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      The Last Coil Of The Great Submarine Tel...

      - The potato blight , which had been suspended m its raw / for twoo ? three * eeka , has broken out afresh Sd f farming accounts of its progress hare been received SmvariouTparts of Ulster ; but few unfavourable reporTs of the Spread of the disease have come to hand from the other provinces , and in the vicinity of Dublin there are scarcely any complaints at present According to the intelligence fro m Ulster , the blight , after the farmers had regained s ome d egree of confidence , is once So ™ " estroyinl the crop , almost with the same rapidity as in 1846 . The south and west up to this time , have escaped any very serious injury ; but it would be hazardous £ > specullte ^ pon the continued safety of this precarious crop in any part of the country . Accidents on railways do not always arise from the carelessness of directors . The following analysis of the accidents occurring on railways from causes which may be avoided by proper care on the part of the passenger , is taken from the work on Railway Economy .- —Analysis of 100 accidents produced by imprudence of passengers : Killed . Injured . Total . Sitting or standing in improper positions 1 7 11 f ° Getting off when train in motion .. 17 7 JA Getting up when train in motion .. 10 6 16 Jumping off to recover hat or parcel 8 5 13 Crossing the line incautiously .. 11 1 * £ Getting out on wrong side .... 3 3 o Handing an article into train in motion .. .. _ * _^ * 67 33 100 An American , named Foreman , has invented and is patenting a printing-press , moved and regulated by galvanic magnets . ____

      Skw. 20, 1851.] «*» H,*A»*Y, 893 _

      Skw . 20 , 1851 . ] «*» H , * a »* y , 893 _

      Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Births. O...

