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outside of Sandy Hook , and is substantially the main entrance for ships to the harbour of New York , affording abundance of sea room for vessels of all sizes , and is fifty miles in length . As by the rules of the club the prize cannot be awarded unless the winning boat accomplishes the distance in ten hours , it is apparent that it will require something more than ' drifting' to decide the race , which will be repeated from day to day ( exclusive of Sundays ) until the distance is performed within the stipulated time . The entries are to be sent to the subscriber , G . E . J . Bowdoin , Recording Secretary , 05 , Merchants Exchange .
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THE SHIP ERICSSON . We extract from the New York Herald an account of the last trial of the caloric ship . It is said to have been successful . The letter is dated " Washington , Feb . 22 /' " The caloric ship Ericsson arrived at Alexandria yesterday afternoon from the mouth of the Potomac , where she had lain at anchor for twenty-seven hours , during the late snow-storm and thick weather . Captain Lowber weighed anchor at half-past nine o ' clock last Wednesday morning at Sandy Hook , and , in pursuance of instructions , stood to the eastward , in the face of a strong gale and a heavy sea . He kept his course for eighty miles , when the wind shifted to the north-west ; he then stood
inshore again , in the face of the gale . During these two gales the ship stood the test nobly ; and , though she pitched her bowsprit under water , with her leeguard im . mersed , her engines performed with the utmost regularity , the wheels making 6 £ turns a-minute with entire uniformity . Not the slightest motion was ' perceptible in the framework and bracing of the engines . After the ship and the engines were thus fully tested , Captain Lowber shaped his course for the Chesapeake , and , in going up the bay against a gale from the N . N . E ., encountered a heavy snow-storm . On approaching the mouth of the
Potomac , the weather became so thick that the pilot declined to go further , and the ship came to anchor at ten o ' clock on Saturday morning . The engine had then been in operation for seventy-three hours without being stopped for a moment , or requiring the slightest adjustment , only one Arenian having been on duty at a time during the whole trip . The consumption of fuel was under five tons in the twenty-four hours . Captain Sands , of the United States' navy , who was on board to witness the performance , is delighted with the result , and says that he would willingly go to Australia in her . Thus the great principle of
the new motor is now a demonstrated reality . " We must remind our readers that very good authorities question the demonstration , and still suggest the strongest doubts .
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PROGRESS OP RAILWAY " ACCIDENTS . " It moves . Certainly , we shall shortly have a distinct department in the Administration—the Ministry of Railway accidents . Within eight days three frightful proceedings called accidents on the rails , and one in an cngi ne-shed ! We briefly mentioned two last week . The Merstham accident we need not recur to ; but the Manchester catastrophe demands ample notice . The train was an express going from Bolton to Manchester . Just on entering the Dixon Fold Cutting the high speed and the concurrent excessive oscillation were complained of by the passengers . A gentleman who rode in the last carriage , annoyed by the jolting , said to a fellowpassenger that he thought they wore going at a tremendous rate , and that the carriage rocked very unpleasantly to which the person addressed replied , " Oh no , we ' re only going a little quick ; " but he had scarcely finished the sentence before both felt the carriage off the lino . Almost immediately after it came to a stand-still , and on getting out hastily they found that an accident had happened , and that every carriage was oft" the rails . It wa . s then about six o ' clock , and the train had got . about five miles on its way towards Manchester . The scene which then presented itself was appalling . The engine was laid across the upline , with its head towards Bolt on , directly opposite to its former course , whilst , the tender was fixed in the sido of a cutting , through which the lino runs , a few yards behind the engine . The composite carriage which had been next , to it was reared upon it , still higher up the sido of the
