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      Cover A Larger Area Than Was Comprised-W...

      SS . o ^ opponeng * " *>* caught almost as may stones of fish as his antagonist had pdunds . —Zeecfe ¦^ tSopoLiXiVK PAVEiiEiT . — Several important thoroughfares have been rel a id by the paving contractors . Jffir Chadwzck , the City pavibr , has paved the whole of the spacious line of Farringdon-street , from Fleet-street to the bottom of Holbom-bilL -with , carefully dressed granite cubes , it being twenty-eight yeaTs since the original blocks were laid by the same contractor . Adelaide-place , and the approaches to London-bridge have

      also been relaid . Messrs . Pratt and Sewell , the paviors to the Strand board , have also in hand that portion of the Strand between the churches of St . Clement Danes and St . Mary-le-Strand ; and Mr . Stephen Carey , of Clink Wharf , Bankside , under the direction of the Commissioners of Pavements for the Westminster division , is now engaged in laying down a novel description , of pavement in the carriage-way along Regent-street and the Quadrant . Several minor works are also in progress throughout the metropolis . ' . The Eev . Hugh Hanxa ok Sabbath Observance . At a meeting of the Belfast Presbytery on Tuesday ,

      the Eev . Hugh Hanna said that active steps were very much required l and should be taken by the Presbytery , when they considered the lamentably degenerate state of opinion on the fourth , commandment that was to be witnessed in so many quarters . There were eminent men who claimed to be considered Christians , but-who nevertheless "wrote and published against the continued obligations of the fourth commandment . Archbishop Whately published his opinion , and confounded the ceremonial . Sabbath of the Jews with the Sabbath of the Lord . . Great logician as Archbishop Whately was , he had arrived at a sophistry . A great many people , he ( Mr . Hanna ) had no donbr , were led astray by the writings of this great man , among whom , he supposed ,, the nobleman who had lately argued the question in the Belfast newspapers was one . —NoiiTiem Whiff .

      Nakrow Escape .-:-On Thursday evening , about nine o ' clock , as the Duchess of Somerset ' s open carriage was entering Grcsvenor-gate , the . horses by some means took fright , pitching the coachman and footman off their seats , and rushing on with great speed came in contact ¦ with the iron railings with such force that it broke the leg of one horse , and nearly turned the carriage over . A gentleman of the name of Strahan was sitting near ; he immediately rushed to the horses' heads , caught the reins , and stopped their career . Several persons then came up , and rendered such assistance as they could . The Duchess was very much alarmed . The coachman and footman have escaped any injury , being only a little frightened . H

      Sni H . H . Bruce and the OuANGEMEN .- ^ Sir . H . Bruce has addressed a letter to the Orangemen of the county of Londonderry , on the occasion of his retirement from the office of county grand master . His communication closes with the following excellent advice : — "And now , brethren , let me earnestly entreat you , in your future career , never to allow the bitter party Spirit nor the senseless party cries and demonstrations which are contrary to law , Christian charity , and the ordinances of your institution , to cast a blot upon what would then be your fair escutcheon ; and I hope yet to see removed from pur association the smallest remnant of secrecy , which is so likely to be miscontrued and so nseleea for so loyal a body ; and allow me to subscribe myself , in all sincerity , your well-wisher , friend , and brother . "

      Monument to Sib Tsaag Newton . —A ceremony is announced to take place at Grantham , on Tuesday , the 21 st instj on the occasion of the inauguration of a monument to Sir Isaac Newton . Loi'd Brbugham , , is ., to , . deljye . r n , n address , ' and amongst those who are to participate in the prbe ' ecdniga ore'the undermentioned : —I > r , Wheivell , Master of Trinity ; Professor Graham , Master of the Mint ; t h e Lord Bishop of Lincoln ; the Bight Hon . the Earl of Harrowby ; Sir Charles Enstlako ; Major-Gen , tho Hon . Sir

      E . Oust , K . C . H . ; Robert Stephenson , Esq ., M . P ., & c There will be . a procession to tho site of tjio statue on St . Peter ' s-hill , and after the inaugural address , the Mayor will present to Lord Brougham a copy of " The Principia . " At , the conclusion of the out-door ceremony , a breakfast will take place at tho Exchange Hall , for 'which many tickets have already been taken , About 1400 ? . hus been subscribed towards tho cost of the filalue ^ fln ^ l we understand that only about 5 0 / . more is required , ¦ ' ¦ ' " ' " "" ' " ll 1 " ""• " - '" ¦ ¦ «<••••

