The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-10 00:00:00

S N, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, MO,

teeth; and small, quick, black eyes. The latter were
keenly suggestive of either a genius for petty traffic
or the acquisition of small ware generally by any
means. After these distinguished specimens of a
decaying race the procession, which was very w9ll
arranged, proceeded in the following order : I
1

ment was a small grindstone sent as a present to
his Royal Highness, on which in gilt letters was
inscribed- the rather premature inscription,
," To
our hopeful King.'"'-On the upper galleries of the
building was a splendid display of furs and skins
in every stage of preparation, and a gallery of
Canadian pictures, in which, among others of a
much lower order of merit, were several very fine
works. Some of the waterfalls and forest scenery
were portrayed with a freedom and depth of colour
which would have done credit to any collection in
England,
During the whole time the Prince was making his
tour the applause of ladies and cheering of gentle-
men never stopped, and only slackened down at in-
tervals to break out with redoubled ardour. His
Royal Highness then returned to the dais, and Sir
Edmund Head, in compliance with the Prince's wish
declared the Industrial Exhibition of INlontreal to
be formally opened, and his Royal Highness retired.
Then came a general and rapid rush for carriages
and vehicles of every kind, for the opening of the
Victoria Bridge was to take place in about an
hour afterwards, and the two points of interest
were just sufficiently wide apart to make it
doubtful whether those who left the Exhibition last
would be able to reach the bridge in time. Perhaps,
as a sufferer, I am prejudiced against the carriage
drivers of Montreal, and might therefore express
my convictions of their character and general
rapacity too strongly, so I will only trust myself
to say that they improved the occasion to the
utmost, and managed to extort such sums as must
have even surprised themselves if they were capable
of feeling any emotion beyond their inordinate love
of dollars. About £2 12s. sterling was the lowest
item they would hear of for taking a fare from the
Exhibition to the bridge, a distance of some two
and a half miles. There were numbers, however,
not only willing but anxious to pay this sum, so I
suppose it must be taken as the market value on
that occasion. All the route from the building
to the bridge was a mere quagmire, so that as the
carriages were open and every one drove fast, the
whole cortege—riders, drivers, and carriages
—presented one general average of muddy splashes
that was almost amusing, in spite of its annoyance.
Had it been a bad day, or had any contretemps oc-
curred in the proceedings of the morning. of course
the wrath of the wearers of bemired uniforms would
have been boundless; but, as it was, all officials,
although one or two looked overworked, were in
the best of temper, for the fetes of the morning had
been pre-eminently successful, and the weather,
which had been long threatening, was now clearing,
though slowly and apparently, with great reluc-
ance.

FIRST DIVISION.
Police Advanced Guard,
The Chief of Police and Officers.
The Prince's Standard.
Grand Marshals.
J. C. Lacroix, Esq. M. Doherty, Esq.
Guard of Honour and Bands.
Volunteer Cavalry Escort.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES
AND SUITE.
His Excellency the Governor-General and Suite.
The Commander of the Forces and Staff, mounted.
The Members of the Executive Council.
His Lordship the Anglican Bishop and Chaplains.
His Lordship the Roman Catholic Bishop, with Superiorof
Seminary and Chaplains.
The Moderator of the Church of Scotland.
The Chief Justice and Judges,
The Mayor of Montreal.
The Members of the Corporation.
The Civic Officials and the Executive Committee of Citizens.
The Members of the Legislative Council.
The Consuls-General of France and the United States.
The consuls.
Distingui lied Guests.
Band of Music.
SECOND DIVISION.
The Royal Standard.
Grand Marshals.
John Penner, Esq. J. E. Malhiot, Esq.
The Clergy.
The Bar.
The Notaries.
The Medical Faculties.
The St. Jean Baptiste Society, with banners.
The St. Patrick's Society, with banners.
The St. George's Society, with banners.
The St. Andrpw's Society, including the Caledonian and
Thistle Societies, with banners.
The German Society, with banners.
The New England Society, with banners.
The Irish Protestant Benevolent Society, including the
Young Men's Society, with banners.
The Mechanics' Institute, with banners.
L'lnstitut Canadien, with banners.
L'lnstitut Canadien Francais, with banners.
La Societe des Arts et Metiers.
THIRD DIVISION.
The British Ensign.
Band of Music.
Grand Marshals.
A. W. A. Delisle, Esq. ( W. S. Macfarlane, Esq.
The Agricultural Society.
The Horticultural Society.
The Chief Engineer and the Fire Brigades.
Montreal Temperance Society, including the Sons of
Temperance.
Rechabites and Bands of Hops, with banners.
The St. Patrick's Temperance Societies, with banners.
La Societe de Temperance, Section St. Jacques, with
banners.

The Victoria Bridge at Montreal, the opening of
which was now to be formally celebrated, is, be.
yond all doubt, the greatest engineering work in
the whole world. The llenai Bridge is a noble
structure, yet only the germ of the great idea here
d( veloped to its fullest. Brunel's great bridge at
Saltash is remarkable for the wonderful skill with
which it overcomes obstacles which were, in fact,
almost created that the engineer might have
the pleasure and merit of vanquishing them.
Rochling's suspension-bridge, over the Rapids of
Niagara—the most ingenious, and, perhaps even
the most beautiful bridge of its kind in the world,
is only designed for a special and peculiar gorge,
and, apart from this, no fair comparison can be
drawn between the Niagara and the Victoria, when
the former is only 800 feet long and the latter more
than 9,000. To appreciate the Victoria Bridge, to
do justice to its grand conception, and what seems
the almost superhuman energy and skill necessary
to carry out the idea in all its present grand perfec-
tion, one must see it. One must not only see it, for
a merely indefinite length gives no real idea of the
immensity of the undertaking. The visitor should
look at the St. Lawrence in winter when millions of
tons of floating ice come crushing down it, and in
summer when even at its lowest ebb the current
flows like a sluice, at the rate of eight miles an hour.
He should remember that the whole of its bed is a
mere quicksand, strewed over the bottom with gigan-
tic boulders, weighing 25 and 30 tons, that the depth
of water is nowhere less than 25 feet, and that the
stream at thin point is two miles wide. When any
one takes the trouble to think quietly over the
nature of these obstacles, and then look up at the
lofty rib of iron, which stretches high in air from
shore to shore, he must be more or less than human
if he does not regard it as the grandest and most
successful engineering work which the world has
yet seen.

