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Monday , in the Trent , near Nottingham . At ^ the conclusion of the day ' s sport Bailey was considerably in advance of his opponent , having caught almost as many stones of fish as his antagonist had pounds . —Leeds Mercury . _ ' ¦ : . Metropolitan Pavement . — Several important thorough fares have been relaid by the paving contractors . Mr . Chadwick , the City pavior , has paved the -whole of the spacious line of Farringdon-street , from Fleet-rStreet to the bottom of Holborn-hill , with carefully dressed granite cubes , it being twenty-eight years since the original blocks -were laid by the same contractor . Adelaide-place , and the approaches to London-bridge have also been relai& Messrs . Pratt and Sewell , paviors
the train , -when in pops the ticket inspector , and quietly informs him that he can ' t travel with that ticket . He thereupon dismounts , and finds that he has been done , and also last bis 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 , ( hat he was not 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 .
Pbesknt to tub CosmANDEit of the Pera from THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF CoJlMO : N 9 . 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 dpergne ; the base is a cruet frame , and the stand represents the waves of the sea , in bright and 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 Syna g ogue . —The members of the Jewish community , who have for some time past worshipped in a small " apartment in Howard-sireet , 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 clfaste and tasteful synagogue , which , including the gallery , will contain about two hundred people , Tuesday being-, according to Jewish calendar , September 7 , 5 G 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 filled by the sons of ancient Israel , and a number of-Christian friends who had been invited to witness the ceremonial . The Rev . Dr . Mayer was the ofliciating rabbi . — Glasgow Mail .
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 , 5 s 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 Re ^ -. Hugh Haska on Sabbath Observance . At a meeting of the Belfast Presbytery on Tuesday , the Rev . Hugh Hanna said that . active steps were very much required , and should be taken by the Presbyterv , 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 fou , rth 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 doubt , were led astray by the writings of this great man , among whoni , be supposed , the nobleman who had lately argued the question in the Belfast newspapers was one . —Nortliern Whig . . . :
Narrow Escape . —On Thursday evening , about nine o ' clock , as the Duchess of Somerset's open carriage was entering Grosyenor-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 nanle 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 nrnch alarmed . The coachman and footman have escaped any injury , being only a little frightened .
Snt H . H . Bruce and the Orangemen . —Sir H . IT . 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 1 hope yet to see removed from our association the smallest remnant of secrecy , which is so likely to bo miscontrucd and so useless for so loyal a body ; and allow me to subscribe xnyself , in all sincerity , your well-wisher , friend , and brother . "
Monument to Sir Tsaac Newton . —A ceremony is announced to take place at Grantham , on Tuesday , the 21 st inst ., on the occasion of the inauguration of a . monument to . Sir Isaac Newton . Lord Brougham is to deliver an address , and amongst those who are to participate in the proceedings ore the undermentioned i—Drf WhewoH , Master of Trinity ; Professor Graham , Master of the Mint ; the Lord Bishop of Lincoln 5 the Right Hon . the Earl of liar-Towby ; Sir Charles Enstlake ; Mnjor-Gen . the Hon . Sir E . Cost , K . C . H . " , Robert Stephenson , Esq ., M . P ., &c . There will be a procession to the site of the statue on St . Pcter ' s-hill , and after the inaugural address , the Mayor will present lo Lord Brougham a copy of The Principia . " At the conclusion of the out-door ceremony , a breakfast will take plaoo at the Exchange Hall , for which many tickets have already been taken . About 1400 ? , has been subscribed towards the cost of the etatuo , "' a ' n'U 'wo unaow ( taTTa-thntronly''about « 'iiO ? r-Tmoi !© . i 8 , required .
