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

PROROGATION

OF
PARLIAAIENf.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The Imperial Parliament was prorogued to -day, by
writ, to Tuesday, the 12th of Oetobet. The proceed-
ings were rather singular, the last occasion of a simi-
lar prorogation being so long back as the year 1837.
The present Parliament was dissolved on the 23d of
July in the present year, and the writs were return-
able on the 21st of the present month (this day). fa
the meantime her Majesty, by an Order in Council,
was pleased to declare that the Parliament should be
prorogued by writ to the 12th of October next.
Shortly after two o'clock there were present in the
House of Lords—the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of
Denbigh, Lord Shelburne, the Earl of Gosford, Lord
Sudeley, and Viscount Acheson.
The hour of meeting (two o'clock) having
been
previously intimated to the officers of the House of
Commons, Mr. John Ley, and several of that WV,
went directly without going into the Housefroraof Commons, or expecting any message
the Lords up to the door of the Ilouse of Peers, And
after a short stay there the Yeoman Usher of the
Black Rod, J. Pulman, Esq., opening the door, they
went up to the bar of the House, when
The LORD CHANCELLOR, standing up un-
covered, declared that her Majesty had been pleased
to cause a writ to be issued under the Great Seal,
proroguing the Parliament to Tuesday, the Nth 43
October next.
Then the writ, which had been previously Placed
on the table, was read by the clerk.
The Deputy Clerk of the Crown then came fro°a
.
the bar, and delivered in at the table the writs and
returns, electing the Scotch Representative Peers ;
and this ended the ceremony of proroguing Pe'.

liament.
At the conclusion of the proceedings, the Lord
Chancellor, after shaking hands with the peers
present, left the House.
There were several ladies present.

THE WEST INDIA MAIL'
SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 21.—The ThameS West
India steam-ship arrived this morning at eleveirli
o'clock, with forty passengers ; she brings 3'3 A
dollars. and a cargo of coffee, pimento, ginger, so:
sundries. The drought continued in Barbadoes; blic;
in Jamaica, Guiana, and Trinidad, fine rains it
fallen. The Thames left Jamaica Aug. 23, sty
Thomas's 31st, and Fayal the 14th of September.
The ship experienced bad weather.—Morning Hera°

