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

THE 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 el ap s ed since the original sch em e 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 Doer Company have also obtained Parliamen tary powers to join the Metropolitan line near Farringdon-street, and to run over the intended extension to Finsbury-circus. By means , there fore, of the Met ro p o lit an R a il way, t h e Great West ern, Great Northern, and London, Cha tham ' and Dover Companies will b e placed in dir ect 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 break of carriage, 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. Tire 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 dejeuner 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 stretched 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, Humphet y, Sir G. Moon, Abbis, Dakin, Carter, Bexley, 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 toastmaster, and after the cloth had been removed, and the usual loyal toasts duly hon s oured and responded to, ir .Pvro replied for " The House of Commons.' The CHAIRILiII then called upon Mr. LOWE, M.P., who , on rising to propose the next toast, was loudly cheered. The right hon. gentleman said,—M r . Chairman' my Lords and Gentlemen, you have conferred u pon dis tinguished honour of being allowedtompe the rore to this company prosperity to an undertaking t mencement of which we are met thi s day to e ' e inau gurate, a n , 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. Johns on 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 doss 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 reduce 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 has added some more to that which was already too much,- and made the traffic of the streets, before extremely di ffi cult, almost en tirely impossible. Under these circ umstances eight years ago—eight long years to sinc e_parliament t gave onstruct a and most permission to the present companytr railway through one of the most crow ded difficult districts of London to relieve that fa o. I have said a long time has elapsed since th e a e pany received their Parliamentary powers, buct7; ust consider the di ffi culties with which th at com e p spy 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 7ou see above ground. The company has had to its way through obstacles which those only can truly appreciate who have had to contend with th e m. They had to make their way through gas pipes and water pipes and sewers, and that greatest of all obstacles, that modern dragon, which Mr. Fowler, the modern St. George, 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 Palie over the line to-day had the .pleasure of seein g how admirably admirably and effi ciently all its bee n difficulties h ave The task has been a most vvonderfullsurmounted. difficult one, b eca use this railway di ff ers f rom aZ hers I ever saw in this,—that whc reas on the other railways you accommodate the circumstances areundittoblige,rail way, in this case the oompanyhave been obi ....z.: ~.•.. ~, . . „. to accommodate the railway to those circumstances. (Cheers.) They_lhay.e_had to take the.level of the. street for their guide, and to deal with d fficulties having nothing to do with engineering con. siderations. The line has had to worm its way through a complicated and in!! icate laby rinth under difficulties almost insuperable, and I do heartily congratulate the company on having 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 your stations and for the necessary en gineering machinery connected with the railway; but every one who observed carefully to-day must have seen how admirably this difficulty had been dealt with and overcome—(cheers) —how , even in this dull and dismal day, darkness was penetrated by the light of heaven—(cheers) —how a line carried among drains and sewers and thr ou g h a soil infected by the use of gas for so many years was yet totally free from all odour, and how through a long tunnel and underground it w as so admirabl y ventilated. (Cheers.) All this will, no doubt, in the course of years, seem a matter of course ; but those who first devised such a scheme, and carried it out in spite of so ma ny difficulties, are justly entitled to th e hi g h est 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 that the corporation should embark a portion of their funds in the construction of this railway. They had done so, contrary to their usual custom of not em barking in any speculation ; bat they were deeply 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 hehas 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 whioi we are now assembled must be considered only alprovisional city station. The next step will be tot carry out the authorised extension to Smithfield and Finsbury-circus, or Moorgate street, here a lar g e permanent station will be c.,con struct . Cheers.) Th e M e t ro politan Railway was o+,gincy designed as a line from Edgware road tee Ring's-cross, where it was proposed to join a project for a railway and large terminus in the Fleet Valley, promoted by our late distinguished friend,' Mr. Charles Pearson, the city solicitor' (Cheeri.) 