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    90g THE LEADEB. [No, 444*, September 25,...

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    Leader Office, Friday Night, September 2...

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    PRUSSIA. The accounts from Prussia arc v...

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    RUSSIA. General Mouravieff Araourski is ...

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    The Boyn Hill Confessional.- —This morni...

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    Mi S C E Ll A N E Ou S. The Court.—We Ha...

    Dispute with the Metropolitan Board of WoKKis . —A conflict seems imminent between the parochial authorities of St . Giles ' s , CamberwelL and the Metropolitan Board of Works . The latter makes a claim of upwards of 20 , 000 ? . upon the parish for a sew ers rate , which the parish resists on the ground that only an insignificant sum has been spent on sewerage works in St . Gfles ' s ^ There is a large debt incurred for sewerage works , and the Board says it is compelled to levy the amount equally on all the districts . A meeting of the parishioners resolved to contest the claim in a court of law , and , if necessary , before Parliament .

    Scottish Universities . —The Aberdeen Herald understands that the University Commissioners have already had several meetings in Edinburgh , chiefly for the purpose of arranging their course of procedure . According to this information , all their sittings will be in Edinburgh , and their inquiries will be conducted rather by documentary than oral communication . The Lord Justice Clerk has been appointed chairman , and will as such have a deliberative and casting vote . Geology .- —The geological museum of the late Mr . Hugh Miller has been purchased by the Government for 500 / . In addition to this sum , another of about 600 A , subscribed all over the country , with a view to * t he purchase of the collection , will be banded to Mr . BGller ' s widow . The collection will remain in the Edinburgh Museum . . '

    Drainage of the Metropolis . —Mr . G " .-P . Bidder , in a letter to the Metropolitan Board . of . Works , defends that scheme for the main draina

    Representation of Gdildford . —Some electors of Guildford , anxious for the settlement of the contest for the representation of their borough , have received an intimation that a new writ will not be issued until the meeting of Parliament . The friends of both candidates ( Mr . Orislow , Liberal , and Mr . Evelyn , Conservative ) have therefore determined to fight a preliminary battle on the revision of * he borough ; lists . At present it seems very doubtful which party would be successful if an election took place , the Conservatives . and Liberals in the town being pretty nearly balanced . Mr . Campbell , who originally came forward under the auspices of Mr . Mangles , has retired .

    The British Association . —The annual meetings began at Leeds on Wednesday , in a way which points to the public advantage and the success of the society . This is the twenty-eighth anniversary gathering of the association , and the attacks made upon it do not seem to have retarded its usefulness . The papers read at these meetings have , in later years , been of a highly practical character , and we believe that the papers to be read at Leeds will justify a still further eulogium of that kind . of the

    "Middle Ci ** ss Examinations . —A meeting University Examination Society for the Midland district ^ has been held at Birmingham , for the purpose of distributing the prizes to the successful candidates at the recent Oxford examinations . Lord Lyttleton , who presided , delivered an address , and then presented the certificates to the successful candidates . His Lordship compared the Oxford system of examination with that adopted at Cambridge , to the disadvantage of the former .

    Enormous Depreciation . —The great Glengyle case to which the chief of the Maogregors claimed 98 , 000 / . as compensation for fourteen acres of a Highland bog , has been settled by the Dean of Faculty with 650 / . — North British Mail . Monument to Hugh Miller at Cromartt . — After a careful examination of the various designs , the committee have entrusted the execution of the monument to be erected to Hugh Miller at Oromarty—which is to consist of a Grecian Doric column and statue—the statue to Mr . Handy side Ritchie , and the column to Mr . Thomas Watson , Edinburgh , — Witness , DiSTiNGujsHrcjD Smugglers . ' —A correspondent of the Tndipendance Beige writes from Ostend : — " On Saturday last , on the arrival of the steamer from London , the

    Custom-house officers , while examing the luggage of the passengers , conceived some suspicions of the amplitude of a crinoline worn by the Countess D «—— R , who was accompanied by Major K ^ -, both Russian subjects , and Tvho landed at Oatend . Tho officers thought it their duty to repeat an examination made in the first Instance with a delicacy whloh tho position of tho passengers justified . This led to the discovery of a great quantity of silks , neckerchiefs , and other articles of dross , amounting to tho value of about 120 / . A prods verbal has been drawn up against tho noble delinquents . " / Mm . AndbkssOn , tub Traveller .- —Intelligence has been received here from Mr . Charles Andcrs & on ( the aajthor of "Lake 'Ng « mj | " ) , who has undertaken to explpTo the Ovampo country in the direction of tho river Cunend . ft appears that , after successfully prosecuting

