The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-10 00:00:00

TEE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY• __- The Metropolitan Railway has at length become a " great fact," and, we may confidently add, a great success. Yesterday saw it opened by the directors ; to -day it is open for public traffic. More than ten years have now elapsed since the original scheme was first projected. Mr. Charles Pearson, the late City solicitor, was among the first to recog nise the importance of the project, but it was not until the year 1854 that an Act was obtained for carrying out the Metropolitan Railway. The line as at present constructed extends from Farringdon street to Bishop's-road, Paddington, a distance of three miles and three quarters. The intermediate stations are King's-cross, Gower-street (for Euston square and Tottenham Court-road), Portland-road, Baker-street, and Edgeware-road. At King's-cross the line joins the Great Northern, and at Pad __ dington connects with the Great Western Railway. The Farringdon-street Station is only temporary, the company having obtained powers to extend the line to Finsbury-circus. This extension, which is to be proceeded with as soon as possible, will pass under the proposed dead meat market in Smithfield, at which point the Great Western Company propose to construct a large sta tion for goods for traffic. The London, Chatham, and Dover Company have also obtained Parliamen tary powers to join the Metropolitan line near Farringdon-street, and to run over the intended extension to Finsbury-cireus. By means, there fore, of the Metropolitan Railway, the G re at West ern, Great Northern, and London, Chatham, and Dover Companies will be placed in direct communi cation, and traffic both of passengers and goods will then be conveyed directly from all parts of the North and West of England to the southern ports. The importance of such a connection cannot be too highly estimated. The facilities thus afforded for the direct conveyance of traffic without 'oreak of earriage, and avoiding the cost of carriage through London, must have a beneficial effect upon the trade of the country in general, and especially on that be- tween the northern counties and the Continent. The main importance, however, of the undertaking arises from the fact that it will afford a direct and expeditious means of conveyance for the enormous traffic between the east and west ends of London. If the traffic of our main thoroughfares continued to Increase as it has done for the last few years loco- motion would, without some such relief, become impracticable, and, although the corporation of London is endeavouring to obtain powers to regulate the traffic of the streets by separating the heavy goods from the lighter traffic, this would but partially remedy the evil. The time has come when some means were absolutely required for removing a great part of the traffic entirely from the streets, and that great object will, we hope, be secured by the opening of the Metropolitan Railway. The line has been constructed by Mr. Fowler, and the character of the works bears the highest testimony to his great engineering skill. Indeed the line may be regarded as the great engineer- ing triumph of the day. We have from time to time described the works as they progressed. We may only now add that among the many gentlemen who were yesterday present at the formal inaugu ration of the line but one sentiment was expressed, that, notwithstanding the extraordinary difficulties which had to be encountered, Mr. Fowler's genius and the energy of the contractors, Messrs. Jay, Smith, and Knight, had triumphed over them all. At one o'clock, between 600 and 700 ladies and gentlemen who had been invited by the directors assembled at the Bishop's-road station, Padding ton, and proceeded in two trains, after a short interval spent at each of the intermediate stations, to Farringdon-street. The various stations were much admired, being alike commodious and elegant. The ingenious contrivances for obtaining light and ventilation were also deservedly commended. The two trains were drawn each by two engines, so con structed as to emit neither smoke nor steam. The first was conducted by Mr. Myles Fenton, the gene ral manager of the company ; and the second by Mr. Tanner, the Great Western Company's super intendent of the line. The carriages were lighted with gas. The smoothness of the line and the com fort of the carriages were beyond all praise ; while nothing could be more satisfactory than the simple and yet effective operation of the new railway sig nals, the perfecting of which had somewhat retarded the opening of the line. At three o'clock an elegant deleuner was given to the large company invited by the directors at the Farringdon-station. For this purpose the arrival and departure platform was enclosed, the sides and roof being tastefully draped with scarlet and white, ornamented with numerous flags and banners. The upper table, at which were seated the more distin guished guests, was placed on a raised platform, and at right angles there stretahed three rows of tables, where covers were laid for 630. The chairman of the company, Mr. W. A. Wil kinson, presided, having on his right the Lord Mayor, Sir Rowland Hill, Col. Sir J. Hamilton, Mr. H. Lewis, M.P., Mr. Gilpin, M.P., Mr. W. Wood, M.P., Mr. Scott Russell, Mr. Ayrton, M.P., and on the left Lord Harris, the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P., Viscount Torrington, Sir M. Peto, Mr. Malins, M.P., Sheriff Jones, Professor Owen, M. Du Chaillu, Aldermen Wilson, Sydney, Humphety, Sir G. Moon, Abbis, Dakin, Carter, Besley, Gibbons, &c. The entertainment was provided by the Messrs, Staples, of the Albion, and did ample credit to that far-famed establishment. Mr. Harker was toastmast er, and after the cloth had been removed, and the usual loyal toasts duly honoured and responded to, Sir M.Pwro replied for "The House of Commons.' The CHAIRMAN then called upon o M.P., who, on Mr. LOWE, rising to propose the next toast, was loudly cheered. The right hon. gentleman said,—Mr. Chairman, my Lords and Gentlemen, you have conferred upon me the dis tinguished honour of being allowed to propose to this company prosperity to an undertaking the com mencement of which we are met this day to inau gurate. The traffic of London has long been a reproach to the most civilised nation of the world, and the opprobrium of the age. Dr. Johnson used to say that if you wanted to see the full tide of human life you must go to Charing-cross; but Dr. Johnson would have to raise his estimation of the full tide, or rather of the Gloss jam of the full tide of human life, many hundred per cent. before he could arrive at the state which the traffic of Lon don has now reached. It has always been felt to be absolutely necessary that some step should be taken to red uce this growing evil. The railway system has been of enormous advantage to the whole country that has received it, but for the inte rior of London it has been a positive injury in many respects. It h as a d ded some more to tha t which was already too much, and made the traffic of the streets, before extremely difficult, almost en tirely impossible. Under these circumstances eight years ago—eight long years since —Parliament gave permission to the present company to construct a railway through one of the most crowded and most difficult districts of London to relieve that traffic. I have said a long time has elapsed since the com pany received their Parliamentary powers, but we must consider the difficulties with which that com pany has had to deal. They had to descend into the underground life of London, if I may so speak. A great town is like a forest—that is not the whole of it you see above ground. The company has had to f i nd its way through obstacles which those only c an truly appre ciate who have had to contend with them. They had to make their way through gas pipes and water pipes and sewers, and that greate s t of all obstacles, that modern dragon, which Mr. Fowler, the modern St. Ge)rge, has four times vanquished—the Fleet ditch—(cheers) —indeed I know not that he should not therefore put in his claim for that office recently become vacant—the Admiral of the Fleet. (Cheers and a laugh.) This task was one of no ordinary difficulty, and we who were fortunate enough to pass over the line to-day had the pleasure of seeing h ow admirably and effi ciently all its difficulties have been surmounted. The task has been a most wonderfully difficult one, because this railway differs from all others I ever saw in this,—that wh( reas on