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      &s %$ § &BffiJj ? S ^; SSe t ^ the i&eWpoKs : fa 'S ^ ri ^ WgW 1 » n - Monday morning . Tliev % er # prompt sWdued ,: and Hi ) lives were lost . I' ^^^ tJis ^ i ^ P'SS ^ ritGis AT HEH ^ HEMPSTEAiD . —• ^ Tne ^ B ^ shop Wlftehe ^ tefc ' . 'in answer tij a memorial from thq inhabh ^ S O ? 3 pEe ^ elT Hempstead in Hertfordshire , ; nas fiiformeif ^ fci Motmtodni the incumbent , that he does ' not' ^ apprbvW ^ 'ifte " injunction of the' offertory and the prayer for t !^ if ci ^ PmTSitaoi in the ordinary service of the ' churcli ; nor' unlesii the Holy Communion is to be aaminSitered i ' fo * ' lOthongb , he adds , the practice is sanc ^ one ^ by i- ^ strict adhe rence to the rubrics in the Pjfayer-bdolt , . it'ias for a length of time been discontintiecl in nlbgt of # he churches throughout the kingdom , 4 na : ; iie is ^ qf ^' opiniofl' that it has been unnecessarily revived In " t&e' parisfrbif Hemel-Hempstead , and against '&ije > vrfehs&of thecongregation . At the same time , he says , fie must jobseinreihat he has no power to issue any orafer oh the subject-matter in dispute , and can only ' express his hope that Mr . Mountain may see fit to retrace the step he has taken , and thus restore peace an / iong the people committed to his charge . It is stated / that-Mr . Mountain refuses to comply . —A strange picture -0 f the chaotic condition of our National Church is here presented . Mr . Mountain fulfils the injunctions of the -rUbric ; the inhabitants desire him to depart from those injunctions ; the Bishop has no power to force the clergyman either way , but'"hopes" he will violate the Prayerhook ! And both the Bishop and the parishioners would Be ' equally shocked at any proposal to reform that service froni the strict rules of which they consider themselves justified in departing when they please . Murder in Ireland . —A very savage murder has ~ heen committed near Cavan on the body of an old man named James ' Sittyth / whose head was found literally kplit open from'top to bottom . As the victim was extremely indigent ^ &e motive for the crime is not apparent . The perpetrator is as yet unknown . Health 6 f London :- —The mortality of London , as shown by the rejturns for last week , differs little from the average of the Second week of September , or from the mortality that has ' prevailed in the previous three weeks . The number of persons who died in the week that ended oh-Saturday is 1033 ; of whom 523 are males , and 510 females . About a half of the entire number died under -26 years of age ; -40 had lived 80 years , or had attained a ^ greater age ; aha one person , a female , born in Amsterdam , is reported to Tiave reached , the age of 101 . She died of " -diarrhoea senectus . " Diarrhoea , or summer cholera , continues to show a decrease , a circumstance which is probably due to the coldness of the season . -The fatal cases of diarrhoea have been , in the last five weeks , I 54 r , 127 , 134 , 107 , and 96 . Only 4 deaths are | returned as caused by cholera , 2 of which are those of infants . Besides 38 deaths from scarlatina , 60 occurred laSt week from typhus and other fever ; and . in Bailey ' s' etirtrty'Liberty of-the Rolls , a house is reported where . - ' ( JireB cases of typhus occurred lately , one of which proved fatal . The house is defective in drainage , and ¦ 1 m other * espectst ! Ss-said to be in bad sanitary condition . — - > JLae 6-weefc /' Jthfe l births of 816 boys and 734 girls , in all 11850 cTrildtenV we * e " fregistered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 , the average number vrsial& 79 :- *^ Fr 6 m th 4 iIieffUtrar-G 6 nerdr * Weekly "J&ter » j •¦ . " ¦¦¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦'¦•'•¦• ¦' Brazil-aw Paraguay . —The question with respect to the fluvial relations and the delimitation of bounda-4 fle 9 between' Brazil- and Paraguay is not yet settled ; % it a rupture between : the two states is not apprehended . 4 Etf > til the frontier lines are laid down , it ia expected that ^ Brazil will give elocution to the third article of the T&fcaty of 18 S 0 i by-which free right of fluvial and cornt ^ rcial navigation 1 ontheir respective waters was interchange * by * the ^ tWd Ge ntries ; Tmk Greek Merchants at Liverpool .. — -On behalf ( ¦ r f this body ; ' Messrs . 8 , Franghiadi , J . P . Schilizzi , and G . M . Papayahni , < haVe written to the Times , to deny ; ihat any' of taeir countrymen were concerned in in-Jflftdncing the barometer in the Exchange Room at "Liverpool . ' '¦'¦ • ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . - ... -ZiTfifc East India Coal Company *—A company under ^ tRto title has been established for working coals in the ' vaflfcy of the Damoodah , in the province of Bengal . Exftensive collieries are in the possession of the directors , and , owing to the low rate of wages in India , a ton of - * 6 * ltoan ' be raised at the pit ' s mouth for a sum equal to " |«* ' 8 d « Th « •• present charge for conveyance by rail to , % alQtttta > ia 12 s . 8 d . The company anticipate raising ¦ three hundred tons a day , and that these will yield a diurnal profit of 1051 . Considering the increasing dcttamd for coal in India , this company may be regarded 'to * hopeful ro * ult of Limited Liability , in accordance with 'Which it Is formed . Sir H . T . Maddock , M . P ., late 'Ottvwnor of Bengal , Captain L . Vornon , R . K ., M . P ., ittndrserveral City gentlemen , are among tho directors . ' Eobd * PAbkBK 9 rocN at Melbourne . —The inhabitants «* 'Melbourne , 'last week , presented a complimentary Wdreas ? tOi&orft and L « dy Palmoraton , who were passing through their tdwni The chief point in this document « on « lflted In the' < assertion that , sinco Lord Palmoreton 'hkid 1 euocooded to power , the war had been conducted rffithtvigour ^ arid nuocess had attended our arms . The ptfcmiar , in hi » reply-made ospocial allusion to Sardinia . He observed : —" And . now , one word with rogard to tho future . Final success must attend our arms . ( Cheering . ') Our security for that ariooa in the undaunted valour of

