On Friday night, a servant of the Birmingham Railway Company found in one
of the first-class carriages, after the passengers had left, a pocket
book containing a check on a London Bank for £2,000 and £2,500 in bank
notes. He delivered the book and its contents to the principal officer,
and it was forwarded to the gentleman to whom it belonged, his address
being discovered from some letters in the pocket book. He had gone to
bed, and risen and dressed himself next morning without discovering his
loss, which was only made known by the restoration of the property. He
immediately tendered £20 to the party who had found his money, but this
being contrary to the regulations of the directors, the party, though a
poor man, could not receive the reward. As the temptation, however, was
so great to apply the money to his own use, the matter is to be brought
before a meeting of the directors.
—_Aris’s Gazette_, 1839.