The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-29 00:00:00

,„ ~~~ ,urday. Princess )nded by Rol-noon our with Princo by Col. Princess ,ciningen cuing• nder-in- i i tg with NDAY. Princess lighness attended n orning• e mo nth 'ales will Rutland, eception• WERS -- * me and a book 3nce of len and le ;dills- Le boo!;. - t were -rug of ,t Mid as thus )," they frontis- L e corn poppy the per stituent dorous. L them he nO7 )se and Tips of id hue, ;,white, out all Lers the the notice ❑guage drawn a well-_ urity 77 I <<l mquil I D . the from )range - Lilac ! cents" 3utter ughts" Gera- arew's word little stroll Ith of little iable. ! fle in- con )f the Eti- )ntrie ;collie Buse rts of Aro% , of a nor- rest on der, 00. HONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INT.EI,I.V.;v:I, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market continues to show symptoms of increasing ease, although no further alteration has been made in the rates at which the best bills are negotiable. Short-dated bills are readily taken at 7i and 7tl per cent. The directors of the Union Bank of Ireland have declared a dividend of 10s. per share, free of incom e tax. The directors of the Midland Banking Company have declared a dividend at the rate of six per cent, per annum, free of income tax, for the past half-year. The reports from the various manufacturing dis tricts for the past week represent that business generally has been more animated. Cloths and yarns at Manchester have been in fair request at fully previous rates. In the woollen trade at Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield more animation has prevailed, the chief demand having been for spring fabrics. At Leicester and Nottingham there has been an increased demand for lace and hosiery, while increased activity has been imparted to the hard 'Ware districts by the receipt of considerable export orders from America. Two o'CLocK. According to Reuter's telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68f. 60c. The English Stock Market opened with a very dull appearance, and the Funds receded per cent. S ubsequently, however, there has been a better feeling, and Consols have returned to their former quotations, viz., 864 87 for money, and 87 for the account. The American news at first caused a despondent feeling, but greater confidence - was afterwards shown, and speculators were desirous to view affairs in a more hopeful light. The New Threes are 864 ; and Reduced Annui ties, 86i- 87. Exchequer Bills, 6s. to 3s. dis. Bank o f E ngland Stock, 245 ; India Stock, 208 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 102 I ; ditto 4 per Cents., 97i; ditto Debentures, 951 99 ; and ditto Bonds, lls. to 15 s• prem. In the Foreign Stock Market quotations con tinue to droop. Turkish 5 per Cents. are, 391 ; Mexican, 20i ; ditto New, 18! 19 ; Greek, 13i 14 ; Spanish Passive, 25i ; Certificates, 13} 4 ; Italian, 61i ; ditto New, 77 77i ; the Confede rate Loan, 5i 61, ; Brazilian Scrip, 1 prem. ; Egyptian Railway Loan Scrip, 4 prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 661 ; Erie Shares, 551 4 ; and Illinois, 741 Business in the Railway Share Market remains very inactive, and the few operations reported this morning were generally at slightly reduced rates. Great Eastern and Great Western have each receded Ss., North Western 10s., and Lancashire and York shire 155., while Metropolitan have improved ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there is no material alteration. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in very limited request. Alliance are firm at at 27 4 ; Chartered of India, Australia, and China, at 224 23 ; Union of Australia are marked 50 50; ; Union of London, 514 54 ; Joint Stock Discount, 5i 6 ; London Financial, 164, and Overend, Gurney, and Company, 19i 20. London Steam Towing Com pany's shares are quoted 1 2 prem.; Charles Laflitte and Co., 21 24 prem. ; and Galatz Candle C 0.4 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols p C o. Cent. Reduced Reunt d , uee Fe d b. 8 B7 3 per 87 15-1 7 Now 3 per Cent ~,, 86i i 7 "e r ,Tv 3 1 per Cent. J an . 1894 — - "o• 0 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Ann uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —lolf Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — .., Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 l9l ,Lxcliequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 6 3 Do. .£5OO 6 3 D o Ba n k £lOO and .£2OO 4 - , of England Stock, 5 per Cent IXIMA-N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. "Idiall Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2OB B 0 Account D°. 5 per C ent. J uly, 1870 ,0. 