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    are the . men of Boston to my constituents , the ladies of Bosrton . Twenty years ago , -when . I < was here amongst you , almost every young man had a svreebheart , nearly all the middle-aged gentlemen tad wives , and certainly all had mothers ( renewed laughter ); and I must say that not Mr . Ingram only , but the English nation , is indebted to the ladies of Boston for having produced sueh a fine collection of voters as I have now the honour to thank for the kindness ¦ with which they have listened to ihy remarks . " , It is always pleasant to see a recognition of the services of the press ; and more especially when , as on this -occasion , the representative of journalism is a gentleman who has clone much for the popularization of knowledge , taste , « nd liberal ideas , by the most largely-circulated and widely-welcomed of papers .

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    ACCIDENTS AND SUDDENDEATHS . Thomas Smith , a working man einployedin repairing a window in one of the upper stories of the Admiralty office , Somerset House , suddenly lost his . footing and fell on to the pavement of the yard beneath , a depth of sixty feet . He was taken immediately to the hospital , bu . t he died a few minutes after his admission . An iuquest was held , and a verdict of " Accidental Death " returned . A private in the 55 th Regiment has met with a very severe accident at the Farnborough station of the South Western Sailway . He was standing on the platform waiting to get into one of the carriages of the train to London , when he slipped and fell between the wheels of the engine . Both his legs were horribly mutilated , and he was conveyed to St . Thomas ' s Hospital *

    A . working man , named "Williams , was crossing- the Bristol and Birmingham branch of the Midland Railway at Mangotsiield , when he was knocked down by a passenger train , and , the wheels passing over him , he was instantly killed . The crew of the Norwegian steam corvette Nornen were recently firing from a vessel at a mark on the beach of the islaud of Osteroeu , when one of the guns , a 30-pounder , burst , and the splinters lulled on the spot the captain , M . Bonnevie , and the first-lieutenant , Baron de Finn-Wedeljarlsberg ; they also wounded five sailors , one mortally and the other four very seriously . The man who fired the gun escaped uninjured .

    An explosion took place early on Monday morning in the . West Bute dock , Cardiff , on board the Prussian barque Trederic Retzlafiy from a light taken by a coal trimmer tocommenee his work , which ignited a quantity of hydrogen gas escaping from the coal on bua-i-cl and confined by the hatches being down all Sunday . The vessel was blown into a complete wreck ; two of the crew w « re killed on the spot ; the mate of the Pandora ,. lying alongside , was killed by a portion of the wreck falling on his head ; and ten men were taken to the infirmary by an engine of the Taff ( Vale ) Railway Company . The

    tram was drawn by one engine , but immediately behind that were two ¦ ¦* dead ' engines , as they are ealled , < whieh only served to increase the weight of the train , without aiding in its propiflsion . The line from Blisworth-to Wolverton is on an incline , in descending which the engine became detached from the train and ran on without it for some distance . The driver then appears to have slackened speed , or to have reversed his engine , and the train , running down the incline with its own momentum , dashed into the enginej overturned one of the ' dead ' engines , knocked another off the rails , and committed great havoc among the carriages . The rails of both lines

    were twisted and dislocated for some twenty yards , the wreck and de'bris strewn about in all directions , and the telegraph communication on one side the line broken Pike , the fireman of the engine , who was seriously injured , was conveyed to a farm-house in the vicinity , and Jonathan Oscar , the driver , to a neighbouring cottage . The former has sustained a fracture of the left aim , together with severe injuries about the chest and on one of his legs . Oscar was scalded but not seriously . The fog was not dense at the time ; but it increased afterwards . The obstruction on the line owing to delayed trains was quite unparalleled .

    An explosion of fireworks , attended with fatal consequences , occurred at Raskcliffe , near Huddersfield , on the night of Friday week . John Shaw , a clotlidresser , has for years been in the practice of making large quantities of fireworks for sale , and was so engaged on the night in question , with his wife , son , and daughter , and his grandniece , aged seven ye ' ar 3 . They were « eated in a small room at the back part of the dwelling of Shaw , with two naked candles burning close to where

    the family were at work . A basin of water was placed for Shaw to deposit -the eon&Ie-snu'ffs into ; but a dreadful explosion occurred -from the snuff from one of the candles igniting some loose powder . Upwards of seventy pounds of powder and other dangerous articles used in the manufacture of fireworks were in the house , and the whole of the workers , except Mrs . Shaw , were burnt and otherwise injured by the explosion ; and tlie young girl was so seriously scorched , that she died the same evening . :

