The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-25 00:00:00

APPOINTMENTS.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 24.—CHptain- Lewis T. Jones
(1840) to command the Simpson steam-frigate, com-
sinned this day at Devonport ; Commander 0 wen P.
Knott (1846) to the Coast Guard; Commander
George Johnson (1846) to the Coast Guard ; Lieu-
tenant Thomas Bridges (1823) to be Admiralty agent
of mails.

The Atholl troop-ship, Lieutenant Commander
Pearse, was towed up the river to-day by the African
steam-vessel from Sheerness to Deptford, to have her
stores put on board at that victualling-yard.
The Princess Alice, Dover mail steam-packet, went
down the river to-day to try her engines, and will
return to 1'7(1cl wieh previous to going round to Dover
to resume her unties at that station.

IN THE LONDON HOSPITAL.

SUFFERERS AT OTHER PLACES.

RAILWAY.

WIEDNESIIA Y EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1850.

may be formed of the violence of the shock when we
state that Mr. Richardson and the driver were thrown
first against the vngine and then on to the coke in the
tender. As before observed, the passengers, were
either bruised or shaken. With great promptitude
the train was checked, it being supposed that some of
the carriages were smashed, and that some person
might be lying on the road. The moment the train
was brought to a halt, the passengers, in a terrified state,
proceeded to leave the carriage, and here a more fearful
event was anticipated from the fact that a goods' down
train was about to leave on the line of rails
upon which they were travelling. At leng4 they
were induced to return to their seats, and attention
was directed to the sufferers at the rear of the train.
All the unfortunate creatures who were in the third-
class carriage were found to be in a most painful
position, some being entangled in the debris— From
under the carriage were removed Mrs. Hart and
her child, who had fallen through the carriage. The
confusion somewhat subsiding, and assistance arriving
from Bishopsgate, the train was got o❑ to the ter-
minus, where every attention was paid to the injured
parties.
The roll...wing is an accurate list of the passengers
who sustained injury by the collision of the Enfield
and Hertford trains at Stratford, compiled by Mr.
Harlem, the surgeon :

Miss Ann Oliver, aged 38, of Euflilld —very
seriously injured—comminated fracture of both legs.
. Mr. John Kirby, aged 35, a plumber and glazier,
carrying on business at Tottenham—compound frac-
ture of right thigh and fracture of the left leg.
Mr. Thomas Airey, aged 31, clerk at the BAnk of
England, residence at Tottenham—fracture of both
bones of the right leg.

Miss Mills (at Stratford), residence not mentioned
—toe cut off, next the fractured, right leg seriously
bruised and various contused wounds on both legs.
John Pay, a labourer in Norfolk—seriously bruised.
Mr. James Robinson, of Edmonton—smashed elbow
joint, amputation requisite.
A man, name unknown—laceration of the knee and
other injuries.
Mr. and Mrs. Head (of the firm of Charrington
and Co., the brewers)—the wife, contused right leg;
similar injury received by Mr. Head, but not so ex-
tensively.
Mr. Clark—laceration of the knee.
Mr. Hooper, of Leighton, connected with the East
India House—face lacerated.

Mr. Hooper, jun.—broken leg.
Mrs. Greaves, of Waltham—bruised and other in-
uries.

Master Greaves—thigh broken.
The sufferers by the second collision are thus de-
scribed in the same report :
Alfred Turner, apparently a farm labourer be-
longing to Norfolk—bruised legs. Charles Taylor
(a boy, about seven years old)—laceration of the
head. Mrs. Griggs, of 19, Princes-street, Totten-
ham-court-road—injured; Mr. Blunderfield, 36,
Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square—bruised
shoulder. Daniel Clive—contused leg. Mr. Maldon
eye lacerated. Maria Turner—severe blow on the
head, and otherwise much injured. Mrs. Elizabeth
Gowers—contused wounds. Harriet Turner—
bruised leg. John Sutherwood—severe cut and
blow on the head. Mrs. Hart and her child—severely
bruised and otherwise injured.
The last accounts of the state of the unfortunate
parties in the hospital pronounce them to be going on
favourably.
In conclusion, it is but justice to the officials of the
company to mention that they evinced every desire to
put the public in possession of all the facts in con-
nexion with the unfortunate accidents.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN

APPREHENDED. STRIKE OF ENGINE-DIEN.

Yesterday, in accordance with an arrangement
made between Mr. IVl'Connell (the chief of the loco-
motive department) and the engine-drivers and fire-
men employed on the southern division of the Lon-
don and North-Western Railway, a deputation from
the latter body waited by appointment upon Mr.
Glyn, the chairman of the company, at the Euston
Terminus.