4 per Cent., O c t. 1888 -"0. Certificate es O. Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent 1) 1h ° . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ...,o. 51 per Cent., D 099 81 Do. 4 per Cent Aug. 1866 , - May 1879 11 15 . Bonds, £l,OOO 11 15 Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 lir az titan 5 p er C ent — '-'O. Loper Cent., 1852-58-60 . 1863 Do Acc ount Account 1863 _ Bu e nos crip, £35 pa id „ Ayres 6 per Cent — DO. A.ccount c 1 ,,,9 1 per Cent (Deferred 3 per Cent.) " 4 „"an 6 per Cent — lio. 4.1. per Cent — CubD°l b' p 6 Cent. — OM lan per J a, 6 per Cent. a rV .Bll 3 per Cent., 1825 ''', o . 4 per Cent., 1863 — -"°. per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — b,. tolubian Principalities Do Account — 'lquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent lll p r Do., P rovisional Land Warrant — `' B ,Ptian 7 per Cent — ')°., Second Issue —Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 9ll 1 1 Do £lOO Bonds (31r n eek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 131 ..-,0. Account 00. Coupons Do. Account :uatelnala 5 per Cnt. lt a, ,e 18 lian 5 per Cent 65 4-,0 . Ac count il6 -uo. blaremmana Railway — ',xdcan 3 r _ ~ Do 1864 lB -",° 6 per Cent. Anglo-French _ ...-"0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — .sontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid New V•oori Imperial 5 per Cent Granada — D o Do 2 per Cent Deferred D ,D 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) D°u. 6 per Cent, 1864 — r, G uaranteed, 4 per Cent — D o "erovin 5 per Cent — D° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — 4i per Cent., 1862 o Account ° , ll tlguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ''-° 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, } t ' O . Account -11 , s sian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9O :,.," 0 41 per Cent. 1850 - -(o 41 '"° 3 p e t CeDnter Cent. lBs9 , 1860 ° . 5 per Cent. 1862 ittrci o i nojaper s Cent Cent. 1864 — per Do £1.(0 Bands ~‘ D ' ''. 1 per C en t — va nish per Cent Do. Account D, O New Deferred — " 0 Account Do Passive 251 s Do Account ..._t,.ursauii.s.A.hecCoeurtn.t of Coup not funded — 131 w , e dlsh 4 per Cent. — it i , 4 " ll , ° : 4 1 Per Cent. 1864 tr:.?ihee6oteurt Cent. 1854 — - ,, ,,0 6 per Cent. 1858 Dos1"0 A ccount .. . 00 80nd5”.................. per Cent. 1862 671 1 ..s)c) Account .. . 1-,'o £lOO 80nd.5.. ........................ 671 8 1 1 1 .-. :0 0 ,6 per Cent., 1863 — b o ?, Per Cent. 1865 c , ' e rg), 35 paid , Account ..... N .,. 4 Per Cent. Gua . ........ ~ z uela 3 per Cent. -uitt o a . DO 6 ("count per Ce n t ., 1864 D IPe' „ I,)ivid e nas on th e a b ove payable in London. I\ o l l ecut., Ex. 12 Guil — /t ar ' Per Cent. Certificates — ' a n 5 per e, - 1), A ~ ent., 1861, Ex. 2af. -- 61 1 5 4. couut .-- •••• (Jobs°lAconts for nionoY Do. ..... THREE O'CLOCK. 86i 7 87 I . le sth , , at e of Illi nois produced, in 1865, one 4u. ured and Wel it sevent y - seven millions of bush e l s o f corn, ttia3--nve millio ns of bushels of wheat, eight hundred -- . ousand b ushels of rye, one million of barley, and twenty eight Million bushels of oats. . The A New York ior 1.1 dams' express car, which left be, ostou ou the 6th January, was robbe'd somewhere . 'Weft those two cities. it is supposed that the thieves b... 0 ila t o the car before it left New York. Money and - uuds to the value of 8500,000 were taken. The safes Were all -.., known open. Some 580,000 in greenbacks, and a I„;iirecainount of bonds were scattered around the floor. iiilt. .ar was an iron one. The robbery wa s not discovered 4 it reached Boston. Vit.EFERENCE SHAttics Great Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 10 per cent. pm., 107 Great Western, 4 per cent irred , 81 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. Sze., 4} per cent., 1858, 96 London and S.-Western 4, per cent , 974 I [NES LEASED AT .H'IXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 55 Ditto, 5i per cent., 1201 London Tilbury, and Southend, 97 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 151 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 191 i)ttoman (Smyrna to Aidin), San Paulo, lim., I ua. 6 per cent., 161 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, ' FOREIGN' MINN:t4. Omutalea Gold and Silver Mining, Frontino and uolivia Gold, lira., II 2 St. John del Rey, lim., 49 BANKS. Agra and Misterman's, lira., 5; Alliance, 261 71 Australasia, 72 Bank of British Columbia, 21t Bank of Egypt, 311 Bank of London, 146 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 42 Bank ut New Zealand, 171 Chartered Bank of india, Australia, and Chine, 23 21 Chartered ter, of India, London, and China, 45 1 City, 1021 Colonial, Um., 43 European Bank, lim., 121 Imperial Ottoman, 131 Ditto, new, 121 Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4 1 London Bank of , nexico and S. America, lim., 121 London and County, 7b5 London Joint Stock, 49 London and estminster, 961 Midland Bank, lim., 201 National Provincial of England. Ditto, d and issue, 45 Oriental liana Corporation. 