The other summary to which I have alluded is one derived from a return which the House of Commons ordered to be printed on the 8th of April last. It is relative to the railway accidents that occurred in the United Kingdom during the half-year ending the 31st December, 1849, and supplies the following analysis:—
“54 passengers injured from causes beyond their own control.
11 passengers killed and 10 injured, owing to their own misconduct or want of caution.
2 servants of companies or of contractors killed, and 3 injured, from causes beyond their own control.
62 servants of companies or of contractors killed, and 37 injured, owing to their own misconduct or want of caution.
28 trespassers and other persons, neither passengers nor servants of the company, killed, and 7 injured, by improperly crossing or standing on the railway.
1 child killed and 1 injured, by an engine running off the rails and entering a house.
2 suicide.
Total, 106 killed and 112 injured.
The total number of passengers conveyed during the half-year amounted to 34,924,469.”