FRIGHTFFUL COLLISION ON
THE DORCHESTER RAILWAY. A
This morning (Tuesday) information was receive'
at the General Post-office of a collision which hap-
pened last night to the up mail train, by which severs!
carriages were thrown off the line, and raticia
damage dons both to persons and property. The
mail guard states that the collision was a severe one,
but he seems disinclined to furnish other particulars.
The mail was delayed upwards of four hours and a
half on its arrival to London, the letters from Da'
chester and up the line from Bishopstoke not being
delivered before eleven o'clock this morning.
The accident is said to have occurred in the fu'
lowing manner :—lt would appear that in consequenc°
of the lateness of the mail train at Wareham, from the
Dorchester terminus, it was determined to send out
a pilot-engine, for the purpose of ascertaining whether
any accident had befallen it. By some mistake, at Pre;
sent unexplained, the pilot-engine is said to have go"
on to the wrong line ; and in consequence of there
being a considerable curve at that point where the
collision took place, neither the engineer of the trall
nor the driver of the pilot-engine could see each
other, and hence the collision.
The authorities at the Nine Elms station state that
if the collision took place in the manner above wen"
tioned, it could only be in consequence of some grog.
neglect of the instructions furnished by the comp
to be followed in such cases of emergency.
LATEST PARTICULARS. (BY ELECTRIC
TELEGRAPH). Information
NINE ELMS, HALF-PAST TWULVE.—
and South-Western Railway Company, has just been urnished to the secretary of the LondLon.
Campbell, by telegraph, that a collision bad haiii3or-
on the line last night, between Wareham
and
states that
chester. The message is very brief; it
the damage
" no lives are lost, and no person injured,
being confined to property only." Our reporter was
I..ened
the
favoured with the, above information through
kindness of Mr. Beattie, the assistant-secretary.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—A dreadful accident happened,
about ten o'clock yesterday morning on board the HughJohnsten, a collier lying off Prince's•stairs, Rotherhio
Abe
Whilst the crew were busily engagtd unshipping tp,
mast by means of an immense pair of shears, the
with
suddenly slipped, carrying the shears and all along wit".
it, clean over the taffrail. There were two riggers 11;
work in the top at the time, and both were
into the water. The tide was ebbing rapidly, and nne
of the unfortunate men, after struggling a few minuteo•
sunk to rise no more ; the other fortunately succeeded
in catching a rope that was thrown to him, and was
rescued. A boy on board, too, had his arm broken,
and was otherwise injured, the ast having struck hie;
in its fall.
OMNIBUS ROBBERY.—Yesterday afternoon, Mrs'
precipitated
Chesterman, of 17, Agnes-terrace, Stamford street,
Blackfriars, was plundered of her reticule, containing
171. in gold and 15s. in silver, a tortoiseshell card cages
and a silver scent bottle, whilst riding in an omnibu
from the Bank to Waterloo-bridge. Mrs. Chester/nail
imagines the robbery to have been committed by
fresh-coloured man, who had the appearance of a farrperi
SUDDEN DEATIL—Last evening, about half pal
eight o'clock, Mrs. Lock, wife of Mr. James Lock, lan"ci
lord of the George, 57, Drury lane, dropped down 31:1..,
instantly expired. The deceased was apparently in ;
cer.ent health previously, and had served in the
few minutes before she was called into eternity .i„
Lock was absent from home at the time of the awful vl5
tation.
MARGATE.—In the garden of S. T. Alarchat
Grosvenor-place, may be seen a monster pumpkiD,
suring five feet six inches in circumference, and °et is
estimated weight of seventy to eighty Funds. ' ast
only in its infancy at present, and is expected to eclre,
in weight and size its patent, which was last Year Sod
rented to the Queen, and weighed upwards of a 110
and fifty pounds. Scottish
THE NORTHERN MEETING.—This grew,
gathering is this year one of unrivalled attraction,, from
the number of noblemen and gentlemen now bee
north. The visit of her Majesty to the Highlann3oes,
added materially to the attendance of titled perserit;
and thus created an anxiety among the men'ber; and
present. The ball last night was very numerous fibert
brilliantly attended. His Royal Highness Prince ;yeti
and suite having driven in from Dochfour, and enjoyed
tor'
a part of the evening. The reception he "net
dial,. and duly acknowledged, and his Royal a the
retired at an early hour, warmly impressed with ep-
loyalty of the company. A number of genilefr pea
peered in the Highland dress. The uPP7 James
sSaciattowuenll.,
amounted to 300, and was presided over 11.6
t site
ejr.olllv.dMeda.caknednziLeOrodf ball to-14.. of the
TOT„.„ of
supper party, numbering upwards of 300.
whose.'"
the dull' mime.
which were wont to be celebrated on the le sequence
occupies
the meeting were postponed tillSaturdaY, in c°l3
of the Prince's visit.—lnverness Journal. fOren°°n
STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—OH WedileS.3Y-nto
collt-
the Invincible and the Lady Kelburne en1121(3,,1 landing;
sion at Renfrew-wharf, on approaching the none °'
place. Both vessels received some damage, eltdent the
the passengers were injured. After the n°
occurred;
Lady Kelburne proceeded as if nothing haul, paddle'
but the Invincible was so much darnaged in her roa the
rings, that she was in the mean time d 112
opposite bank.—Glasgow Conetitutionah last, e
DIABOLICAL ACT.—On Saturday eight iling th
as the 10.15 P.M. Caledonian train was appreecd4%,
viaduct across the river Esk, the policeman on rails'
covered covered that a large tree had been laid across t.".;010 to
and was fortunately enabled to stop the
teeingn ejertsin
destruction. The directors have very P
save it and probably all it contained from elm wst offered
a reward of 1001. for such information as will, IkeJe ct,
roperlY, lid to
and we trust it will produce its
the conviction of the perpetrator of this fiena' adesk
Journal, •n been
The romance of " Jeanie Deans" has ngal_ Burg'
embodied in fact. Three female relations of the
_eyed
head fishermen implicated in the late food riotsr,C;ioti
to Ardverikie with the view of petitioning he '__,J,tiort
to commute the rather harsh sentence of transpoi, Grey
proper effect. --
and imprisonment passcd upon them. Argyle' in Ear2.'tbey
the simple fishwomen found no Duke 05.',0 go
were rather unsentimentally told by his Lord tyP
home and send a written eetition by the pea-
C
MEETING TO STOP FURTHER RAILWAY nvje
We are glad to hear that arrangements have be!erns „roue
holdingfor a preliminary meeting of shareholdei
Leeds anSLiverpool, at Manchester, on sone as'4ll,
week with respect to stopping further railway
The objects of this meeting, we understand, are
.6„ire,
into consideration the present state of railwaY, riving
daily depreciation in railway stock and the directors
and the best course to be pursued to stay therlii:r`heasieg
difficulties which are pressing both on railwayeUril;_,Qpi
and shareholders. This we hope is the comeatof ee
of a general movement for the same iinportau
facts
fulrid
towards their effective furtherance by the
_iope,
and we trust that we have rendered some nee and
arguments which appear this day in our leading cy'
Manchester Tinto.