      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . On the 18 th of July , at Kurnoul , the wife of Thomas Davies Lushington , Esq .. of the Madras Civil Service of a son . On the 16 th of August , at Sierra Leone , Eliza , wife of John Thomas Cornissiong , Esq ., collector of H . M . Customs , of a a the * 29 th , the wife of the Reverend T . R . Maskew , M . A ., Head Master of the Grammar School , Dorchester , of a daughter . At Militschowea , Bohemia , the wife of Count C . Althann , of a * On the 9 th of September , at Ashley-park , Surrey , Lady Fletcher , of a son . On the 9 th , at Weston-super-Mare , the wife of E . S . Willete , Esq ., M . P ., of a son , stillborn . . ¦ ,,,- „ «• On the 10 th , at Chester , the wife of Sir Edward Walker , of On the 14 th , at the Manor-house , Holt , Wilts , the wife of John Neeld , M . P ., Esq ., of a son . On the 15 th , at Esrick-park , the seat of her father , Lord Wenlock , the Honourable Mrs . James Stuart Wortley , of a son . On the loth , at Haileybury College , Herts , the wife of E . B . Eastwick , Esq ., of a daughter . Cn the 16 th , at Manby , the Countess of Yarborough , of a son . MARRIAGES . On the 14 th of August , at New York , Augustus Charles Murray , Lieutenant , R . N ., eldest ton of the late Honourable Alexander Murray , of Frimley , and grandson of John , fifth Earl of Dunmore , to Abbie de Montfort , daughter of David On the 10 th of September , at Paris , at the Church of the Madeleine , and afterwards at the Eng lish Episcopal Church , the Viscount Van Leeinpocl de Nieuwinun 3 ter , member of the Belgian 8 enate , to Arabella , third daughter of John Dyke , Esq . On the 11 th , at Marylebone Church , George Xrickett , Esq ., of Wilmslow , Cheshire , to Jane , third daughter of the late Mr . Samuel Dolby , of Wardour-street , Soho . On the 11 th , at Leigh , in the county of Essex , Licutonant Arthur a Court Fisher , Uoynl Kngineers , second son of the Ueve-» end William Fisher , Canon Residentiary of Salisbury , to Caroline E Jen , second daughter of the Right Reverend the Bishop of Moray and Ross . On the llth , at St . Peter ' s Church , Dublin , John Stanford , Ksq ., to Mary , daughter of William Hcnn , Esq ., Master in Chancery- , , , On the llth , at St . Ann ' s Church , Dublin , and afterwards at Westland-row , Kdmond William O'Mahony , Esq ., barrister-atlaw , to Grace , daughter of the late Colonel 1 / Estrange , of Moyutown , in the King ' s County , and niece to tho late General L'Estrange . On the 13 th , at St . Mark ' s Church , Hainllton-terraco , St . John ' s-wood , Alexander , eldest son of Thomas Eraser , EHq ., of Achmonie , Glen Urquhart , Iim-mus * . to Louisa Elizabeth , only child of James White , Esq ., of Kilburn Priory . On the 16 th , at tho Episcopal Church , CriefT , North Britain , James W . Middleton Berry , Esq ., of Biillyncgall , county of Westmeath , Ireland , to Caroline Augusta , fourth daughter of the Right Honourable T . B . C . Smith , Master of the Rolls in Ireland . On the Kith , at Richmond , Surrey , Arthur John , second son of the lato Admiral Sir Robert Otway , Uaronot , G . O . B ., to Henrietta , daughter of the late Kir James Laugham , Baronet , of Cuttusbrookc-park , Northampton . DEATHS . On the 2 nd of September , at tin ; railway stution at Dawlitth , J . M . Trcinayne , Esq ., late M . I ' , for ( JoriMvull , aged Hcventythr . 'c . On thti <> th , ut his residence ; , Royal-purado , Cheltenham , Colonel David Harriott , CD ., of tlio Bengal Light Cuvulry , ugod sixty-three . On tho 7 lh , at hiH residence , Church-street . Piiddington , aged nix ! j-Hcven , Neville Butler Challuuer , K «( j ., tho well-known harpist and compoxer . On the Hth , at llomluirg , Germany , the Reverend Joseph John Freeman , one of tho secretaries of tho London Mixhiouury Society , aged ( ifty-seven . On tho Hlh , of hoop ing cough , Helen Louisa Mary , aged nine y earn , child of the ltuvereiul Dr . Cioly , rector Of St . Mtcnhuu ' n , Wnlbrook . On tlio Hth , at Dorohenter , Emily , wife of the Reverend T . R . Mutdiew , ; igi !< l thirty-three . On tlm lOtli , W . IIuglM-H , Wnq ., of Ktoke . Newingtoii , in bin eighty-fifth year , for Illty-livo years iu the aervictt ol tho Bank of Knglund . On the 10 th , ut tho Rectory , Loughtoii , Khbi-x , in Iuh uuvcutyfourth year , the Venerable Archdeacon Hamilton . On tho lllh . i ,, Bury-btruet , HI .. Jnuiea ' ti , lifter a long illno «« i , Willium Buufoild . EHq ., M . I ' ., of Upwood , Yorkshire , in llm Bcvanty-ninih year of his age . On the ljJlh , at Bcrechurch-hull , Khmix , Lady Smyth , wife of Bir Udorgo llnnry biuyth , Miirouct , i » g « -d noventy-two yearn . On tins Hlh , Celia . ' youngeiit daughter of George Hickson , BinithflnM , agrd thrtfi yeura .

      To Beadebs And Correspondents. Owing To ...

      TO BEADEBS AND CORRESPONDENTS . Owing to the indisposition of the chief Editor , many letters unavoidably remain unanswered this week . 8 everal letters have been received by our publisher complaining of the non-receipt of papers , or the non-arrival of the Leader until Monday . We have made inquiry , and find that the errors have not arisen in our office . The Country Edition of the Leader is published on Friday , and the T own Edition on the Saturday and Subscribers should be careful to specify which edition they wish to receive . Complaints of irregularity should be made to the particular news-agent supplying the paper , and if any difficulty should occur again it will be set right on application direct to our office , 10 , Wellington-street , Strand ,

      In reply to inquiries we may state that the Office of the Friends of Italy is No . 10 , Southampton-street , Strand . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellingtonstreet , Strand , London . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing" to a preas of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . Communications should always he legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them .

      I The Following Appeared In Our Second E...

      I The following appeared in our Second Edition of last week . l

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      Saturday, September 13.

      Saturday , September 13 .