La Societe de Temperance, Sectibn St. Joseph, with

banners

FOURTH DIVISION.
The Union Jack.
Band of Music.
Grand Marshals.
Dunbar Browne, Esq. I H. Duchesneau, Esq.
La Societe St. Michel, with banners.
L'Union St. Joseph, with banners.
La Societe des Menuisiers et Charpentiers, with banners.
La Societe St Franqois Xavier, with banners.
La Societe St. Antoine, with banners.
L'Union St. Pierre, with banners.
Miscellaneous societies and organisations, not hereinbefore
mentioned, and Citizens.
Sub-Chief of Police and Rear Guards.
The members of the Legislature were to have
marched between the members of the Executive
Council and the Consuls ; but here, as at Quebec,
they declined to assist in the procession at all. Their
absence was not " conspicuous." They were certainly
not missed from the procession, and the incident is
only worth mentioning as indicating an undercur-
rent of sullen feeling which just now occasionally
manifests itself awkwardly. The state of parties in
Canada is by no means of the couleur de rose tint
which superficial observers might imagine from the
arches and illuminations which bedeck the land.
There were no signs of any feeling but loyalty,
however, when the Prince landed. The people
shouted with real enthusiasm, and all the steeples
in the town rang out tremendous peals, which filled
the air with a rich volume of sound that added to
the excitement and whirl of the whole display.
In such State his Royal Highness was escorted to
his residence—the mansion of Mr. Rose, Chief Com-
missionelp of Public Works in Canada, which had
been placed at his disposal during his stay. Only
a very short halt was made here, for ti great deal of
ceremonial and high state had to be got through this
day, with but little time for breathing between each
event. So, after a short pause, just sufficient to
enable the crowds that had witnessed the proces-
sion to flock to the Exhibition, his Royal Highness
again commenced a progress through the streets to
formally open and inaugurate the Industrial Exhi-
bition of Montreal and Province of Canada. The
building which has been erected for this purpose
stands in a commanding situation on the northern
side of the city, just where the slopes of Mont
Royal, from which the town takes its name, begin
a slow rise. The building itself, in outer form
and general internal arrangement, is very like
one of the end transepts of the Crystal Palace,
only, of course, on a much smaller scale, and
built with brick walls, roofed in with an arched
wooden ceiling. For the rest, the columns, girders,
and tie-rods of the interior are much the same in
principle as in the English building. The outside,
however, is handsomely adorned with light orna-
mental woodwork and painting, which give it a
clean and pleasing effect. The time for opening '
this Exhibition should, as was originally intended,
have been at least 10 days or a fortnight later than
the 25th of August. Advantage was, however,
taken of the presence of his Highness to inaugu-
rate the Exhibition with the utmost state and eclat.
This of course compelled the committee to open the
building before much more than half its contents
had arrived, and when even of that half not more
than one-third of the articles were unpacked from
their cases. Thus the galleries set apart for the
various products of Canadian growth or manufac-
ture were almost all empty, a fact on which Mr.
Chamberlain, the indefatigable secretary, almost
congratulated himself when he found how pressed
he was for space to accommodate spectators. The
Prince arrived at the Exhibition at 11 o'clock, and,
passing through a marquee set aside for the exhi-
bition of a fine collection .of hothouse plants, waited
a short time in a handsome reception room till a
sufficient number of naval, military, and civic dig-
nitaries had arrived to constitute something between
a brilliant staff and a small procession. This
formed, his Royal Highness at once entered the
building, and passed to th© dais, amid the warmest
acclamations of enthusiasm and flutterings of hand•
kerchiefs that ever any heir apparent was greeted
with. " God save the Queen" was sung splendidly
by the chorus, after which the Governor-General of
course read another address, to which as usual the
Prime responded, and these formalities being over
(which to the Prince, even with all his goodnature,
must begin to feel rather tiresome now) a complete
tour was made of the building. As I have already-
said, there was not a great deal of it to delay this
part of the Ceremony. There were some rich spe-
cimens of iron and copper ores, in both of which
minerals, all Canada abounds, though as yet these
sources of national wealth have been most imper-
fectly developed. The copper ore is badly and ex-
pensively worked, though spite of all waste, the
mines yield an enormous profit, and would yield ten
times more if better managed. Iron ore of the
richest kind is abundant everywhere, especially in
Western Canada, where, at a place called Croxly, it
yields from CO to 40 per cent. of pure metal. Some
very fine specimens of this ore were shown to the
Prince. A conspicuous object in the centre of the
building is a column of coal cut from one seam and
37 feet high. In Canada there is no coal formation
whatever—a serious check on the profitable work •
ing of the iron ores. But at Pictou and Cape Breton
Island there are immense coalfields, the seams at the
latter place being fr0m.,37 ,to 38 feet thick. From
one of them the coluing of coal in the Montreal
Exhibition was cut,'- and though not properly
belonging to objects of Canadian industry, it
was, nevertheless, assigned a conspicuous place in
the building, as another proof of the mineral
wealth of the colonies generally. The Prince in-
spected these and some fine specimens of native
marbles. Among other objects in this depart-

It is by no means an imposing or even tolerably
well-looking structure. Its heigth from the water
and its immense length gave it more the appear-
ance of a gigantic girder than a bridge. Viewed at
sunset, when its dull tints are brightened into red,
and with Montreal as a background, with all its
tin roofs and steeples glistening like silver in the
sun, it looks well enough, though never much more
than an iron footpath to the picturesque
city beyond ; and few can believe at the first
glance that it is zeally more than five
times longer and bigger than the longest
bridge ever yet constructed.

