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

THE FUNERAL OF M. MANIN.

The funeral of M. Manin took place in Paris on
Thursday. More than 1;500 persons followed his
coffin to the Montinarte cemetery. The pall-
bearers were General IJlloa : M. Pinches, formerly
Finance Minister of the Venetian Republic ; M.
Degl'Antoni, one of Manin's oldest friends ;
and Ary Scheffer, the distinguished painter.
Among the followers were General Dembinski,
M. Montanelli, a number of Italian and
Hungarian refugees, M. Legouve, of the French
Academy; M. Lsyasseur, who was Consul of France
at Venice during Manin's Government; and a great
many literary men and journalists, French and
foreign. The corpse was placed in the family vault
of Ary Schaffer, where the remains of Manta's
daughter already reprise. Although Mauin was not
a large man, the niche of the vault in which his
coffin was to be placed was found to be too narrow,
and the masons had to enlarge it, which took nearly
an hour, during which the cortege waited in the
neighbourhood of the tomb. Everything passed
off quite quietly. Certain precautions had been
taken by the police, and M. Manin, the son of
the deceased, was warned that no speech must
be made, and that his presence in Paris would be
no longer permitted if this order were disobeyed.
It was, of course, duly observed. The feeling of
regret for the untimely death of Daniel Manin is
very general here, not only amongst those who
share his opinions and admire his political life, but
amongst all who enjoyed his acquaintance, and had
had opportunities of appreciating his many excel-
lent qualities, his amiable character, his agreeable
and intellectual conversation, and the cheerfulness
and dignity with as hich he supported his reverses
and exile. He was 53 years of age. I subjoin,
from a Paris paper, a brief sketch of his career,
although it contains little but what is very gene-
rally known :
"M. Manin was born at Venice in 1804. He re-
ceived his education at the University of Padua, and
obtained his doctor's degree at the age of seventeen.
In 1830 he became an advocate at Venice, and soon
attained a high reputation which brought him into
intimate contact with all the eminent men ha Venice
belonging to the Liberal party. In 1848, he 'played
a prominent pars in the political events of his
country. Having been imprisoned previously to the
outbreak of that year, he was liberated by the triumph
of-the poperar cause, and ha became the Dictator,
and then the President of the Venetian Republic.
On the 27th of August, 1849, he was forced to
resign, and to seek fur safety in exile. He
then came to Paris with his daughter and forty oh
his most devoted followers. Tire remaining years of his
life were principally passed in collecting documents
relating to the present history of Italy. The body or
Marlin was embalmed yesterday, and M. Ary Scheffer,
although seriGusly indisposed, took his likeness after
death. The same eminent artist had painted the por-
trait of Manin's daughter, who has now been dead some
years. M. Thiers also was an intimate friend of the
deceased."