culling ; below , between the ongino and tho tender , was a first-class carriage , and next to it tho second-class carriage The lii \ st ; -clnss eTirriage was Mightly on fire , and in these three carriages were a number of persons shrieking for help . Information was instantly sent forward to the Clifton station , but from Homp difficulty in carrying tho information , speedily to Manchester , it was full y an hour and a half before ariy of tho officials from tho main station could he got , to tho spot , in tho meantime ovcry exertion had been used to relievo tho sufferers , and it was found that a fearful sacrifice ; of human life had taken place , and Hint many who were not , killed wore shockingly injured . The driver , Thomas Crostin , was found between the two lineH , not far from his ongino , (( into dead , and horribly crushed ; John Simmons , a man who got . on the engine at Jl . alshaw Moor , was found dead not far off , Hhockingly
disfigured . The composite carriage , which niounlod upon tho tender , was found to bo scarcely injured . In one ami compartment , ( second-claws ) , there were five or Hix persons , who worc > uninjured beyond tho severe shaking . The eent . ro comportment contained two ladies , Mrs . mid Miss Knliani , wifo and daughter of Mr . A . Sofiani , a ( Jreok nwrnhnnt ., in Booth-street , Manchester , and Mr . Oonstun-Hlunt ' mH Carati , of ( jlasgow , also a <» rcek merchant , a friend of Mr . Sofiani ' s . The ladies were much bruised and cut about , | , ho head , but , were . not morn neriously iniurod . Both Mr . Carati ' s legs woro broken a little below tho knop , Tho compartment itself wus not much
injured . The next , a second-class , forming the other end , was much more damaged . The first-class carriage was a complete wreck ; of the frame scarcely a foot remained intact , and when the men went to clear it away they could do no more than throw the pieces into a heap . In this carriage were Mr . G-. F . Barbour , of the Grange , Edinburgh ; Mrs . Barbour ; their three children , one about eight years , another five , and an infant in arms ; Betsey Macartney , nurse , and Ellen Hogg , lady ' s maid : The second son was killed , the injuries on the head appearing to have caused instantaneous death . Mr . Barbour was very much hurt , and was insensible for a couple of hours , from a slight concussion of the brain and other injuries . Mrs . Barbour was also rendered insensible herself
from the shock , and when she recovered she found lying across the rails . Fearing some greater mishap if she continued there , she crawled with great difficulty to the ide of the line , and found her unfortunate child dead . She remained lying there perfectly sensible , but unable to rise , from about six o ' clock until nearly eight , when she was removed to Manchester , and it was found that she had fractured her collar-bone . The eldest boy was taken up insensible , but not dead , and it was subsequently found that he was severely scalded on the lower extremities . Ellen Hogg , the lady ' s maid , escaped with a slight contusion of the spine . Betsey Macartney sustained a compound dislocation of the ancle joint , and when she reached the Manchester Kdyal Infirmary it was necessary to
amputate the end of the bone before it could be returned to its place . The preservation of the infant she had in charge was almost miraculous . It was found by a passenger , lying in a ditch by the side of the rails , and was given by him to a woman , who took it to her cottage , undressed , and -warmed and fed it ; the unhappy parents not knowing , for a length of time , what had become of it . Mrs . Horrocks , wife of Mr . Horrocks , of Middleton-hall , drysalter , also sustained a compound dislocation of the left ancle , and the bone had to be cut before it was reduced . Mr . Vincent Martin , of St . Austell , in Cornwall , a traveller , who had just finished his north journey and got in at Hailshaw Moor on his return home , had his right arm fractured , two ribs broken , and his right hand lacerated .
