The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-19 00:00:00

FLANDERS MA IL.

BRUSSELS, DEc. 16.-IA7 dreadftiaccident has
occurred in the portion of the international railway in
the interior between Quicorain and St. Satilve, and
what is more terrible is, that if we may believe the
accounts which have reached us, there is reason to sup-
pose that it wascaused by some evil disposed person.
The train which left Quicorain fur St. Saulve, on
the 14th, at a quarter past three o'clock in the after-
noon, ran off the rails at Quaronble, in France. The
man on the look-out in the tender was killed, and a
Custom-house officer had his thigh broken. None of
the passengers were injured.
It seems that a rail, which was raised qp at one end,
caused this accident, and eye-witnesses think it was
the effect of malice. However, the service is stopped;
the French engineers have required that the state cf
the place shall be ascertained, and they have forbidden
any one to go near it.
The effects of the peace with China already begin
to be felt with us in several ways ; the cotton manu-
facture, in particular, have received a new stimulus,
and prices have risen considerably. A couple of
Greek houses, which have had a large quantity of cot-
ton in their warehouses for some years, have gained
large sums on this occasion.
The King arrived yesterday evening at the Palace
of Lacken, on his return from Ardenne.
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ifllganeine Zeitung, Dec. 11.

RAILWAY ,MONOPOLY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Being fully aware that you are an enemy to
all monopoly, because it only benefits a class, and ge-
nerally, if not always, is injurious to the community
at large, permit me, therefore, to explain the cause
of my troubling you on this occasion. WhsnatWalsall,
a few days ago, I wished to go to Wolverhampton,
by the evening train, which leaves Birmingham about
seven o'clock, but was informed if I did so I should
have to pay the fare all the way to Stafford, which by
the second class train would be four shillings, and if
I waited until the morning I might go by either first
or second class for one. shilling. I, therefore, waited
until the following morning, and went by the first
class, and paid only one shilling. I was told this in-
congruity occurred twice a day regularly.
This subject was discussed in the commercial
room at the hotel, and we were unanimous in thinking
it ought to be made public through the press.
Your obedient servant,
A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.
Wcraester, Dec. 17, 1842.

HARVEST PROSPECTS.—In further corroboration of
the unprecedentedly vast area of seed corn laid out at
this side of Christmas, in the south of Ireland, we
have to state that the blades of grass corn look _most.
vigorous and healthy, giving early indication of a still
larger crop of wheat in the next year, and there is an-
ticipated a more plentiful harvest, generally, than we
have had this season.—Limerick Chronicle.