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      America. The Africa Has Brought Intellig...

      work of the new Indian war . A force of 900 United States troops had proceeded to chastise the Indians in Ol Tb ! elTnited States Minister has suspended negotiations with the Mexican Government- Tampico had surrendered to the Liberal forces , and Vidaurri , at the head of a large force , -was on his march to the . capital . The country is in the niqst disorganised condition . The United States Minister in China has made a . treaty with the Celestial Empire , similar to that made by France and England . The United States are to have a Minister at Pekin . This news came overland by way of Russia .

      At Greytown two American butchers , who were trading with the U . S . frigate Saranac , were arrested by military authority for the alleged violation of some municipal rules . Captain Kelly , of the U . S . Navy , promptly ordered some marines into boats to go ashore , but before they landed the men were released . The ¦ Saranac ' s presence had given rise to much excitement previously . A letter from Greytown says , " 1 he commander of the Saranac , before leaving San Juan del Sur , drove the Nicaraguan troops from that place , and appears to have orders to open the route , or clear it thoroughly preparatory to opening it . " York to the 18 th

      By the Fulton , we have New news ult . The State elections are being prepared for by the meeting of conventions of the different parties in each State , to agree on a list of candidates , or " platform , as it is called . The Syracuse Convention had separated . There are four separate tickets in the field for State offices , viz ., the Democratic , the Republican , the American , the Temperance and Freedom tickets . A duel was fought on the 17 th near Richmond , between Mr . Jennings Wise , editor of the Enquirer , and the Hon . Sherrard Clemens , member of Congress . Mr . Clemens , the challenger , was wounded in the thigh . The cause of the duel was the Enquirers comments on Mr . Clemens . The rendezvous of the Paraguay expedition has been fixed at Buenos Ayres from its proximity to the mouth of the Parana River , up which the vessels are to

      proceed . / -,,,. The Union Bank at Hinderhook , county Columbia , was robbed on the night of the 13 th of specie and banknotes to the amount of 10 , 000 dols . The thieves blew open the bank vault with gunpowder . A reward of 2000 dols . was offered for the apprehension of the robbers . News had reached Charleston of the capture , on the coast of Africa , of the \ btig St . Andrew , by a British cruiser , on suspicion of being a slaves . The vessel and crew were taken to St . Helena , to await an investigation . "

      The news from Utah is that the Indians were peaceable . Brignam Young still kept himself hid , fearing , it was said , the vengeance of the Mormons , who were reported as greatly incensed against him in consequence of some revelations concerning bis business transactions with the saints * . The Mormons were returning to Salt Lake City , and were resuming their ordinary avocations . The statement is confirmed that the Venezuelan Government had surrendered ex-President Monagas and family , and his minister , Guiterrez , in accordance with the demands of the French and English , They had embarked at La Guavra for Trinidad .

      They Leave The Salt Water For The Stream...

      they leave the salt water for the streams , THE LEADER . [ No . 445 , October 2 , 1858 . lU « u ¦ ¦ ^^ ^ ^ iij [>< j < i > iii ^ ^ ;^^^ 3 __ ., ¦ ' . " " ' " ~ - " - — - —

      Mexico. Letters From America Say That As...

      MEXICO . Letters from America say that as to Mexico , the time has gone by when a Government can have any policy . The country is so distracted with civil revolution , the Government is so powerless for protection , the value of property is so rapidly depreciating , that it ia really impossible to speak of Mexico as one would speak of an ordinary country . The New York Herald says : —" The condition of the country , as depicted in our correspondence , is sad in the extreme . , The spirit of robbery has been of late so much developed that it seems to have become an established institution , and even the Government seems to have no other mode of livelihood . The case of Mr . Escaudon

      exemplifies this in a remarkable degree . He was imprisoned because he declined to lend tho Government a sum of money on the notes of hand given by the priests . His liberation was effected by his friends paying tho amount without his consent , and then the official journals praise him for Ilia great enterprise and public spirit . It would seem , from the tenor of our letters from tho capital , that an early change is expected there . In the midst pf tho general prostration , three or four parties lire plotting to seize upon power , Tjut there seoms to bo no chance for their success . Looking upon the

      movements from an outside point of view , it would scorn that if Vidaurri , now at Sun Lulu Potofai , shpuld effect fi junction with Dcgollado , who commands in the west , and the two should really unite their eflbrts , thoy will soon lend their forces to tho eity of Mexico . At present Vidaurri seems to have the boat chance of winning . " In consequence of the anarchy which previiila , M . Leon Fuvro , tho French Consul nt Tampieo , has written to the commander of the ' French naval station in tho Gulf of Mexico to claim protection for tho French In that place .

      West Indies. Cttoa. Advices From Havanna...

      WEST INDIES . CtTOA . Advices from Havannah state that coolies were being landed in large numbers , and a fearful mortality existed amon" them . A Dutch ship coming from Swatow lost two hundred and ten on the voyage ; the remainder were dying at the rate of- sixteen dsiily . ¦

      Miscellaneou S. The Court.—Her Majesty A...

