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two and three o ' clock on Sunday morning . The system of payment by the hour came into operation on Monday at the building yards in London . The carpenters ancl joiners accept the new arrangement " under protest , " and "bide their time ancl opportunity , " and it would seem that the other branches of the trade have in some measure also yielded , as the leading firms report that they have nearly their full complement of men . The masons as a hodhoweverstill resolutely refuse to go to work under the neiv

y , , regulations , -The great fire is nofc yet out . The principal event in connection Avith ifc has been Mr . Braidwood's funeral , on Saturday . The procession formed ^ in AVatling-sfcreefc , and was nearly a mile and a half long ; every possible mark of respect tvas shown on the occasion of the interment of this lamented gentleman . On Saturday the Patent Fire Annihilators were applied for the purpose of putting out the fire in the vaults ; but whilst they

were in a measure successful , they were not sufficiently so to exercise any material influence on the immense burning mass . It- is now pretty generally understood that the oil and melted fat iu the cellars must burn itself out . A . German , ¦ who gives the name of Augustus Salzmann , but who is suspected as being Johann Carl Franz , one of the men concerned in the murder of Mrs . Holliday , has been examined before the Surrey

magistrates at Reigafce , where evidence was given thafc the prisoner had been seen in that town with another foreigner , on the 10 th tilt . ; thafc they had been seen together at the Cricketers' Anns , in Reigate , on that day ; and that some cord which ifc was previously proved they had bought of Mrs . Pitcher , in Reigate , resembled the cord with which tlie legs of Mrs . Holliday were hound . Mr . Coward , superintendent of police , proved that on showing the prisoner the book which had been found in the room in which the murder was committed , he looked at it for a moment , turned pale ,

and then hung down his head , and seemed absorbed in thought . AVhen the prisoner was asked about the book , he said it had no reference to him , that there were many Germans about that place , and the description given in the book of the owner might apply to any other German as well as to him . He persisted in denying any knowledge of the murder . The magistrates remanded the prisoner . Two actions were on Saturday brought against the London and North-Western Railway Company for damages for injuries received

on the occasion of the accident which occurred at Atherstone , in November last , owing to a cattle train being shunted at the time when the Post-office and passenger train was due afc that station , ivhich resulted in the death of several persons , and in serious injuries to many others . Amongst the latter were a Mr . Hills ancl a Mr . Laughton , both clerks in the Post-office , and plaintiffs in tho present actions . Tho former , whose case was tried in the Court of Exchequerobtained £ 150 damages ; and the latter obtained from

, a jury in the Court of Common Pleas £ 275 damages . Another action , occasioned hy the accident at Atherstone , was tried in the Court of Exchequer on Monday . It was proved that the plaintiff , Mr . Brown ; an auctioneer in Glasgoiv , had received a violent concussion of the spine , ivhich incapacitated him from following his business ; and a verdict for £ 1300 was agreed to . A case remarkable for the long series of cruelty and profligacy on the part of

the husband it displayed has been before the Court of Divorce . The petitioner , Mrs . Coape , formerly Miss Sidney Jane King , was the daughter of a general in the British army , and the respondent , Mr . Coape , was the son of a sugar refiner , through whom he became possessed of a property of £ 300 , 000 . The parties were married in 1835 , the lady ' s own portion being £ 2500 , to which the respondent added £ 10 , 000 , which was settled on her . Mrs . Coape now prayed for a dissolution of her marriage ou the ground of her husband ' s cruelty , adultery , and desertion of her .

FOEEICM ISTEIMKEKCE . —The Court of Appeal in Paris has confirmed the judgment ivhich declared invalid the marriage of the late Prince Jerome Bonaparte with Miss Paterson , Among the items of news from France there is one—that is , a new military harbour is to be constructed opposite Alderney , having facilities also for a camp for 40 , 000 to be entrenched in the neighbourhood . In consequence of the Bourbonisfc movements in the Neapolitan provinces of Italyit is stated in some of the Turin that

, papers the military command of the southern districts has been entrusted to the energetic hands of General Cialdini . During the discussion of fche National Loan in the Italian Lower Chamber , on Monday , Baron Ricasoli delivered an address which possessed many points of great importance . He congratulated the house upon the fact that the relations of Italy with every European power , except Austria alonewere of the most satisfactory kind . He disclaimed in the

