... FPESToN GUIlD-At some period subsequently to the granting of the charter by Henry 11. the burgesses of Preston established a custom peculiar to their borough of revising the rules and regulations under which their affairs were managed. This custom was observed once in twenty years, its designation banded down to modern times being Preston Guild. The first of these interesting observances of ...

... INSOLVENT FRIENDLY SOfEEIS. -Now that the true aDD equitable rateo. of contribution necessary to secure all the benefits assured by friendly societies can be obtained without the slightest difficulty, it is imperative that all honourably disposed persons should caution the unwary against the specions advertisements referred to. There ?? be little doubt that, ere long, the attention of Parlia- ...

... COURT AND FASHION, OSBORNE, AUGUST 3.-The Queen held a Council at one o'clock te-dav, at which were present the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Bradford, the Earl at Malmesbuay, and the Right Hon. Wilson Patten. Previous to the Councnl Sir John Rolt and Sir Robert phillineore were sworn in members of the Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their seatsat the Board accordingly. After the ...

... On the Study of Celtic Literature. By Matthew Arnold, Professor of Poetry in the U~niversity of Oxford. Smith, Elder, and Co. Every English scholar has reason to be thankful for the good service done so efficiently by Mr Matthew Arnold in giving wide circulation, through the Cornhill Hiagazine, to this argument against the neglect of Celtic Literature. His papers on the subject, either in the ...

... T}3Th STORY OF TANTALUS. X Isrr:thommses:) THlE S±1vr5.m- {ysontliODime; The old story of Tantalus was repeated in a pora- graph of Our CityAwicleonEnda). Itannonced that a ?? company had been established in thatfaa I or the purpose of boiling down into tallow te a sheep fo week. If we reflect alttle on what this means, there is something ,bnost incredible in the statement. Here in London we ...

... ?? EVENING. See the crimson clouds of evening, Lattice-bars across the blue- 'Where the moaon in pallid beauty, Like an angel gazes through ! Over all the ivinding river, By the fading sunset kissed, Slowly rises up the vapour, In a cloud of ghostly moist. While the eve is slowvly turning Its last grains of golden sand, 'What a holy quiet hovers Over all tie drowsy land I There is now the ...

... PUBLIC AMUSEMEiNT NEW 003BORN THEATRRE The great success which attended the recent anp peatance of the party of' distinguished imateurs at the' St. James's and Strand theatres induced thet to take this theatre, for the purpose of giving six ?? in aid of: the Universal Beneficent ,society, 10, Duike-street, St. James's. Theparty; which eomnprises 'the Malrqtis Townshend, Lord Ar- thur Pelham ...

... AMUSEMENTS, FOR THE WEEK. ROYAL ALEXANDRA THEATRE. *12 Miss Marie Wilton's London Comedy Company r'y will take their departure after Saturday next, and lg *ab ?? chef duvre Caste is only to bo. D, Performed to-night and the tvvo following even- re ings, all who desire to have the pleasure of seeing a it should avail themselves of some of theremaining he opportunities. Miss Marie Wilton'a ...

... BIRMIRIGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL, THE BAND BREEARSALS XN LONDON. [F'or7 our own Beporter.] The second day's rehearsal of the Festival noveliles, which commenced at noon yesterday, wag a much mor - fragmen ...

... SE3COND NO TICS. From drawings and paintiego,, there elegant adloinaic nts of the walls of a dwelling~, the( step Will lieeasy anti uai~irai to art embollis ...

... PUBLIC AMUSMENTT,. as . .. . , 4 . . .. . X ?? boaI Alexandra Thoatze,-' ,Leverseo, or the Ladyof | ho lea, aad 11Kqawoxth.1 Royal Amphithoatre. - '#The great Olty,.,and Bundred Thousand Pounds. ...

... EXHIBITION OF THE LIt_ POOL ACADEMY. The Liverpool Academy's forty.firstexhibitio which is to be held in Griffiths's Gallery Ch street-was inaugurated on Saturdayby, - view of the works of at ontri ...