The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-03 00:00:00

lar ridgy Don, ac- Princess f iglilleSB ) ridge is i v e d at Eiestra, ac returned follow gouge- - rd Claud 3 Russell, )svenor r Seven" ratford stchurch. lence in ear Cold- 3-sf resi at Fells, esidenc e the Duke ,y after' tanhope r Seven" the daY• St. bridge , honoured ;once last An Board ring_gar- 35 in il3 o ° , £139,7 , N GTO) I . nhabittmt he parish memor ial we in the L the Ine ,oara • g divided r Trinity, vestry . 10 ; 11°1Y 'cried St. the ° lin' : s ha d 1u- The e strYla ell being num bers ea of 3 ° Notting- vu wards ba t ther e lid object ren them 3ts before 4vreeil alt e number ess we ll ? e referred 7 ,- to c°lll - to the Ls carried go C 495° Lorised to for net visonou,' ;ire, a nd ttrge s wm drainage oient to ,bo 131 " a Le sew er,- „ division ist iV 13 ; u t, there Drain a g e cow ittea for 0 ° i n t o to the L it act to it is e f i; bae7 for g to effoctill. i d tic° Or vas eferr co0"- 14 izsT. ion with a g esst of 3 47 ft. 1 or i n ter , the t 4 9 °7' ed pa rt : , I fill ed 111 iy. T i ' d e g rounl pre of 01,664 s dal3l of 09 cub g ickw ° '„ yea ster'', As a , Ift.bt's' a 'tea, f ).3 bo, w ithin late 0. 4 au, an .t. of ° je t the Pt, f eewe— vojue of the Pgst u p to all feet of feet t . ea, a nd a ,119 ‘ 4 ro , h )f h t the Pas . . rice oil It 1,365 ng b a" 149, 0° s hores 41, 000 The anted at ince!' boa rd DIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL NTELLIGIMN' TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market, to-day, is still easier, and in rather less demand. Business in the Foreign Market is dull, but prices generally are a shade firmer. Greek Bonds are quoted 121- 13f ; Mexican Stock, 29-1- 201; Turkish 5 per Cents. 38i 39*. The first ordinary meeting of shareholders in the General Irrigation and Water Supply Company of France was held yesterday under the presidency of Mr. R. S. Lane. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the share holders upon the fact that the affairs of the com pany more than realised the most sanguine expecta tions which were held out in the prospectus, sanguine as some of those statements were. The works Undertaken upon the Verdon were being carried on with every prospect of their being completed within the period and within the price originally stipulated. In addition to that he was glad to inform the meet ing that two canals had been undertaken, one of Which would assuredly be completed before the next meeting, and with the rents derived from that would afford them an opportunity of putting in their next b alance-sheet an item which did not appear on their present one, namely, that of profit and loss. He did not wish to hold out expectations as to the amount of that profit, but he felt it to be a very important element, auguring well for future stability and suc cess, that they were thus early affording practical proof of the correctness of those anticipations which were at the onset themselves somewhat theoretical. After some further remarks relative to the capitali sation of the water rents, showing the advantageous nature of the arrangement, and expressing a hope, almost amounting to a conviction, that before long the committee of the English Stock Exchange would grant a quotation, the speaker concluded by reading au extract from the Molaiteur, in which great stress Was laid upon the benefits which must inevitably accrue to the country from the irrigating canals undertaken by the company. After a very slight discussion the report was adopted. Two O'CLOCK. The Funds are firmer, but very little business has been negotiated as usual on Saturday. Con sols close at 86 87 for transfer, and at 871 a for k arell. Very few dealings are recorded in the official list for investment or on speculation. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 864 87 ; Exchequer Bills, 7s. to 2s. dis. ; Bank of England Stock, 247; India Stock, 210 ; and ditto 5 per Cents, 1021. Business in the Foreign Market is quiet. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 381 391; Mexican, 201 ; ditto New, 174 181; Greek, 121 13 ; Spanish Passive, 244 25 ; the Certificates, 13i j ; Italian, 611- a ; the Confederate Loan, 5 6 ; Brazilian Scrip, Prem. ; and Egyptian Railway Scrip, } * prem. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been on a limited scale. A firmer tone, however, has been apparent. Great Northern and Midland hav e each improved £1 ; Great Eastern and North Eastern (Berwick) each ; and Great Western and South Eastern, each I. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained without moderate change, with the exception of Grand Trunk of Canada, which have reached about 2 per cent. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, although prices generally are well supported. London and County are de in at 761 ; Alliance at 261 xd ; tioion of Australia, at 501 51 ; London Financial, , at 151 a ; National viscount at 14i 15i ; and uverend, Gurney, and Company, at 191 ; Lon cl.°l3. Steam Towing Company Shares are ;quoted 4 2 prem. ; and Chas: Laffitts and Co., 331 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. s Der Cent. Consols NDo. Account, Feb. 8 B6l Per Cent. Reduced Ne w 3 per C en t B7 6f 41 861 1 7 ir 3i per Cent. Jan. 1894 ___. Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 _ 4111 nuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — ~ o (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — 'lchequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. 7 2 De. £5OO 7 2 Do £lOO and £2OO Ba nk of England Stock, 5 per Cent 1 4 DIA-isT GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. '"an Stock, 14 per Cent., April 1874 2lO Do Account O. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent, Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — T Do. 5 er Cent., Jan. 1872 `', O . 5 i per Cent., May 1879 — uo. 4 per Cent, Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — D o under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. & b as trian Bonds, 5 per Ce n t, 1859 stazilian 5 per Cent — D O. 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 — DAccount 741 8 • £.3" • 13 • cr, a ad 11 ,enos Ayres pe p r i i Pm Cent — ',.., 0 . Account , uo 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ,hilian 6 per Cent — C 3) °. 4-1 per Cent — r,olouabian 6 per Cent. V ib al. 6 per Cent. a h tn sh 3 per Cent., 1825 '-',O. 4 per Cent., 1863 — D 4- ' O . 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — D°anubian Principalities 72i tk i) Account llador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — t 0 ., Pro v i s i ona l L an d W arran t — 'Ptian 7 per Cent — '-' n °., Second I 0 £lOO Bonds ssue — T ., Do. 1864 . 92k r'-'0 Bonds ee k £loo 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons • - go. Account ..o. Coupons n o • , - , ou t. ,''' • Account i,,_lateinala 5 per Cent. — .44 4 5 per Cent, 1865 1),0 Account 414'0. Maremmana Railway — e ricati 3 per Cent v O . Account Dn 1864 — 4 ' -)43 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — „,entevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid 00 rish I Granamperia da l 5 per Cent eNv pc. 2 per Cent — -0 ,0 Deferred 1) 4-'0 Land Warrants (Hectares) D 6 per Cent, 1864 p e. Guaranted, 4 per Cent e llrvian 5 per Cent D. A ccoun t ° o• 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Pe 4i, per Cent., 1862 I , u 0 A ccount — Dgliese 3 per C en t. , 1853 3 per Cent. ' 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3 — AZ s 0 : Account "'s,sian, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 4 i per C ent. 185 0 D° 9 Per Cent., 1860 D 0 5 Per Cent. 1859 ti n 0 per Cent. 1862 tio,4 5 per Cent. 1861 , 'man 5 per Cent 460 £1.