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    868 THE LEADER . [ No . 338 , Saturday ,

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    Commons . To this , Mr . Eoebuck replied by reminding the company that ho had spoken highly of the Duke ia the House , and lad stated his belief that he was made the scapegoat of tie Government ; "in consequence of whicli opinion , he ( M * . Roebuck- ) "had been accused of—-what , it was said , was unusual with him— -being illogical and he had made a promise , which he intended to keep . ' nerer to praise a man again . t Th « most striking speech of the evening was that of Mr . Dallas , who thus alluded to the electric telegrap h about to be laid down between the United States and Great Britain : —" You have probably heard already thai the irresistible and insatiable cupidity of my countrymen — ( laughter ) — is about undertaking a daring exploit of annexation , an

    annexation that will at once embrace these islands—( loud laughter)—rand 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 . « oretand must have . The hourly invention of your gem . ua—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 have them all . ( Cheers and laughter , ") We must have them . We must

    have them as quickly as yourselves . ( Cheers . ) We are aware , gentlemen , that there is not in the wing « f the carrier pigeon 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 curreatless depths of the Atlantic , will have realized and achieved all the ends of our ambition , and riveted an annexation infinitely more wonderful , and infinitely more praiseworthy , than that of Texas or of Oude . ( . Cheers . ) I shoiid not , gentlemen , have indulged in this flight , even to beguile you for a fe w moments , were I not perfectly satisfied that the established fact from

    ¦ whioh it has sprung is no longer disputable . Our two countries—the dominions of her Britannic Majesty and the-United States of America—though separated by stormy seas thousands of miles in width , will , in the course of the coming year , so to speak , be drawn by the aid of a magical machinery and science within conversational distance- ( Cfteers . ) The preliminary soundings -were perfected , a few days" ago at the termini at one end and the othej ^ jf-fnig great artery of sympathy and of thought ^ I sffaa it -were now in operation . And why ? Beej ^ e . 'geiatlennen , I would instantly illustrate its mo 3 t jgjjffivms adaptation to the promotion of good-will among inen in distant jlaces , by sending your toast to-night and giving you before you rose from this table a fullhearted American response . " Tlespeech of Mr . Roebuck 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 criticism , but we shall reciprocate the benefit by finding fault with thorn . " America , being a young country , had not acquired that sort of pride which , makes an , old nation like England careless of what is said of it : he wislied ahe had . England and America reciprocate benefits ; but " let not the Americans deprive us of the . greatness that "belongs to us . Let them be free and frank descendants of England . Let them honour the root from which they havo sprung .. If they . are great , we ore great . 3 believe that they arc destined to bo a . . great people . Ve are that already . "

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    ACCIDENTS AND SUDDEN DEATHS . A sttrouXiAB and very serious accident has happened at the plant works of the Groat Northern Railway at Doncaster , to a lad , named Holdcn . He was standing near A large revolving wheel , which was going round at the rate of 1800 revolutions a minute , when a huge splinter o oak , six inciea in length , which tho wheel throw off , atrack him violently in the face , piercing his cheek ,- and planting itself flrmly in his jaw-bone . Notwithstanding tho immense pain he suffered , the lad did not faint , but was able to call for assistance . Several of his fellow workmen came to his aid , and used thoii utmost ondeavours to extract tho pieco of wood , but in so doing , it

    at a place called Brandy-bridge , ia 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 , the 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 Monchelsea . The loom in which he was sleeping caught fire , and he perished in the flames .

    A fatal accident has occurred at one of the Sheffield Coal Company ' s pits at Birley Vale . A man of the name of Hugh Bach- was at the mouth of the pit , letting down some iron pipe 3 for the watercourse , when the rope broke , and Bach "was precipitated to the bottom . The pipe struck another man , who was 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 year . 3 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 Railway , 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 persona , 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 her husband at the risk of her own life , excited the deepest sympathy in . those who witnessed it . Extensive improvements are being made in Blyth harbouT , 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 had 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 was made to rescue them ; but few of them could swim , and four were drowned .

    snapped close to Holdon ' s face . Finding it impossible to extract tho remaining portion , Holden was taken to a surgeon , who , by means of a strong pair of jeweller ' s pbxeers ( his ordinary implements having proved unavailing ) , succeeded in withdrawing the remnant of tho apuntor . Vlolont hemorrhage immediately succeeded , itl ~ snppxeasod by proper medical treatmont , and M r ^ . « progressing very favourably , neiffhhwh j . S ? ' a gentleman of property in tho S 2 K 2 & * ° * ^ y ' Tydvil , has been killed by a SS " Sr ^^ r ;! s £ Sn ^^» - * He left . About half a mile below tho Toff Vale atation ,

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    AMERICA . Both Houses of Congress again adjourned on the 2 < ith 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 th ' two Houses with the view of arranging the details and settling the differences between them . Senator Wallei also introduced a measure embodying the 18 th sectionof 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 . Campbell ' chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means has prepared a new Army Bill , excluding the restrictive clause , and providing for the repeal of the territorial laws of Kansas .

