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several hundred miles of his journey , he was compellec 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 advices , he was preparing for a third attempt to force his passage inland by a different route from any tried by him before . — Cape Argtts , August 12 . . Representation of G reenwich . — On Thursdaynight 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
uni-Disputb wrrir the Metropolitan Board of Works - —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 sewers-rate , which tbe . parish resists on the ground that only an insignificant sum lias been spent on sewerage works in St . Giles'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 sura , another of about 600 / ., subscribed all over the country , with a view to the purchase of the collection , will be handed to Mr . Miller'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 drainage of the metropolis which the Board has sanctioned . This he does in answer to a letter written by the Government referees . Mr . Bidder is of opinion that the course recently taken by the Board has saved the public from additional expenses . He says the original conclusions to which he and his colleagues came have been amply confirmed by subsequent examination" and discussion . " Your Board may proceed , " says he , " with the execution of the plan before them without any undue anxiety as to the results . "
Representation of Goildfobd . — -Some electors of Guildford , anxious for the settlement of the contest for 4 he representation of their borough , have received an intimation that a new writ will not be issued until the J Tneeting of Parliament . The friends of both candidates ( Mr . Onslpw , Liberal , and Mr . Evelyn , Conservative ) have therefore determined to . fight a preliminary battle on the revision of the 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 .
Middle Class Examinations . —A meeting of the 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 In which the chief of the Macgregors claimed 93 , 000 / . as compensation for fourteen acres of a Highland bog , lias been settled by the Deapi of Faculty with 600 * . — ifyrtJr&riiiahMail . Monument to Hugh Miller at Cromarty . — - AJ [ i $ r a curef ^ committee liave entrusted the execution of the monur ment to be erected to Hugh Miller at Cromarty—which ia to consist of a Grecian Doric colamn and statue—the statue to Mr . Handyside Ritchie , and the column to Mr . Thomas Watson , Edinburgh . — Witness ,
Distinguished Smugglers . —A correspondent of the Ind& pendance Beige writes from Ostend : — " On Saturday last , on the arrival of the steamer ¦ from London , the Custom-house officers , while examine 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 who landed at Ostend . The . officers thought it their duty to repeat an examination made in the first
"" instance wuina ' aoUpaoy which the position of two passengers justified . This led to the discovery of a great V quantity of silks , neckerchiefs , and other articles of arose , ^ amounting to the value of about 120 ? . Aprocda verbal , bjRaljeen drawn up against the noble delinquents . " jmit . Andqusson , thh Tuavbllkr . — 'Intolligonce has becrA received here from Mr . Oharloa Andorsson ( tho autJP > ° f " Lake 'Ngnmi" ) , who hae undertaken to cxpUffe the Ovarnpo country in tho direction of tho river ' fov jmend . ' It appears ( hat , after successfully prosecuting
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 without any letter of recommendation , and are thus saved much suffering and loss of time . Theaggre gate number of patients relieved during the week ending Sept . 18 was—Medical , 68 G ; surgical , 411 ; total 1097 of which 409 were new cases . . T
versa ! 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 ready 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 on 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 bis 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 inaug u ^ rated 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 , Hampsteadroad . 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 . Tho 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 , lie 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 ia , 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 cortgregation , arc in their places , scented , 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 ajr } official announces the coming of their Imperial Majesties , and tho august appearance is acknowledged with greater demonstration of reapect than is awarded by the worshippers to the Lord of heaven and of earth . Exquisite music and a short sermon bring the ceremony to a satisfactory closer—A thencoum .
Encounter with Rats in a Chinese House . —In my lodgment I had been anticipated by a populous colony of rats and mice . The siao of theso visitors was Certainly monstrous , as their number was overwhelming ; and thero was no keeping thorn out during tho night . The tricks they played , too , showed no little daring ; and not inappropriately they have been designated ? ' tho cavalry of Niugpo . " The dexterity with which they bounded from beam to rafter was surprising . They l furhituro l
were equaily export In ' rat £ ttng ~ ovov"my ' "a ( pleasure , and they seemed to scour in regimental squads every nook and corner of tho apartment . Their squeals of ploasuro as they pitched Into my provisions wore truly amusing , and thotr screams of rage or pain as they pitched into each other were equally annoying . , But it wad not the least of nuisances , just as one was dropping pff to sloop , to bo aroused by having tho face licked by their slimy tongues , or pawort by their cold extremities . —Life in China , by Itao . William C . Milno , M . A .
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The Bovn Hill Confessional . —This morning tho 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 Stoke Pogis , proceeded to address the court . Me said ( hat the Rev . R . T . West had been accused , undor the Church Discipline Act , of a violation of ecclesiastical rule in reference to confession , and cited tho particular oas es in which that rule had been infringed . At six o ' clock this evening tho commissioners had not como to any decision , . . The Alleged Picture Frauds . —This morning W . T Barns and Mrs , Barns again attended beforo Alderman Wire to answer to tho charge of conspiracy , tuo examination of which has been so often adjourned . Mr .. Sleigh , for the prosecution , said ho was able to stutotnat Mr , Peter was in such n'deplorable state that it was totally impossible to say when ho would bo able to attend . ThO Alderman said he must liavo cvidonco of that fact , as he had reason to boliove that Mr . 1 « ter was not only quito well , but ho was within a fow miles of London . Mr . Motcalfe , for the dofenoo , stud tho medical testimony showed that Mr . Peter ' s bodily JiooUij was good , but that he was mentally incapacitated , ami that any excitement might drive him to oonurmnu msanity . A witness said he saw Mr . Peter on tho yoatoiday : he was then suffering from delirium , among wiii «» was that of fancying ho saw devils on the walls , wr . Motoalfe said he hoped his clients would not Imvo w attend again , as tho evidence was not worth tiiopiF ' woTWitTeTri ^^ wwas subject to similar delusions about this tlmo w " year . The inquiry was adjourned for a week . ' North Sioa Suumarinis Caulb .-TIio William Cory , eorew steamer , occomnunlod by a paddle tender , . nnuIioPO " wJ Uhln a'mile of Difinvloh , iii Suffolk , at I" *"; !' ' ' J " o ' clock yesterday afternoon , having BiiccoBsftiliy »»« " » now submarine cable from Znndfort , oi » the Uuteh to » aw Should the weather bo favourable , tho cable wua w brought on shore this morning .
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RUSSIA . General Mouravieff Amourski is to be charge d ' affaires at Pekin .
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PRUSSIA . The accounts from Prussia are very contradictory . The King has as yet sighed nothing . The IJanover Gazette goes the length of reporting an important change for the better in his health . The departure of the Prince of Prussia for Hanover has been delayed .
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Leader Office , Friday Night , September 24 th . FRANCE . The expected alteration in the rate of discount at the Bank of Fran ce took place yesterday . It is now lixed at three per cent . No improvement or 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 w ; iy the late Due d'Orlc ' ans perished ,, at the Iiond-Point in the Champs Elyte ' es . lie 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 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 25, 1858, page 998, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2261/page/14/
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