(0 Bands — 4,„ ° : 1 -,i Per Cent '''''' s i a 3 per Cent 0 to. Account 1)0 ° ANero Deferred — D 3 Account 0 I'll SIVO - 1,, , ,?.4 .e c0unt 241 i. elk" Cert. of Coup not funded — li, , 0 Account — Irish 4 per Cent. — Tti t t 9 Per Cent. 1864 per Cent. 1854 — DO Accou n t 9l 0° ) A Per Cent. 1858 1) o ceount 7O 1 D o £lOO Bo n d s — o (16 per Cent. 1862 )? .1.00 Bonds 0 ) , , o 6 per Cent., 1863 — D O `' , 0 per Cent. 1865 — D O e r i . aid 381 9i 8 V e ,, : 1 .1 , 10 1' o c a lif c r u' o 11 11 1 11 e 3 ti t a t Cent. Guaranteed 3 per Cont. D O 6 Per Cent., 1864 — Diitch Pividends on the above payable in London. Po, 4 ..1' Pe" rout., Ex. 12 Guil 6l F ren c h _per Cent. Certificates — I tali an itente 3 5 s per Cent. .I) A per Cent. 1861, Ex. 25f. ° 4L ecount ' 61i Co nsol s 6l} O'CLOCK -B°lB for ii:9'l-,_ . . money , .iccount .- 86i 7 j D. ....................... sale Two • -- B. F. railroad contractors in Ohio, named , , and C. D. E aton, have absconded with $lO,OOO be et.,-" to the Cleveland and Toledo Ra. 'atil ed two thousand labourers out Pf small Sli ilroad me. They - ttNiel4lßlCNtlic SHARK Great Northern, 4 per cent., rd. at 10 per cent. pm., 101 Great Western, 4 per cent irred , 91 North Staffoi dshire, 21 PREFErtENCE SHARES AND,STOCKts, Midland A and B £5 pf, 1 6 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL: , London Tilbury, and Southend, 90 Preston and Wyre, 42, roRicIGN EtAILWAYB. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 11i (Treat Luxembourg, 14 Sambre and Meuse, 91 San Paulo. lim. , ,ua. 6 per cent., 14 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, F titElt4N IIN Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 4} rootino and tsolivia old, lim., St. John del Itey, lim., 50i DOCKS. East and Nest India, 1304 3o BANKS. Alliance, 11m.. 261 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 121 / Bank of Egypt, 33f Bank of London. 13S 49 Barned's Bank, lim., 101 Chartered Bank os India, Australia, and China, 23 Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 10 European Bank, Bra. 111 Hindustan, China, and Japan, 11m.,:171 Imperial Bank, lim.. 261 Imperial Ottoman. ill 13 Ditto, new, 12 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 4} London 13.,nk of nexico and S. America, lim., 12} 111 London and Brazilian aim.), 41 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23} London and County, 76 4 5 6/ London. Joint Stock, 474 London and South-Western, Urn., 19} • London and estminster, 93i 3 Midland Bank, lim., 20 Oriental Bank Corporation. 51 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., 61 7} 7 61 Union of Australia, 50i 1 Union of London, 511 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Berlin Water Works, lira., 11} 11 Bo • bay Gas, lim., 51 Ceylon Company, 9; China Steam hip and Labuan Coal Company, 2 Credit Concler and Mobilier of Englauh, £3* 1 Ditto, issued at a prem., of which £2:is to pay, 5} Crystal Palace, 35} East India Irrigation and Canal, 8 Ebbw Vale, 8} Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 41 English and Foreign Credit, 41 1 Gen. Credit and Finance 01 Loudon, lim..: 51 1 Hudson's Bay, 16 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 61 Indian Carrying, Bra., 1 International Financial society, lim., 51 } Joint Stock Discount, 1im.,:41 5 London Financial Association. Lim 151 National Discount c ompany, 143 15/ National ProvincialPi.arlue, 11 'Northern Assam Tea, lim, - DAto. B. Z.l Oriental Gas, lira., 51 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 19/ } Quebrada Land, tt.ail, and Mining, Urn., 4j Smith, Knight, anti Co., lim., 13 Union Marine, Liverpool, lim., 31 lJniversal_hlarLue, Insurance, lim., 33 SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. -0-- - ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. paid.) Closing Business 1 Price. done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n..... 93 95 129 30 94 96 13 15 4i 54 68 70 70 72 Corn w,ll Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & b.Junc. &London, ccrip Certi. 1/0. Glasgow & S. Western Great. Eastern, Ord. s tk. Do. E. Angl. st No. •?. 114 116 38 34 7 8 (Great NorthOt Scotland Great Northern , 27 128 145 146 D,. A stock - - Do. B stock Do. I\ ew, is. at 25 pn , Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. MM.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford. 92 91 58/ 59, 39 41 34 37 tOl ;63 120 121 ts 9 9) 9 , 98 35 3? Lanc +shire & Yorkshire L ,ndon and Blackwell Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., 'hat., and Dovrr Do. Metrop. s.x. A Lon. & ortil Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do Extension 1251 126} 93 V 5 5 , 4 54 136 137 21 3 p I lip 99 101 Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and t-t. John'sW'd Mid and Do. £9 Share. 123 124 1 4 lil 92 94 Do, Birmin Derb) mid Kent North British 58 59 F Do. Ed., Pth& Dun. Nth. Eastern — Berwick, , ern—Berwick, Do. G.N•E purchss, Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle .... Do. stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-6 I North London 7 28 111 112 72 73 105 106 36 38 10 ii p, 124 '26 2 21 2 2 75 7 11 12 7 4 147 149 64 68 112 114 Do. do. 1864 .... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central scot. N. E ,Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. st Jek Shropshire Union 'South Devon south E stern 55 57 74 74i 'itaioes, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornw RITIS El 1' Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born.,Baroda, Cen.ln. Du.s per cent.. o. Y shares Buffalo & Lake Huron' Do Preference Buff.,Brant,& Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & S. E., lien 'ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Bengal, gu. ' 5 do East liidiau, gu. 5 p.c. Do J Extension ;rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist .*ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr. t. Bonds. Do. do. deterred ... Do. ?d Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred ... Du. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per oent Do. New gua. 6 p. c t. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . if per cent., Do.. great W. a. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 8 p. c. 8d.4. pay 1873 1 , 0. 5, do. pay. 1877-8 fndian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 42 do. Do. 4; do Do. Filth Extensiou Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel & Hudson's fay.. N.lll.C'da, 6pc lstpf.bs. clnde Do. Delhi Do. do g o ut Do.lndus Pun jaub g o ut Do.lndus St Flo (xi LoNIAL GONER: I British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31, 1372. lean.GOv.6 p.c.ja.tt July 1877-S4 Do 6 p. o. Feb. & Aug D Y. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept ')o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p y.. Inscribed sk Cape (*.Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 Oo.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: IEIO-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and Y 5 um., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1864, 6 p.( Do. 1878, do Mauritius, n p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1,78 )o. 1882, May .5, Nov. - Do. 1 , 495, Feb. & Aug.. _Natal .ov. h per cent.., N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.l uly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p •c., 1866, Do. 5 p.c. 18 1 to 187, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... .. ova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 queenel and Gov. 6 p. C 3. