The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-07 00:00:00

" Missing, 8 ; total killed, 121; total wounded, 510.

"This number embraces officers and men. Lists from
the several regiments, with name and rank, together, with
the reports of Colonel Harrow, Colonel Snyder, Lieut- Col.
Sawyer, and Lieut.-Col. Wilcock, are forwarded herewith.
" Among the killed and wounded are many brave and
gallant officers, Colonel It. A. Oakford, 103 d Pennsylvania,
was killed while leading his regiment. He was a brave
officer, and died like a hero. Captain Coon, Acting Lieut-
tenant-Colonel, and Captain Cavins, Acting Major, 14th
Indiana, were wounded while gallantry leading their com-

mands. Where every officer and man behaved with such
signal bravery and coolness, it would be invidious to make
distinction by mentioning names of a part only.
" I cannot speak in too high praise of the officers of my
staff, to which I am indebted for valuable services rendered
to me on the field. My Adjutant-General, Captain E, D.
Mason, behaved with great coolness, and received a very
painful wound during the engagement. The conduct of
Lieuts. Swigart, Marshall, and Burrell throughout the
whole engagement was highly commendable, and exhibited
a high degree of gallantry, efficiency, and personal bravery.
They were proved by a test such as it is seldom the lot
even of veterans to encounter, and the result has been highly
honourable to them. I recommend them to the considera-
tioa of the Commanding-General.
" I have the honour, General, to be,
" Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
" NATHAN KIMBALL, Brigadier-General."
The total loss in General Sumner's corps, killed,
wounded, and missing, is 5,208. It is stated that
the Con federates in their hasty retreat from Mary-
land left between 1,100 and 1,200 wounded between
Sharpsburg and the river. A despatch from the
headquarters of the Army of the Potomac states
that 26 stand of colours had been received,taken from
the enemy, beside seven known to have been cap-
tured and in possession of different regiments.
The following despatch has been published :
cc To MAJOR-GENERAL H. W. HALLECK, GENERAL-IN-

" luka, Miss., Sept. 20.
General Roseerans, with Stanley's and Hamilton's divi-

sions and Misener's cavalry, attacked Price south of this
village, about two hours before dark yesterday, and had a
sharp fight until night closed in. General Ord was to the
north, with an armed force of about 5,000 men, and had
some skirmishing with the rebel pickets. This morning
the fight was renewed by General Rosecrans, who was
y
nearest to the town, but it was found that the enemy had
been evacuating during the night, going south. Gene-
praulrssuHita.miTltohnis
n Stanley,
doubt, break up the enemy? Snle, with cavalry, are in full
and possibly force them to abandon much of
their artillery. The loss on either side, in killed and wounded
is from 400 to 600. The enemy's loss in arms, tents, &c.,
will be large. We have about 250 prisoners. I have reli-
able intelligence that it was Price's intention to move over
east of the Tennessee. In this he has been thwarted.
Among the enemy's loss are Gen. Little, killed, end Gen.
Whifford, wounded. I cannot speak too hiighly of the
energy and skill displayed by Gen. Rosecr ns n the attack,
Gen. Ord's command
and of the endurance of the troops.
t they desired
showed untiring seal, but the direction taken
b y the
prevented them from taking the active p
Price's force was about 18,000.
Maj
The latest despatch from the head-quarters of the
" U. S. GRANT, or General."
army is as follows
Information received to-day from a servant who de-
eerted from the rebels yesterday shows their loss in general
officers in the late battle was greater than curs. General
Wright, of Georgia, was wounded in two places. General
Branch, of North Carolina, was killed; General Songstreet
was wounded; Major-General Anderson, commanding a
division, was wounded; General Colquit, of Georgia, was
killed. The rebels admit their loss to be 20,000 at the battle
of Antietam, and 30,000 since they entered Maryland.
" The Alabama brigade, commanded by Colonel Corning,
acting brigadier-general, has not been able to muster 50
men since the battle.
"The residents of this section of Maryland have suffered
terribly since its cccupation by the two armies. In many
cases. families which a few days ago were in comfortable
and
tdakteli,naand regulara 1 also
way b subsistenceya
responsiblese used by the
officerar m
oyr,
circumstances are now wanting the necessaries of life. All
whetheror
taken bad" •
Iscriminately by those in want, is promptly paid
for by General Ingall, Chief Quartermaster of the army,
and Colonel Clark, Chief of Subsistence, upon the proper
affidavits being made. The
claims of those whose farms
have been laid waste and buildings destroyed during the
battle are referred to the authorities at Washington for set-
tlement. A people so loyal, and who have sacrificed
so much for the Union as these in this section of the State
Arc, pot only deserving of the sympathy of every lover of the

