The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-12 00:00:00

THE FOG.

The metropolis was this morning enveloped in one of
those disagreeable fogs which have so often excited the
wonder of the foreigner, and rendered London during
the winter months an unpleasant place of abode for
parties &Meted with pulmonary complaints. Of course
it was thickest in the heart of the City, where for a time it
endangered the navigation of the streets and necessitated
the troublesome and expensive use of gas and torches in
conducqt:g the business of the day. Now and then
there were fitful glimpses of daylight, which rendered
the darkness more palpably visible, and people stopped
for a moment to ascertain their whereabouts. At noon
it began to disappear, and shortly afterwards the sun
shone forth with All his congenial warmth, dissipating
every trace of the unwelcome visitor. We have not heard
of any accident resulting from the presence of the fog.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.-FIVE LIVES LOST.

CARLISLE, SUNDAY, FEB. 11.—A dreadful accident
occurred on the Caledonian Railway last night, by which
five lives have been lost.

The mail train left Carlisle for the North at 9. 16 P.M.
It consisted of an engine and tender, a first class carriage,
a second-class carriage, a mixed carriage of first-class
and second-class for Perth, three horse-boxes, containing
nine horses for Perth, a first-class and second-class
carriage for Edinburgh, and a horse-box for Beattock.
It proceeded without interruption until it passed the
Rockliffe station, about four miles north of Carlisle, when
suddenly the engine and tender were dissevered from the
train, the latter getting off the rails. The first-class car-
riage for Glasgow also got off the rails. The second-
class carriage for Glasgow, the travelling post-office,
three horse-boxes, the mixed carriage for Perth, and the
Edinburgh first-class carriage, were all precipitated
down the embankment, fifteen feet in height. The second-
class carriage was turned on its side; the post-office van
ran right through it, turning it topsy-turvy, and shivering
it to atoms.

The greatest consternation prevailed among the pas-
sengers, who were rather more numerous than usual.
The night, being moonlight, the guard, the engine-
driver, the stoker, and those who made a safe exit from
the carriages, immediately set to work to explore the ex-
tent of the disaster. A messenger was dispatched on
foot to Carlisle, and on his arrival Mr. Spiers, the super.
intendent of the station, set out to the spot with a special
engine and a relay of workmen.
Ia a few hours four then were taken from under the
second-class carriage, quite dead, and a fifth seriously
injured. They were all placed in a luggage-train which
passed from the north soon afterwards, and, with those
of the passengers who consented to return, taken to Car-
lisle. The injured man had his foot cut completely off.
When he was taken to the infirmary, it was found ne-
cessary to amputate his leg. He died in the course of
the night.

Mr. Nixon, yeoman of Rae Burn Hill wai pitched out
of the carriage in which he was sitting, and rolled down
the embankment into a ditch, where he was discovert d
by the merest accident, just before the luggage train left
the scene of the catastrophe for Carlisle.
Mr. Mackintosh, merchant of Glasgow, and his son,
were a good deal bruised, and were taken to the house
of their friend, Mr, T. Clarke, currier, of the Crescent,
Carlisle.

Mr. Drummond, one of the commissioners of the
Glaigow police, was one of the passengers, but he escaped
without injury. . .

Other pTis.-(;.rgers sustained bruises to more or less
extent. We Inlye not been able to ascertain their names.
The persons killed ard all cviduntly, from their st)le
of drt hbourin,g- men..

The sec And class carriage, which is thought to I,e ar:
cause of the accident, is supped to have beta of impro-
per guage. It belongs to the Londou and Ner[li-Western
Company.
The officials connected with the Caledonian have liven
most att,litive to the pasiengeri who were extracted
from the carriages rnd brought to Carlisle.
Three of the horses were sav ed ;t he rest ki'led.
Several hundreds of people have flecked to the scene
of the disaster to day, and when we 1.,,ft, at one o'clock.
men were busily employed in lifting upthe trucks and
carriages.

Both lines have heen thoroughly repaired, and no ob
s'ru.ion is f,frared to the tr“ffie.
Ai. itsiu, tit on the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers
will ii. held to-anorr w.