The New York herald., 1875-10-18

carries 24o gallons OF water and about ton Of coal
All the machinery Of the locomotive Is on the top and
sides Of the boiler and from the front projects with
graceful curve the smokestack = The gauge Is feet
"a inches that being the width OF the tramways used
"a the coal mines before Stephenson was born and,
srange 70 say y Is the gauge retained on the great
majority o. the railways Of the world
THE LATEST ENGLISH LOCOMOTIVE.
AS before said, by the side Of old Locomotion,
TOT contrasts sake, stands one Of the very latest
gines out q the shop What startling growth IN both
size and strength No LOGS Is over "A feet long;
hef Welght y SlA tons the pressure OF to the
square men permitted is from 100 to 240 pounds; the
fore wheels are four feet high and the ,drversi six
feet Tho tender IA feet long carries 400 gallons Of
water and seven tons OF fuel, and she has done a
mile minute with SIX passenger coachea She cost
G3, 200 which seems a large sum by the side of her
G400 grandparent, Locomotion-
Recommending our survey and taking the locomo-
tiyes IN regular chronological order, next encounter
the Invcta, an engine butt in 1880 and sent for ex-
hibton by the south Eastern Railway Company. Tho
lnyicta was the first engine built with the cylin-
dor the side like the American locomotives
Strange it may appear all English locomotives have
the cylinders underneath the boiler and power
municated to the driving wheels by cranks the
axles The connecting rods on the outside and the
double drivers" do not appear TO be IN use any
The Auckland built by Timothy Hackworth, in
1889 is the in order she was guaranteed 10 do
fifteen miles hourn Six wheels, connected by rods
used in this engine and Ia some places the strain
the crank pins appeared to have been very great
The Dart constructed IN IS40 has larger wheels
and warranted 10 travel thirty miles an hour she
is active service the Stockton and Darlington limo
to this hour and the whecls and gear still en-
ployed the boiler only having been renewed. There
are some engines OF elaborate workmanship from
the best shops OF ALlyerpool-one named
the Huddersacld being large locomotive IN winch
steel tires and a copper sencircular irebox Win
dome top are introduced Tho mammoth engine OF the
lot is the Colossus, sent for exhibition by the Great
Northern whose driving wheels are eight ieet three
inches IN diameter She is good' Tor sixty mics an
hour with any ordinary passenger train, and makes
this time in every one OF the trips Of the Edinburgh
mail, otherwise known as the Flying Scotchman.
of the jubilee opened unproptously, but before nine
O'Clock the skies bright aud all the world looked
fair and smiling Darlington was rich in flags, iostoons
Of flowers. strings OF lamps, gas devices, crowns,
wreaths, escutcheons riumpha arches and the thou
sand and one indications of happy hearts and homes
Special trains began TO arrive before daylight and at
not less than 40 600 visitors were added to the
population ofDarlington
A procession of the railway employees formed
after There were loyal sons of Vulcan and sons
OF temperance-whether loyal not TO be best
proved by tapping keg Of whiskey beer. The pro-
cession then proceeded to the railway station meet
Lord Mayor Stone Of London, who arrived with all hs
suite and the four traditional trumpeters The Lord
Mayor OF London welcomed by the Mar
qus of Londonderry, the Marquis Of Rpon,
Lord Feversham, Lord Wenock, the Hon
Wadegraye Leslie the Dean OF Durham and Sir Fl. and
Lady Havelock. The procession then started back to
the market place TO witness the unvcilng Of statue
to the late Joseph Pease NJ. Il, who champloned the
railway in Parliament and was the first Quaker ever
sent TO that body. The houses fronting upon the
square were crowded. Here the Duke of Cleveland
joined the throng, and descending from his carriage
stepped up to the monument, sad--''I ask that this
be formally unveiled" The statue then laid
bare amid the widest expressions OF joy The Duke of
Cleveland followed in very appropriate speech and
closed by presenting the Statue, behalf OF the sub
scrbcrs, 10 the town Of Darlington. Alderman Luck
received the gift on behalf OF the city.
