The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-26 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

TUXFORD, FRIDAY.
This in atning an inquest on the bodice of the four
pesons killed in the accident on the main line of
the Great Northern Railway, about two miles south
of Tuxford, was opened at the Newcastle Arms,
Tt4ford, before Mr. W., Newton and a respectable
jury.
The jury having been sworn, proceeded to view
the bodies, which were laid on stretchers iu the
large room of the inn. That of the Hon. W. W.
Clive presented no marks of yio'ence except a super-
fic al cut on the face. The head of Miss L. Paget
ee s a shapeless mass. The head
-of Mrs. Helton
i w crushed almost flat. The body of Mrs. Pitman
e iibited no outward marks of injury, and her face
w re quite a placid expression.
The jury next preceede.l to. inspect the scene of
the accident, Mr. Leith, the superintendent of the
Great Northern line, having provided a special
train for the purpose.
:From information' afforded toethe jury on the
spot it appeared that the breisk yen in the year of
the train and the carriage next to it wore observed
by the plate-layers on the line to oscillate violently
for about 100 yard, after which the third carriage
from the end came into violent collision_with" the
cap of a buttress of tLe viaduct over the road from
Newark to Tuxford, and all thiee tumbled down
the embankment. The violent shock thus given to
t 1 e train broke the. hook of the tendon to which the
fiat carriage waecoupled, and the engine ran away
f r about 200 "tarifa before the driver could bring it
I
up. In the nscantimo the, two feeemost carriages
passed oveethe brag- e, beng aireseelY oft the reit.,
and ua arriving at the south side rolled down the
embankment, turning completely over. Assistance
was rendered, and the passengers were attended to
as promptly as possible, but it was found that two
of the ladies in the train were quite dead, and a
third survived only a few minutes... Tile other per-
son killed, the Hon. Mr. Clive, was, thrown out
of the carriage in which he was riding, -and was
dashed with great violent against one of the. piers
of the viaduct. He never spoke afterwards, but
lived in an unconscious state for about a quarter
Of an hour. The other 'passengers were injured,
as has already been described in The Sum, with the
exception that Capt. Marshall had not sustained
such a severe injury of the eye as' was at' first 're-
ported.
The jury returned to the inquestsrootn at about
10 o'clock. Mr. Leith, superintendent of the Great
Northern line, was present to watch the case for
the company. Mr. Graves, the resident engineer ;
Mr. Child, the company's surgeon .; and Mr. Wil-
liams, superintendent of the police of the line, were
also present.
The Coroner, addressing the jury, said, as they
had now viewed the bodies an I inspected the place
where the accident they had met to inquire into had
muffed, he begged to say that he proposed to-day
only to go into so much of the evidence as would
put them in 'possession of the main fiats connected
with_ this unfortunate occurrence, and then to ad-
journ the inquest to a future day, to ascertain if
possible the cause of the catastrophe. eThis would
afford the friends of the deceased. and surviving
sufferers by the accident an opportunity of being
present at the investigation, and of making any in- •
quiries which they might deem necessary fir their
own satisfaction. In the meantime he was requested
to state that the officials of the company were
anxious to give every facility for eliciting the
fullest pos-ible information as to the.cause of the
accident, and that no expense or trouble would be
spared for that purpose. They had already had
afforded to them by Mr. Leith an oppoitunity of
making the minutest examination of the scene of
the accident, and any of the company's servants
whose evidence might be required by the jury
would be brought before them. The officials of the
line had telegraphed to the Beard of Trade informa-
tion of the accident, and a gentleman would be
sent'down from thet office, and they would have the
benefit of his assistance at a future inquiry.
The Coroner then proceeded to examine the wit-
nesses in attendance.
Mr. John Marr, of Morecambe, near Lancaster,
brother to Mrs. ary Heaton' and cousin to Miss
Letitia Paget, identified the bodies of those two
ladies. He said—Mrs. Heaton was a widow, 63
years of age, and resided at 18, Green-square, Lan-
caster.
Miss Paget was 43 or 44 years of age, and r e-
sided at Forton-lodge, near Manchester. They
both left the Lancaster railway sta'doa yesterday
morning.
Mr. It. B'otb, travelling auditor for the Great
Northern . Railway, identified. the b idy of Mrs.
Pitman. She was the wife of Mr. Pitman, the re-
ceiver of the company's rents.
