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      , Mr. Dallas On Tiie Tltansatlarntic Ele...

      Commons . To , this , Mr . Boebuck replied by reminding the company that lie had spoken highly of the Duke in the House , and had stated bis belief that he was made the scapegoat of the Government ; in consequence of which opinion , he ( Mr . Roebuck ) had been accused ofwhat , it was said , was unusual with him—being illogical , and he had made a promise , which he intended to keep , neyer to praise a man again . j Tie most striking speech of the evening was that of Mr . Dallas , who thus alluded to the electric telegraph about to be laid down between the United States and Groat Britain 2— " You have' probably heard already that the irresistible and insatiable cupidity of my countrymen — ( laughter ) — is a ~ bout undertaking a daring exploit of annexation , an annexation that will at once embrace these islands-

      —( Joud lauffhtery—anA . must , with , a march -as rapid as civilization , ultimately include all Europe , Asia , and Africa . I have actually in my possession , a piece of chain recently forged to bind these three venerable continents to the fresh one of Columbia . { Cheers and laughter . ) We see in the Far West that you possess and accumulate treasures that -we covet and most have . The hourly invention of your genius—the discoveries of your explorers on the earth or in the heavens- —the numberless additions made to the comfort and happiness of the human racethe schemes of your commerce—every step onward or retrograde in morals , in jurisprudence , in the press , even in finance , in the stocks—we must lave them alL ( Chesra and laughter . ') We must have them . "We must nave them as quickly as yourselves . ( Cheers . ) "We

      are aware , gentlemen , that there is not in the wing of the carrier pigeoa strength enough for this ; that steam is too wretchedly slow for our impatience ; but the submarine electric cable with one grapple at St . John ' s , Newfoundland , and the other at Valentia , in Ireland , resting for 1700 miles securely and indestructibly in the eurrentless depths of the Atlantic , will have realized and achieved all the ends of oui ambition , and riveted an annexation infinitely more wonderful , and infinitely more praiseworthy , than that of Texas or of © ude . QCheers . " ) I shovdd not , geatlemen , have indulged in this flight , even to beguile you for a few moments , were I not perfectly satisfied that the established fact from which it has sprung is no longer disputable . * Our two

      countries—tltf dominions of her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America—though separated by stormy seas thousands of miles in width , will , in the coarse of the coming year , so to speak , le drawn by the aid of a magical machinery and science within conversational distance . ( Cheers . ) The preliminary soundings were perfected a few days ago at the termini at one end . and the otter of this great artery of sympathy and of thought . I wish it were now in operation . And -why ? Because , gentlemen , I would instantly illustrate its most glorious , adaptation to the promotion of goodwill among men in distant places , by sending your toast to-night and giving you before you rose from this table a fullhearted American response . "

      The speech of Mr . Boebuck concluded with some observations on America in response to this . He said that Englishmen and Americans ought always to live on friendly terms , but that , being free nations , they ought not to object to mutual criticism . " If the Americans choose to find fault with us , we shall accept their criti-« isin , but we shall reciprocate the benefit by finding . fault with them . " America , being a young country , had not acquire ! that sort of pride -which makes an old nation , like England careless of what is said of it : he wished she had . England and America reciprocate benefits ; but "let not the Americana deprive us of the greatness that belongs to us . Let them be freo and frank descendants of England . Let them honour the root from which they have sprung . If they are great , we are great . I believe that they are destined to be a great people . "We are that already . "

      868 The Leader. [No. 338, Sajurday,

      868 THE LEADER . [ No . 338 , Sajurday ,

      Accidents And Sudden Deaths. A Braotjiia...

      ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A BraotjiiAit and very serious accidont has happened at the plant works of the Great Northern Railway at Doncaster , to a lad named Holden . Ho was standing near a large revolving wheel , which was going round at the rate of 1800 revolutions a minute , when a hugo splinter of oak , six inches in length , which the wheel throw off , struck him violently in the face , piercing his check , and planting itsolf firmly in his jaw-bone . Notwithstanding the immonso pain ho suffered , the lad did not faint , but was able to call for assistance . Several of his fellow workmen came to his aid , and used their utmost endeavours to extract the piece of wood , but in so doing , it snapped close to Holden ' s faco . Finding it impossible to extract tho remaining portion , Holden was taken to a surgeon , who , by means of a strong pair of jeweller ' s pincers ( his ordinary implements having proved un-¦ "Tj ^ tog )* succeeded in withdrawing the remnant of tho Bpuatw . "Violent hemorrhage immediately succeeded , ? h «? Bil PPltMa < "l by proper medical treatment , and mTtw now P «> B «» 8 U » g very favourably . ^ JnM ^^ /* ° * K « n i a gentleman of property in the SSJSSfr * ** J « V * Ty < Wl . has been killed by a HS S Sir ^ - » S ^ - « =-? 1 Siawa 5 ao lert . About half a mile below the Taff Vole station .