jury.
The jury having been sworn, proceeded to view
the bodies; which were laid on stretchers in the
large room of the inn. That of the lion. W. W.
Clive presented no marks of violence except a super-
ficial cut on the face. The head of Miss L. Paget
was a shapeless mass. The head of Mrs. Beaton
was crushed almost flat. The
_body of Mrs. Pitman
exhibited no outward marks of injury, and her face
wore qUite a placid expression.
The jury next proceeded 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 to- the jury on the
spot it appeared that the break van ire the rear of
the train and the carriage next to it, were 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 ill. ee tumbled duwn
the embankment: The vio!ent shock thus given to
the train broke the hook of the tender to which the
first carriage was coupled, and the engine ran away
for about 200 yards befere the driver could bring it
up. In the meantime the two foromest carriages
passed over the bridge, being already off the rail,
and on arriving at the south side rolled down the
embankment, turning coMple'ely 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. Tire 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 Sim: with the
exception that Capt. Marshall' had not sustaioed
such a severe. injury of the eye as was at first re-
ported.
The jury returned to the inquerit:roorn 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-.
hams, superintendent of the police of the line, were
also present.
The Coroner, addressing- the jury, said, as they
had now viewed the-bodies and inspected the place
where the accident they had met to inqUire into had
occurred, he begged to say that be proposed to-day
• only. to go into so much of the evidence as would
put them in pOssession of the main facts connected
with this unfortunate occurrence, and then to ad-
journ the inquest to a future day, to ascertain if
pessible„the cause gpf the catastrophe. This would
afford the friends of the deceased and surviving
sufferers by the accident an opportunity of ,being
presentat- the investigation, and of making any in-
quiries which they might deetn.neceisary fa! their
04'1i 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 possible information as to the cause of the
acciaen'e and that no expense or trotilde Would be
spared fore that purpose. They had already had
affordecleto them by Mr. Leith au opportunity of
making, the minutest examination of the scene of
the abCident, 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
sent7down from that office, and they waled 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. Mary 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 re-
sided at Forton-lodge, near Manchester. They
Loth left the Lancaster railway station yesterday
morning..
Mr. IL Booth, travelling auditor for the Great
NOrthern Railway, identified the body 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. mether
Of the -Hon. W. W. Windsor Clive; at Hewell
Broomegrove, Worcestershire, identified the
body of the unfortunate young gentleman. He was
20 years of age, and start d from Manchester yes-
terday morning by the Great Northern train in
perfect health. •
Jas. Smith, of Bury, Lancashire, . examined—l
was travelling by the Great N Athern Railway yes-
terday from Manchester to London. It was in the
end compartment of a first-class carriage. We left
Manchester at'loo!clock a.m. The train is timed
for 9.55. We were not more than five Minutes late.
The first stoppage we made was at Guide-bridge,
where we pulled up for two or three minutes. Tee
next stoppage was at Sheffield,- and I remarked to
a friend in the carriage how 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 R'e t,
ford, The next stoppage was at the place of the ac-
cident. I think we went a litt!e teeter between
Sheffield and the place of the accident than
,be-
tween Manchester and Shefa-R. I did not. consi-
der it more than the usual speed for an express
train. I have been accustomed to travel iu 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. Mr. Oliva. • I felt the
aceid.ent all at once—as sudden as aEgunshot. .. 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
oily 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 foriedMi.. Clive laid
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 b ink 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. His 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 little quicker
after they left Retford, but int so much so as to
excite any remark. It did not see u more than
express speed. He felt a slight oscillation just be-
fore the • accident, but they went over almost
instantaneously. He did not observe any jumping
of the carriages previously, or any-thing 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 t.) account for if.
When the first shock was over Mr. Smith and him-
self found themselves on their backs on the roof of
the carriage, which was upsidedown. When they re-
covered from the shock they looked fer 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 wero
in
the middle ; and Mr. Smith, Mr. Clive, and him-
self, were in the last.
Robert Brooks, a platelayer in the employ of the
Great Northern Company, examined—l was work-
ing yesterday on the line near the Weston-bridge.
I saw the Manchester express comi g in sight, and
asked one of the men what time it was. He looked
at hCs watch; and said it was two minutes to 12.
The train was then about three-quarters of a mile
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 bleak. All the car-

tinges were' off' the line. The last three cirriageS
turned over the embankment on to the road. Tile
engine and two front carriages went over the
bridge, and about 30 yards on the other side the
couplers of the carriages broke, aid the vehicles fell
over the embankment. The engine and tender
went on the line for about 400 yards,' and then
they stopped. I could not say whether the. guard
put on tha break or not. After the, train went off
bothocf the metals were thrown, out of the gauge a
few yards from the bridge. -I gauged the reit of
the metals and found them perfect. After we got
the pas-gingers out I went down the Hue to where
the carriages left the rails, but found nothing to
a count fx the accident.

John Shaw, of Peterborough engine driver, ex-
amined—l am the driver of the No. 13 :express
train-. from Manchester. I ;go. from Sheffield to
Peterborough, and Peterborough to Sheffiell.
Yeiferday I drove the -same.engine ai I. have ;had
for the List three weeksior this train. I left-Peter-
borough the_night before when the•engine was
.all
right.. Ileft Sheffield at 11.13. I took the time,
frond lay own watch and the clock at the station. I
do not keep any memorandum of the time. I had
au engin; four carriages, and a break. I got to
Retfor d station at a quarLer to 12 o'clock. We are
not time t 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 thThs an hour.' I judged this from the
tithe we had been coming. I did not notice anything
wrong till I get on the:bridge, when I felt a jerk at.
theengine... I reversed- my engine, and on looking
back I saw two cae ridges next the tender going over
the bank. We had only one break to the
train. We me ito have two, but now we have au
empty carriage next to the engine instead. Thera
was a bel on my tender, but there was no Com-
munication between the guard and me. hhave al-
ways ha l 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-

