The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-23 00:00:00

of Bath, was considered to be.most seriously and dan-
gerously injured, suffering from concussion. Dr. W.
Bird Ilerapeth, ef this city, received injuries about
the head and face. Mr. Richard Smith, also of this
city, had his knEe cut open, and there were many
minor injuries inflicted: Fortunately the coupling-
chain of the fourth carriage broke, otherwise the
whole of the remaining carriages, would in all proba-
bility have been precipitated over the embankment,
and the consequences have been serious in the ex-
treme. Restoratives were immediately procured from
Woottoa-Bassett, and D. Herapath, with other
medical gentlemen, rendered valuable assistance:
The mail train reached Wootton-Bassett at a
quarter-past 12 o'clock, and fortunately Mr.
Brunel was one of the passengers, and he, with the
Rev. 11. L. Walters, of Aust arsonage; General
Jervoise, and other gentlemen, assisted in aiding the
sufferers. As the down line was disarranged, the
mail train could not proceed; and was detained up-
watds of three hours. Some of the carriages belong-
ing to the excursion train which were uninjured Were
then attached to it, and the train proceeded, a bed
having been procured for the accommodation of Mrs.
Lewis, of Bath. The accident had broken up a por-
tion of the down rails; and the train accordingly had
to run over a portion of the up-line. It arrived' iri
Bristol in safety at twenty minutes to five o'clock.
The other passengers wete brought-on by the engine
belonging to the up-goods train, and arrived in safety
soon after the mail train.

The cause of this alarming accident is`at present
.enveloped in mystery, and various have been the con-
jectures hazarded as to how the horse-box got on the
line. Originally it was supposed that the coupling-
chain of the last carriage of the preceding train having
by some mischance got broken, it must have been left
on the line. This, however, subsequent inquiries have
shown to be incorrect, as no horse-box was attached
to the preceding train, and if it had been the last
carriage cn the train, there would have been a red
light attached to it, which' in all probability
would' have prevented the aecident. This is fur-
ther shown from its position, as in such a
case it would have been on the rails up and
down the line, and not partially across it as the horse-
box which caused the accident is described to have
been. Mr. Brunel states that be heard it asserted at
Wootton-Basset station that the horse-box . had been
purposely placed on the rail. Inquiries were imme-
diately made, and the result was that the policeman
who was on duty at the spot was given into custody.
For the more complete elucidation of the circum-
stances of the case, we may mention that near the
Woottcn-Bassett station there is a bridge with a sig-
nal post, on the other side of the station is the siding,
and about 150 or 200 yards from the station a foot-
path crosses the line and the siding, at which there is
another signal post. The whole distance from the
bridge to the point of junction of the siding with the
down rails is somewhat less than a quarter of a mile.
and is under the surveillance of the policeman on duty.
It is affirmed that in this siding, during the whole of
Friday, there was a luggage van and a horse-box—
the identical one which caused the accident. They
were a short distance from the footpath and near to the
junction of the siding when the collision occurred ; and
as about twenty minutes elapsed between the passage
of the first and the second excursion train, it was quite
practicable, had any evil-disposed person been wicked
enough to do so, to have wheeled it-up thelsiding on
to the main line ; but if so, it is hard to explain how
it could be done without the policeman's witnessing
it, more especially as the night was a bright mooa-
light one. Some persons have supposed that as there
were some severe gusts of wind, the horse-box might
have been blown from the siding on to the line. The
porter, however, in self-defence, • alleges positively
that in the marning he " scotched" (placed wedges
under) all the wheels of both the horse-box and the
luggage-van. The line at this spot, too, lies due east
and west, whilst the direction of the wind was south-
east, or obliquely across the line, nor can the police-
man state that the wedges had been removed from the
wheels. The most searching investigation is required
into this affair, as the escape from a frightful loss of
life seems to have been almost miraculous, and it is
certainly most unaccountable how the horse-box got
on the line.

SUNDAY EVENING.
It is with much pleasure we can state that Mrs.
Lawis has been pronounced out of danger, and all
the injured persons are progressing as favourably as
can be expected. Another cheap excursion train
left this city for Paddington yesterday, and three days
are allowed in London.