501 Provincial Bankiug ;orporation, Um., 71 Union of A ustralia, 505 5U Union of Loudon. 511 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua.,l4. Ceylon Company, 9 6 Ditto, A shares, 2; City of London Heal Property, Um., 4 City Offices, lim. 6 Credit Voncler and Mobilier of England. 84 1 Ditto, issued at a prem., of which £2 is to pay, 51 Crystal Palace, 344 51 East India Irrigation and Canal. 8 Ebbw Vale, 8 Egyptian Corn, and Trading, Jim., 41 Electric Telegraph, t 3 New Zealand Trust and Loan, Jim., 24 North British A ustrilasian„LO oriental Gas, Jim., Fore-street Warehouse, lirn., 114 Gen. Credit and Pittance of Lanaou, lim.. 54 Hudson's Bay, IC4 Imperhil Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 61 7 International Contract, 44 International Financial ,ociety, lim., 51 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 64 6 London Financial Association. Jim , 164 Lon , od acid Provincial Marine, 24 National Discount ompany, 16 Oriental Financial, lim., I Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim.,'_2(4 194 Thames Rad Mersey (Marine) Insurance, Jim., 8 SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY dIIARES AND STOCKS. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon__ Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc &London, ecrip Certi Do. - Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, ()rd. sik. Do. E. Angl. st. No. Great North of Scot land Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock 93 95 128 129 94 96 13 15 44 5i 68 70 70 72 1231 114 116 37 iO 7 8 !27 128 144 146 Do. ew, is. at 25 prr.• Gt 8. and W. of Ireland i Gt. Westein -Origina!i . w. VA!. Rail gin.' Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.-0:clord Do. Newport Do. Hereford A( 93 681 68 39 41 31 37 'Ol c 3 120 i 121 +-0 01 101 (03 36 38 Lane shire & Yorkshire L,,ndon and Illackwall Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western, Lon. it South Western. Man., She., & Lincoln' Metropolitan. Do. New Do Extension .... „ 1241 3251 93 45 61 63 134 136 21 3 p 1 lip 100 101 Metropolitan District.' Do _ du. _ do. Do. and :-t..John'eiV'd Mid and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derb3 ri id Kent . 122 124 ii it I 92 94 North British Do. Ed., Pth & Dun Nth. Eastern— , Berwick Do. U.N•E purchabt Do. Leeds Do. York L 8 69 7 28 111 112 72 73 105 106 Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. AO. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Ct. ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid, st Jck Shropshire Union South Devon -ouch E stern 36 38 10 11 p 128 126 2 2ip 2 28p 75 77 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 Hiaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale ot Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha i West Cornwill Railways. Price. clone. ; Paid.l C l osing Business 371 81 Itli 5 ItITISH P Atlantic& St. Lawrence Born.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. Der Do. P shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff ,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & S. E., lim ai e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Ben_al, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension (rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist ref Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, t. Bonds. Do. do. deterred ... Do. :3d Pref. stock.. DO: do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pref. stook .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 0. C.. Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do , 'lreat W R. of Canada.. Do. New ...... Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 , o. 5> do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extensioik Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. di Hudson's Bay.. N. 111. C' d a, 6pc Ist pf.bs. Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub a. Do. Indus COLONIAL GO VER: British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1972 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-e4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept l)o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape G.lTope, 6 p.c. 1873 I W.Apl.