Mr. Glyn received the deputation, which consisted
of Messrs. Finch, Walker, Heavor, and Nolan, &c ,
with great courtesy. The men stated their impres-
sion that the determination of the authorities on
the northern division of the line to compel the
engine-drivers and firemen of the northern
division to sign the three months' notices, was
with a view to reduce the wages of the men, and
that, understanding that in May next, in lieu of the
present separate and local management, they appre-
hended the same system would be extended to the
southern division. After hearing the statements of
the men, and an expression of their wish that he
(Mr. Glyn) would act as a mediator between the men
of the northern division of the line and the present
locomotive superintendent and management of that
division, _ _

Mr. 'GrArtsT addressed the men to the following
effect :—That with respect to the notice, he mu 4 say,
so far as he was aware, no intention existed to make
any change whatever in the southern division. Speak-
ing his own individual views only, he was bound to
tell the men that whatever might be the views of the
directors the proceedings which the drivers were now
pursuing would, if persevered in, inevitably force the
Government to bring about, by legislative enactments,
that which but for such proceedings might never have
been mooted as respected the southern division. He
then cautioned them very earnestly not to come to any
rash conclusions, and not to continue the present ex-
citement, as their perseverance in such a course must
of necessity compel the directors tomake other provi-
sions for the conduct of the business of the company.
He, as a director, had, on a former occasion, been the
means of bringing about an arrangement by which
the old hands who had sent in their notices were
restored to their former positions; but he was
compelled now to say—not as a threat, but
giving it as the advice of a friend—that if the
men should elect on this occasion, without personal
complaint, to quit their duty in furtherance of the
objects of another and distinct body of men, he could
give them no hope of their being, either by his inter-
ference or otherwise, reinstated in the company's ser-
vice. It was for them, therefore, to consider, not
merely what was due to him and the company, but
especially what was due to themselves and their
fmnilies, who must suffer from any rash proceedings.
The directors are already taking measures to in-
sure the safety of the public, by a reduction of the
trains, in the event of the men carrying out their de-
termination to strike.

It is stated that out of about 348 trains running
daily on this enormous trunk line and its
enormous tributaries, that the company rather
than submit to that which they conceive to be
dictation on the part of the men, are determined to
stop for a time no less than 238 trains, confining
them of course principally to the branch lines. The
company, it is stated, have made arrangements to se-
cure the efficient and safe working of the remaining
110 trains, and that in the course of two or three
weeks they will also be enabled to restore the work-
ing of the entire line to its present efficient con-
dition.

Last night a meeting of the engine-drivers and
firemen of the southern (or London division) of the
North-Western Railway, took place at the Railway
Tavern, in the Hampstead-road, to receive the result
of the deputation to the Chairman of the company.
A deputation from the engine-drivers and firemen
of the Eastern Counties line, now out on strike, and
from other lines, were in attendance. A variety of
addresses were given and statements made, in which
the men exhibited the greatest coolness, but at the
same time a determination to prevent, if possible, the
application of the same rules to the southern division
as that which had been adopted on the northern divi-
sion of the line. They confessed they had nothing at
present to complain of on the southern division, but
when they saw the rights of their fellow-workmen
encroached upon, they had strong apprehension that
what was carried out on one portion of the rail-
way would not be long before it was extended to the
other.
It was ultimately resolved to adjourn taking any
further steps until a general meeting could be called
to consult as to the proper course to be pursued be-
tween the men in both divisions of the railway.
The proceedings terminated at a late hour.

MONEY MARKET—The premium on gold at Paris
is about at par, which, at the English Mint price of
34 17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of '25.15; and the exchange at Paris on London
at short being 24.55, it follows that gold is 1.21 per
cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from
Hamburgh the price of gold is 41.9, per mark, which,
at the English Mint price of 31. 175. lqd. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 24-; and the ex-
change at llamburgh on London at short being 13.0;,
it follows that gold is 0.72 per cent. dearer in Ham-
burgh than in London. The course of exchange
at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight
is 1101 per cent., and the par of exchange between
England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it fol-
lows that the exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent. in
favour of England, but, after making allowance for
difference of interest and charges of transport, the
present rate will leave no profit on the importation of
gold from the United States.
FIRE OCCASIONED BY LIGHTNING.—" Christmas"
and " thunder storms" are words somewhat anomalous, and
the occurrence of one of those awful visitations at this period
of the year is a circumstance that is remembered ; much
more so is it when traces are left behind of its devastating
power. Such was the case with the storm which visited us
about three o'clock on Sunday morning last. In passing
over Wick Farm, near Abingdon, occupied by Mr. Badcock,
the lightning, which was intensely vivid, struck a barn
which it tired, and occasioned the total destruction of that
with its contents and two ricks of hay. We are happy to
say that Mr. Badcoclea loss is covered by insurance Wiits
Standard.