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1028 THE LEA D E R. [ No; 445, October^,...
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Leader Office, Friday Night, October 1st...
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RUSSIA. The Prince of Prussia arrived; a...
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BELGIUM. At the last sitting of the Lite...
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TURKEY. Accounts from Constantinople ann...
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AUSTRALIA. The Sultana arrived in the Me...
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Thus Brazilian Mails.—'The Tnmar steamer...
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NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. No notice can...
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Miscellaneou S. The Court.—Her Majesty A...
affair to be settled by the wardens . Many of the parishioners declare they will never again set foot in the church . Stkike of the Colliers ix Staffordshire :. —^ Ihe most stcennous exertions have been made by the men who are out to induce Lord Ward ' s colliers to join them . Had they succeeded , the most serious consequences to the peace of the district were dreaded . Lord "Ward ' s pitmen number not less than 40 , 000 , with the number of those who have for some time been on strike this would have made about 45 , 000 men discontented and idle , within the limited district of what is called " the black country . " However , the strike is virtually at an end . There is no likelih ood of Lord Ward ' s men turning out .
The Lokdoh Letter Carriers . —Acting on the authority of the Postmaster-General , Mr . W . Bokenham , the Controller of the Circulation Department in the General Post-office , has addressed a letter to the London letter carriers in which he takes them very seriously to task for their agitation to obtain redress for their alleged grievances . He insists that there were other and more legitimate means by which they might have made their complaints known with the certainty that any injustice would be remedied . He states that measures for the further 'amelioration of their condition are now tinder the consideration of the Postmaster-General , but that any repetition of public agitatiou on their part wilt lead to the entire abandonment of the contemplated improvements .
1028 The Lea D E R. [ No; 445, October^,...
1028 THE LEA D E R . [ No ; 445 , October ^ , 1858 .
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Leader Office , Friday Night , October 1 st . FRANCE . The Emperor , Empress , and Prince Imperial left Biarritz on Wednesday , and arrived yesterday morning at St . Cloud . The whole party is reported to be in excellent health and spirits . The Emperor was to review to-day , in the Champ de Mars , the troops who are about to leave Paris for other quarter .
Russia. The Prince Of Prussia Arrived; A...
RUSSIA . The Prince of Prussia arrived ; at Warsaw on the evening of the 24 th ult . The Emperor Alexander had been in the theatre for half an hour , when he was informed of the arrival of his august relative . His . Majesty went at once to the station to receive him , and afterwards conducted him to the Belvidere Palace . On the 25 th the Emperor and Prince visited the camp at Powonski , and reviewed the troops .
Belgium. At The Last Sitting Of The Lite...
BELGIUM . At the last sitting of the Literary and Artistic Congress , just held at Brussels , the right of perpetual copyright in matters of art and literature was rejected by a large majority . The King was present during the sitting .
Turkey. Accounts From Constantinople Ann...
TURKEY . Accounts from Constantinople announce that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe had paid a visit to the Porte ; he had been received by the Sultan on the 25 th ult . The Prime Minister of Persia and his two sons had been dismissed , and were guarded . An Italian journal ,. published in Alexandria , states that there have been disturbances at Jeddah and at Mecca , and that several Turkish soldiers had fallen victims . A letter from Beyrout , of the 16 th ult ., -describes Syria to be in a state of great agitation . There are continual disturbances , the Turkish Government exercising scarcely any authority in that province , where the Christian populations live in perpetual fear of the Mussulmans . The roads are unsafe , in consequence of the number of brigands .
Australia. The Sultana Arrived In The Me...
AUSTRALIA . The Sultana arrived in the Mersey this morning with 40 , 500 ounces of gold 011 freight . She sailed the 21 th of June .
Thus Brazilian Mails.—'The Tnmar Steamer...