The first two results show that the Armstrong rifled
gun is a worse compromise than the old gun it was
intended to supersede. It is worthy of notice that
the velocity of the Whitworth heavy projectile after
traversing 600 yards (a good fighting range) was
1,260 feet, being 50 feet greater than the initial
velocity of the Armstrong projectile, which is 1,210
feet at the muzzle of the gun. The total results in
respect of penetration being so decidedly in favour
of Whitworth, it follows that he has adopted the
best compromise, by combining all three necessary
conditions of proper form and material of projectile
and sufficient velocity. That the velocity, though
perhaps at the muzzle of the gun slightly below
that of the smooth-bore, is sufficient when combined
with proper form and material of projectile, is shown
by the penetration result, which in the case of the
Whitworth is through and through both armour-
piste and backing, in the case of the smooth-bore is
barely through half the armour-plate, and in the
Armstrong is not half through. The form of pro-
jectiles, both shot and shell, employed by Mr.Whit-
worth for penetrating armour-plates were then de-
scribed. The material of which the projectile is
composed is what is termed homogeneous iron,
combining the toughness of copper with the hard-
t the process
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hard-
ness of steel. It undergoes a carefully regulated
annealing.field
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of the improved manufacture, so that the guns will
be constructed throughout of one uniform metal,
without any welding at all. Experience justifies
the expectation that they will be free from the ob-
jections which it is well known are inherent in all
welded guns, and be fully able to resist the severe
and searching strain that is sure sooner or later to
disable a gun built up of forged coiled tubes if it be
called upon to do its full work by discharging heavy
prejectiles at efficient velocities.
Mr. JAMES NASMYTH, F.R.A,S., said the steam
ram was an old subject with him. A plan was pro-
posed by him to the Admiralty so long ago as 1846.
He thought the more destructive you can make the
attack on your adversary the better. It was not
right to be torturing your enemy by drilling nume-
rous small holes in him; it was like taking
day to draw a tooth. (A laugh.) His a whole
idea was to
make one large hole and sink the ship at once with

the enemy. (Cheers.) It was a question of mo-
mentum. The first practical ram was the Merri-

mac, but the Southerners made a mistake in giving
her a shard end—it should be blunt, and such was

the original plan of the author, nor had he seen any

reason to alter his views. The vessel must present

as low an angle as possible to turn shot, but she
must also have strength in the direction of her

length, and use the utmost possible amount of
steam ; and, to meet the objection that the impact
might destroy the engines, which he did anticipate,
he would place the engines on a slide, with buffer
arrangements. With such a vessel he would dash
into the Warrior as into a bandbox. (A laugh.)
The plates would be crushed at once. He hoped
the Admiralty would devote a thousand pounds or
two to try the effect of a ram against an old hulk,
the ship Trusty, and afterwards at the Warrior
herself. (Cheers.)
Mr. T. WEBSTER hoped that the discussion would
not omit the question, brought before the section
by Mr. Atherton, of unsinkable ships. It was quite
clear from the late experiments that ships could not
withstand the attack of guns, and there was a
reason why we should give some attention to other
matters of ship architecture than the mere attempt-
ing to defend them by armour-plates against shot.
Admiral Sir E. BELCHER observed that in 1818
he had urged a plan of unsinkable ships to Sir
Robert Seppings, by shutting down the hatches
and using the pumps to pump in air; but this was
objected to, on the ground that it was necessary to
have an opening to keep the timbers sound. He
advised water-tanks as a backing to the sides of
ships, believing that such an arrangement would
withstand even Mr. Nasmyth's ram.
Mr. R. W. WOOLLCOMBE explained the nature
of his projectile, by means of which he got rid of
the friction caused by rifling, with no more windage,
the projectile being a disk travelling in a direction
perpendicular to its axii of rotation.