      Fathers Suffered, And Fought, And Bled, ...

      fathers suffered , and fought , and bled , not publicly assist in the expression of sympathy for the oppressed Peoples of Europe on the occasion , will be a traitor to his country and his race . We learn this morning that the people of Stafford set a noble example orr Monday last ; and also , that a portion of the people of Sheffield , ever foremost in the good cause , met on the same day , and performed a similar act .

      and who does The liberation of Kossuth , which , accident apart , will take place to-morrow , is an important event for Europe . England will have an opportunity of expressing her opinion upon European politics ^ in a manner which the Foreign-office cannot mistake nor the Northern and Gallic despots condemn . Every Englishman who values the principles for which his

      At the Stafford meeting the Mayor presided ; Mr . Urquhart , M . P ., addressed the meeting . Mr . Pulszky made an eloquent and telling speech , and a few words were added by Mr . Paul Hajnik . Mr . Urquhart happily termed the overthrow of Hungarian liberty by Austrian fraud and Kussian force a " vast and overwhelming tragedy " ! It was so . In the address to Kossuth , unanimously adopted , he is called "A Martyr to the cause of Europe ;" an important phrase , and Kossuth's own . Mr . Urquhart explained his own position in these

      words" No one who has paid attention to foreign matters can be ignorant that I for years , and alone , have been the unflinching supporter of Austria and her alliance . I have not changed my opinions , but Austria has undergone a transformation , instead of being , as she then was , the defender of the independence of Europe (! ?) , now she is the tool of . Russia . " IledescribedKossuthjWhom he had visitedin prison , as powerful in intellect , but simple in disposition , possessing in the highest degree the gift of eloquence , with a character so genuine and debonnaire , that he carried conviction to every mind of the purity of his objects , and thence his extraordinary power over men . " He describes him , when convinced of Austrian treachery , as . " sowing sentences and reaping men "; and he testifies to the honesty and integrity of the ( loverner as well hb to the nobleness of the man .

      Mr . Pulazky ' s speech contained allegations against the English Government which deserve the deepest consideration , as they show the animus of the Foreignolllce : — " In 1848 , when the movements took place in Hungary , application was made to the British ( ioverninent , and the reply was that they considered the movement then taking place ia Hungary to be entirely of ; i domestic character , and no foreign power could interfere in them . That

      letter made * a Inciting impression upon the Hungarians , and it had a fatal influence on their fate . That letter led lCossuth to believe that England would not allow the interference of Russia , and ho was ho butc of it that he did not take measures to defend the passes to the north towards ( Jallicia . Ivossuth felt certain that England could never permit the balance of power in Kurope to be destroyed by the subserviency of Hungary , and JtiiRsia to become paramount . This belief , an he hud said , exercised a fatal influence over their affairs . "

      KosHuth and the refugee . s entered Turkey , and their expulsion or extradition demanded by Austria and ltuHttia . " The English Government , when applied to , joined in some way the two treaties , together , denied that either applied , ami invented a distinction between expulsion » nd « xtradition ; but at the same time naid , that an the Hultan had passed his word , it would be a shame for him to give them up ; aud us Turkey had a duty of g .,,,, 1 neighbourhood to perform towards Austria , the Hultau was bound to provide some place in the interior where they nnoald not be able to correspond with the people of

      Hungary . { Hear , hear . ) The Sultan was not to blame that Ko 8 suth was not in England long ago , and England had no merit if he was free now . " The meeting was very enthusiastic , and an address to the Sultan was unanimously carried .

      All The Poles Who Took Refuge In Turkey ...

