The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-16 00:00:00

to be performed. Before the engine started two
luckless sheep were dragged forward, and under-
went the process of having their throats cut, one of ,
each of the rails over which the engine would pass.
The blood of these first victims to rapid iccomotion
had an ugly appearance as it lay sprinkled over the
line. It tended, nevertheless, to reassure some of 1
the Pasha's attendants, who did not seem to partake
of the general eagerness to possess themselves of
their seats, On the strength of this propitiatory
offering they composed their countenances and
hoped for the best, though one might see that their
faith was sorely tried by the effort. We stopped for
some minutes at Medjidieh, a large village, rather
more than half way along the line, which
the recent Tartar immigration has increased,
in appearance, at least, to the proportions
of a town. Here large numbers of people
were assembled to witness our arrival, and a strange
and motley assemblage it looked. The distinctive
features and costumes of the different races—Turks,
Greeks, Albanians, Bulgarians, and several varieties
of Tartars, among whom many of the women wore
large rings in their noses—might be noted at a
glance ; nor did the discharging of the carriages de-
tract from the effect. There were naval, military,
consular, and other uniforms of almost every nation
of Europe to be seen on the platform. What struck
me, too, at first sight, was the number of English-
men wearing the uniforms of officers in the army.

One could almost have imagined the Crimean war
had broken out anew. I took to inquiring, and the
illusion vanished. The gentlemen were no more
officers in her Majesty's army than I am. With
the exception of Major Stokes, of the Engineers,
one of our Danubian Commissioners, not one of the
martial-looking personages who had caught my eye
was, as far as I could ascertain, entitled to the uni-
form he wore. The conceit is a harmless one in
Turkey, and, no doubt, the gentlemen in question
would manifest too much respect for their charac-
ters to sport their red coats and striped trousers on
the platform of the Paddington or Euston-square
station.

On arriving at Tchernavoda we found a luncheon
prepared in one of the corn warehouses newly built
by the company on the bank of the Danube. These
warehouses, handsomely built of stone, are three in
number, of which one alone is as yet nearly finished.
They are of uniform size and contain three floors
apiece. When completed they will be capable of
containing altogether 80,000 quarters of wheat, the
greater portion of which may be shot directly into
the company's trucks in a very short space of time.
This desideratum is, of course, effected by means of
trams, on which the tracks run right under the
centres of the various compartments of the granary.
Luncheon over, the party immediately returned to
Kustendjie, where an excellent dinner was pro-
♦ided by Mr. Missirie, of the Hotel d'Angleterre,
Pera, at the New Railway Hotel, in the garden of
which a shed had been erected, and decorated for
the purpose. Mere than 100 persons sat down to
table without the slightest crowding or inconve-
nience. The• health of his Imperial Majesty the
Sultan was proposed by Mr. Price, and that of her
Majesty the Queen by EthemPasha. After a num-
ber of other toasts usual on such occasions the com-
pany separated, all highly pleased with the events
of the day. Ethem Pasha over and over again ex-
pressed his gratification at what he had seen, and
his hope that ere long undertakings of a similar
nature would be similarly commenced and con-
ducted in the Turkish empire.