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c Do. 1878 & upwards ' Vic,liov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, ,pril & Oct BRIT I cam. Coneol. void, lim IChiverton clifford malgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist i'rakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) Last Cara•ion East Carn Brea r.ast Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. W'i Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StAubyn(G wen. Great L ‘xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal tsusy G. Wheal Vor Heist t, Grenville Herod's Foot Elingston °owns Margaret (Uny Lelant Harke Valley riwyncly Iron Ore, lira New Sc con North Roskear Ni.Wh '1 Bassett (Illogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence Uny lant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. k Mogan stray Park Tin Croft •• Vigra and Cl gan, , West Hassett(lllogan W. Caradon (14 , skeard West Chi verton West Seton . Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setou Wheal Treiawney 8 145 150 3 p 101 103 51 53 - 53 63 0 10 id ip 61 Ci 10 11 75 80 96 98 60 TO 100 102 100 101 10i 103 38 39 87 89 66 68 57 n 57 59 52 57 46 60 42 46 35 36 31 35 101 103 P 1 P Ai 100 91 93 16} 6i 4* 4 I 92 94 84 6 1 4€l 93 100 90 92 86 88 64 66 8 82 98 99 98 99 a I 9S 99 IT SECU 93 95 93 56 93 96 79 81 76 s 101 103 104 106 104 106 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 I 8 102 11 , 4 iO3 , 05 103 105 101 ;06 99 01 93 1,5 92 94 87 R 9 KO 102 St 84 97 99 99i 100 104 106 105 106 9 10 15 17 57, 690 18 2) 6 7 •1i 41 3 It 14 12i 3 31 6 7 20 21 16 2 36 3C 32 3} 3I 40 4z 8} L 7 4 46 2t Itd 40 60 13 15 i ! :i7 39 410 43u 2 +.l 8 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 79 82 190 200 95 1( 0 27 80 3 5 214 23 17 18 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1866. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS DAY. The SPLUCER took the chair at 1 o'clock for the purpose of swearing in members, but the 3•equisite number of mem bers not being present until 25 minutes past, no business could be transacted before. The following members took the oaths and their seats : —Mr. H. A. Bruce, Mr. S. Cave, Mr. Morrison, Mr. Leveson Gower, Mr. Locke, Lord G. Lennox, Mr. W. G. Forster, Earl Grosvenor, Professor Fawcett (the member for Brighton, who, being blind, was led to the table by Mr. Morrison), Lord W. Hay, and Mr. R. Baggally. Mr. Bright and Mr. Gilpin made au affirmation instead of taking the oath. 391 40* 391 1281 9 145 59i 9 121 } 89 I 964 126 Os# 4 137 62 71 6, 7k k 7 24i 6i The following members were also sworn :—The Attorney General, Lord Hamilton, Messrs. Headlam, Wyld, F. Rus sell, Crawford, Bovill, Coleridge, Knight, M'Kenna, Lefroy, Mitchell, Fortescue, Clive, Stone, and A. Peel. Some other members having been sworn the house ad journed until Monday, when the swearing in will be resumed. I;2} ➢22 76 5 741 I If2s i 45 21 31 li 36 7 1021 1 101 16} i LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. COURT OF. DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) KAYE Y. KAYE. This was the petition of the husband, who is an exten sive wholesale butcher at Liverpool, for judicial separation, on the ground of adultery, to which the respondent pleaded denial. Dr. Spinks appeared for the petitioner, and Dr. Wansby for the respondent. The parties were married in 1845, and there were several children issue of the marriage. The respondent contracted intemperate habits, but there was no allegation of other misconduct prior to September last. She was in the habit of visiting at the house of a man named Kelly, a publican, at Liverpool, and in September last she went there and took tea. Kelly was quite drunk at the time, and had been quarrelling with his wife, but the respondent succeeded in reconciling them. After tea Kelly ordered some beer and wine, and he and Mrs. Kaye drank so freely as to become quite intoxicated. Mrs. Kaye had to be provided with a bed in the house, and in the course of the night Mrs. Kelly discovered that her husband was in bed with her. This was also proved by two lodgers in the house. The reason why the petitioner did not apply for a dissolution of marriage instead of a judicial separation was that ho was a Roman Catholic, and consequently did not recognise the right of divorce by a legal tribunal. For the defence it was alleged that no criminal inter course had taken place between the respondent and Mr. Kelly, and that both were so drunk that they did not know what they were doing at the time. His lordship pronounced a decree for judicial separation, and said that the petitioner was liable for all the costs which had been paid into court up to the present time. SHOREDITCH COUTY COURT• (Before Mr. Dasent.) AN EXTRAORDINARY FUNERAL BILL.-DUNKLEY V. DUNKLEY. This was an action to recover a sum of £2 6s. 5d., plaintiff being the brother-in-law of defendant, who was a young widow woman. When his Honour (Mr. Dasent) looked over the bill of particulars he found the follow ing items :—Paid to the undertaker, £1 13s. ; money lent, 10s. ; tea, is. 6d. ; biscuits, 4d. ; gin, 10d. ; and two other small matters, 9d. His Honour (to plaintiff)—Are you an undertaker ? Plaintiff—No. I paid the money for her. Defendant—He was my husband's brother, and I never asked him to pay the money for me. My husband was very ill for some time, and when he died he left me in very bad circumstances. I wished to have him buried by the parish, but his relatives refused to allow it. I certainly did not think that I should be charged with fourpence for a pound of broken biscuit after the funeral. His Honour - What was the giu for ? Defendant —lt was for the undertaker's men. I admit that I borrowed the 10s. from him; but as for the rest, he paid it without any request from me. His Honour—Did your husband leave any money ? Defendant —Not a farthing. He has left me with one child, and I have been trying to get parish relief. His Honour—Why do you not go into the union ? Defendant—l would rather struggle on with my child and get a living by " charing." His Honour—Here is an item for raffle card. I think some of the items are very trumpery, and as regards the £1 13s. defendant denies that she authorised its payment. She admits the 10s. money lent, and therefore plaintiff will have a verdict for that amount, payable by instalments. 32 8 ) I Verdict for the plaintiff for 10s. ,IT I Es, Liverpool Cotton Markei._nii Day. The market opens rather quiet. Sales probably 7,000 bales. A NEW PLAY.—Mr. Sothern is studying a new part in a comedy by Mr. Westland Marston. The comic vein of the author of " The Patrician's Daughter" has not been worked so much as men who recollect his charming little drama of "Rough Politics" desire. The new play is in four acts; report speaks highly of its literary merits ; and the Haymarket company are said to be much in love with it. Mr. Sothern, especially, is said to have a charac ter part of singular simplicity and power.—Athenmunt. THE CASE OF COLONEL DAWKINS.