tern to put on the communication. Prom Retford
to Tuxford we were at our regular speed. I did
not put on extra steam. We wore working with a
pressure of steam at 120. We cannot get any greater
spec t than that, the engine being fastened. In
going up or down an incline I can regulate the
steam. We were going at a regular speed. I use
the rfigulttor according to my own judgment. I
eased the regulator ort the Retkird side of the Tux-
ford staqon. I had about half steam on from Rot-
ford to work up the incline fremTumford, and when
approaching Tuxfoid I altered the regulator one
hole, Wang off the steam. The regulator acts pro-
perly; and I. have,no fault to find with it. The ea-
glue has been used for express trains for some time.
SheivaS ni'ade for the same speed as she runs att.
She wad repaired about-six months ago, but not fcr
the purpose of making extraspeed. We run through.
from Sheffield t) Newark, 42 mi'e;, 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 tran we can go uphill or downhill with very
little-difference of steam. I diminished the power
of the steam at the top 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 Lave been.aware
of the carriages leaving the line sooner than I was,
but not in time to avert the accident..

Samuel Setchen, fireman to No. 13 up express
train, examined—l was fireman yesterday. I nc- '
deed that we left Sheffield at 11.13. The driver has
to give an account of the time, but I do not know
whether he k.!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 (jives directions to mend, the fire.
I did not notice the degree of the pressure of steam
we were working at. When we got to the top of
the bank atter leaving Tuxford I saw the driver
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
jerkrd up just when we were close on the bridge. I
immediately turned on the break, and I saw the
break van and two of -Lite carriages falling over the
corner of the _bridge. We were mining at a speed
of about 50 miles an hour, but not over that, and
it might have been less. We have no particular
orders as to the time of running. We have to work
by the time bill. We were not travelling quicker
than uutal yesterday. We had about the same
sized train as usual. The engine has never gone
wrong at all. She has not been under repair since
we have had her. The regulator and the. gauges
have always worked properly. ' The engine went
about 200 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 communica-
tion was not put on the train. The guard whisths.
when there is no communication. I have never
travelled with out the communication before .with
this train. I did not tell the porter of Sheffield
th it there was no communication. I have not heat d
that is a positive regulation of the company that
there shall be a communication between the tender
and the break. _ _

The Coroner here inquired ()air. kith whether
it was a regulation tint the communicAtion should
be used with these trains.

Mr. I".9ittureplied that it was.
Examin &on of witness continued.74t 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 communication bl-tween guard and
driver was put on. It is not 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 ttie
accident occurred it would have made very little
differ.!..nce. .We should not have had time to pull up.
The Coroner here read the With rule of the com-
pany regulations on this subject, which is as
follows _

_"The oeact time for performing each journey will be
fixed by the time-table, and the great object of the
euginetnan must' be to keep his engine going regul4rly
at the speed required, and from which speed he should
vary as little as possible, never exleeding the speed
actually required for keeping the time puncttrally, 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 liue, he must not exceed 30 miles per
hour without special orders to that effect."
Mr. Peter Whiting:ton,' surgeon,' of :Toxford,
examined—l got to Weston-bridge between 12 and
1. o'clock yesterday. The first lie: son I saw wa,
Mrs. Pitman, who was laying on her back, dead.
There was no fracture of the skull.' She appears
to have died from internal concussion. I saw the
other two deceased ladies. Th. 6 c iuse of their
death was suffkiently -apparent from the extensive
fractm es of their skulls. .'
Mr. George Borlase Childs, 11, Finsbury-place
south, surgeon to the Great Northern Company.—
I have examined the bodies of the four deceased.
have examine,l Mr. Clive. There 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 fiacture of
the skull, and there was an 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 tth is uncertain ; it may have been from con-
cussion of the brain or concussion of the spine.
Arthur Gray Buckby, surgeon, Sutton-on-Trent
—I are ivied at the scene of the accident at about
one o'clock. I saw Mr. Clive alnir)st 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.
Mr. Leith, Superintendent of the GreatNtheortlier
line, was next examined as to the cause eof
acci-
dent, but he said he had not yet formed
sornutim be ableeany t
opinion
on that point, but he thought he
do so at the adjourned inquiry. He-did not think
a light train incurred any more danger in going
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 bommunication
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 should stand adjourned to Tuesday next.
Mr. Child, the surgeon to the company, stated
that all the woundel persons were going on very
favourably, and that it was now hoped the 'whole
of them would recover. •

