The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-09 00:00:00

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.

One of those lamentable accidents which have lately oc-
curred on railways, was yesterday morning occasioned on
the Midland Counties Railway in the following singular
manner :—The night merchandize train left Leicester with
loaded waggons and two engines, an hour and a half be-
fore the mail, and went regularly on, passing the Spondon
Station, 2-1 miles short of Derby, three quarters of an hour
previous to the mail. When within a mile and a
quarter of Derby, the pumps of one of the en-
gines were completely closed by the intense frost,
the thermometer was within a degree or two
of the zero point,: hat is full thirty degrees of cold; the
train came to a Stan ~,_and the usual precautions were
taken of sending back the guards, six or seven hundred
yards with red signal lamps, while the frozen engine
conveyed the useless one to the Derby station. The
effective engine returned, and gut the remainder of the
luggage train again in motion, and having done so, sig-
nalized by the whistle for the guards to return. They
had just got back, and the train was gathering speed,
when the mail train Mme rapidly up, and though the
red signal lamp on the last luggage waggon was in
its right place, the very thick fog prevented the sight of
it, and the engine with the mail and night car-
riages ran with extreme violence into the merchandise
tram. The death of the mail engine-driver and of the
stoker was the melancholy and almost instantaneous con-
sequence ; but although a first-class carriage, nearly full
of passengers was next the engine, providentially none of
them were hurt; assistance being procured from Derby,
the mail proceeded northward, after an hours' delay.
Immediately on the intelligence reaching Leicester, the
Chairman and some of the Directors, with the Secretary
and Superintendant, proceeded to Derby to inquire into
the cause of the accident, which will also be made the sub-
ject of investigation before the Coroner's Inquest, which is
to be held this day at Derby.

WOOL WICH-F RIDA Y.

ROYAL ARTILLERY.

Lieutenant-General Lod Bloomfield, G.C.B. and
G. C. H., has joined, from leave, and resumed the com-
mand of the garrison.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Fearless steam-vessel, Second Master H. Blehaut,
left Woolwich o❑ Wednesday to tow the Boyne transport
ship from Gravesend round the Foreland, and then pro-
ceed to Portsmouth.

The Goodwill arrived from Portsmouth on Tuesday.
The Pheto steam-vessel, Lieutenant W. J. Bluuut,
and the Lizard steam-vessel, Lieutenant W. G. B. Est-
court, arc expected to be ready for sea by the end of next
week.

A meeting of the Committee for raising subscriptions in
aid of the widows and children of the persons who pe:ished
in the Fairy, was held here on Thursday, Lieutenant•-Co-
lonel Burton, of the Royal Marines, in the chair; when
it was unanimously resolved that the sum of 701. should
be immediately divided amongst the most necessitous. It
was never intended, as has been erroneously stated, that
the subscription should be exclusively for the benefit of
Mrs. Hewitt, the widow of the gallant Captain of the ves-
sel. The gentlemen who originated this praiseworthy ob-
ject only contemplated that she should share with the
others; but when this intention became known to the
amiable lady, she stated that she felt grateful for the
assistance offered, but declined being put on the list, as
there were so many persons who had suffered a similar
loss who bad no other resource to depend upon, and she
bad made up her mind to be content with the allowance
to which site was justly entitled according to her husband's
services.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.

The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes Registered, in the week ending Saturday, the
2d January, 1841." The Table is issued, from the Office
of the Registrar-General ;
Weekly
CAUSES OF DSATIi. Total. .tverage

1838.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases. .54 265
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses lB2 156
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Hea-t and Bloodyessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other

Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the kidneys' &c.
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c 0 1
..

Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Old Age, or Natural Decay 135 79
Deaths byViolence, Privation, or Intemperance 41 26
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes 1377 -
Average Weekly Deaths ... 1,013
Deaths in the Average Weekly
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Week. Deaths, 1!38.
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Western Districts ... 224 ...... 156
North Districts
Central Districts 268 ..... 208
East Districts 2BB ...... 239
South Districts