—The actions brought by Colonel Dawkins against the Duke of Cambridge and Lord Rokeby are set down for hearing be fore a special jury at the present Middlesex sittings of the Common Pleas. We understand that Mr. Karsla.ko, Q.C., Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. Raymond (instructed by Messrs. Smith and Guscotte) will appear for Colonel Dawkins, and the Attorney General, the Solicitor General, and Mr. Dowdeswell (instructed by the War-office soli citor) for the Duke of Cambridge and Lord Rokeby. During the past week the movements of the pre cious metals have been of a rather extensive charac ter as regards the imports, which have amounted to about £514,800, chiefly from New York and the West Indies and Pacific. The exports have only been to a limited extent, viz., £108,482, the greater portion of which has been despatched to the Con tinent. MAXIMILIAN X FILIBUSTER. The New York Herald declares that Maximilian is only a filibuster in the eyes of the United States. Being an archduke of Austria, and being placed where he is and kept there by French bayonets, does not change his character or alter the fact. William Walker, Colonel Kinney, or Lopez were not more filibusters than this royal adventurer and usurper. If the American Government were so disposed it could send a force to aid President Juarez to drive out the filibuster, and France or any other power would have no right to question it for doing so. If France chooses to lend Maximilian aid against the native and legitimate Government, the United States certaiuly has as good or a better right to assist that Government in sustaining itself. In fact, says the Herald, the ill-natured reply of the French Minister, Drouyn de Lhuys, to Mr. Bigelow, seems to admit that fact when he said he had nothing to do with Mexico, and that our redress for anything wrong there lay with Juarez or Maxi milian. It may not be that the American Govern ment will exercise this right, of direct interposition in favour of the Republican authorities of Mexico ; but the time may come when Americans will be allowed to volunteer for that purpose. Unless the Imperial farce be soon concluded, and the actors in it return to Europe, such a contingency is quite probable. In that case fifty thousand or a hundred thousand veterans would flock to the Rio Grande in a very short time. Juarez is not without means now, and should the United States Government raise its finger merely to permit aid being given to him he could obtain all the resources he needs. It will be wise for the Emperor Napoleon and his protegé Maximilian to weigh well the consequences that may follow a prolongel usurpation in Mexico. SENATOR CHANDLER'S JOKE. - The Chicago Tribune thinks that although Senator Chandler's resolution of non-intercourse with Great Britain is a very good joke, yet to presa it seriously would be the height of folly. It was offered iu '64. It is called up again in '66. Let it be kept in pickle, under a stiff brine, ready to be reproduced in '67 and '7O. Whenever the interest and attention of the United States Senate flag, and a joke i s needed to fill up the interval, let Senator Chandler reneyi his motion for non-intercourse with Great Britain. As a sort of reserve policy, not intended to be brought into action, it is capital. By no means let it be lost sight of. The practice of cutting off one's nose to spite his face is a venerable one, and Senator Chandler has no right to claim anything on the score of invention. Trade between England and the United States is carried on at the present time because it is profitable to both countries. A declaration of non-intercourse will not stop the trade, but will diminish its profit some what, by turning it into new channels. Depots at Havre and Amsterdam would be immediately opened to carry on the trade, and the extra tolls and com missions would be paid equally by both countries. To make the non-intercourse act effectual Senator Chandler should include all countries which trade with England, but this might be called " carrying a joke too far." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, CITY BETTING--Tilts DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 100 to 8 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 100 to 5 agst Grapeshot (taken) 100 to 6 agst Valiant (taken) 50 to 1 agst Knight of Snowdon (offered) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 16 to 1 agst Creole (taken) 20 to 1 agst Innellan (taken) 200 to • 8 agst Ageg (taken) 500 to 20 agst Merrimac (taken) 25 to 1 agst Accident (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN% 25 to 1 agst Gopenbagon (taken) TWO TllOUsasn. 3to 1 agst Lord Lyon (offered) 4to 1 agst Student (offered) 10 to 40 agst Janitor (offered) DEREY. 1000 to 20 agst Strathconan (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Wolsey (taken) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. f BETTING AT MANCHESTER-YESTERDAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Valiant (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 20 to 1 agst Knight of Snowden (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 20 to 1 agst Innellan (taken) 20 to 1 agst Old Oswestry (taken) 20 to 1 agst Creole (taken) 20 to 1 agst Thomastown (taken) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Redcap (taken) 100 to 3 agst Blithfield (offered) 100 to 3 agst Ackworth (offered) THE DERBY. 100 to 15 agst Rustic (offered, take 7 to 1) Bto 1 agst Lord Lyon (offered) 10 to 1 agst Student (taken) 100 to 6 agst Redan (taken) 20 to 1 agst Janitor (offered) 33 to 1 agst Stabber (taken) WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bartholomew's nomination (taken) 22 to 1 agst Mr Haywood's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Jardine's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bland's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Blanshard's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Mather's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Cunningham's nomination (taken) ACCEPTANCES FOR T] STEEPL: :E GRAND NATIONAL CHASE. Age st lb L'Africain... 6 13 2 Emblem 6 12 10 Effenberg 6 12 8 Alcibiade ... 5 12 2 Hall Court._ 6 11 12 Magenta a 1 1 2 Cortolvin 6 11 6 Lightheart a 11 5 Jerry a 11 .5 Reporter a 11 4 Frank...al l 4 Glencairn a 11 4 Hornet 6 11 0 Laura 511 0 Ibex 6 10 12 Sinking Fund a 10 12 Stanton a 10 12 Gayhurst 10 12 Portland a 10 12 Accident 6 10 10 The Clown 5 10 10 Knave of Trumps.. 6 10 10 Creole a 10 10 Emma gelding 6 10 10 Blood Royal a 10 10 Rhodomontade 510 10 Columbia 5 10 10 Gamecock a, 10 10 Mistake 5 10 9 Age st lb Old Oswestry ... 610 9 Merrimac ... a 10 7 Agag a 10 7 Glasgow ... 5 1 1 0 7 Sir William ... a 10 7 Balder ... a 10 7 Salamander a 10 7 The Czar ... a 10 7 Stella (late Diana) a 10 7 Philosopher 6 10 7 Stormcock... ... a 10 7 Garotter ... ... 5 10 7 Blue Light a 10 5 West End... ... a 10 5 Duchess a 10 5 Heurlys a 10 4 Ace of Hearts 6 10 '2 King of Hearts a 10 2 Milltown ... 5 10 2 Real Jam a 10 0 Innellan a 10 0 The Cutler... a 10 0 Game Chicken a 10 0 Cutaway 5 10 0 Sutton 410 0 Surney .. c 4 10 0 Dermot Asthore ... 5 10 0 S kiff(late No Name) 5 10 0 The Doctor ... 5 10 0 Cotton Supply Association. At the meeting of the Executive Committee, on Tues day, a letter was read from Dominica, West Indies, en closing specimens of the cotton grown on the island, and stating that the writer's crops present a more promising appearance this year than last. The weather has been much more favourable, though a gale of wind a short time since did some damage to the trees, blossoms, and pods. It is expected that larger shipments will be made than last year, and some bales will shortly be consigned to the Association. A letter was received from Tobago, West Indies, enclosing several samples of cotton, and stating that the soil and climate are in the highest degree suited to its cultivation. Large tracts of land might easily be obtained, and sufficient labour is available if the requisite capital could be procured for the establishment of this branch of industry. It is suggested that an English company should be formed, or that- parties willing to sup ply the requisite funds should appoint an agent to make the desired advances, and to receive and ship the produce. A list has been furnished of persons ready thus to under