The Court of Inquiry into the lose of the Titania'
held its first sitting on Thursday under the presidency of Lord Mersey. The proceedings were opened with eloquent expressions of sympathy with those who have suffered from the disaster from the Attorney-General on behalf of the Board of Trade, and from Sir Robert Finlay representing the White Star Line. Sir Rufus Isaacs then read out a list of twenty-six groups of questions which are to be submitted to the Court, and which oover both the circumstances of the particular wreck and also the general questions of safety on passenger vessels. The first six groups deal with the actual condition of the Titanic' as to construction, equipment, and manning at the beginning of her voyage. The next eight deal with the track followed by tile ship and the events immediately preceding the collision. The collision itself and the events following it are dealt with in the next ten groups. The twenty-fifth is a restatement of the general question at issue, and the twenty- sixth asks for recommendations as to improvements in the Board of Trade Regulations. After some further formal business the Court adjourned until Friday.
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