New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-25
ONE DAY LATERrR0 EUROPE
ARRIVAL OF THE OCEAN oUKHN.


TIE stesDer Ocsss Qaesa from Hsvrs AID ssaA-
snysos O. the E<s tnss-, a-rived sess iaa sssk
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Reheii Sspkensos, tss sEirest cog neex, as1 -
the lsh inst N Loseos. AID IS. Be vS e'ra q
WLsrgtcr No.tha sh-sisnd DEF Is. 1873 vss $500
to sobcol q. Leg Botos ard % 1914 plscsd viiA Mr.
Rroe- n Newcastle. He SOFA shesed Q ts<e fN
r<easfic- sn4 became . member Of tie Se~cs,.is
Lterxy ana Pblosophicai Issti'sti'e- froa the j.
b,,r, RI vb;eh be took books 70 study v.:A ha
father a, hoDe 90 Saturday sserso".s. TIE Rev.
Wu Tuner oos o. the Secretaries Of ths irsstsi'ss.
,;ssS aim Ia 1915 be sss sppreeiioed 70 SnAsA
Wood q oos-vieser, sad made aimed eco as'sts1
with the unschiesry Of oos!-nin0g. In 1871 a't
tier became .b,. 70 seri bin 70 Eiihoorsh sivefs
for si,ss session Here he attended sse 'e'snfes
OF DR.. Hope OF Chemistry, Sur Jcsn Leslie on SAiera
Philosophy, ard Prof JAMESON 90 Geo. ~ asa Ia.
.raJogy. He gaisee mathematical pnre learned
Row 70 lesIn, ard returned hone IN ISL In ls>z 10
va apprerticsd TO bis father IN has oc'n's'e
sc,ory. but his health fsl.ng il 1924 be wes' 70
STR amer.e. 20 Examine gold an slvU mses.
U.vu recalled thercs BY his fstasr, A. reached
home in Deceuber, 1877. DE nov TOOK u
.ctiys pa-t IN the eisccssioa Of the sss
locons;ives on the Liverpool and MSeaes'es
Railway snd aided biz father in the constr acs'es o.
the successful ensire, although he gives iAe credit
the ,ubular boiler TO h. father and Ar. Heary BsSs-
He was Ie1t npleyed on . branch OF that raissy-
BEFORE il vss conpletea be surveyed sad undertook
the construction Of the Leicester and Ssaasnssse
Rsl.sy and on the coupse.ioc Of that work ne ssr-
viewed the hre Of the l. pdon and B'rmirshsn Kali
way, was appointed ia engineer, and en"vea 70
London He bu,l, il in the four years from iesN
1888. He devoted much time To Improvements IN tbs
locomotive engine and after 1888 ~as engaged on
nan, Enes of railway. But be Ma msst remarkable
for the v.sness Of Of his prof cts, such ~ the
high level brege over the Tyne at Ns~c>sie, the
,isduc, over the Tweed Valley a. Berwick, sDd the
Britannia Tubular Bridge over the MsnS Strait,
c0nceDton the novelty OF which vas evea
more striking t.sa It's magnitude. This was epsae4
in $50. He was also consulted TO the Bel
gisn lipes of railway, IS 70 Line In NorSsy
be.sesn Chri,tApia and Lake Moseo, for which he
rec. iv.d the Grand Cross Of the Order OF ST. Olaf
sod as TO the railway between Florence and Lsgsora-
He visited Switzerland for the sane pur poss. He
designed and was constructing the Vic.ors tabular
bridge over the st Lawrence, near Montreal. Itis
lot long sirce be completed the 40 miles Of railway
letve.n Cairo and AeIsndris, With two tubular
bridges. He w. lately constructing an immense
Besides these labors he mas been member OF Paris
me ut from whitby, in Yorkshire. since 1871. 10 1875
he pAid of 9 debt Of $4,000 for the Neg
castle Literary and Philosophical Society. He
aided Pazzi Smyth 10 bis investigations u
Tsreriffe. He Was an honorary but sctive men,
Der Ct the London Sanitary sud Ssvsras, Com
missions, Fellow Of the Royal Society member OF
the Institution of Civil Engineers sin 1880 OF wh,ch
institution he was member of Counci during the years
1916 to si7 and President during the years 1856 ssd
ls57. He received great gold m.cai Of honor fcou
the French Exposition lndustre Of 1855 and Is said
to have declined an offer of knigbthood in Great
Britain. lie vas also the author Of . sork Os the
, locomotive Steam EOgiLe,' and another " Os the
Atmospheric Rsilway System, Published in qasrt0sy
| Wesls.
Lord Clyde is expected to leave India early in
January.
Sir Cusstk Roney has sent in his resignation Of SEQ
retary, &c. to the Grand Trunk Rslxay Of Caasds
Mr. Ten Broeck's horses, Stake and Pricress, wsro
beaten in running for tie Cesaiewitch stakes a. New
market on the 18th inst, Saks coming In fourth, ssd
Prioress fifth. The race was won by Sir w. Booths
mare Artess.