take the growth of cotton with the extent of land which they offer as security. The writer is most confident of success, and would greatly regret that so promising an opportunity should be lost. In addition to an estate of 100 acres, which can be had for £2OO, or rented for two years at £l5 per annum, and at £2O afterwards, situated close to the sea, there is also an estate of I,OOC acres, which could be purchased or rented, in every respect adapted to the cultivation of cotton. A despatch, for warded by the Colonial-office, was received from the Governor of the Bahamas, containing a report from the police magistrate of Long Island, in that colony, describing the progress of cotton cultivation during the past year. Between• 900 and 1,000 acres have been planted, and the island is represented as literally covered with cotton fields of various dimensions. A large proportion of the crop is shipped direct to New York. A company has been formed for growing cotton, called the American and British West Indian Cotton Company; and appre hending that a sufficiency of labour would with difficulty be procured, they have secured labourers from New York, together with the necessaryappurtenances for carrying out their object. Several shipments of cotton have already been made by the Company. The cotton crops through out the island suffered greatly for want of rain from June to about the middle of September, but they hare since re covered, and present a promising appearance. PapOys for warded by the India -office were received, containing a comparative statement of the extent of cotton cultivation and the probable out-turn of the crop, for the present and previous years, in the central provinces, Kat tywar, the north-western provinces, and some• other districts in India. In the central provinces the area under cotton in 1865 is represented to be nearly 15 per cent. less than in 1864. The estimated total out-turn is about 235,987 cwt., of which probably two-fifths will re main in the country to meet the demands of the largo local weaving trade, and three-fifths, or 141,592 cwt., will be prices may cause a l arger ex p or t a ti on . exported; high The previously reported decrease in the north-western provinces is also confirmed. The experiments made with American and Peruvian seed in the Madura and Bellary districts of the Madras Presidency are repre sented to have proved unsatisfactory.—A letter was read from the East India Cotton Agency Company, Bombay, accompanying two small sample bales of the new crop of cotton produced in Candeish, from fine seed, introduced by the collector of that district from the neighbouring talooks around Akote, in West Berar, and confirming the statements previously received from the revenue department, Bombay, as to the success of the experiments thus made. A greatly im proved quality has been grown, and the cotton is worth at least double the price which the inferior mixed kinds hitherto produced in Candeish would have obtained. The collector, Mr. Ashburner, has been ably assisted by Mr. P. W. Hewitt, and deserves the highest praise for his judicious exertions. It is estimated that about 20,000 bales, Bombay weight, will be picked this year.—A letter, received from the honorary agents of the Association, Bembay, contains several applications for exotic seed, for experiments in different parts of that presidency, with y.-A translation of the t w re h a i t c y h c i o t n w cl a u s de r d es a o t ivedto Berlin, o c n ° t m h P e l l6th of May last, between the various states of the Zollverein, providing for its re-con struction and prolongation, was received from the Foreign Office ; also a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Barcelona, containing a return of the quantity of cotton received at that port during the year 1865, viz., 94,000 bales.—A letter was read from the Vice-President of the Imperial Cotton Commission of Anatolia, reporting that the Ottoman Government has awarded gold medals to several English subjects, including Mr. William Sand ford, of Bath, who has done so much to promote the cul tivation of cotton in Turkey. It is stated that the growth of American cotton has become permanently established in Western Anatolia, and that next year a large propor tion of this description will be cultivated in all the great districts of Turkey. Notwithstanding the progress made, and the good intentions of the Imperial Government, great abuses still prevail, and great obstacles are en countered; while on the part of the district and local authorities, cotton culture meets with neglect, and often with serious obstruction, from private interests. Four cases of Italian cotton, the Siamese and the herbaceous, were received from the International Exhibition, Dublin, and may now be seen at the rooms of the association. There was no further business. A daughter of Mrs. Howitt is preparing for the press "A Year in Sweden with Frederika Bremer."— A thenzum. There is a rumour that' Mis Braddon will ere long appear as the editor of a new magazine, the title of which has not yet been decided upon.—Reader. MR. BOUCICAULT IS IN PARIS, superintending the scenery and mechanism of " Arrah-na-Pogue," a translation of which is in rehearsal at ono of the Boulevard theatrn BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. MALTA, Feb. 2. The Poonah and Euxine, with the above mails, leave here at 1 a.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 4th (letters in London on the 6th), and the latter at Southampton about the 11th inst. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 2. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Nyana, with the above mails, arrived off the Needles at 1 50 p.m. to-day. MARKETS,---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Tho market was well supplied with vegetables, and the show of fruit was, for the time of year, good. Tho de mand, on the whole, was moderately active, and prices were fairly supported. FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; hot house grapes, 6s Od to lOs ; foreign do, is to 2s 6d • filberts, is 6d to 2s Od per lb ; apples, 2s Od to 3s Gd per half sieve; oranges, 3s 6cl to 8s; lemons, 3s Gd to is por 100. VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, is 6d to 2s 6d; white do., 9d to is 6d; Savoys, Gd to is 3d; celery, Os to Os Od; horseradish, 9d to 2s Od per doz heads ; greens, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; turnips, is 6d to 2s Od ; carrots, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ' • onions, 2s 3d to 2s Gd per doz bunches ; brocoli, 6 d to 8(1; forced rhubarb, Os 9d to is 3d per bundle ; Brussels sprouts, is 6d to 2s 6d per half sieve ; seakale, is Od to 2s 6d ; and mushrooms, is to is Gd per punnet. POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Gd to lOs Od; geese, 5s Od to 7s; goslings, 2s to 8s ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; ducklings, 3s to 4s 6d ; tame rabbits, is 3d to is 10d ; wild do, is Od to is 4d ; pigeons, 6d to is Od each. Surrey fowls, 8s to Ils Od ; do. chickens, 5s to 8s ; barn door fowls, 4s Od to is per couple. English eggs, 12s to Os ; French do., 9s to lOs Gd per 120 ; Ostend fresh butter, is 2d to is 5d ; English Is 3d to is 8d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 3s Od per lb ; soles, is to 4s Gd per pair ; cod, 2s 6d to lOs 6d ; brill, is to lOs ; mullets, 2s to 4s ; doreys, is Od to 7s each ; turbot, 2s 6d to 15s each ; whitings, 3s to 12s ; haddocks, 4s to 20s per dozen ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od per dozen ; fresh herrings, lOs to 12s; mackerel, 50s per 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 5s Od ; veal, 5s Od to 5s 10d; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef. from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 5s ; veal, 5s to Ss 10d ; and pork, 4 to 5s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 74. to Bd. ; of household ditto, 51d. to 7d. per 4lbs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, n d to 24d. • 64 to 72 lbs, to 3d ; 72 to 801bs, 3 d to 3 id ; 80 to 881bs., 3id to 4d ; 88 to 961b5., 4d to 4id ;96 to 1041bs. Od. to Od. Horse hides, 9s to lOs Od ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, 6s 6d ; polled sheep, 12s 6d to 14s Od; half-breds, lOs Od to lls 6d ; downs, 7s Od to Os. _ HAY, SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover, £5 lOs to £7 Os Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade steady. CUMBEIILAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 17s 6d; clover, £5 lOs to £7 Os Od; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover, £5 lOs to £7 Os Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade firm. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. _ s. d. 1. i'. Hetton . 18 0 Heugh Hall N.Staffordshire 17 0 Hartlepool Shaw's Hartley lB 6 South Kelloe Holywell Main l7 6 Walls End Haswell... 18 0 "West Hartley Tanfield Moor Butes 15 3 Wylam l7 6 Tees South Hetton Ships at market, 70; sold, 42. LONDON GAZETTE.---Last Evening. INDIA OFFICE, JAN. 31. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Lord Napier, K.T., to be Governor of Madras. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 2. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Colonel William Paston Purnell, C. 8., to be Ensign of her Majesty's Royal Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, vice Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Cooke, promoted. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 2. The Queen has been graciously pleased to promote Lieut.-Col. John Henry Cooke to be Lieutenant of her Majesty's Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard, vice Majo r John Fitzmaurice, K.H., deceased. ADMIRALTY,' JAN. 26. The undermentioned sub-lieUtenants and acting sub- lieutenants have been promoted to the rank of lieutenants and acting lieutenants respectively, in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of Jan. 25, 1866 :—Edward Fredk. Koppel, Archibald Littlo, John Yrittie Bayly, Francis Hay Chap man, Frederick Gaskell, Arthur Barratt Mansell, Horatio Nelson Hood, George Edward Somerset, Edward Cooper Abbs, Robert Henry Eyre, Henry Denman Macaulay, Andrew Kennedy Bickford, Reginald Carew Pole (acting), Robert George Baker, Francis Henry Key ser (acting), and Richard William ope. ADMIRALTY, FEB 1 . , Georgo Brooke F. Swain, Esq., has this day been pro moted to the rank of Staff Commander in her Majesty's Fleet. John Prowett, Esq., has this day been promoted to the rank of Chief Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 10th January, 1866. Mr. William Hopkins has this day been promoted to the rank of Assistant Engineer of the First Class in her Ma jesty's Fleet, with seniority of Bth January, 1866. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Miles Opened. Receipts: Hallways. 1865. 1884. 1865 1864 Belfast and N. Counties . 991 Belfast and County Down.... 36i' Blyth and Tyne . Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter 1214 Caledonian, Scottish Central 415/ Cambrian I3U Cockermouth K & Penrlth Cockermouth and Workin Cork and Bandon 2O £ £ 1,707 1,571 601 575 `1,878 1,393 1,114 /59J 5,667 5,414 27,651 21,611 2,079 1,713 345 345 233 345 250 134 99 494 409 1,526 1,477 269 271 83 9 1,3.8 1.2 9 1,493 1.108 273 233 2,576 2,386 250 272 3,621 2.836 10,083 9,291 3/.963 32 3e4 35,564 3 ,369 1,599 1.531 1,068 1,015 583 534 8,310 7.375 63,963 60,886 Cork, In:lel:rook, Passage 65 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 6s} Deeside t:Dublin & Belfast J a u n n d c N ti s o ,e n . . t . d ... ~,,,D b .o . ..lE xv t v :n „ic s l i o o w n de Junction .. 50 .2 -*gip. and Drogheda 75 '%„.• and Meath 10 16 t! 4 249 50 G l F 'o lua r rs t iig h eos a ws n , d itszo C s l o y uth . wet :ern Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E,Unito - 724 Great Northern 404 Great North of Scotland O,, Do Branches Gt. Northn. & Weetn.(lrel.) 7ll 'it.Southn. Jr Westn.(lrind.) 3871 Great We.itern l2BO Hull & Hornsea Highland Irish North-Western 145 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 Limerick and Ennis... 241 Limerick and Foynea 261 Llanelly _ 461 ~0} 86 75 2,742 2,230 1,710 1,644 39,665 35,910 24i 78 148 261 92 90 461 524 449 20p 485 422 12731 102,445 93,540 170/ 9.b811 17.663 267/ 17,739 14.5-8 127 7,644 6.3 1 11}j 1,9 0 1,375 27 ‘740 5.!0 421 1,055 1,010 216 19,659 17,246 1,518 1,278 28 1 0 06 1.496 ly• Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 293j London, Chatham, & Dover; (134 all Metropolitan Extension i 12 Do. Kent toast Lou., Tilbury, & Southend 31an.,Slietlield, & Linoolnsh Ranch. S.J un.& A ltrincham sti Maryport and Carlisle 2B Metropolitan Midland (inel. N.-Western) 6774 Midland Gt. Westn. of hind 2601 Itonmoutlish. RaiL & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee 3 . ,719 2,407 6511 50, 44 4 .022 2601 4.669 4,5.5 44 2,878 2, 26 7021 N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1206; North London ll North Staffordshire 258 Pembroke and Tenby l4 Rh y mney l9t Scottish North-}astern l3B Somerset and Dorset 66 856} 1164 9 268 1 191 148 South Devon South-Eastern 315 Tan' Vale 6l Ulster Vale of Clwyd Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 W'haveu,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B Bahia and San Francisco 7o Belgian Eastern J unction 26i Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France 1551 Eastern Bengal East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 Great Central of Belgium 285 Great Indian Peninsula 590 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras 79/ 308 Hadrid, Saragossa AtAlicant.. 778 Northern of Canada .. 94 Northern of France 724 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons : & Mediterrn.... 2006 Paris and Orleans lB2l Recife and San Francisco. &c. 774 So,nde.... 105 Do. Punjab, &e 253 South Austrian, (tc 1658 23,736 21.751 61,200 57,271 4,316 3,103 8,018 6.1433 7.5 66 1,095 830 5,6 1 5,052 1,089 649 3.685 3,4.1 22,888 21.0377 5,500 6,117 2,55$ 2,3 2 116 141 2CP 339 955 905 697 548 823 36,(55 36,370 761 1,023 663 284 349 270 184 9,7n7 3,(00 189 4,674 5.852 1081 5,321 5,192 14 5 3 63,083 57,7,9 110 2,510 2, 6 18 1105 i 35,795 32,873 1377 23 257 20,129 261 6,685 5,515 553 36,2u0 15,140 134 25,9 4 A. 041. 79 6 3 8 659 345 10,557 9.683 531 8,167 6,258 791 17, 983 15,892 91 983 785 7 2 4 60,768 61,64 44 1,038 800 481 101 6'4 197) 1'5,991 120,1 j 5 1618 17,994 62,76) 774 1,6 ,, 5 1,037 105 ),375 2,158 45 1,3 9 290 1527 93,21 91,677 823 26,972 26,777 196 12,805 10.355 25 61 40 1016 45,285 3J,902 Southern of France 863 Victoria 25t Welland. West & N-Wn. of France .. 1155 THE " DUKE OF CLARENCE" BALL—The annual ball given by Mrs. Simpson, the hostess of the Duke of Clarence Tavern, Notting-hill, took place onWed nesday last, and, notwithstanding the)nclemency of the weather, the company was a very large one. An efficient band was engaged, and all the favourite quadrilles and waltzes were played with spirit and effect. An elegant supper was served in a very tastefully-decorated apart ment, after which dancing was resumed and kept up with unflagging ardour until the little hours of the morning. The company then separated, highly delighted with the entertainment that had been provided for them. 