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    from any other religious community . There was the consecration of the Bishop of Hartford , at Providence ^—a magnificent ceremony j the solemn dedication of several churches , and the consecration pf another—a very rare ceremony—which , according to the rules of the Catholic Church , can only be performed when the building is free from debt , and thus devoted to the service of God entirely and for ever . And recently the foundation-stone of a Catholic cathedral has been laid on the Fifth avenue , in this city , which , when

    completed , -will be the most magnificent architectural structure in the country , superior to many and inferior to few- of the ancient cathedrals of Europe . The other religious communities must bestir themselves , and give up their internal quarrels and sectional strifes , if they would not be outrun by the Catholic Church , which though the oldest of them all , seems to travel onward in this country with no lazy footstep , but , on the contrary , with the vigour and swiftness of youth . —Neiv York Herald .

    The Late Geokge SncriiENSOx . —A meeting was held at the Town-hall , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , for the purpose of taking measures to procure the erection of a monument to the memory of the late George Stephenson . Lord Ravensworth was called to the chair , and . in a speech of some length dwelt on the great benefits the late Mr . George Stcphenson had been the means of coafei'ringnot onlv upon the commercial and manufacturing portion of the community , but more especially upon the poorer class , those -who lived by the daily labour of their own hands . He was particularly a model for them to imitate , for he was essentially the architect of his own fortune , born as lie was iu the very lowest class of society . The speaker then proceeded to recount the most interesting- incidents in the life of that eminent engineer , " from his boyhood to his death , and adverted fo the numerous inventions of which he -was the author . .

    Pook-rates . —An important meeting of the Metropolitan Association for the equalisation of Poor-rates was held on 'Wednesday . The report , which -was unanimously adopted , announced a material change in the tactics of the association . Henceforth they will endeavour to extend the area of rateability , so that the charge for the poor shall bo one of absolute equality throughout all the counties of England . A special financial board is the machinery by which this object is to be realised .

    TjlE PAnTjIAMJCNTAUY STATESMEN OF FllAXCE . — "Whatever else may have changed in Franco , it will ever be remembered to the honour of her parliamentary statesmen that ten years after the calamitous revolution which levelled the throne and the liberties of the nation in . the dust , not one of those illustrious men who had served her in freedom condescended to govern her under despotism . The possession of absolute power , the acquisition of wealth , the desire of what are called honours , may be more easily satisfied by a successful minister under the imperial regime than amidst the perils and resistance of parliamentary life ; hut these vulgar attractions have not seduced a . single man of real eminence from the principles he had embraced , and history can produce no finer example of constancy to an unsuccessful cause . —Edinburgh lievieic .

    Crystal Palace . —Return for the week ending Friday , Oetober 29 th , 185 R . Number admitted , including season tiokot holders , 22 , TOO . Tub Quicks * qv Pku-ssia ' s Pocuinxnooi :. —The Times correspondent at Berlin says : — "I may mention an event which has caused » good deal of talk here , uu the journey to Meran , at Leipzig tho Queen mwsoil » valuable portfolio . The pollco were hnmediau-iy in activity , and a dotcctivo officer sent express from Merlin , but Without any result , Tlie portfolio contained , m money , bank-nvtoB for about 700 tluilcra , and tho loss was one which could not bo very serious to a U . ueenu * t \

    they could ' only keep in its purity by giving as freely as they had received . The world , was before them ;—India , with its waiting multitudes' ; China , to which they had long done such deep wrong by the iniquities of the opium trade ; and Africa , to whose people they owed a debt which they could never repay , for the unnumbered wrongs upon their country by the abominations of the slave-trade- —these countries were all open to them , and must be occupied . He expressed his opinion that the outbreak in India was due to our own cowardice and want of firmness and consistency in the maintenance of

    our religious principles , and observed that if we had boldly stated that the toleration of the heathenism in India depended upon the spirit of our Christianity , because as Christians we could not persecute , and until we could convince we could not lift a finger to compel the people to accept the Christian religion , we should have removed all feeling of mistrust and suspicion , and obtained the confidence of the people by the conviction that they were honest and sincere . The right reverend prelate ' s " address was received with mingled applause and hisses . The reception given to him as well as to Archdeacon Bickersteth by the inhabitants of Bradford was

    the reverse of flattering . Mr . S . Wareex , M . P . —A speech has been made to the Quarter Sessions Court of Hull by Mr . AVarren , as Recorder of that town . The Recorder gave a popular , but carefully-digested summary of the practically important legislation of the last session of Parliament , which was attentively listened to by the Grand Jury and a crowded court . Mr . Warren has , we believe , made a promise , in accordance with some revelation that has been made at Hull , that he will , in the course of next session , introduce a bill subjecting landlords of infamous houses , as well as their agents , to the same penalties and pains as the tenants . has ended in