      © blung Excursion Tickets . —A man named Richard Gooko was on Thursday committed for trial on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences . Ho is no doubt one of tho swindlers who invest ; the railway Stations , and , are constantly on Ifhq look out for " green " excursionists . It appears ho had accosted a man named Palmer , and ascertained that ho was going to London , whereupon ho offered him a return oxourulon ticket for 2 s . ; and ultimately , "to make a bargain , " oamo floww to <• 6 d . and a pint of fourponny . " Tho traveller congratulated himself on- tho cheap ride hv was , KQlng to kayo , and took hie Boat in

      the train , when in pops the ticket inspector , and quietly informs him that he can't travel with tbat ticker ., He thereupon dismounts , and finds that he has been done , and also lost his train—being compelled to take a regular ticket , for which he paid 5 s . 4 d . When before the magistrates , Cooke swore , or offered to swear , that he was riot the man , and never saw Palmer in his life ; but the Bench were convinced to the contrary . A word or two from the magistrates to Palmer , as to the extent in which he participated in defrauding the railway company would not have been inappropriate in such a case .- —West Sussex Gazette .

      Present to the Commander of the Pera from the Members , of the House of Cobfmons . — Mr . Alfred Pegler , silversmith , of Southampton , has just designed and manufactured a very elegant present to Mr . Lane , of the Pera steam-ship , from the members of the House of Commons who visited Cherbourg in that vessel . This piece of art is an epergne ; the base is a cruet frame , and the stand represents the waves of the sea , in bright arid frosted silver . The stem represents rock work , on which is an elegant shell with

      spray dripping from it . This shell is to hold flowers . The e'pergne is surmounted by a figure of a sailor supporting a flag . On one side of the flag the colours of the Peninsular and Oriental Company are enamelled , and on the other is the following inscription : — " Presented to Mr . E . Lane , of the Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s ship Pera , by the members of the House of Commons , with their best wishes and thanks on occasion of their visit to the Cherbourg fetes in August , 1858 . "

      New Synagogue . — -The members of the Jewish community , who have for some time past Worshipped in a small apartment in Howard-street , have of late years increased so much in Glasgow , that it was deemed necessary to look about them for a larger place of worship . Accordingly , arrangements were entered into and a subscription opened for the purpose of supplying the want felt , and the committee entrusted with the carrying out of the matter , acquired receutly the upper part of the tenement in George-street , at the nort-east corner of

      John-street . These premises have been gutted and erected into a very' chaste and tasteful synagogue , which , including the gallery , will contain about two hundred people . Tuesday being , according , to Jewish calendar , September 7 , 5 ( i 18 , was appointed as the day for consecrating the building . One o ' clock was the time of meeting , and shortly after that hour the synagogue was tilled by the sons of ancient Israel , and a number ol Christian friends who had been invited to witness the ceremonial . The Rev . Dr . Mayer was the officiating rabbi . — Glasgow Mail .

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      France. A J Udicial Inquiry Into The Cau...

      FRANCE . A j udicial inquiry into the cause of the railway accident at St . Germain is going on . The guards of the train depose that none of the breaks were broken ; they cannot tell why they failed to stop the impetus of tho train . The engineer waiting for the train saw , from tho unusual rapidity with which it descended the incline from Sfc Germain that it was likely to run into him , and he made preparations for moving * off , but it was too late . The number of deaths up to the present time is four . A telegram from Cette statea that tho railway station there , in which tho engines aro kept , was entirely destroyed by fire on Tuesday . Tho loss is estimated at

      150 , 000 fr . The Presse thinks that France ought to lose no time n laying down an Atlantic telegraph of her own . It aments that , owing to tho French want of energy , all the American merchandise , whicli , ' how that a complete railway network exists on tho Continent , ought naturally to pass through France , lakes tho English route , " while wo never get further than projects and tenders , or projects for tenders , and do nothing practical . " M . Sabatior , Consul General of France in Egypt , sent on nn extraordinary mission to Jedilnh , has juat left M arseilles for Alexandria in tho Danube steamer .

      A Paris letter says—Prince Napoleon has obtained in favour of Algeria the application of a principle which , joined to tho limitation of military powers already docreed , will exercise a favourable influence on tiio Government . All tho ports of tho qoast « ro to be do-. clttred-. ontlr . Qly-fr . ee . Tlio Prince ) appears to have had a conflict with tho Mliii 8 tor ' 'bf"Hhanco ' rinUTfinn 3 oT » a'TJf Customs , whose views are protectionist .

      Rus8ja. Later Particulars Wore Reeeivod ...

      RUS 8 JA . Later particulars wore reeeivod yostorday of the oxplosion near St . Petersburg , and other disastrous occurrences in tho provinces . Tho powder magazine in qtioation wns seven miles from tho capital ; 1200 pouds ( noar 40 , 000 pounds ) of that combustible killed 100 workmen and shattered nil tho vicinity . Tills occurred at Okhta . Paulouski , a village belonging to tho Grand-Duke Constantino , had taken flro , and was in ashes , Hundreds of

      houses had been burnt at Moscow by fabricators of lucifer matches , that trade having been so highl y taxed that contraband factories had been set up with this result . Forests were still in flames , and the smoke was intolerable in the streets of Petersburg . The common peat or turf bogs were set on fire by the unusual heat of the sun . ¦ ¦ ¦

      Italy. A Genoa Letter Says :—" The First...