Mr. G. P. BIDDER, jun., observed that with a
smooth-bore the balls go accurately for a short dis-
tance, but afterwards they diverge in uncertain
directions, and this he showed must be the case as
well with Mr. Woollcombe's shot as with an ordi-
nary smooth-bore shot.
Captain BLAKELEY said that Mr. Aston had told
them that Mr. Whitworth was beginning to use
homogeneous metal for the inside and outside of his
guns, and he (Captain Blakeley) would encourage
him to use this, as he had for several years past
used it with great acvantage. He had made guns,
in use abroad, of large size, which would throw rifle
6001bs. shot with 801bs. of powder. The Spaniards
had such guns, and he thought the English Govern-
ment ought to give some encouragement for trials
of every kind of gun as well as rams. (Hear.)
Mr. S. SCOTT RtYSSELL, F.R.S., said at the last
meeting it was ascertained that 41--inch plates and
18 inches of wood would beat the gun, but the late
experiments had shown that we have no navy if
you keep wooden ships with iron plates. Sir W.
Armstrong fired our wooden ships, and Mr. Whit-
worth had proved that he can do the same if the
ship be plated. No ship of ordinary size was even
big enough to carry indestructible plates. Why
could nct a good fighting ship be made which
should keep out a shell ? He believed that Whit-
worth's shell would be stopped by double armour-
plates, one in front and the other behind it; but a
larger one, it was said, would be made which
would destroy any thickness of double plates,
and he believed it would be done. But
this was not the critical point. There was one
way of carrying increased thickness—namely, by
the increased size of vessel. There was, however,
another way without increasing the size—to build
the ship up to the water's edge, cover her below
the water line as far as was necessary to prevent
penetration, then diminish the battery on the deck,
and then they would have a vessel somewhat
like the Monitor, absolutely shot proof. Captain
Coles's ship was on that principle,
Dr. ROBINSON had lived long enough to learn
that such prefixes as " im" and" tm" were very
unsafe syllables to deal with. He thought, how-
ever, that the materials for unsinkable ships would
have no power of resistance. He wished to know as
to the expansion of a gun of the homogeneous metal
as compared with one on the Armstrong principle.
Mr. ASTON said that the price of the homoge-
neous metal was gradually being lowered, and that
the Whitworth gun could be produced at a lower
price than the Armstrong.
Dr. ROBINSON, in continuation, observed that
such was the arrangement of the Whitworth gun
that the friction in the barrel was reduced to a
minimum. The shot would fall from the barrel
with a very small inclination. He thought in same
respects that Mr. Woollcombe's shot promised ad-
vantages, but he pointed out disadvantages.
Mr. ASTON asked what would be the condition of
Mr. Scott Russell's ship with shells which would
penetrate 30tt. below the water line; and this Dr.
Rubinson had told them was possible. As to the
the partially-defended ship, would any captain ask
his men, some to stay in the undefended part, while
others were comfortably ensconced behind eight
inches 0: armour plate ? He (Mr. Aston) consi-
dered that guns built up of rings could never stand.
The PRESIDENT said the great difficulty about
homogeneous iron was its liability to be of unequal
quality. Mr. Whitworth took very great pains in
the manufacture, and the great danger in the case
of the coils is that they are apt to elongate.
THE MIDDLE LEVEL DAM.

Mr. THOROLD remarked that, since another dis-
aster had just occurred of which the facts were not
fully or accurately ascertained, he should not now
proceed with his paper.
Mr. WEBSTER remarked on the magnitude of
the scheme of applying syphons in this case.
He asked Mr. Appold why, in the application of
the syphons, one central valve had not been used
instead of two, one at each end. He also suggested
that the improvements made in the Ouse outfall
below Lynn might considerably have affected the
the level of the sluices.
Dr. SPENCER COBBOLD said he had that morning
come from Lynn, and as Sorat, unfounded rumours
m
might have been afloat height be allowed to state
the facts. Those who were acquainted with this
particular locality knew that there were two small
drains from the middle level near Lynn. It was
between the two drains, though further from Lynn,
that on the preceding day the waters burst through
and carried away 10 yards of the embankment,
through which the water rushed most violently.
Multitudes of people assembled to witness the de-
vastation. He might take the liberty to state that
the following evening (Tuesday), at 7 30, being the
time of high spring tide, was the period at which
the greatest injury could take place. The tide, too,
would be then almost as high as the following
morning at B'clock.
Mr. WILKINSON, who had also that morning
come from the neighbourhood of the sluice, was
happy to say that only a few acres were covered
by the water, and the consequences were not likely
to be so serious as the last speaker had hinted.
It WE,S even hoped that before the time mentioned
to-morrow evening the waters would be nearly if
not entirely cleared off.
Several questions were asked of Mr. Appold
and Mr. Thorold as to the system on which the
syphons were constructed, which were answered.
The discussion, however, did not last more than
half an hour.

A WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH AT CHELSEA.—
Yesterday the wife of a labouring man, named Ann Streotly,
was discovered frightfully burnt and unconscious in a room
of her residence, at 6, George-street, Chelsea. The unfortu-
nate creature was promptly removed to St. George's Hos-
pital, where, although she received prompt medical attend-
ance, she gradually sank, and died between two and three
hours afterwards. A short time before the discovery was
made she was observed, when last seen alive, to be appa-
rently is a state of intoxication,

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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
OPENING OF THE METROPOLITAN EXTEN-
SION TO THE ELEPHANT AND CASTLE.

Some two months since we noticed the opening
of tha first section of the London, Chatham, and
Dover company's metropolitan extension from Bat-
tersea to Herne-hill, Dulwich. We have to-day to
draw attention to the completion of the line from
Herne•hill to the Elephant and Castle, which was
thrown open for public traffic yesterday morning.
These lines form part of a system of railways which
was authorised in 1860 after one of the most pro-
tracted Parliamentary contests on record, and by
them an independent access to both the City and
West end was secured to the London, Chatham, and
Dover Railway Company. A short description of
the whole may not be uninteresting.
In 1853 the original East Kent Railway, as it
was then called, received the sanction of the legis-
lature. This line was laid out to accommodate the
district lying between Strood and Canterbury. In
1855 the Dover Extension was passed, by which a
direct route to Dover was secured.
The first section of the line from Strood to
Faversham was opened to the public at the end of
1857, and soon after this it became apparent that
the South-Eastern Railway Company, having the
means, would very naturally not lose the opportu-
nity of securing, as far as they could, the traffic of
the competing line, the only access to the metro-
polis being over the North Kent Railway. The
W astern Extension line was, therefore, applied for,
and, after being defeated in one session, a renewed
application to Parliament met with success.
The Western Extension running from Strood,
where it forms a junction with the line previously
opened, passed by Cobham, Darenth, and St. Mary
Cray and Bickley, at which point it joins the Mid-
Kent Railway and St. Mary Cray line, and the
traffic was proposed to be taken via Beckenham and
the Crystal Palace to the Victoria station.
In the session of 1859 a short line was applied for
from Beckenham to the Brighton Company's line at
Sydenhatn, but the latter company declining to
forward the traffic to London-bridge, on account
of the already crowded state of their line, the
London, Chatham, and Dover Company in the
autumn of 1859 deposited, and in 1860 obtained, the
Metropolitan Extension Act for railways extending
from Beckenham, under Sydenham-hill, to Dul-
wich, where the line bifurcates, one branch taking
the route of Brixton and Clapham, joining the
Brighton line near the bridge over the Thames at
Battersea, and the other, passing through Camber-
well and Walworth, crosses the river a few yards
below Blackfriars-bridge, and terminates at Far-
ringdon-street, throwing out a spur line which,
passing under Skinner-street and Snow-hill, forms
a junction with the Metropolitan Railway, near
Victoria-street, and by it gets access to the Great
Northern and Great Western Railways.
As stated above the portion opened yesterday ex-
tends from Herne-hill to the Elephant and Castle,
a distance of 23, miles, of which nearly 4,000 yards
are on a viaduct, consisting of 347 arches and 25
girder bridges.
The first brick of the viaduct was laid on the 28th

January, 1861, and from that date to the present no
exertion has been spared to expedite the work,
some notion of the extent of which may be obtained
from the fact that 26,000,000 of bricks and 850 tons

of wrought iron have been used in its construction.
The station at Camberwell New-road is complete,
and is of pleasing design and convenient arrange-
ment. _

At Walworth only a temporary station is pro-
vided while the permanent one, which will be of
considerable extent, is erecting.
From the Elephant and Castle the works are being
rapidly carried on towards the Thames, and the
bridge over the river at Blackfriars is being con-
structed. A delay of 18 months has occurred in this
latter work from the indisposition evinced by the
City authorities to decide upon a design for the re-
building of Blackfriars-bridge, on which the gene-
ral details of the railway bridge must necessa-
rily depend, and it was only a few weeks since
that the company received permission to proceed.
In this time, however, progress has been made in
the cofferdams on either side of the river.
The bridge, when complete, will consist of five
spans, ranging between 159 and 183 feet, and will
be for four lines of railway, the whole being carried
on lattice girders; it is expected that it will be
finished in about 18 months from this date. The
line from Walworth to Blackfriars, where a large
goods depot will be erected, will be opened next
summer.