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-14.). I ~, awe ~ sae; eie..eonetn . narnea.' Wiio-,
a workman in Me. Aplin's onploy. : Rea'o,• went i
with his relative into the workshop_ and soon,thade - ce-11
himself familiar with-the other men: -'ln the curse
of conversation he asked his cousin to measure h'm -'`--
for a coat, and while Weed was 'so engaged he dis-
covered that Beale had a small pistil. inbis breast
pocket. On asking. him why he carried. such a
weapon, Beale slid •he -had alwaysearried 'a' pi*st 1
since he was attacked near the • laigeegate of the
hove at which he Ne7;isvl9d..
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tehlatanitawas rather dangerous to have a
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sttleg xica.d
loaded ,pistol about one's person, to which _Beale
replied " Oh, no, a child eDuld play with it." After 2'
staying some_ time Bale and his cousin, with sortie t•-
of the workmen, adjourned ;o the King's Herd
tavern, in Wine-street, where they had some beer
together, played several games of bag hello, 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 -:
no more of him until Friday night, and again on
Saturday morning at the workshop. In the course
of ,conversation the murder which had been dis-
covered -:
on the previous evening. . wah 'alluded. '
to, and' the workmen no* recollct that -While --_
talking about it, _Beale. turned pale and, tremble).
No notice was taken, however' at the time, as it -
was 'thought that Beale, .had . been - drinking
rather freely, _Beale .shortly afterwards wished -
his cousin and h's fellow workmen "Good-by,"
and stated that be was 'going btck to Bath. It
has also been ascertained that on Wednesday Beale
went to the-shop of Mr. Tnoruley, of Clare-street,
Bristol, and ordered a sew hit, stating that he
would call for it on Friday meriting. Ho
did not, however, -cell on that day,- but ha came
on Saturday mulling - about 10' ()Week, paid
123. ler the hat, which he Jett at the shop; and
c riled for it again about 1 o'clock, when he re-
quested- that it might be put into a, hatbox, with '
his name written on it. This was done, and
Beale left, taking his hat with him. A mar- ,
serVant, living at Mr. Bythesea'e, at 'Freshford,
accomeanied Bcale and the deceased to the Lim-
ploy Stoke Station, and saw them both take the
train for Bristol. By Beale'e directions the girl's
boxes were labelled for Bristol, and were directed,
" Mr. Beale, passenger to Bristol, to be left till
celled for." On Thursday lemming Beale went t 3
the railway station for the luggage, and had an al-
tercation with the aethorities respecting an alleged •T
overcharge for the removal of the . boxes from the , -
Great Western to the Melland station. On Friday : .
Beale was in company with a man named Hill, who - ...
was abont.te 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-
diy night. Beale was a married man, and lived
with. Pugsley at the lion. Mrs. Hutchinson's, at
Dorset-house, Clifton. After that lady's establish- -
ment at Clifton was broken up Pugsley wArt to
live at Flora-cottage, Clifton, with
.Beale and his -
wife, and An 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 Collepe,eie ,r Bath, and 'took 'frequent op- _
portunities of visiting Pugsley at Freshford. Mrs.
Louisa Ford, housekeeper to Mr: Bythesea, states
that a day or two before Pugsley left Freshford sbe
withdrew her Morley from the litth Savings-bank,
and that she also re :eived 41. 53. on account of her
wages. It is believed the deceased had about 101.
in her possession at the time she left Freshford.
Bede arrived at Bristol shortly before 6 yester-
day evening in custody of Norris, Inspector of Bath
Police. On quitting the train the mob rushed on
him, and with difficulty the life of the prisoner was
preserved. He was at once taken before the magis,
trates at Bourton 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,
1 he handed her over to her husband, whose Chris-
tian name was George or Thomas ; -he did-not know
the surname. They were to have seen him on the
next day, but as they did not come ho returned to
Daventry, taking with him deceased's .boxes, hop-
ing they would Le applied for. This statement
varies from the one made to his fellow-servants at
Daveutry, whom he told the boxes and contents
belonged to a sister who was deadi-and to attend
whose funeral he obtained the leave of absence for
a week. This is known to be false.,. The prisoner
maintained his self-possession, and.signed his state-
anent with a firm hand. - .