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 energy and perseverance, prepared the public mind for the Metropolitan Railway as a public necessity, though he did not succeed in obtaining the requisite amount of support for his own particular scheme. e The Act for the first Metro p olitan Rail way , or the following- roa d t o K i year,ng ' s - c r h o o s s w , Was passed e r s v w passed in 18 • i ns talment from s Edg ware-road the a r e for the MbtropOlitan Railway was sanctionedscheme by Parliament, commenc ing at P a ddington, opposit e the Great Western the Old Wharf - road for hotel, with a j u nction along goods, and exten di ng t o the General Post - o f fic e, the with a bra nc h f or Post-o ffi ce purposes only to 11P to this London and N orth-Western Railway - time the idea of the promoters was to ma ke the Metropolitan Railway an isolated line without junctions w ith any other line for passenger traff i c. tlhnecmonosdeeqsuoefnwceorokf i t n h g is t anticipatedisolation, w a sth n con sidered was th e atmosph •e ; and it appeared to b e a favourable op por t un i ty of successfully applying ell e o n eof this principle o f l ocomot i on ; but after fullyinves 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. Daring this interval, however, it became evident that the original expectation of an isolated metro- TEE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY - . EVENING,. 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 become 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 Metrdpolitan 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 to its value as a property, and, at the same time, made it necessary that I should reconsider the sys tem of traction to be employed upon it. It was clear that the atmospheric system was now no longer 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 trive an engine that should work as an ordin. • omotive when on the I ordinary railways joining Netropolitan Railway, puffiing - aut 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 inforthation r and partly to satisfy un believers.' titia 'engine was Consttucted by Messrs. Stephen Wen 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-cross,i 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 moat, &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. 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,--Corfn is, touched to the heart by learning that the ,Government of her Britannic Ma jesty has informed the other European Power s w h o 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 front _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= Testing 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 re , in defending our rights, of expressing their gratitude to the people defended those of Ureeks , have by general. cessity " In presenting to y ou r Excellency the expres sionenough of Great im ß p r ii i c t thankfulness on the part o f th ese sen timents of lord, to be good of the p eo pl e , we beg you, aaltnio'n tand nati on . To this prayer h• h i n ngdom of to make them known seeing magnanimous Albion, w ' Ownn3tyo the British ead d a G hope o vernmen —that of for merly concurred i n the creat i on o f the Greece, and which now, by the annexation of the lonian Islands, strengtlaens the central home of the liberty of the Hellenic race—a hope, we say, of seeing England also co-operate in the future con test which the Hellenes will have to sustain in the East in the interest of Christian civilisation." SALE OF THE SUMTER. 