Wkilling JuxaimsioN TICKETS . —A mnn named Richard Cooko was on Thursday committed for trial on a charge of obtaining money under falso pretences . Ho ie no doubt ono of the swindlers who invest thq railway stations , and are constantly on the look out for " green " excursionists . Xb appears ho had accosted a mnn named Palmer , and ascertained that ho was going to London , whereupon ho offered him a return excursion ticket for 2 a . ( and ultimately , "to make a bargain , " came down to " fld . and a pint of fourponny , " The traveller congratulated himself on tho cheap ride fro was going" to havo , and took his eowt in
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The Stheet FRunvSi : i-LERS<—During the last few days an immense number of these poor people , men . women , and children , have been brought to the Mni-iT sion-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 often 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 the 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 that they had only done as they were forced to do to get an honest living . The Lord Mayor told them , as he h .-ul scores of others , that he does not wish to prevent their
getting an honest livelihood , but there are numerous complaints constantly being made by tradesmen , . ind tho traffic of tho streets must not be obstructed . Ilia Lordship concludes by advising tho offenders not to come into the City nt nil , or to go into those streets where there is no traffic to interrupt . He appears to forget that where , there is no traffic then 1 tun l » o no demand for street fruit , and that the only chance of a successful anlo lies in those streets where n constant stream of passengers requires a " supply . " If these men nro deprived of tho monns of gaining < w honest living , tho probable result will be that they will take to dishonest courses . in preference to starving , tiud tho tradesmen may possibly bo as much injured by tlie additional robberies committed , as they profess to bo now by the interruption to tho . stream of their business Tho Lord Mavor told tho " " obstructives" that hitherto
ho had been lenient , but ho intended to bo severe . Hie complaints of tho citizens must bo atttgndod to , and obstructions prevented . They had each to pay ' 2 * . •*•! - t ° redeem their burrows from tho Grconynrd , and Is . " » t or go to prison for threo days , which thoy said w « s very hard . Attempted Suicide . —A pretty , girl named Ann Bartlott was charged nt Wnndsworth with nttomjitin « : to poison herself with oxalic acid . A policomnn fouiul her at Clnphnm yesterday , leaning against n wnll crying and apparently very ill . Sho admitted to him tlmt slip had taken tho poison , He took her to tho nonrcat surireon , ww , ho . fuimd-tliat aho had vomitntl tho greater pnrt
of tho poison . She told tho policeman"HifflmnrlimM <»» * her situation , nftor having stolon a sovereign from " writing-desk in her master ' s bedroom ; sho had only boon in that service a fortnight . Sho had previously : boon an inmate of a penitentiary at Groonwluh . Afwr > eho stole tho sovereign sho went to some of her frk-nufl . j Sho bought tho capo sho was wearing out qF th « monoy , t and then wont to tho play in tho evening nnd up ""* "' " j remainder . , Sho had no parents nnd no homo to go 10 , after sho had spent all tho money , nnd hIio then mn « ° j up her mliul to destroy horsolf . Sho was yoniamku tnni ( Inquiries might bo made about her . j
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houses bad been burnt at Moscow by fabricators of lucifcr matches , that trade having been so highly taxed that contraband factories had been setup with this result . Forests were still in flames , aiid the smoke was intolerable " in the streets of Petersburg . The . common peat or turf bogs were s ' et on fire by the unusual heat of the suu .
RUSSIA . Lntor particulars wore received yesterday of tho exploHion near St . Petersburg , and other disastrous occurrences in the provinces . Tho powder mngnssino in qucation wins seven miles from the capital ; 1200 pouds ( near 40 , 000 pounds ) of that combustible killed 100 workmen nnd shattered nil tho vicinity . This occurred nt OUhtn . PnuIounUi , a village belonging to the Grnnd-Dulto Constantino , had taken ., ft . re , a . nd was in ashes , Hundreds of
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Q - THE LEADEE . [ No . 442 , ¦ -SEPTEmE 3 Rr ^ l , _ l 858 .
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Leader Office , Saturday , September 11 th . FRANCE . A jxjpicial inquiry into the cause of tho 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 the uuusual rapidity with which it descended the incline from St Germain that it was likely to run into him , and he made preparations for moving off , but it was too Inte , The number of deaths up to the present time is four . A telegram from Cette states that tho railway station there , in which the engines are kept , was entirely destroyed by fire on Tuesday . Tho loss is estimated at 160 , 000 fr . Tho Presse thinks that Franco ought to lose no time n laying down an Atlantic telegraph of her own . It amenta that , owing to tho French want of energy , all tho American merchandise , which , now that a complete railway network exists on the Continent , ought naturallj-to pass through France , tnkes the English ronte , ?• -while wo never got further than projects and tenders , or projects for tenders , nnd do nothing practical . " M . Sabatier , Consul General of France in Egypt , sent on an extraordinary mission to Jedd / ih , has just loft Marseilles for Alexandria in the Danube steamer . A Paris lot tor says—Prince Napoleon has obtained in favour of Algeria tho application of a principle which , joined to tho limitation of military powers already docreed , will exercise a favourable influence on the . Government . All the ports of tho coast nro to be declared ontir 61 yTr ^ 7 ~ TiTe ^* rlnce" « ppe « rsi « -to * ha ; veUiwd . a conflict with tho Minister of Finance and the Board of Customs , whoso views are protectionist .
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ITALY . A Genoa letter says : — " The first number of Mnzzini ' s new journal , Pensicro ed Azione , has appeared . Ilia own article , ' La Nostra Bandiera , ' is printed in larger type than those of his colleagues . The other contributors are Aurelio Safii , Kossuth , and Mario , married to Miss White . "
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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 tho exclusion of Prussia . A new loan is spoken of as about to be raised by the Austrian Government . The house of- Rothschild , it is said , are lo be the contractors .
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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 Mcdjid 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 , Ai / . iul Medjid-, with elevated Voice , addressed to the assembly a string of unvarnished reproaches . His Majesty calkd his servants a set of traitors , and made them responsible for his own faults , becaase they should have adyi ~ o him fearlessly . ' :. lie then announced the ministerial changes upon which he had resolved . A private let ui sa-v ' s that the son of Kedsclud Pasha was likened by his imperial father-in-law to the unclean beast , and was told that he was following in the steps of bis deceased father , who had nearly ruined the empire .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 11, 1858, page 934, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2259/page/14/
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