The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-21 00:00:00

PROROGATION

OF
PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The Imperial Parliament was prorogued to..day,
69
writ, to Tuesday, the 12th of October. The 1 woceed'
ings were rather singular, the last occasion of 'a
siIDl
lar prorogation being so long back as the yes x 183;
The present Parliament was dissolved on th® 23a 0,
July in the present year, and the writs were retur
In
able on the 21st of the present month (this tiuY).ncil,
the meantime her Majesty, by an Order in Cou
was pleased to declare that the Parliament should he
prorogued by writ to the 12th of October ne x t.
Shortly after two o'clock there were presont in
lthef
House of Lords—the Lord Chancellor, the
Ear
Denbigh, Lord Shelburne, the Earl of Go3fot d, Lora
Sudeley, and Viscount Acheson. been
The hour of meeting (two o'clock) bavia g
previously intimated to the officers of the II( )u.,.,5e1;
Commons, Mr. John Ley, and several of that •Deul;
went directly without going into the ,EffoUsia
of Commons, or expecting any messager°a
the Lords up to the door of the House of PetlrS,
after a short stay there the Yeoman Usher the
Black Rod, J. Pulman, Esq., opening the door, the
went up to the bar of the House, when
ill'
The LORD CHANCELLOR, standee.
pleased
ding
covered, declared that her Majesty had beep: Pesesi,
to cause a writ to be issued under the Greg;
1-3" of
proroguing the Parliament to Tuesday, the
October next.
Then the writ, which bad been previously' Plsced
on the table, was read by the clerk.
The Deputy Clerk of the Crown then came from
..a
the bar, and delivered in at the table the wri-ts
returns, electing the Scotch Representative P
and this ended the ceremony of proroguing -rs'
liament. the, Lorc_t.
At the conclusion of the proceedings,
Chancellor, after shaking bands with the Peers
present, left the House.
There were several ladies present.

THE WEST INDIA MA-,1i.•
s West
SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 21.--The Tong
eieveo
India steam-ship arrived this morning at;
3,371
o'clock, with forty passengers ; she 136110e' r and
dollars. and a cargo of coffee, pimento, gin but
sundries. The drought continued in Barlradoes 'bad
in Jamaica, Guiana, and Trinidad, fine 11053 St.
fallen. The Thames left Jamaica Aug.
Thomas's 31st, and Fa al the 14th of Septvol"
era
The ship experienced bad weather.—Morningl
FRIGHTFFUL COLLISION °S
THE DORCHESTER RAILWAY. •ved
This morning (Tuesday) information was reels
at the General Post-office of a collision whichral
pened last night to the up mail train, by which se
carriages were thrown off the line, and prbe
damage done both to persons and property..
me 4
mail guard states that the collision was a severe licit*
but he seems disinclined to furnish other pa:tiell a
The mail was delayed upwards of four hours: :,r,
half
on its arrival to London, the letters from 13,13;
chester and up the line from Bishopstoke not be!
delivered before eleven o'clock this morning. I
The accident is said to have occurred in the po- °
lowing manner :—lt would appear that in consequ—tre
of the lateness of the mail train at Wareham, fr.l out
Dorchester terminus, it was determined to seuLtber
a pilot-engine, for the purpose of ascertaining W. 7-
any accident had befallen it. By some mistake,
sent unexplained, the pilot-engine is said to
on to the wrong line ; and in consequence there
on
being a considerable curve at that point Wheretr sin
collision took place, neither the engineer of the ;oh
nor the driver of the pilot-engine could ftee
other, and hence the cosin.
The authorities at thelli Nine Elms station state tb_..ll,
if the collision took place in the manner above ter;
tioned, it could only be in consequence of serae 03y,
cotaP:
neglect of the instructions furnished by the
to be followed in such cases of emergency.
Ricllo.,
LATEST PARTICULARS. BY
TELEGRAPH). —..93100
NINE ELMS, HALF-PAST TWELVE.
has just been urnished to the secretary orthe
ne
and South-Western Railway Company,
Campbell, by tele bthat collision had haw.
grap a Informs ion
on the line last night, between Wareham and Pc".
chester. The message is very brief; it states tbact
" no lives are lost, and no person injured, the danur
being confined to property only." Our reporter vfro.
favoured with the above information through t"
kindness of Mr. Beattie, the assistant-secretary.