Thus Brazilian Mails . — 'The Tnmar steamer arrived at Lisbon on Thursday from Brazil , and was to leave for Southampton in the evening . She had on freight 48 , 000 / . in specie , and 17 , 000 / . value in diamonds . This Dreadful Coal-Pit Accident nisak Durham .- —From the Durham Advertiser of this day we learn that at the Pago Bank Colliery , tho scene of this awful calamity , the smoke , continued so donso as to render any attempt" to descend tho shaft useless . Up
to seven o ' clock last night , there had been little nlteration in tho appearance of affairs ; but the smoke was decreasing . The extent of the working is abont eighty acres , and' for the water to All tlio colliery and stop all ventilation will require five days ; so that should tho unhappy men even linger until * that time without assistance being rendered , there la the certainty of their being drowned out . The number of men and boys ascertained to be below is not loss than forty . There are no hopes of any being saved . Eight flre-onginoa nre on the spot .
Notices To Correspondents. No Notice Can...
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . No notice can be taken of -anonymous correspondence . Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the namo and address of tho writer j not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of Ins good laitn . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters wo receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted , it is- frequently from reasons quite independent , of tho merits of tho commumca-Wecannot undertake to return rejected " communications .
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— : —*? There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . — Du . Ausold .
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^ r THE STAR-SPANGLED PAN NEB , AND THE SLAVE TRADE . A distinguished person lias arrived at Boston , in whose fate , large numbers on both sides of the Atlantic take a keen , interest , although lie is a personal stranger , and has been obscure until this day . But before we can understand the important position in which he is placed , we must look back a little . It has been most falsely represented in tins country that the Government of the United States is favourable to slavery and the slave trade , —is anxious to extend slavery by the extension of the slave states , anxious to renew the slave trade , in spite of treaty . The natural extension of the
southern part by the growth and spread Of settlement , has of course , tended to increase the number of slave states ; but where one is added to that number , two have been , added to the free states , and henceforward the growth of the latter must be in a far greater ratio than that of the former . Because the . Federal Government , would not tyrannically place a girth round the southern states , it was assumed to be favourable to a peculiar institution . As we have repeatedly explained , it is the fierce , undiscriminating , unreasonable , and destructive form which Abolitionists assume that has excited antagonism in the southern states , and has prevented the development of a positive opinion in those states themselves favourable to a reasonable
and gradual extinction of slavery . That opinion , as we have before said , has exhibited itself in acts : how unjust , therefore , and how impolitic , t & represent even the south a 3 being collectively favourable to the continuance of slavery I—how much more unjust , lio \ y foolish , how vulgar , to impute the same sentiments to any considerable party of the whole Union , or to the Federal Government , ' The misrepresentation with respect to the slave trade is even greater , because the United States Government wquld not , as indeed it could not , sanction the actions of British officers in overhauling-every ship under tho star-spangled banner as liable to a
charge of carrying slaves . Consequently it has been inferred on this side that tho American people are favourable to the restoration of tho slave trade . A single story will prove tho falsehood of that assertion . The United Stutcs man-of-war , Dol p hin , was cruising on tho coast of Africa , having just stood out from Sagua la Grande ; the look-out observed a ship ahead whoso niunocuvrcs implied a disposition to get out of the way . Tho commander of tho war-ship , Lieutenant Mafllr , fii'cd a blank shot to make her show her colours , and tho people on board tho evasivo shin unquestionably displayed colours
which they would not have shown if they had known tho true charaotcr of Lieutenant Mnflit ' s vessol . Had ho raised American colours they would have raised probably Spanish colours , and might huvo gone oil '; but lie hoisted the British flag . Tlio stranger answered by hoisting tho American flag , assuming that it would bo a sufficient proteotionagaiust tho English , commander . This established , tho right of au American officer to search tho vessel . Tho Dolphin bore down upon the strange sail and found it to bo tho Putman of Baltimoro , now called tho Echo , having on board
