The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-15 00:00:00

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The election for the county of Backingbrano
vacant by the elevation of the Hon. W. Cavendish
to the peerage, will take plane next week, and this
will complete the list arising out of the deaths and:
official changes which have taken place d ming the
recess, with the eNception of Tcw-kesbuc7, which
was vacated by Mr. F. Lygon prior to his election
for West Worcestershire, and for which it Se*MS
the Speaker of the House of Commons has no au the-
rity to issue a writ as in other cas:s. The ele zii clls
which have taken place stand as foilows:—On Ihe
day of the prorogation a new writ was ordeved for
the borough of Pontefract in the room of Mr.
Monckton Aliines, who was raised to the peerage
under the title- of Baron Houghton. On the 3d
of August Major Waterhouse (Conserve. tine) was
elected without opposition. A few days Alter the
prorogation Mr. F. M. Callcutt, member for Clare,
died. On the 3.1 of August Sir Coltman 01-logh-
lan was elected. Captain Willis Johnson,
M.P. for
f
the Montgomeryshire Burghs, died a few days i ter
the prorogation. On the 20th of August the 11 on.
Charles Richard D Juglas Ihnbury Tracy v7as
elected. Mr. Beriah BAfield, M.P. for Ludlow,
.f ter
died on the 6th of August. On the 28th Sir Wel,
Fraser was elected. Earl Beauchamp died on the
9th of September, and was succeeded in the earldom
by Viscount Elmley, M.P. for West Worcester-
shire, which consequently became vacant. On the
26th of October the Hon. F. Lyra, formerly mem-
ber for Tewkesbury, was elected. The Marq'is
Townsend died on the 10th of September, and Vis-
count Raynham, M.P. for Tamworth, succeeded to
Peel was eiected for Taniworth after a sharp con-
the marquisate. Oa the 12th of October Mr. 7.
test with the Hon. Henry Cowper. The Rig.kit Hon.
[ Edward Ellice, M.P. for Coventry, died on the 17th
of September. Oa the Bth of October Mr. Morgan
w:hoelete,otremd
eat,
Treherne was elected after a severe contest with
Barnstaple, died
0-snirt.Ae.,flesetl. Mr. Potts, M.P. for
of September. On
) after a contest with
the 20th of Octo-
ber
represented the
On the 25th of September it A vas
announced that Mr. Sergeant Pigott had been raised
to the dignity of a Bar
20jE-1)11b: 1 .rri;tllMßwg rrba. Lloydri
dgei
announced
of the Exchequer. On:
siramrw Lilleifaemvre
October 16, Mr. George Shaw
member for Reading without opposition. On Sept.
resigned the office
Sir Roundell
o Attorney-General, and that
Atherton was
electedhad
Palmer had been appointed his suc-
cessor. This
created a vacancy in the borough of
Richmond, for
without which Sir R. Palmer was re-elected
opposition. By this promotion the Solici-
tor-Generalship
became vacant, and Sir R. P. Collier
having been
appointed to it appealed to the borough
of Plymouth for re-election. He was returned with-
out opposition. On October 18 Mr. Hope, one of
the members for Windsor, died. On November 4
Colonel Vyse was elected after a contest with CaPt•
Hayter. On October 19 Mr. Langton, one of the
members for the city of Oxford, died. On Nov. 7
Mr. C. Neate, Fellow of Oriel College, was elected
without opposition. On October 28 Mr. W. Cubitti
M.P. for Andover, died. His son-in-Jaw, Mr.
Hamphery, was returned after a contest with Mr.
Hawkshaw.

TiiTizywheat
A CHAPTER OF RAILWA
ve
in accidents. Oa
Midland section of the GreYa.t
proceeding from Wor-
-6rBtroaching Ledbury tunnel ran
been
Wednesdayunfortunatemorning du during irnhge the peat
train
cester and Hereford on approaching
which proved to be a fall of
into an obstruction on ii
ioh had taken place in the night..
ving:joheds train, and was proceeding up
damage was done. The subsequent
IcwceleDsktEeNr nT 8 i t
eaTanhrietnhctilrnianinea, deepswo tsbaca cutting
slow goods
but the line Was cleared by
passenger trainoon ere
the preceding evening there was an extra-
the
fromgoods train was proceeding from Oxford
the evening. a frightful accident on the West Mid-
land,,,w a coupling chain broke,and several trucks be-
to NV°'"- detached,er the driver proceeding 'without them. For-
.
came
there was a guard at the end of the dissevered
For-
tuna '
and he,knowing that the express train from London
trucks,
to Worcester was following bchind,ran back with his lamp and.
()rdin
;L. t
succeeded in attracting attention of the driver, who pulled up
just a few yards before reaching the trucks, He then pushed
the trucks before him to the neat station,the only result being
a delay of about an hour. On the same day, as some men
were employed in recasing the interior of Mickleton tunnel,le
on the sane line, near Chipping Campden, a portion of the
roof of the tunnel fell in upon the workmen. Three men
and a boy were injured. One boy named Wrisherg:rantiryi,
skull fractured, and was conveyed to Worcester Infer
not
so
where he is doing well. The other sufferers.
much hurt. Two or three nights ago
former placo
Worcester to Malvern, on approaching the
road in the
had to pass a level crossing on a turnpikehaving
no notice of
.11. burs of Worcester, The gatekeeper,th driver, not heeding
the train, had the gates closed ; but the
smashed the gates to
the obstruction, drove through
wasa Passing
a special train from
i along the read
pieces. Fortunately, no person
at the time.

ROY. AL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE
•
Manageress, Miss Marriott.
THIS EVENING, OTHELLO. Messrs. D. H. Jones, E,
Phelps, Miss Mandlebert, Atc.
To co nciude with THE ORPHAN OF GLENCOE.
Box-office open from 11 to 4.

WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
T is DAY.—Morning, sh. sm.—Afternoon, sh. 30m.
Vo-vsußnow.-Moruinz. sh. 57m.—Afternoon. 6h. 20ro.

The Weather—Sun Office, Dec. 15, 1863.

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THERMOMETER.

1-1114 day 'at Two o'clock 4B
Barometer-30.35.
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'Mind-- S -IV light, and cloudy.