The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-15 00:00:00

Several other witnesses were examined, but they
threw no additional light on the causes of the
catastrophe.

Colonel Yolland, one of the inspectors under the
Board of Trade, stated that he had gone over the
line, and gave it as his opinion that the accident
arose from the breaking of the trenails on the off-
side rail of the down line, caused by the pressure of
the trains, there being a curve at the point at which
the accident took place, and not enough elevation of
one line of rail over the other to allow for it. He
also objected to wooden trenails.

The Coroner very briefly addressed the jury, and
directed them that, according to the evidence given
and the opinion of the Government inspector, they
conld not reasonably come to any other conclusion
than that it was purely an accident, and there was
no blame attachable to any one-
THE VERDICT.

After about an hour's consultation the jury re-
turned the following special verdict :—" We find
that the deceased, James Stratton Plumb and
William Harris were killed by the falling of the
train over the embankment, and we further find
that the accident was caused by the improper
state of the permanent way at that particular
spot ; and that it was possible, when the plate-
layer went that way, that it was not perceived by
him. We believe, also, that the engine driver
was correct in his statement that he per-
ceived, as he was travelling along, the bulging
of the rails, but not in sufficient time to stop the
train, consequently we attach no blame to him ;
and we would recommend that, at any future acci-
dent, nothing on the railway should be replaced, if
the Government Inspector can be on the spot within
24 hours of it happening."
The Coroner said that verdict amounted to one
of accidental death; he recorded it as such, but de-
clined to receive the recommendation as part of the
verdict, but merely as a suggestion.

1101 V PLANTS CHANGE TILER?

CHARACTER.

Plants that are naturally of a silvery or golden
hue cannot be altered in their character, though
they may be spoiled or killed by bad manage-
ment; whereas true variegated plants may be
changed to their original green colour, and the
variegation destroyed by improper management.
This is a matter that practical gardeners—though
they know all about it—do not always bear in
mind as they should, and hence in one garden the
same variety of variegated plant will be seen in
greater perfection than in another. With plants
naturally of a silver hue, all that is necessary is
provide them with a soil suited to their consti-
tution ; with variegated plants the soil should gene-
rally be a trifle poorer than for the green-leaved
typon of tha Nyar;osmtod ,c,..totioo. WO ha,o pro:ma
by experiment that Dandy, one of the loveliest
of the minimum variegated geraniums, becomes as
green as grass when planted out in a soil heavily
manured, and that the same plants, removed into
a poor soil, recovered their variegation, and had the
same beautiful effect as originally. Look at any
border containing a row of the common variegated
mint, and it will be a great chance if you do not
see amongst the plants many strong shoots wholly
green, the plant reverting back to its original con-
dition through being well fed in a rich soil. So
with the pretty variegated Arabia ; one of the best
of plants for a close edging of yellowish grey, it
will every year produce a few green shoots ; and if
those are not removed, they soon take the whole
strength of the roots to themselves, and, overpower-
ing the variegated sh?ots, in course of time restore
the plant to the condition of the common green-
leaved Arabis of the borders.--"iardencr's Weekly
Naganne and ,Floricultural Cabinet.