      at a place called Brandy-bridge , is an old parish , road crossing the railway , but there are no gates on either side to prevent the public crossing at all seasons . In endeavouring to go over the line , tho horse was caught by the engine of a train from Cardiff , and both the animal and its rider were instantly killed . On the engine being stopped , and a search being made along the line , the remains of horse and man were discovered , fearfully mangled , and scattered piecemeal for a considerable distance . _ ; James Cole , lately a waiter at an hotel in Bond-street , but more recently a hop-picker in the hop districts , has been burnt to death on the farm of Mrs . Mary Cole , Broughton Blonchelsea . The room in which he was sleeping caught fire , and he perished in the Sanies .

      A fatal accident has occurred at one of the Sheffield Coal Company ' s pits at Birley Tale . A man of the name of Hugh Bach was at the mouth of the pit , letting down some iron pipes for the watercourse , when the rope brok e , and Bach was precipitated to the bottom . The pipe struck another man , who Trias stationed at the bottom , and knocked him into some "water , where he was in all probability suffocated . Bach , was got out as speedily as possible , but he lies in a very precarious state . : ¦'¦ ¦ . . .. ' ¦ ; ' ; ¦¦ ¦ ' . "' . A boy , eight years old , was bathing in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal , on Saturday , when he sank in the mud out of his depth . James Brodrick , a pointsman employed on the Lancashire and Yorkshire lUilway , dived in several times , at the risk of his own life , with the hope of saving the boy . After a quarter of an hour ' s exertion he succeeded in finding the body , but life was quite extinct .

      A small sailing-boat was swamped by a steamer off the Ross of Kirkcudbright a few days ago , and six persons , two of whom were women , were thrown into the water . After struggling for some time , they were rescued by the boats of the steamer , in a state bordering on exhaustion , and they are now doing well , -with the exception . of one , who it is feared will not recover . The devotion of one of the women in supporting ler husband at the risk of her own life , excited the deepest sympathy in those who witnessed it . . Extensive improvements are being made in Blyth harbour , Northumberland , with a view to improving it as a shipping place for coal . On Monday , a number of men were employed swinging a barge , which tad been taking in mud from the dredger . She was lopsided , from having too much ballast on one side , and , getting into the tide , she upset . Thirteen men were plunged into the water , and every effort ^ vas made to rescue them ; but few of them could swim , and four were drowned .

      Fires. Three Fires Broke Out In The Metr...

      FIRES . Three fires broke out in the metropolis during the night of last Saturday . The principal of these occurred at Rutland Wharf , Upper Thames-street , a pile of buildings situated on the banks of the river , and extending about fifty feet landwards . They were in the possession of Messrs . Green and Sedgwick , cornfactors , and many thousand pounds' worth of com has been destroyed . In the course of the night , a city policeman , passing along Blackfriars Bridge , perceived large volumes of redcoloured smoke issuing from one of the windows of the warehouse : he gave the alarm , and roused all the persons likely to be endangered by the flames . A large number of engines from various stations speedily arrived , and poured a copious stream on the building ; but it was not till the steam floating engino on the river could be brought to bear , that the adjoining premises were placed out of danger . Under the influenco of this vast and

      unceasing flow of water , the flames gradually diminished ; but the fire continued to smoulder during the whole of the following day . Several hundred quarters of grain were washed into the river , and many boatloads wero gathered up by watermen and lightermen : these they would have taken away and sold , liad it not been for tho services rendered by the Thames and City police . Thq fire at one time ignited tho covoring of a vessel filled ¦ with grain , but the flames wero soon extinguished . Much damage was done to tho cargo by the flames , but moro by the water . Tho floating-engine had jasfc ceased working when the greater part of the waterside frontago fell into tho Thames , cutting the end off one of tho barges and burying another . In the course of the operations conducted by the fire-brigades , a man fell off tho wharf into tho river , but was speedily rescued by tho Thames police . Insurances in three offices will cover at least a portion of tho loss .

      Another very serious conflagration broke out on premises occupied by Mr . Stonolam , carriage-builder and proprietor , Bedford-street , Upper Soymour-streot , Euston-square . Aftor several hours , tho firemen succeeded in extinguishing tho flanaos ; but tho harnessmakers' workshops and contents wore destrWd , tho painters' shops , with their stock-in-trade , were ~ consumed , tho stabling was burnt down , and tho storerooms wore nearly gutted . The establishment wns insured . Tho third fire was at a loatlier cloth manufactory , in Paragon-place , Now Kent-road , nearly facing the Elephant and Castle . Tho persons residing in tho neighbourhood , who wero all very poor people , fled procipatoly in their night-clothes . Tho conflagration was subdued in about two hours , but not until four thousand pounds' worth of property had boea consumed .