    several hundred miles of his journey , he was compelled to return , owing to the scarcity of water and the duplicity of his guides . Andersson , however ; is a man of indomitable energy , and is still sanguine of ultimate success . . According to . the last adyices , he was prepar T ing . for a third attempt to force bis passage inland by a different , route from any tried by him before . —tape Argus , August 12 . . Representation of Greenwich . — On Thursday night a meeting of the electors of Greenwich was held , when Mr . Angerstein addressed the meeting . He declared himself in favour of an extended , but not

    universal suffrage . He did not think the ballot would-do any harm , but it was un-English , and he would not pledge himself in favour of it , or of an unconditional abolition of church rates . He was read y to support Mr . Locke King ' s bill for conferring the franchise- on 10 / . householders in counties ; he would not support a system of equal electoral districts . He was in favour of an extension of the suffrage to every occupier . of premises rated wholly or in part to the relief of the poor . A resolution was proposed " that Mr . Angerstein ? s views were not explicit or liberal enough to entitle him to the confidence of the electors . " An amendment in his favour was put and carried .

    Sir James Brooke . —This distinguished Englishman will pay a visit to Liverpool next week , and ori Monday evening he will appear on the platform of the Collegiate Institution at the annual meeting of the Church Missionary Society . In the afternoon he will be entertained in the Town-hall by the mayor . Suicide . —Yesterday morning at Knightsbridge Barracks , James Powell , a private in the . 1 st Life Guards , cut his throat with a razor in so determined a manner that death instantly followed . The deceased had been in the infirmary of the barracks for some days previous , but his indisposition was only of a trifling nature . No cause as yet can be assigned for his committing suicide .

    New Odd " Fellows' Hall in Liverpool . —The Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows have erected a handsame new hall in Liverpool , which was formally inaugurated on Wednesday evening by a dinner , at which upwards of 300 persons were present . Fire . —About two o'clock yesterday morning , a fire broke out at a draper ' s in Frederick-place , " Hamipsteadroad . The inmates managed to escape at the back of the house without injury . The engine arrived from Crown-street in about fifteen minutes . The flames were soon got under , but . not before the whole of the contents of the shop were destroyed . The whole are insured . ' ' .. : ¦ .

    An Arabian Magnate . —The Pays soys : —Abdullah Pasha , the new Scheriff of Mecca , has arrived in the capital of Egypt from Constantinople in an Ottoman corvette . Abdullah Pasha succeeds his father , who died lately in Arabia . He enjoys the full confidence of the Sultan . The Scheriffat of Mecca comprises the part of the Hedjaz which the Arabs call the Beled-el-Haram , or Sacred Country . The Scheriff exercises a civil , millitary , and religious power ; and , according to his character , he may do much good or evil . The Porte seems at present to wish to constitute the power of the new chief of the sacred country in a solid manner , for Abdullah Pasha is accompanied by a colonel of engineers , who is charged to examine into the state of the defences of Mecca , which are about to be repaired .

    Divine Worship at the Tuileries . —The ceremony of divine worship at the Tuileries is , in reality , one of the pleasant bits of dissipation of the Parisian week . The ceremony is one of full dress , and opera-glasses ; and when the entire audience , or congregation , are in their p laces , rcented , polished , well-behaved—some contemplating their distant friends or remarkable strangers through their glasses , others discussing matters of interest in a subdued tone , and a select few carrying ^ on very quiet , unostentatious , but unmistakable flirtations —then takes place an act of decided worship . The voice of an official announces the coming of their Imperial Majesties , and the august appearance is acknowledged with greater demonstration of respect than is awarded by tho worshippers to the Lord of heaven and of earth . Ejcquisito music and a short sermon bring the ceremony to a satisfactory close . —Athenaeum .

    Encounter with Rats in a Chinese House . —In my lodgment I had been anticipated by a populous colony of rats and mice . Tho size of those visitors was certainly monstrous , as their number was overwhelming ; and there was no keeping them out during the night . The tricks they played , too , showed no little daring ; and not inappropriately they have been designated " tho cavalry of Ningpo . " The dexterity with whioh they bounded from beam to rafter wa & surprising . They

    were equally expert in rattling over my furniture at pleasure , and they seemed to scour in regimental squads every nook and corner of the apartment , Their squeals of pleasure , as they pitched into my provisions were truly amusing , and their screams of rage or pain as they pitched Into each other wore equally annoying . But it was not tho least of nuisances , just as one was dropping off to sleep , to bo aroused by having the face liokod by their slimy tongues , or pawed by their cold extremities . —Life in China ,, by Rev . William C . Milno , M , A .