R. 8001, groom of the chambers t) the neither
of the Hon. W. W. Windsor Clive, at Howell
Hall, Broomsgrove, Worcestershire, identified the
body of the unfortunate young gentleman. He was '
20 years of age, and se art d from Manchester yes-.
terday morning by the Great Nonhern train iu
perfect health.
Jas. Smith, of Bury, Lancashire, examined—l
was travelling by the Great N irther n It iilway yes-
terday from Manchester to London. .It was in the
end compartment of a first-class carriage. We left,
Manchester at 10 o'clock a.m: The trainde timed
for 9.55. We were not more than five minutes late.
The first stoppage we made was at Guile-bridge,
*here we pulled up for two or three minutes. Tue
next stoppage was at Sheffie!d, and I remarked to
a friend in the carriage hose punctually we ran,
having a " Bradshaw 's Guide" in my hand. We
stayed 13 minutes or a quarter of an hour at Shef-
field. . We went slowly round by the curve at Ret-
ford.
The next stoppage was at the place of the ac-
cident. I think we went a little faster between
Sheffield and the place of the accident . than be-
tween Manchester and Sheffield. I did not consi-
der it more than the usual speed for an express
train. I have been accustomed to travel ill express
trains. When I left Manchester I was in the same
carriage with Mr. Pitman-and his lady.. At Shef-
field my friend Mr. Raynor and myself left the
hind compartment of the carriage and got into the
front compartment of the same vehicle. A gen-
tleman was in the carriage,_ whom I have since
ascertained was the Hon. r. Clive. I felt the
accident all at once—as sudden as a gunshot. As
far as I can remember I did net feel any oscilla-
tion of the carriage before we were doubled up as
it were, and falling down the slope of the, embank-
ment. The effect was as if a . person had
put his foot into 'a bandbox and crushed it up. The
only conversation I had with Mr. Clive was whe-
ther he was a smoker. He said he was, and we
changed carriages to smoke with him. Mr. Clive
was sitting with his back to the engine, and next to
the window,. which was about half open. As soon as
I gathered myself up I found that I had no injury
but a great pain at the bottom of the back. My
friend and myself shortly after found Mr. Clive leid
on an embankment below the railway. My friend
gave him a little brandy and water, but he did not
revive. I did not notice that we were going at any
additional speed at the time the accident occurred.
I believe we were keeping correct time. After the
accident I went to the top of the bank and over the
bridge, but I did not observe any displacement of
the metals, or anything to indicate the cause of the
accident, except a disturbance of the ballast where
the carriages had left the line. - ,
Mr. Braithwaite Raynor, of Bury, Lancashire,
corroborated the evidence of Mr. Smith, but he did
not think they stopped more than 10 or 12 minutes
at Sheffield. The guard told him they should not
stop more than 10 minutes. flis impression was
they were not going at more than the proper speed,
considering that the distance between Manchester
and London had to be accomplished in five hours.
He thought they went too slowly from Manchester
to Sheffield, and that they went a li•tle quicker
after they left Retford, but net FA) much so as to
excite any remark. It did not see n more than
express speed. He felt a slight oscillation just b -
fore the accident, but they wont over almost
instantaneously. He did not observe any jumping
of the carriages previously, or anything to indicate
an obstruction on the line. He went upon the line
after the accident, but could discover no clue to the
accident, and was quite at a loss to account for it.
When the first shock was over Mr. Smith and him-
self found themselves on their backs on the roof of
the carriage, which was upside down. When they re-
covered from the shock they looked for their friend
(Mr. Clive), and found him on the slope of the bank
quite unconscious. The carriage was smashed to
pieces. Mr. and Mrs. Pitman were in the first
compartment of the carriage ; some ladies were in
the middle ; and Mr. Smith, Mr. Clive, and him-
self, were in the last.the
Robert Brooks, a platelayer in the employ of
Great Northern Company, examined—I was dwork-
ing yesterday on the line near the Weston-bri ge.
I saw the Manchester express comi g in sight, and
asked one of the men what time it was. He looked
at his watch, and said it was twos minutes a
mile
to 12.
The train was then about three-quters of
from where I was and appeared to be travelling
quite right. I saw the three hindmost carriages
strike the corner of the bridge. They were the
two last carriages and the break. All the car-

John Shams; of-Peterborough, engine driver,.ex-
amined—l ion the driver of the No. 13 express
train. from Manchester. Igo from Sheffield to
Peterborough, and Peterborough to Sheffield.
