The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-15 00:00:00

be ultimately detained, but it was necessary that at pre
sent they should remain in the bands of the police.
The prisoner was then remanded.

MORE EXTRAORDINARY DISCLOSURES.
FRIDAY NlGHT.—Since the examination before the
police magistrate at the Clerkenwell Court, of which we
have presented a report, facts have come to the know-
ledge of the police, which have undergone a strict inves-
tigation, and which render still more mysterious and
still more appalling the gigantic frauds which have been
perpetrated by 51r. Leopold Redpath on the Great

Northern Company.
An hour or two after the examination at the Clerk-
enwell Police-court, and when Mr. Redpath had been
moved to the House of Detention on the magistrate's
remand, Mr. Superintendent Lorton, of the Albany
section of the metropolitan police, received peremp

,ory orders from the Secretary of State to proceed

at once to Weybridge, and take possession of a house
and estate which Mr. Redpath had in that town.
Oa the arrival of the superintendent at Weybridge,
be instituted • the necessary inquiries, and then pro
needed to a large and elegant mansion, nearly oppo-
site to the parish church, called Messelington-house,
which he ascertained was Mr. Redpath'a freehold,
he having purchased it a few years ago, together with
the extensive grounds .by which it was surrounded. In
this mansion he found that ten servants were engaged,
including, in addition to the ordinary class of domestics,
a fisherman, who kept his punt on the river (Weybridge
being a fishing station), a coachman, and a courier, who
was specially employed to accompany Mr. Red path on
his continental travels. To his conk he paid 301. a year,

and the other on a scale of equal liberality. Here, too, '
the superintendent met Mrs. Redpath, who was in a
cheerful state of mind, and inquired about the expected
return of her husband in a manner which clearly showed
that she knew nothing of the frightful hands for which
he is now a prisoner in the hands of justice. It was the
melancholy duty of the superintendent to communicate
to her the afflicting intelligence of the fate of her hus-
band, when she became frightfully depressed, and fainted.
Fortunately Redpath bas no children to whom to be-
queath the memory of his appalling crimes.
When the superintendant searched the house he found
that it was furnished in a style of the greatest splendour.
Pictures by first-rate artists, jewellery of the most costly
de-cription, plate in the greatest abundance, were found;
while the dresses of Mrs. Redpath-were so numerous that
it is said a large cart would be insufficient to carry them
away. Some documents, too, of an important character
were fund, bearing particularly upon the charges made
against the prisoner, but their contents have not, of
course, been allowed at present to transpire. The wh
of the furniture of the house has been seated up with the
ofkcial seal of the police, and an ample re?ort has been
forwarded to Sir George Grey. Mau while Mr. Super
intendant Lexton has left a body of police in possession
of the house. It may be mentioned that in the stables ad-
joining the house there were found four horses, a
brougham which cost 180 guineas, a basket carriage, a
fishing punt, and other articles which were calcalated to
contribute to the gratification of the most luxurious
tastes.