&Oct 1890-1906 Do. do; leBo-9 Do. Jan. &July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April anti 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 186 R, 6 p. c Jo. 1878 do 3lauritius, r P . C, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1-78 cto. 1882, May 15, Nov. Do. MTh, Feb. sc Aug Natal , :ov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 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.... Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 queensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18n8-: Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja ,t July Do. do, pril ,t Oct BRITI h am. Consul. (,old, Chiverton 'Mord A malgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist )rakevval Is East Bassett (Illogan) East Caratcon Eas c Cam Brea o.ast Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Ijove,l E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Gr.•at L orey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal busy G. Wheal Vor Grenville II erod's Foot • • • Flingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley vtwyndy Iron Ore, lin New Sewn . North Roskear ........ N.Wh'l Bassett (I Hogan North Wite,l Crotty Prosper United....,... Pr vidence UnyL6lant S. Caradon (St. Clear).. South Condurrow ...... S.Wheal loran. (Mogan Stray Park . ........... Tin Croft Vigra and Cl, gan, West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (I, , skeard West Chirerton ....... . West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Setou ,Wheal Ti elawney (I.lB] 55 57 73 74 8 9 195 150 3 1 p 101 103 51 53 SIONS 55 Al) 99 10., id Ip 64 10 11 75 80 96 98 60 70 100 102 100 101 10 103 38 39 87 89 66 68 57 62 57 59 52 57 46 50 42 46 35 36 31 35 101 1(3 P 94 100 91 93 18} 4} 4 412 14 ' f)4 A 6 1 40 9► 100 90 92 86 88 64 66 8 82 98 99 98 99 9S 99 911001 9f 1 981 9} vt,t fT SECUR. 93 95 93 96 93 96 79 61 76 SO 101 103 IG4 106 104 106 101 103 90 92 101 103 :106 1 8 102 IC4 103 iO5 103 1(5 1(4 106 99 101 93 95 92 94 87 89 100 102 82 84 97 99 99i 100 104 106 105 106 871 8j 71 9 10 18 20 57J 69) 18 20 84 9) 5} 51 3 3) 114 1214 3 3) 5 7 20 21 2 3C 34 32 SI f 40 42 5} 51 7 4 44 2) 10:1 40 50 13 t 5 i ! 37 39 410 430 2 )1 '8 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 79 82 190 You 95 1( 27 3) 3 5 240 23 ►7 18 12t20.1 894 10, I 125 I 431 3 62 134 51 4, 123 21 111 i P 1061 5 371 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 iOO 100 all 7if 3t 'OSSK 1004 1, 24 II 2; 38 71 34f 102 11 21 i ITIBB. 80 791 II M li 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.16.6 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1866. MARKETS,--This Day. moved off slowly. Cakes were i n steady request, at fully late rates. WOL. The transactions i n wool ha O ve somewhat increased, but the total amount of business doing is still very moderato. The market, however, must be considered firm, as both home-grown and colonial qualities command in most in stances the full prices lately current. The next series of public sales will probably be commenced on the Bth of March, and it is anticipated that during their progress about 80,000 bales will be brought forward. Current prices of English wool per lb. s d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 91- Half-bred do 1 14 Kent fleeces 1 14 South Down ewes and wethers 1 71 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing s d 1 10 2 Of 2 01- 1 8f 2 0 1 10 2 0 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. CITY BETTING—This DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 16 to 1 agst Valiant 16 to 1 agst The Duke 20 to 1 agst Knight of Snowdon 20 to 1 agst Arabia. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 4 agst Innellan 100 to 4 agst Agag 100 to 4 agst Balder 2,000 GUINEAS. 3 to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 10 to 1 agst Janitor (offered) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 40 on the field THE DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Janitor (offered) 2000 to 24 agst Lanelet LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.—We are requested by Mr. Golby to state that he scratched Church Militant out of the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase immediately the weights appeared. Mr. H. Delme's Sister to Poland, 2 yrs, has joined H. Goater's lot. J. Hayhoe, jun., has removed his horsos to Mr. W. Steb bings's stables. Moroton-in-Marsh Steeplechases are fixed for Thursday February 22. DURHAM RACES.—The Plate for bona fide hunters, half bred, closes on February G. Four stakes, - to be run for at Catterick Bridge Races, close and name on Tuesday, February 6. Lord Conyngham and Selim were struck out of the City and Suburban as soon as the weights appeared. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Ilolroyd.) IN RE SIR J. T. MACKENZIE, BART. This bankrupt, whose case is somewhat remarkable, came up to pass his last examination, and for the order of discharge. His Honour, having regard to the magnitude of the figures, and the importance of the case, an adjournment for one month would be ordered. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Deputy-Recorder, the Lord Mayor, Alderman Sir Francis Graham Moon, Allen, and Dakin, and She riffs Gibbon and Figgins.) The January Session commenced this morning. The Deputy-Recorder presided, in the absence of the Recorder, and, in delivering the usual charge to the grand jury, said that there were 64 cases on the calendar, and he was informed by the Governor of Newgate that there were 10 additional cases. Considering that it was only three weeks since the last session that was a large number, and in two of the cases murder was charged. In both of these, as in many others, when crime was committed, one of the parties was drunk at the time of the offence. The first of the two cases in question was one, in which a man named Greenwood was charged with the murder of his wife. Both of the parties had been in a public-house and had been drinking, and there was a good deal of talking going on. The man appeared to be sober, and was speaking about some business. His wife frequently inter rupted him, and said that was not the place to talk of such matters, and although he told her to be quiet, she con tinued her interruption. After some time she threw a bottle at the man, which so exasperated him that he drew a knife and stabbed her in the throat, from the effects of which she died. The next case was that of a man, named George Crane, who also was charged with the murder of a woman with whom he cohabited. It appeared that the wifo had gone to bed, and shortly after the prisoner's re turn she was heard to scream and call out, " George, don't kill me." The woman died the next day, and her body presented a most frightful aspect, a portion of the ears having been bitten off, and the surgeon who examined the body decided that the inflammation of the bowels and the injury to the intestines had been caused by external violence. The next case to which he wished to call attention was, where a man was charged charged with attempting to murder a child which he had by a woman with whom he had been living. The injuries were inflicted on the child, who was a mere baby, during tho absence of the mother, and there was strong evidence to prove that they were the act of the prisoner, who had been heard to say that he wished to get rid of the child. The only other case to which his lordship adverted was one of libel, the facts of which were of no public interest. The grand jury then retired. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. George Smith, alias Raymond, a young man about 20 years of age, was charged with having been concerned, with others, in stealing a cap, some other articles, and two shillings, from the person of a man named Brown, in Lant-street, in the Borough, on the 21st of October. The prisoner, who pleaded not guilty, was not represented by counsel, and Mr. Daly appeared for the prosecution. From evidence it appeared that about 8 o'clock on the evening in question a person named French came up to Brown and addressed him, but Brown told him that he did not know him. The prisoner and two other men then sprang on Brown and stole the articles in question. Two of these men had been since convicted. Several previous convictions having been proved against the prisoner, he was sentenced to 7 years' penal servitude. ATTEMPT TO DEFRAUD A RAILWAY COMPANY. L. S. Worth, who was convicted last session of attempt ing to defraud the South Eastern Railway Company, under circumstances arising out of the Blackheath Tunnel acci dent, was brought up to receive judgment. The prisoner, who h a d occup i e d a res p ec t a bl e p os iti on i n society, was very muc h affected, and addressed the judge at some length, in th e course of which h e re f erre d to hi s previous status, and said on one occasion a public dinner had been given to him. at Ilighbury Barn, at which several gentle men of the neighbourhood were present, and which was pre sided over by a magistrate. He had also prepared 14 columns of written matter, which he was unable to urge on his behalf last session. He said he had no fault to find with the jury, who went according to the evidence. His lordship said he was satisfied as to the estimation in which he had been held, and as regarded the written matter he would not object to read it now, but he thought it could do the prisoner no benefit. He then sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment, and hard labour. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) Tho Court disposed of some felony cases, which wore of no public, interest, and rose before ono o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. IMPOSING ON THE BENEVOLENT.— John Williams, about GO years of age, describing himself as a carpenter, of Smith's Cottages, River Head, Sevenoaks, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with obtaining, by means of false and fraudulent pretences, the sum of 2s. Gd. from Mr. Arthur `Walsh, M.P. for Leominster, and residing at No. 35, Hill street, Berkley-square. The prisoner, being found guilty, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. MARK LANE. The trade for good and fine dry wheats in the country markets held on Saturday was firm, at fully the rates of the previous week. Damp produce, however, sold heavily, at late prices. In the spring corn trade there was a great want of activity ; nevertheless prices, in most instances, ruled stationary. For flour the trade was quiet at former terms. On the Continent the corn trade generally is quiet, at about stationary prices. At New York both wheat and flour are very dull, and the business doing for export is exceedingly limited. With foreign wheat the market was moderately sup plied. For most descriptions there was a fair demand, and prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was moderate. Good and fine malting qualities were in moderate demand, at full prices ; otherwise the barley trade ruled firm, on former terms. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were moderate, but the condition of the produce was poor. The few dry samples on the stands were disposed of at the prices of Monday last. Damp wheats, however, were difficUlt of sale, and changed hands at irregular quotations. A total clearance of the supply was not effected at the close of business. Beans were in moderate supply and fair request at late rates. Peas met a slow sale at late prices. The supply on offer was moderate. For flour there was only a moderate demand at last Monday's currency. Malt was a slow request at late rates. The supply of oats on sale was but moderate. The trade, however, ruled quiet, but at the prices of Monday last. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr 39s to 46s Do, old 46s 51s Do., white, old s2s 5 s Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —e Do., new Talavera, new s2s 60s 28s 30s Rye- Barley—Grinding Malting 3os Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 66s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 20s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2oa Cork, white 22s Scotch, Feeding 2ls Beans—Tick Pigeons .... 46s Peas—Grey, new Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b 438 Suffolk 32s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 2Gs METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of foreign beasts and sheep on sale in our market to-day, but the general quality of the stock was only middling. The trade generally was active on higher terms. The arrival of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Ireland and Scotland, fell off considerably when compared with Monday last. The supply from Norfolk and Scotland was in prime condition. There were about 200 beasts on show from Lincolnshire. Although the late order prohibiting the removal of stock without the four mile . range from Charing-cross has not been rescinded, purchases of beasts were made for the country at a certain amount of risk. The beef trade was not to say brisk, yet prices advanced 4d per 81bs. A few very superior Scots and crosses realised os 4d, but the general top prices were E.s to 5s 2d per 81bs. The whole of the supply wan disposed of. From Norfolk we receivod 400 Scots, &c. ; from other parts of England, 1,000 various breeds ; from Scotland, 400 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 150 oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was limited, but the quality of most breeds was good. Tho mutton trade ruled steady, and the quotations advanced 2d per Blbs. The beet Downs and half-breds changed hands at from 6s 4d to Gs 8d per 81bs ; clipped Downs sold at 58 2d to 5s 4d per 81bs. The few calves on offer were disposed of at very high rates, viz., from 5s 6d to 6s Gd per 81bs. There was a steady inquiry for pigs on rather higher terms. The top figure was 5s per Blbs. Per 81b to sink the offal. a d e d Crse. At inf. beasta...3 6 4 0 Second quality do ..4 2 4 6 Prime large oxen ..4 t 4 10 da d Pme cra-wool sheep 5 8 6 2 Prime o'thdowii ,:0.6 4 6 La ge coarse calves.s 6 6 0 Prime Seats, ae....6 0 6 2 Crse. and inf. sneep.4 0 4 8 Secoud quality do ..4 10 5 6 Prime small d0......0 2 6 6 Large hogs ....4 4 6 Small porkers ...4 8 5 u LatuU....oi ud to 0. Od. Su •kling calves, l to 2is ; and quarter-old store pits, 28 t) 32s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 1,80) Beasts 77 Cows. l2 , Cows. Sheep Calves lOl Ca yes .. BO rigs 220 Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 7,821 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 6,697 ; in 1864, 2,166 ; in 1863, 3,011; in 1862,„660 ; and in 1861, 514. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam — ... Antwerp — ... Boulogne 9O ... Bremen ... 122 ... Copenhagen...... ... Cadiz 159 ... Calais - ... Dordt. Dunkirk — ... Delfzyh. Hamburg 149 ... Harlingen 303 ... Oporto — ... -- Ostend 2 ... 490 ... ... ... Rotterdam ... 403 ... 3233 ... ... 263 ... 252 Tonning - 560 ... - 574 - ... - ... 74 ••• ''..". ••• .."-. ••• ^ ... - ... - ... 41 • • • ... 867 ... - ... - ... 23 3 6 ... - ... 2 ... - Total 1,296 ... 5,870 265 ... 399 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 Bl9 ... 1154 189 4 1863 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Jan. 30, 1865, and this day, Monday, Jan. 29, 1866. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. Jan. 30, Jan. 29, 1865. 1866. 8 d sd ed s d. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6to 4 2 3 6to 4 0 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 5 0 5 2 4 8 410 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Primo coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 6 0 6 2 6 4 6 8 Lambs Largo coarse calves 4 4 5 0 5 6 6 0 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 0 4 6 4 8 5 0 Beasts 4,330 4,340 Sheep 12,450 20,130 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE ' Feb. 1, 1864.—Beasts, 4,460 sheep, 15,710—calves, 51—pigs, 440. Feb. 2, 1863—Beasts, 3,72 o—sheep, 14,780—calves, 156 —pigs, 270. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. These markets are woll supylied with town and espe cially country-killed meat. For most qualities there is a fair demand, at the annexed quotations : Per 81b by the carcase. s d s d i d a d Inferior beef 2 10 3 4 Inferior mutton.... 3 6 4 0 Middling do. 3 6 3 10 Middling mutton.. 4 2 4 6 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime do 4 8 5 li Prime small d0....4 4 4 6 Veal 5 0 6 0 Large pork 3 10 4 4 Small pork 4 6 5 2 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in hops is very moderate, but all good and fine qualities are firm in price. Inferior samples moved off slowly, at late rates. Last week's imports were CO bales from Boulogne, 25 Antwerp, 25 Bromen, 9 Hamburg, no Harlingen, and 22 Dunkirk. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex 60s to 112 s Yearlings loos to 140 s BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoes on sale are tolerably large. Nearly all qualities are in slow request, yet very little change has taken place in prices from last week. Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. Yorkshire do 603 to 80s Flukes ~ Rocks 40s to 608 „ TALLOW. P.Y.C. is dull on easier terms. The quotation on the spot i; now 468. 3d. to 4Gs. Gd. per cwt. Town tallow is selling at 455. per cwt. net cash. Rough fat 2s. 4d. per el bs. Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 52,218 66,221 53,229 45,309 Price of Y.C. f 44s 9d to 41s 9d 42s Od 46 5 3d to I—s Od —5 ()d —s 0(1 465 6d Delivery last week 2,407 2,568 2,417 2,172 Ditto from June 1 56,332 49,421 62,464 77,075 Arrival last week BO5 990 464 75 Ditto from June 1 70,291 77,895 70,669 89,901 Price of Town SEEDS. Linseed and rapeseed were firm in price, but the demand for them was by no means active. All agricultural seeds Liverpool Cotton Market--ibis Day. The Market opens with rather a better feeling. Sales probably 8,000 bales. Mr. Algernon Swinburne is about to issue a selection from Byron's works, Prefaced by a critical essay, in the series known as " Moxon's Miniature Poets." Mr. Frederick Locker is busily engaged in collecting materials for a volume of the best " Vers de Socidtd" written by Englishmen. Mdlle. Adelina Patti is to receive £l2O for every one of her performances at the Italian Theatre, Paris, and will " create," it is said, two now parts, those of the heroines " La Gazza" and "I Puritani." There are now three theatres in Paris for sale, the Follies Dramatiques, the Ecole Moliere, and the Theatre Beaumarchais. The receipts of the Paris theatres in 1865 amounted to the enormous sum of £767,000. A picture broker in the district of the Madeleine has discovered under a thick coating of varnish a Virgin and Child of Correggio. It is a re-production of a part of his celebrated " Repose in Egypt," formerly in the church of the Holy Sepulchre at Parma. M. Victor Hugo's new book, " Les Travailleurs de la bier," is