'OSSII 11 3.2.0 18.18 9 35.15.6 THE LOSS OF THE LONDON. The official inquiry was resumed this morning at Greenwich, when some of the other members of the , crew were examined, but their evidence was in a , great measure merely a repetition of that already adduced. The assessors have now had before them witnesses to speak to the construction of the vessel, her cargo, and navigation, and at the close of the evidence they will make a report to the Board of Trade based upon the evidence adduced. The ; public interest in the inquiry, judging from the attendance this morning, seems to have in a great measure closed with the examination of the engi neers. Nothing beyond that which is now on re cord can ever be known relative to the last and fatal voyage of the steam vessel London. , The following is the concluding portion of the evidence given yesterday, and which appeared in our late edition : John Jones, chief engineer, said—The engines were working well on the morning of the 10th. At that time orders were given to go at all speed. Mr. Greenhill gave the order, he having received it from Captain Martin. Mr. Green hill was on watch at that time. I did not hear the order given. My watch would commence at half-past four on the morning of the 10th. When my last watch terminated I went sometimes to rest and at other times into the engine room. Up to that time everything was going well in the engine room. My watch commenced and continued till half-past eight, during which time the vessel was going at full speed. My watch again commenced at half-past four in the afternoon. I was then re lieved by the second engineer. After this I did not leave the engine room for many minutes together. I merely went on deck and remained a few minutes. On the 10th, when I went off watch in the morning, it was blowing a complete gale. When I commenced my watch on the evening of the 10th, I found the things all right in the engine room. She was then going at full speed. At half-past eight I went off duty. I was relieved by the second engineer, where I remained until half-past ten at night, when the big sea came and washed away the skylight of our engine -room. I came from my berth directly, and went into the engine -room and found the second engineer stand ing by the engines. The room was flooded. I did not remain to see the depth of water there. There was a great body of water coming down the hatch way. I ran on deck and saw the whole of the skylight gone. I don't know what became of it. It was a dark, bitter night. I then went below, and shortly after, in a minute or two, the engines stopped themselves. The water came down over the engines, and ran into the stoke-hole. When I went down the second time the fires were out. I did not observe how they were when I first went down. Captain Harris—Do I understand that all this occurred very rapidly ? Witness—Yes, sir, very. Between the shipping the sea and the stopping of the engine. The cover ing of the hatch was made of wood and glass. The wood appeared to be very thick and stout. Mr. O'Dowd—When you found the fires were out and the engines not working, what did you do ? Witness—Shut the doors of the after bulk head. That is the door that enters the screw alley. I then went upon deck. The water was at times stream ing down the hatchway every time we shipped a sea. The vessel was then labouring very heavily, and constantly shipping seas. Tarpaulings and can vas were brought, and they tried to nail them down over the aperture, but the men dashed into the lee scuppers and were washed away. All hands were engaged in efforts to save the ship. The pumps on deck were all going. The crew behaved very well. I did not see anything to complain of. The pas sengers assisted at the pumps and exerted them selves with buckets to bail the water out. Saloon and cabin passengers all worked together with the greatest energy. I can't say whether any attempt was made to relieve the ship by putting on more canvas. I was going forward on the morning of the 10th to get breakfast when the sea struck the vessel and I was knocked into the scupper. My shoulder was hurt ; and I received a blow on the head as I was . getting into the boat, but that was done by . _ accident. Things continued in the same unhappy state until the morning of the 11th. I was struck by the sea before the water carried away the hatch covering. My accident did not prevent my doing duty. I went on deck on the morning of the 11th just before daylight. The ship had been increasing her water all night. She was in a most disabled condition, and rolling in the trough of the sea. I know nothing about the bursting in of the stern ports. I did not hear personally the order given to get the boats out. About two o'clock in the afternoon I was on deck. The port cutter was then ordered to be launched. I did not see it done. I ran across the deck and got into the boat. The boat rose with the sea ; I watched my opportunity, and when she came up I put my foot on the gunwale, got into her, and she went down with me. The waves brought the boat up level with the deck of the London. I was the last man to get into the boat. I saw the captain in the saloon before I left, he asked me how I felt, and I replied " Not well." I suppose he referred to my hurt. That was the only and the last observation that I heard from him. I saw the ship go down. At this time the crew were all engaged in praying —all hope was gone. There were no loud sounds that I heard, but a kind cf groaning, that was all. I did not hear the ladies screaming. All were quiet and resigned. When I got into the boat I did not notice any other attempts to get out other boats. I had only left the vessel four or five minutes before. she went down. At that mo ment we were about 80 yards from her. A boat is always allotted to each portion of the crew. I did not think, when I was jumping into the boat, to which of the crew it belonged. I saw the bows of the London rise up in the air ; we in the boat then went down between two large waves, and when she rose again the London was gone for ever. We drifted away with a few biscuits and raw veget- ables aboard. We had no spirits. ~We sighted the vessel that picked us up on Friday morning, the 12th, at about nine in the morning. The sea was very rough when we left the vessel. We were enabled to use the five oars, although the sea was running very high. We did not ship much water in the boat. When we saw a big sea coming w e gave the boat way and she weathered it. We hoisted an old shirt on the top of a pole as a signal to the ship. As soon as the crew aboard the ship observed us, they ran to the side, waved their caps, and cheered us on. I think the log line was the first line thrown to us. I took hold of it. I felt it was being pulled at the other end. It was hove to us by one of the crew of the ship. A large rope was thrown into the boat, and soon after we were taken on board. There were 19 of us in the boat. She was built, I believe, to carry 12. Captain Harris--Was she steered by any one in particular ? Witness—No, sir ; she was steered principally by those at the oars. Captain Harris—She was steered, then, by oars, not the rudder? Witness—l saw two people had got hold of the tiller, but the oars were the principal things that steered us. Captain Ilarris—Did any one give orders ? Witness—No ; no one in particular. Some one would shout pull one oar and another would call out pull another, just as the sea was running to wards us. The captain of the barque Marianople behaved with the greatest kindness to us in the broadest sense of the term. He brought us to Fal mouth, where we were landed. By Captain Harris—Our