Mr . Kobert Fitton , cotton spinner , of Shaw , near Oldham , sustained a fracture of the leg , and internal injuries . Mr . Henry Kay , of Prestwich , a salesman , had his left thigh fractured ; and Mr . Henry Pugh , shoemaker , of Bexleystreet , Salford , had both bones of his left leg fractured . An inquest has been held . Several passengers spoke of the excessive speed ; but the railway officials all concurred in placing it at between twenty-five and thirty miles an hour . But the most important testimony yet given is the following , by William Hurst , locomotive superintendent to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company . I know the engine No . 13 , of which the deceased , Crostin , was the driver . That engine wa 8 under repair about three weeks ago . It had a geneial overhaul , and was put in good 1847
order . The engine was put on the line in September , . It was under repair a fortnight or three weeks , and was finished three weeks ago , and has been working ever since . It had been several times under repair before ; probably once every six months , but not more frequently than is usual . The engines are examined every day before they go out . The eng ine No . 13 had four wheels . I consider an engine with four wheels quite as safe as one with six wheels , for running our express speed , about 30 miles an hour . I had made no particular inspection of this engine since it was repaired . I have seen it since tho accident . Tho axle is broken . I cannot say how it happened . I believe it was broken before tho engine got off the line . I infer that from tho course the wheels took . The axle is broken within tho left axle box . The rails wero forced
aaundcr , but not for some distance after the first impression of something being ofT tho rails . Tho sleepers wero not displaced where tho first , marks of tho engine being oft" the line were observed . There was no appearance of anything having been wrong with tho lino . Tho crank axle has all tho appearance of being perfectly sound before it , broke . My reason for thinking ' that tho axle broko bofore tho train got off tho lino is , that there is an impression of a wheel having been off , on tho inside of tho off wheel , for a distance of 27 yards , before any wheel appeared to have got off the opposite rail . I cannot account for that , except by tho breaking of tho axlo allowing the wheel to slip off . That mark was on the same sido as tho broken axlo . That axlo might to broken either by violent oscillation , or by a violent blow on tho flango of tho wheel . Tho axlo was a very strong one , five inches and a half in diameter . Tho iron is quite sound . I think that tho speed oscillation suf
which has been mentioned might cause an - ficient , to break tho axlo . Such a motion as would break the axlo would bo more likely to be caused on a straight piece ; of road than on a curvo . Tho wheel would not get away immediately tho axle broke , because there were throw inches of tho "journal" in tho axlo-box , and the splash board also would hold it to tho engine . Tho engine weighs fourteen tons . Vo have engines from twelvo to twenty-four tons . I will not undertako to say that an engine with throo pair of wheels would have been less likely to havo gone off if tho axle broke . I have- hoard no complaint that this engine oscillated or jumped in an unusual manner . I havo never heard that tho driver made such complaints . I do not think that the company would bo justified in using a houvior engino than that for such n train as that on Friday night . Speaking individually , I would as readily trust myself to a f'our-whoolod engine an to a nix-wheeled one . J < our wheels will bito hotter than six . Tho inquiry was suljourncd to Friday . Another smash occurred on Wednesday within a short distance of thin r \ ty , upon tho Bristol and Birmingham branch of Mio Midland Railway . It was ascertained that u coUituon , which hud been attended by tho Iohs of two lives , mid tho Horioun injury of some other of tho passengcra , had taken pluco , Tho down
north mail , which is due at Bristol at 6 A . M ., upon reaching ; a sharp curve near the Mangotsfield station , ahout five miles from Bristol , from some defect in the engine , broke down , and came to a stand still . The engine-driver and stoker instantly got off the engine to put matters to rights and ascertain the cause of the stoppage , and while doing so the shock of a fearful collision was felt throughout the train . It was found that an engine , which had gone up to Gloucester in the night with the goods train , was returning to Bristol , " when not anticipating any obstruction on the
line , and the morning being very foggy , it ran into the mail train , which was at a stand-still on the line , with considerable violence , completely smashing tho two hinder carriages , in which there were several passengers . Assistance was immediately rendered by the guards and passengers in the other carriages , and , upon clearing away a portion of the debris of the carriages , it was found that two the passengers had been killed and about four others were more or less injured . The wounded passengers were removed to the George Hotel , Bristol , where they received assistance .
Bennett , the guard of the mail , although severely injured , had the courage to collect his bags and convey them to Bristol . While the workmen were at breakfast in ft shed belonging' to the station of the London and Norfch ^ Western Railway at Longsight , near Manchester , the boiler of an engine burst . It had the effect of a shell in a bombarded town ; the pieces falling among the groups of men , killing four , and wounding upwards of a dozen . The noise was terrific ; five pillars were thrown down ; many square feet of slating torn off ; on the four men killed crashed the one side of the boiler ; on others masses of material . The engine was very old , and had just been repaired .