Total 1377

1,013

It is stated that under the term Metropolis are com-
prised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the
City of London within and without the walls, the City and
Liberties of Westminster, the out parishes within the
bills of mortality—and the parishes of St. Marylebone ;
St. Pancras ; Kensington ; Fulham ; Hammersmith
(thapelry) ; St. Luke, Chelsea; Paddington; St. Mary,
'Stoke Newington ; St. Leonard, Bromley ; St. Mary-le-
bow ; Camberwell ; Greenwich ; St. Nicholas and St.
Paul, Deptford; and Woolwich. The population as enu-
merated in 1831 was 1,494,890. The weekly average for
183$ was obtained by dividing the deaths registered in that
year by 52. In comparing it with the weekly deaths in
1840, it must be borne in mind that the metropolis in-
creases nearly two per cent. annually ; and that, if the
population had been the same in 183$ as in 1840, the deaths
would have been 1-27th part more numerous.
General Register-office, Jen. 7, 1841.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THISDAY.)

LONDON, JAN. Y.—Wind this day at nocn fresh breezes
from S. to S. W., with fine clear weather and hard frost
DEAL, J.A.N. B.—Wind N. W. by N., moderate.—Sailed
the Lord -William Bentinek, Crow, for New Zealand ;
Charles Herartlev, Hopper, Sydney.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. S.-Wind variable.—Arrived the
Sweden, Homan, from New Orleans. Sailed the Heroine,
M‘Lagan, from Vera Cruz; Asia, Sears, New Orleans;
Rocket, Bishop, Africa ; Myrtle, Martin, Terceira ; Flora,
Farren, ditto. Off port Elizabeth, St. John's, New
Brunswick.

POIZTSNLOUVii, JAN B.—Wind E. to N. E.— Arrived the
Clyde, Match( s, from Batavia. The Christine Louise, Mo-
ritzea, from Gefle to Valparaiso, on shore on Hamilton's
Bank, as been got off and proceeded.
FALMOCTII, JAN. 7.—Wind N. N E. to E. N. E.—Ar-
rived the Chatham, Aftleek, from 11.1iramiehi.

Dunnix, JAN. 7.—Arrived Naparina, Hill, Quebec.
SHIELDS, JAN. 6.—Arrived the Earl Gray, Clarke,
from Taganro g.
HULL, JAN. 8. —The Tiger steamer, Knolker, arrived
here from Cui:baven, left on the morning of the 6th, and
reports very h,!avy ice in the Elbe, and a large llamburg
barque, upward bound, lying in a dangerous situation near
to Cuxhaven. The Hebble Float has been stove by the
ice, and has drifted on shore. The Mersey, bound to
Savannah. is on shore near the Dolphin, and received
considerable damage last night from the ice.
BRIDLINGTON, JAN. 8. —The Matilda, Anderson, from
Scotland to Newcastle, which was on shore, has been got
oil; but with much damage.

VESSELS SPOKEN \VITH.—The Wetherell, Liverpool to
Batavia, lat. 4t N., lon. 10 W., by the X.liance, Harper,
arrived in the river. Chili steamm, London and Rio de.
Janeiro to Valparaiso, Sept. at the eastern entrance f'
the Straits cf Magellan ; a steamer, supposed
,the Peru,
from London ter Valparaiso 24; Lady Harvey, b.t. Übe',
to 111onta Video, Nov. 15, lat. 8 N., lon. 23; Woodbine,
for Philadalpha, Nov. 14, lat. 39, lon. 66; St. Cloud,
Liverpool to Philadelphia, 15, Ist. 39, lon. 64; Lucilla,
of Richmond, 15th ult., lat. 50, lon. 20; Ann and
Margaret, Bay of Fuhdy to 11011, and supplied with
provisions, 18, lat. 51, lon. 19; Calypso, Clyde to West
Indies, 23, hat. 49, lon. 13, by the Eagle, Grey, arrived
at Portsmouth. Symmetry, Quebec to Southampton,
6th ult., ha. 42, ion. 50, by the Breeze, arrived
at Bide.
ford.

BADMINTON.-The Duke of Beaufort, with
his usual consideration for the poor on his estates in Glou-
cestershire, caused twelve fine fat oxen to be slaughtered
early last week, and to be distributed to the necessitous

Loss OF 100 SAILORS.—It has been ascer-
tained that upwards of 100 seamen, connected with the
ports of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sunderland, unhap-
pily pe,!ished in the awful storms which raged on the
eastern coast in tilt! month of November, many of them
leaving wives and children in a miserable state of desti-
tution.