the other railways yea sccornmodate the circumstances around it to the re ; l way, in this case the company have been Obliged to accommodate the railway to those circumstances. (Cheers.) They have had to take the level of the street for their guide, and to deal with , fficulties having nothing to do with enginee:,ng con, siderations. The line has had to worm its way through a complicated and in•licate laby- rinth under difficulties almost insuperable, and I do heartily congratulate the company on /laving brought the enterprise to the present fortunate and, I believe, successful termination. (Cheers.) One great difficulty of such an undertaking consists very much in this, among other things—that in a tunnel or in a deep cutting it is almost impossible to find space for jour stations and for the necessary en gineering machinery connected with the railway; but every one who observed carefully to -day have seen how admirably this diffi cu lty had been dealt with and overcome—(cheers ) —how, even i n must this dull and dismal day, darkness wa s line e penetrate d e c t a r r a r e e by the light of heaven—(cheers) —how a d among drains and sewers an d throughwaassoyiel yet totally by the use of gas for s o many years free from all odour, and how t a n d ro m n i g ra h b a ly lo v n e g nt t i u la n t n ed. el and underground it w as so (Cheers.) All this will, no doubt, in the course of a matter of course ; but those who first ydeeavriasedseseuni ch a scheme, and carried it out in spite of so many difficulties, are justly entitled to the highest praise. (Cheers.) I speak thus warmly on the sub ject because I have no possible pecuniary interest in the undertaking—(cheers)—but I feel that such an enterprise is an honour to the country, and a solid advance worthy of civilisation. Nor ought we to under-estimate:the:advantage of bringing into easy connexion so many lines which, with the timidity which often characterises great companies, at first led them to plant their stations in the outskirts rather than venture into the sacred precincts of the city. (Laughter.) In a short time, unless I am much mistaken, this line will form the nucleus of what may become a circle by which to connect all the great railways in one continuous chain. (Cheers.) For these and many other reasons, which I will not detain you by mentioning, I call on you to drink a bumper to the success of the Metropolitan Railway. (Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with all the honours, and briefly acknowledged by the Chairman. The next toast was " The Corporation of the City of London," which had subscribed £200,000 to the capital of the company, proposed by the deputy chairman, which was drunk with much cordiality. The LORD MAYOR returned thanks. He con sidered himself very fortunate in being chief magis trate of the city of London on that auspicious occa sion, because he had always taken a deep interest in the enterprise and had supported the proposition ,hat the corporation should embark a portion of their rands in the construction of this railway. They had done so, contrary to their usual custom of not em- 1 barking in any speculation ; but they were deeply I impressed with the necessity of the present day of doing something which should relieve the constantly growing difficulty they felt in regard to the street traffic of London. (Cheers.) And, certainly, he believed this line would largely contribute to its re lief. The growing commerce and intercommunica tion which was brought about by our railway sys tem had resulted in making the city of London and London generally almost impassable ; and this was one of the great undertakings which had for its object the remedying of that state of things. He therefore believed the corporation had done wisely when they embarked part of their property in the undertaking. He quite agreed that the engineer had great difficulties to contend against—he had performed a:work such as no other engineer had ever attempted; but, unless the means had been sup plied, even the gigantic resources of their engineer and the contractors would have failed. He there , fore felt the honour done to the corporation of the city of London on the present occasion was a becoming tribute to their merits—(cheers) —and he trusted the scheme, which was a great ,engineering success, would be commer cially successful, so that the corporation might participate in the results. (Cheers.) He felt no doubt upon this point, for one great argument of their friend the late Mr. Pearson was that the great element of railway success was not the cheap ness of its construction, but the population that was to use it. (Hear.) He did not care what the rail way cost, or what difficulties had to be encountered in its construction, if they had only a sufficient po pulation to employ it ; and in that respect it could certainly not be denied that they had all the ele ments of success for the Metropolitan Railway; (Cheers.) Lord HARRIS proposed the next toast. If there was one body of men to whom England was in debted more than another, they were the civil en gineers—(cheers)—and he felt it a high honour to be allowed to propose the health of one who had shown such eminent talent, genius, and energy as his friend Mr. Fowler—(loud cheers)—which had placed him in the front rank of the civil engineers of his country. (Cheers.) He hoped he would live to carry out as successfully the other part of the scheme—the extension of the line to Finsbury circus. (Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with all the honours. Mr. FOWLER, who was loudly cheered, said, — Mr. Chairman, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen, I am much obliged to Lord Harris for the kind and flattering terms in which he has proposed my health as the engineer of the Metropolitan Railway, and to you, ladies and gentlemen, for the cordial manner in which you have responded to it. I confess I can not but feel proud of the result of this day's pro ceedings. Your journey over the Metropolitan Rail way from Paddington to the present city station, in which we are now assembled, has brought to a suc cessful completion a great public work of a novel character in which a large measure of the responsi bility has necessarily devolved upon me. The line over which our journey to-day has extended may be said to form the first section of the Metropoli tan Railway in its course eastward, and the station in which we are now assembled must be considered only a provisional city station. The next step will be to carry out the authorised extension to Smithfield and Finsbury-circus, or Moorgate street, where a large permanent station will be con structed. Cheers.) The Metropolitan Railway was originally designed as a line from Edgware road to King's-cross, where it was proposed to join a project for a railway and large terminus in the Fleet valley, promoted by our late disting uished friend, Mr. Ch ar l es P earson , t h e city solicitor (Cheers.) Mr. Pearson took great pains for several years in drawing public attention to his own vast and comprehensive scheme, which comprised a large central railway station extending down the valley of the Fleet to Farringdon-street with a wide road way on the top of it. The pains taken by Mr. Pearson at this time, combined with his great en ergy and perseverance, prepared the public mind for the Metropolitan Railway as a public necessity, though ho did not succeed in obtaining the requisite amount of support for his own particular scheme. The Act for the first Metropolitan Railway, or the E l d n gw th a e re- fa r l o l a a d Ki w t i o n gy n e g a 's r - , cr h o o ss w , e w v a esr passe d 1 t e scheme for the Metropolitan (1854), a complete instalment in lBf from by Parliament, commenc - RillagilwatayPwadadsisnagntocntr opposi t e e the Great Western hotel, with a junction a l o ng the Old W harf-road for goods, and ex t en ding to the General Post - office , only to the with a `branch for Post-office purposes . this London and N ort h-W es t ern Railway. Up to time the idea o f th e promo t ers was to make t he Metropolitan Railway an isolated line without junctions with a n y ot h er line for passenge r traffic. In consequence of thi s an ti c i pated isolat i on , o ne of the modes of working the line which was then COl4- sidered was the atmospheric ; and it appeared to be a favourable opportunity of successfully applying this principle of locomotion ; but after fully inves tigating the question in all its bearings, with the assistance of my late able friend, Mr. Brunel, I advised the directors to adopt locomotive en gines. After