      ITALY . A Genoa letter says : — " The first number of Mazzini ' s new journal , Pensiero ed Azione , has appeared . His own article , ' La Nostra Bandiera , ' is printed jn larger type than those of his colleagues . The other contributors are Aurelio Saffi , Kossuth , and Mario , married to Miss White . "

      Germany. The Dispute Between Austria And...

      GERMANY . The dispute between Austria and Prussia on the subject of the garrison of Radstadt , appears likely to be arranged . A letter from Berlin announces that Austria is disposed to give up her pretensions of'furnishing the garrison of that fortress with troops to the exclusion of Prussia . A new loan is spoken of as about to be raised hy the Austrian Government . The house of Rothschild , it is said , ate to be the contractors .

      Turkey. Letters Of The 1st Inst., Receiv...

      TURKEY . Letters of the 1 st inst ., received yesterday from Constantinople , bring some details concerning the dismissal of the Sultan ' s brother and sons-in-law from their high functions . Abdul Medjid seems to have displayed a vehemence and violence which none expected' from . him . A Council was held at the Porte , presided over by the Sultan . After the new hatti had been read , Abdul Medjid * with elevated voice , addressed to the assembly a string of unvarnished reproaches . His Majesty called his servants a set of traitors , and made them responsible for his own faults , becaase they should have advi . scd him fearlessly . lie then announced the ministerial changes upon " which he had resolved . A private letter savs that the son of Redsehid Pasha vras likened- by his imperial father-in-law to the unclean beast , and was told that he was following in the steps of his deceased father , who had nearly ruined the empire .

      The Strket Fruit-Sellers—During The Last...

      The Strket Fruit-Sellers—During the last few days an immense number of these poor people , men , women , ' . and children , have been brought to the Mansion-house charged with obstructing the traffic in the City with their baskets and barrows , and sentenced to pay a fine , or in default to imprisonment . Yesterday a batch of ten men and boys were brought before the Lord Mayor on the usual charge—that being warned to " move on" they had neglected to do so , or else returned

      to the spot when tho policeman was gone , it being alleged that by so doing they had created an obstruction , which they all denied , boldly asserting that they inconvenience no one , and stopped no traffic , and th . it they had only done ns they were forced to do to get tin honest living . The Lord Mayor told them , as he li .-id scores of others , that he docs not wish to prevent their getting an honest livelihood , but there are numerous complaints constantly being made by tradesmen , nnd tho traffic of the streets must not be obstructed . His

      Lordship concludes by advising the offenders not to come into tho City at nil , or to go into those streets where there is no truffle to interrupt . He appears to forget that where thore is no traffic there van he no demand for street fruit , and that tho only chance of a successful snlo lies in those streets whore n constant stream of passengers requires a " supply . " If these men aro deprived of tho means of gaining nn honest living , the probable result will bo that they will take to dishonest courses in preference to starving , nnd

      tho tradesmen may possibly bo as much injured by the additional robberies committed , as they profess to be now by tho interruption to tho stream of their buaines ? . Tho Lord Mnyor told tho . ' ? obstructives " .. that hitherto ho had been lenient , but ho intended to bo severe . Tlic complaints of tho citizens must bo atttended to , nnd obstructions prevented . They had each to p » y '¦! *¦ <» ' t ° redeem their barrows from tho Greenyard , and Is- ^ > or go to prison for thrco days , which they said wns very bnrd .

      Attkmptki > Suioide . —A pretty girl named Ann Bartlott was charged « t Wnndaworth with attempting to poison herself with oxalic acid . A policeman found her at Clapham yesterday , loaning against a wa . Jl crying and apparently very ill . Sho admitted to him tlmt slio had taken tho poison . Ho took hor to tho nearest surgeon , who found that sho had vomited tho groatur pm ' ^ f ^ fK ^ rttmYi ?~ " ^ hn ^ nlrl ^) in * pn 1 inttm » ii-t . l > ii < r . tihu h jf l "' t her situation , nftor having stolon a sovereign fro in *

      writing-desk in hor master ' s bodroom ; aim hud only boon in that service a fortnight . Sbo had previous been an inmate of a penitentiary at Groonwlch . After slio stole tho sovereign she wont to some of hor iYiuiid / . She bought tho capo sho was wearing out of thu monoy , and then wont to tho play in tho evening and spout tno rom « indor . Sho had no parents and no homo ><> ff ° ™ after sho had spent all tho monoy , and sho then njnuo up her mind to destroy herself . She was remanded ti »»* inquiries might bo made about hor .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 11, 1858, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_11091858/page/14/