Its total length is very nearly two miles (9,500
feet) ; its height from the water little over 100 feet.
It is composed of 25 tubes joined in lengths of two
tubes, each about 270 feet, with a centre one of 330
at the highest part above the river. In weight of
iron it is very little over a ton per foot in length
(the lightest bridge of its kind ever made with the
same strength), and the contraction and expansion
of the whole make a difference in its length between
summer and winter of more than 10 feet, which is,
of course, properly allowed for in its construction.
The piers, which are 24 in number, and contain
some 3,000,000 cubic feet of masonry, were formed
by forcing down coffer dams of wood in the exact
places where the foundations were :to be laid, then
driving rows of piles round these, and filling in be-
tween the two with wads of clay, forced dawn till
they were watertight. The water inside the coffer
dam was then pumped out by steam pumps, and the
work of clearing out the gravel and mud, and laying
the masonry down on the very rock, commenced,
Quicksands let in the water to such an extent that
no pumps could keep the cofferdams empty, and
tiers upon tiers of piles had to be driven all round
them till the subterranean communication was cut
off at last. At other times huge boulders were in
the way, and divers had to be employed for months
in the bed of the river securing chains to these rough
masses before they could be hooked up and taken
away. When all was clear and progressing well the
mere force of the current would sometimes destroy
the dams, and masses of floating ice in one short
winter's day laid waste the labour of a whole sum-
mer. It may give your readers some idea of the
varied and overwhelming nature of the obstacles
contended against when I state that some piers
were destroyed by ice and quicksands as often as
six or seven times year after year, and that on the
average of the whole 24 piers the work of each
one were actually destroyed thrice. Only the
genius of Stephenson and Ross, and only the
unconquerable nerve and readiness of Mr. Hodges,
to whom the entire work of the building was in-
trusted, could have overcome such obstacles, and
persevered in the face of such apparently
hopeless reverses. At last the piers got above
water, and were faced towards the set of the cur-
ent with a long massive wedge of granite masonry,
strong and sharp enough to divide even the ice-
fields of the St. Lawrence. Gradually, and only
working in the summer, they were built to the
required bEight, and then the labour of construct-
ing the tubes commenced. The dangerous rapi-
di!y of the stream made it impossible that the
tubes could be built on shore, floated out on rafts,
and then raised to their positions in one piece,
as was the case with the bridge at Menai. So the
whole tube was first actually built in England, and
sent out piecemeal, with every plate bar and angle
iron numbered with such minute exactness that, as
far as putting together was concerned, there was
no more difficulty' than with a child's toy. thus,
with the assistance of a temporary scaffolding
stretched between the piers, tube after tube was
slowly built across to the centre, where the great
span of 350 feet comes. As may be imagined, the work
of building this across with no supports from below
presented a series of engineering difficulties such as
have never yet been encountered in any piece of
ironwork that was e'er put together. Mr. Hodges,

darammanum.........
however, persevered and triumphed here, as he had likely to be devoid of incident, was certain to be '
done elsewhere, and at length at the close of last productive of much amusement, and which the Prince
year, fivq years after the commencement ef the work, looked forward to with a keehlanticipation of fun,
the first 'stone and iron bridge over the St. Lawr6nce unfortunately fell to the ground. General Williams
was completed. It was tested with: a strain more was with his Royal Highness in the carriage, and,
than ten times greater than any which the ordinary in order to preserve his incog. to the fullest, he wore
exigencies of traffic can ever bring upon it. The a Staff cap with gold band, and of course was known
deflection of the centre tube under this was very at once. When be was seen the Prince was soon
little more than an inch, which recovered itself discovered, in spite of his slouched hat drawn close
the instant the load was removed. In a strategical over his face. The crowd set up tremendous cheers ;
point of view it seems rather a mistake to cross the there was no stopping at Craig-street, and his
St. Lawrence at this spot, and thence continue the Royal Highness had to drive through the town as
railway to Quebec along what may be called the fast as he could, followed by shouting hundreds.
American side of the St. Lawrence. In case of any Yesterday being Sunday, of course nothing was
" difficulty" with our western cousins a corporal's done. Today there were Indian games, which were 1
guard would suffice to capture the whole 180 miles not only worthless, but ridiculous. After these at-
of line which stretch from Montreal to Quebec. tempted games, which no one cared about, and
Had it been taken along the northern bank the which ever) one was glad to see suddenly ended by
broad rushing stream of the St. Lawrence would the rain, there was a crowded levee. To the satis-
have been almost a complete safeguard—l will not faction of many in Montreal, the Mayor was not
say from injury, but certainly from capture. A knighted. Every one is now preparing for the ball
railway bridge over the St. Lawrence was, of course, this evening, which lam told is to be on an almost
necessary for communication with the States, but regal scale of splendour. To-morrow, the 28th, the
taking such an important length of line as that I have Prince goes down the rapids of the St. Lawrence,
attends a grand musical festival, and honours a ball
mentioned along the American side of the stream
the evening at Mr. Blackwell's with his pre-
seems not only unnecessary, but imprudent in a in
sence. He leaves here for Ottawa on Friday, the
military point of view. The Canadians, of course, 31st. His tour through the United States is slowly
think very highly of all connected with the Grand but surely extend;ng itself, and where it will even-
Trunk Railway, and well they may,for howeverlittle tually cease it is hard to say. It has now been de-
the line has done for its shareholders, it has un
clues_ tided that, when he does leave, his port of depar-
ture will be Portland, which he will visit for a day
tion ably done everything for Canada. Before the line
was finished it used to take in winter from a week after leaving Boston.