the passing of the Act in 1854 difficulties of various kinds arose, but chiefly of a financial nature, for which the Russian war was held to be chiefly responsible; and, except an act for a trifling deviation, and for a junction with the Great Northern Railway, no steps were taken to carry out the undertaking until 1859. During this interval, however, it became evident that the original expectation of an isolated metro- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY E VENING, JANUARY 10, 1863. politan railway would not be realised, but that, in addition to its original object of carrying vast num bers of passengers circulating within the metropolis, it was destined to beccme of the highest importance to the northern and western railways of England as a means of affording an approach to the centre of the city of London, unattainable by any other means. Nay, further, it became evident by the operations and proposals of a vigorous young railway com pany, the London, Chatham, and Dover, that the Metropolitan was also destined to become a link in a great chain of communication from the railways on the north of the River Thames to those on the south. This change in this position of the Metro politan Railway, brought about chiefly by railway development generally in the country, added greatly t m o ad it e s i v t a h lu ee e e a sa s a property, arythatlshe a u n l d d , re a e t e t e h a e same ide reconsider the sys temthetime that o t f h e tractionat atmospheric p t b h o er e i eaemployedyetem wasupon h i e t. It whe was le clear r possible in a link line, and if the judgment which condemned it originally was sound, its rejection re- quired no consideration now. It was also clear that the peculiar locomotive I had proposed for the iso lated line, viz., without any fire-box, or the means of carrying any fuel whatever, but dependent upon a sufficient supply of hot water and steam being taken in at one end of the journey to supply it to the other, was no longer the machine to employ. But at the same time it was manifest that, from the necessarily low tunnel and numerous trains, the ordinary locomotive engine could not be employed. It became necessary then to contrive an engine that should work as an ordinary locomotive when on the ordinary railways joining the Metropolitan Railway, puffiing out its smoke and steam, and when in the Metropolitan Railway tunnel it should condense its steam and bottle up its smoke, so as to create no nuisance whatever to the passengers. (Cheers.) By the liberality of my directors I was authorised to construct an engine as a model or trial engine, partly for information and partly to satisfy un believers. This engine was constructed by Messrs. Stephenson and Co., of Newcastle, and tried early last year on the Metropolitan Railway, and made frequent trips to illustrate its double functions. A great many gentlemen now in the room witnessed those trials, and I may say that they were so suc cessful that all doubts as to the working of the line with comfort to passengers were at once removed. (Cheers.) The present engines on the Metropolitan Railway, or those which will be employed by the Great Western Railway Company to work the traffic, have been modified in minor details, for greater simplicity, by the able locomotive superin tendent of that company, Mr. Gooch, and I hope they will work as satisfactorily as the model engine I constructed for his information and guidance. (Cheers.) I am afraid this description will have been tedious to you, and especially to the ladies — (cheers) —and therefore I will not further occupy your time by any description of the line itself, or its stations, or the length of its tunnels, because you have made a careful personal inspection for your selves ; nor will I enumerate our difficulties with carrying the railway under and over sewers, gas pipes, water pipes, &c. ; nor our troubles with pub lic bodies and private individuals, but you may safely take my word for it—they have not been few or trifling, but I feel it right to state that nearly without exception we have met with every reason able indulgence and intelligent forbearance from all public bodies, from the corporation of London downwards. (Cheers.) These difficulties, however, have been all happily overcome ; and as we have overcome them to Farringdon-street, I am sure we can overcome them to Moorgate-street. (Cheers.) And when we remember the objects which will be accomplished by this great undertaking, we can not but feel that they are worthy of the trouble and cost of overcoming every difficulty. Besides the ori ginal design of carrying passengers from the west to the east of London and intermediate places, the Metropolitan Railway is calculated to continue pas sengers, goods, and minerals from Paddington, King's-eross,k, and, as my friend Mr. Beale would suggest, the Midland Company also, to the very heart of the city of London. (Cheers.) I could also with great propriety allude to the carrying of meat, &c., to and from Smithfield-market, and the avoidance of driving cattle through the streets ; the providing a cheap and rapid access to and from the country to every class of per son employed in the city of London, including even the labourers themselves, and some mitiga tion of the great railway-van evil in the streets. Cheers.) I believe the working of the Metropolitan Railway to be in good hands. I believe the Great Western Company will do everything in their power to develop its resources, and deserved the good opi nion of the public using it. And now, ladies and gentlemen, before I conclude, permit me to perform an agreeable duty by publicly thanking those who have been engaged with me in carrying out this great work. Of the directors it would not be pro per for me to say more than that they have always given me a most generous and unbounded confidence, without which I feel the task would have been be yond my powers. (Cheers.) I wish especially to thank my old assistant and friend, Mr. Johnson, who has acted as resident engineer of the line throughout, and of whose assiduity and intelligence I cannot express myself too highly. (Cheers.) I have also to thank the contractors, Messrs. Smith and Knight and Mr. Jay, for the admirable manner in which they have done their work, and their prompt attention to my instructions. (Cheers.) Mr. GILPIN proposed the " Health of the Solici tor to the Company." Mr. BURCHELL returned thanks. The "Health of the Contractors," Messrs. Jay, Smith, and Knight, was next given, Mr. Jay ac knowledging the compliment. The LORD MAYOR proposed the " Health of the Chairman," who having briefly responded, the pro ceedings terminated. The metropolitan police band performed at inter vals during the evening a favourite selection of music. SALEIOF THEISITMTER. The following letter has been received in Liver pool :—" Gibraltar, Dec. 31, 1862.—The past week has been one of more than usual excitement, owing to the movements of two vessels in this bay, the re- nowned steamer Sumter (rechristened the Gibraltar) and the Northern States vessel of war Chippewa. It seems that the Confederate Government, finding that the Sumter, which was wholly built for a merchaht vessel, was not sufficiently strong for fir ing her heavy armament, determined upon selling her, and in consequence she was duly advertised by Cunard, Wilson, and Co., of Liverpool, as being for sale by auction, at Gibraltar, on the 19th of this month, and at noon of that day the bidding com menced, the opposition being principally between some Cadiz merchants, a company here, and a Liver- pool merchant, who, having previously sent over competent men to survey machinery and hull, an ticipated a nice bargain, it being supposed that the vessel would sell very low, and only required trans porting to England to realise 50 per cent. profit The sale was attended by crowds, and great excite ment followed each bid, es the different nationali ties appeared in opposition. After the lapse of an hour and a quarter the hammer finally settled the Englishman as the buyer at the price of 19,500 dols., the purchaser having a lso to pay the Govern ment commission of 2-j-- per cent en the price. During the auction, as a stimulus to the bidders, the auctioneer announced the intention of the Con federate Government to give in for nothing the bat- tery on board (not of much value, however), so the lucky purchaser became the owner of a fully equipped man-of-war. As commerce, and not war, was his object, he has got rid, I believe, of the guns to some darkish neighbours not 20 miles off from this place, and by the aid of paint has