It has already been stated that the *police, under the
direction of the Horne Secretary, are in possession of
the prisoner's house in Chester terrace ; but the evidence
given before the police magistrate does not convey an
adequate idea of the magnificence of the mansion. When
Redpath was apprehended by Mr. Williams, the officer
of the Great Northern Railway Company, he said,
" They have taken my place in Chester-terrace, and if
they sell it well it wilt bring 3A,000/." It was supposed
that in making this statement be alluded to the freehold,
which in such a situation would, of ;
course, be 'worth a
censiderable :,um but it appears that he had no interest
in that property further than paying a rental of 4001. a
year. The contents of that house; furnished in a style
superior to te at of many of the nocility, are estimated
to be worth at least 35,000/.
It is a mistake to suppose that a warrant for the ap-
prehension of Redpath was issued by the police magi-
strate. When he disappeared so mysteriously from his
office at King's-cross on Tuesday afternoon the cir-
cumstances were represented to the directors, who
suspected, what they ' never seemed to have
thought of before, that Mr. Redpath, in whom they hal
placed such implicit conedence, had robbed them. Sir
G. Grey was appealed to, and on a representation to him
that Redpath had made his way to France, the Secre-
tary immediately granted a warrant for his apprehension,
which was entrusted to Mr. Williams, who missed him,
under the circurneances already detaile
Telegraphic message were sent to Redpath on his ar-
rival in Paris by a friend in London, intimating to him
that ke police had a clue which would inevitably lead to
his capture, and acting upon this hint he immediately
retraced his steps, and arrived in London yesterday
morning. He went at once to the house of Mr. Irwin (or
Eliwyn), a clerk in the Great Northern Railway office, at
No. 4, Ulster-place, Regent's-park. Mr. Irwin being
alarmed at the rumours which had obtained circulation
through thecolnnatie of the newspaper press, at ouce com-
municated to Mr. Mowatt, the secretary of the Great
Northern Railway Company, the fact of Mr. Redpath's
arrival, and that gentleman then, in company with Mr.
Williams, the officer, went up and arrested him, and
conveyed hint o the Clerkenwell Police-court, where he
underwent his preliminary examination.
A most important feature in the circumstances which
have lately come to light is the connection of the pri-
soner Redpath with Win. James Robsgia, who is at the
present time under sentence of transe,ortation for 20 and
14 years respectively for frauds to the Crystal Palace
Company. Mr. Redpath and Mr. Robson were fellow-
clerks in the same office of the, Great Northern Railway
a few years ago, and since t) at time it appears they ;Jaye
been on terms of intimate friendship. Mr. Robseas was
known as what is generally termed "a fast mae," while
Mr. Red, a:n's predilections seem to have gone in the di-
rection of a raagniF,eeet di play at home. He was a con-
noisseur in art, a. man of literary tette, took a lively in•
terest in many charitable and religious institutions and
projects, and had surrounding his table men of distinction
in the Cb.arch, art, literature, and science. Red path
and Robson for a long period lived as neighbours
in Clareekce.street West, Regent's-park, and they were
in constant communication with each other, a somewhat
rernaikable circumstance, at they were men of entirely
dissimilar habits and pursuits. There is reason to believe
Vent at a future examination this acquaintanceship will
be proved in a manner which will leave no doubt about
the two persans having worked in concert, and having
been connected with each other in the perpetration of the
ghat frauds with which their names have become iden-
tified. Both Robson and Redpath trafficked largely on
the Stock Exchange, and it is believed that Redpath was
unlucky to an extent which induced him to commit fur-
ther frauds, and which eventually led to his detection.
When Mr. Redpath quitted Paris ho left the whole of
his Isteeage behind him. A telegraphic message was sent
yesterday to Paris, giving directions that it should be
forwarded to London, and it will arrive this morning at
the S aith-Eastern station, when Mr. Superintendent
Lorton will take possession of it, and having communi-
cated the result of his examination to the Great North-
ern Rahway directors and to the Horne Secretary, will
re.ain p eisession of the property until the re-exatietnati on
and probably the trial of the prisoner.
There are a few minor facts to be mentioned.
Redpath's salary when he entered the service of the
Great Northern Company was less than 1001. a-year. He
succeeded to the office of principal registrar at a salary
of 5001. a-yesr, which is the amount at which he is at
present engaged, for he is, notwithstanding his defalca-
tions, st'll a servant of the company.
He is a man of good family, and his brother is a soli.
citor in very respectable practice.
Notwith,tanding his enerre ui frauds and the immere e
amount of money which has passed through his hands,
honestly and dishonestly, Redpath is believed not to have
a single sovereign at his command.
A at-stetneet has appeared in some of the papers to
the effect that other clerks in the Great Northern Rail-
way Company's service have absented themselves in con-
sequence of those frauds. There is not the slightest
ground for such an aspersion on the character of the
company's servants.