The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-28 00:00:00

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF FRIDAY.

At the Court at Balmoral. the 24th day of September,
1850, present the Queen's most excellent Majesty in
Council :—lt is this day ordered by her Majesty in
Council, that the Parliament, which stands prorogued to
Tuesday, the 15th day of October next, be further pro-
rogued to Thursday, the 14th day of November next.
ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, SEPT. 24.

The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of
Lord Fol.y, to appoint the under-mentioned Gentlemen
to her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Areas:—Henry Shephard Smyth, Ebq., vice Blake,
retired; William Lhoyd, Esq., vice Hay, retired.
CROWN-OFFICE, SEPT. 25.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR-

LIAMENT.

Town and County of the Town of Poole—Henry
Danhy Seymour, Esq., in the room of George Richard
Robinson, Esq., deceased.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Glamorganshire.
George Byng Morris, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ;
Frederick Romilly, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Ed-
ward Robert Wood, Etq., to be Deputy Lieutenant.
WHIrEHALL, SEPT. 17, 1850.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Hunt, of
the town and county of the town of Nottingham, Gent.,
to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.

The half-yearly report of the directors states that
the gross receipts of the railway and the canal amount
to 31,4271., being an excess of 2,6251. as compared
with the corresponding period of last year, whilst the
expenditure has been economized to the extent of
1,0031. These results show an increase of 3,629/
realized in the half- year, and make the net income for
that period 19,8291. The contract for the locomo-
tive working of the line continues to realize the fa-
vourable results anticipated. The works for the ex-
tension of the railway are in active operation along
the whole line, and it is expected that the line to
Galway may be opened in August, 1851, before
which time the directors hope that the eligibility of
Galway as a western packet-station will be fully
proved. With the view of promoting this object it is
intended to have the electric telegraph erected and
ready for operation on the opening of the railway.
The sum of 8,277/. had been received during the
half-year for arrears of calls. The net profit for the
half-year is more than sufficient to pay interest at
the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the capital. The
sums received on loan debentures amount oaly to
31,2001., which leaves sufficient borrowing powers
at the disposal of the company to prevent
the necessity of issuing preference shares. The
capital account to the 30th of June shows that
1,368,6581. had been received, and 1,333,341/. ex
pended, leaving a balance of 35,3171. The revenue
account for the half-year ending 30th of June states
tha'.31,278/. had been received, and 11,598/. expended,
leaving a balance of 19,6801. The engineer's report
states that the works on the extension from Mullingar
to Galway are progressing most favourably; there
have been from 8,000 to 9,000 men employed upon
them during the summer, and the amount of work
got through has been highly satisfactory.

THE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.-INVESTIGATION BY THE GO•

VERNMENT INSPECTOR.

WOOTTON BASSETT, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.—This
afternoon Captain Laffan, the Government Inspector
of Railways, arrived hare by special :train at one
o'clock, and proceeded to open an interesting and
important inquiry into the character and causes of
the alarming accident that occurred to the excursion
train with passengers on a pleasure trip from London
to Bath and Bristol. The carriage factory, a build-
ing of great extent, was first visited. Here the two
carriages that were injured out of the four that went
down the embankment, and of the eighteen that
formed the train, were upon the stocks for intended
repair, each of them 27 feet long, 10 feet wide, and
8 feet high, divided into six compartments, capable of
holding 72 passengers, and costing 6001. each. They
presented a shattered appearance. The thick iron
coupling chains that united them were broken short
off, some of the corners were knocked in, and the roof
of one was broken up, in order, as the carriage was
precipitated on its side, to release the passengers from
their perilous position. A great piece was cut out of
the panel of one from the crush of the buffer striking
it, and which had the effect of inflicting the injuries
sustained by the passengers. The carriages being
cumbrous and full caused the connecting chains to give
way, leaving the remaining fourteen carriages safe on
the line, and which were taken on by the mail to
Bristol the same night. The Ajax, a powerful goods
engine that drew the train of twenty-eight tons, was
next inspected. Her axles were found to be unin-
jured. Four of the inside wedges were broken, but
the crank axle was unhurt. The large shaft, how-
ever, fur working the slides was broken, and is now
replaced, together with come of her side rods, and
to-morrow goes out on duty. Her chimney, demo-
lished by coming in contact with the horse-box, has
been replaced. The tender had its axles broken and
sustained some other damage, but goes out to-morroro
with the engine.
The railway from the Wootton Basset station, and
parallel with the siding where the horse-box stood,
takes a considerable curve upon an embankment,
varying in height from twelve to fifteen feet high,
down the sides of which the marks of the engine
were visible,' making a continuous furrow or ploughed
place, until the trail of the wheels was lost sight of
on the spot where the engine stood upright on its
wheels, the carriages falling in various directions in
the ditch.