completely changed the appearance of the Sumter, which vessel now bears " Gibraltar" on her stern. The Gibraltar is a vessel suitable for the Baltic, Medi terranean, or other trades requiring only a few days coal; into this she will no doubt be turned, and if only half as successful as under her former colours will soon repay her cost. She is now being got ready to leave for England as soon as her papers are complete. I have only now related the move ments of one vessel. The excitement, however, here was caused by the doings of the other, the Northern vessel Chippewa, whose captain has been heard to say that, if possible, he would sink the Gib ra ltar, no matter if she carried the British flag. It appears that the Northerners pretend that the Sumter was a war prize, captured in New Orleans by the Southerners, and that consequently she can not be sold in a British port under the Queen's pro- clamation forbidding such sales, by either Northern or Southern States ; this, however, is entirely a mistake, as the Sumter's officers assert she was pro perly bought from her owners in New Orleans, and daly paid for by the Confederate Government. The fact of her being in the New Orleans and Havannah trade, and entirely owned i n th ese places, utterly disproves the charge of her being a prize; and for the credit of the Northern agents it is to be hoped that they were ignorant of these facts when stating the contrary. Acting on his threats (which, how ever, her new owner tr ea t s as b un kum), the captain of the Northern ship spies the same from th e Gib ra lt a r's pipe, fearing lest the unarmed foe gets up steam each time he might elude his grasp. This, however, will not be a t tempte d until all is ready for sea, when the company of a Britis h shi p of war will be sought t o prove that the Gibraltar can never be captu re d. O ne day the engineer of the Gibraltar, wishing t o try the engines, got permission of the captain of the port to steam about in the bay, and directly a ft er starting she was fol lowed by the Chippewa, evidently, however , bein g no match in speed, with guns shotted and men at quarters, ports open, an d it a ppearing to the offi cers in the garrison that she was going to violate English rules and regulations, which they break through when no force opposes them, the Governor, an old Crimean hero, not to be trifled with by such fry, went himself to the batteries, determined at once to punish severely any attempt to interfere in English waters with the Gibraltar, which made all hearts to wish that we had many more of such men to cause the British flag and waters to be respected. Nothing was, however, done by the Yankee, and the Gibraltar, having tested her machinery as much as required, returned to her anchorage ; the Yankee, however, seeing his inferiority in speed, instead of going back to his old quarters, anchored two miles nearer the point, which position he kept until driven a few days after to alter it, owing to a gale. We notice, oddly enough, the feeling here is en tirely with the Southerners, owing, no doubt, to the extravagant bombast and very small deeds of the Northerners. Yesterday the Northern States war vessel Tuscarora entered the harbour and an chored near the Gibraltar. These two expensive attendants upon the Gibraltar must cost Uncle Sam fully £3OO per diem. Her Britannic Majesty's ships London and Mars are daily expected here from Malta, and will probably convoy the Gibraltar to England." LONDON GAZETTE---Yesterday. WHITEH A.LL, JAN. 9. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, unto the undermentioned gentlemen and the respec tive heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten; viz. : Thomas Davies Lloyd, of Bronwyld, in the county of Cardigan, and of Kilrhue, in the county of Pembroke, E Henry Henry Rich, of Sonning, in the county of Berks, Esq. Francis Crossley, of Belle Vue, in the county of York, and of Somerleyton, in the county of Suffolk, Esq. William Brown, of Richmond Hill, in the county pal a- tine of Lancaster,' Esq. Sir Daniel Cooper, of Woollahra, in New South Wales, Knt., late Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of that colony. David Baxter, of Kilmaron, in the county of Fife, Esq. INDIA OFFICE, JAN. 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward Parkyns Levinge, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, to be a Judge of the High Court at Fort William, in Bengal. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 9. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Veterinary Surgeon Mathew John Harpley to be Veterinary Surgeon of the Ist Class. 4th Dragoon Guards—Veterinary Surgeon Luke Byrne to be Veterinary Surgeon of the Ist Class. sth Lancers—Lieutenant John Chaffey to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas William Valiance, who retires ; Cornet William John St. Aubyn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chaffey. 11th Hussars —Veterinary Surgeon John Ferris, from the 17th Lancers, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Paul An thony, dismissed the service by sentence of a General Court Martial. 17th Lancers—Veterinary Surgeon James Lambert, from the Royal Artillery, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice John Ferris, appointed to the 11th Hussars. Royal Artillery—To be Veterinary Surgeons of the Ist Class—Veterinary Surgeons Gabriel I. Rollings, and Edwin Harrison. Military Train—Veterinary Surgeon William Death to be Veterinary Surgeon of the Ist Class. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain the Hon. Fred. Arthur Stanley to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant and Captain Philip Smith, who resigns the appointment. Coldstream Guards—Battalion Surgeon John Wyatt to be Surgeon Major, vice James Monro, M.D., who retires on half-pay ; Assistant-Surgeon Charles Vidler Cay to be Battalion Surgeon, vice Wyatt. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant St. George Gray to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Ensign A. T. Aglen, pro moted. 3d Foot—Captain Charles Melville Pym, from the 75th Foot, to be Captain, vice George Grant Suttie, who ex changes. 6th Foot—Captain Easton John Cox, from half-pay, late of the 3d Foot, to be Captain, vice Thomas John Grant, seconded on appointment as Captain Instructor to the Schools of Musketry; Gentleman Cadet Gerald de Courcy Morton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Collis, promoted. 7th Foot—Staff Surgeon John Hendley to be Surgeon, vice Thomas Moorhead, M.D., appointed to the Staff. Bth Foot—Ensign Thomas Georges Crawley to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Richard Chute, who retires ; William Stancomb Sinkins, Gent. to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Crawley. 15th Foot—Ensign William wangle to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Francis Robert Fishbourne, who retires ; Julian Henry Hay Ruxton, Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nangle. 16th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Randal Mackenzie Clones, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Carleton. rensferred to the 64th Foot. 17th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Thomas M‘Laugh lin, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Morgan, transferred to the b9th Foot* 19th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Brooke Morgan to be Captain, by purchase, vice Richard Thomas Sweeney, who retires ; Ensign Martin Tucker to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Morgan ; Herbert Leigh Gipps, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tucker. 22d Foot—Joseph Collins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Martin Day Sayers, transferred to the 67th Foot; Lieutenant John Henry Hamersley to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant E, Murray Cookesley, who resigns the ap pointment. 23d Foot—Captain George William Marsden, from the 87th Foot, to be Captain, vice Charles James Urquhart, who exchanges. 24th Foot—Ensign William Male de Rune Barclay to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wm. Magill, who retires ; Ensign Russell Upcher, from the 67th Foot, to be En sign, vice Barclay. 28th Foot—Major Richard Roundel' Roundel], from the L 75th Foot, to be Major, vice Thomas, Maunsell, who ex• changes. 36th Foot—Captain James Graham ! from Adjutant of a Depot Battalion, to be Captain, vice Wm. Henry Paul, who exchanges. 37th Foot—Gentlemen Cadet Walter Joshua Kennedy, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bullen, promoted. 