consumption was about 12 tons of coal a day—l mean 24 hours. We took in coal at Plymouth. I believe it was 50 ton. We burnt the coal on deck first. We had not taken any from our bunkers up to the time of the loss. The vessel pitched now and then, but nothing to be frightened at. No orders were given to lower the steam after the masts were gone that I am aware of. No intimation was given that the ship had sprung a leak. By Captain Baker—No water of consequence eame down into the 2engine-room before the very heavy sea struck us. NN hen I engine_ room there was about 14 feet of water. This w as about midnight of the 10th, We shut the door of the after bulkhead immediately we were disabled. I assisted in doing it. John Greenhill—l was second engineer on board the steamship London on her last voyage. I hold a certificate of competency from the Board of Trade. I joined the London on her first voyage, and have been with her ever since. [This witness then corroborated the evidence of the first engineer (Jones) with respect to the efficiency of the machi nery, and also as to the quantity of coal on deck on leaving Plymouth, which amounted to 50 tons. The receipt note for 50 tons of best Welch coal at Plymouth, signed by Robert Harris, was then put in and read. Examination continued—lt was blowing hard on the Bth Jan., and on that day Capt. Martin gave me orders to stop the engines. It is a common oc currence to stop the engines - when the wind is blow ing. The wind moderated towards the afternoon, and at 5 p.m. on the 10th we got up steam again, and continued it till the Wednesday. The wind was blowing a storm at that time. (The witness here described the condition of the rigging of the vessel after the topmasts had been blown away.) The port lifeboat was washed away on the 9th (Tuesday). The gale continued to increase the whole of that day. On the morning of Wednes day, the 10th, about 3 o'clock, the captain ordered full steam to be got up ; we were going half speed at the time. He gave me the order personally, as he intended to turn the ship round and run for Ply mouth. He said nothing else. His orders were obeyed. Up to this time the skylights were per fect, and the engines in good order. At 7 o'clock I believed the London was going to Plymouth. I understood the wind shifted after we turned round. At 3 o'clock p.m. it was blowing hard and a heavy cross sea was running. At half past 10 that night the skylight of the engine -room was washed away by the sea. I was in the engine room at the time. Mr. O'Dowd—What was the effect of the large body of water entering that part of the vessel ? Witness—ln about three minutes the fires were put out, but the engines ran for seven or eight minutes after the fires were extinguished. A por tion of glass and wood of the skylight came down into the engine-room. Mr. Traill--Then it was stove in by the sea and not washed away? Witness—Yes, I should say so. The next sea might have carried it away. The skylight was at the time fastened down inside, battened down and covered with tarpauling. Mr. Trail—Are you quite sure about that ? Witness—Quite certain. Mr. Traill—When were the tarpaulings put on ? Witness—l know they were on the whole of;the Wednesday. Two persons—one passenger and one sailor—were washed down into the engine -room by the sea that carried away the skylight. The water washing about more than their depth put the fires out. Shortly after the fires were out, and I had shut the tunnel door to keep the water out,l went on deck. There was no water in the tunnel; of that I am sure. After the door was shut no water could get into the tunnel. I came on deck after the fires were out, at about a quarter to eleven. There was then about five feet of water in the engine -room. I there saw the chief officer, Mr. Harris, and the passengers endeavouring to cover the hatchway with sails, mattresses, tarpauling, and every thing they could get. I know a large spar was placed across the hole, but I cannot say it was the jibboon. The tem porary covering prevented the water going down for a time. They were engaged trying to stop up the hatchway from the time it was broken away until 4 in the morning. At- that time the stern ports were driven in, and then there was 14 feet of water in the engine-room. I believe it all came down through the hatch notwithstanding the efforts made to keep it out. When the stern-ports were washed away the vessel was settling down by the stern. She was gradually going down as the water increased. I heard Captain Martin give the order to get the boats ready. It was done. The two pinnaces and the port cutter were cleared of all their lashings, and bread and water put into them. The starboard iron boat went down as soon as she touched the water. The forward end I be lieve was lowered too soon. There was no patent lowering apparatus. Four of the crew and one passenger were on board the boat when it swamped. The people on board got on board the ship. The other pinnace remained on board the London. At two o'clock Captain Martin ordered the port cutter to be launched. I was in it with six or seven others. She reached the water in safety. She was lowered by common tackle. Captain Martin came to me at five minutes to 2 and told me the boat was ready for lowering, and that I was to go into her. I said I did not be lieve it was any good. He answered, "It was the only chance." He again remarked, " There is no chance in the ship, but there is some in the boat." I then went to go into her, and as I stepped away the captain shook hands with me, wished me God speed and good-bye. The boat was then loweied. The first engineer and several others got in after she was lowered. We num bered in all 19. Wo then pushed off as fast as we could, seeing that the ship was going down. In four or five minutes after leaving her I saw her go down, stern first. I heard nothing said to the captain about his going in the boat. We had a compass. A sailor called out " What's the course ?" and the captain replied, "E.N.E., 80 miles to Brest." We had little or no hope of saving o ur lives in the boat with such a sea as was running. We made a good deal of water, but we bailed it out with some tin cans and a bucket we had on board. We had no water for drinking. The quan tity we had taken was lost by the plug coming out. We were in the boat twenty h ours. By Harris—Thehe told there w as n captain ehe w pe as f eorn thethe poop when ship. The people on b oa id seemed regardless of launch ing the boat left after seeing the first one go down. After we had pushed off I saw a rush on deck to the boat but it was then too late. By Captain Baker—The ship answered the helm at noon on the 11th. As the vessel lurched to leeward she took the water in in tons over her bul warks, and this all went below. I never heard Captain Martin or any other person talking about the height of the barometer. Captain Martin came to the hatchway after it was washed away, and asked various questions. lie seemed to entertain hopes of saving the ship. All were assisting to bail out the water. They handed the water up in buckets through the after saloon. The donkey engine, I believe, was working when the ship went down, as there is an independent engine for work ing that and.'ehain pumps. The coal on deck was all thrown overboard before the fires were put out. The coal bunkers bad been open for a few hours. I did not see coal lying about the deck. For many hours before she went down I was quite confident she had gone by the stern. The inquiry was again adjourned. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. 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