      our troops and those -of our allies . We have a security also in the good faith pf tue Emperor of the French , who is with us heart and soul in this contest . ( JLoud clieers ^) We have an additional [ security in the alliance of the kingdom of Sardinia , which is not so great , territorially , as either France or England , yet history reminds us that small states have played an important stake in the world , and have exercised no inconsiderable influence on its destinies . We remember the important part played by Holland , by Venice , by Genoa—smaller states , territorially , than the kingdom of Sardinia ; and , therefore , not despising the lessons of history , but , on the other hand , taking courage from the fact of this Sardinian alliance , we say that , while the compact ia highly honourable to Sardinia , it is of this additional importance , that it has formed itself into a league against tyranny . ( " Hear" and cheers ') Well , then , with this prospect before us—with the valour of our troops in unison with the troops of the Emperor of France—nations that have laid aside ancient antagonisms , and who are now actuated by no other feelings than an honourable rivalry , as brothers in arms fighting for a common , cause , bound together by" the indissoluble ties of friendship , and acting in the truest spirit of good faith—and above and before all relying upon the j ustice of our cause , it is impossible to believe that the war can be brought to any other conclusion than that which will secure to Europe safety against the future aggressions of Russia . " Curious Post Transit . —A live lizard , measuring nineteen inches in length , was posted in Somersetshire , directed to Dr . Pettigrew , in London , and actually arrived safe and lively after having undergone no less than eight processes of post-office stampings . Four postage stamps covered the weight . A live bluebottle , which was placed as food for the lizard , was dead at the journey ' s end . Muscovite Wit . —The Augsburg Gazette has the following from St . Petersburg , under date of August 28 : — " The fine weather is coming to a close , and all the efforts of musicians and pyrotechnists can scarcely induce the frosty public of this city to visit Vauxhall anl the Villa Borghese . Instead of these out-door amusements , the autumn has produced a plant in the field of political journalism , from which we will pluck a few buds as specimens of Muscovite humour . It is a satire , having for its title * Extracts from Journals published in the year 1851 , in the Aleutian Islands , composed by Tatarinoff . ' In it , the English and French are made sport of . Thus wefind , under the head of' Trade Notices , ' the following : — ' To be sold , 15 , 000 Sardinians , dressed up in French taste , with English spice , after the Turkish mode . ' In the toy-shop of Charley Napier are to be disposed of ' real English floating batteries—good for use on dry hind . ' , An experienced gravedigger , of whom no complaint had been made in the course of a thirty years ' practice , ' offers his services to the Allied armies on the most reasonable terms . ' The other extracts are in a similar strain . The novelty of such a treatment of political matters here affords great merriment to the public . " The Testimonial to Mr . Courtauld , for his eminent anti-Church-rate services , is to be presented at Braintree , next Tuesday , when Sir W . Clay , M . P ., is to preside , and Mr . W . J . Fox , M . P ., and other public men will take part in the proceedings . We learn that the Eastern Counties Railway Company -will issue return tickets at all their stations for one fare ; but London passengers must produce their presentation-ticket fit the Shoreditch station . The Case op the Bankers . —Strahan , Paul , and Bates , made their appearance at the Central Criminal Court on Wednesday , when , on account of Mr . Ballantine not having received the indictment in time to study it sufficiently , the trial was postponed till next session . Mysterious DeatM . —A young woman -was taken out of tho Thames on Wednesday morning , _ cloae to Waterloo Bridge , and was found to be in a stnte of insensibility , owing to several large wounds in her body , some of . them presenting the appearance of having been caused by impalement . Some time previous to her death , she was questioned , but refused to give any part iculars . There are no spikes on tho bridge to cause the incisions observed in her person . Poison ix Cheese . —A correspondent of tho Times has been warning tho London public againwt having their cheese coloured ; tho colouring matter being turmeric and other poisonous substances . Desecration oic the Dead . —Considerable indignation hus been excited in Camden Town at the desecration of a burial ground which is being broken into for building purposes . Human remains huve been carted away , and tho stench has been horrible . A public meeting on tho subject terminated in several resolutions expressing the indignation of tho inhabitants . The veatry of St . Pancraa has determined on taking up the matter . The West Coast oit Africa . —Immediately ufter the termination of the rainy souaon , it ia proposed to march a forco of four hundred marines and Bailors , assisted by eoldiors from tho West India frogimonts , nnd by two hundred men whom tho French have promised to lend , against the strongholds of tho rebels who recently gave us bo much trouble . Without tho destruction of lturfort and Cunjo , it ia thought there will bo no ttecurity . Mutiny . —An American ship , tho Wandering . low , was towed into Cork harbour by tho screw-boat Falcon ,

