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The following full particulars of the disaster in the
Valley of the Trent on Wednesday morning have reached
us. First of all it appears that only the engine-driver,
the stoker, and one passenger have been killed. Seven
other passengers have, however, been very badly injured.
Of the remaining people in the train—there were twenty-
seven in all—few escaped without injuries of a more
or less serious character. The station at Tam-
worth, it is stated, is a joint property, owned
by the London and North-Western and Mid-
land Railways, and the rails of the respective com-
panies cross each other, on different levels, at right
angles. The-rails of the former, with which we have now
to do, run close by the town, across the River Anker, and
form a portion of the direct route from London to Holy-
head. Altogether there are four sets of rails,
two for the ordinary traffic) brought to the plat-
form and thence leading into the sidings, and
two central sets on which the Irish mail is always sup-
posed to pass to 'the station. A little way beyond, in
the direction of Rugby, is a massive stone and
brick bridge crossing the Anker ; on the left of this is a
deep water-tank close by the river side ; while on the
embankment overlooking both the river and the tank
was what is called the stop-block, at the end of the siding
on the up line. On the Stafford side of the station, 300
or 400 yards away, was stationed the pointsman, by name
Alfred Evans, whose duty it was to dispatch the mail on
its journey right, through the centre of the station ;
while near the bridge over the Anker, close
by where the accident occurred, was the down-signalman.
-The persons who were ltilloctwasrer-tho, Rev. Mr. Healey,
a Roman Catholic -priest, of Tower-hill, London ; the
engine-driver, Samuel Taylor, aged 40, of Stafford ; and
Thomas Davis, fireman, aged 35, also of Stafford. Father
Healey was travelling by a second class carriage, on
his way back from Inchicore, Ireland. His
body was found in the river among the debris,
and from the fact of his having no boots on,
it was supposed that he must have pulled them
off, and was asleep when the accident occurred.
The Rev_ Mr. King, another Roman Catholic clergyman,
was travelling in company with him; but he escaped
with some contusions and a severe shock. The guard,
whose name is Reeves, was seriously but not dangerousiy
hurt. The post-office and the post office tender were
broken up, and the three travelling sorters narrowly
escaped with their lives. One of them, Mr. Clarke,
fell into a water tank, and but for his skill as a swimmer
would inevitably have lost his life. The tank into which he
fell was 20 feet, with 10 feet of water in it. Lieutenant
Crosbis, 60th Rifles, had his leg cut severely, but with
true military pluck he went on to Aldershot at a late
hour. The others who suffered were Major General Shaw
(cut face); Mrs. H. L. Bagley, wife of the chief constable
of Northampton, and Miss Bagley ; Dr. Paul, of Bed-
ford ; Mr. Stewart Beaufort, of Clifton-road, South Nor-
wood ; Mr. Thomas Daffey, of Lorigwood-avenue, Dublin ;
Mr. George Marshall, of Dublin ; and Mr. H. M.
Smythe, of Fitzwilliam-street, Dublin, who was bringing
his only son to Winchester.- Mr. Cooper, director of one
of the Irish railways in connection with the London and
North-Western system, was a traveller in the train, and
his practical knowledge of the working of railways led
him to make especial inquiries as to how the accident
could possibly have happened, and the explanation offered
by the pointsman on duty is understood to be simply this
—that he heard a train coming, and that on looking at
his watch he found it had stopped, and that in the anxiety
of the moment he did not know what train was approach-
ing, but believing it to be the Manchester goods he turned
it on to the siding. Inasmuch as the goods trains and
passenger trains carry distinct lights, and travel with a
totally different beat of the engine, this explanation
cannot be considered at all satisfactory. But be
Ycgld it the railway officials have not been able
to go, as the local authorities have themselves
taken the man into custody, and have refused to
allow any person to hold communication with him.
The body of the engine driver when recovered was found
to have some sparks of life left in it, but he died while
being examined by the surgeon. The poor fellow had
borne the brunt of the blow : his right thigh was fractured,
and his body was covered with contusions and wounds.
The body of the fireman was found in the river close
by the engine. He was quite dead, but not much dis-
figured. The search for bodies was prosecuted with
unremitting vigour up till noon ; boats dragged the
water, and men descended into the tank, but beyond
fetching up overcoats, rugs, hat-boxes, a case of. cham-
pagne, and a parcel or two of mushrooms and fruit,.
as well as fragments of the internal fittings of the
carriages, nothing tending to shew that any bodies
remained undiscovered was found. Neal- the tank, amid
a heap of smashed timber, torn curtains, twisted iron
rails, broken glass, apples, and Indian corn, was a case of
gold watches, broken into a thousand pieces. On Wed-
nesday night large bonfires were kindled round the scene
of the accident, but it is believed that no more •bodies, or
property, such as mail bags or partmanteaus are now
missing.
The deceased priest, Father Healey, was attached to the
Catholic Church of the English Martyrs in Great Prescot-
street, Whitechapel, London, of which fraternity his
fellow-traveller, Father King, was the superior. They
had together been on a mission to Ireland.
Mr. Edward J. Cotton, general manager of the Belfast
and Northern Counties Railway, writes as follows :—" I
do not write to describe this accident, but merely to state
that I thoroughly believe my life has been saved, and the
lives of most of my fellow passengers, by the extraordi-
nary great strength of the London and North-Western
Railway Company's carriages. It was perfectly mar-
vellous to see how wood held together after such a
fearful shock. I may also state that the signal arrange-
ments at the Tamworth station were, humanly speaking,
perfect."

TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH IRELAND.--

The Government are at last giving unmistakable evidence
of their intention to increase the telegraphic communica-
tion between Great Britain and Ireland. The steamship
Monarch and the powerful tug-steamer Blazer have arrived
in Donaghadee Harbour, County Down, having on board
a telegraph cable and al the .necessary apparatns for its
submersion between Donaghadee and Portpatrick. We
understand it is to be laid alongside the cable which at
present crosses at that point. In consequence of the severe
weather the Monarch and the Blazer could not start on
Tuesday upon their voyage, but as soon as the storm sub-
sides the paying out will commence.
THE LOSSES OF MAN OF WAR SHIPS.-A. Mr.
Newton Lee has written to the Standard, pointing out
that the Royal George was not the only English war
vessel that foundered in a strange manner before H.M.
ship Captain. He says "You seem to have forgotten
that in October, 1780, in a hurricane in the West
Indies, there were lost fifteen men-of-war, viz. : Thun-
derer, 74 ; Stirling Castle, 64 ; Defiance, 64 ; Phoenix,
44 ; La Blanche, 32 ; Laurel, 28 ; Shark, 28 ; Andro-
meda, 28; Deal Castle, 24; Penelope, 24 ; Scarborough,
20 ; Barbadoes, 14; Cameleon, 14 ' Endeavour, 14 ;
Victor, 10. The Thunderer, I know, foundered with all
'hands, probably at least 800 men, if not more. The
commander was Captain Nicholar, R.N., of Newton
Valiance, near Alton, Hampshire, to whose family it
belongs."

What a coming and going there has been during the last
ten days. An exodus of Republicans from British terri-
tory into France, an exodus of Imperalists from France
into British territory. Victor Hugo, Felix Pyat, Louis
Blanc, and their congeners crowding over to see the city
which has been well nigh rebuilt since they last beheld it
10 years ago. The Empress Eugenie, the Duke of
Gramont, M. 011ivier, and their congeners, fleeing
from that self same Paris where they have been
living splendidly for that same nineteen years. And
then the Orleanist Princes :runnning over one day
in order to leave again the next-; driving out at evening
to catch a glimpse of the capital which once was theirs,
and which has been so wonderfully transformed since they
left it in the company of their father, "Mr. Smith," nearly
two-and-twenty years ago. And then, lastly, M. Thiers,
the staunch Orleanist, the onewhile Minister of France
and enemy of England, coming over here, not, as it now
appears, on any official mission, but simply "on
his . own hook," driving about with his escort
of five ladies—this little patriarch of 74 winters
—from hotel to hotel,„. unable to_get a room,...aaids.at-
last compelled to put up at the French Embassy, where,
alas, there is no Ambassador to receive him. How mar-
vellous it all is. How bizarre it would have been if any
of these travellers had met on Dover- or Calais Pier, and
asked each other whither they were bent, and upon what
errand. Well, Victor Hugo has accomplished his,
which is more than can be said for most of the rest.
Prince' of Rodomontaders, he has delivered himself of a
huge windbag of magnificent sentences. That
these will keep the Prussians out of Paris may
be doubted, but they will have fulfilled their destined pur-
pose, the glorification of the king of spouters. The poor
Empress too has "in some sort," to use the famous
Benedetti phrase, accomplished her object, has found a
place of safety in that ancient refuge of exiles—England.
On the sunny slopes of Torbay she may fancy herself back
at Biarritz, and pass away the time in setting the fashions
to the loungers on the sea - bounded, tree - shaded
Strand, and in teaching her son English history
in sight of the spot where Dutch William landed
and began his victorious march through the country that
rejoiced to be conquered by him. As for the Orleans
Princes, they, it seems, are not wanted just yet. And so
it comes to pass that at this present moment England
shelters two ex-reigning families of France. They will
scarcely meet, I fancy. Claremont and Torquay arc far
enough apart to prevent a rencontre, which might be
embarrassing. If any of them are given to betting, they
may amuse themselves with wagers as to which of them
will first take possession of the Tuileries.
England, or at least English territory, has only just
missed being the asylum of another illustrious exile. When
two weeks ago I mentioned in this correspondence that
H.M.S. Defence was at Civita-Vecchia, and that the
Captain thereof had been in communication with our
charge d' afaires at Rome, and that he, the charge, had
been offering to take the Pope to Malta, the Times
repeated my story, and prefaced it with a heading ex-
pressive of incredulity. But ,it was absolutely true, as
the Times itself shews, by the news printed in, its own
columns. Moreover, not only was the offer made, but
it was actually accepted, and it was only at
the last minute that Pio Nono changed his mind, and
preferred to die at his post rather than owe his safety to.
heretic England.
I think I see signs of a reaction here in favour of France.
The extreme harshness of the Times in treating.as un-
worthy of consideration the concessions which it is sup-
posed France has expressed her willingness to make, is
provoking unfavourable comment. Its own frequent cor-
respondent, Canon Blakesley, the " Hertfordshire
Incumbent," has protested as strongly as the Times
would allow him to do against the severity of that
journal. He may well have done so. Surely
the payment of a hundred millions sterling, the dismantle-
ment of the -Rhine and Moselle fortresses, and, above all,
the surrender of half the iron-clad fleet should not count
for nothing. Fancy England consenting to destroy the
new made fortresses at Portsmouth and Plymouth, and
giving up to another Power her Monarch, her Hercules
her Minotaur, and half a score of other ships !
The supposition is almost inconceivable. Yet the
Times treats it as not worth discussion when
France is concerned. This extremity of ,6 ,harshness
makes us wonder what can be the motive which has in-
duced the " leading journal" to abdicate its function of
impartial judge in order to become the uncompromising
advocate of Bismarck—in order to shew itself rGermanior
Germanis. It was sharp work, falling so suddenly upon
the Emperor, whose Government the Times had, until the
last two months, so persistently glorified. But it would
seem that it is not a personal hostility which has animated
the great newspaper; it is a national antagonism. And
so now we read day after day articles upon the same
cruel text—Delenda est Gallia.