THE STATUE
is nne feet high Joseph Pease is represented as
OF about ntty years OF age and is in modern
tune He stands bolt upright his left hand resting by
his side and his right thrust into his wastcoa and
across his breast in the attitude familiar TO him when
he was about to make hit in Que OF those manly
4 direct SpecCnes for which he had ACQUIRED
head is bare and the hair is brushed back IN defiant
style The rugged neaments OF the face the deter
mined stare, the genuine English cut Of the whiskers
the very paleto and the od-iashioned seal hanging
down from under his vest ali characteristic Of
4 the he bore himself in life, and the like
| ness-which was taken from picture painted from a
| PHOTOGRAPHERS good that the wonder is that so
admirable a counterfeit presentment could be made
by sculptor who had never met him in the flesh The
statue is elevated on square pedestal with square
base; tho upper portion is OF red Aberdeen granite
polished, with bronze panels, and the lower of pray
\ granite unpolishcd. The panels are adorned with
bassireevi illustrating remarkable phases in tho
career of the deceased. On one he Is shown in The
House Of Commons, talking to Lord pamerston and
surrounded by group of members. The lkeuesses OF
! Sir Francis Burdett sJoe" Hume and others can bo
distinctly recognized In another, illustrative of his
Efforts in the cause of education, number of Sunday
school children at class cleverly reproduced The
third panel is devoted to his commercial and manufac-
turing hoors, and railway engines, ships and other
emblems of progress exhibited, and in the fourth
which is the most artistic OF ALL number OF emanci-
paed negro slaves are powerfully depicted rendering
thanks to those who struck OIL their fetters The
design is by George A. Lawson, the sculptor OF the
\ Wellington Monument at Liverpool opposite St
| Georges Hall II cost $40 600
| Among those present were the following:-Sir
! Charles Adderley Bart, X. G. NJ G. Frederick f. b.
! b. Beaumont, ~ p B. Wentworth Beaumont NJ. r.
John Crossley, NJ p Colin N. Campbell, NJ p Major
General Amber Cole, Lord Decies, Sir George w.
Denys, Bart Isaac Fletcher NJ. r. ; viscount Gort,
Colonel Hutchinson, X. E. SIR Henry Haveock Bart.
Nj. p. John Homs NJ. p. W. n. Heygate NJ
Sir H. Johnstone, Bart, NJ p; w. H. James NJ p
Sir J. II. Kennaway, Bart, NJ. r ; Sir James Lums-
den, George Leeman, NJ r.; s. s. Lloyd, NJ. p
Sir A. f. Aonck, Bart NJ p General Malcolm, c. NJ
/ Norwood, NJ p Sir Frederick Peel r. C. NJ G. Sir
Richard Green Price, Bart; c. NJ Palmer NJ p
Colonel Rich, E.; Sir John Swinburne, Bart. A G.
Sheriff, NJ. p; b. samuelson, NJ. p; Digby Seymour,
/ Q C.; Sir Harry Verney Bart; Lord Wenock; SIR S.
/ II. Waterow, Bart, III. p; Sir G. Whetham, Sir W..
| Wright c. II. Wilson, NJ. r, and John Whitwell NJ p.
Some of the foregoing are stopping with the local gen
try such as J. V Pease, NJ p Hutton Hall; E, Back
house, NJ. p, Middleton Lodge; Mr. Peasc of Brink
| burn; Mr. Pease, OF Piermont Mrs. Peasc of North
| Lodge; Joseph Dodd, NJ p, Stockholm Mr. Wilson
Todd of Halnaby Hall; the Lord Bishop Of Durham and
/ Bishop Auckland
The ceremonies OF unveiling the statue occupied tho
greater part OF the afternoon and at its conclusion the
invited guests to the number Of $50 wended their way
TO tho great tent in which the banquet was served
There thirty eight tables and the dinner was fur
nshed by one of London's most fashionable caterers
The music was furnished by Godrey's Band, OF the
Grenader Guards The usual toasts to 'The Queen y
'sThe Ministry and ''rhe Railway" were given The
banquet ended about eleven O'Clock. Then followed a
great display OF fireworks after which trains carried
the visitors to the neghborng cities and towns OF Salt
burn on the sea, Durham and YORK where they were
TO find sleeping accommodation for the night
To-day has been occupied in excursions to tho iron
works and machine shops IN the counties of Durham
and North Yorkshire, which possess special features
worthy of note.
GROSVENOR ON FINANCE.