to 10 or 14 days to journey from this city to Quebec
and hundreds are yet living who can remember when
it took from three to four months to send goods in
boats poling up the stream from Quebec to Toronto.
The journey from Quebec to this city is now done in
six hours, and from Quebec to Toronto in 16. People
here are confident that the railway must pay ulti-
mately, and that at no distant time. The wish is
father to the thought, I should imagine, but it
cannot be denied that each day seems to improve
the prospects of the line.
The mere ceremony of opening a bridge is very
much the same at all places. All the visitors
to this rather meagre ceremonial were con-
veyed in special trains to Point St. Charles, at the
entrance to the bridge on the Montreal side. Here,
over the stone aperture which forms the entrance
to the bridge, was a large muster of all the belles
and notabilities of Canada. There was the usual
platform covered with scarlet cloth, and a little
scaffolding, from which hung a ponderous slab
of granite, the last stone required to complete the
masonry of this marvellous undertaking. The men
at the windlass above—the real layers of the stone,
like humble but necessary sceneshifters, were care-
fully concealed from view. The Prince with all his
suite, and attended by the chief members of the
Canadian Government, came at 2 o'clock in a beau-
tifully constructed open railway car specially built
for the occasion. Of course, he was received with
deafening outbursts of enthusiasm, the fair stan-
dard-bearers who held the little silver flags in
which his coronet was worked waving them with
astonishing energy.
Laying the last stone was soon accomplished.
The Prince patted and touched the bed of mortar, and
the mass of granite was slowly lowered into its place.
It was a solemn affair, and seemed like laying a
tombstone over the grave of £17,000,000. The
Prince then entered his car again, and proceeded
through the bridge, the hot air from the iron tube
giving, on the whole, rather an unpleasant sensa-
tion. The whole bridge bellowed and rumbled
like thunder as the train progressed, and the open-
ing by which it had entered grew smaller and
smaller till it only shone faintly in the distance
like a pale blue star. At last a dim twilight ap•
peared ahead, and the engine gradually stopped.
It was in the centre of the bridge where the
Prince was to drive the last rivets, so there was a
general scramble out, and all the party stood lis-
tening with a feeling almost of awe as the hoarse
sustained rumble of the engine moving away went
echoing up and down the dark tube, which seemed
to sway and vibrate as the noise went rolling on
backwards and forwards, striving for escape from
its hollow iron prison.
His Royal Highness went outside .to one of the
openings in the masonry of the centre tower, and
looked down on the St. Lawrence rushing past in
one grand stream far below, sweeping under
the bridge in eddies and whirlpools, or burst-
ing into little spirts of angry fo am as they
touched the sharp edges of the granite masonry.
None could look down on this great river, and then
look along the sides of the iron tube which tapered
away at each end in the distance till it seemed a
mere reed -f metal, without feeling astounded not
only how such a design was ever carried out, but
how it could eve: have been conceived as practi-

P OLICB INTEL LIG ENC'E—Sept. 8.

WESTMINSTER.—THE PEER AND THE MA-
GISTRATE.—Amongst the night charges from the A
division appeared the Earl of Kingston, accused of
being drunk, refusing to pay a cabman his fare, and
as-aulting Police-constable Kellick, 511 A.
The policeman said he was sent for to Morley's
Hotel at two in the morning, to remove his lord
ship, who was then drunk there, and insisted upon
remaining. The porter turned his lordship out, and
he, accompanied by witness, went in a cab which
was standing at the door to Scotland-yard, to lodge
a complaint against Mrs. Morley for making him
leave as described. The cabman, who said he had
been driving his lordship about and could not get
his money, then took his lordship to King-street
station and charged him with refusing to pay, but
the acting-inspector refused to take the charge, and
witness then consented to accompany his lordship
to a friend's house in Smith-street on foot, but on
arriving his lordship changed his mind arid said he
would go to another friend in Queen-square, and
they were proceeding in that direction when sud-
denly his lordship struck witness in the face, and
kicked him twice on the shin. Witness then took
him back to King-street station, and charged him
with the assault.

In reply to questions from the magistrate,
The constable said it was at his lordship's request
that he undertook to see him to a friend's house,
and gave him his arm. Under ordinary circum-
stances he would have been locked up as drunk
and incapable, owing to his helpless condition.
His lordship observed that in every respect the
constable had perjured himself, but he would not
say any more till his counsel came. The constable
had insulted and collared him, which was an offence
to the house of Peers, of which he was an honour-
able member. As for the charge of being drunk,
he never got drunk.
Sergeant Starr, acting inspector, said he refused
to take the cabman's charge, as described. His
lordship was very drunk, and having stated that
he would not go to his lodgings in Duke street,
left the station arm-in-arm with the constable, to
be seen to the house of a friend.

His lordship, who had interrupted the proceed-
ings, again impugned the credit of the witnesses
against him.
George Crambrook, the cabman, made a claim
against his lordship of 95., for driving and waiting.
His lordship now wanted to see Mr. Paynter's
private minute-book, to cross-examine the wit
nesses from, and then desired to come upon the
bench to look at it, both of which were refused,
upon which his lordship said he was not being
treated with the respect due to a peer of the realm.
Mr. Paynter observed that he had treated him
with all the respect due to his rank, and wished
that his lordship would treat himself with that
self-respect becoming his high position. Mr.
Paynter then asked him what he had to say to the
charge of being drunk and neglecting to pay the
cabman.

