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      Amk1h0an Notes. This American Congress C...

      Pettit , a senator from Indiana , having been charged some time since by Colonel Beriton with being " a liar and a dirty dog , " regaled the Senate with , a written reply , in which he called Old Bullion , a " falsifier of the truth , " « ' imbecile dotard , " " thief , " " beast , " and many similar epithets . In the House they do things better . Mike Walsh and Seward of Georgia had a fair round . Seward called Mike a u vagabond , " and Mike retorted that' Seward was a "liar ; " Seward gouged Mike ' s nose and punched his cheek in reply , and Mike hit back again in Ids torn . At this , stage members thought the fight had gone far enough , arid order was restored .

      Advices from San ErandseO to the 15 th of . July State that steamers had left with nearly 2 , 000 , 000 dollars on freight . Fires had occurred at San Francisco causing damage to the amount of 200 , 000 dollars ; Sacramento , : 400 , 000 dollars ; Columbia , 500 , 000 dollars ; Minesota , 52 , 000 dollars . A large quantity of wheat had been also destrdyed by fire . At New Orleans , on the 4 th , a fire 'broke our , and destroyed 1 , 000 , 000 dollars worthof property . Meeli of the property was insuredin the London and Liverpool and Royal Insurance offices . ; . ; . Captain Holliris left ( ireytown ; Lieutenant JoUy proclaimed rnaTtial : law , and had-. demanded a cannon taken frontx Greytb % n and alleged to bes her ; Majesi ; y ' s property . The Espiegle had- rc ; inforced the Bertmida . ;> v . . . ;• . '¦ . . ¦' '"; . . . : " : ¦ ¦ ' . ' ' - - , :... ' . . : ¦ ¦ : ' ' .. ¦

      4 800 The Leader. [Saturday,

      4 800 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

      :.; ¦, .. -K\ Railway Accidents. ¦ ' ¦ ....

      :. ; ¦ , .. -K \ RAILWAY ACCIDENTS . ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ : v ' ' :. ' ¦ AST intiviesfc ' was held ^ ori ' Morid ay ; a ' tlsKngton , to ihijiire low JolinAllen ,-a ^ engine-driver <> n the Northu London ; i ? aUr way , came by his ; deatb . On . itlie lit'h instant , ; it will be rememberea , a fearful collision took place on the ? line near to Highbury , -v A goods train lof forty ^ three trucks - had started from : Hayd < 6 iirEquare , . drawn ' - ! by two , engines . ; Tlie night ¦ was danip and the : rjiils ' slippery , ind-therejwas a lealc iu the tank of one engine that ? by dripping on the driving wlieelsheightenedtlie retariiliiig effectofthe ; devi \ . The ; train ^ tpppedjnear Hi ^ hbUiy , and ' $ : was found that both engines Vrere dre . adfiilly in' want of . \ vaterl They unhooked , accordinglyy arid set off one after the other to purrip in water . The , heavy trucks , left'to thernseiveS on iin . 'inclinej ran backitfard ; ¦ and a passengei-train coming tip dashed into :. them , in which collision John Allen Vaskineq . But how did tie accident' arise ? ¦ Several witnesses were examined ^ -MeSvitt and > Braitlrwaite , the driyrers . , ; : Mr . Glmbb ; : the manager ; $ Ir . 3 Iartin ? , a civil engineer '•; \ V . iSuggeyi » breaksmani ' . j . and other . s ; From tlie cvidencyjt . ' would' st emythat the engines were " not equal to the \ veiglit they wertf required to proper , and that lUfeir water ha < 3 nearly rim out . ; . ; Mr > 'ilaytirj said the steiirrv-pow . erwas adequate 5 he had driven an engine drawing a greaterty eight . ' . Tii ' e breaks ought to" have been jut . tightly on , TCho Coybtier , Mr ; Wakley , seemed'to tliiriR that the cause ofth-e acpiden ^ was-inacrutjablc : ; ; and tlie jury agreed in . finding a verdict of accidental death ; but it seems plain-from the evidence that the causes of the accident \ v " ere , want of sufficient steam-power , a leaky engine , the want of a sufficient interval bet ween the trains , and the neglect to jut on tlie Ireaks , . ' . ., ' ., ¦ .

