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      first-class carriage , and it is difficult to distinguish w hether either or both of these were fractured before the carriage left the rail or when it was upset . " The wheels and axles prove to be entire , one axle only being bent , which was obviously occasioned by the blow when the , carriage was thrown over from the slope of the cutt in or . "

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      THE QUEEN ^ versus NEWMAN . TO THE MOST RET . DR . CULL EN . The Morning Chronicle has , by request , published the following letter : — My dear Lord Archbishop . —T acknowledge with a very grateful heart , and with feelings of extreme gratification , the bounty of the Catholics of Ireland , conveyed through your grace , towards the liquidation of the heavy expenses in which my late trial has involved me . I praise and bless the Author of all Good , who has never failed me , that . He has put it into the heart of rich and poor , clergy and laity , thus effectually to aid and sustain me in the most trying event of my life . May they receive an overflowing reword from Him who never forgets good deeds done in His name

      and to His glory ! When I first heard of their charitable intentions I knew well that an inexhaustible fount of liberality was their characteristic as a people ; but T confess it never did enter into my inind that it would rise in my case even to a fourth part of the sum which it has actually attained . What can I say sufficient for the occasion to them all , high and low , to their reverend prelate ;* and others , who have so generously prompted and sanctioned their munificence , and to my friends , known to me personally or not , who have busied themselves in the various arrangements which it involved ? One , alas ! there is , dear to your grace , who has a claim on my perpetual remembrance , who was among the first to stir in the work of mercy , and who has been taken to his reward before the termination of our fears and of our discouragements .

      I say that our discouragements have ended with our fears ; for in-truth I have to offer , first of all , my dear lord , to yon , who lmvc stood by me with such noble simplicity , and frank confidence , and affectionate earnestness from the beginning : and then , through you , to all my Irish benefactors , my congratulations on the sueeei-s , as well as my thanks for the generosity , of your exertions in my behalf . The legal process is at : ui end ; and though it was impossible , as it now appears from the nature of the case , that I could have satisfied what many will call the unreasonable demands of the law , still , with God ' s blessing , and by the

      undaunted zeal and great ability of the distinguished men who defended me , I have gained a moral victory , as is testified by the rejoicings of my friend- ! , and tho disa jpoiiitinout and mortification of my opponents . What the judges have vot done i . s the best justification of an act which was prompted to me by a simple sense o ! " duty , committed with great deliberation , untainted by malice or revenge , and unimpuached over since by even a momentary misgiving or regret . Had they felt me to be move than legally guilty of the crime laid to my charge , they would certainly have inflicted on me—for a libel which , if morally such , was ( as the counsel for tho

      prosecution insisted ) the most comprehensive , the most energetic , the most malignant , the most audacious , for the perjuries by which it was supported , of nil conceivable libels—an unexampled punishment , whereas , they have visited me with nothing more than ji , C 100 fine . Moreover , the . judge wlio delivered sentence has informed us that , had the question of a now trial turned simply on the evidence brought before the jury , as contrasted with their finding upon tins facts , tins court , was so far dissatisfied with that finding , thsit they would have sent the c ; ise to another jury for a fresh verdict : or , in other words , the , difficulty

      imposed on me by the technical rules of lnw , was the main cause why ti new trial was refused . And , to make the mailer clearer still , immediately before the judgment , my counsel , when addressing the court in mitigation of punishment , distinctly stated that they had no instructions from mo to retract any part of the libel of which the jury had found mo guilty ; and when the counsel for ( he prosecution indignantly protested ngninsl , so unprecedented a proceeding , as I hoy called it , and invoked on me a sentence of signal severity for this special offence , 1 . 1 k ; bench was emphatically silent ..

      Thus have the judges virtually revised ami reversed I he verdict of the jury , and I am grateful to all four lor this act of justice . One of them , it is true , who delivered their judgment , to the surprise ( as I doubt not ) of bis learned brothers , took advantage of the merely accidental opportunity afforded him by the technicalities of the law , to improve the spectacle before him to the benefit of an extra-judicial theory of his own , and held nin up us a warning to all those who are tempted to join the catholic , church , for tho evident want , of affection toward- ; tlui Protestant

      Establishment , the bad taste , and the deterioration of style which , in my ense , had been the result of conversion . However , I will say no- more of that eminent person ' s words , when he was just to me in his acts , and kind to me , I am sure , in his intentions . He finished well , though he was elaborate in the process .- After halfan hour ' s suspense , the emblem of the tediousness of the whole transaction , the subdued excitement of Ills auditory was surprised , by his unexpected conclusion , into the abrupt expression of a very opposite

      emotion— " Solvuntur risu tabulse , tu missus abibis . " But I must not occupy your grace ' s attention longer : and begging your blessing , and that of the other prelates who have taken so kind an interest in my anxieties , I subscribe myself , my dear Lord Archbishop , Your Grace ' s faithful and affectionate Servant in Christ , ( Signed ) John H . Newman , Birmingham , Feb . 5 . Of the Oratory .