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, as 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 also to pay the Govern ment commission of 21 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 tamed, 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 Gibraltar, 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 in these 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 treats as bunkum), the captain of the Northern ship gets up steam each time he spies the same from the Gibraltar's pipe, fearing lest the unarmed foe might elude his grasp. This, h ow ever, will not be att empte d un til all is ready for sea, when the company of a British ship of war will be sought to prove that the Gibraltar can never be captured. One day the engineer of the Gibraltar, wishing to permission of the captain ofth t e rythe port to steam about engines, got in the bay, and directly after starting she was fol lowed by the Chippewa, evidently, however, being no match in speed, With gun s shotted and men at quarters, ports open, and it appearing to the offi cers in tlvi garrison th a t s h e wa s 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 no doubt, to owing, no deeds of en tirely the Northerners. Yesterday the Northern St a t es the tire extravagantthe Southerners , bombast a n 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?' RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. .....-d.-____„...,...______„ Railways. 1863. 1862. 1863. 1862. 1 4 3 9 6 136 49 1f854 1 4 ,893 5,310 889 1 5, 3 2 5 3 7 2 Belfast and N. Counties. 1 2 2 - 2 14 1 2 07 2 623 565 230 3:4 k,3 328. 0 1 15, 1 3 3 6 8 2 15,160 196 BBielrlftahstanadndTCynoune..t.y.D..o.r. Bristol and Exeter........... Caledonian . ...... .. Cockermouth . & Workington 16 20 81 267 154 20 291 333 Cork and Bandon . , 1 Cork, Blackrock, & 'Passage • Cork and Youghal ...... . _ 3 , CornwDD e u e b s . id: .35 220 all 531 5 4 1,129 1,129 252 235 Dublin &Belfast Junction •• • • 4 2 , 1 63 1,312 1,289 Dublin and Drogheda lO6 481 63 1,242 1,468 5 ) 2,411 2,045 ' IV :c . 1( 1 . o . ' w . a . n " d . ........ x . .. d " . 1 1 7 _ B7 i 2,050 2, 041 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. J nu. • • 3 1 31 1,148 1,072 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1694 1691 6,839 6,837 30 245 266 ,&E.Union 644 614 24,189 22,656 F Fo urn rth es & s, C a l e ys . l . e . Junction. _ .l Glasgow & South-Western l9B 198 9,226 9,0 !3 Gt. Eastern,Nrfk. Great Northern ... .. .. ._. ••• • • 330 330 24,053 22,956 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,576 1,631 1,428 1,616 Gt. Northn. & Westn. WOO,. • 3 29 45 1 345 216 163 217 i lt.Southn. & Westn.(lllncL). • 329 6,511 7,9, 6 Great Western . . ... . 992 9644 49,516 16,324 Inverness & Aber . deen:JUnC 73 4 73 i 881 753 Irishlrish sNooughliZaesstetrnern. 12 5 45 15 . 1 2 3 5 0 4 Lancashire & Yorkshire •JV 605 4 1 2,520 32,381 Limerick and Ennis 2l 244 135, 139 Limerick and Foynes Llanelly 46 464 465 467 Londen & North-Western •• • 11674 10911 79,892 76,573 London and Blackwall 5l 5} 1 ,650 1,372 . London & South-Western •• 442 t 400 4 1 8,199 16,865 Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2471 2114 15,161 14,498 I London, Chatham & Dover 721 /9 •-4 2,656 1,739 1 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheflield, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 94 94 1,240 1,696 Maryport and Carlisle Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 6141 31,572 31,349 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irlnd... 2491 1924 3,867 3,163 Monkland 7ll 711 1,270 1,171 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,255 2,146 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and New. & Car 8944 8674 35,5.9 34,793 North London 9 9 2,805 2,562 North Staffordshire 248 246 7,420 6,480 Oswestry and Newt0n......., 42 42 836 613 Rhymney 194 194 970 697 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 1,816 1,807 Scottish Central . Scottish North-Eastern Shropshire Union ...... : - - Somerset and Dorset. . ... . ":. - 89 7 - South Devon South-Eastern Stockton and Darlington .... - 8,757 7,066 Taff Vale 5l 54 4,763 4,251 Ulster Vale of Clwyd.. Vale of Neath . , .......... 251 2 I - 1 833 1,654 Waterford and . KilkenUy ..... 31-" - 2 5 f '367 Waterford and Limerick..., 77 , 7 -- 1,162 288 1,294 West Cornwall ... , . _._... .. .. 2 7 4 ' 274 660 610 W. Hartlepool Haibr. ....... .. 39 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmiat.. 7 39 ,' 3 ,831 7 44 379 Whitehaven Junction ... ..... 12 12 21 4 4 502 Whitehaven & Furness Jun . ... 35 35 630 583 FOREIGN AND COLoNIA.L. Antwerp and Rotterdam.... 52 52 1,010 976 Austrian._...., ............... 828 828 32,141 42,565 Belgian Eastern Junction..., 26i 264 - . „--, Buffalo and Lake Huron ..... 161} 161} 1 , 3 88 I, °"' Detroit and Milwaukic . .... 185 185 . 3,817 3,831 Dutch Rhenish .............. 1081 108 i 3,840 3,746 Eastern of Prance . 1078 1060 - East Indian 611 4801 9,608 9 , 2 0 9 - Grand Trunk of Canada .....