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

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
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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 also 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
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
spies the same from the Gibraltar's pipe, fearing
lest the unarmed foe gets up steam each time he
might elude his grasp. This,
however, will not be attempted until 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 try the engines, got
permission of the captain of the port to steam about
in the bay, and directly
after starting she was fol-
lowed by the Chippewa, evidently, however, being
no match in speed, with guns shotted and men at
quarters, ports open, and it appearing 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 Philip
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.