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      THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL PACKET ADELAIDE . By the Royal mail steamer Severn we have received the subjoined particulars relative to the steam-ship Adelaide , belonging to the Australian Royal Mail Steam Packet Company , which vessel left Plymouth on the 3 rd of January last , with the contract Mails for Adelaide , Port Philip , and Sydney . The letter is dated St . Vincent , Cape Verdes , Jan . 31 : — " After leaving Plymouth on the 3 rd inst ., the Adelaide encountered strong south-westerly winds and a head sea in her course down Channel , and across the Bay of Biscay . At half-past three o ' clock in tlie morning of the 6 t , h an alarni of fire gave rise to considerable excitement and confusion on board . The fore-saloon and cabins were suddenly filled with smoke , which was found to proceed from the coal-bunkers immediately beneath . The fire - engines being 1 brought to bear , and a large quantity of water promptly poured down the scuttle-holes , it was sooa ascertained that no imminent danger was to be apprehended . The coals , however , continuing in a very heated state , pumping ivas resumed at brief intervals during three or four successive days , after which the alarm gradually subsided . The accident was stated to have originated in the unusual proximity of the coalbunkers to the boilers , which , combined with the highly inflammable nature of the coal , rendered the liability to spontaneous combustion one of peculiar peril . On the morning of the 17 th , the Adelaide reached St . Vincent ( Capo Verdes ) , but , unfortunately , finding that the

      company had neglected to provide any coals for her use ( though she was now one month over-due ) , had to wait the arrival of fresh supplies from England , which were known to be on tho way . After a detention of eight days , sho obtained from the brig Llewellyn , which made St ! Vincent on the 25 th , from Swansea , a small quantity of patent fuel , wholly insufficient , however , to meet her requirements . On the 28 i , h tho chance arrival of about 400 tons of coal , by tho barque Nile , from Bristol , promised at , length a termination to this tedious suspense ; but . n dispute as to prieo consumed much valuable time , and up to the hour of the Severn's departure , on the night of the 31 st , it was still a matter of complete uncertainty at what date the Adelaide might got away ; indeed her further

      detention would probably extend over another week at least , as she had then barely 500 tons of fuel on board , being only one-half of her necessary complement . Much indignation was expressed by tho passengers generally or account , of the repeated and vexatious delays to which they had been subjected by tho gross mismanagement and improvidence of the company , and which worfl considered to admit of no exouso or palliation . Among fho second-class passengers tho deepest dissatisfaction prevailed , and tho complaints wero loud and many with respect to tho miserable incompleteness of fcho domestic arrangements and economy of the ship ,

      and the utter want of system , discipline , and adequate service , which entailed upon ono and all an amount of discomfort and posiUvo privation hardly to bo credited . Ono pasHongei * quitted tho Hhip in disgust at St . Vincent , ami returned to England Iry the Severn , and several others declared that nothing Hhorfc of the most urgont , necessity would havo induced them to proceed . Tho sea-going qualifies of the Adelaide were spokon of as contrasting favourably with the imniothodioal and unbusincHS-liko character of tho company ' b arrangements in connexion with her , which wore considered io roiled tho greatest discredit upon all parties concerned . "

      Private ! advices by the Severn mention that tho Adelaide would probably get away from St . Vincent on the 4 th inst . The delay of the Australian mails on this occasion , and the general irregularity of the postal service , must , indict immense injury upon tho mercantile interest ..

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      The Australian , t'apt . IfoHoason , sailed from Plymouth for UieCapoandv \ uHtralia , oiiThurHday , nt 44 Op . ni ., and put hack leakyyesl onlay evening at ( 5 . With Unwind atW . N . W n ! io nuido 10 J knotfl , and reached ( 50 milen W . S . W . of tho Kddystonc , when , shortly nflnr midnight , three foot , of \ vntor won ; discovered in her engine-rooms . This incronHcd to four fool and a half , and nearly oxtinguishod the port-engine lire . The two engine-room engines and the two injection pumpH woro Net , to work , but , with little effect .. Tlio ship was , therefore , put , about , at , ft o ' clock , and on reaching Hiuoolb water , tho leak waH reduced four or live inches per hour . On entering Plymouth Sound hIio hud threo foot in the ongino-room , and her oo <; -whool ia a

      little out of order . A very heavy gale prevailed during the night and carried away her port life-boat . The'Australian was to go into dock to-day .