    A little girl , about seven years of age , daughter of Mr . Day , of the Angel Inn , Heckford-bridge , was sitting at work a few weeks ago , when she fell from her scat , and a pair of scissors which she had in her lap penetrated her chest . She rallied for some days , but one morning complained of a pain , in her chest , suddenly dropped down , and expired . The upper story of a warehouse at Tewkesbury , employed for the storing of wheat has fallen through , owing to two infirm beams which supported it suddenly snapping . 'A boy who was in the granary came sliding

    down on the top of the grain towards the door ; a man who was just leaving the room on the basement was struck violently on the arm , and driven out at the door by the force of the falling wheat ; and two other persons —one a proprietor and the oilier a labourer—were completely and instantaneously "buried . Blood was flowing from the ears of Mr . Rice , the proprietor , and , as he had been extricated from under a beam , it was plain that fracture of the skull had taken place . Newman , the labourer , Iiad evidently died from suffocation . The floor had about twenty-seven tons of grain upon it ; and this was heaped the highest about the centre of the room .

    A Highland shepherd , named Macleod , has been killed by falling down a steep precipice while endeavouring to rescue a sheep which had got to a place among the rocks from which it could not return . Macleod descended by means of a rope tied to his middle and guided by two men above ; but , on reaching the spot , he appears to have untied the rope and to have fallen together with the sheep . Both were killed . The man had been warned by his employer not to venture on so perilous an

    cnterpnzc . : The boiler connected with the blast engine at Dairy Ironworks exploded one day last week , and the bricks and other material used in fixing it in position were projected into a house situated at thirty-seven feet distance Live of the family wore injured , thrqe of them mortally . Theso were the mother , a son , and a daughter . The boiler was an old one which had been in use about thirteen years ; but it . had been , recently repaired . \

    Seven persons aro now lying in a dangerous etato in St . Thomns ' s Hospital , while many others are at their own homes suffering from severe wound * , arising from a collision which took place on Thursday night on the Greenwich Railway . The passenger up and down trains to London and Greenwich started , the owe at five minutes past nine and the other soniowhat later , whon , as the train from London was crossing the line to run into tho tevminuti at Greenwich , the self-acting points failed in their operation , and the consequence was that us the two trains wore running on the mime lino , a frightful collision took place . . Seven of tho passengers wore seriously injured ; but no lives were lost .

    first mate was blown into the dock and was got out of the water with difficulty ; the second mate was blown through the roundhouse on to the quay , and escaped with slight injury ; one of the crew was blown from his bed through the ship ' s side , and was found unhurt . The ship took fire , but the ilamos were soon extinguished . She remains , however , almost a wreck . The windows of the adjuceut houses were broken and blown 3 n , aud tlie shock , which was felt four miles to the westward of tlie town , was of such violenco that many persons thought it was an earthquake . An inquest has beeu opened , but is not vet concluded .

    The greater part of the water having been pumped out of tho flooded mine at the Bryn Mully Colliery , and tie chuko damp having been dispersed " , the bodies of three men and a boy , out of the thirteen persons submerged , have been discovered . A subscription has been commence ! for the families of the deceased , and a large amount La-J been already sont in . A very dense fog - which spread over the metropolis and other localities on Wednesday , mid lasted through tlie whole clay , caused the loss of several lives , ilanv

    persons m tho streets r eceived injuries from being knocked down and trampled upon by the horses . About ten o ' clock at night , a man carrying a lighted ilnmbenu was knocked down by a vehicle in ( he \ Y atcrlao-road , and was much hurt . Serious accidouts took place on the London and South-Western Railway . At Wimbludon , a man , who had been for some time employed as signnlznan , endeavoured to signal the eleven a . m . express down train , and was in the act of crossing tho metals , when tho engine of the train struck him on the lower part of the abdomen , hurlud him over the mils , and his body -was then forced a distance of at least '¦ fifteen viireh . The

    next fatul case was that of a man nmucd Watkius , who was employed at the points near the "Wnndsworth . stution . IIo was crossing the line to display the signals , um \ , not hearing the train approaching , was knocked down and instantly killed . Tho railway guunlB describe the fog ns having been more deneo than for some years puwt . Much damage has been done to tho river craft by collisions . J A collision of a singular character , being nothing loss than the running- of a train into its own engine , occurred during tho fog on the London and North-Western liuilway . The train consisted of about thirty wuggon . s , some of them heavily lndcn with iron , which left Birmingham tor London at ten o ' clock on Wednesday nftwuhu ? . This

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    New Jersey . The few returns from Ohio are faTottrable to the Republicans . The general intelligence from -California is -unimportant . Messrs . John L . B ^ n-fcee- and Charles 3 D . &and have been tried on a charge of piraey for -assisting in the removal of the State arms from on board the schooner Julia , in the harbour of San 5 Vanci 8 co , " during the reign of the Vigflants . The jury returned * verdict of acquittal after only five minutes' deliberation . A snit has been brought against the Panama Kadh-oad Company ¦ to recover 20 ^ 000 dollars damages for injuries-received by the accident of the 6 th of May last . A number of

    other persons were awaiting the result of the -action . Judge Terry has resumed Ms seat upon the bench . In Oregon , several engagements have occurred between . * he whites and Indians . A supply train , en-route to the camp at "Walla Walla , was attacked by about seventyfive Indians . The party escorting the train , on the-attack being made , unpacked their animals , formed a circular breastwork with the packs , huddled their animals together ; and defended themselves . The travellers , htmever , were obliged to fly , leaving their packs and several of their animals behind them , besides having three of their number wounded , and several of the beasts killed .