Yesterday I drove..the same engine as I- have had
for. the last three weeks for this train. I-left Peter-
Lorougit the night before when the engine--was all
right. • I left Sheffield. at 11.13. I took/the time
from my own watcUand the clock at the station. I
m
do not keep any memorandu_ of the time. I had
an engine, four carriages, and - a break. 1 -got to
Retford station at a quarter to 12 o'clock.' We are
not timed there. At the time the accident hap-
pened it was two minutes to 11 o'clock. I looked
at my watch. I was driving at the rate of 50,
to 55 mil's an hoar. I judged this from the
time we had been coming. , I did not notice anything
wrong till I got on the bridge, when I felt a jerk at.
the engine. I reversed my engine, and on looking
ha& I saw two carriages next the tender going over
the batik. We had -only one break to the
train. We ire Ito have two, but now we have
-an
einptyclrriage next to the engine instead. There
was a .4cl:on my tender,-bat There was no com-
munication between the guard and me. I have al-
ways had'. one before. This was the only time I have
been without communication. Ido not know the
reason it was omitted. It is the duty of the por-
ters to put on the communication. From Retford,
to Tuxford we were at our regular speed. I did
not put ou extra steam. We were working with a
pressure of steam at 120. We cannot get any greater
spec I than that, the engine being fastened. In.
going up or down an incline I can regulate the
steam. We wero going at a regular speed. I use
the regulator according to my own judgment. I
eased theregulator on the Retford side of the Tux-
ford statien. I had about half steam on from Ret-
ford to work up the incline fromTutford, and when
approaching Tuxford I altered .the regulator one
hole, taking off the steam. The regulator acts pro-
perly, and I have no fault to find with it. The en-
gine has be used for express trains for some time.
She was made for the same speed as she runs at.
She was repaired about six months ago, but not fur
the purpose of making extra speed. We sun through
from Sheffield to Newark, 42 miles, without stop-
ping, but. as far as water is concerned we could run
through to Peterborough. I consider that the wheels
should be greased every 50 miles. With a very
light tn.:is we can go uphill or downhill with very
little difference of steam. I diminished the power.
of the steam at the t )1) of the bank, after getting
through the tunnel at Tuxford, and going down
the incline to Weston-bridge.

By the Foreman—lf there had been a communi-
cation with the guard I should have been aware
of the carriages leaving the line sooner than I was,
but not in time to avert the accident.
Samuel Setchell, fireman to No. 13 up express
train, examined—l was fireman yesterday. I no-
ticed that we left Sheffield at 11.13. The driver has
to give an account of the time, but I do not know
whether he kf-eps a memorandum book to enter the
time. Ido not know how the regulator stood. I
mended the fire as we went 'through Tuxford sta-
tion. The driver gives directions to mend the fire.
1 did not notice the degree of the pressure of steam
we were working at. When we got to the top of
the bank after leavihg Tuxford I saw the di iver
move the regulator, but I did not notice at what
particular point it stood. I was looking forward
when the accident occurred. I felt the engine
jerked up just when we were close ou the bridge. I
immediately.turnel on the break, and 1 saw the
break van and two of the carriages falling over the
corner of the bridge. We were running at a speed
of about 50 miles an hour, but not over that, and
it might have been less. We have no particular
1 orders as to the time of running. We have to work
ley the time bill. We wore not travelling quicker
than tpuat yesterday. -We had about the same
sized train as useal. The engine has never gone
wrong at all. She has not been under repair
we have had her. The regulator and the gauges
have always worked properly. The engine went
about 20& yards before we pulled up. We cannot
pull up in 200 yards when the train is going at ex-
press speed. Ido not know why the communisa-
tion was not put on the traie. The guard whiatl
when thereis no communication. I have never
travell©d without the communication before with
this train. I did not tell the potter of Sheffield
th it there was no communication. I have not heard
that is a .positive regulation of the company that
there shall be a communication between the tender
and the break.
The Coroner here inquired of Mr. Leith whether
it was a regulation that the communication should
be used with these trains.
Mr. Leith replied that it was.
Examination of witness continued.—lt is the
duty of the guard to see that the communication is
put on.
By a Juryman.—l don't know whose duty it is
to see that the commuuicatien b ween guard and
driver was put on. It is nut my duty. It is a regu-
lation of the company that they shall be put on.