    Elections . —The contest at Guildford the return of Mr . Onslow ( Liberal ) , and at Iieigate Mr . Monson ( Conservative ) was successful . In both cases the majority of votes was narrow . Mr . Monson polled only fifteen more than his opponent ; Mr . Onslow twenty-nine . The polling day . at Guiklford did not pass off smoothly , for there were several stand-up fights while electors were recording their votes . At Reigate the peace was with difficulty preserved ; the most amusing episode arose from the second appearance of Sir . Edwin James as a candidate . All his efforts to obtain a hearing failed . The assembly roared against him and had recourse to penny whistles , with which they had been provided by some patriotic individual . The consequence was that Mr . James gave up the contest . Colliers' Strike . —The strike in "West Yorkshire is

    eldest son of the late Sir Thomas Potter , of Manchester , well known for his enterprising character as a merchant , and his ardent zeal for political reform . Sir John Potter ,-as well as his father , received the honour of knighthood whilst occupying the position of Mayor of Manchester , an office which he filled for two successive years . At the general election last year he was returned as one of the city representatives . Failing health , however , prevented his frequent attendance in the House of Commons ; but as one of the most active founders of the Manchester Free Library , and as a kindhearted and generous supporter of all the local benevolent institutions , Sir John Potter ' s memory will long be respected by the citizens of Manchester . hall in

    The Charter . —On Monday a new Collegestreet , Chelsea , was opened with an address from Mr . Ernest Jones . The hall was crowded . A resolution , pledging the meeting to the People ' s Charter , was supported by Mr . Ernest Jones and was unanimously carried . Ax Address to the French Consul at Newcastle . —The Mayor of Newcastle , Mr . Anthony Nichol , waited upon the Count do Maricourt , at the French consulate , Newcastle , on Monday , and presented him with an address , signed by the Mayor , the Chairman of the River Tyne Commissioners , several of the aldermen , and many of the members of the town council , besides several clergymen , merchants , and tradesmen , expressive of their confidence in the denial which had been given by the

    Count to the charge of interfering in the municipal elections , of their personal esteem for himself , and their wish that he might continue to exercise- his functions at the port of Newcastle . The Mayor , in presenting the address , expressed the strong personal gratification which he experienced in being made the bearer of this address . The Count , we are told , was much affected ; he , however , recovered himself sufficiently to thank his visitors in feeling terms , and concluded his speech by saying : " The allusion to my sovereign in your address , as the illustriously of her Majesty the Queen of England , will , I am sure , be received b y his Government as a proof that his loyalty and good faith towards this country have produced their effect in a manner which is not to be disturbed by the indiscretions of a journalist . "

    Citv Seweks Commission—The commissioners met on Tuesday . . A report was presented on memorials against slaughter-houses in the City , and praying their abolition , which had been submitted to Dr . Letheby for consideration . The report was very long , and contained suggestions for mitigating the nuisance the slaughterhouses occasioned , and particularly pointed out the injurious effects produced on the public health by the state of Newgate Market . In presenting this last report , the general purposes committee said , in conjunction with the doctor , they had framed some regulations for improving the condition of the market . The court then adjourned .

    extending . The miners of the Adwalton district have demanded increased wage ? , and further strikes are apprehended . Three men were charged at Wakefield with intimidation , but the case was ajourned until Monday week . The colliers of South Staffordshire have gone to work on the terms offered by their employers , but it is alleged that they will turn out again about three weeks hence . The Disputed right to Worship in a Pew . — There has been further disturbances in the parish church of Thornbury , Gloucestershire . On Sunday Miss Sly , who has lately occupied tho pew in question , was at tthurch before her opponents — the Dalby family , to whom the pew has been let—and tho pew being empty she entered and took her seat . The two churchwardens , Willsben and Screen , told her she must not sit there , and on her declining to leave , they forced her out of tho pew , upon which she walked up and down the aisle very

    Turc Atlantic Cable . —The late electrician to the Atlantic Telegraph Company , Mr . Whitehouse , has offered his services again to the undertaking from a feeling of dutyj as being so largely identified with the inception of the project ; and also because ho is convinced that the cable is readily recoverable . He therefore asks permission to make the necessary examination , and if that should be satisfactory to his judgment , he offers to reopen communications with Newfoundland at his own risk , and to maintain it open at a moderate per-centage on tho receipts . The American pnpera say the cable will never bo put right until Mr . Hughes , an American electrician , gets charge of it . ¦ Public Health . —There was not much difference in

