The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-06 00:00:00

'1 he 7.30 A.m. third-class train from Liverpool was
passed by the express at the Madeley station, and as it
follows very closely, fears were entertained of its run-
ning into the express after the accident occurred. Pres-
ton, the Manchester guard, who was in the break at the
rear of the train, and who suffered only a severe shock
from the collision, immediately ran back some distance
and stopped the progress of this train, which he took
back to Whitmore, and brought from thence assistance
in the shape of carriages and labourers. A telegraphic
message was also sent from Whitmore to Stafford, re-
questing assistance from that station, which arrived
within a very short period.
The line was so much disturbed by the collision th it
several hours elapsed before it could be got clear. Me-
dical assistance was on the spot very soon after the acci-
dent, and aid was rendered in all cases where necessary.
Some of the passengers preferred returning to Liverpool,
but the greater portion came on to London. It was nearly
five o'clock when the train left Stafford, and it did not
arrive at Easton-square until after nine o'clock.
There bad been greatly exaggerated reports of the
accident prevalent during the afternoon in London, and
a large number of persons having friends in the train
assembled at Euston-square waiting its arrival with
great anxiety. When it drew up at the platform there
were many hearty greetings exchanged, and the congra-
tulations that the consequences of the accident had not
been more serious were loud and frequent on all sides.
Only one person is the train, a foreign lady, appeared
to have sustained any severe injury. Her head was
hound up, and she seemed to have suffered considerably.
Every attention required was assiduously rendered, both
to this lady and the other passengers, by the officials cf
the company, Messrs. Bicknell, Coulter, and Watts, the
two latter attached to the superintendent's office.
Among the ladies in the train was the wile of one of
the officials of the company, Mrs. Watkin, who fortu-
nately escaped without injury.
Captain finish and Mr. Bruyeres are both gone down
the line, and the circumstances of the accident will no
doubt undergo a very searching investigation this day.

SEA.BUIINE MAILS.
[N gagnlaos that the mails are sent trona the General Post-otte.
the night—and 'll by the morning—dispatch.]

When made up is From what
PLACEIb, General Post-Mee' port die-
When
London, I patched.
AmAMeerrijecaa (by Brit. pkt.)N Aug. 6 Liverpool.. Aug. 12
(by U.S. pkt.) • • iLiverpool . Aug. 15
America (by U.S. pkt.) M' ..!Southampt. Aug. 24
Australia (via Smith-
, arnpton) • m Southampt.
Ditto (via Marseilles) N; Dover ..
Ditto, via C. of G. hope N2d of August ..;Plymouth.. Nov. 33
Atrica (West coast).. N: 14th of tn. month ;Piyreouth July 29
Alexandria* ........ N; 29th & 30th of me.lDovor .. Aug. 18
Belgium N; Daily .• .. Dover .. Dan)
Brazil • .. M :9th of the month Southampt. Aug. 16
Buenos Ayres hi:9th of the month ,Southampt. Aug. 16
Callforriia(viaMagrer)M 2d & 17th or moral South am pt. Aug. 16
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of Aug,ust • • 'Plymouth.. July 29
Cape de Verde N2d of the month ;Plymouth Plymouth.. Juiy 29
Constantinople* N, 7th 17th 27th or mu I Dover .. Aug. 10
Central America .. M; 2d & 17th of mon. iSouthampt. Sept. 1
Channel Liles .. NI Mon., Wed., St Fri.l Southampt. To. Th. Sat
Chili . 2d & 17th of mnth Southampt. Aug. 16
France M t 11; Twice daily .. Dover • .
Greece* .. . N 7th 17th 27th of rno Dover • • Aug. 10
Hamburgb N, Tuesday & Friday London Tues. Sat.
Holland •• M Wednes. & rlatur. Loudon .. Mon•Thtli
Honduras .. . N 17th of the month Southampt. Aug. 16
Ireland .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead .• TwicenaLly
India(via Southamp.) NI 20th of the month:Southampt. Aug. 28
India (viaMarsoilles) N sthS,.24th afroonthi Dora.
India, via C. of G. Hope N 15th of month Plymouth .. July 29
Mauritius ••.. N 15th of month Plymouth.. Jul
Mediterranean (via y 29
Southampton) • • 51,20 th of the month Southampt. July 28
Mediterranean (via j
Marseilles) .. N.Btia& 240 ofmonth Dover .. Mexico Af 2d of the Month.. Southampt. ;Sept. 1
Madeira .. .• 311 9th of the month Southampt. 'Aug. 16
Malta* rl7th,l7th,l9th,27th
I
& 30th of month Dover Aug. 10
Naples* .. 2115th 15th 25th ofmo Dover Aug. 12
Papal States* N sth 15th 25th of mclDover .. Aug. 12
Peninsula 114 7th 17th 27th ef mo Southampt. Aug. 16
Peru .• M 1d & 17th of mnth Southampt. Aug. 16
Tuscany* N sth 15th. 25th of mo Dover •• Aug. 12_
West Indies .. 16
bf 17th of the month Southampt. Aug.
West Indies . (except
Havanna & Nassau) M lid of the
thus marked
'I The mails to those countries conveyed by
ktu(t*h)amarPet.
French packet via Marseilles

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. —Traffic for the week
ending July 25:
Passengers
Goods ...
Parcels ...
Mails ...

