The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-28 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD.
We•understand that her Majesty will, on her re-
turn from Balmoral, travel from Birmingham to
Ivladsor over the Birmingham and Oxford line,
which we stated about a month since would be opened
on or before the Ist of October.
, The private opening will take place on the 30th
Inst. A special train will leave the Paddington station
i nine o'clock on Thursday morning, and arrive at
Oxford at 10.15, performing the 63 miles in 75
r4klutes, including the stoppage
,at the Didcot jam-
The train will then proceed to Birmingham,
Which town it will leave at half-past two, and return
to Leamington, where a dejeuner will be prepared,
111c1 at seven o'clock trains will leave for Birmingham,
uzford, and Paddington.
There are 14 stations between Oxford and Bir-
mingham, and it is stated that the express trains will
tuu between Paddington and Birmingham in two-
-1111(1,a-half hours. We understand that when the new
Junction line at Didcot is completed, the journey will
be Pet formed in rather less time.
This important line opens a second route to
Liverpool via Birkenhead. Until the opening of the
Birmingham,
Dudley, and Wolverhampton broad-
Rnage line, the trains will proceed over the Stour
Birkenhead,
Railway to Wolverhampton, and thence to
by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham,
and Shrewsbury and Chester, and Chester and Bir-
"nhead lines.

IRISII SOU rII-EASTERN.
The half-yearly meeting of this company took
Place on Saturday, at the terminus, King's Bridge,
en the report and statements of accounts were
t',e_ceived and adopted. It appears from the report
'4) " the profit on the six months ending the 30th June
last, has been sufficient to clear off all previous ba-
l4l3ces against traffic, and leave a surplus of 2181.55. 2d.
tc the credit of the next account, while, daring the
eleven weeks that have elapsed since the account was
made
up, there has been an average increase of over
‘• per week as compared with the corresponding
Zricd in 1851 ;so that, on the whole, your traffic re-
turns present a more favourable aspect than they
have hitherto done.
The expenditure, on the other hand, has been
Zrefully attended to. The directors continue to act
Without remuneration ; the office expenses have been
il:caeed to the lowest possible scale ; and the board are
tie to state that they have succeeded in inducing
Great Southern and Western Company to lower
e: charge on haulage, whereby a reduction has been
iluacted in the working expenses of the line equal to
6411 Y 7001. per annum.
The liabilities of the company are now nearly
e
Lritiguished, and the directors hope they will shortly
able to accomplish what they so much desire,
lamely, the closing of the capital account.
The permanent way, which is under the super-
ittodenee of Mr. Miller the engineer to the Great
epthern and Western iailway, continues in good
..."er, and the trains satisfactorily and efficiently
Worked.
" Considering, then, that your expenditure in several
:Partments has been reduced, while the traffic revenue
Your line is increasing, and having every reason to
eke.
hir-, et that as the resources of the country are opened
°I;111 and its intercourse encouraged by the facilities of
11,"way communication, that increase of traffic will
,i;°,Pcrtionably extend, the board feel justified in in-
-I,,,lging a hope that at no distant period this railway
411 be in a position to yield the proprietary a fair
return for the capital they have invested."

NICARAGUA.
of ,41‘ JUAN DEL NOTE, SEPT. I.—On the evening
hi. Ted 1 9th the Prefect of Granada was aroused from
co
oith by an expresa from Leon, stating that Munoz,
large number of French and Americans, had
la>tel),_la that city, and were marching upon Managua,
east of government.
litilhe Prefect immediately dispatched one hundred
4fifty men and four pieces of artillery for the pro-
on of Managua. On the 22d Munoz was at Realejo.
th being in his hands great excitement prevails,
ee Government impressing every stray citizen into
rrtkanks of the army.
11ue movements of a certain mysterious French
iogarquis, who displayed unbounded wealth, and seemed
to "seed of universal knowledge in Granada, taken
!tether with certain confidential disclosures made to
ve,.447, leads many to suppose that the French Go-
etnent are connected with this appearance of
thi'.4oz, for the ship Le Brilliant is at Realejo, and
h
4,:tlarquis has exhibited a letter from the French
in the Pacific stating that six or seven ships
'MEd be sent down immediately.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
On Friday, the 17th inst., a coroner's inquest was held
tt the Swan lan, Maesteg, touching the death of
i'nemas Thomas, labourer, aged 49, who waa unfor-
Zea!ely deprived of life under circumstances singularly
Z.°lllll and horrifying. From the evidence adduced
fore the coroner and jury, it would appear that de-
,
4sied, together with a man named J. Sullivan, was at
ion the day preceding at the Maesteg Ironworks,
fto„,Was engaged in filling blackband in a calcined state
" clamp," preparatory to its being conveyed to
tde
pp,:test furnaces. The two men had just completed the
edge,
of •' driving the piles," a kind of massive iron
tilte ge, down into the clamps by means of sledge ham-
-I', for the urpose of separating the molten ore, and
here, at themoment of the accident, engaged with a
ore iron bar in detaching portions of the ore, which
44: Consists of solid lumps several tons in weight.
ttinlng succeeded in effecting this, they both unfor-
Pit,:pt°lY lost their footing, and were in an instant preci-
tha rd into the burning chasm between the clamp and
weed
which had just separated from it. Sullivan
ed in making his escape, severely, though not
veeiger°nely burnt, while his less fortunate companion
4n the space of a few minutes literally roasted alive,
the "poke and sulphur rendering it impossible to know
taejreeise spot where he lay, until the devouring ele-
i: bad effectually done its work. The charred re-
haties of the deceased, who but a few minutes previously
WaNto vigorously wielded the ponderous iron sledge,
toite eventually taken out of the firs by means of a
4 t " rabble." Verdict—" Accidental death."—
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cin4ea Herald.