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      The Vienna correspondent of the Times ( Second Edition , Friday ) says : — " You have already learned that the news of tho brilliant success of the Allies was most joyfully received by the middle and lower classes in this empire , and a leader in the Frankfort Post Zeitung of to-day shows that it has produced a deep impression in Central Germany . The paper in question , which always stoutly denied the

      assertion of some of the Prussian papers that Russia enjoyed the sympathy of a great part of the German nation , now says that the German press , ' from the Eider to Luxemburg , and from Tilsit to Trieste , looks on the victory of the Western Powers as the triumph of a principle and as an evident and visible sign of Divine justice . ' The Frankfort paper then states that the great news of the 8 th and 9 th was the cause of a regular ' jubilee' in the ancient city of the Caesars . "

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      The Globe says that , when operations commence in tho field , tho public must not expect Lord Panmure to transmit despatches to tho papers , as a communication of our designs to the enemy might bo fatal ., Mazzini has addressed a proclamation to tho Italian people , calling on them to rise .

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      which had been hailed by the captain to help in suppressing a mutiny . Some of the seamen had refused to do their work , and , pulling out knives , had wounded the chief mate . The Cork police went on board fully armed , and arrested thirteen mutineers . v Only two , however , have been detained . Testimonial to Sir Charles Napier . —Some friends and admirers of Sir Charles are endeavouring to get up a testimonial in his behalf . Close of Salmon Fishing . —The salmon fishing hi the rivers north of the Tweed closed on Friday week . The yield for the most part has been good

      Another Railway Accident . —Thomas Perrv , a plate-layer on the North London line , was knocked down a few days ago by the buffer plank of an engine while at work on the rail . He is not expected to recover . Strike of Colliers . —The men of the Penydarren and Rhymney works , Merthyr , have struck for an advance in their wages , which they conceive to be justified by the improved state of trade . An advance of ten per cent , had been promised them , but it was not to take effect until the next pay day . This postponement is the cause of grievance . Lord Carlisle has turned the first sod of the Killarney and Tralee Railway .

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      Leader Office , Saturday , September 22 . THE FRENCH IN SEBASTOPOL . Accounts from the Crimea to the 14 th have been received by way of Varna . On the 11 th , some small detachments of French troops entered Sebastopol ; they found the streets full of ruins , and barricades erected in different parts . On the 12 th the rest of the troops began to enter . Barricades and entrenchments extended almost up to the cathedral and the great square , but became less numerous beyond the latter point .

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      The correspondent of a morning paper affirms that on the occasion of the Russian sally on the night of the 31 st ult ., several men , fresh drafts belonging to the 97 th-and ( the writer believes ) the 17 th regiments , turned and fled . The regiments were severely rebuked in a general order .

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      A porter in Newgate Market , named George Mulloy , made nn attempt yesterday woxnm& to murder the woman with whom ho colmbitcd by cutting her throat , and afterwards « oUi * " * £ ? £ himself by swallowing laudanum . Tho woman ia In a precarious state , and the man has been remanded for u wouk ,

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      Sir Benjamin Hall , in answer to Sir John Shelley , says that the road through St . James ' s Park will not be proceeded with till Parliament shall have had an opportunity to consider tho project .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 22, 1855, page 909, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2107/page/9/