      On the Dover and Brighton raihyays there was ii sad catastrophe on Monday . An excursion train left . 'Doyer in the morning for the Crystal Palace .. All went Well until it came to Croydon , when it vyas seen that there wasan , engine taking water on the same , l . i . iie of rails , A coljision , was ini-ravoidable , although the b ' aliast engine bolted off as hard as it could . The corisequenceiof the collision was that five Cur- - riagets wero smashed ; the . enginp was turned over ; and ' one carriage rolled into a great pit , doing deadly work upon , its inmates . There were seven : ijVp irieil 3 ied almost immediately ; atliird was sevcrelyinjured ; two women had each a

      lcg . broB ; eii , 0110 woman both lqgs .-,. ' and a tonrfcu was greatly injured . ' One of the men killed was a clergyman of the church oFEriglarid—the Key . W \ Willes . JHq had only been uinme ' d Bis weeks . The cngine . 'lfolonging to the 'balladt trucks , and which it is alleged has caused tine mischief , bejpnfts , aa well as the ballast trucks themselves , to tho London and Brighton and SouthCoast line , 'and the engine rind excursion train are the property of the London arid South-eastern Company . The engineer belonging to the- latter attributes the sad accidohfc to the conduct of the on ^ oer of the other , line in taking out his engine at Buch a tuno . to take in water , while the / latter attributes 1 the blamo : to the extraordinary speed and rion-obserynncQ of signals of the former , .,, ( ,,

      An inquiry into , the , Crioydon nceidont \ yna begun in tjie Soutliwark "l >> wn-hall , before JSlv . Coroner l ny ' ne , on Th ^ rar day , ' Tho « liief question upoii whicli the ovidenco touqhod had regard to the uao ; oftlio sJgnalsi ; hut , the inquiry 4 Wft 3 not completed , « nd stands adjourned till Monday , , ; ,

      Pe^Tifio Atiss Fo^ . The First Examinati...

      PE ^ TIFIO ATISS FO ^ . The first examinations by the Deparlmont of Science- and Art of' Candidates for Mastershi p in Local Schools of Art . have just been concluded « t Marlborough House . Tho onndidates were examined in geometry , jperarMictiyo , meclmilictU drawing , and elementary colouring , hiivingto perform exor . clses fn a limited tiino 5 t « ey wore nlao required to produce various worKa in these aat'jccts , executed during tlio p .-mt ycflr , , Tito following obtained cortUicatea : — 'TLJ . AndorHon , T . Arthur , W . J . U ^ cor , § . BorJ ^ nslmw , A . N , J ^ rook , , } , } CJhovalior , A . Cole , J . D , Orooino . Sr Elton , J . V . FiiuiU " , J . P . Fussell , G . Gill , W . T . GrilfithH , H . U . Hagrcen , J . tkaly , 'I ' . Holmes , J . Kemp , W . A . Kinnebroolc , J . 0 . LnnchowicK , 11 . JE . Lyne , W . Muckloy , 0 . 0 . Jt'yno , II . Unfter , , T , V * . Riohardaon , G . Kyloa , J . F , Smooth , J . iK Sturtovmit , . T . 0 ., Cwallow , 0 . Swinatcud , J , U . Tliompaon , U . Tuctor , M Walker , J . White , M , Wigaell , nnd Q-1 \ YciUh .

      Continental Notes. The Telegraphic Despa...

      CONTINENTAL NOTES . The telegraphic despatches of yesterday report some facts and some rumours . There" seems no doubt now but that the Austrians entered "VVallachia on the 20 th . The whole corps of occupation will have passed the frontier by the 23 rd . " Two brigades debouched from Hermannstadt and another brigade from Kronstadt . " Bucharest , Krajova , and Lesser Wallachia will be occupied " The advanced guard , will reach Bucharest on the 5 th of September . ¦ " Three brigades of the army of Count Coronini are preparing for a similar movement into Moldavia . " From Constantinople the latest dates are , to the 14 th ; and the following reports have been telegraphed : •—Sixty thousand

      men have embarked for Sebastopol . On the lO . th mst ., at seven o ' clock in the evening , a great fire broke out at Varna . One hundred and eighty houses were totally destroyed , with a great quantity of provisions belonging to the French army . The- fire which broke put on the 10 th inst . is supposed to have been the . work of incendiaries * and several Creeks have bc jcn arrested on susprcion . Slany houses . wei-o destroyed , as well as some military stores and magaziqes .. The cholera , was on the decline ; bat the first battalion of Eifles , the 20 th regiment , and the C 3 rd regiment , all of which are in the Bospliorus , have lost men from the pest . The Bay of Varna was filled with Vessels of all sOtts , to the . number of 50 ( 1 ; and a large fleet of transports bad been assembled sit Baltsehik . ..... .