      MISCELLANEOU S . The Court . —Her Majesty and her family continue in -ood health at Balmoral . The Court Circular has nothing to tell us , except that the Queen drives out every day and dines at the castle in the evening . Prince Alfred and the Duke of Cambridge have returned from Germany ; the former has gone to Balmoral . It is expected that the Court will return from Balmoral about the 15 th of October . The weather continues highly favourable for deer-stalking , but the Prince Consort had not been so successful in the forest this year as he was in former seasons . —The Prince of Wales makes up for his father ' s ill-luck , having killed bis first stag in the forest of Balmoral on Tuesday . Tbe deer was brought home in the evening , when the Queen surveyed it , congratulating the Prince on the success of his rifle . A party of eight gillies with torches then danced a reel in honour of the occasion and in presence of the Royal household , after which the health of the Prince was toasted by the company .

      L 6 ki > Godeiiich os Education . —At a tea-party at the Knaresborough Literary Institution , on Tuesday , thi 3 nobleman delivered a long speech , which may be summed up as follows : —A public library for the working classes is a convenience not to be despised . If a svstem of instruction by classes be added to it so much the better , but , if not , that is no reason why a man may not go to a public room , take down a book , and read it with as much pleasure or advantage as be can . Men are naturally different . Some read for amusement , some for instruction , some skim the surface , some attempt to go deep ; and if a man choose to study one branch of knowledge or another , ha will be so much the better able to understand and appreciate all the rest that he reads

      in the more common way . Discursive reading of . light literature , amid other mechanics , in a room , but occupied by many coming arid going , will not . make a man a scholar , " or a mathematician , or an historian , or able to converse and write letters with accuracy . If he wants these powers he must take special means for acquiring them . If a man wants to conduct a business he must learn his trade ; if he wants to write letters and keep accounts , he must practise both . The man of business or clerk who gives all his time to his duties , and grudges a quarter of an hour a day to general reading , will know no more than what lie learns in his business . A man may do what he likes , and may almost be what he likes , only he must not be under the delusion that while he is doing one thing ho is learning

      another . Phijw > sopky IX AmeuicA . — -The following is from the New Yor / t Herald . •— "A convention of philosophers of both sexes met at Utica on Friday to consult upon matters that are ordinarily regarded as somewhat of a private and domestic character—such as maternity and its consequences , immediate and remote . Several gatherings of the same sort have been held within the past few weeks at Rutland , Vermont , and at Berlin Heights . " Representation of Gkeenwicji . —Mr . Alderman Salomons has made his first appearance as a candidate for tho representation of Greenwich . He was enthusiastically received , and delivered a speech which , while " it perhaps did not go quite so fur as some of his friends might wisli , yet , on the whole , gave great satisfaction . In addition to an extension of the franchise , vote by ballot , and other measures . of reform , ho very strongly advocated the repeal of the paper duties .

      Rajah Bkooke . — Sir James Brooke has visited Liverpool , and boen entertained by tho mayor , in the Town Hall . Sir James Brooke , in responding to tho toast of his health , gave a history of his connexion with Sarawak . " Sarawak , " he said , " cannot stand alone . She must lean upon the support of a European state in order to ensure that permanenoy which is at the root of ull prosperity . The proposed arrangement is that England should grant a protectorate to Sarawuk ; and , secondly , that she should refund the sum which I have expended to bring Sarawak to its present prosperous condition . "

      TuxisaKAi'it to Alexandria . —The Klba , with the submarine cable from Capo Hollas by Cundia to Alexandria , is expected out in tho beginning of October . The land lino connecting Capo Hollas with Constantinople has ulready boon bugun , so that before the wintur sots in thoro is overy chance of the telegraphic communication from Alexandria to England being completed . FnicNuu FisjusjtMJSN on vuk Wham . —Tho . crews of some French luggors luivo been in the habit of going up the rivor in their boats as far as Ilulton , and oi' catching Uah of every description which may happen to bo within their trawl . Thoy use regular trawl nets , and a day ' s Hailing , when the tide nnswors , is a productive aU ' itlr . Duflng this and tho succeeding months pf tho year tho iIhIi of tho trout and tuilimm kind nacond tlio fr . esli waters to deposit thejr spawn , Hud ' theso ihvmlora catch them

      as of the Wear IS is the daily practice of several of the ships' crews--and they do it with perfect impunity in open day—aT though it is the rule , established by treaty that foreigner shall tish in the sea on any of the ' coasts of Great Britain nearer than three miles , or perhaps five — Newcastle Chronicle . T , he NoiiTU of Enqlanx ) Collieries . —The strike of the . colliers , now nearly general in the north-of England , has begun to bear some of its natural fruit . In the neighbourhood of Barnsley , in South Lancashire the workmen of the Oakes Colliery have been on strike for seventeen weeks , and their places have been partly filled by hands got from a distance . On Friday night these latter were attacked by a number of strange col-Hers who had come into the place . Much havoc was committed , but no serious injury was done . .