327 slaves shipped on the west coast of Africa all p icked specimens of men and women , and said to ' have beenworth 500 dollars each in the Charleston market Mr . Maffit seized his prize and took , it into Charles ' ton , making over the negroes to . the care of tlie United States . marshal-. A discussion arose in the United States respect iilg the fate of these men . Should they be absorbed into the dark population' of the Southern States ? Some philanthropists in Carolina put forward the idle notion that it would be more humane to keep them within the light of Christianity than . 'to return them to their barbarous
homes , especially as it might be difficult to discover their barbarous homes . At once there was an outcry in this country , at the evident desire of the Yankees to evade their own laws against the slave trade , and to keep this windfall of slaves . Indeed it has been assumed that the slave trade between the United States and Cuba continues , although no traveller in the Union can discover a sin g le African-bom black . The course of the United States Government was clear : it had already been pointed out by Clay and the influential patrons of Liberia ; and it was
determined that the negroes should be sent back to Africa . It was then charitably , assumed in this country that the trial of the slavers , who are pirates by the American law , would be a mere pageant , . the men getting off with honour . They would , of course , be tried at Charleston ; a Charleston jury would acquit them ; they , would be liberated , and feted at a public dinner . This was the report anticipatory ; but what was the fact ? . The captain of the Eelio , the captured shiver , was taken to New . York , hi order that he tniarht be forwarded to
Charleston to . be tried with his crew . TJie authorities , however , found that they had no power to sem ! him ' -from place to place ; so ho Mas carried 011 to Boston , delivered over there to the United States Marshal , and he will be tried there . Lieutenant ' Malik lias certainly shown no coldness in his duty , and the United States- Government has , as we have seen , displayed no disposition to evade its responsibilities .
The story , indeed , is so-plain thai it tells its own mora l * This story is before the work !; every reader of the papers can . appreciate the facts to which \ ve have referred ; but there arc many occurrences which give rise to questions between the Governments of the two countries that do notfrom first to last come so completely before the public , and hence an opportunity presents itself for more successful misrepresentation . In this case , for example , if the drama had not been performed in the open theatre of the globe , within sight of the English as well as the American people , it would have been represented , without the same absolute power of contradiction , that the American Government was prcnnrmo- for \\\ a pvasion of the captain , that sonic of
the negroes had been smuggled into slavery , and that the whole American people , quietly informed of the transaction by some covert means , stood winking in triumph at the discomfiture of ttte British flag , the British Government , and British public opinion . We have seen such misrepresentation over and over again with as little foundation as in the present case . We do not , indeed , pretend that the misconception or misrepresentation is a JJnusa monopoly ; quite the reverse . There lias been enough of false ideas on tho American side ; it wo .
for example , bocn'as . sumcd that tho jMigiisn pou | M » arc desirous of dictating to the American Union on the subject of their own domestic institutions : i » W " tho English people lmvo shared the arrogant desires of British oflicurs to make every nation m the wo 10 lower its flag to the British ; that English icclmg JW been personated when British olUocw have mot American officers and have treated tho lattoi as inforiors— . an occurrence , wes regret to say , » by any moans imaginary . Ml this has boon looKca
upon as English fooling , ami has opeasicmoii »** « lion amongst the public of tlio United States , who havo been so taught to believe . . , j Now , in this case also , a very little inauiry vouw soon havo corrected tho falsehood , and ™ V „ K the two countries will very treacherously . JJjW'i their own interests if tl > ° y neglect to _ Inquuo uw tho facts wh , cn any case of dispute nriaos b 0 . J ^ , g tho Governments . Tho Governments holeluig g tlioir liana the concentrated powot oiarujwa \ them by their several nations , * w < tf VSnSffi < i us , by human passions , rcsontful o ° pnosiuw « . proiwto dictate , arc frequently on ^ if" ^ . taking up positions that cannot be proioily mag taiuod . J Our own Government did so wtfi regaiU to
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 2, 1858, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02101858/page/12/
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