Solomon says there is a time to dance and a time to
refrain from dancing. I should not have thought that
this particular time was suitable for Cabinet Ministers to
be whirling through the rapid waltz, or marching through
the stately quadrille. Yet the papers tell us Mr. Lowe
has been staying with Mr. Bass, and was present at the
ball given by that distinguished brewer. With Emperors,
and Popes, and Princes prisoners or fugitives, with
tens of thousands of brave men perishing in
well nigh the most horrible carnage that the
world has ever seen, it is difficult to conceive the
temperament of the statesman which could find any
diversion in an amusement that may be well enough for
thoughtless girls and boys, but which to thoughtful men
and women should 1)9 repulsive in the midst of so much
agony. This conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
is very different from that of the Premier, though the
two have been coupled together. Mr. Gladstone
has been rebuked for " picking up shells on the
sea shore at Walmer." Now, in the first place, there
is no evidence that he has been so occupied. In the next
place if he had been, there is nothing inconsistent in it
with the most careful attention to the events which are
passing around him. Walmer Castle, be it remembered,
is the official residence of Earl Granville, as Lord Warden
of the Cinque Ports. What more natural, what more
wise, than that the Premier should be the guest of the
Foreign Minister at a place which is almost within
sight of France, is but a few miles from Dover, at
which all foreign dispatches land and embark,
and which at the same time offers the advantage of bracing
sea air to a Minister who has worked harder than any
British Premier before him, and whose health has been
impaired by his arduous labours ? After all Walmer is
not quite so far from London as Simla is from Calcutta.
No one blames Lord Mayo for going to "the hills ;" no
one should blame Mr. Gladstone for going to the sea-side.

Yesterday I took what I suppose is my farewell
glance at the Paris papers. There will soon be no paper
left for them to print on, and the proprietors
are asking the chemists to invent a soluble
ink, so that the same paper may be used over again.
The Liberte consists now of only one leaf,!and whereas it
used to be full of large type and sensational headings, it
is set as close as any of our London papers. Fortu-
nately, it is not encumbered with advertisements. Yester-
day there were four, and one of them contained acheerful
announcement to the effect that M. So-and-so sells car-
touche panwnent, which being applied to wounds inflicted
during the siege, will stop the flow of blood immediately.
As for M. Emile de Girardin, the originator of the
Liberte—the man, who when France, and even
the Emperor, wished to be at peace was continually
clamouring for war—he, now that the war has come in
real earnest, has, like the collapsed windbag that he is,
taken himself off out of harm's reach, and means to start
another journal in a town where he can bluster against
the Prussian barbarians, out of reach of their needle-
guns. On the other hand, the proprietors of the Siècle,
which ever denounced war, remain steadfastly at their
post, and, with words alike wise and brave, endeavour to
sustain the courage of their fellow-citizens. The proprietor
of Galignani's Messenger finds his occupation gone. With
Paris deserted by Englishmen and Americans, and with no
communication with the rest of the world, there was no
use in publishing a paper which there was no one to read.
First of all he reduced it to one leaf, and calling his com-
positors together he told them that half of them must go,
and that they:had better draw lots. It chanced that the
number of married and unmarried compositors
was equal, and strangely enough in every case the