TILE GREAT NORTHERN OE FRANCE
RAILWAY FRAUDS.

The trial now taking place of Carpentier, Grellete
and the other parties implicated in the robberaeof
the Northern of France Railway, developes circum-
stances which show that the same 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 Parrod,
formerly a medical student and latterly a horse-
dealer. Their total robberies from the company
are stated at. 240,0001. The two principals, Car-
ponder and Grellet, had been promoted for their
" attention and intelligence"—ihat is to say, for
the possession of these qualities of speculative and
financial shrewdness, coupled 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 performance of responsible
duties never seems to have occurred to the eminent
gentlemen who ruled the destinies of the Northern
of France Railway. Carpentier and Grellet had
been speculating largely on,the Bourse for 4 years,
and had been n'itoriously intimate with Parrod,
the hersedealer, while Guerin, the watchman, hal
become a thriving notability as a landowner and
money lender, by red on, of course, of having " in-
herited a large fortune." The private life also of
Carpentier appears to have been disreputable. But
what was all this to the directors ? - The men were
doubtless quick and dashing, overbearing to the
inferior drudges of the establishment, and servile
to the last degree to their superiors, ready to ac-
cept the largest amount of responsihilisy for the
smallest amount of pay, and characterised by a ca-
pacity for appreciating the greatness of the giants
of the Bourse, which at once carried them to favour,
the self-esteem of their dupes forbid ling the suppo-
sition that they might try to join in the game 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 150/. a year at the Crystal Palace--.
Redpath working for 3007., while he was maintain-
ing half a dozen establishments and disbursing
thousands annually in magnificent gifts,—and Car-
pentier, with his 2807., revelling with loose asso-
ciates, and patronised by admiring employers, not
one of whom had the instinct to distrust
each present the same figura to the mind, so ridicu-
lously tranTareet are all the features of the several
cases in their absolute encouragement to robbery.
.In the eyes of the ch airman and directors of our
own Northern R silw,Ay what an invaluable °nature
Guerin, the watchman, would have seemed, with
lands, houses, an(tfttEds atth ehicsaschonorfam:endof,
,yetst
de-
votedly f0r,481. per annum to spend wake-
peye
f
u
ll
nrisg!lts Thein guarding
same illogical tendencies pervade all
society, and at the bottom of this fact there are
some sad conclusions. The directors of railways
and of joint-stock undertakings, generally repre-
sent the class of persons whom the business com-
munity most prize, the Carpentier, Redpath, and
their fellows represent the men who are most popu-
lar with directors. A. feeble sta'e of public mce lity,
therefore,
suppose isth
that
tt
tthheereroiestainif the evil, and it is vain
to
approach towards a cure
simply because the lower delinquents are prose-
cuted and sentenced when they are found out.
Thetherer he
saesubt eceans
eo nwehcad credit ablea
snot
olte abteuerne , However,witnessed
in
iu
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 on
his own shoulders. Looking at the Intreme die.
taste with which the English Groat. Northern di-
rectors viewed the mild suggestion of Lord Redes-
dale for a slight contribution, as well as at the
fast that thelate 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 steameif
Sultan has been taken up by tho GovLrnment for the
conveyance of troops to Alexandria to be ant to India
through Egypt.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
One More Night only, at Reduced Prices,
This Evening (Saturday), September 13, with Piccolontini,
Giuglini, Beneventano, Rossi, Vialetti, and Belletti.
In consequence of the great demand, and to accommodate
those who Lava found it impossible to obtain places, one
sore night will be given
THIS EVENING, when will be repeated

LA TRAVIATA.
After which, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, by Mrg
To conclude with the Last Scene of LUCIA DI LAMMES.
YOUR., by Sig. Giuglini.
PRICES :
Boxes to accommodate four persons,
Grand Tier, Pit Tier, and Om Pair £2 2 0
Two Pair... 1 1 0
Three Pair 0 15 0
Pit Stalls 0 10 6
Pit 0 3 6
Gallery Stalls 0 3 6
Gallery