His lordship again and again went into a lot of
irrelevant matter without replying to the complaint,
and when told to confine himself to the matter be-
fore the Court complained of injustice.
Mr. Payn.ter said he could not permit him more
than any other man to waste the valuable time of
the Court.
His lordship declared that the magistrate not
only insulted him, but the House of Peers, by saying
he wasted the time of the Court.
Mr. Paynter ordered him to pay the cabman 9s.
and costs.
Other evidence was also offered in support of the
charge of assault and his lordship's condition at the
time, but Mr. Paynter said it was unnecessary, and
asked his lordship what reply he had to the charge
of assault.

cable.
The formality of completing the bridge was now
gone through. Four rivets had been left unfinished,
and these were closed with iron bolts by two work-
men. The last, a silver rivet, was clinched by the
Prince himself. The ceremony was nothing to
describe, though it would have made a fine picture.
The two workmen wielding their tremendous ham-
mers with a din that was awful, the rich uniforms
of the Prince and suite, half hidden in the gloom,
and softened down by the wreaths of thick
wood smoke which curled from the funnel of
the engine in the background the little
glimpse through the opening into the bright sun-
light, the St. Lawrence, far beneath—the flaunt-
ing decorations and shining roofs of Montreal be-
yond the river—all made a sttiking subject for a
picture. The Prinee turned a look of humorous
inquiry on the Duke of Newcastle as he saw the
process of riveting going forward, which said, as
plainly as looks could speak, " I shall never be able
to use there hammers that way." His turn soon
came. The last iron rivets were fixed, and the
last of all, a silver one, was inserted. The Prince
took the hammer, and, heavy as it was, prepared to
wield it stoutly—of course, with the wrong nr big
end foremost, which any one but a professional
smith would think was the right one to use. He
laughed, and rectified the mistake when pointed
out ; Mr. Hodges adjusted the silver knob, and
with some stout, sounding blows, the Prince finished
the last rivet in the Victoria-bridge. There was no
cheering over it—the company was too select for
that ; and the wood-smoke from the engine had
long ceased to be a pictorial accessory, and had be-
come a stifling nuisance. So every one stumbled
back in the dark to the car, which went on through
the tunnel to the other side of the river, where a
magnificent view of Montreal could be gained.
Here the party remained for a few minutes, and
Mr. Blackwell, in the name of the Grand Trunk
Railway Company, presented the Prince with a
beautiful gold medal, executed by Wyon, commemo-
rative of the occasion. The suite were presented
with similar ones, but in silver.
The Royal car then returned through the bridge
to one of the large workshops of the company,
where a splendid lunch had been prepared, and,
which, as the guests were not only hungry but
numerous, was soon disposed of At its conclusion
the healths of the Queen, Prince Consort, and Prince
of Wales were given and acknowledged with almost
uproarious demonstrations of loyal welcome. His
Royal Highness then quitted the table to receive an
address from the workpeople on the railway, by
whom again a tremendous reception was given. In
fact, cheers seemed to tire the ear, for through
the whole day they never once stopped. The
Prince then passed through the workshops, where
all.the machines were going at full speed, with their
lathe-bands decorated with rosettes, and every part
of the machinery covered with little plumes and
bunches of flowers, which kept whirling round like
silent fireworks. Only a short stay was made here,
for the day had been a long one, and the Prince,
though not looking tired, must have felt so. The
party, therefore, returned at once to Mr. Rose's
house, and in the evening Montreal illuminated. It
was one of the best and most general illuminations
with which the Prince has yet been received. Every
one of the streets was a perfect blaze .of light, and
fireworks were going off in all directions. The Prince
intended to come it, and walk about the town incog.,
and only attended by two or three of his suite. A dark,
quiet spot was arranged for his carriage to draw up at
the corner of Craig-street,where Mr. Rose was wait-
ing to escort the party roux(' the main streets of the
though
city. This Haroun-al-Rashid plan, which,

His lordship admitted the assault, but pleaded
justification, on the ground that the constable had
laid hold of him by the collar, which was not a
proper way to serve a peer of the realm.
The constable denied it. His lordship was not
in custody, and therefore he did not treat him as a
prisoner.
His lordship expressed his opinion that it was
disgraceful to see a man administer justice as Mr.
Paynter did.
Mr. Pay nter observed that the principal defence
his lordship seemed to make was to charge his ac-
cusers with perjury, and that he appeared to feel
himself justified in insulting the judge of the
court, who sat there with as much authority as
he would in the House of Peers. He (Mr.
Paynter) was bound to pay a degree of respect to
him to which his rank entitled him, but it was
very painful, very shocking to see a man of his
branch of the legislature brought to a police-
court on such caarges through intemperance,
and conduct himself so badly, The only.conso-
lation was, that such spectacles were extremely
rare, and that no other member of the legisla-
ture exposed himself in the disgraceful manner his
lordship had done, and for the sake of the Peerage
he hoped that such might never again occur. The
police constable had been doing him a friendly,
action in seeing him to the house of a friend to pre-
vent his getting into a scrape when he turned
round and struck and kicked him. Had the con-
stable been then literally in the discharge of his
duty he (Mr. Pay nter) would have been much dis•
posed to have sent his lordship to prison without a
fine, as lie would do any lower person who had
committed the same offence, because his lordship
ought to know better than a poor person the respect
due to the laws.

His lordship said—You disgrace the bench you
sit upon.
Mr. Paynter then convicted him in the penalty
of 405., or one month, and directed the gaoler to re-
move him.

Another oapman stepped forward and asked how
he was to get his money for driving his lordship
about nine hours on Friday.

