on the electors,
a vast number of whom have already decided on supporting
him, in preference to any other candidate whatsoever. The
contest, should it be persevered in, will place both parties in
a very embarrassing position. Mr. Hamilton started with
the full knowledge and sanction of the Irish government, and
his withdrawal at the present juncture, when it is, of neces-
sity, found that one of the law officers of the crown should
have a seat in parliament, would lead to the suspicion that
henceforward the representation of College was to be but
the stepping-stone to place, and that the University, com-
prising the most enlightened constituency in the kingdom,
should be content to rank with Clonmel, Cashel, or any other'
whig nomination. borough.. As to the respective merits of
the two candidates, it is impossible to decide ; in truth, there
is no difference. between them ; both would reflect honour
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on. the choice of any body of electors here or elsewhere ; and
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Mail mentions something similar to this, but says there is
no foundation for such statements.]
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tors, long before the hour reported, when the first vessel was
to enter the magnificent dock, thousands of persons had
congregated around the walls to witness the ceremony, if
ceremony it may be called. The directors of the company,
arrived from London during the morning ; and it was ar-
ranged that the Tagus, belonging to the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Company, should be made use of to open
the docks pro forma. She was accordingly decked out in
her various colours, and proceeded from the quay to the con-
fluence of the river Itchen, for that purpose ; when the Little
Liverpool, also belonging to the same company, was disco-
vered steaming up the river from Gibraltar. This apropos
circumstance induced the directors to lay to for a quarter of
an hour, to give the Liverpool time to reach her, and enter
first, with her passengers and cargo of goods. In the course
of a few minutes she passed the entrance to the dock into its
basin, amidst the cheers of the assembled multitude, the
firing of cannon, &e.; and shortly afterwards a part of her
cargo was landed, and sent off. per rail to town, where it ar-
rived in due course this evening, thus giving a remarkable
instance of despatch; and showing at the same time the im-
mense advantage Southampton has over any other port in
the kingdom for the landing and transmission of foreign
goods to the metropolis. To those of our readers who are
unacquainted with this stupendous undertaking, it may be as
well to remark en passant, that the tidal-dock is the largest
in England, the inside, from wall to wall, covering an area
of 16 acres. It is excavated to that extent, that there will
be always 18 feet water at low water spring tides. The open-
ing is 150 feet in width, thus admitting vessels of almost any
tonnage. A shed is now building on the north-east side,
360 feet in length, and 50 feet wide in the floors, for the
storeage of goods, from which a tram-way leads to the rail-
way station, distant about 300 yards. This dock was com-
menced three years ago (in October next), at a cost of about
£140,000, and, had it not been for unforeseen causes, would
have been opened for traffic some time since. The vessels
belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental and the Royal
West India Mail Company will henceforth make use of it;
and no doubt every vessel of consequence will take advan-
tage of the facilities thus offered for landing and shipping
goods. The latter company have contracted for a use of a
portion of the dock for the sum of £2OOO per annum. There
is another dock, now in progress, called the inner or wet
dock. It is impossible to state when this will be finished.
Want of funds prevents that accomplishment for the present.
This dock covers an extent of 14 acres, and 4,s the nearest to
the town.

AFFECTING CIRCUMSTANCE.—On Wednesday, the 10th
current, a stout good-looking man, five feet eight or nine
inches high, apparently of the age of 24 years, fair hair, and
yellowish bushy whiskers, landed from the Liverpool steamer,
at Annan Waterfoot. Ile inquired for a quiet lodging, as he
proposed resting for a few days, and was conducted to the
house of Widow Beatie, residing in Port-street. During
the night he was sick ,and restless, and in the morning
swallowed a cup of tea, without tasting bread. He then went
out with the expressed intention of calling at a barber's shop,
and returning immediately. But, from whatever cause, he
has never since been heard of. He was dressed in moleskin

trousers and waistcoat, wove sleeves, a white shirt, a cap
stemmed and furred, Wellington boots. The box he left at
the lodging was addressed " James Smith," and the way-
farer talked as if he belonged to Ayrshire. After some delay
the box was opened by the Procurator, Fiscal to the burgh,
in the presence of Bailie Sawyer, and an invetory taken of
its contents, consisting of a quantity of joiner's tools, and
body clothes. On the latter there are no marks, and on the
former simply the maker's name, " Henderson, Greenock."
From a memorandum found, it appears that poor Smith had
sailed from Greenock for America, on the 14th of May last ;
and as the box in question is an old commercial packing one,