• 1090 1090 19,373 21,350 Great Indian Peninsula Great Luxembourg. .... . Great Western of Canada... • 345 345 11,294 11,106 Madrid, Saragossa &Al icant Northern of Canada ... ..... - - Northern of France ......... Norwegian Trunk - - Ottoman • • Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn...• 1491 1351 130,t88 140,822 Paris and Orleans ........... . 1340 1204 60,231 57,728 Pernambuco .... . - -- Royal Danish 69 69 - Sambre and Meu5e........ 68 68 1,496 1,257 South Austrian...-. Southern of France .... 777 7 7 7 23,214 23,668 Welland ~ .... ... 26 25 773 344 West Flanders . ...... ..... 75 75 839 713 W. and N.W. of irance . 758 758 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 , Tea is uncoloured, therefore, always good alike, Sold in packets by 2,2 80 agents , . LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday. WHITEHALL, 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, utito 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 Henv 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 pala 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 Vallance, 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 Couz t 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 Py m , f r om 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 Nangle 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 Clunes, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Carleton, :snsferred 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 59th 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 t', 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 Malo de Rune Barclay to be Lieutenant, by purcha.se, vice Wm. Magill, who retires ; Ensign Russell Upcher, from the 67th Foot, to be En sign, vice Barclay. 28th Foot--Major Richard Roundell Roundell, from the 4 .. 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 ; En s i gn 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 Boyden Wright to be Captain, by purchase, vice Paul Frederick do 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 tridge, 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 Alfred Sinclair Lea tham to be Lieutenant, without purchase, 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 E ns i gn , without purchase, vice Drysdale, deceased; Staff-Assistant Surgeon Bro nislaw James Jazdowski, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Samuel Hope, deceased. 96th Foot—Captain Patrick James John Grant to be Major, by purchase, vice Major and Brevet-Lieut.-Col. William Campbell Mollan, 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, fom the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mackie, promoted ; Lieutenant Frederick John Josselyn, to be Adjutant, vice Lieuten ant Toke. 9911 T. 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, v i ce 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-Coloneland Brevet- Colonel Luke Smyth O'Connor, C. 8., from half• pay, late Ist West India Regiment, to be Inspecting Field Officer, vice Brevet-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-Surgeo n William ,pestle Hope, M. 8., Super numerary in the 57th F oo t, to be Staff Assistant-S rgeon, vice George C. H y d e , res i gne d. Assistant-Surge on E u gene McShane, Supernumerary in the 65th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Philip Frank, M.D., resigned. Assistant-Surgeon William Evelyn Alston, M.D., Su pernumerary in the 70th Foot, to bo Staff Assist.-Surgeon, C C a a p pt ta ai in n Bengal Staff Corp s . vice Coin Ale xa nder Fraser, resigned. BREVET. TO BE MAJORS. George George Augustus Ajig°°d' Williams, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Charles Johnson Nicholson, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Lachlan Forbes, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Robert Hope Mdnorieff, 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 Georgo Allgood, Bengal Sbiff Corps. The promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel Jarries Metcalfe, C. 13., 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, 1862, have been cancelled. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 31, 1862. Mr. Henry - Gritton, - M r . F ergusson. Royal 'Marine Light Infantry—Mr. Robert Alexa n d er Douglas Ramsay, Nowell Forth, Mr. Christopher Sulivan Feltrim Fagan, Mr. Felix Henry March, and Mr. William Purvis Wright to be Second Lieutenants. COUNTY COURT JUDGESHIP. —The judgeship 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-Wilmot consequently leaves the judgeship of the circuit from which he has been remged 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 SUBURBAN HANDlClP.