38th Foot—Lieutenant Philip Homan Eyre to be Captain, without purchase, vice George Augustus M‘Nair, de ceased ; Ensign Dyas Ringrose Lotthouse, to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Eyre ; Gentleman Cadet George Tomkyns Morris, from the Royal Military Col lege, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lofthouse ; Lieutenant Robert Johnston Stansfeld to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Eyre. 53d Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Charles Ffrench to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major Henry Buck, deceased; Ensign Herbert Boyles Osborne to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice T. C. Ffrench ; Gentle man Cadet John Knox Kirkwood, from the Royal Mili tary College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Osborne. 64th Foot—Ensign Henry Fred. Scobell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Alexander Benison, deceased ; Ensign Arthur Richard Alston to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Scobell, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 19th Dec., 1862, has been cancelled ; Ensign Edward William Carleton, from the 16th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Alston. 67th Foot—Ensign Martin Day Sayers, from the 22d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Russell Upcher, transferred to the 24th Foot; Gentleman Cadet Thomas Francis Stillwell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Blake, deceased ; Colour-Sergeant Thos. Davidson to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Poole, promoted. 70th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Boydell Wright to be Captain, by purchase, vice Paul Frederick de Quincey, who retires; Ensign Henry Frederick Greatwood to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wright; Thomas George Barrett Lennard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Greatwood. 74th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Paul Henry Caradoc Bet fridge, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dougherty, promoted. 75th Foot—Major Thomas Maunsell, from the 28th Foot, to be Major, vice Richard Roundell Roundell, who ex- changes ; Lieutenant Henry Payne Hurford to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Captain and Brevet Lieut.- Colonel John Hamilton Cox, promoted to an Unattached Majority, without purchase; Captain George Grant Sut tie, from the 3d Foot, to be Captain, vice Charles Mel ville Pym, who exchanges ; Ensign Alf, ed Sinclair Lea thern to be Lieutenant, without purohase, vice Hurford. 83d Foot—Lieutenant Ed wyn Thomas, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Reginald Ken nett Gibb, who exchanges. 87th Foot—Captain Charles James Urquhart, from the 23d Foot, to be Captain, vice George William Marsden, who exchanges. 93d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Alfred Gaselee, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Drysdale, deceased; Staff-Assistant Surgeon Bro nislaw James Jazdowski, M. 8., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Samuel Hope, deceased. 96th Foot—Uaptain Patrick James John Grant to be Major, by purchase, vice Major awl Brevet-Lieut.-Col. William Campbell Molten, C.B. who retires; Lieut. John Leslie Toke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Grant; Ensign Arthur George Hay Church to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Toke; Gentleman Cadet Thomas Robinson Lofthouse, fi om the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mackie, promoted ; Lieutenant Frederick John Josselyn, to be Adjutant, vice Lieuten ant Toke. 99th Foot—Staff Assistant Surgeon William Robert K erans to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Samuel Halliday Macart ney, M.D., who resigns. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant Reginald Kennett Gibb, from the 83d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Edwin Thomas, who exchanges. 4th West India Regiment.—To be Lieutenants, without purchase Ensign Frederick Douglas Crozier, vice Evered, promoted ; Ensign Frederick Blacklin, vice Chevalier, deceased. To be Ensigns, without purchase. —George Henry Carey, Gent., vice Crozier; Garrison Sergeant-Major William Fowler, late of the 21st Foot, vice Blacklin. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ensign Henry Dickson Demain has been permitted to retire on temporary half-pay. Gold Coast Artillery Corps—Ensign John Dudley Edward Crosse, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Horner, promoted. DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain William Henry Paul, from the 36th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Captain James Graham, who exchanges. RECRUITINGDisTRICT.— Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet- Colonel Luke Smyth O'Connor, C. 8., from half• pay, late Ist West India Regiment, to be Inspecting Field Officer, vino Drovot Colonel Cooper, promoted to be Major- General. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Surgeon Thomas Moorhead, M.D., from the 7th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon, vice John Hendley, appointed to the 7th Foot. Assistant-Surgeon William Astle Hope, M. 8 ., Super numerary in the 57th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-S .rgeon, vice George C. Hyde, resigned. Assistant-Surgeon Eugene McShane, Supernumerary in the 65th Foot, to be Staff Assistant - Surgeon , vice Phili p Frank, M.D. resigned. Assistant-Surgeon William Evelyn Alston, M.D., Su pernumerary in the 70th Foot, to be Staff Assist.-Surgeon, vice Colin Alexander Fraser, resigned. BREVET. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. A letter from Corfu of the 23d ult. states that the Archbishop and the members of the Municipal Council, with the members of a society called the Renaissance, have attended the cathedral in a body, and offered up prayers of thanksgiving for the con sent of England to the union of the islands with Greece. A procession of several thousands of per sons was formed, and promenaded the principal streets with the Greek flag, uttering the cry of " Long live Greece !" Proceeding to the house of the Lord High Commissioner. a deputation entered and left the following address:— " Excellency,—Corfu is touched to the heart by learning that the Government of her Britannic Ma jesty has informed the other European Powers who signed the Treaty of Paris of the sth of November, 1815, of its intention to abandon the protectorate of the lonian Islands given by that treaty to the So vereigns of Great Britain. The reunion of the seven islands to the kingdom of Greece—this fulfilment of the ardent and unanimous desire of the popula tions—is an act of Divine Providence, and diplo macy cannot but bow to it. But it is to the Supreme Being that the people of the heptarchy should first address their grateful thanksgiving, they cannot abstain from expressing their gratitude to the English nation, who, from a love of liberty have interested themselves in our holy cause, and pleaded it before her Ma jesty's Government. In these circumstances the people of Corfu feel the imperative need of mani festing the satisfaction they feel at the triumph of right and the realisation of their unanimous desire to be united to Greece. They equally feel the ndi ne their gratitude to the people of Great B ritain, who, defended i thosen defending of ng our rights, have by implication Greeks in general. to your Excellency the expres c e s “ s i l t n y of expressing presenting sion of these sentiments of thankfulness on the part of the people, we be; y th a ou, my lord, to be good enough to make them known to the British Go vernment and nation. To this prayer —that of s ee i ng magnanimous Alb i on, which for merly kingdom of merly concu rre d i n t h e crea tion of the ewe add a hope Greece, and which now , by the annexation of the lonian Islands, strengthens the central home of the f liberty of the Hell en i c race — a hope, we say, of seeing England also co-op era t e i n the future con test which the liellenes will ha ve t o su stain in the East in the interest of Christian civilisation." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. 1863. 1862. 1863. 2_ . ........ i. ei s . 0 - i . .. 136 36 321 1 6 2 5 4 336 3 1 0139642) 2 2141 1 ~,, ' 2: 6 13 88 484 825 11 8592 934 1 Dundee,ED Forthduib Dublin . Edinburgh (14ui 3 61aWgPnCh' Perth, reyakDtdnhierd°' °lv: Junctiones hAistaaentbnd. egda(..rll/2rr. ea n e . ::. . n.. 1 5 • .. di. .. ' 1 • •• . Blyth and Tyne............. ; 1 396 2 305931400 1 02 1 1 9 6 6 7 45 4 5 , , ,26 3 61 1 67 0 2 ' 30 .t3O 15,362 Bristol and Exeter ........ 