. . ,
and its tradesman contents incomplete, it seems probable that
he bad sold his tool chest, to raise money sufficient to carry
him back to this country. In the course of conversation, he
told Mrs. Beatie that although he bad been in various parts
of the United States, he could find no employment, and that
he would never, he rather thought, travel more unless he had
the misfortune to be banished. There is something strange
and suspicious in the disappearance of this wanderer ; for had
not something serious or fatal occurred, it seems most certain
he would either have returned to his lodging, or sent for his
property.—Dumfries Herald.

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reous spar disposed in some degree like the Anglo-Saxonarchitecture of some of the ancient monasteries. Butth
great influx of visitors has robbed the grotto of its attractions
and the choicest of its finely-moulded images have been
carried away, not entire, but broken into fragments for
mantle-piece relics. Several years ago,: when the late Duke
of Northumberland kept a pack of hounds at Hulne West
Park, two of the hounds pursued a fox into this cavern, and
were unable to find their way out. Some men who proceeded
of the dogs, and one man went so far that he heard the people
in search of them day after day heard the barking and cries
of Hobberlow, a hamlet about a furlong distance of the
entrance, stir their fire above him. One of the doss was
brought out on the 15th day of its imprisonment, and the
other on the 16th day, in a famished and emaciated condition,
and unable to walk home.—Tyne Mercury,

DEATH FROM LlGHTNlNG.—During:the prevalence of
the thunder-storm yesterday morning, an old man, aged 66,
and a boy, farming servants in the employ of Mr. Abbott,
farmer, Thorney Hall, near Stowupland, were struck by the
electric fluid and instantly killed. They had, it appears,
with great imprudence, taken refuge under a tree from the
lightning.—lpswich Express.
CRICKET.—KENT V. ALL ENGLAND. On Saturday
this, the third match which has been played this season be-
tween eleven of Kent and a similar number chosen from the
other counties of England, was concluded, after three days'
play, commencing on Wednesday last, at Bromley, when,
contrary to general anticipation, the Kentish party were
completely defeated, their adversaries winning the match
with ten wickets to go down.

It is not generally known, although it is a positive fact,
that the executors of the late Marquis of Hertford, having
failed in convicting Suisse in the Central Criminal Cou►t,
have commenced a civil action against him for £BO,OOO. On
Saturday a judge's warrant was issued for his apprehension.
The bail that would have been required is £160,000.—
Morning paper.
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ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, AUGUST 29.—There has
been an improved demand for flannels to-day, and the buyers
have purchased very freely ; but the manufacturers have not
been able to get any advance in price. The wool market has
been very dull, and a very limited quantity of business has
been transacted at former prices.

STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, AUGUST 31.—There
was no material change in the state of the market yesterday.
Owing to the continued absence of a 'large portion of the
factory hands from their employment, the amount of busi-
ness done is still limited, and prices are very irregular. Ge-
nerally speaking, they were rather higher yesterday than on
the preceding Tuesday ; and the demand, es,pccially for yarn,
continues to be extensive. Until the factories resume work,
however, no decisive opinion can be formed as to the actual
state of the market.

PARLIAMENTARY SPEECRES.—The Atlas gives a tabular
view of the numbers of speeches delivered by various mem-
bers of Parliament during the last session. Sir R. Peel's
exceed those of any other member, being 287 in number. Sir
James Graham's are second, numbering 165. Captain Bol-
dero delivered 45 ; Sir F. Burdett, 17 ; C. F. Berkeley, 27 ;
F. H. F. Berkeley, 21; G. C. G. Berkeley, 17 ; Viscount
Duncan 5 ; B. Escott, 48 ; Viscount Ebrington, 23 ; Sir W.
W. Follett, 53 ;
Right Hon. W. Gladstone, 122 ; G. Hene-
age, 1 ; W. Hayter, 12; J. Hume, 124 ; Sir R. H. Inglis,
104; H. Labouchere, 90 ; W. Miles, 20 ;W. Miles, 26 ;
Joseph Neeld, 1; D. O'Connell, 123 ; Viscount Palmerston,
109 ; J. A. Roebuck, 109 ; Lord John Russell, 143 ; Lord
Stanley, 130 ; G. P. Scrope, 9 ; Sir Thomas Wilde, 48 ; Lord
Ashley, 87 ; Lord Sandon, 77 ; Sir H. Douglas, 23 ; Lord
F. Egerton, 42 ; W. Ferrand, 94 ;T. Thornely, 21. Total
speeches, 9,119 ; total speakers, 229 ; an average of nearly 31
speeches for each debater.
ATTACK OF AN ELEPIIANT.—An accident occurred at
Hawkhurst fair, which had nearly proved fatal to one of the