When the communication is on and the bell rings
three times we stop. If it had been on when the
accident occurred it would have made very little
difference. We should not have had. t ime to pull up.
• The Coroner here read the 57th rule of the com-
pany regulations on this subject, which is as
follows.:—
Tneexact time for performing each journey will be
tired by the time-table, and the great object of the
eugineman must be to keep his engine going regularly
at the speed required, and from which speed he should
vary as little as possible, never exceeding the speed
actually required for keeping the time punctually, and
therefore never arriving at any of the stations, or any
part of the line, or at the end of the journey, before
time. If employed in taking empty carriages or empty
engines along the line, he must not exceed 30 miles per
hour without special orders to that effect."
Mr. Peter Whitiugton, surgeon, of Tuxford,
examined—l got to Weston-bridge between 12 and
1 o'clock yesterday. The first person I saw was
Mrs. -Pitman, who was laying on her back, dead.
There. was no fracture of the skull. She appears
to have died from iutAtnal CORCU39IOI3. I saw the
other two deceased ladies. The' cause of their
death was sufficiently apparent from the extensive
fractures of th sir skulls.
Mr. George Borlase Childs, 11, Finsbury-place
south, surgeon to the Gre Northern Company.—
I have examined the bodies Of the.four deceased. I
have examine" Mr. Clive. Thera is severe lacera-
tion of the left thumb, and a small wound over
the right angle of- the lower jaw. I cannot dis-
cover any fracture of the skull. The cause of death
is uncertain, except that it arose from the accident,
It may have been from concussion of the spine or
brain. : Miss Letitia Paget had a severe fracture of
the skull, and there was au escape of nearly the
whole of the brain, also a fracture of all the bones
of the face. Mrs. eaton has fracture of the skull.
The top of the skull is completely gone from the
base, without any appearance of scalp wound: Mrs.
Pitman had a simple fracture of the left leg, and
some abrasions of the face. The immediate cause
of de ith is uncertain ; it may have been from con-
cussion of the brain or concussion of the spine.
Arthur Gray Buckby, surgeon, Sutton-ou-Trent
—I arrived at the scene of the accident at, about
one o'clock. I saw Mr.' Clive almost immediately
after my arrival. He was lying on the bank. I saw
no marks of violence. I attribute his death to con-
cussion of the spine.
line, was
nextSeuxpaemrininteedn dasenttootfhthe
se Greato h Northerne.ac
but he bytetefosrhinoeudidanbye=v)
colleen:li t!,attultiehletatlnoioitg
more danger in going
do so at the adjourned inquiry. He did not think
a light train incurred any
down an incline than other trains. A heavier train
would be more difficult to pull up. It was a regu-
lation of the company to have the communication
between the guard and driver put on all these
trains. It was the duty of the guard to see that
work done.
After some conversation between the jury and
Mr. Leith,
The Coroner intimated that they had now gone
through all the evidence that would be adduced to-
day, , and the inquest would therefore stand
adjourned to a future day for the further investi-
gat'on of the case.
It was, after some discussion, settled that the in-
quiry shouldhil d, stand adjourned to Tuesday next.
Mr.•
that all the w
othuen
aea surgeonpersons
thewer
were
g
company,gono verynst
favourably, and that it was now hoped the whole
of them would recover.

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. !The ,fiews of the :capture of 1:. , : ,:f:i,s,i ..4:o*/
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by telegraph on Thursday, ev tg, - -0.,:._....,..,,,...
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that Beale was in BriStol on 14440 r. r.4. .04,
ai/of
to the. murder, as he calle 1a , t i!'t,'-'li, s :.., /.)
. . -. ,
named. Alin, in Wirreestree!-, a;ly-,,,-7. - **--,, de ~
morning, and saw a cousin '.friril mo We', ._ i.
