The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-17 00:00:00

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN ItAlLWAY.—Traffie re-
turn for the week ending Aug. 13, 1853 £19,014 4
2 6
Corresponding week last year 19,014 9

- -
Increase in 1853 £2,996 14 8
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH CO AST RAILWAY.—
Traffic return for the week ending Aug. 13,
£18,383 13 2
1853
Corresponding week last year.
Total of the half-year to this date, 1853
Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 100,417 1 2
GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WRSTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
'uurn for the week ending Aug. 13, 1853 . £5,090 12 11
corresponding week last year
Increase in 1853 £9os 3 6

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attached to an engine and tender that was proceeding
on the same line. The engine-driver and stoker of the
latter instantly jumped off and fortunately escaped.
Many of the passengers were severely wounded. The
officials instantly procured surgical aid, and had two or
CORDILLERA AUSTRALIAN GOLD COMPANY.—The
three cases that presented rather a serious aspect re-
. Cordillera (Australian) Gold Company have received
moved to the surgery of the nearest medical gentleman.
Dr. Bryant, of Bristol, accompanied by his lady and
daughter, occupied the third carriage from the engine, advices of the arrival at Sydney of Mr. Baker, their
s geologist, whom they sent overland to wait the arrival
The doctor, who is in a very delicate state of health, of their vessel, the Tory, despatched in March last with
suffered severely by the shock, while his lady was sorely land
wounded about the head, and his daughter had one of a body of 115 men, a steam
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River Company.
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leased by
her teeth knocked out. All the passengers were knocked The follown extract from his letter is the only part
off their seats and dashed with great violence against that bears o inghe prospects of the undertaking :—"P.S.
each other. As soon as the passengers had recovered I have sou ht an interview with Colonel Marney, the
from the fright and shock, they were transferred to an- Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Liverpool Plains
other and Peel River district, and, upon representing myself
train, which conveyed them to the London Bridge
terminus, where they arrived an hour after their usual as the eologist of your company, he at once frankly
conversed with me about the district of the Peel • and I
time. T TOTTENHAM am happy to say that, after I had explained to him the
A YOUNG FEMALE BURNT TO DEATH A
HIGH-CROSS GRAMMAR-SCHOOL.—This morning, Mr. preparations the company had made and the freedom
Payne, the City Coroner, received information of the they had allowed themselves of change of location as
following frightful occurrence, which resulted in the circumstances might require, he told me he thought we
almost immediate death of Maria Knight, aged sixteen
had the best chance of succeeding of any oompany he
had heard of. He also said he had granted licenses re-
years. It appears that the unfortunate young woman
Tam-
who was employed at the Grammar-school, Tottenham,
cently to 400 men, who were at work close to Tam-
High-cross, was engaged at the kitchen-fire last evening,
when by some accident a portion of her dress became within a few miles of the Australian Agricultural Corn-
ignited, and in affright she ran screaming into the yard, pany's land, where men were at work and doing well.
where the wind made the flames spread rapidly, and be- He informed me he considered the Peel River district
fore assistance arrived her clothes were burnt to tinder,
as highly auriferous, and showed me some fine specimens
uartz which had been sent him thence."
on removing which, portions of the flesh adhered. A of q
surgeon was called in who recommended her removal to ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH, AUG. 16.—Captain
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and she was conveyed to Grant's troop of Royal Horse Artillery assembled yes-
London by the half-past 6 o'clock train vitt the Eastern terday morning in heavy marching order, and proceeded
Counties Railway. On her arrival with the matron at to the Common, where they were drawn up in line for
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St. Bartholomew's Hospital, she was immediately taken the Commandant's inspection. Colonel E. Clock, Whin-
nnder the care of Mr. Archer, resident surgeon in Har- yates, C. 8., arrived at a quarter before 11 o'c ac-
!7'ys wshaorrdt,
timehut tahfeteirnjaudrimeissswioenr.e so extensive, her chest companied by Lieutenant-C(3lo'nel Hardinge, K.H.,
very short
denuded of flesh, that she expired in a Brigade Major Bingham,
tions showede and Captain Riddell, Royal
Artillery. The Commandant inspected the men and
Mweuxurs.—The weekly reviews from the horses, with their appointments very minutely, and the
Amsterdam and Rotterdam produce markets state that troop marched at 7 o'clock this morning, headed by the
business had
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active. Coffee and sugar, brass band of the Royal Horse Artillery, as far as
ontiamd to be supported, and some descrip- Charlton, the troop being under orders to return to their
slight tendency to advance. The opera- former station at Weedon. It is expected that Captain
to
not numerous but holders manifested Taylor's troop will return to their previous station at
Purchases of indigo had Canterbury on the separation of the troops now in camp
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AMERICAN ALOE. station and proceed to Bristol, where the entire battery,
is now bursting into bloom
Earl of Mount Edgeurne
A beautiful specimen of this plant with the horses, guns,' and ammunition, will remain
in the Italian garden of the until further orders. Nineteen gunners of the Ist bat-
nearly as High as the oran,e, at Plymouth. It is now talion, in charge of a non-commissioned officer, left
petted to reach about 30 „ conservatory, but it is ex- Woolwich on Thursday mornitig for Shorncliff, to fill up
feet when it is at its full growth. Captain Richard Blackwood. Price's field battery at that
The plant is said to be about 100 years old, and there ' station. The gentlemen cadets had some excellent mor-
are about 30 spikes of flowers coming into hi I, tar and howitzer practice on Thursday, for the first time
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1 this season.