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

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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The election for the county of Buckingham,
vacant by the elevation of the Hon. W. Cavendish
to the peerage, will take place next week, and this
will complete the list arising out of the deaths and
official changes which have taken place during the
recess, with the exception of Tewkesbury, which
was vacated by Mr. F. Lygon prior to his election
for West Worcestershire, and for which it seems
the Speaker of the House of Commons has nu autho-
rity to issue a writ as in other cas 2S. The electone
tdwi
a) heyi cobhfa
rhtahauevgepa
prorogation
oakortoe.
gn
aPontefracti placeo na snt
ea
wn di
Nnia follows:—On lw ,
rs
it
th we aorsa
asom:r—deoOlf.en the
dikrforr
Monckton Milnes, who was raised to the peerage
under the title of Baron Houghton. On the 3d.
of August Major Waterhouse (Conservative) was
elected without opposition. A few days after the
prorogation Mr. F. M. Callcutt, member far Clare,
died. On the 31 of August Sir Collman 0 logh-
lan
m tg
waosneleonier
elected. Captain
Burghs,Captain
died a few daysl-lie3otinson, 1%,.P. for
the
owr
pt he ra. f
bteerr The Ri
ai\
isrh.a.Aripo
rg
after
the prorogation. On the 20th of August the Hon.
Charles Richard Douglas Hanbury Tracy was
elected. Mr. Beriah Batfield, M.P. for Ludlow,
died on the 6th of August. On the 28th Sir Wm,
Fraser was elected. Earl Beauchamp died on the
9th of September, end was succeeded in the earldom
by Viscount Elmley, M.P. for West Worcester-
shire, which consequently became vacant. Ott the
26th of October the Hon. F. Lygon, formerly mem..
her for Tewkesbury,iNi.p.
for
Tamwortb,
aai elected.w a r
t db
i,
.asa Theuoc
en le‘telhdaeer qd7otitnosh.
Townsend died on
On
ae
tlhOethlo2fthSeapfteomcbteorb,earnAdiVr.ieji
Vis-
count llaynharn,
the marquisate.
fight H
Peel
con-
test
AOln.Pt.hfeorBtChoovfenoticyto,
of September.
niEbl
el Ellice, thee le
eHteon. for
Henry TamCwo
Treherne was elected after a severe contest with
Mr. A. Peel. Mr. Potts, m.p. forl3
on the 21st of September. otith Barnstaple, died
e 20th of Octo-
ber Mr. Lloyd was elected, after
Mr. Bremridge, who formerly a contest with
borough. On the 25th f represented the
announced that Mr. Sergeantl3 September it was
to the dignity of a B
Pigott had been raised.
October 16, mr. aron of the Exchequer. On
member for Reading
20 it was announced Without opposition. On Sept.
resigned the office that Sir William Atherton had
Sir Roundell of Attorney-General, and that
cessor. This Palmer had been appointed his suc-
Richmond, created a vacancy in the borough of
for which Sir R. Palmer was re-elected
without opposition. By this promotion the Solici-
tor-C4
-eneraishi
having became vacant, and Sir H. P. Collier
been appointed to it a pealed to the borough
of Plymouth for - 13
t d with-
re-election. He wasre urne
°Tit 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. Cubitt,
M.P. for Andover, died. His son-in-law, Mr.
Humphery, was returned after a contest with Mr.
Hawkshaw.

Great Western Railway has
Midland section of thethe past week in accidents. On
been unfortunate duringhe
tfirst train proceeding from Wor-
cester morning - approaching Ledbury tunnel ran
cester and Hereford
"the line, which proved to be a fall of
A:CHAPTER OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.--The Wrest
which had taken place in the night.
earth in a deep slow goods train, and was proceeding up
The train
washaat little damage was done. The subsequent
an incline, so
.t
were delayed, but the line was cleared by
passenger trains
o. On the preceding there was an extra-
ordinarythe evenint" from a frightful accident on the West Mid-
land escape .
into an obstruction on
cutting
tindne As a goods train was proceeding front Oxford
Volit-ce.ster a coupling chain broke,and several trucks be-
came detached, the driver proceeding
Without them. For-
tunately, there was a guard at the end of the dissevered
trucks, and he,knowing that the express train from London
to Worcester was following behindrau back with his lamp and
succeeded in attracting attention of the driver, who pulled up
just a few yards before reaching the trucks. lie then pushed
the trucks before him to the next station, i he only result being
a delay of about an hour. On the same day, as some mncep
were employed in r, casing the interior of Mickleton tiettn
the
on the same line, near Chipping Campden, a portion 0
men
roof of the tunnel tell iu upon the workmen.
'Aiknlda la fractured boy
where he is doing well. The other sufferers were
train front
ere
;tinjured.u,i was
conveyed
eb;eydntaemed Wrisbellth:_beraindahr3,i,s,
former place
much hurt. Two or three nights agoa Worcesterspecial
th
Worcester to Malvern, on approaching the
road in the
had to pass a level crossing on a
etru _ a
.20
no
notice
of
tubers of Worcester. The gatekehefpf
he hvi ii
not so
driver, not heeding
the train, had the gates closed;
was passing along the road
pieces. Fortunately, no person
at the time.
the obstruction, drove througnh but
smashed the gates to