-- a workman in ..Mr. Aplin's easploy. Beale_ went
with his relative into the workshop and soon made
hirriself fa-frillier With the other men. In the. course
; of elonvereation he.askEd his cousin teeneasure Vin .7
for a coat:- and while Wood was so engaged lie.dis-
covered that Beale had a small pistol in his breast
poe!ke'. On asking him -why he carried such a
we pon, Beale said. he had always carried a 'pist, 1
!iti e he was attacked near the lotlge-gate'of ' the
ho se at. which he was living, and that he always
ke tit leaded and capped. *One of the workmen
su ested that it Was. rather dangerous to haYe a
loa ed pistol about one's. person, to .which.. Beale
rep ied " Oh, no, a child ceuld play with it." After
staling some time Beale and his cousin, with some
of the workmen, adjourned to. the King'S Herd
ta.vjern, in Wine-street, where they had some bier
tog,'ether, played several games of bag ttelle, and
left rather late in the evening. On Wednesday
morning Beale saw his -cousin again at the shop,
and told him he was going to Bath. Wood _saw
DO more of him until Friday night, and agp.iii On
Saturday morning at the_wOrkshop. In the. course .
of conversation the murder which had been dis-
dcratered on the previOus evening was alludel
to,' and the 'workmen now recollect that while '
taking about it, Beale turned pale and trembled.
NO notice was taken, 'however, at the time, as it -
was thoarght that Beale had been drinking
rather freely. Beale shortly afterwards wished
hip cousin and h's- fellow workmen "Good-by,"
and. stated that -he was ,going hick- to Bath. It
hap .alsa.been ascertained that on Wednesday Beale :-
went to the shop of Mr. Titornley, of Clare-street,
Biist3l, and ordered a new hat; stating that he
would—call.- for—it— on Friday morning. He
did
,not„however, call on that day, but he came
on Saturday morning about 10 o'clock, paid ,
118. for the hat, which he lest at the shop, and
c led for it again about 1. o'clock, when he re- ;
q ested that it might be put into a hatbox, with ,
.1
-his name written on it. This was done, and
Bbale left, taking his hat with him. A Man-
tiervant, living at Mr. Bythesea's, at Freshfor,i,
accompanied Beale and the deceased to the Lim- ,
piey Stoke Station, and saw them both take the
-Vain for, Brist el. By Beale's directions the
.girl's
bOxes were labelled for Bristol, and were directed,
"'.Mr. Beale, passenger to Bristol, to be left till,:.:'
called for." On Thurs lay morning Beale wont t 3
the railway station for the luggage, and had an al- '
tercation with the authorities respecting an alleged '
overcharge for the removal of the boxes frein the ,
Great Western to the Kdland station. On Friday
Beale was in company with a man named Hill, who ~
Was about to marry his sister, and who had arrived
at Bristol from Cornwall a day or two previously,
and it is believed that -he slept with Hill at the
Alma eating-house, Temple-gate, Bristol, on Fri-
dty night. Beale was a married man, and lived
with Prigs-ley at tho Hon. -Mrs. Hutchinson's, at
Dorset-house, Clifton. After that lady's establish-
ment at Clifton was broken up Pugsley went to
live at Flora-cottage, Clifton, with Beale and his
wife, and in consequence of some jealousy on the
part of the wife Pugsley left rather suddenly. Be-
fore taking his present situation Beale lived at „
Park's College, near Bath, and took frequent op-
portunities of visiting Pugsley at Freshford. Mrs.
Louise Ford, honsekeeper to Mr. Bythesea, states
that a day or two before Pagsley left Freshford she
withdrew her money from the bath Savings-bank,
and that she also re eived 41. ss. on account of her
wages. It is believed the deceased had about 101.
in her possession at the time she left Freshford.
Beale arrived at Bristol shortly before 6 yester-
day evening in custody of Norris Inspector of Bath ,
Police. On quitting the train :he mob rushed on
hini, and with difficulty the life of the prisoner wag.
preserved. He was at once taken before the magis-
trates at Bour;on Union Workhouse, where, after
the evidence of Jones, superintendent of the Ashton
police, had been taken, he was remanded till this
day (Saturday), He volunteered a statement deny-
ing his guilt, admitting that he knew Charlotte
Pugsley ; she was a married woman though passing
under her maiden- name. On Thursday, the 10th,
after bring her from Freshford on the previous day,
he handed her over to her husband, whose Chas- -:
tian name was George or Thomas ; he slid not know
the surname. They were to have seen him ou the'
next day, but as they did not come he returned to
Daventry, taking with him deceased's boxes hop-
ing they would be applied for. This statement
varies from the one wade to his fellow-servants at
Daventry, whom he told the boxes and contents
belonged to a sister who was dead, and to attend
whose funeral he obtained the leave of absence for
a week. This is known to be false. The' prisoner
main' ained his self-possession, and signed his state-
ment with a firm hand:

THE GREAT NORTHERN OR FRANCE
RAILWAY FRAUDS.

