The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-11 00:00:00

/CORTI( UNION RAILWAY.

The object of this Bill was to effect the amalgamation of
the North Union, Grand Junction and Manchester and
Leeds Railway Companies, or rather to authorise the sale of
the North Union line to the other two Companies as amal-
gamated. The standing orders were complied with.
The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow.

ILLNESS OF MR. COBDEN.—We are concerned to state
that the Hon. Member for Stockport has been confined to his house
during a week by serious indisposition, brought on, we !ear, by his
herculeale labour in the cause of free trade. It is much to be re-
gretted that the lion. Gentleman will be not able to take part in the
interesting and important discussion on the free-trade measures now
before Parliament.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN FLEET• STREET.— Yesterday
t.ftBrnoon, between two and three o'clock, two young men, said to be
brothers, and named Fletcher, were proceeding along Fleet-street
with a horse and cart, the property of Mr. John Stone, of Spriggs-
alley, Milner, Oxfordshire, when at the corner of Bride-lane, one of
the men, in endeavouring to step from the shafts of the cart, fell
under the vehicle, and the near wheel passed over his head, literally
crushing his brains out.
A large Uussian vessel, the Norden, has been seized
in Newcastle Harbour, under a writ from the Admiralty Court, by
thl owners of the Countess of Erroll, for the alleged running down
of that vessel, a few days ago, on her passage from Newcastle to
London.
BUTF.SHIRB ELECTION.—The lion. James Stuart
Wortley having recently resigned his seat for this county, on accept-
ing the office of Judge-Advocate-General, a new election, to fill up
the vacancy, took plaee at Rothesay on Saturday. The Hon. James
Stuart Wortley .was put in nemination by Henry Stuart, Esq.,
seconded by Captain Marshal, of Rothesay, and was elected without
opposition. This election may be considered as decisively indicating
lust the Marquis of Bole will support the Government measures for
abolishing the corn-laws, and other restrictions on trade and com-
merce.—Wasgoto Argus.
THE INDIA MAIL—The English packet with the
India mail not having arrived, a contour was current at Marseilles,
On Thursday, that she was lost. The Simaphore of Marseilles of
Friday, however, o' serves that there is no reason for attaching any
credit to this rturmr, or feeling the least anxiety on the subject,
as a letter has been received from Malta, dated the 29th ult.,
stating that the time for departure of the packet was not then
fixed, It was supposed she would leave in the night of the
291 h, butt this was by no means certain. It is probable that
the packet was delayed by the weather at sea, which has beer
very bad for the last fortnight. On the 27th, the Scamandre
Levant packet on her way to Beyront with the mails for Syria, &C.,
was caught in a storm at about 75 leagues from Malta, and com-
pelled to seek refuge at Cagliari, where she transferred her letters
and passengers to the Mitios for Marseilles, to be re-shipped on
beard the Alexander Levant mail packet, which left on the 4th.
rie Minos experienced such bad weather, however, that she did not
arrive iu Marseilles until the sth, having been forced to put in at
Alaccio. On the same day the Scamandre, which had also put in at.
Ajaccio, arrived at Marseilles.---Galignuni of Monday.
REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH NOTTS. Yesterdoy
(Tuesday) morning a protectionist candidate made his ap-
pearance at Nottingham, in the person of T. B. T. Hildyard,
Esq. Though the day of election is not known, much ex-
citement prevails, and no exertions are wanting in the friends
of Lord Lincoln.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, Tuesday, Feb. 10.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at the usual hour.
ASSASSINATIONS IN IRELAND.
Lord DUNCANNON gave 'notice, that on Thursday,
he should move for a, return of all the murders or at-
tempts to murder, in Ireland, since the year 1842, as
also the amount of the rewards offered for the disco-
very of these offences since January 1842 ; the nature
of each offence ; the number of rewards claimed, and
the number of convictions which followed.