      AMERICA . Both Houses of Congress again adjourned on the 26 th ult ., without having adjusted their differences on the Army Appropriation Bill . Mr . Clayton introduced a resolution providing for the appointment of a joint select committee of seven senators and eleven representatives to take into consideration the disagreeing votes of the two Houses , with the view of arranging the details and settling the differences between them . Senator " Walker also introduced a measure embodying the 18 th section of the bill providing for the admission of Kansas into the Union , which repeals the last act , and the laws restrict ing the freedom of the press and the liberty of speech passed by the Territorial Legislature . Mr . Canipbell ' chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means ims prepared a new Army Bill , excluding the restrictive clause , and providing for the repeal of ' ' territorial aws of Kansas .

      Mr . Amy , a special agent from the Free Soil party of Kansas , has been in Washington for the purpose of soliciting the President for assistance against the proslavery advocates . In a document addressed to the Chief Magistrate , Mr . Arny states that " theNational Kansas Committee , located at Chicago , Illinois , lave received from the ' Central Kansas Committee' at Lawrence , Kansas , official information in regard to the preparation of citizens of Missouri and other States to drive out of the territory of Kansas , or murder , ' all the Free State settlers . ' " Unless the Federal Government interpose , Mr . Arny fears that a civil -war will break out " which will involve the whole North-West against the South . " The writer also encloses a semi-official account b

      y a Mr . Morrow , of the attack made by the Free-Soilers on the city of Franklin , -which , he says , was undertaken in self-defence , the pro-slavery menhaving organized a large force for the purpose of exterminating their opponents . Mr . Morrow proceeds : —" Tranklin was one of the dens of the ruffians ' . They occupied a blockhouse in the town . This blockhouse the Free State men attacked and carried on the night of the 12 th of August . They lost one man , killed—Edward Sackett , from Detroit—and two were wounded , and seven others were slightly injured . The ruffians , being strongly fortified , escaped ; onl y four were Wounded . They surrendered and were permitted to leave . The Fiee State men took sixty stand of arms , one cannon , powder , and a large amount of stores . The most of the arms had

      been stolen from Lawrence , and were identified ; there were a few United States muskets . The story of the St . Louis Republicanand other papers , in regard to the killing of the postmaster and robbery of mails , & c ., is untrue : not a building , not a citizen , nor the property of any citizen , was searched or disturbed . The assault was confined to the marauders' den ; it began there and ended there . " The slavery advocates , however , would seem not to be greatly discouraged by this reverse ; for Mr . Morrow adds that he is fully satisfied that Missourians , Georgians , and South Carolinians , are about to invade Kansas and destroy all the JFree State men . —Mr . Arny , on presenting these documents , endeavoured to obtain an interview with the President ; but General Pierce declined seeing him , on the plea of being excessively busy , but handed him over to his secretary , who appears to have given him no satisfactory assurances on the matters in hand .

      A meetingin favour of the Frc & Soilers has been held at St . Louis ; another in aid of tUe pro-slavery party is being organized in New Orleans . The disturbed condition of Kansas has been evinced in several skirmishes . Five hundred Free State ' men marched on what is called Colonel Titus ' s camp , near Lecompton , on the 16 th of August , and captured the party there assembled , amounting ; to twenty men , who defended themselves for some time from the log-houses , and wounded ton of the Free State party . Ono hundred United States Dragoons then interfered , to prevent . 'in attack on Lecompton ; on which , the Freo State men retired to Lawrence with their prisoners . On the following day , Governor Shannon , Major Sedgwick , and Dr Roderick , of Lecompton , went to Lawrence , to demand

      the release of the prisoners , which tho Free Soilera promised to perform , on condition of the men of their own party held by the authorities being given up , together witli the howitzers takon from Lawrence , and of all camps of armed pro-slavery men being diapered . An attack on Lecompton by tlio Free State men wns expected at the date of the last advices from that locality . It is said that tho Freo State men number two thousand in the territory , and arc preparing to fortify Lawrence in case a retreat to any particular point becomes necessary . Four hundred volunteers from Jackson county have entered Kansas . Lane ' s Regiment is said to be fortifying Wakinsa . Governor Drown ami others are still in tho custody of the Government troops . General Smith has ordered ull the disposablo forces up to Fort Leavcnwortli .

      1 ho American State Council of North Carolina has determined to recommend all the lodges of that stato to vote for Buchanan , instead of Fill moro , as the latter has no chance , and "it behoves the South to present a . united front in such a crisis as that she has now to i > nsa through . " California has not yet settled down into an onlorly stato . Tho San Francisco Vigilnnco Connnitteo is in full force , having made many additional urreata and executed two persona since tho departure of tho previous innil .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 13, 1856, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13091856/page/4/