inhabitants of the place, by an attack from one of the ele-
phants in the fair. It appears that Mr. Richard How and
his wife were among the company who had gone into the
booth or show to view this animal, and, like many others,
had been treating the elephant to some of the delicacies
which are to be purchased at all country fairs. He had just
turned his back about to leave the place, when the elephant
twisted his trunk round him, and threw him with great
violence against the sides of the place, breaking two or three
of his ribs, and otherwise much injuring his shoulder, &c.
When down, the elephant endeavoured to tread upon him,
first, however, picking his pocket of the only remaining
apple in it; and had it not been for a piece of timber which
fortunately lay on the ground between his foot and Mr.
How, his destruction would have been inevitable. Mr.
How owes the preservation of his life entirely to this fortu-
nate circumstance, added to the prompt and kind assistance
he met with from a neighbour.—Maidstone Journal.

SALE OF MR. ACRAMAN'S PICTURES.—The celebrated
collection of paintings, belonging to Mr. D. W. Acraman,
of Bristol, and which, rom the taste and experience displayed
in their selection, had acquired not merely a local but a na-
tional reputation, has during this week been brought to the
hammer. The attendance and competition were great. The
" Dentist," by Teniers, brought 320 guineas ; the " Ferry
Boat," by J. and A. Both, 410 guineas ; Rippingille's " Re-
cruiting Sergeant, &c. " 111 guineas; " A Party at a Chateau
preparing for the Chase," by Wouvermans 310 guineas ;
and "last not least," was the renowned Berghem, of " Mule-
teers Arriving," supposed to be the. chef d'oeuvre of this
great master. After a very spirited competition it was
knocked down to M. Niewenhuys for 1570 guineas, and is
supposed to have been purchased for the King of Bavaria ;
we are informed that in a few hours after the sale of this pic-
ture, an express arrived from' the Prussian Ambassador, to
purchase the Berghem, under a limit of £2500, for the King
of Prussia. The produce of the sales was on Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday, nearly £B6oo.—Gloucester Chro-
nicle.

" DRUMS, TRUMPETS, BLUNDERBUSSES, GUNS, AND
THUNDER !"—" Bella, horrida bella !"—" War's rude
alarms !" Bre.—The Crescent City has given vent to the
following ominous paragraph :—" A QUESTION.—The emi-
gration from England into this country is greater than has
ever been known, and our affairs, it is said, are getting cri-
tical again with that country. Are these pauper emigrants
soldiers in disguise? or ready to be made such on a declara-
tion of hostilities ! We only ask for information." And
you shall have it. All the " pauper emigrants" are" soldiers
in disguise." They are formed into " ragged regiments,"
and are secretly drilled by efficient officers every dark even
when " the moon is seen behind a cloud," armed with hoe-
handles, hickory sticks, bean-poles, and cotton umbrellas.
They have battering-trains of quakers furnished by the
emigrant packet-ships, and go forth to drill armed with
mighty slings. Some of them are paid a dollar a day to dig
ditches in order to learn them how to prepare entrenchments.
Perhaps they will rise to-morrow morning, wherefore it be-
hoves the Crescent to be wide awake, and ready to turn
" those scissors into daggers."
CARLISLE.—The " strike " has reached our own doors.
The greater part of the workmen in Carlisle have this week
left their employment, some through choice and some through