, most distinct language any intention on the part of fche Government to entertain any project for tiie cession of a foot of Italian soil , and declared that he knew of no such project -Tlie conferences of the Austrian Emperor aud his Ministers in reference to tho Hungarian address have had an unexpected and an ominous result . At the council held on tlie 30 th , it was resolved not to

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accept the address of fche Diet , and fche President of the Hungarian Chamber of Deputies , who had come to A'ienna with the President of the Upper House to present the address , returned to Pesth . A Royal rescript was despatched to the Hungarian Diet , in which the address is pronounced to be disloyal , hostile to the rights of the Crown , and such as the Sovereign could not accept . The Diet is therefore called upon to alter both the form ancl the contents of the address . The rescript from Vienna was laid on the table of

the Lower House afc Pesfch on Monday evening . The rescri pt was sealed , and loud cries arose from several benches , urging that it should be returned unopened . Afc the request of the president , however , the document was allowed to be opened ancl read to the Chamber . No action ivhatever was taken upon it . Nothing seems more unlikely than that tho House will consent to alter the address , and the Diet will in all probability be dissolved .

It is stated in some foreign papers thafc Lord Loffcus has submitted to the Prussian Government , as a suggsstion from England , a proposal for the settlement of the Schleswig-Holstein question . The general terms of the . ' proposal are that Holstein should only be connected with Denmark by fche personal union of the sovereignty , and that Schleswig should bo absorbed into Denmark , the German inhabitants having full guarantees for tbe preservation of their

nationality given fco them . Prussia is represented as not likely fco accept the proposal . The new Sultan of Turkey has confirmed in their posts the Grand A'izier and all the Ministers ancl public functionaries except Riza Pacha , and has invited them by an Imperial proclamation to discharge their duties faithfully , recommendinnat the same time order and economy , confirming existing laws , and guaranteeing the equality of all subjects , without distinction , in

tlie eyes of public justice . He has at once attacked the enormous evils ancl expenditure of the Imperial household b y the introduction of several reforms , aud the reduction of the civil list from 75 millions to 12 millions piastres . The Correspondencies Autografa of Saturday says the Spanish Government has resolved to abandon its claims against Morocco ; but adds , that the Government intend to declare Tetuan the property of Spain , to render it impregnable , and to colonise fche territory . This has , hoivever , been contradicted .

AMERICA . —Tho intelligence irom America , brought by the Australasian , and which comes down to the 19 th June , represents the opposing troops us actively engaged in movements which must , before long , result in a general engagement , or the retreat of the Southerners from Virginia . General Scott was rapidly pushing forward his forces towards Manassas Junction , ancl the advanced guard had reached Leesburg , the western terminus of the Manassas Railroad , after two skirmishes on the road . The New York

journals report that the Southern troops were foiling back from Manassa Junction and retreating on Richmond . They , however , give no authority for this report . In Missouri General Lyon followed up the flight of the secessionist Governor Jackson with such rapidity fchafc he came up ivith him afc Booneville , ivhere an engagement ensued , which resulted in the defeat of the secessionist force under General Price , with the loss of 300 men , and the flight of Jackson have since received

Governor . AVe telegraphic news fco June 20 . The Federal army was gradually approaching Fairfax , where a battle was expected . Eleven Southern vessels had been captured in the Potomac . A small income tax appeared likely to form an element in the financial policy of the Government . The Columbia District Court has condemned tho English schooner Tropic Wind for , as it is alleged , violating fche blockade of fche A'irginian ports .

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PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS .

BLONDIN AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE . Blondin made his eighth appearance on Monday at the Crystal Palace , in the presence of a larger number of persons than have yet witnessed his performances in London , among whom were an unusual number of persons of distinction , including their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge . The

great rope over the fountains having now become well-seasoned is strung nearer to the level , enabling M . Blondin to perform his feats with greater ease . His performances commenced on Monday just after the usual hour , four o'clock , afc which time the gardens presented a most animated appearance , the slopes and upper terraces being one dense mass of people . The brightness of the day , tbe varied hues of the flowers , ant the brilliant spray of the fountains combined to render the seem one of surprising beauty .