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IMPERIAL POLICY IN DETAIL . In the night of the 11 th of August last , during a violent thunderstorm , cries of distress were heard under the ¦ walls of the ruined chateau of Gaillac ( Lot ) , then inhabited by three rustic families . The cries were " Help , help ; my wife is murdered ; I am a lost man ; it is Albarel that 13 killing us . " Albarel was one of the inhabitants of the chateau , and was the terror of the district . The voice of distress was that of another of the inmates , named Fan , who , with his wife , had been prevented from coining home till late by the violence of the Btorm . The third family living in the chateau consisted of a man and his wife named Barthe , and their daughter Victorine , a girl scarcely turned thirteen years of age . At the sound of the dreaded name of Albarel , who that morning only had threatened to strike Victorine ' s mother , Barthe and his wife were struck dumb with terror , but little Victorine jumped out of bed , rushed to her parents' chamber , and exclaimed , "Oh , lather ! take a gun and go out . " Seeing that he hesitated , she added , " If you will not , I will go myself ; it shall never be said that a man was killed at our door for want of help . " Stimulated by this appeal tho father went out , but it was too late . Fau was mortally wounded , and his wife dead . Meanwhile Victorine hid herself in the corner of a doorway through which Albarel , supposing him to be the murderer , must pass to gain his own lodgings . She presently heard tho assassin approach with stealthy step . Tho slightest movement , and her life would have been sacrificed
to the fury of a desperate ruffian armed and reeking with blood . She remained firm , assured herself of tlie identity of Albarel , saw him creep into his chamber , and instantly went in search of tho officers of justice . Upon her evidence Albarel was sentenced to hard labour for lifo . The Emperor , on hearing of Victorine ' s courageous action , sent a watch to tho Minister of Justice , and wrote with his own hand upon tho envelope enclosing it , " For Victorino Barthe , to bo presented to her in a solemn sitting of tho Court of Assiees . " Pursuant to tho Emperor ' s desire a . solemn sitting of tho Imperial Court of Cahorfl was hold on Fob . 27 last ; Victorino was conducted by tho usher to thn witness seat in tho centre of the court , and there , in
the presence of the prefect of tho department , a full bench of judges , tho assize jury , and a large assemblage of tho gentry of the department , tho watch was presented to her by M . Joly , the presiding judge . M . Joly , in tho course of a long speech , said that heroism had m all time boon , tho natural production of tho department of the Lot , and enumerated a long list of worthies born in tho provinco from tho time of tho ltornans downwards . AftoV tho delivery of tho spoech the prefect presented Victorino with a medal of honour of tho first class and a purso of 160 f . on tho part of tho Minister of Justice ; and at tho conclusion of tho ceremony tho jury requested that tho speeches of tho President Joly and tho prefect might bo printed , and that each of them might bo allowed to havo
a copy . I Is thoro a surer way than tluH of winning a kind of theatrical popularity P But wo mistake tho French greatly if such histrionic performances can mako them forgot moro than countervailing deeds of perjury and murder . ]
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M 1 SC K L L A N K O U S . Tho Queen has beon twico to tho Princess ' s this week , and twice out in her carriage . Among the Palace visitors liavo been the Puko of Hamilton , Massimo IVAzeglio , Mr . Frederick Pool , and Sir Henry and Lady Bulwcr . Queen Victoria and Prince Albert , and tho roynl family , according to the present arrangement , will return to Windsor Castlo on Thursday next , tho 17 th . inst ., for tho Easter holidays . After romaining at Windsor for a fortnight , tho Court will return to Buckingham Palace . There is no probability of hor MajcBty
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250 THE LEADER . [ Satprpax ,
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Leader (1850-1860), March 12, 1853, page 250, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1977/page/10/
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