Mr. Paynter observed that there were already
three, if not four orders against his lordship for
unpaid cab fares, and it seemed useless to make
them, as the men did not get their money. The only
way he could suggest to the cabmen was not to
take his lordship.

Shortly after his lordship had been removed by
the gaoler a gentleman came and paid his penalties,
also settling with the cabman for the nine hours.
ROBBERY OF TYPE BY a PRINTER'S FOREMAN.
—Wm. Willoughby, who was said to be a foreman
over the compositors in the establishment of Messrs.
Woodfall and Kinder, of Angel-court, Skinner-
street, Snowhill, was placed ut the bar, charged
with stealing 241hs. of type, value £2 10s., the pro-
perty of his masters.
The specific charge in this case had reference
merely to the quan!ityof type found in possession
of the prisoner at the time of his apprehension, but
it was feared a most extensive system of depreda-
tion had been going otr for some time past, as the
prisoner had been observed frequently visiting a
marine-store shop in Clerken well, which circum-
stance coming to the knowledge of the prosecutors,
aroused their suspicions and induced them to apply
to this court for advice and assistance how to act in
the matter. Inspector }kali ton, the chief of the
detective department of the City police, happening
to be present at the time, immediately made ar•
rangements, the result of which was that an officer
named Stringer, 111, watched the prisoner from
his master's premises, along a most circuitous route
to a marine store dealer's shop, at 19, Meredith-
street, St. John's-street, Clerken well, where he saw
him take from his coat pocket a small parcel and
place it on the scale for the purpose of ascertain-
ing the weight and the price he was to receive for
it. The officer immediately entered and secured
the parcel,, which, with four other parcels found on
the prisoner, contained about 241bs. of type. The
prisoner gave no account of the property, being
too confused at the time to speak intelligibly.
Messrs. Woodfall and Kinder identified the
type as their property, and
The prisoner, who reserved his defence, was fully
committed for trial,

THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT

HELXSHORE.

ling of which broke at Helmshore. I was in the
compartment next to the coupling. If we had
stopped at Ilelmshore before the snap it was as much
as could he said. The snap took place, as I thought,
when the carriages rebounded in stopping. There
are a coupling and two chains between each car-
riage, and I heard only one snap. I heard something
striking the sleepers, like a chain, as we rolled back.
As we went back lour of those with me got out, but
I did not, thinking the train was going so fast as to
be dangerous to attempt it, and soon afterwards we
came to a sudden stop. I heard no noise or whistle
to that time, nor did I hear any crash. One man
who was left in the carriage with me was thrown
against the side of the window with the sudden
stoppage, and got a blow, which gave him a black
eye and cut the side of his head. When I got to the
place where the carriages were broken I SAW two
broken ones on the bank, and one broken all to bits
on the rail.. I saw several persons carried away, but
did not know any of them. When the carriages
broke loose, if there had been a guard at the break,
it would have been stopped before it got five yards
away.
By Mr. Grundy—l!think any one guard would
have stopped the carriages going back if he
had screwed down his break at once. I believe
the carriage was a blue one, and the lining was a
dark blue. The rebound which broke us loose
shook me more than the collision did when we
came against the train fol owing us. I could not
say whether it was a chain or a coupling that snapped.
Supposing the guard at the back of the train, in
approaching the station, had put on the break, and
had then let the break fly back ready to start again,
it would have led to the carriage rolling back aLd
the shock which caused the snap of the coupling.
A little before 2 o'clock the jury adjourned to see
the Birkenhead Company's carriages and the broken
shackle which belonged to it, and to dine.
When the jury re-assembled at 3 o'clock the wit-
nesses Ashworth and Grindrod stated that the first
class carriage in which they travelled was not
among those the jury had examined at the station.
Grindrod said the middle compartment of the car-
riage in which he travelled had no window or sash
on the left side of the middle compartment. It was
a first class, and not a composite, calculated to carry
Sig in each compartment.

The coroner, Mr. Hargreaves, of Blackburn. re-
sumed his inquiry into the cause of the late fatal
railway occurrence at Helmshore, by which 10 per-
sons had been killed, on Saturday morning, at the
Town-hall, Haslingdeu. Mr. Grundy appeared as
solicitor for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Company; Mr. John Mason, for the Birkenhead
Company; Mr. Leresche, barristed (instructed by
Mr. Henwood, attorney), for the relatives and
friends of Samuel Duckworth and others; and Mr.
Baldwin, solicitor, Burnley, for the relatives of
Starkie, Harrison, and others.

Mr. Grundy said the railway company were de-
sirous to aid the investigation to the -utmost, and he
had consequently a number of their servants present
to give evidence if required. He proposed to tender
evidence as to how the trains were started from
Salford station, Manchester, and then as to their
entire progress along the line till they arrived at
the point where the accident occurred.
The Coroner thought it would be better to take
the evidence of passengers first, and then that of
the railway officials.
Thomas Duckworth, sworn—l live in Hindle-
street, Haslingden. lam a cordwainer. On Mon-
day last I was a passenger from Haslingden by a
cheap trip train to Manchester to see an exhibition
at Bellevue-gardens. I left Manchester by the 25
minutes or half-past 11 excursion train to return.
I was in the second of three trains, and in the front
part of it, or that portion from which some of the
carriages broke loose at Helmshore. We stopped
at Bury and Ramsbottom. At Ramsbottom my
party wished me to go out and get a gill of rum.
I did so, and returned before the train started
again. I obtained it at a public-house, close by
the station. We asked the guard to drink, and he
came and smoked a pipe with us. Ido not know
his name. When we asked him the train was in
motion, and he came in afterwards. lam not sure