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.--Lessee, Mr.
Dillon.—Under the joint management of
Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for
an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol-
lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradmi, Miss Co-
relli, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert,
Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne; Mr. Augustus
Braham, Mr.'A. St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton
Br ham Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr.thernard, Mr. Kerby,
Mr. Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. W. Harrison.
Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected
from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Band, and the Orches-
tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal
Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant
Acting Manager, Mr. William Brough. Ballet Master, Mr.
Frampton. Chorus Master, Mr. G. Smythson.
r THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, Meyrbeer's opera, THE
HUGUENOTS.
To conclude with Buckstono's farce, entitled A ROUGH
DIAMOND.
Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6c1., £2 25., and £1 11s. 6d. ;
Malls, Os. ; Dress Circ'e, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.;
Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to
5, under tho direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMA.RKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
`MIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with
(by desire) SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER.
After which, A CURE FOR LOVE.
To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE.
Uruhestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d
Dram Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes . 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
it
ower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery.

11EATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

THIS EVENING, will be performed the new Comic
piece, called URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS.
After which, will be revived the celebrated nautical drama
of THE PILO,r a Tale of the Sea. Long Tom Goffll, Mr.
T. P. Cooke ; Captain Burronghcliffe, Mr.Vhight ; The Pilot,
Mr. C. Selby ; Kate Plowden, Miss Mary Keeley.
Followed by MY PRECIOUS BETSEY. Mr. Wright,
P. Bedford, Mary Keeley, &c.

STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne.
—THIS EVENING will be performed
A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Mr. J. Kinloch and
Nies Harriet Gordon.
A CHEAP EXCURSION.

After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque,
wrltteu by Leicester Buckingham' entitled laA. TRAVIATA.;
sr, THE LADY CAMBLEON. Miss Craven, Mis; Victor,
Mr. F. Charles, Mr. EL Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and. Mr. J.
Clarke.
Followed by 111A;HELOWS BUTTONS. Miss M. A
Vic for and Mr. Clarke.

Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls.;
Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. Is.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Rob.qon and Emden.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of
THE LIGHTHOUSE.
After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE
Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, and Mr. G. Murray.
To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robed
B. Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob-
son, Cooke, Danvers, dze. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall,
Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont.
Commence at half-past Seven.

OLAseL R R
es,SURREY
ShEepherda I THEATRE.
ss wi.

THIS EVENING, will be performed BIRD IN THE
likNO WORTH TWO IN THB BUSH. Messrs. Shepherd,
W. H. Eburne, B. Potter, Widdicomb, Vollaire, W. Smith ;
Miss Chalmers, and Miss M. Eburne.
After which, CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear.
Followed by OUR TRAVIATA.
To conclude with the Christy Minstrels.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow.
lug company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
4eteetions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS,
(saf4lll:73ES, GLEES, DUETS, dm., viz.: Mrs.Palmyre, Miss
E. Scott, Iliss Brunell, Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Loalie, and
Madame Marietta; Herr P. Jonghmana, R. Grover, T. Par-
tent, S. Tones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An-
tonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St. Albyn ; Master Core ; Messrs
Sam. Collins, and E. Macknoy. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil
Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Director, Herr F.
Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock pre2i3ely. Sap-
perA, dm, until twelve o'clock.—Signor PICCO will perform,
M ha .past Eight and half-past Ten, every Evening.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tare DAY —Morn., 13 min. aft. 6 —Even., 37 min aft. 6
To-MORROW--Morn., 7 min. aft. 7—Even., 44 min. aft. 7

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 26,
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
71—highest since noon yesterday.
55—lowest this morning and during the night
65 —this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.03 —rising.
WIND, S.W.; light, with fine sunshiny weath3r.

G 4
F"`E'':l e- at

LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, 1857.

Honour to the brave, to whom honour is
just'y due I No degree of red-tapism can with-
hold the general recognition of distinguished and
meritorious services. Governments only follow,
do not lead public opinion, and too frequently
tabibit great tardiness in the operation. There
is, however, the opportunity of " damning by
faint praise," or depreciating by inadequate re-

'wards, and that has always been a favourite
course.

We have recently alluded to the miserable
pittance bestowed on the hero who has readered

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.D.LWORATION O 1 THE VICTORIA
CROSS.