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      THE WRECK OF THE QUEEN VICTORIA . An inquest has been held to inquire into the circumstances attending the loss of the Queen Victoria . The evidence confirms the account we published last week ; Government has sent an inspector . The inquest was brought to a conclusion a little before seven o ' clock on Thursday evening , when the

      jury brought in the following verdict : — " We find that John Eeardon , J an ., came by his death by drowning , he being at the time a passenger on board the Queen Victoria steamer , bound from Liverpool to Dublin , which said steamship was wrecked on the morning of the 15 th of February , 1853 , off Howth ; and that his death was occasioned by the culpable negligence of Captain Church and Thomas Davis , in not slackening speed in a snow-storm which obscured all the lights , and they knowing they were approaching land . "

      The Coroner then said it would be liis duty , under this finding , to commit Thomas Davis ( the first mate of the ill-fated vessel ) to gaol upon a charge of manslaughter . An application was made to admit the prisoner to bail , which was at once agreed to , Daris giving security in 1001 . and two sureties in 501 . each . In the case of the other three sufferers a verdict of " Found drowned" was returned .

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      A VERY ROUGH DIAMOND . Occasional importations of seamen from America disgrace their country . John Diamond , from New York , entered a public-house near the London Dock , and took up a pot of beer belonging to a man named Gifford , standing at the bar . Gifford told him to put it down . Diamond refused , , and Gifford took it from him . Diamond immediately said . " That ' s your b Cockney fashion , is it ?" Gifford replied , " Yes , it is ; you are a stranger to me , therefore don ' t interfere with anything I have paid for . " Diamond in answer to this said , " That ' s your way , is it ?" Gifford said , it was ; on which Diamond exclaimed , "Take that , you b ; that ' s in the American style , " and struck him a tremendous blow on the nose with his clenched fist ,

      which caused him . to stagger , and the blood gushed forth in a Btream . Diamond attempted to make off , but Gifford seized Diamond by the collar , and said ho would give him into custody . Swearing dreadfully , and seizing Gifford by the hair , he dragged him on to the ground on his knees , and said , ' ' This is an American touch , " at the same time kicking him in a most savage and cowardly manner on the front of the head , causing him to bleed most copiously ; he dragged Gifford out of the house , and some desperate ruffians and thieves , who abound in that neighbourhood , recognising Gifford , encouraged the prisoner by calling out , " Give it him ; that ' s Bill Gifford , the policeman . " Finally , a policeman overpowered the savage , and the magistrate sent him to prison for two months .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen has bestowed some honours this week at Buckingham Palace . At an Investiture of the Order of the Bath , on Tuesday , Lord Cowley received a Grand Cross of the Order ( civil division ); and Mr . Gore Ouseley , Mr . Belford Wilson , and Lieutenant General Macleod , were made Knights Commanders . At a Court and Privy Council held on Mondry , Lord John Russell resigned the seals of tho Foreign-office , which were handed to Lord Clarendon . Her Majesty has visited the Lyceum and Haymarket this week .

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      Prince Albert , as Colonel of tho Grenadier Guards , intends to increase , at his own expense , tho band of tho regiment from thirty-two , its present number , to sixty . This is princely . Colonel do Fleury , tho Master of the Horso to tho J ^ mperor of tho French , attended tho reception of tho Countess Granville , on Thursday evening . There was a meeting at tho London lavern on Tuesday , held for tho purpose of organizing a Hociety to obtmn vote by ballot . It is proposed to do this by widely diffusing information on the subject . Tho meeting included Mr . Henry Berkeley , M . I ' ., Mr . Gore Langton , M . P ., Mr . Phinn , M . P ., Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., Mr . Torrcns M'Cullagh , Mr . Wigram Crawford , Mr . W . J . Hall , Mr . Thomas I ' rout , and others .

      Certain schoolmasters , metropolitan and provincial , waited on Lord Granvillc , on Saturday , to present , a memorial ayainst the iambus modification made by tho Derby ( iovernment in Iho cIuiiho of the Privy Council Minuto of 1 H 47 , affecting ( ho management of nehool « . The Karl of Carlisle- has been nominated an Lord Rector of tho University of Aberdeen . His opponent is " Mr . Benjamin Disraeli . " Thooleotion will take pluco next week . Dr . Kayo , Bishop of Lincoln , died on Saturday last . If" was a " learned" bishop and an ainiablo man . Dr . Broughlon , Bishop of Sydney , . lied on Sunday . Ho had been formerly Chaplain of tho Tower , and owed his with

      tho colonial church to tho J ) uko of Wellington , who gave him ( he archdeaconry of New South Wales . Jlo was mado n bishop in 183 ( 5 . Tho working classes of Belfast have lost « , good friend in the young Karl of Holfasfc , who died at Naples , on the 11 th of February . Ho luul gone thither for tho benefit of his health . I Io imprudently assisted at , a rehearsal of a private dramutic performance-, and caught a fatal cold . Some reports having gone abroad respecting tho treatment of Mr . Foorgus O'Connor , who is confined at the Manor-house , Chiawiclc , Dr . Tuko has written to eot tho

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      202 THE LEADER . [ Saturday /

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 26, 1853, page 202, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1975/page/10/