On the line between Beckenham and Herne-hill
the works are considerable, comprising a tunnel of
upwards of 2,000 yards in length, through the Lon-
don clay; many cuttings and bridges, and a viaduct
of a quarter of a mile long. Of these the tunnel,
which forms the measure of the time for opening,
will be finished by the latter end of next summer, so
that we hope to have to report the completion of
the entire route, both to the Victoria station and
Blaekfriars-bridge, by September next.
An inspection of the line yesterday convinced us
of the substtintial manner in which the whole of the
works have been carried out, reflecting great credit
on all concerned.
Messrs. Pato, Betts, and Crampton are the con-
tractors for the entire line, and the works have been
executed under the directions of Messrs. J. Cubitt
and F. T. Turner, the joint engineers of the under-
taking, under the immediate superintendence of
Mr. W. H. Thorn, the resident engineer.
The company run 26 trains each way daily, and
we have no doubt that when developed the traffic
will quite equal that on the North London Rail-
way.

THE PROPOSED GARIBALDI MEE7ING

IN THE CI7Y.

A meeting of the committee of gentlemen who
have interested themselves in getting up the City
rcqviisition to the Lord Mayor for convening a pub-
lic meeting of the citizens of London, at Guildhall,
to express sympathy with Garibaldi, and to protest
against the French occupation of Rome,was held last
evening at the Guildhall Coffee-house, King-street,
Chcapside. Amongst the gentlemen present were
the Rev. Dr. Lester, Messrs. Richardson and Bennett,
common councilmen ; and Messrs. Barker, Law-
rence, Lloyd Jones, Bennett, T. Malleson, Morris,
Stapleton, J. R. Taylor, Sex, Moir, Straker, Lant-
ley, Steele, Braby, Bolgin, It Smith, &c.
Mr. H. PARRY, Q.C., was called to the chair.
He said the meeting had been called together not
for speechmaking but for business. The hon. sec-
tary (Mr. Richardson) would commence the business
by reporting the proceedings, as far as they had
gone.
Mr. RICHARDSON read letters approving the ob-
ject of the meeting, several containing subscriptions,
from a large number of gentlemen, including Mr.
Western Wood, M.P. ; Mi% Locke, M.P.; Rev. Dr.
Spence, 11. r. Montagu Chambers, Dr. Ross, Mr. S.
Morley, Dr. Epps, and several members of the com-
mon council. He said the Lord Mayor had con-
sented, on the receipt of a numerously signed requi-
sition, to grant the use of the Guildhall for the
meeting, the object of which he approved. A draft
of the resolutions to be submitted to the meeting
had been shown to his lordship, and he quite coin-
cided with them. He had no doubt the Lord Mayor
would take the chair at the meeting if requested to
do so by a deputation from the committee.
Several gentlemen having expressed an opinion
that it would add greatly to the weight of the meet-
ing if the Lord Mayor would preside, it was resolved,
on the motion of Mr. Morris, seconded by Mr. Law-
rence, that the committee wait upon the Lord Mayor
to request him to do so.

It was also resolved, on the motion of Mr. Bar-
ker, seconded by Mr. Bennett, that the meeting be
held at the Guildhall of the City at two o'clock on
Tuesday, the 14th instant, subject to the approval
of the Lord Mayor.
Messrs. Bennett, Lawrence, Moir, Malleson, Bar-
ker, the Rev. Dr. Lester, with the chairman and the
hon. secretaries, Messrs. Taylor and Richardson,
were then appointed as a sub-committee to arrange
the resolutions and the other details of the meeting,
It was mentioned by Mr. Moir previous to the
adjournment, that Messrs. Taylor, Stansfeld, and
Ashurst would return from Spezzia before the end
of the week, and would be able to communicate
some interesting facts to the public meeting.