(From the London Gazette of Sept. 25.)
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 25.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify
her intention to confer the decoration of the Vic-
toria Cross on the undermentioned officers and non-
commissioned officer of her Majesty's army, who
have been recommended to her Majesty for that
decoration, in accordance with the rules laid down
in her Majesty's warrant of the 29th January, 1856,
on account of acts of bravery performed by them
before the enemy during the late war, as recorded
in connection with their several names, viz. :
Lieutenant Christopher Charles Teesdale, C. 8.,
Royal Artillery ; date of act of bravery, 29th of
September, 1855 ; for gallant conduct in having,
while acting as aide-de-camp t) Major-General Sir
William Fenwick Williams, Bart., K.C.8., at
HKars, volunteered to take command of the force
engaged in the defence of the most advanced part
of the works, the key of the position, against the
attack of the Russian Army ; when, by throwing
himself into the midst of the enemy, who had pene-
trated into the above redoubt, he encouraged the
garrison to make an attack so vigorous as to drive
out the Russians therefrom, and prevent its cap
cure; also for having, during the hottest part of
the action, when the enemy's fire had driven the
Turkish artillerymen from their guns, rallied the
latter, and by his intrepid example induced them to
return to their post ; and further, after having led
the final charge which completed the victory of the
day, for having, at the greatest personal risk, saved
from the fury of the Turks a considerable number
of the disabled among the enemy, who were lying
wounded outside the works—an action witnessed
and acknowledged gratefully before the Russian
Staff by General Mouravieff.
Sergeant Joseph Malone, 13th Light Dragoons ;
date of act of bravery, 25th of October, 1854 ; for
having stopped under a heavy fire to take charge
of Captain Webb, 17th Lancers, until others ar-
rived to assist him in removing that officer, who
was, as it afterwards proved, mortally wounded.
Sergeant Malone performed this act of bravery
while returning on foot from the charge at the
battle of Balaklava, in which his horse had been
shot.

- - .
Captam Henry Mitchell Jones, 7th Fusiliers
(late) ; date of act of bravery, 7th of June, 1855 ;
for having distinguished himself while serving with
the party which stormed and took the Quarries
before Sebastopol, by repeatedly leading on his
men to repel the continued assaults of the enemy
during the night. Although wounded early in the
evening Captain Jones remained unflinchingly at
his post until after daylight the following morning.
Captain Thomas Esmonde, 18th Regiment ; date
of acts of bravery, 18th and 20th June, 1855 ; for
having, after being engaged in the attack ou the
Rerlan, repeatedly assisted, at great personal risk
under a heavy fire of shell and grape, in rescuing
wounded men from exposed situations ; and also
while in command of a covering party two da3s
after, for having rushed with the most prompt and
daring gallantry to a spot where a fireball from the
enemy had just been lodged, which ho effectually
extinguished before it had betrayed the position of
the working party under his protection, thus saving
it from a murderous fire of shell and grape, which
was immediately opened upon the spot where the
fireball had fallen.

THE REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA.

(From Thacker's Overland News.)

The following is a complete and corrected list of
the transports which have sailed for India with
reinforcements of tioops to supress the Sepoy mu-
tinies ; also the vessels engaged to take out the
last ordered to India, and now embarking. The
dates and numbers having been corrected from the
official list, and the detail of officers embarked
added to each detachment, will account for any dis-
crepancies from the previous statements, and makes
the information in its present form complete.
Those vessels named as destined for Ceylon touch
at Point de Galle for final orders. The movements
of these vessels of which we have any tidings are
given in the footnotes.
From the totals given by this list it will he seen
that 77 vessels have already sailed for India since
the news of the revolt first reached home, cou-
veying to the assistance of our countrymen a force
of 29,235 men °flail ranks of Cavalry, Infantry,
and Artillery ; and that a further force of 5,000
men of the Cavalry, Infantry, Artillery, Engineers,
and Field Train will embark almost immediately
for th© same destination. As the vessels which
first left these shores have now been out close upon
90 day 4 we may calculate with some degree of
certainty that, in addition to the 14,000 reinforce-
ments already landed at Calcutta from China, the
Cape, and Mauritius, relief from England will-now
daily arrive, and that during next month a force
of over 9,000 men will be landed' and sent up the
country, to be followed in November by nearly
18,000 men, and in the following month, Decem•
b,r, by nearly 18,000 more, including the 5,000
now embarking ; so that by the close of the
.year
we shall have increased the British force in India
by at le,ist 48,000 well-seasoned and disciplined
troops of every arm in the service :

Sailed.

Corps.

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