      Manchester Atiik-vj 2 Um . — The soiree of the Manchester Athenamm , to be held in the Free Trade Hall on Thursday , the 21 st of October next , gives promise of equalling in its display of literary talent those of former year 3 . Lord John Russell will be supported bv Professor Aytoun . The Hon . Judge HuliUurton , Dr . Charles Mackaj-, Mr . George Cruikshank , Viscount Goderich , Mr . Monckton Milnes , Lord Ebury ., General Sir Harry Smith , the members of Parliament for the district , and other eminent men have also promised to attend . Foreign View of English Afiaiks . —The Kord gravely asserts that " the report of Mr . Disraeli leaving the Cabinet is untrue . His qualities as a speaker reader his presence in Parliament highly important , and , therefore , he is to be appointed Governor-General of India . " (! . )

      SruiiGEON ' s New Taukrnacle . —Mr . Spurgeon informs his friends and the public that he ha . * signed an agreement for a freehold site opposite the Elephant and Castle , Soutliwark , for the purpose of erecting a spacious edifice , iu w ^ iich the thousands who ' listen to him may be accommodated with every , convenience for worshipping God as Particular Baptists . The sum to be paid for the land is 5000 / . The edifice will necessarily coat many thousands for its erection ; and although the sura left in hand , with the numerous liberal promises of donations , will yield a - good sum , still " -the . congregation is to continue ! in its efforts to effect so desirable uu object .

      Public DrinK-ixc ; Fountains . —The late mayor of Chester , Peter Eaton , Esq ., an extensive brewer there , has placed ' . his own expense , in different i * rts of the town , public drinking fountains , a neat bowl being attached to each fountain for the convenience of drinking . This supply of pure water has been found of great advantage to tbe working classes in the city . The corporation of JSunderland are erecting public drinking fountains in their borough . Those which are fixed against the walls are made of cast iron enamelled on tho inside , in shape somewhat . similar to those at Liverpool ; tbe design is exceedingly neat . Eight fountain * are at present in course of erection , but the number will shortly be increased . The cost of each fountain is about 5 / . Steamers for the Ganges . —Messrs . I ! . Stephensott and Co . have in hand . six boats for tho navigation of

      the Ganges , of similar construction and dimensions to that launched at Messrs . Mitchell and Co . ' s yard a few days ago , except that they will be entirely built of steel , and will be litted with " engines . » f our hundred and seventy horse-power , and are calculated to draw two feet water-when light and four feet'with the heaviest loa < 1 . —A " c tvcastle C' / t ron iclc . Cuciucai ,. —Tho IJev . II . G . S . Bhmt has been presented by the Duke of Buocleu . ; h to the ruetory ot ^ tot . Andruw , Holborn , vacant by the resignation of the Kev . J . J . Toogood . Tho income exceeds 10007 . Uio Kev . John Back has been presented by tho abovc-iinmeo nobleman to tho rectory of St . Goorgo tho » lati 3 Queen squnre , vacant by the resignation of the Kov- . ' *• Short , on being presented to the rectory of . Uaiuinno , Montgomeryshire . Juhn G . Hubbard , Es «| ., nns commenced tho ' erection of a new church , to cost 10 < 7 ; "J Buldwin ' s-place , parish of St . Andrew , Holborn , and bm nominated tho Uev . T ? Hanley Ball to bo tho Jiwt

      incumbent . iVnd-Dki . 'ai . catioxs in Parochial Accounts . — -on ««« nesdav , nt a special meeting of tl 10 Vustry oi & t . i « w eras , a statement was made in reference to the «•>»""' . tion of tho paroohial funds , tho disclosures tlmt «« already taken place exhibiting at least in ono lliatu " \ defalcations to n considerable amount . J || OC ,, " had their books takon from them , and thoy wore oiu »™ / suspended from performing tlioir dutios until tlio » n hud been invo » tigntod . Out of the eight coUoctoiJ » were exonerated from any eorlous error w f " , counts , but In tho enso of the other two , one naa " doteetcd in defalcations to tlio amount oi ^« m » " ' of other wa « backward in bis accounts to the « 11101 " . about 200 / but ho mndo the ilollolonoy by ' « I ' uoout uui inline i ¦¦*

      ., up | ZUW ,, no up »« « u »""'"" , ' nlnco allowed upon tho vestry being apprised in tho hi * m of tho surloiiH nnpoot of atMrn . Tho tlfliii I ' J entered to bo uIaiuIddcU , nml bin pui-oiIoh nyi uu " mako up tho loss the pnrlali li" < l sustained , but ihi . inltteo onine to no clotlnltu resolution up "" l " ° of the othor collector . ,, . follows , T , ins Nisw-Mki . hwi , Act . — A mooting of tl c . kiw of the lioy « l Cwllogi ) of Physicians whs hum ai uw

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 2, 1858, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02101858/page/10/