The trial now taking place of Carpentier, Grellef,
and the other parties implicated in the robbery of
the Northern of France Railway, developes circuin-

starics which show that the sine system of man-
agement has been common to all these concerns,
whether in London, Paris. or New York.. M. Car-
pentier, although only 26 years of age, was princi-
pal .cashier of this. gigantic company, representing
a share capital alone of nearly 7 millions sterling,
at the modest salary of 2801. a year. Grellet, who
was his deputy, is a more mature person of 31, and
his income was of course smaller. Their accom-

plices were Guerin, a night watchman in the offi-
ces of .the company at 481. per annum, and Paired,
formerly a medical student and lattirly a horse-
dealer. Their total robberies from the company
are stated at 240,0001. The two principals, Car-
peutier and Grellet, had been promoted for their
"attention and intelligence"—lhat is to say, for
the possession of those qualities of speculative and
financial shrewdness, couple,' with unscrupulous
subserviency, which, in the eyes of directors of pub-
lic, companies, cause men to be regarded as perfect
treasures. The idea that there are other qualities
necessary to the proper performanea of responsible
duties never seems to have occurred to the eminent
gentlemen who ruled the de,tiuies of the Northern
of France Railway. Carpentier and Grellet bad
been speculating largely on the Bourse for 4 years,
and had been notoriously iutimat '3 with Parrot,
the horsedealer, while Guerin, the watchman, had -
become a thriving notability as a landowner and
money lender; by rea4on, of course, of having " in-
herited a large fortune." The private life also of
Carpentier appears to have b3en disreputable. But
what was all this to the directors? The then were
doubtless quiCk and dashing, overbearing to the
inferior drudges of the establishment, and seivile
to the last degree to their superiorS, ready to ac.
cept the largest amount of responsibilisy for the
smalleSt amount of pay, and characterised by den-'
pacity for appreciating the greatness of the giants
of the Bourse, which at once carried them to favour,
_ _

, .
the self-esteem of their dupes forbidding the suppo-
sition that they might try to join in the gaine at
which they appeared to look only with humble
admiration. It has been just the same on this
side. Robson riding on his 500 guinea mare to earn
his salary of 1501. a year at the Crystal PalaCe--.
Redpath working for 3001., while he was maintain-
ing half a dozen establishments and disbursing
thousands annually in magnificent gifo,—and Car-
pentier, with his 2801., ravelling with loose aszo--
ciates, and patronised by admiring employers, not
iirifeaset there are
one of whom had the insitiuct to distrust him,—.
each present the same figure to the mind, so ridicti-
lously tran.parent are all the features of the several.
cases in their absolute encouragement to robbery.
Iu the eyes of the chairman and directors of our
own Northern Railway what an invaluable creatur4
Guerin, the watchman, would have seemed, with
lands, houses, and funds at his commanped,rvyaeatedael-1
bottom The
ot tendencies
he
de-
votedly willing for 48'. per annum to spend wake.
directors of railwalit
fill nights in guarding the cash office of his' eni-
sPol
somec° iYeetrysaa,
dla
conclusions.nTdhaets theam illogical
and of joint-stock undertakingsgenerally '
~ repre-
sent the class of persons whom the business °oar,
annuity most prize, the er3 Redpatb,
Carpenti
and
their fellows represent the men who are most popir.
lar with directors. A. feeble ata'e of public n3ollitY's
therefore, is at the root of. the evil, fiend it ie vein
to suppose that there is h towards a cure
an approach
simply because the lower delinquents are prose•
cuted and sentenced when they aro found out.
There has been one creditable feature, however, in
the present case which has not been witnessed in
any of the London ones. Baron James Rothschild
seems to have been conscious that the robbery
could not have been carried on if he and his brother
directors had exercised common vigilance, and he
has therefore taken the greater part of the-loss au
his own shoulders. Looking at the extreme dia.
taste with which the English Great Northern di-
rectors viewed the mild suggestion of Lord Redes-
dale for a slight contribution, as well as at the
fast that the late North of Europe Board are said
not even to have carried out the virtual under-
standing that they should return, the fees they had
received for ruining their co-proprietors, the ex-
ample stands brightly out, and deserves to be well
recorded. —Times City Article.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steams,
Sultan has beat taken up by the Government for the
conveyance of troops to Alexandria to be sent to India
through Egypt.