    quietly . Mr . Willsben told her she must take a seat or leave the church , or he should have her turned out , and upon her not doing either , he called a policeman to assist him , and they both pushed her out of tho church , holding the door to prevent her from coming in again . Previous to her being turned out , Dalby , his daughter , and two children had arrived at church , and they took their seats in the pew . Miss Sly , on being turned out of the church , remained in the burial-ground until the service was commenced , when she again entered tho church and proceeded to the pew , and on seeing it not filled she endeavoured to open the door , but was prevented by Willsbon , who again called a policeman and dragged her partly down tho aisle , when she , showing a little resistance , was caught hold of by tho constable and carried out of the church . This edifying scono wus performed

    tho hoaltli of the metropolis during the last week from that of tho former , tlio deaths ( 1118 ) showing a small decrease . The deaths from scarlatina were 156 . Tho number of births was 100 . 5 . Dr . Letheby reports tho mortality in tho City as having increased to 04 . Tho average number for tho month waa 55 , nnd for tho corresponding period for tho last three years tho deaths avoruged 48 . A Jewish Provincial Mayor . —Tho Q uarter

    Sessions of Quuonborough , on Tuesday lost , woro tho first hold under tho mayoralty of L . S . Magnus , Esq ., recently elected to the mayoralty , Tho mayor gavo a sumptuous dinner to the recorder nnd members of tho corporation . After the usual loyal toasts , tho mayor gavo that of " tho Church , " coupling with it tho name of tho incumbent , tho Kov . R . UJngham . Tho mayor pointed out how persons of tho Jewish persuasion could consistently not only respect tho Church , but lend thoir aid in support of it .

    in the midst of a largo congregation , whose feelings were at a pitch of intense oxcitement . Miss Sly has commenced an action against the churchwardens for tho assault committed upon her . Groat fuavs nro entertained that disturbances of oven a worse description than those which wo have narrated will ocour , both churchwardens « nd Miss Sly declaring they will not give in . Dulwioh Collkqb . —Tho governors of DulwioH College , of whom Lord Stanley la one , appointed to carry out the recent act of Parliament in connexion therewith , bavo determined to open tho schools , tho establishment of which is rendered necessary by that aot , upon Wednesday the 10 th of November next . The schools are to bo held in the college itself , instead of in a more central building purposely created , as wus supposed would bo the qa » e . Sir , John Potter , M . P . —Thia gentleman , one of tho members for Manchester , died on Monday , Ho was tho

    Rkprkskntation ov Manchkstkk . —At a mooting of tho Liberal electors of Manchester , Mr . Huxley was chosen na tho candidate for that party . Mr . Uoorgo Wilson proposed Mr . Cobdon , but after soino discussion tho mooting agreed to support Mjr . Hazloy . It appeared that Mr . Cobdon had declined to roprcnont Manchester oven if elected , Mr . Bassley ' s address advocates on oxtonslon of tho suffrage , vote by ballot , retrenchment , and a pacific policy . Popuutt in Anii'imcA . ' —Tho fact Is undeniable that tho Oatholio Church is malting rapid striduu throughout the United States . Within a your wo have had occasion to record several Catholic celebrations , which , for tho splendour of their ceremonial , and high order of intolloot cngngod , havo surpassed anything emanating

    Prussia . That tho police have boon urged to jnaKo uy exortion for its recovery , nnd that they whouM »<*»»" sucocoded , with n police so clllclont as tho 1 rll 8 sm Y , j 0 given rise to much tnllc of all sorts . That tlio 1 > ° ™ ° contained a political correspondence of groat . ' "" ° its Royal owner is doubtless only n nuxhoiouan " ° '"' of tho Junker party , got up for tlio purpose or m nb"Jb odium upon soino poison or other who is iliung' , t them , nnd who might bo supposed to havo more »" "' in becoming possortsod of Hitch papers llian oi a v « * jr sum of 700 thnlora . I shall nay no more of tnwi j > or folio at prcsont , ns you may perhaps , alter an ,

    hoar of it again . n . Tine Buiinh FramvAU—Colonel ™ " Major min , sons of tho poet , have occupied tho Invitntloi o : i ^ committee of tlio approaching festival W u ' . Samuel Lover , E « q ., haa intimated hia necontanco similar invitation . m Ciiybtal Palaoh . — Tho tropical screen i * n »^ JJ plotoly closed In ( upwards of twenty thousanu «« space having been added to this department , 1 « " f it most ngrooublo lounge for tho winter boimoi . ¦ " u doors on Thursday was as droary and dull a * touu bo imagined . Within the tropical dopartn on to Crystal palace , a pleasant v / annth , oomWiwd «« > vigorous appearance of tho plants , now inJ £ i cOngrow ' , presented a marked and most «^ ooabl " c ° gUi trastj and as all tho approaches are , under cove ,, and wot nood not prevent oxoroiao and onjovmoiu .

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    H 56 THE LEA DEB . [ No . 419 , October 30 , 1858 .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 30, 1858, page 1156, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2266/page/12/