The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-19 00:00:00

COAST GUARD.

Commanders William N. L. Lockyer (1849), to be
an inspecting commander ; Robert T. Bedford (1848),
to 8),
to be inspecting-commander ; Horatio Blair (1841),
the Weymouth district ; Grey Skipwith (1842), to the
Banff district.
Captain the Earl of Talbot, C.B. (1827), is appointed
Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, in the room of Captain
Norwich Duff, on the promotion of the latter to the rank
of Rear-Admiral.
Captain Percy Grace (1825) has received the good
service pension formerly received by Captain John Ed-
ward Walcot, C. 8., but discontinued on the promotion of
the latter to the rank of Rear-Admiral.
Captain Charles Howe Fremantle (1826) has received
the good service pension vacated by Captain James Han-
way Plumridge, on the promotion of the latter officer to
the rank of Rear-Admiral.
The committee on the best means of manning the navy
resumed its sittings on Friday last.
The Vivid, Dover mail steam•packet, made a fine run
from Woolwich to Dover on Saturday. The small defect
in her copper was caused by rubbing against the ground
in dry harbours.

EMIGEATION.—Within the space of an hour on Fri-
day last, two vessels sailed from Waterford carrying three
hundred and fifty emigrants for Australia and America, via
Liverpool. The stream of emigration, in fact, flows as steadily
as ever ; but a considerable portion of it is carried on through
the English ports, where the emigrants are always
finding a better class of vessels to convey them to theirsure
des-
tination.DENT ON THE BRISTOL AND BIRMINGHAM
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two trains,
accident on the
Accl
trains, under cir-
cßuet
nths
twa ter°.3 very
Great Northern line, occurred on the Bristol and Bir-
mingham branch of the Midland Railway a few even-
ings ago. The accident happened
through an express
train sunning into a goods train
on the same line of
rails. The exact particulars h
have not transpired, but
from the best information that can be obtained it appears
that the up express train,
which leaves Gloucester at
4.30 p.m. for Birmingham, arrived in duo time Brows-
grove, the last station at
which it stops before running
into Birmingham. The
0, l train left Bromsgrove at about
a quarter past six
c ock' but had not proceeded far be-
fore the driver saw another train in advance. He
immediately shut off the his whistle, and
steam, sounded
did all he l cou dto stop the train, but the rapid speed at
which it was proceeding rendered a collision unavoidable,
and in another minute the express train dashed into the
goods train, smashing one or two waggons and severely
shaking and bruising the passengers. Some of the pas-
sengers received more severe injuries, and one of them
sustained a concussion of the brain, and is now lying
dangerously ill, Bcth trains were disabled, and the
Birmingham passengers did not arrive until two hours
after time, and lost the trains to London and the
north. One account of the transaction is that the
driver of the goods train was crossing the line to proceed
to the Camp-hill goods station, and that a policeman
whose dut) it was to signal the trains omitted to do so,
and has since been dismissed from his situation by the
Midland directors.
DINNER TO M. BARING.—The munificent Mr.
Corcoran gave Mr. Baring, on the 26th ult., a magnificent
private banquet, at which were the following guests:—
Secretary Corwin, Secretary Conrad, Secretary Stuart, the
Postmaster-General, Mr. Hubbard, C, tu.t de Bodisco, Don
Calderon de la barca, Minister of Spain; D,-tr. Crampton,
Minister of England ; Count de Sartiges, Minister of France;
Mr. Moreira, Minister of Brazil; Mr. Griffiths, British
Secretary of Legation, and_several private gentlemen.