      All the Poles who took refuge in Turkey after the Hungarian struggle , and were simple enough to trust to an amnesty of Nicholas , were , upon their arri v in Odessa , either enlisted in the so-called disciplinary companies , composed of every kind of culprits , or sent to the army of the Caucasus—so that none of them put their foot upon their native soil . The Austrian Government is paternally interesting itself in behalf of the Gallician Israelites , particularly favouring those who exchange their dress for the German one . But a spirit of resistance against this Germanizing system has been awakened amongst them , and has given birth to a new sect ,

      having some affinity with the Hashidirns . This sect has drawn upon itself the attention of the paternal Government , and a judicial inquiry has been instituted against it in Lemberg . Meanwhile the number of Jews in Gallicia is enormously in creasing . They leave Russia by thousands , and go over to the promised land , where their emancipated brethren can breathe more freely . Amongst the emigrants are many boys of twelve years , who expatriate themselves chiefly to escape the Russian military press-gang ; for it is now the general practice in Russia to drive the young male Israelites by herds to the first pond or river , there to christen them by

      force , thus transforming them by wholesale into orthodox schismatics . They then distribute them amongst the Russian peasantry , where they are fed at the expense of their own parents until they reach the proper age for becoming soldiers . If this system of recruitment be continued , we may venture to predict that in thirty years there will be not one Israelite left in Russia . The emigration of the Jews to Gallicia is so immense , that every night one to two hundred cross the frontier and at once become Christian subjects . Is this the result of Signor Montetiori ' s late visit to St . Petersburg on behalf of his co-religionists ? .. . .

      Not less busy is the Russian Government in converting the Christian populations to the Greco-Russian creed . The mode of that conversion is very efficient , for it is executed by the strongest of missionary arguments by the knout . This , at least , is the persuasive argument , viz ., they employ with the United Greeks , some millions of whom they have already wrested from the holy fathers' protection . Only lately in Podolia alone , twenty-four Catholic churches have been taken from the Catholic communities and given to the schismatics . In the town of Kamieniec Podolsk i , only one miserable church has been left to the Catholic wor & hippers .

      A Lady Who Has Played A Part More Or Les...

      A lady who has played a part more or less justly celebrated iu the political and choregraphical world , Madame Lola Montez , now Countess of Lansfeld , is on the point of quitting Paria . It may be remembered that a journal devoted to the cause of order and to the candidateship of M . L . N . Bonaparte , had in latter times offered a refuge to this lady ' s literary productions , for the purpose of attacking the Republic and of defending the eternal principles of morality and religion . It is then with deep astonishment that we read in another paper , in I'Ordrc , the following lines which announce the approaching departure of the Countess of JLansfeld . The celebrated Countess of Lausfeld , pupil of M . Mabille , former inaitre de ballet of the Opera , Una just signed a definite engagement , and is about to reappear on the stage . She proposes , we are informed , to make a tour of some of our provinces before embarking for the New World . But as a prelude to her resuming the kingdom of Terpsichore , Lola Montr / , had invited her friends to a f « He at the

      Jardin Mobille , on 1 ' riday , the 12 th instant . She will rehearBe all her parts , and " try on" all her costumes on the occasion . The Countess of Lansfeld will admit to this farewell soiree only a few intimate friends and about a hundred journalists , to whom sho will with her own hand pour out the punch in copious streams , and offer the perfumed cigarettes of her native country ( says the National ) . We are not informed whether or not the Court of Bavaria will be represent * d at tins solemnity ; nor are we acquainted with the names of any of the journalists who " # viII have the honour of being present ; but we cannot doubt , from the known political principles of the lady-bout , that her gucHts will he all selected from the I ' arty of Order and Itcliijiou . The I ' Jvt'nemcnt has been again seized for an article by a son of Victor Hugo , entitled " Hit Aveu , " in which M . L . N . IJonaparte i . s handled with merciless severity .

      We have received thioe numbers of La Tribunit del Vuv . blo , new organ of Democrat it ; Socialism at Madrid , where its appearance may be considered quite u phenomenon , and ilH continued existence , we fear , a problem , which the Brava-Murillo Ministry will solve . Tin ; first , two numbers were seized , and a prosecution instituted against the chief editor and the director , Joseph Melchior Currutala , Tor the political programme published in their « r « t impre ^ ior . which was studiedly moderate in trims . The . Spanish Government shares the wilful blindness of nil reactionary power * ., and prefers to grope in tho dark of persecution rather than to face , tin- broad lig ht of flee Uhcukhioii . I he courage , and the ability of tin-. writera of La Iribuna deserve tho hearty sympathy of the Liberal press of all nations .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 20, 1851, page 9, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20091851/page/9/