fear. What the precise object of the turn-out is, no one can
tell. In no case have the employers been called upon for an
advance of wages, and in many cases the workmen have ex-
pressed themselves satisfied with their condition. What,
then, is the object of the present movement ? The more
ardent spirits say it is to obtain the Charter, and that they
will not return to work till that end has been accomplished.
What chance they have of securing this object, without a
violent convulsion we are unable to conceive, and have not
heard explained. 'And, even if a violent convulsion should
follow the present movement, those who are engaged in it
cannot but see that it may not result in the establishment
of the Charter, though it possibly might in a despotism.
Authority is too strong in this country to be set aside by
mere mob law. So far as the turn-outs have proceeded in
this town, they have showed no intention to injure life or
property, except the property of the men of their own class—
we mean the property which every man has in the labour of
his own hands. By compelling those who are willing to
work to cease from labour, they are robbing the men of the
fruits of their industry, and reducing their families to beg-
gary and ruin. This is a species of tyranny more intolerable
than anything which the Charter could upset. No man has
a right to interfere with the wishes of another to labour upon
any terms he pleases ; and the man so interfered with is
robbed to the precise extent of the value of the labour he is
prevented from performing. There are hundreds of the
workmen now " out " who know that nothing but evil to
themselves and others can result from the present insane
movement. Why do they submit to be tyrannized over by a
few, whose objects they know to be improper, and whose
characters they despise ? It is a tame submission to dicta-
tion, which we trust they will speedily cast aside, and in doing
so they will have the support of every right-thinking and
honest man.—Carlisle Journal.
GRAND REVIEW IN PRUSSIA.—A letter from a military
correspondent at Cologne of the 23d instant has reached us,
which announces that the King of Prussia, accompanied by
the Emperor of Austria, the King of Hanover, the King of
Bavaria, the King of Wurtemburg, the Grand Dukes of
Baden and Nassau, and twenty of the reigning princes of
Germany, will review, on the sth September, the splendid
army of the Rhine, 66,000 strong; consisting of the 7th and
Bth corps of the Prussian army. This force is represented
to be in the most effective condition, both as to appearance
and discipline. A number of distinguished British officers
have already assembled at Cologne for the purpose of wit-
nessing this gratifying spectacle, and apartments have, it is
said, been bespoken at the Bell Vue Hotel for the Duke of
Wellington and several of his friends. It could not, how-
ever, be known with certainty, whether his grace would be
able to attend or not until the 29th. He is said to have re-
ceived a most cordial invitation from the King of Prussia.
Should he attend, the interest of this imposing spectacle will
be greatly enhanced. Of the 66,000 men who are to take
part in the approaching review, 48,800 are infantry troops,
10,200 cavalry, and 7,000 artillery, with 272 field pieces.
The reputation of the Prussian army for science stands so
high at present, that permission is about to be given by the
Horse Guards to a number of officers to study the art of war
in that country.—London Standard. The following is an
extract of a letter from Coblentz :—" The Rhine is crowded
with people flocking here to see the reviews, which will com-
mence on the 4th September. There will be upwards of
60,000 men, Prussian troops, with 120 mounted guns, and
12,000 cavalry. The King of Prussia supplies all English
officers who present their commission with lodgings, table,
and horses ; at all events John Bull will have no cause to
complain of our monarch's hospitality."
At the Court of Assizes of Vaucluse, last week, a ydung
man, named Joseph Chaix, of mild appearance and agree-
able features, was tried for the murder of his own father.
It appeared from the evidence that a man and his wife,
named Monge, who lived in the house adjoining that of
the deceased, heard a violent shock against the partition
of their room, as if some person had fallen. They merely
concluded, however, that their neighbour had returned home
drunk, and had tumbled down in his bed-room. Happening
to meet the prisoner in the morning, they informed him of
their suspicions, and recommended him to ascertain whether
his father had not hurt himself. The son knocked at the door,
and receiving no answer, sent for a smith to pick the lock.
The latter, seeing some drops of blood near the spot, refused
to 'interfere, without an order from the authorities. The
commissary of police. arrived, and the door being opened,
a horrid spectacle presented itself ; for there lay the old
man, half naked, and covered with blood—a long rope round
his neck, pressing it most violently—the skull broken in four
places, and a number of bruises on the face and shoulders.
The handle of a flail was found in the middle of the room, and
behind the door a spade, covered with blood, and with some
grey hairs of the deceased sticking on the iron. The whole
place was in disorder, and outside, all down the stairs, drops
of blood could be perceived. Joseph Chaix remained at the
door, when this dreadful spectacle struck all the other spec-
tators with feelings of horror, without testifyfng the slightest
emotion. This conduct excited suspicion, and his lodgings
being searched ablouse was found there covered with blood,
still fresh and wet. When this was produced, Joseph Chaix
acknowledged himself to be the murderer,buhteereemfue more
dtoe
enter into any particulars. Subsequently he
communicative, and stated that. being in great distress from
the niggardly disposition of his father, and the latter having,
after a sharp altercation, threatened to sell his farm and
leave his son unprovided for, be 'determined to prevent this ,
act, and gratify his spirit of' animosity against the old man
by putting him out of the way. He accordingly provided
himself with a flail, and when he thought he was asleep
crept up stairs to his room and struck him a violent blow
with the instrument. His victim immediately jumped up,
and after another blow being given, by which the flail was
broken, a horrible struggle took place between the father
and son. The father was dragged out of the room by the
son, tumbled down the stairs with dreadful violence, leav-
ing marks of blood on every step, and dashed against the
hall-door. he had strength enough, however, to rise up
and renew the struggle, biting his aggressor most
vigorously. The son, exasperated by this, exerted all his
strength, and dashed him against the wall with a force that
shook the whole building. The old man was stunned by this
blow, and the son, tying a rope round his neck, drew it as
tight as he could. He then took him back to the bedroom,
and threw him down. The old man showing signs
with the
spade, of life,te
the son again attacked him, and despatched him
spade, which happened to be lying in the room. This fright-
ful scene lasted nearly an hour. The parricide then locked
the door, and having thrown the key in through the window,
went home, washed his hands, and retired tranquilly to bed,
without disturbing his wife, who was asleep. On the trial
the jury found him at once guilty, but with extenuating cir-
cumstances. This verdict excited surprise, and the Pro-
curenr de Roi demanded that the jury should be sent back to
complete their verdict, nothing having been stated to shoW
that it was passed by a majority of votes, as the law required.
After some time the jury returned with a grave aspect, and
gave in a verdict of guilty, without extenuating circum-
stances. Chaix was then sentencliedtroeia death,eftrcarapneduorads.ered to
be executed in one of the public squares