    Mr . Arny , a special agent from the Free Soil party of Kansas , ha 3 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 " the National Kansas Committee , located at Chicago , Illinois , have received from the ' Central Kansas Committee' at Lawrence , Kansas , official information in regard to the preparation of oitizens of Missouri and other 1 States to drive out o the territory of Kansas , or murder , ' all the Tree State settlers . ' " Unless the Federal Government intei .

    pose , Mr . Arny fears that a civil war will break out " which will involve the whole North- "W est against the South . " The writer also encloses a semi-official account by 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 men having organized a large force for the purpose of exterminating their opponents . Mr . Morrow proceeds : — " Franklin was one of the dens of the ruffians . They occupied a . blockhouse in the town . This blockhouse the Fr « e 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 ; only four-were wounded . They surrendered and were permitted to leave . The Free State inen 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 Republican and 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 Free State men . —lit . 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 flim over to his secretary , ivlio appears to have given him no satisfactory assurances on the matters in hand .

    A meeting in favour of the Free Soilers has been lield at St . Louis ; another in aid of tho pro-slavery part ) - is being organized in New Orleans . Tho disturbed condition of Kansas has been evinced in several skirmishes . Five hundred Tree State men marched on what is called Colonel Titus ' s camp , neat Lecornpton , 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 ten of the Free State party . One humlred United States Dragoons then interfered , to prevent an attack on Lecompton ; on which , the Free State men retired to Lawrence with their prisoners . On tho following day , Governor Shannon , Major Sedgwick , and Dr Roderick , of Lecompton , went to Lawrence , to demand

    the release of the prisoners , which the Free Soilcrs promised to perform , on condition of the men of ( heir own party held by the authorities being given up , together with the howitzors taken from Lawrence , and of all camps of armed pro-slavery men being dispersed . An attack on Lecompton by tho Free State mini wu expected at the date of the last advices from that locality . It is said that the Free State men number two thousand in tho territory , and arc preparing to fortify Lawrence in caso a retreat to any particular point becomes noeessary . Four hundred volunteers from Jackson , county have entered Kansas . Lane's Regiment is said to be fortifying " Wakinsa . Governor Brown and others arc still in tho custody of the Government troops . General Smith has ordered all tho disposable forces up to l ' ort Loavcnworth .

    TIRES . 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 corn 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 tho persona likely to be endangered by tho flames . A large number of engines from various stations speedily arrived , and poured a copious stream on tho building ; but it was not till the steam floating engine on the river could bo brought to bear , that the adjoining premises were placed out of danger . Under the influence of this vast and

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

    Another vory serious conflagration broke out on promises occupied by Mr . Stoneham , carriage-builder and proprietor , Bedford-street , Upper Soymour-streot , Euston-aquaro . After several hours , the firemen succeeded in extinguishing the flames ; but tho hurnessmakors' workshops and contents wore destroyed , tho painters' shops , with thoir stock-in-trade , woro consumed , tho stabling was burnt down , and tho storerooms wore nearly gutted . Tho establishment wns insured . The third firo was at a leather cloth manufactory , in Paragon-place , New Kent-road , nearly facing tho Elephant and Castle . Tho persons residing in the neighbourhood , who wore all vory poor people , fled precipatoly in thoir night-clothes . The conflagration was subdued in about two hours , but not until four thousand pounds' worth of property had been consumed .

    1 ho American State Council of North Cnrolinu lwis determined to recommend all- tho lodges of that fltiitc to vote for Buchanan , instead of Fillmorc , as tho luttur has no chance , and " it behoves tho South to present a united front in such a crisis as that she has now to paaa through . " California hat ? not yet settled down into an orderly state . Tho San Francisco Yiyilanco Cominitteo is in full force , having made many additional arrests and executed two persons since tho departure of tho previous i » u » il-

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 13, 1856, page 868, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2158/page/4/