The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-22 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday being the anniversary of the Battle of
Trafalgar, the various clubs-at the ports met to cele-
brate it. The old Victory was once more decorated
with wreaths of laurel and evergreens at the trucks of
her mastheads—flag and Jack staves.
Lieutenant Crowder, Who commanded the Dee
steam-vessel, for some tiros at the Cape, has returned
to England in the Birkenhead. Mr. Price, clerk, has
also returned home from the Cape.
Birkenhead steam troopship, Master-Commander
Salmon, has commenced refitting at Portsmouth ; she
will be ready for sea againin ten days.
Cyclops steam-frigate, Master-Commander Hoff-
meister, may be daily expected from the Cape.
Dido, 18, Captain Morihead, C. 8., was paid ad-
vance at Sheerness yesterday, and now proceeds to
the Pacific, touching at Portsmouth and Devonport.
Desperate screw steam-Sloop, went into harbour on
Monday for a supply of coals.
Fury steam-sloop, Polyphemus and Pluto steam-
vessels, having been repaired, are ordered to be taken
from Woolwich to Sheerness, to be kept in readiness
for service.

Havannah, 19, Captain Erskine, had arrived at
Sydney from New Zealand, and remained there June
22, waiting to be relieved by Captain Sir E. Home,
in the Calliope, 26.
Hermann, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Tichbourne,
had returned to the Cape with troops from the Mau-
ritius.

Lucifer steam-vessel, Lieut.- Commander Jackson,
left Devonport on Monday for Woolwich, to be paid off.
Modeste, 14, Commander Lord W. Compton, calls
at Malta on her way to Leghorn.
Penguin, 6, Commander Etheridge, arrived at the
Cape, from the coast of Africa, August 18, and sailed
for the Mozambique.
Ringer, 8, Commander 111iller, was mustered and
exercised at Devonport on ilonday, by Flag Captain
Lowe ; after which she stiled into harbour, to be
paid off.

Simoom iron screw•frigate, fitting at Portsmouth,
is to be hastened. She was to have been ready by
the 15th November, but will now probably be ready
by the 10th November, to convey troops.
Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander P. Welling-
ton, was towed from Deptford to Woolwich yester-
day. She is ordered to embark an artillery detach-
ment for Barbadoes.

Virago, 6, steam:sloop, Commander w. H. Stew•
art, arrived at Madeira, from Devonport, Sept. 13
after a passage of seven days.

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DANGEROUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
An accident, fortunately not resulting in the loss of
life, occurred near the Clifton Junction on the East
Lancashire Railway, about six miles from Manchester,
on Monday afternoon. The train from Yorkshire, due
in Manchester at 3.45 P.M., had travelled safely towards
its destination until it reached a point within 300 yards
of the Junction named, where a short line running from
the Liverpool and Manchester line at Patricrof4 is con-
nected with the East Lancashire ; but when there,from
some cause not at present understood, the engine and
tender separated from the train behind it, and proceeded
forward toward the Clifton Station, while the passenger
carriages, eight in number, and the luggage van in
front, took the line to Patricroft. The speed at which
the train was moving was fortunately not great, as the
driver had to stop at the Clifton station ; he therefore
soon brought his engine to a stand, and no damage
to himself or his assistant accrued. The occupants
of the vagrant carriages, however, were not so
fortunate ; they were driven down the line
about thirty yards. At that point some impediment
threw the luggage van off the rails, the others following
it, and arranging themselves in an iregular crescent, each
carriage struck the one preceding it at the corner.
Through this arrangement, and to that circumstance,
probably, is to be attributed the escape of the passengers,
for though the carriages were much broken at the
corners they were untouched in the middle, and the in-
juries the occupants received were all from being
violently jerked from their places. Several persons
u
were severely bruised. A Mrs. Lennox received a dan
gerous contusion on the head, and another on the groin.
An infant she had in her arms
a
of Bradford,
injre
was severely
but not
seriously. Both were removed to the Brunswick Hotel,
Manchester, were they still remain in a fair way for
abprtueids
bruised
recovery.
also to itMghher: llnodiwitas found necessary to re-
moveesW
Brunswick, for repose and medical
examination. The guard of the train, Tyson, got an
I him. All on
ugly knock on the head, which rendered him insensible,
and it is feared may Termanenty injure
the train were more or less hurt by this somewhat
mysterious occurrence.

TESTIMONIAL To THE l'orAcE.—The committee of
watch, clock, and chronometer exhibitors have forwarded to
the superintendent of the A division of the metropolitan
police an expression of their admiration and satisfaction at
the vigilance, courtesy, and attention of the police stationed
in the vicinity of their goods in Class 10, and they accom-
speanntyedittwo Police-constable v
ic st
attached to their department. The watch bears the following
sei.looenrwahatiochjoo of a
s,e3u4p3er A,io r
whowas specially
quality, to be pre-
inscription :—" Presented by the Committee of Watch and
Clockmakers to T. E. Jones, 343 A, as a mark of their
satisfaction with his conduct in care of their goods during
the Great Exhibition of 1851." It is worthy of remark,
that in the large and highly valuable collection of goods
under the charge of this department not a single loss or ac-
cident has occurred since the opening of the building.
EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES.--Yesterday the
Chelsea Improvement Commissioners commenced their ope-
ration for the construction of an embankment on the north
side of the Thames, extending from Battersea-bridge to
Cremorne-gardens. This improvement will be a great public
boon, and afford a delightful promenade and carriage drive
to the thousands who visit this popular resort in the summer
season. The embankment of the river front of Battersea
Park is making considerable progress, as also that on the
Middlesex side of Vauxhall-bridge.
PENNY OMNIBUSES.—Yesterday the first of the
long talked-of " penny omnibuses" made their appearance in
the metropolis. The line of route selected for the experi-
mental trial of cheap metropolitan locomotion was Oxford-
street, and passengers were conveyed from the end of Totten-
ham court-road to the Edgeware-road for one penny. The
vehicles were abundantly patronised. They started from
either end every ten minutes, and no somer was one set of
passengers put down before double the number the vehicle
could accommodate were struggling for seats. To judge
from
yesterday's experience, the caterers for h c eap public
conveyance will find the speculation highly
Itremunerative.
is understood that the entire leading thoroughfaresofthe
metropolis
metropolis have been into Idand
that omnibuses parcelled . 2d. stages, and,
that are forthwith to be put on for the .
convey-
"Ce of passengers at tiwo rates. -