      . ^ u , mer 6 us ., flat-bottprned . hoats ,- for tlielanding of t ^ roops and lieavy gups , had arrived ' at ootli places . AlJ the English and . Freneh transports had left for the Black Sea , wijtli pontoons and other rnaterials of war . Ten thousa , Hd Turkisb troops have embanked , for the same Sestin ' ati ' Qii , which is at pi'eserit unlchpwri . , " . . '¦ '" '¦' . '¦' ¦ ¦ . ' ' : ;• ¦¦ ' ' ,. . ; , A band of Caucasian mountaineers , commanded by a son of Schamyl , have made a / razzia into the province of Tiflrs . They have sacked : seyeral " p races , ^ iit " s 6-7 ie people " death ; and carried off a ; gehe ' riil'fe wife' and a Princess Qrbelian , " her sisteri Theliews caosefl a p ' am ' fe at Tiflis . ' " Tjie ,. ¦ Constantinople , e (? rrespondient of the Lloyd says , ia reference : to the army , of Kars , that Kourschid Pacha ( Gerieral Guyon ) , In a c ' onimunicatjqn . of the 25 tli ulti to the SeraskKr ; of J & r ^ ^ gafiiiii onlcers of this army , and gives the . following extract in reference thereto : — - W ¦ ¦ :-., ¦¦ - * . ¦ " , '¦ _ ' ^ Had I ^ been free ' .. la -my ; operajtioiisXs ^^ ^ neral Guyon ) ' — . had not these ignoraiit ^ and •; stupid ! *! hiigr & nt '' officers continually intrigued— - i . sfi 6 uithiiave jidvance'd % eelcs back into ( 1

      v , , the RuSiiT !! f # ter ! n ' t * iy £ s »^^^ tbf &/ Eui 5 i : iiis : >^ uld , not have had time tp collect tU | ir '' m ^ esi-Jt ' - J ^ t ^^ jt ^ i ^ - ^ vr- fy ^ oriis ; but this eternal inactivity 6 f pur comrriilnderiin-chief , who seeBis tp adopt the coiinse-ls'of ^ ilr ^ thosie ' . who wptiJ < V . dissuade hini from undertaking aiiy energetic measuresj Porces me to speak openly to ¦ ¦ yij . ui * Excellency . ¦ So long as Zarlf Pacha is at the Jiead of this fine army , and so -long as these Polish arid Hungarian ! officers . remain hero , there is not the shadow of a hope of a , ttaek juj ^ ar \ d conquering an' fi ' nemy whose forces are daily > iitovasing ; in-streriglh ' . '? '• This communication of General Guyon , it appears , has had the desired effect : \ , The' correspondent Says that Zarif PaclJa wn ' s to be recalled , and those officers dismissed who interfered with the operations of the Turkish army . At the datp of his letter ( tho 7 th ) , Count Mafire was en route for Kars , where his mission is the settlement of these dismissals , and the ' . reformation of the Turkish general . staff . The KussiahsVe ^ orb a , victory over the arihyofKars , with great Jqss to tho latter in life , prisoners , . arms , and baggage . ' It needs ; confirmation .

      The Cholera Is' Raging At Adrinnople. Th...

      The cholera is' raging at Adrinnople . The French forces intended for that city . have been ordered to return to Gal-. l ' moli . , : i ' ¦ . . Forty' thousand Russian troops are said to be encamped roundTtiebastopoU ¦ < < . ; i .:-i . 1 > ¦¦¦••• \ Ve have . telegraphic advices from Stockholm , with newu from JtJomarsund ot tho 21 st . , Several British steam line-of-baule ships and steam frigates ,, and several French war ships of tho same classy havesailed in a south-eaaterly dh'ection , as if going / to Uangp or Sweaborg . The cholera 3 s bad at Aland . Wo arts told that tho whole fortress is blown up and abandoned , but this needs confii'rnation . . , . , / Tlie British Minister , Mr . Mngenis , had an interview with the King 6 f Sweden on tho 21 st .

      J&Rom Spain The News This Week Is Not Im...