titlll.,e Countess Dunraven was taken seriously ill
'Yednesday, but has rallied, and is now much better, al
pilaws house, in Limerick.
4114 kle reports of the state of trade in the provinces
th,.n,g the past week ,present little for remark. At Man-
lir business has been rather less active. From Binning-
eob, it is mentioned that the orders from America have been
fp() Paratively small, but that there has been a good demand
itta* MI the eastern markets and for Australia. Uncertainty
lifrtavails with regard to the future price of copper, and
priZ all descriptions of manufactures in that article. The
1)01,1°' of iron is showing increased firmness, and among a
`:)11 of the trade another immediate advance of 20s. per
Uhl
the ,'8 advocated, in addition to the advance of 295. fixed for
tilief't of October. In the woollen districts both the home
the '°roign demand continue favourable. At Nottingham
114,Zoorse of affairs shows no aireration, and in the Irish
forZa market there have been very active transactions at
'mar prices.
-AYH OF HON. MARK H. SIBLEY.--MF. Sibley
filed on the Bth inst., at his residence in Canandaigua, after
lie`tef but severe illness of eight days. Few men in Western
w York were more widely known or more highly respected.
"as v' •
1104 t a distinguished leader in Whig politics, and an emi-
loember of the bar.
%Az. RUNAWAY HUSBAND.—The other day, a young
It "led man, living in Nottingham, told his wife that he
goin to have a day's fishing on the Trent. In accord-
vrith this intention he got his tackle in order, put up a
tc`vaage of creature comforts, and set out on his way to the
return
At the hour when he was expected home he did not
I,iuro; several hours passed, and still Piscator was non est.
j,t_e had left notice of the particular part of the river where
intended to spend the day. Thither a friend went in
it,a_est of the angler, when his traps and his clothes in which
7 was attired that morning were found lying on the bank of
thrown
stream. But the son of old Izaak Walton had not
4"„ town himself in as a bait to the fishes; he was too light-
qirted to adopt such a foolish course, and consequently the
Imessenger was not much shocked at the discovery. It sub-
paently appeared that the fisherman, having taken a dis-
tl:l to home, had cautiously carried his Sunday, suit in his
LZF, changed his apparel on the river's bank, and then
be,ted, probably fer Australia. This much is true—he has
oe been heard ofl He must feel flattered by the fact,
hbat his wife and friends, so far from making inquires after
1 are very happy indeed
to " let well alone l"—Not-
-ww7a Journal.
tlii1;116 Medway, Markwood, has arrived from Port
".p, whence she sailed the 30th of May, with 65,051 ounces
tel, valued at 260,0001. The Ganges has also arrived in
v„i Channel, from New South Wales, with 17,852 ounces,
Oed at 71,4001. The intelligence by these vessFls lon
theell anticipated the last advices yid India havinghas been to
let of July.
tfi, e New York advices this week contain nothing
kaortance.. There was no alteration in the tend art
OF In'," general transactions in imported goods and ar
kttv—eurY, especially those of French manufacture, were v.ery.
Amu,: A third vessel had just sailed for Australia with 200
kern—gets, and another departure, with about 140 passen-
Was expected to take place in the course of the week.
UNAUTHORISED LEGAL FORMS.—At the Redditch
h:tY. Court, on Saturday last, before Mr. Benjamin Par-
Judge, a defendant in one of the causes heard pro-
Alsin" a printed notice which had been sent to him by the
vta.4 tiff respecting the debt claimed. This document, which
autinounted by the Royal Arms, purported to be " the
1,4 legal notice under the -County Courts Act," an extract
solin. which was quoted in proof of its validity. Mr. J. Powell,
111,'"'tor, of this town, who was engaged in the case, called
of :ttention of his Honour to this form, and also to the words
Vie! County Courts Act, the 57th section of which pro-
or 7,11 that every person who should serve any forged process,
ffo;eliver to any person any paper, falsely purporting to be
summons or other process of the court, or who should
lip4Or profess to act, under a false colour or pretence of such
ipt• should p
laint uilty of felony. His Honour, therefore,
o„illitilated to the pff in the case that he had assuredly
141:litted an offence in using such a paper as that before
, but as he hai probably erred in ignorance, he would ac-
Itt 11.41 promise not to offend in a similar way in future.
10 Judge
attest. also sent for ldr. Lewis, the printer of the notice
of ,too, and, havine made him aware of the provisions
~:Laiet, cautioned him against issuing
such publications,
414.,;":161 Mr, Lewis expressed his readiness to attend.—
inghant Journal.
Ts•—" Waiter, I'll take my hat," said a gentle-
' Viii‘t a Party one evening, as he was about going home.
tth;:atitkerind of a hat did you wear?" "A bran new. hat,
ill.' I paid ten dollars for this morning." " Well, sir, ' said
ho all the good hats have been gone more than
hatter,'"