The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-01 00:00:00

At the half-yearly meeting of this company yesterday,
at the London Tavern, a dividend of 'is. per share (equal
to 3 per cent. on the capital) was declared, in accordance
with the recommendation in the report.
The CHAIRMAN (H. G. C. Fanel said the revenue of.
the line was steadily increasing, and for the last two
weeks the receipts were 50 per cent. in excess of those
for the corresponding period of 1852 ; and he was satis-
fied that the entire year's traffic would yield not less
than 12,5001., he hoped it would be 13,000/. The agree-
ment which had been entered into between the Eastern.
Counties and Newmarket companies was beneficial to
both parties, and he believed that before the year elapsed
the Eastern Counties Company would derive from it a
revenue that would pay not only the whole of the work-
ing expenses, but also that 5,000/. per annum which
they were now under agreement to pay to the New-
market shareholders.

PROPOSED NEW RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—The existing
form of railway carriage is proposed to be altered so as
to accommodate a larger number of persons. The car-
riage is to be formed of two tiers of seats instead of one,
the body being placed low so as to give the necessary
head room for the passengers in each tier, access to be
given to the upper tiers by side doors, staircases, and
steps, and to the lower or ground tier by doors placed
at the ends, the body having a. projecting platform pro-
tected by railings at each end, to enable passengers to
enter the end doors with a passage or thoroughfare (as
in America) from end to end of each carriage on the
lower floor.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending Aug. 21, 1853 £18,192 6 0
Corresponding week last year 14,288 18 0
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Aug. 28, 1853 £22,204 2 1
Corresponding week last year 20,947 11 10
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending Aug. 28, 1853 £7,612 19 6
Corresponding week last year 4,861 1 9

Increase in 1853 £2,751 17 9
GLASGOW AND SOIITH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Aug. 27,1853 £5,277 7 1
corresponding week last year 4,503 10 7

Increase in 1853 £773 16 6
CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending Aug. 27, 1853 £2Ol 14 4
Corresponding week last year 2lB 19 2
WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAlLWAY.—Traffic return
for the week ending Aug. 27 (29 miles) £193 1 9
Corresponding week last year (13 miles) 7l 17 10

COLLISION ON-THE GREAT NORTHERN

RAILWAY.

Yesterday evening a frightful collision, resulting in
serious injury, in the shape of broken limbs and cuts and
contusions, to several passengers, took place on the line
of the Great Northern Railway at Bornsey. The colli-
sion was of so fearful a character, and the alarm created
BO great, that anything like a thorough detail of the cir-
cumstances is impossible ; but the following will be
found to be a correct outline :
_

It appears that shortly before 5 o'clock, the period for
the departure of the down express from the King's-cross
terminus, there was a break-down of a coal train at
Hornsey on the up line. A portion of the train being
left behind, a pilot engine, driven by a man named
Paddington, was sent down to take it up, and about
two minutes after the express had left King's•cross, a
telegraphic message was received that the line at Horn-
sey was not clear. The express dashed on at its usual
speed, but the driver, seeing the stopping signal on at
Hornsey, shut off his steam and reversed his engine 200
yards on the London side of the signal-post ; having,
however, ten carriages attached, so great was the impe-
tus that the train ran into the pilot engine, which was
at the time shunting across the line, and the carriages
of the express were thrown one upon the other. A
frightful scene presented itself. Several passengers were
taken out in an apparently lifeless condition--three or
four with broken legs. Maxwell, the guard to the ex-
press, lies at the Railway Tavern in a hopeless condition
and two ladies and a gentleman, a solicitor of Lincoln,
are also so seriously injured as to be unable to be
removed. Two or three gentlemen who had their
legs broken and limbs fractured were brought up
to London. The Lord Mayor, the Bishop of Lincoln,
and Mr. B. Dennison, the chairman of the company
were in the train, but, with the exception of a slight
contusion received by the right rev. prelate, they all
escaped. Some of the carriages were literally shattered
to atoms.

Within six minutes of the receipt of the first message
at King's-cross not to allow the express to leave, a
second was received announcing the accident and request-
ing medical aid to be sent doivii.
It is stated that the, np.in lino is_tota_up :for -a:conl
siderable distance, and th the driver and stoker of the