    An important scientific exploring expedition is bow on its way to the scene of its active labours . It is composed of Professor E . C . Francis , of Iowa ; Professor N . E . Moore , late President of the Iowa State Lyeeam of Natural History ; Professor Silthnan , son of Professor Sillhnan , of Yale College , and one or two other scientific g ^ tl ° . men . The object is a thorough exploration of the fauna , lioia , and geological character of parts of South America . ' ¦ . Many people are leaving Kansas for fear o £ famine . Another attack is expected from "ti > " ¦ Missouri Tuffians . " Governor Geary has caused to be arresi . " * « n& confined

    in Lecompton , on the charge of murder in tnt > JIJ"st . degree , one hundred arid seven Free State men ,-who a . 7 mostly under the charge of Colonel Titus . A party of Kansas emigrants , chiefly from Ohio , Illinois , aiid Wisconsin , to the number of about three hundred , including women and children , on arriving at Taber , Jowa , received intelligence of the approach of Governor Geary , with two hundred and fifty dragoons , to- oppose their entrance into the territory . They determined , however , to proceed on their journey till fired upon 5 and it w . as expected they would meet the troops at Little Nebraska River . There has been an election riot at a fire in Philadelphia , ending in . the death of a man .

    The news from Mexico has reference chiefly to revolts , conspiracies against Comonfort and the Government , and insurrections of the Indians . The New York Times announces that diplomatic relations have been suspendeel between . Great Britain and Mexico , in consequence of the failure of negotiations on Bacon , Forbes , and ; Co / s case . The Government has suspended payment on the Vera Cruz Custom House . Large sales of confiscated Church property have been made , and it is expected the Treasury will soon . be replenished . . A dinner has been given to Mr . Peabody at 'New York . One of the toasts was— " Great Britain . anil America—the beautiful mother and the more beautiful

    daughter . " Remarking on the banquet , the iii / KsTTar York correspondent writes : — " It is curious to see how the love of the mother country permeated the whole proceedings—filled the toasts , flavoured the speeches , and touched the audience . The flags of Britain and America drooped together from many a triumphal arch , their names were woven together in many a motto , tlie prayer for their hearty union formed the burden of many a speech and many a sentiment . One fact came out in one of the speeches which ought to have some interest tor British officials . It seems that when the second

    American Arctic Expedition was projected , Mr . Henry Gritincll ottered to Congress the use of his -vessels , if they would man and equip them , to proceed in search of the then unfound l'Vankliu . Mr . Peabody , anticipating the usual laxity of Congress , came forward with an offer of 10 , 0 U 0 dollars to lit out the expedition . The offer was not accepted at the time , Subsequently , however , application "was made to Mr . TCetmore ( Mr . Teabody ' s Mend ) to know if it was still good ; and on communicating with Mr . Peabody the money wasj > aid anil the expedition fitted out . "

    The extreme advocates of slavery "in tho South havo assumed a bold attitude , and taken . their stand upon entirely new ground . According to several quotations made by the Pittsburg ( Pennsylvania ) Gazette , a "Freesoil paper , from pro-slavery journals aud the speeches of pro-slavery men in the South , there is now a seriously propounded suggestion for enslaving aj . l working men , whitu as well as black ! Thus writes tho lUchmond Examiner . — " Until recently , the defence of slavery has laboured under great dilliculticH , because its apologists ( for they were mere apologists ) took half-way grounds .

    AMRRICA . Tun pro-slavevy ^ larty has carried tho elections in Kaunas and in Pennsylvania ; in the latter state by deceive majorities , while in the former the Free-soil men did not vote at all . Tho so-called democratic party has also triumphed in tho municipal election at Newark ,

    They confined tlie defence of slavery to mero negro slavery , thereby giving up tho slavery principle , admitting other forms of slavery to bo wrong . Tho lino of dci ' mice , howe-vcr , in now changed . Tho South now maintains that slavery is right , natural , and necessary , and docs not depend upou difference of complexion Tho laws of the slave States justify the holding of white men in bondage . " Another pro-suivory paper , tho leading one in South Carolina , says : —" Slavery ia tho natural and normal condition of tho labouring man , whether white , or black . Tho great evil of Northern

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    November 1 / 1856 . ] THE IEADEE , 1035

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 1, 1856, page 1035, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2165/page/3/