20 20 291 C 138 Cornwall CChCiee r rilek k kkaad:ssa a orßttn n nan laadida c°ann BunY . kdd . tar:N . nu .. eSd, .. gkuo . ::. no&a 1 . 0 n°. . y. I: - ..r 'P: 1 ill o g i el i ni.... .. 5 31 836 7 2 4 / 4 1 6 1 3 3°8 7 2 14 2 961 1 4 ~,, : 2820 234 23 5 2693 95 Deeside . 485 2,0 2 5 5 0 2 Dublin & ........ June 1 46834 1 16 18 95 1 31 6 39 63 8 9 0 1 Furness, &c ......... GGlasgowGreat er&n Northern'South-WesternN rfk . . .' 4 . . E . .. h . u . • 1 ii . .. . ..) .. 13 2:9 31 2:3 50: 5, 16;i47421 281 o G ,3r r tt.. e sri a o t ou N rtth o hn r n. t . Scotlan d h : o w f we Great Western ............. __ i 73. 881 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 73 Irish North-Western.. Irish LancashireSouth-Eastern ,620 24 4 24 4 135 Limerick and Ennis... 105 Llanelly 465 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 5 1 1,650 4 5 1 ; 2 5 4 13 1 : , 28 3 76 0 07 2 Limerick and Foynes ....... . 1g 4 26 6. 1 London & South-Western -. 4 424 400/ 18,199 236 236 14,071 yrki ih . i r . e . 3954 2 5 t Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2474 2414 15 , 161 London, Chatham, & Dover 721 721 2,656 hn en asnih d 94 9 4 1,240 28 28 1,128 6_ ___„ 34,572 Midland (incl. N.-Western) 3O A 144 3 , ma I L 1 o aaa n r y pun I s , 0. h T r set i . ffi l j b a une u ' A v& A LS I t io r nu i e n t°h c l Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 ni d rYdl Carlisle 44 2,255 1 141i lo d n l k an ia d nd Gt.Westn. of Irind 2 7 1 1 91 Dil Ur LU T. 111 oil, IS al u• , i'ci. LU and Dundee .. N-Eastern and New. & Car 8942 8674 35,5'9 North London 9 9 2,805 North Staffordshire 248 246 7,420 Oswestry and Newt0n......, 42 42 836 Rhymney 194 19 4 970 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 1,816 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern....., 132 132 4,420 Shropshire Union 291 294 - Somerset and Dorset 394 - 317 South Devon South-Eastern "... . 30C 306. 18,609 Stockton and Darlington .... 185 161 8,757 Taff Vale 54 54 , 4,763 Ulster :5l 51 1,755 Vale of Clwyd. - . Vale of Neath ... ........ 251 255 1,833 Waterford and Kilkenny..... , 31 31 367 Waterford and Limerick..... 77 , 77 1,162 West Cornwall .. ...... .. .. 271, _t 274 660 W.II artlepool Idaibr.&RaiL .. , 39 . i 39 3,326 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt... 7 --' 7 443 Whitehaven Junction....,,,. 12 l2 714 Whitehaven & Furnes s Jun... 1 ..35.i . A 35' 630 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. . Antwerp and Rotterdam... . Austrian B2l 828 32,141 Belgian Eastern Junction.. 26 261 - Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish ............ 1084 1084 3,840 Eastern of France ....... ....• lO7B 1060 - East Indian .. . . ... . Grand Trunk of Cana . da Great Indian Peninsula....,, 405 4374 8,890 Great Luxembourg .... . Great Western of Canada 345 IR 345 11,294 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant_ 41)9 435 17,071 Northern of Canada .•. ..... - Northern of France Norwegian Trunk Ottoman 481 40 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 1354 Paris and Orleans Pernambuco Royal Danish .......... . 69 Sambre and Meuse 6B South Austrian - 68 1294 1231 Southern of France,...;.;: Welland.. - ............ .... 25 West Flanders ... .. 75 25 75 W. and N.W. of France ...... 758 758 1,893 568 1,357 5,232 15,160 154 333 106 220 1,129 11,533 34,793 2,564 6,480 613 697 1,807 3,015 4,418 2,102 18,252 7,066 4,251 1,607 116 1,651 288 1,291 f',4o 3,831 379 502 583 976 42,565 1,507 8,831 3,740 9,209 21,3b0 5,72 t 2,733 11,103 12,050 56,263 199 136 130,588 140,825 60,231 57,728 881 1,496 1,257 50,157 64,760 23,214 23,668 773 344 839 713 34,352 35,160 Importing Tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's T ea i s unco l oure d, th ere f ore , a l w ays good alike, Sold in packetsby 2,280 agcat4, TO BE MAJORS. Captain George Allgood, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain George Augustus Williams, Bengal Staff Corps, Captain Charles J ohnson Nicholson, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Lachlan Forbes, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Robert Hope Moncrieff, Aitken, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Peter Stark Lumsden, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Robert Cogan Cross, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Francis Edward Archibald Chamier, Bengal Staff Corps. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL. Captain and Brevet-Major George Allgood, Bengal Staff Corps. The promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel James Metcalfe, C. 8., Bengal infantry, to the honorary rank of Colonel, and of Major Frederick Johnston, Bengal Infantry, to the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, as stated in the Gazette of the 25th March, 1562, have been cancelled. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 31, 18G2. Royal Marine Light Infantry—Mr. Robert Alexander Douglas Ramsay, Mr. Henry Gritton, Mr. Fergusson Nowell Forth, Mr. Christopher Sulivan Feltrim Fagan, Mr. Felix Henry March, and Mr. William Purvis Wright to be Second Lieutenants. COUNTY COURT JUD GESHlP.—Thejudgeship of the Marylebone, Brentford, and Brompton County Court (Circuit No. 43), rendered vacant by the death of Mr. J. L. Adolphus, has been conferred on Sir John E. Eardley-Wilmot, judge of the Bristol, Chipping, Sodbury, and Thornbury County Courts (Circuit No. 54). The pro motion of Sir J. E. Eardley-Wil mo t consequently leaves the judgeship of th e circuit from which he has been removed vacant, Entries for the Spring Handicaps. The following are the entries for the principal Handicaps. Those for the Chester Cup and Liver pool Steeplechase have already appeared in The Sun : CITY AND SUBIJIIMAN HANDlCAP.—Cairncastle, Cape Flyaway, Attaman, Michel Grove, Sea King, Bohemia , Turn of Luck, Spencer, Newmarket, Miss Armstrong, John Armstrong, Noelie, Partisan, Solferino, Gemma, Fig, Blackcock, Barchettina, Rubens, Portland, Choisy le Roi, Provacateur, A la Recousse, Waterwitch, Welland, Harlequin, Buckenham, Merry Maid, Alchymist, Lawyer, Adventurer, Donnybrook, Colleen Rhue, Wingrave, Bat tery, Sevington, Pillion, Coupon, Queen of Spain, Bird lime, Melandra, Golden Dust, Mrs. Somerville, Brown Duchess, Amazonian, Teterrima, Fairwater, Glance colt, Sandford, Debden, Livingstone, Joey Jones, Beneventum, Bryn Gwyn, His Excellency, Jack o' Newbury, Stradella, Valentine, Benjamin, Colombiue, Gardener, Oberon, Mis fortune, Welcome, Interduca, Jack o'Hearts, Comet, Black Deer, Weatherspy, Attica, Lady of the Isles, Charles Fox, Dualla, Dr. Syntax, Manrico, Voluptas, Glenochty colt, Odine, Innellan, Tademus, Soapstone, Crater, Newfound land, Gunner, Tresham, Overton, Ernest, Sappho, Conical, Sylvanie, Exchequer, Rapture, Asteroid, Argonaut, Prince Plausible, Perseverance, Bathilde, Polynesia, Jacqueline colt, Flirtation, Beachy Head, Balham, Gelert, Canary, Father O'Leary, Alvediston, Cheerful, Berkeley, Sister to Sage, Honest Tom, Souveraine, King of Italy, Humphrey, Laura, Lord Stanley, The Royal Stag, Costa, Investment, Escape, Lady Emma, Victor, Sawcutter, Feu de Joie, Agag, Stampede, Chere Amie, Jenny Wren, Luscinia, Dunkeld, Lapidist, Physician (by Chanticleer), M. Phi lippe, Earl of Surrey, Reserve, Barbadoes, Croagh Patrick, Brighton, Tease-me-not, Myrtle, Umpire, Summerside, Liston, Canwell, Fitz-Avon, Eastern Princess, Henham Lass, Erin-go -Bragh, Middlewatch, Bosh, General Hess, Hubert Newchurch, Ossian, Lady Evelyn colt, and Catch'em Alive. BATH AND SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES—Vinegar Hill, Portland, Bally Edmund, Spencer, Accident, Watchman, Dusk, Le Marechal, BarchetLina, Guiding Star, Merry Maid, Hartington, Earl of Surrey, Physician, The Brewer, Barbadoes, Glance colt, Shepherdess, Jack o'Newbury, Freeholder, Man-at-Arms, Master Bagot, Soapstone, Gun ner, Newfoundland, Sprite, Middlewatch, Zetland, Loiterer, Catch'em Alive, Kingswood, Lady Patroness,Joco, Sappho, Alcestis, Balham, Netherby, Gemse, Father O'Leary, Canary, Flirtation, Haddington, Raglan, King of Italy,. Fitz-Avon, Lord Stanley, Wasp gelding, The Royal Stag, Brighton, Lady Evelyn colt, Watford, Umpire, Bedouin, Myrtle, Milverton, Symphony, The Knave, Tolurno, Canis brook, Grimston, Double X, Brother to Springbok, Dar lington, Sycophant, Hampton Court, Golden Dust, Fantail, Princess Vocqsal, Blondin, Lady Superior, Equator, Tourist, His Excellency, Paste, Brother to Scent, Brown Duchess, Isoline, Lord Clyde, and Chaff. Mr. Hawksley and Lord Royston are subscribers, but did not name. THE GREAT METROPOLITAN STARES.