„. £3,610 18
••• 1,112 15
•••
..„ 130 19
223 4

Amount of revenue
RAILWAY.
... £5,077 17 6
Total ... •••
.orL
toLD
Passengers
ZeAkN eDnßdrgcrugAuLsLt R 1
A:
Goods

••• .... X 1,691 3
... ... 34 0

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Total £1,725 3 7 Corresponding week last year ... 1,637 13 4
For the week ending August
siumwssußr AND CHESTER RAlLwAr..—Traffic receipts
1
passengers, &c.... £9-15 Merchandise, mineral!, &e.
•... 93 11. 1
8 9 10

---
Total
.. .
... 41,884 0 11
_ Corresponding week last year "' 1,833 7 7
now RAILWAY. MANCHESTER, BUXTON ))41ATL0DK, AND MIDLANDS JUNO'
—Return ,
of traffic for the week ending
Aug. 1 :—Passengers, &C. 0
Corresponding week last year ... 173 ... ... 4160 16 1
11
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.... (189 i miles opened.)—Return of
traffic for the week ending July 25:
Passengers, &c....
Goods, &c.

....E4,901 11 Oi
... 3,941 10 2/

.£---
_ Total 8,842 124
Corresponding week last year ..9.278 4 24
SCoTTIsn CENTRAL RAlLWAL—Traffic for the Week
ending Aug 1, 1852:
Passengers (14,018), parcels, horses,
and carriages ... ...£1,431 14 1
Goods, cattle, &c. ... 752 11 11

Total 2,187 6 0
Corresponding week in last year... 1,863 12 4
Perth. Aug. 4, 1852.
GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (IRELAND) RAILWAT
.88 miles). Return tor the week ending July 31
Passengers, parcels, &c. 41,827 5 3
Merchandise and cattle ... 161 17 7

Total -•• 210
Corresponding week last year ... 4,695 1 5

DEATH OF Two AmeRICAN 81,H0p4. -- The
American papers announce the death of two prelates c .n.
nee ountrv—namelv,
ted with te Episcopal Church of that c
Dr. Renshaw,b Bishop of Rhode Um], arid Di, Gadsden, of South

to remove him into it, but tho instant he reached the
steps of the vehicle, to which he was carried like a
bundle of rags, as ha refused to either walk tar stand up,
be dealt such a furious kick with both hos feet at the
face of, the gaoler as must have felled him to the ground
but for the van sergeant being able just in time to save
the oflivr by the int>rposition of the van door, against
which one of the priaoner'a feet was cati4hr, while the
other dealt the gaoler a very heavy blow upon the
shoulder; and upon Vaughan, the constable inside the
van, attempting to get him into one of the va❑ divisions,
the prisoner, before he could do so, again flung himself
upon his back and dealt the constable ,11,211 a violent
kick in tho.face that the inside of one of his lips was cut
completely thronge.

ANOTIIER FA 12,11, ACCIDENT ON THE
LONDON AND Notaa- WESTERN RAILWAY.
We ragret to announce the occurrence of another no-
eid.nt on the northern division of the Loudon and
North-Western Railway, by which the life of an engine•
driver hat been sacrificed, and that of a stoker placed in
,Jeopardy.
Taet circumstances attending the accident may be thus
brit fly told —" The 9.30 A Cr. up-express train from Li-
verpcol left that place at its usual hour yesterday morn-
ing. The train consisted of about t aelve carriages and
two break vans, and there was an unusually full comple-
ment of passengers. Thu Crewe Junction svas reached
at 10.45 Am., and at this 'station an additional tngiee
was attached to w isst the train up the Madeley-bank,
a rather steep inciine, about six miles south of Crewe,
and three miles north of Whitmore. It is usual when
an extra locomotive is attached to ordinary trains for
the purpose of assisting them up this bank, for the driver
to detach his engine as soon as the line becomes level,
run on to Whitmore, and there cross on to the down
line. When assistance is given to an express train, the
extra engine generally runs through to Stafford; but
yesterday it appears the driver had instructions to
cross the line at Whitmore. As soon as the driver of
the extra engine had detached himself he put on extra
steam, and in a very few moments shot some distance
ahead of the train. As the latter approached the Whit-
more station, the driver and guards observed that a red
flag, the signal of danger, was hoisted from the pilot
engine, which still remained on the up-rails. The
steam was instantly shut off, and the express
was brought almost to a stand-still before reaching
Whitmore. In the meantime the driver of the pilot
engine dropped the red flag, and, sounding the
" all right" signal, ran on towards Stafford,
still upon the up-line of rails. As soon as the pilot
had obtained a start, the driver of the express again
laid on his steam, and proceeded at the usual speed. He
had run only three miles beyond Whitmore, when on
coming round a sharp curve on the line, about a mile
north of Standon-bridge Station, the pilot engine was
observed in the act of crossing on to the down line at
Standon coal. yard. When first seen the two engines
were scarcely two hundred yards apart, and as the pilot
was partly on the up rails (it is alleged to have been
stationary at the time), the avoidaece of a collision was
of course quite impossible. The driver of the express
sounded his whistle and shut off the steam, but before he
could do more than this the poor fellow was a corpse.
The collision turned the engine of the express train com-
pletely round, and both that and the pilot engine were
almost totally destroyed. The guard's van. following the
engine, was also turned completely round, and thrown into
a hedge, Parker, a very old servant of the company, escap-
ing by a miracle with a few severe bruises. The stoker
was dreadfully injured--his arm, leg, and thigh were
broken, and his shoulder dislocated. Eight of the car-
riages in the train were thrown off the rails, and the
passengers were many of them severely shaken and hurt.;
but it is a most remarkable and satisfactory fact that,
with a few exception., the persons in the train do not
appear to have suffered so severely as might have been
anticipated. One gentleman had his ancle dislocated;
another sustained a severe laceration of the taco; two
or three others were cut and bruised about the head, and
two ladies sustained a slight concussion of the brain. It
has been stated that the driver of the express was killed
on the spot. His body was found undvr one of the car-
riages, shortly after the accident. What became of the
driver and stoker of the pilot engine is not accurately
known; but neither of thorn was hurt. What they can
have to say in explanation of their conduct remains to
be seen.