that he was a guard. He had a porter's uniform
on. He drank part, of the rum with us and rode to
the Helmshore station. I was in the third or fourth
carriage in front of the train. There were two
engines in front of our train, and we saw one taken
off while we were standing by the train, and it
went down the other line. We thought there -vas
something wrong, and a man came past saying the
passengers were lying about in all postures, with
broken limbs, and that some were killed. I got
out and went down the line 400 or 500 yards, and
found several carriages broken, and two on the em-
bankment (bank of the cutting). Three carriages
were lying on the line badly smashed. The car-
riages smashed, I suppose, had been attached to the
latter part of our train. I saw many persons who
were hurt, and several who were dead. I saw 11

who appeared fast among the fragments of broken
carriages, some living and some dead. / and others
attempted as fast as we could to extricate them.
Two men and one woman of those were taken
out dead. My brother, Samuel Duckworth, was
one of the eleven, and he was taken out dead.
I then left the train, and assisted to carry my
brother's body to the Turners' Arms, Helmshore.
I saw all the rest of the bodies at the Turners'
Arms afterwards. There were 10 dead bodies—six
men and four women. They were not all dead when
taken there ; two of them died after being brought
there. I knew only two of them, Mary Hayes and
my brother. We arrived at Helmshore at half-past
12 or 20 minutes to one on Tuesday morning. Our
train was a good long one, but I cannot say of how
many carriages it consisted. I did not know up to
the time the accident occurred that there was a
train before us or one after us.
By Mr. Leresche—The railway guard got out of
the carriage a little before we got to Helmshore,
and I saw him shutting the doors of the carriages,
as if preparatory to starting from thence. He was
acting as a guard. I think it could not be more
than three minutes after we stopped at Helmshore
that 1 saw one of the engines driven back on the
other line. I did not hear any cries up to that time
nor any alarm. It might be three or four minutes
after we stopped before we heard any alarm. There
was a good deal of pushing to get into the train at
Salford. The train started with eight persons in
our compartment of a third-class carriage, and it
would hold ten. There were six when we got to
Helmshore, including the guard. I do not know
how many guards we had. There were no lights in
the carriage when part of the train broke loose. I
think there were ten or more left at the station.
When I went to see the broken carriages the engine
of the third train was standing there. It was not
on the bank, but was off the rails. It was three or
four minutes after we stopped that I heard a cry
that some carriages had broken loose, and the engine
went back two or three minutes after that.
By Mr. Grundy—lt might not be so much as 20
minutes-after 11 when we left Salford. The guard
to whom rum was given appeared to be sober and
capable of attending to his duty. He only drank
of the rum once.
The guards of the train were here sent for into
court, and the witness pointed out one of them, J.
Chippendale, as the person who had some rum. He
was not certain, but he thought he was the man.
--- By a Juror---:I do not recollect the train attempt-
ing to go on after getting to Helmshore, before the
carriages broke loose. I only recollect stopping
once.
- Nathaniel Grindrod, sworn—l live at Burnley
and am a spin le-maker. I went by one of the cheap
trips to Manchester last Monday. I returned by tht
second train, leaving Manchester five minutes after
11 o'clock. I looked at my watch when we started_
I was in a first-class carriage. It was a carriage
with six seats, and there were eight passengers in
the compartment. I objected to two of them com-
ing in ; but the guard said all the other carriages
were full and they must be put in somewhere.
Nothing happened till we had left Ramsbottom
station, when a porter came to the door and put
in his head and a lamp, and said it was time for a
small collection for having brought us so far safe
on the way. He did not get anything. One of the
men told him he thought he had given him his
share at Manchester; but the porter denied it. It
was 25 minutes to one, when we got to Helmshore
by the station clock. The carriage I was in I think
had 18 others behind it. I cannot say how many
were in front, but I think less than that number.
Our carriage stopped at the platform, so that I
could see the station clock. I heard the noise of a
breakage scarcely a minute after we stopped and I
fancied the train was starting again, but imme-
diately after the breakage the carriages commenced
running back, including that in which I was sit-
ting. They commenced running slowly, but gra-
dually increased in speed. All the people in the
carriage where I was leaped out, except myself and
another passenger. I was certain what would occur.
The collision occurred in less than two minutes
after they leaped out, but I was too much excited
to be sure as to the time. I heard the crash and the
steam blowing off, and did not hear any shrieks,
probably for that reason. We then got out and I
went down to where the crash had taken place,
as soon as there was a stoppage, to see what
had happened. On arriving I found a num-
ber of broken carriages and a number of
people dead and wounded lying there. I
saw three or four broken carriages, some off the
line and some partially thrown off, and people lying
among the fragments. There were an engine and
tender next to them. The reason of our train
going back, I suppose, was that the coupling
had broken. 1 heard the snap as of a coupling
breaking, and it seemed to be that between our
carriage and the carriage in front of us. I did not
attempt afterwards to discover the reason. I had
my wife to take care of, and a brother in the train
to look after.
By Mr. Leresche—There was no light in our
carriage. As we were rolling back I looked out of
the window, but could not see anything on the line,
owing to a curve. A train coming after us from
Ramsbottom hardly could have been seen till it
turned the curve. There was an engine passed us
on the other line when I got down to where the
accident was. I felt a slight jerk before the train
began to run back; it was about the same time as
I heard the snapping. The porter who came and
asked for something I did not see after or before he
put his head into the window. I saw the carriages
we had left when I looked out of the window, but
cannot say if they were in motion ; they appeared
to be. I did not obserte any break-van in the part
of the train where the broken carriages were, but I