—Guiding Star, Carisbrook, Attaman, Chaff, Bally Edmond, Chanticleer h, Dusk, Dulcibella, Citadel, Ivanhoff, Noelie, Partisan, Sol ferino, Falcon, Harlequin, Buckenham, Bullet, Battery, Adventurer, Donnybrook, Lawyer, Gorse, Hartington, Hampton Court, amble X, Lady Superior, Fairwater, Scamander, Glance c, Debden, Villette, Sandfor d, Alerte, Joey Jones, Bryn Gwyn, His Excellency, Welcome, Cora piegne, Stradella, Valentine, Columbine, Gardener, Jack o' Hearts, Golden Pledge, Black Deer, Brother to Springbok, Charles Fox, Catch'em Alive, Canzonette, Event c, Dr. Syntax, Voluptas, Glenochty c, Odine, Sappho, Asteroid, Rouge Dragon, Weatherbow, Zetland, Polynesia, Beachy Head, Bonnycastle, Flirtation, Netherby, Canary, Kill or Cure, Berkeley, Sister to Sage, Lady Fauconberg, Lioness, Costa, The Royal Stag, Investment, King of Italy, Had dington, Barbadoes, Magnum Bonum, Fanscombe, Croagh Patrick, Luscinia, Dunkeld, Real Jam, Earl of Surrey, St. Lawrence, Physician, Brighton, Umpire, Bedouin, Myrtle, Conical, and Watford. NEWMARKET HANDICAP .—Stampedo, Bally Edmond, Chaff, Man-at-Arms, Attaman, Paste, Eleanor, Cape Fly away, Barchettina,Dulcibella, Blackcock, Noelie, Partisan, Solferino, Curacoa, Watchman, Falcon, Rubens, Canace, Battery, Harlequin, Colleen Rhue, Lawyer, Guiding Star, Monitor, Hartington, Fee, Carisbrook, Fantail, Brown Duchess, Amazonian, Fairwater, Scamander, Glance, Sandford, Villette, Jack o'Newbury, Black Prince, Gabrielle d'Estrees, Alerte, Valentine, Carbineer, Zetland, brother to Springbok, Bathilde, Polynesia, Welcome, Amelia, Cistercian, Physalis colt, Squire Percy, Rouge Dragon, Canwell, Ernest, Loiterer, Sappho, Sylvanie, Per severance, King of Italy, Barbadoes, Myrtle, Bedouin, Amy, Earl of Surrey, Physician, M. Philippe, Equinox, Dunkeld, Lapidist, Croagh Patrick, Victrix, Lady Evelyn, War Horse, Magnum Bonum. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. --Maggiore, Adventurer, Joey Jones, Lady Maria, Golden Drop, Engineer, Alci biade, Comet, Weatherwise, Jenny Wren, Fontenoy, Pares sense, Michel Grove, Douche, Conundrum, Prologue, Sea Nymph, Revolver, Mrs. Somerville, Churchman, Monk, Flash in the Pan, M. Philippe, The Norman, Remunerator, Ethel, Peignoir, Miss Livingstone, Everlasting, Antar, True Heart, Henham Lass, Safeguard, Rapture, Court- Martial, Refuge, Charles Fox, Lopcatcher, Manrico, Dualla, Hypermnestra, Westminster, Honest Tom, Lord Stanley, Squire Percy, Knight of the Bath, Drumstick, Misfortune, Tithonius, Libellous, Souveraine, Oakapple, Dinah filly, Gleam, Hubert, Suburban, and Invasion. THE GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES—Welcome, h by Chanticleer, Stampedo, Man at Arms. Attaman, Chaff, Bally Edmond, Little Nelly, African, Falcon, Harle quin, Lawyer (h b), Dusk, Dulcibella, Bullet, Hartington, Fee, Scamander, Freeholder, Compiegne, Valentine, Ben jamin, Muffler, Tresham, Ivanhoff, Oldminster, Catch'em Alive, Canzonette, Dr Syntax, c by Tadmor, Rouge Dragon, Charles Fox, Bathilde, Voluptus, Zetland, Sappho, Syl vanie, Balham, Gemse, Berkeley, Wild Duck, Flexmore, Haddington, Lord Stanley, King of Italy, Barbadoes, Costa, Lioness, Luscinia, Bedouin, Rubicon, Myrtle, Brighton, Earl of Surrey, Physician, M. Philippe, Equinox. King of Kent, Victrix, Lady Evelyn c, Croagh Patrick, Joey Jones, Bonnycastle, Lady Superior, Carisbrook, His Excellency, Picco, Grimston, Retento, Philo (h b), Dunsi nana, Detective, Sister to Sage, Raglan, Gelert, Hampton Court, Gardener, Knutsford, Watford, Conical, Netherby, Fantail, Judex, Double X, Monk, Ethel, Jack of Hearts, Golden Dust, Zeloo, Rapparee, Jack o'Newbury, Incitatus, Springbok, Darlington, Brother to Scent, Fairwater, Tithonius, and Ernest. Gorse, having been entered with out the knowledge of its owner, will be struck out by the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. MARKET HARBOROUGH STEEPLECHASE RULES. 1. The rules concerning horseracing in general, as pub lished in the Racing Calendar (Races Past, 1862) apply to all steeplechases, with the exception of Rule 43, and of some other Rules that are only applicable to flat racing, and also with the following exceptions and additions :- 2. The decision of the Stewards, or whomsoever they may appoint, is final in everything connected with steeple chases, and there is no appeal whatever to a court of law. 3. A walk over shall in no case be deemed necessary, either after a dead heat or otherwise. It shall be sufficient if a horse be weighed for, mounted, and proceed to the starting-post, - ak hen, if no competitor appear in due time, he shall be considered the winner of the race. Such horse shall be liable to carry extra weight as a winner. 4. The term "winning horse," in reference to those liable to carry extra weight, of those to be excluded from any race, shall apply only to winners of steeplechases of £2O or upwards, not including the winner's stake, or of some prize of equal value, and not to the winner of hurdle races, flat races, or matches of any kind. 6. A maiden horse or mare is considered one that has never won a steeplechase of the value of £2O or upwards, not including the winner's stake ; and a horse that has never started is one that has never started for a steeple chase of the value of £2O or upwarda, not including the winner's stake. 6. Any rider in a steeplechase where the ground is not flagged out going upwards of 100 yards on any high road, lane, or public thoroughfare, will disqualify his horse from winning, although he should come in first. 7. Any rider in a steeplechase where the ground is not flagged out, opening any gate or wicket, or passing through any gateway or common passage from one enclosure to another, will disqualify his horse from winning, although he should come in first. 8. Any horse getting away from his rider may be re mounted in any part of the same field or enclosure in which the occurrence took place; but should such horse not be caught until ho shall have entered another field, then he shall be ridden or brought back to the one in which he parted from his rider. Any jockey so losing his horse may be assisted in catching him and remounting him without risk of disqualification ; and in the event of a rider being disabled, his horse may be ridden home by any person of sufficient weight, provided he be qualified according to the conditions of the race. No penalty shall be exacted for carrying over-weight in this instance. 9. Should the weather or ground be in a doubtful state for running, it shall be left entirely to the Stewards, who may order the chase to be postponed for any time whatever, according to their discretion; and all nominations, sub scriptions, and bets shall stand good, the same as if the chase had taken place on the day originally fixed. 10. In nominating a horse, gelding, or mare the first time for a steeplechase, its full pedigree must be g:ven, if known, otherwise it shall be sufficient to state its age, colour, and the name in which it has and is hereafter to run, together with such description as will distinguish the animal from any other running in a similar name, either in flat races, hurdle races, or steeplechases. 11. Should the name of any horse be changed after hav ing been once entered in either a flat race, hurdle race, or steeplechase, it shall be necessary in all subsequent entries to state his original name as well as any other names under which he may previously have been entered. 12. Every person who shall ride for a steeplechase shall be weighed immediately after the same, and shall be allowed 41b above the weight specified for his horse to carry (provided his weight be net increased by inunersien 1 Land or water 1, and no mo. re, unless the weight he actually rod e be decla:•ed as the w eight he intended to ride; and if any horse she'.ll carry mon than 41b above his weight, without a declaration having been made by the jockey or the owner of the horse, or by his servant, to the steward or clerk of the course, before starting, then such horse shall : not be considered the winner of they race, even though 'he should come in first, but shall be placed as the last hors a in the race, and his owner shall pay the stake as or a beaten horse ; and whether the horse comes in first or not, the jockey shall be fined £5 for his neglect, and shall not be , allowed to ride in a public :ace until the said fine be paid. The pOrson. appointed by the stewards to weigh the j immediately after each day's racing, report to h th e e e k c c a e l Y r e r r ° i k e s d h ra o al ft i h: r e than 41b above the specified weight ; and oourse how much each horse carried, where the clerk as soon after as may be, to cora m the stewards, or one of them ; and theweightutiic actually carried, if more than 41b above published in the first list printed after 9. e o s f u e the ahce i . e p course hosrole , 'in g is under 12st 71b, it shall be raised hi g h e st weight ace* , others in proportion. to that weight, and the 13. ec all leaps with 20 subscribers, when the weighty hana. 3. th In his ght, h trasl to i s b e -ses whose stakes and forfeits are 14. The names of all he , the h'acin,q Calendar at the not paid shall be published h: end of every year, an d Messrs. Weatherby, Old Burling ton-street, London, or whomsom.'r they may appoint, are the persons to whom all stakes and forfeits for the diffe rent steeplechases are payable. 