      J & rom Spain the news this week is not importAnt . Tlicre are French reports of idissonsions among the chiofa , \> M $ they do not appoar on the surfaco . ' At a recent dinner given by thopreSBof Madrid " to tho MiHidtws , ' ¦ General' San Miguel mndo . tliq follvwing t > pcpohr ~ - , , ! , , , ; . , i ,,,,. , " pehtlcmen , ~ Asan old . jpurna ^ ist , myBolf , nnd aa tho patriarch of joiirnaliam , unfortunately ^ by my advancedagp , I drink to a tree press , I drink , gentlemen , to an inBlitU " tufipn yvliiclx neither irons , jnorli > w ; 8 , nor transpoictiUiori , nor exUo can destroy—( J > ravo h'avoj )~\_ A voice i ' Long live General Sim Aii

      preHq lias no other corrective than the pros . - * itself . { Bravo ! l TrueJ ') Tho ' prea'A has no other corrective / than itself , tho good sonso of tho public , nnd public education . It la only by Una that tho piesa w olifVHjted nnd KrpJtt . This is what wo boo in England , the clasaio country of liberty . A free press ia n pre ^ s Uiut thinks , a press that JulmimstorH , « pru « s tltqt does tho work of diplomacy ; it is , in a word , a grci ) b social kvor . ) vhich aotn upon the interests of thestnto . Geiltltjincii , I flutter myself that tho epoch we hfivo all wiohe'd to huo for the prosa , had now arrived , d Fes , yeah I hope , thp profis will bo founil wottliy of Uu liigU mi & aion , that jvurnulista will t \ q exerciao their c « ljing , tUufc they may bo Bdpplicatod to continue iu tlio porfprmaneo of tl | dr ojxftlted fil « lc . Mmvo been 11 jotnimlmt In ' lih ) c 8 of daricor nnd rcyolt , mid to hnvo been w journalist ia for mo tlio brightcut

      recollection of my life ; it is the title on which I most pride myself . I drink then to a free press , to a noble press , which does not descend to vulgar things , which condescends not to insults and personalities , to the press which respects the secrets of families . { Thunders of applause . ) I drink , finally , to the men of this noble priesthood who have invited us to this liahquet , wliich will be famous , because it will inaugurate a new era , m which tlie free and independent press of Europe will show to the entire world that there afe in Spain journalists who know how to write , to think , and to interest themselves in the public cause . ( Innnense applause !) Several journalists approached to embrace the venerable general .

      The German Governments Seem To Be Pohtel...

      The German Governments seem to be pohtelv quarrelling . Austria addressed a circular to the German ( Jovernments , calling upon them to preparefor mobilising a portion of their contingents ; Prussia , irritated at not having been consulted , sent off a circular eight daysilater , in an opposite sense , 'line Kreutz Zeitimi ) corroborates fullyithe ' se assertions by publishing the following as the four principal points of the" Prussian circular . — _ ^ u " Prussia cannot conceal her surprise at the proceeding of Aiistr iay and has no intention whatever of laying before the Diet any such proposition' for mobilising federal troops . ' = l \ 2 . She does not consider that there exists anything in the treaty of April that comprises such pbTigatipJi . ¦ * ' 3 ; : Sne has not augmented her own cavalry and artillery in conseqneu . ee of obligations ; - but because it suited her own

      Views . - ' ¦ .: ¦• ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ : ¦ ¦ .: ¦ :, . ••• . . . . ¦¦ ¦ . . _ ,. ¦ ' . .- . ¦¦ - " 4 . Pru'ssia . ' s envoy at the Diet wilt lay before the Diet such documents as relate to the matter , and demiind a resolution in conf 6 rrnity '' with the views of his' Goyernmerit . " -The Eastern / question is ¦ i j . ow before ., the Diet . '<¦' . It appears tliat Austria and Prussia laid all dpeutnants , ' iricltiding their last notes , . sent on tlie iOih and i ; 4 tli' to ; . St ; Petersburg , before the Diet at its nieetfxig of the 17 th . Prussia acconjspanied her cdmrnnnicatioa by observing , ^ that , the note which Bhe had addressed to the , Russian . Cabinetfpn the ; 14 th , in support of that of Austria ^ was in her pwh name -oxblusivery ^ and dictated by , a deisire for peace atone , > and not the reSiilt of any . obligations ; These , acts were referred to the committefc of the Diet charged with such matters ,, under un arinouncernent that the German Powers regarded the'evaeuatibn of the Principalities as a , morneritdus step gaiiied to . yards the r ^ establishmtent of peace . ; ;

      . , ;¦ . ' . ;. ¦ .. . ¦ ¦ ; -¦ The Qolt...