ROBBERY AND ATTEMPT TO MURDER.
We doubt whether the :annals of critne' present a
case more atrocious, more ingeniously :planned and
coolly executed, than a robbery and attempt at murder
perpetrated in Aldersgate-street on Friday afternoon.
For a considerible time a gentleman' named Cureton,
has lodged in the house of Mr. Wilson. a
tailor, 81, Aldersgate-street. . Cureton is
connected with the British Museum, and buys
coins and medals for that establishment. He has been
in the habit of keeping a quantity of easily-conver-
tible property at his lodgings, and 'this fact appears
from the event to have become known to some of the
higher class of London thieves. On Friday after-
noon three men, dressed in the first rate style, en-
tered Mr. Wilson's shop, and inquired for Mr. Cure-
ton. Mr. Wilson- admitted them, and directed
them to the second floor. In about a quarter of
an hour afterwards they came down stairs,
without showing the least sign of hurry,
and loft the house. Shortly after their departure Mrs.
Wilson had occasion to go up to Mr. Cureton's
rooms, and she found him lying on the floor, insen-
sible, his face black, and blood running from a wound
in his forehead. She thought he had fallen in an apo-
plectic fit, and senti at once for a surgeon. It was
many hours before Mr. Cureton was restored to con-
sciousness, and, as soon as his strength permitted, he
gave the following account of the attack made upon
him :—The three supposed gentlemen pretended that
they had called to inquire whether he had a crown
of William and Mary. He replied in the affirmative,
and asked them to be seated. As he was in the act of
handing a chair to one of the men, the other two got
behind him and quickly placed some instrument round
his neck, which squeezed him like a vice. Almost at
the same moment ono of them struck him a blow over
the right eye, and he remembered nothing more. Mr.
Cureton saw the movement of the instrument towards
his neck, and attempted to throw a small box at the
window, hoping in that way to give an alarm. The
thieves probably thought they had murdered Mr.
Cureton. They removed the instrument from his
neck, and carried off coins and medals valued at 3001.
The surgeon who was called in is of opinion that if
Mrs. Wilson had not providentially gone up to Mr.
Cureton so soon, he would have died, as re-action had
just commenced.
Upon making inquiries at the residence of Mr.
Careton, last night, we learned that he was much
better, and more collected than he was on Saturday
morning. He is now able to give a more clear
account of the manner in which he was treated, and
the amount of property taken away by the thieves.
He states that two or three men appeared deeply
engaged together, and after minutely examining the
coin which-they had inquired about, they desired to
be shown a half-crown of the same reign. At that
moment Mr. Cureton noticed that one of the men
did not enter beyond the step of the door. There is
now no doubt that that party was watching to see
whether any one came up or went down the stairs.
Mr. Cureton, thinking that probably he was a friend
of the others, and not interested in the purchase o"
antiquities, asked him to be seated, and at the same time
he turned round to hand him the chair he had been
sitting on a few minutes previously.. The instrument
was at that juncture passed round his neck. It was
formed by lashing two life-preservers together. The
property taken away was deposited -in sundry cabi-
nets, and consisted of crown and half...crown pieces of
Oliver Crom well, King Alfred, and numerous Anglo-
Saxon coins, as well as a diamond pia, .a silver
capped and jewelled watch, and a box of cigars. A
reward of 501. was yesterday (Sunday) offered for the
apprehension of the villains. Should the parties offer
the coins for sale there is.no doubt that they will be
.apprehended ; and although the property is worth
from 300/. to 4001. to Mr. Cureton, yet, should, it be
transferred to the melting pot, it will probably not
realise as many shillings for old silver. The police,
up to last night, had been unable to obtain any tidings
of the guilty parties.

ty MARKETS.
Nothing passing to-day.

1. d. s. d
Do.3feal, perl96lb 14 0 to 14 6
Barley, English, pr
imperial quarter 26 0 27 0
Irish, Scotch, and
Manx,per 601 b.. 3 2 3 3
Foreign, grinding 3 2 3 6
Bye, per 480Ib .. 22 0 24 0
Beans, English, pr
imperial quartr 28 0 29 0
Irish and Scotch,

per 4801 b .. 25 0 26 0
Dutch .. 26 0 27 0
Egyptian .. .. 24 6 25 0
Peas, English, per
imperial quartr 30 0— 32 0
Forelgn 29 0 30 0
Oats, per 451 b :
English, Scotch,
and Welsh, old 210— 2 11
Irish, new, best
mealing .. • . 2 5 2 6-
Do., mid and inf. 0 0 0 0
Old ;; .. • • 0 0 0
Oatmeal, English,