The scotch alleged to have been placed on the
siding has not since been found, and some persons
surmise that one was not there. It was shown in
practice to the inspector, who desired it to be done by
running the special train and engine over the line
parallel with the siding, that the points at the extre-
mity of the siding were all right, and prevented the
horse-box from travelling any distance down the
main line. It is considered that the strength of the
carriages saved the passengers. The switch remained
uninjured. The train was running at about 25 or
26 miles an hour when it struck the horse-box. The
gradient of the siding was found to descend on to the
main line in the ratio of eight feet per mile. It was
stated to the inspector that the company were placing
scotches on all their sidings, to be kept locked by
the station-masters, es a guard against casualty in
future.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, SEPT. 27.

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The share market was more active
to-day, and prices higher. The sales were—Great Western,
71%—Blidland, 41 —Taff Vales, Quarters, 33 ex div.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 27.

STOCK ExcnANGx.—The share market was firm to-day
at the quotations. The transactions were as follow:
Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consolidated, 47 14—Ditto, Fifths,
8 1-16 dis.—London and North-Western, 114—Ditto, New
Quarters, 2 p.—Manchester, Shetfie:saonudtbL.Einascotelnrnshainred,
Quarters (No. 1), 7% till 1 -153, B%—Midland, ,
Halves,Dover,
22021/23:16Didtitso.: N(
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4),
R British,eg
Rhenish, 5 dis.—Lancaster and Carlisle, Thirds, 2% p.—
Le.da and Thirsk, 1114.
MANCHESTER, SEPT. 27.
Srocx EXCHANOL—Tbe market was pretty active to-day,
and prices were firm. The transactions were as follow :
East Lancashire, 9% - Great Northern, 11 13-16 dis.—Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 8 1-16 dis.—Ditto,Prefer-
ence, 6 per cent. (Reg.), 12 5-16—Leeds and Thirsk, 103/4—
London and North-Western, 114—Ditto, New Quarters,
div. after July, 1852, l .**4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, lg—Ditto, Quarters ( No. 1), NU°, Pre-
ference, 8 1,4 North Staffordshire, 10% dia.—South-Eastern
and Dover, 2014—Ditto Consol. (No. 4), 6 13-16.
BIRMINGHAM, SErr. 27.
STOCK EXCHANGK.—We have little change to notice in
this share market. Only a small business has been done,
and prices remain without any material deviation, the only
transactions reported being—Shrewsbury and Birmingham
(A), 8% dis.-13irraingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour
Valley, 9%.

YORN, SErT. 26.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were to fol-
low: —Great Northern, 11%1—York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick (Newcastle Extension), 111 A.

ACCIDENT AT BIEKENIIEAD.—On Thursday after-
noon a serious accident occurred at the. new dock works, by
which six men were more or
.less injure& It appears that
the men were employed in hoisting large blocks of stone by
means of a moveable crane or jenny, the stones being placed
on trucks for removal to a distant part of the works.
Whilst so engaged, one of the stones, a block
about six tons weight, proving too heavy, the crane gave
way with a tremendous crash, falling upon the unfor-
tunate men. One of them had both thighs broken, a second
received a fracture of the skull, and a third had his legs very
much injured. These were conveyed to the hospital, where
they lie in a very dangerous state. The remaining three
were cut and bruised about the head and other parts of the
body, but their wounds are not considered of a dangerous
character. It is said that the accident arose from an imper-
fection in the crane, which had been out of use fora long
time. Liverpool Mercury.