      . , ;¦ . ' . ; . ¦ .. . ¦ ¦ ; - ¦ THE qOlTBT . . . . .. ¦ . ¦;¦ The doings of Hier Iklajesty during -the week have been . suQaqiently . regal . On Monday a . drive to Garisbxooic : with the Maharajah Dulecp Singh , and the Duke of Newcastle ; on Tuesday the laughable experiments with the Arr 0 w : serew '; sld ^ p- ; on . Weclnesday Prince Albert's birthday ^ ; Dinner was provided at 3 o ' clock on fjlie lawn near the house ; uri'der ; mard _ uee ? t ' -ibr upwards of " 450 persons , and shortly after that hour the wf hole <) f tlie labourers employed on the' Osbprne estate , the- Seamen ainl

      mariues of the JJoyal yachts , the detachment of infahtrjy and tlie / rrinity-house" and Go ' ast Grfard men doing : duty at Bast Cbwesy sat , ¦ ilwvii . " Her Majesty and Prince Albert , acconipanied : by the Royal children and Maliarajilh . Duileep Singh , walked through tho ¦'' different . marquees and gave orders for dinner to cominence . At lialf-past 4 ^ dancing and rustic . gnnies were begun , and were carried on with great ; spirit till near dark in ; the presence of the Queen and , Royal Party , including the Duchess of Kent ., ,, . , .. . . .... ¦ ¦ ... ¦ • . ¦ . , ¦ ...

      To-day Mr . Albert Smith will , at the invitation of her Majesty , exhibit the " ascent of Mont J ? ljmc" to the same humble guests of royalty as partook of Wednesday ' s fete .

      Miscellaneous. Lord Kadd'o, The Son Of T...

      MISCELLANEOUS . Lord Kadd ' o , the son of the Karl of Aberdeen , has been elected member far Abcrdc'enshirO , in tho room of his uncle , Admiral Gordon . Lord Duncan has oftcred himsolf for thp scat in Forfnrshiro , vacant by ' tlio death of Colonel , Maulo . Mr . W | itson and Mr . Seymour have been elect « d for Hull . A statute to the Duke of Wellirigfon is to bo set up at Pr ' ecbn . It is stated that within a few hours of the rctufn for the boroughs of Bnrnstnplo , Maldon , and H ^ l , Mr . Edwin Jamc 3 r Q . Q ,, > yaa rptainod in support of petitions ajjainst the returns , upon thogrouiid of corrupt practices hi » V | ipg procured such retiinjs , and to defend the seats of tho aitting members for tho borpugli of Oambridgo , against a petition thrcntoiud by tlip conservative pnrty in thaj ; to ) vn . Lord John RnHBc . U is living , iu retirement at tho Lakes .

      Iho Globe , ot buturdny , announced th ^ t Mr . Lfiwky hftd only been contained tqm » pprnrily in hid p 6 st ns pr ivate secietary to Mr . Gladstone , and that he ia po no longer . Queen Victoria cannot , ifc seems , go tp Liv « rpoul , to open St . George ' s Hall , ' polities being top unsettled , nnd Prince Albert having decided toga to St . Omar , to witness the grout miiiioouvrcs tfiat will take , place , J here nqjtt month . It is stilted that tho ulto c | to »())> up (» n . wiiioh to carry out Lllia imtgniiicent undortt ^ king is tljo lawn iu front of tlie ltoyul'Publih Socicty-howc , McrrionrBquarc . Tho buihlng la to con » it » t of , two extensive wing » , running in parnllul lines nt the extreme vorgo of tho , hiwn . on , « Hlior s ' ulo , nnd terminating ut the Dublin Socioty-hgu . so , ono « vf whieli will l > o avt npnrt for a National G « lji : » y , »\ nd t |> , o othor na « Natioiml Maseurn , With this object , J MU-, 8 \ # nw Herbert , M . I ' ., lms granted a new Icivao to tlio l ) ublin dofljq ' ty foic 1 ) 1 ) 9 yours , nnd the Dublin Society will grunt- n Niinilivr loaae t (» tho t » u » tccs « nd directors ol ' thq-Natjp » al GaUory ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 26, 1854, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26081854/page/8/