At the request of the jury, all witnesses intended
to be called belonging to the railway company were
desired to leave the court, except Mr. Shaw.
Mr. Cooper, stationmaster at Salford, sworn—l
remember the three excursion trains on Monday
last, in connexion with an exhibition at the Belle-
vue-gardens. The first of them in returning left
at 10 minutes before 11, and had 14 carriages, one
engine, and two guards. It was going to Colne.
The second train had 31 carriages, two engines,
two guards, and left at 10 minutes past 11, being
an interval of 20 minutes. That was also going to
Colne. We bad an ordinary train next, going to
Bury only, before the third excursion went, and
that left at 21 minutes past 11 o'clock. The third
excursion train to Colne consisted of 24 carriages
and two engines. There were two guards. It left
at 31 minutes past 11. We have a porter named
Jas. Borke, and I asked him if all the couplings and
chains were right, and he said they were. It is
Borke's special duty to do it, and there is a porter
at the Salford station besides. It is a printed rule
of the company, also, that the guards shall see to
the couplings and chains. I cautioned all the drivers
before they went to proceed cautiously. There would
be 2,500 or 2,600 passengers in the three trains.
The driver of the first was Wm. Hough; Thomas
Seddon and Wm. Landless were the drivers of the
second ; Samuel Ramsbottom and George Simpson
were the drivers of the third. The second train
ss as composed of a smaller class of carriages, and
those used in the ordinary traffic. In the second
train there were about seven of the Birkenhead
Company's carriages of 10 borrowed on the Friday
previously. In the first place these were sent to
Bury empty, to the company's workshops, and were
there examined.
By Mr. Leresche—There is no particular rule as
to the apportionment of guards to a train according
to the carriages. I have nothing to do with that.
Mr. Shaw, the out-door superintendent, appoints
the number of guards and officers for each train.
Mr. Shaw bad given me instructions on that day to
send out two guards to each train, but the carriages
in each train were the same as had brought the pas-
sengers in the morning. It is true that the carriages
were without lights. We do not find lights for
excursion trains. The caution was not a special one
because the train was a long one. We often send
longer trains than that, but I always caution the
drivers under such circumstances. The guards were
regular guards of passenger trains or luggage trains,
and were competent persons. We always send the
most experienced guards on such occasions. One
of the guards may, without my knowledge, have
called a porter in to assist him unknown to me. It
does not seem that it would have been safer to
divide the second train in two. It would have
caused there to be more trains than desirable.
There were three breaks,—one in front, one about
the middle, and the third in the last carriage but
three. They were not break-vans, but passenger
carriages with breaks, worked from the outside.
There was one of the breaks not under the care of
a guard. That is frequently so.
By Mr. Baldwin—l have no book in my office
containing the number of carriages in each train,
but the guards make a note of it, which would be
sent to Accrington.
By the Coroner—There were about 500 people
n the first train, and 1,000 in each of the others.
• By Mr. Grundy—The second and third trains
would be of about equal weight, the third being of
larger and heavier carriages. Mr. Shaw, the su-
perintendent, and Mr. Goodier, the inspector, at-
tended specially to see these three trains off. I
never saw excursion trains with lights inside. They
had all the proper side and tail lights. The curve
would hide the second from the third when the ac-
cident occurred. Break-vans are not used for ex-
cursion trains, because the passengers do not carry
luggage; but carriages with breaks are as efficient
as vans with breaks. From my experience I should
say the train of 31 carriages was perfectly safe as
to size and weight, and two guards would be suffi-
cient for such a train. It is an advantage when
there are two guards only to have extra breaks, be-
cause a guard can work several breaks on an incline.
It was now 6 o'clock, and Mr. Leresche said as
the Court had been engaged from 9 o'clock in the
morning he hoped the coroner would adjourn.
The Coroner said the jury wished to sit later, in
order to get through the inquiry before Tuesday's
Manchester market.
Mr. Leresche said if by sitting late there was a
prospect of finishing the inquiry on Monday he
would not object; but there was no prospect of
that, and there were many gentlement present from
a distance to whom a late sitting on a Saturday
would be a great inconvenience.
The jury manifested great impatience at the in-
terruption, and one of them (Mr. Whittaker) said
none of the jury had to go to a distance, and there
was no occasion to adjourn.
Mr. Leresche said he had no wish to press his
own personal convenience, but this was a grave
inquiry, and he could not discharge his conscience,
however the jury might be satisfied of their powers
of endurance, if they went further. He did not
think everything should be sacrificed to their inte-
rest in the Manchester market.
The Coroner then decided to adjourn the court
till Monday, notwithstanding the reluctance of the
jury, which had not been expressed in a very cour-
teous manner.
There have been no deaths since the morning of
the accident, and the doctors express a belief that
the whole of the wounded will recover.

cannot say there were none.
By Mr. Grundy—We came to Helmshore, and
the train came to a rest. I thought the train was
starting again when I heard the snap. Ido not
think the carriage I was in was one of the corn•
pany's. There might be only 16, and not 18 car-
riages detached. The man who asked for some-
thing wiis not a guard, but a Manchester porter.
I think I should know him again. [Several porters
and guards of the company were brought into court,
and the witness pointed out one, James Tomlinson,
a guard, as the man.] He believed him to be the
man.
By a Juror—Believed they were long enough at
Helmshore for passengers to get out before the
carriages broke loose.
John Ashworth, mechanic, Haslingden, sworn
I went by one of the cheap trips, and returned by
the second. We started back about 20 minutes
11. I was asleep till we had passed Ramsnbotteos m. pastl
was in a first-class carriage, with a third-class
ticket, and the porter came upon the step and awoke
us, and said, " Well, chaps, you look very snug
you have managed it sweetly, having only third-
class tickets ; can ye do think Should
auht. I you
stand a glass." I gave him three-halfpence, and
three others gave him
money. I had been put in at
Salad by a porter, I was in the carriage here;
the coup-