The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-08-21

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The following Musical Festivals will take place In
| September
Norwich, under the direction of Professor Taylor;
Newcastle under the direction Of Sir George Smart and
Worcester, under the direction OF Mr. Sarum
| The Reading Festival will take place in October:
| The Newcastle election committee have uDseated
| Mr.. Harris, the liberal member, and declared that
| MIR. Coquhoun ought to have been returned ms
decision sustalns the objection TO Mr.. Harris, as
| having been disqualified by bribery committed by
his agents. at previous election. The Ipswich cleo
tion committee have also unseated the Earl OF De-
| sart, and John Gladstone the conservative members
for Ipswich, for bribery committed by their agents.
GENERAL NEws.-The trial of Bean, for the last at
tack on her Ma)estys life, is to take place at the
| criminal court, on the 25th inst.
The typhus fever is at present making fearful ra-
| wages at Paris
TRooPs FOR INDIA AND CHINA.-The East India
Company have not yet concluded the despatch of
troops to India, as several large ships being tax
enup for the conveyance of troops to Bombay, Cal
| cuta and Hong Kong. Enstlng, especially for
the artillery, still actively going on in the metro
polls The recruits, after being attested off
TO the company's DEPOT, at Chatham, commanded
by Colonel Henry. There are no fewer, at present,
than four hundred and fy-four officers of infantry,
in Her Majesty's service and one cavalry officer, in
London, employed in the recruiting service IN the
| United Kingdom.
| The civilians of India are about presenting Sir
Robert Sale with sword worth two hundred gul-
meas, with the word "Jellaabad," engraved on IT,
| Sir Charles Napier, now commanding the Poona
DIVISION OF the indian army, Is 10
ghanstan in October. There is a desire to permit
General Pollock TO reap the harvest for which he
has SO well toiled but Lord Ellenborough has de-
termlned, understand, to place in that part OF our
domlnlons, large European force, and tined ge-
neral in the rougher sort of warfare than that to
| which Indian Generals are exposed.
Large meetings on the subject Of the distress of
the country, have been held at Liverpool, Leeds,
| Coventry, Manchester, Paisley, and other places
| The Caledonia, Capt. Scott, arrived home on the
29th in ten days, and by her full files OF Canadian
and Lower Province papers were received, and New
York journals to the 10th June.
The West India mail steamer Tweed arrived at
Falmouth the day previous as usual, fortnight
over due. The Jamaica papers announce the ac-
Another of the w, l. Steamers was due on the Both
| ult., but will hardly arrive before another week, so
uncertain and irregular are their movements.
The whole kingdom was visited with very Sc
we're thunder storm on the 18th, which did consider
| able damage, by the lightning striking seve raj
churches, and other elevated public buildings, The
heavy rain which also accompanied, laid and da M
| aged much of the standing corn.
| The annual meeting of the members of the Wes-
| leyan Methodist denomination, termed the Confer
ence, was held in London, on the 9th. Preachers
| from all parts of the country attended, and very
favorable statement OF the progress and prospects OF
the Society presented. Its institutions are IN
very ourishng condition, and there has been very
large accession to the numbers of this body during
| the past year.
Among the deaths in high life, which have recent
| ly occurred, are Sir Thos ID. Hesketh, Bart; Sir w
Woods, Knight Garter, Principal King at Arms; Dr.
Brown, Dean Of Ferns; James Holmes, Esq, High
Bailiff of Southwark the Prince Dolgrouki, (son
of the Russian general of that name,) who was
| killed in duel
FOREIGN INrELLIGENcE.-FRANcE.- King of
| the French opened the Chambers with short speech,
confined principally to the loss they had sustained,
and to the necessity for appointing regent, Ills
| Majesty accompanied by his sons, the Duke de
| Nemours the Prince de Joinville, the Duke de Au-
| male and the Duke de Monthenseur 1t is said that
| Tho do he Req AID
| that the widowed Duchess of Orleans will have the
guardianship of her children. Such an arrange
ment, it is supposed, will be satisfactory to all par
ties, and be the most effectua means of providing
| for the safety of the Government The Due de Ne
mours is generally spoken of as strong minded
man, rather tacturn than otherwise-not very poru-
lar with the army, but honest and upright and trust
| ed by those who know him. TWAS not anticipated
that the dynastic opposition would allow the session
to terminate, without an attempt to upset the Min
ster The funeral procession OF the Duk Ike OF Orleans
from Neuy to Paris, took place on the Goth ut,
| and the funeral itself on the LIST inst.
| PoRTUGAL.-The Portuguese army, it is said in
letter from Lisbon, is to be Immediately increased
| by 1925 men, A decree had appeared for the i'm
mediate and effectual enforcement OF tax OF ten
| per cent on every description OF property: The
treaties of commerce with England, and 6r the sap
preston of the slave trade, had been agreed uron
| and ratified.
"TnE FIRST GUN."-Mr Ri ,hard Coe, one of
the Appraisers of the Custom House in Philadelphia,
it is reported received yesterday morning official
notice from the Treasury department that his SER
vices were no longer required as an appraiser. This
notice is given "by order of the President of the
United States" and is signed by McCintock Young
tor the Secretary of the Treasury. The reason for
this dismissal, if any is required to be given, we
have not heard reported-probably the usual one of
incompatabity of opinions upon public matters.
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others in getting the foreign news into this city yes
terday morning. They did the business handsome
ly Through them received our foreign files to
to the 4th inst, at halfpast three o'clock, which
enabled to publish the news in large portion of
our edition. 1t came by the way of Hudson, down
the river in the fine and fast steamer Columbia,
Captain Newbury.
| We must not here forget to mention, however,
that Adams Il Co. and the officers of the Cleopatra,
were very kind They sent to us foreign papers re-
ceived by their usual routes, the former at o'clock
and the latter about seven.
And it ought TO be stated also that Charles Will
mer, and Wilmer Il Smith, enterprising newspaper
agents in Liverpool, forwarded us London papers Of
the 4th inst which they received by express in time
for the steamer which left Liverpool on that day.
| NAvAI.-Commodore Lavalette has assumed the
command of the Navy Yard at Pensacola. Com
modore Barron is in very ill health.
United States brig Apprentice, Lieut.. Moores, ar
rived at Boston, Thursday, from cruise to New
| York and intermediate ports.
| A PLEASURE TRIp-Take the steamboat Rock.
land, Capt. Schenck, at the foot of Robinson street,
at half past eight in the morning and three in
the afternoon, and and in a few hours you
are safely landed at Keyport, about 80 miles from
the city, where the Mansion House, kept by Mr..
Jacques will supply you with all the Injuries OF the
sea Shore and all the comforts of our most fashiona-
bic watering places. The bathing, fishing and fowl
ing in the vicinity is excellent, and more CON-
Portable place of resort for few days can scarcely