15. The stewards shall have power to disqualify any horse from being declared the winner of a stoeplechase, although he should come in first, if it can be clearly proved to their satisfaction that the jockey by any deliberate foul riding intended to knock down any horse, or in an :,v deter mined way to jeopardise his chance of success in the race. Any jockey who shall be found guilty of foul riding shall be fined for the first offence a sum not exceeding £W, to be paid before he shall be permitted to ride in any race, and for the second he shall be prohibited from ridiing in any race until such time as the stewards shall think Mc, THE BULLION MARKET. Annexed is Messrs. Pixley, Abell, and Lanoley's weekly report of the bullion market Gold—The arrival of gold comprise the follevring' : White Star, from Sydney, with £50,000 ; Arabia, from Boston, with £23,000 ; Edinburgh, from New York, with £69,000. The demand for export has however been so great, that about £lBl,OOO in bars and sove reigns have been withdrawn from the Bank, and any immediate arrival would also be taken for abro ad. The Pera has taken £65,600 to Alexandria, and £26,900 to Ceylon and Madras. Silver—The silver ex Shannon has been sold at 611 d per oz standard ; owing to the difficulty . of getting silver from the Continent, in consequence of the refineries being closed, the price has slightly improved, and we quote the rate as 6l.id per oz for the out-going mail to Bombay of the 12th inst. The Pera has taken £68,000 to India. Mexican Dollars—The Pera has taken £21,000 to China and the Straits. We are quite unable to give a quotation for this coin, as, owing to its present scarcity, no actual business has yet been transacted ; the nearest price we can state is from 63d to 631 d per ounce. Exchange on India for Banks' Drafts at 60 days' sight is somewhat easier than last week. The rates are—on Bom bay 2s Oid, on Calcutta and Madras 2s per rupee. Docu-• ment Bills are is 11/d on Bombay, and is 111 d on Calcutta India Government Loan Notes are firmer ; we quote 5f per Cents. 1121 to 113-5 per Cents. 1051 to 106—and 4 per Cents. 951 to 961. Quotations for bullion.--Gold—Bar gold, 77s 9d per oz std last price ; bar gold, fine, 77s 9d per oz std—bar gold refinable, 78s per oz std, last price—Spanish doubloons, 76s to 77s per oz, but little doing—South Ame rican doubloons, 74s 6d to 75s per oz,last price—United States gold coin, 76s 31d, per oz, last price. Silver—Bar silver —ss lid to 5s lid per oz std—bar silver, containing five grains gold, 58 lid to 5s lid per oz std last price—fine cake silver. 5s 6ad per oz--Mexican dollars, Ss 3d to 5s 31d per oz, last price—Spanish dollars (Carolus). 5s 6d per oz, nominal—five-franc pieces, 4s lltd to 4s l lid per oz. COUNTRY MARKETS• _ LIV BRP OL---jArr. 9. At this day's market there was a fair attendance of the town and country trade, and wheat met with a moderate consumptive demand at fully Tuesday's rates. Flour was difficult to move, but not cheaper. Oats and oatmeal were in limited request and without change in value. Barley, beans, and peas remained as last quoted. Indian corn, was in rather better demand, and prime mixed brought 28s. 6d., ex quay. Prime white sold at 325. 3d. per 4801 b; WAKEFIELD—Luc. 9. The wheat trade is firm to-day, and for good dry red and choice sound white there is a fair sale, at an advance of is. per qr. on last Friday's prices. Fine barley rather dearer; in other sorts no alteration. In beans, oats, and shelling not much doing. Averages for the week : Wheat 1,728 qrs., at 47s 5d 8ar1ey......... 914 Peas.. .... ........ s4O Od Oats Ry e — —s Od B eans EXETER—JAN. 9. Wheat, white.. 6s 6d to 6s 9d Barley.. 4s 3d to 4 s 91 I Ditto red .6s 3d to 6s 6d Oats .. ..... ..2s 9d to 35 0 I Flour, tine, 36s to 37s ; seconds, 348 to 35s per sack. CATTLE. We again had a small supply of all descriptions of stock to-day. Business dull. 1 Fat beef, p sc., 10s6d to llsOd Ewes, per lb ....531d to 60 Pork carcases, 7s 6d to 8s 6d Wethers, d 0..... 6id to 7d Lamb, p 1b.......--d to d Fat calves, d0...61d to7d. Rough fat, 30 per lb. STAMFORD-JAN. 9. New wheat, 47s to 50s—red, 42s to 46s per 36 stone. Barley, 30s to 40s per qr. Oats, 20s to 26s per 24 stone. Beans, 38s to 42s per qr. COAL .ARKET. ; the dose of the market. Walls End. S. d. Gosforth Eletton .. lB Tunstall L am bt o n 18 0 Thorpe ... . ..15 0 South Hatton 18 0 Caradoc .... ...17 _ (Prices of Coal per Ton a' s. d. Bell's Primrose .....13 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting Do. Anthracite 20 6 Craighead Steam 13 6 Lambert's West Hart- ley l5 3 Wylam 16 0 Tanfield Moor l3 6 West Hartley 15 3 Hastings Hartley l4 9 Ships at market Heugh Hall 16 0 South Kelloe.. 17 0 ;t, 19 ; sold, 17. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Auelralia and Mauritius, via Southampton Jan 15. via Marseilles Jan. 12. Airazil and Cape Verds, by British packet . Feb. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Jan. 18. via Marseilles ... Jan, 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ....... Jan. 10. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 13. via Marseilles Jan. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Jan. 10. via Marseilles Jan. 20. Portugal.... Feb. 3. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 10. via Marseilles Jan, 12. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Jan. 1 5 . by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Jan. 16. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 10. Bahamas, via New York Mexico Jan. 2 8 ' All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Jan. 13. California, and British Columbia.. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment.—Bad legs , wounds, ulcers, and all descriptions of sores are cured 11 the proper and diligent use of this inestimable preparation. , To attempt to cure bad legs by plastering the edges of the wound together is a folly, for should the skin unite a baggy diseased condition remains underneath, to break out with tenfold fury in a few days. The only rational and permit' nent treatment, as indicated by nature, is to reduce the 411 ' flammation in and about the wound, to Booth the neigh" bouring nerves, to cool the heated blood as it courses alai; its vessels, and to render the thin watery ichorous charge consistent and healthy. Holloway's Pills should be taken to purify the blood and expel the obnoxious humour° from the system. Births. CROFT.—On the 7th inst., at iunbury-heath, Cheshire , the wife of Captain Croft, R.N., of a daughter. DAY.—On the Bth inst., at Harlow, Essex, the wife of 11 " N. Day, Esq., of a daughter. GLYN—On the Bth inst , at 59, Chesttor-square, Mrs. POO Glyn, of a daughter. Marriages. EASTMAN—BOLGER. — On the Bth inst., at St. Giles', Ca l 33. berwell, Edwar.l Eastman, Esq., of Hackney, to Ell G eor gians, the fourth daughter of Mr. Henry Bolger, Queen's-road, Peckham. SAGER—JONES.—On the Bth inst., at the parish church of Theydon Bois, W. F. Sager, Esq., of Brixton, to Caro• line Augusta, youngest daughter of J. Jones, Esq., Abridge, Essex. Deaths. BRAY.—On the Bth inst., at Stoke, near Coventry, W. 11. Bray, aged 55. HICKLEY.—On the 9th inst , at Teddington, Lieut.-Col. Martin Mickley, late of H.M.'s 15th Regt. Madras NJ' aged 43. SCOTT,—On the 9th inst., at Lee, Kent, Charles Willito 2. SE S A c it o L tt ;s C .--- .E o " n ag th ed e 3 7th inst., at The Terrace, Kent-ro Robt. T. Searles, Esq., agd 81. TEED.—On the 811 inst., at the Rectory, the Rev. Fr eal° Teed, rector of St. Michael's, Lewes, aged 52. Woop.—On the 7th inst., at his residence, 12, Alexander' square, Brompton, William Wood, Esq., aged 64. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDR I I O , 1 , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Odice , of 112, Strand, in th e Precinct of the Savoy, in the COO of Nidd l enz,—Saturday, January 10,1863. 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