—CairlleaStle, 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, DebOen, Livingstone, Joey Jones, Beneventum, Bryn Gwyn, His Excellency, Jack o'Newbury, Stradella, Valentine, Benjamin, Colombine, 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, ET,chequer, Rapture, Asteroid, Argonaut, Prince Plausible, ,rseverance, 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 do Joie, Agag, Stainpede„Chere Arnie, 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 Lan, 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, Harlington, 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, Zerland, 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, Milvertoa, 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 STAKES.—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, DLuble X, Lady Superior, Fairwater, &amender, Glance c, Debden, Villefte, Sandfoi d, Alerte, Joey Jones, Bryn Gwyn, His Excellency, Welcome, Com 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. NEWMARXET 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, Sylvania, 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 inthe 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, Duane, 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 QREAT 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, Fleamore, 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, Knutaford, 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, when, 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. 5. 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 upwards, 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 he 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 given, 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 fiat 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 alter the same, and shall be allowed 41b above the weight specified for his horse to carry (provided his weight be not increased by immoral= in rand or water), and no more, unit ,S 9 the weight he actually rode be declared as the weight he intended to ride; and if any horse shall carry more t 119: a 41b above his weight, without a declaration having b. th 13- made by the jockey or the owner of the horse, or b, Y his servant, to the steward or clerk of the course,- before starting, then such horse shall not' be consid' - zed the winner of the race, ev en though he should coca( in first, but shall be pl ace d a s the last horse in the race, any 1 his owner shall pay the stake 1 as for a beaten horse ; and w. hether the horse comes in first or not, the jockey shall be fine £5 for his neglect, and shall not be allowed to ride in a pub,lic race until the said fine be paid. stewards to weig h the The person appointed by tie jockeys shall, immediately after a Ich day's racing, report to the clerk of the oourse how much I. 'ach horse carried, where he carried more than 41b above the ' specified weight ; and the clerk of the course is, as soon aft,lr as may be, to cora municat e such report to the stewards, o r one of them ; and the weight each horse actually ca.i.ried , if more than 41b above his weight, shall be published in. the first list printed after the race. 13. In all handicaps with 20 subscribers, when the highest weight accepting is under I2st ,71b, it shall be raised to that weight, and the others in proportion.. l 14. The names of 1 1,1 horses whose sta ices and forfeits are not paid shall be published in the /tacit iq Calendar at the end of every year, and 31.essrs. Weathet•by, Old Burling ton-street, London, or whol.nsoever they may appoint, are the persons to whom all stakt. s and forfeits for the diffe rent steeplechases are payable. 1 , - tower to disqualify any 15. The stewards shall have horse from being declared the wim.ler of a steeplechase, although he should come in first, if it cb.n be clearly proved to their satisfaction that the jockey by any deliberate foul riding intended to knock down any hm-se, or it t any deter mined way to jeopardise his chance of slums in the race. Any jockey who shall be found guilty of foul riding shall be fined for the first offence a sum not; exceeding £25, to be paid before be shall be permitted to ride in any race, and for the second he shall be prohibited from , riding in any race until such time as the stewards shall thin k fit. THE BULLION MARKET. Annexed is Messrs. Pixley, Abell, and Laogley's weekly report of the bullion market : Gold—The arrival of gold comprise the folio wing : 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 a'broad. 