    Metropolitan Free Hospital . —In our notice of this Institution , in reporting the surgical cases , we fell into a serious error , and stated them at 1800 instead of 18 , 000 ; and as regards the medical cases , at 2800 in stead of 28 , 000 : We may take the opportunity of adding , that patients are received at this excellent Hospital Svithout any letter of recommendation , and are thus saved much suffering and loss of time . The aggregate number of patients relieved during the week endinff Sept . 18 was—Medical , 686 ; surgical , 411 ; total 1097 of which 409 were new cases . r

    90g The Leadeb. [No, 444*, September 25,...

    90 g THE LEADEB . [ No , 444 * , September 25 , 1858 .

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    Leader Office, Friday Night, September 2...

    Leader Office , Friday Night , September 24 th . FRANCE . The expected alteration in the rate of discount at the Bank of Fran co took place yesterday . It is now fixed at three per cent . No improvement on the Bourse occurred in consequence , showing that the effect of the measure , which , in fact , has been spoken of for several weeks , was anticipated . The French garrison at Rome is to be reinforced by a detachment of cavalry and a battalion of Chasseurs This makes that garrison a complete army- division , ready to take the field . Prince Ghika has been killed , exactly in the way the late Due d'Orleans perished , at the Rond-Point in the Champs Elyse ' es . He was returning to Paris from a drive in the Bois de Boulogne , when the horses of his phaeton took fright ; the coachman was thrown , and the Prince seized the reins , when he himself was flung head foremost , and was taken to a shop , but expired in a few minutes . A French consul is to be appointed to Irkutsk , in Siberia , of Which town the commerce is increasing rapidly . Merchants of Marseilles are preparing Chinese adventures . .

    Prussia. The Accounts From Prussia Arc V...

    PRUSSIA . The accounts from Prussia arc very contradictory . The King has as yet signed nothing . The Hanover Gazette goes the length of reporting an important elxange . for the better in his health . The departure of the Prince of Prussia for Hanover has been deluycd . ¦

    Russia. General Mouravieff Araourski Is ...

    RUSSIA . General Mouravieff Araourski is to be charge d ' affaires at Pekin . '

    The Boyn Hill Confessional.- —This Morni...

    The Boyn Hill Confessional .- —This morning the commissioners appointed to inquire into the charges made against the Rev . Richard Temple West , M . A ., Oxford , curate of Boyn Hill , met at the Town Hall , Maidenhead , for the purpose of prosecuting the investigation entrusted to them by the Bishop of Oxford's commission . Mr . Cripps , of the Oxford circuit , who appeared for the complainant , the Rev . John Shaw , rector of Stoko Pogis , proceeded to address the court . He said I hat the Rev . R . T . West had been , accused , under tho Chmch Discipline Act , of a violation of ecclesiastical rule in reference to confession , and cited the particular cases in which that rule had been infringed . At six o ' clock this evening tho commissioners had not como to decision .

    any _ The Alleged Picture Frauds . —This morning W . T . Barns and Mrs . Barns again attended beforo Alderman Wire to answer to tho charge of conspiracy , the examination of which has been so often adjourned . Mr . Sleigh , for the prosecution , said ho was able to stnto that Mr Peter was in such a deplorable state that it was totally impossible to say when ho would be able to attend . The Alderman said he must liavd evidence of that fact , as ho had reason to believe that Mr . A ctor was not only quite well , but ho was within a few miles Id ¦

    of London . MrVMot ^ lfo , for the defence « * --dical testimony showed that Mr . Peter ' s bodily 1 oa ) JJi was good , but that he was mentally Im ^ ' ^ 'J that any excitement might drive him to o ° narmod insanity . A witness said ho saw Mr . Peter on the , } e terday ; he was then suffering from delirium , » moi g whioli wa s ' that of fancying ho saw devils oa tho w «" ; Mn Motoalfo said he hoped his clients would not li » J attend again , as the evidence was not wort rtho a , was written upon . Mr . Sleigh romarkc « t Jfi . * was subject to similar delusions about tins »»'" year . The Inquiry was adjourned ^ JL " ^! Nnnmil SlSA SUBMARINE OAHLB , — TIlO VV" »»«» ' .

    screw steamer , accompanied by a paddle tanar - « gwithin a mile of Dumvloli , in Surtolk , nt lk « tf-P « J {„„ o ' clock yesterday afternoon ,, having ; " < X Putoh coast . new submarine cable from Zandfort , on « ' « * J ™ t 0 bo Should thowoathor bo favourable , tho oaWO w »» brought on uhoru this morning .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 25, 1858, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25091858/page/14/