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TUESDAY, Auousm 30.—Wind variable.
ARRIVED.—South tisk, Wishart, from St. John, N.B.—Anne
Armstrong, Long, from Shediac—Swallow, Nichols, from Nantes
—Patriot, —, from Hamburg—Charlotte, Wulff, from Pillgu—
Zephyr, from Dublin—and Eliza Jean, Davis, frdm Kijrush.

Robert James Haynes, Graham. sailed from Barbadoes for this
port 14th July
Whampoa, Whitfield, and Amity. Little, hence at Demerara
Standard, Fawcett, sailed from Demerara for this port Bth July
Eliza Killick, hence at Gonaives
Lily, De Messurier, hence at Cape Haytien, after striking on a
reef in entering the harbour
Andrew Scott, Emery, hence at Havana
Amelia, Alexander, hence at Trinidad
St. Vincent, Shepherd, hence at St. Vincunt
Walter Scott, Weeks, hence at Nassau, and sailed 2nd August
for Havana
John M'Adam, (steamer) hence at Sydney
Princess Royal, hence at Rio Janeiro
Alice Jane, Blersdale, and Lancaster, Wright, sailed from Vera
Cruz for Laguna 10th July
Sarah, Russell, hence at Leghorn
Hostellina, Le Cheminant, hence at ditto
Lady Mansell, Grace, hence at Lisbon
Myrtle, Carter, sailed from Lisbon for this port 20th August
Douro, Bale, hence at Oporto '
Ann Paley, Chapman, sailed from Oporto 18th August, and
Eleanor, Callan, 20th, both for this port
Diana, Schoofelen, hence at Bremen
Kincardine, Dunn, hence at Swinnemunde
Mary Stewart, Webber, hence at St. Petersburg
Louisa Caroline, Cooper, hence at ditto

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Joseph Anderson, Honan, from Jamaica, at this port. On 25th
August, in lat. 51, long. 12, spoke the Oxford, Rathbone, hence
for New York

Cadiz, Aug. 18.—Wm. Pitt, Perrie, for Rio Janeiro, put back
yesterday, with loss of foremast, and mainmast sprung, &c.