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 614 d per oz for the out-going mail tot Bombay of the 12th inst. The Pera has taken £68,000 la* 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 0/d, on Calcutta and Madras 2s per rupee. Docu-.. ment Bills are is il4d 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, 778 9d per on std—bar gold refinable, 78s per os 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 —55 lid to 5s lfd per oz std—bar silver, containing five grains gold, 5s lid to 6s lid per oz std last price—fine cake silver, 5s 61d per oz--Mexican dollars, 5s 3d to 58 31d per oz, last price—Spanish dollars (Carolus). 5s 6d per oz, nominal—five-franc pieces, 4s up to 4s 11/d per oz. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-JAN. 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-JAN. 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 ls. 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 Oats 75 Odd Rye — —s Beans EXETER-JAN. 9. Wheat, white.. 6s 6d to 6s 9d Barley.. 4s 3d to 4s 9 1 I Ditto red. .68 3d to 6s 6d Oats 2s 9d to 3s Ol Flour, fine, 36s to 37s ; seconds, 34s to 3 . 5 s per sack. CATTLE. We again bad a small supply of all descriptions of stock to-day. Business dull. I Fat beef, p sc., 10s6d to llsOd Ewes, per lb .... 5 1d to 6 4d Pork carcases, 78 6d to 8s 6d Wethers, d 0..... .6#d to 7d Lamb, p 1b.......—d to —d Fat calves, d0...61d told. Rough fat, 3d per lb. STAMFORD-JAN. 9. New wheat, 47s to 50s—red, 42e 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 N (Prizes of Coal per Ton at ARKET. the dose of the market. 8. d. Bell's Primrose l3 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting 22 6 Do. Anthracite 20 6 Craighead Steam 13 6 Lambert's West Hart- Walls End. 8. d. ley Wylam ..16 0 Tan field Moor 13 6 West Hartley 15 3 Hastings Hartley l4 9 , Ships at market Gosforth 16 Hetton .. lB 6 Tunstall Lambton 18 0 Thorpe .. ..15 0 South Hetton .. 18 0 Caradoc Hough Hall 16 0 South Kelloe.. 17 0 lt, 19; sold, 17. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via, Southampton .. Jan. 18. via Marseilles Jan. 12. drazil 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. 18. - 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 .. Jan. 21. Oporto and Vigo • U. S. and British N. America,ty Brit. packet Jan. 15. ' by U.S. packet by Canadian packet Jan. 16. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 10. Bahamas, via New York Jan. 15. Mexico. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Jan. 13. California, and British Columbia.. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment.—Bad legs, wounds, ulcers, and all descriptions of sores are cured by 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 perma nent treatraent, as indicated by nature, is to reduce the ;n -flammation in and about the wound, to Booth the neigh. bouring nerves, to cool the heated blood as it courses along its vessels, and to render the thin watery ichorous dis charge consistent and healthy. Holloway's Pills should be taken to purify the blood and expel the obnoxious humours from the system. Births. CROFT.—On the 7th inst., at Bunbury-heath, Cheshire, the wife of Captlin Craft, R.N., of a daughter. DAY.—On the Bth inst., at Harlow, Essex, the wife of R. N. Day, Esq., of a daughter. GLYN—On the Bth inst , at 59, Chester-square, Mrs, Pascoo Glyn, of a daughter. Marriages. EASTMAN—BOLGER. — On the Bth inst., at St. Gibs', Cam berwell, Edward Eastman, Esq , of Hackney, to Ellen Georgiana, the fourth daughter of Mr. Henry Bolger, of 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., of Abridge, Essex. Deaths. BRAY.—On the Bth inst., ;;gtae, near Coventry, W. H. Bray, aged 55. HICKLEY.—On the 9th inst , at Teddington, Lieut.-Col. Martin Maley, late of H.M.'s 15th Regt. Madras N. 1., aged 43. SCOTT.—On the 9th inst., at Lee, Kent, Charles William Scott, C.E., aged 32. SEARLES.—On the 7th inst., at The Terrace, Kent-road, Robt. T. Searles, Esq., aged 81. TEED.—On the 8 h inst., at the Rectory, the Rev. Fredk. Teed, rector of St. Michael's, Lewes, aged 52. WOOD.-0a the 7th inst., at his residence, 12, Alexander-. square, Brompton, William Wood, Esq., aged 64. London : Printed and Published by WILLIAM ANDREWS, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County Of Midd l esex. —. Saturday, January 10,1863. r ShO 6110' T W , Tvil Ga g Run I _l 7 (Rico ti i larg, her Of tl The li how to gl TR] ten k little and The El Sipe( Colv ease, host PE Ps Ivor cm, ODI The T Th e l The Ti and ] eeed E ~ II ljolu, Clow Seen Pant . n .La ou E Shoe meat Seen, l'tau