in the press at Brussels. The first volume is already printed, and M. Paul Meurice, who superin tended the publication in Paris of the " Chansons des Rues et des Bois," is to perform the same office for "Les Travailleurs," THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. TA T TERSALLS'—This Evening LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 20 to 1 agst Mistake (taken) 20 to 1 agst Creole (taken) 25 to 1 agst Accident (taken) CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 agst Czar (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 3 to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 7 to 2 agst Student (taken) 10 to 1 agst Janitor (taken freely) 12 to 1 agst Auguste (taken) THE DERBY. 100 to 15 agst Rustic (taken) 15 to 2 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 10 to 1 agst Student (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Reda n (offered, take 20) 20 to 1 agst Janitor (taken) 20 to 1 agst Auguste (taken) 50 to 1 agst Wolsey (taken) 1000 to 12 agst Lanaret (taken) The Supposed Murder of a Policeman. BOW-STREET-THIS DAY. This afternoon John Daly, John Cahill, and Daniel Curtis, were again placed at the bar before Mr. Vaughan, charged with causing the death of Police-constable Wil liam Fitzgerald, F 50, whilst in the execution of his duty. It will be recollected that the deceased policeman, at the time in question, being on duty in Drury-lane, ar rested a man named Daly for being drunk and disor derly. On the way to the station they passed through Broad-court, Long-acre. A crowd of people followed. Just as the constable and his prisoner reached the en trance to the court, Cahill and Curtis cried out to the man in custody, "Go it, Bob." Instantly Daly grappled the policeman by his throat, and struggling they fell heavily. Cahill and Curtis rushed forward and dragged the prisoner away ; then all three ran off to gether. The policeman, Fitzgerald, did not rise from the ground, but said to those who addressed him, "Don't touch me—my arm's broken ; send to the station," which request was complied with, and the injured man was removed. He was taken to King's College Hospital, where he died in great pain last Monday morning. Dr. Conway Evans, senior physician to the hospital, said that he made a post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased. The left atm was discoloured and much swollen, but there was no other mark of injury. The discoloutation and lividity, how ever, would have concealed a bruise. The elbow joint was dislocated, and the whole of the muscles were in such a condition that it was evident very great violence had been used. The main artery was torn asunder. No bone was fractured. The body was that of a very fat man. The heart was feeble and in.a state of fatty degeneration. The liver was also fatty. The immediate cause of death was failure of the action of the heart consequent on tran matic delirium arising from serious surgical injuries. If the man had not received the injuries he would doubtless be now alive ; but if his heart, &c., had been sound the injuries would not have been, in all probability, fatal. The prisoners wore again remanded. WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 29. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Shannon has arrived here with 76 passengers, a large cargo, and £208,498 in specie. The dates from Jamaica are to the 9th inst. The new Governor, sill Henry Storks, arrived on the Gth, and took up his residence at Blundell's Hall Hotel on the 7th ; he was waited on by Mr. Eyre, General O'Connor, and other officials. On the Bth the inaugural ceremony took place in Spanish Town in presence of the officials and a large assemblage of spectators. Everything in Kingston, Spanish Town, and throughout the island was perfectly quiet. The appointment of Sir Henry Storks has given great dissatisfaction to the dominant party, and corresponding satisfaction to their opponents. Sir Henry Storks personally was well received. The new Governor will reside at King's House ; Spanish Town. It was believed the Royal Commis sion would be held there. Mr. Roundell, the secretary of the Royal Com mission, and Mr. Gorrie, the counsel for Mrs. Gordon, arrived by the same mail as Sir Henry Storks. The local papers continue to discuss the circum stances connected with the rebellion, especial;y the evidence against Mr. Gordon, with great acerbity. Many political prisoners were to have been tried by the special commission on the 23d inst., but it is supposed these arrangements will now be changed. There is nothing new from Chili. Every branch of trade was satisfactory. The suicide of Admiral Pareja had been con firmed. In Peru all was quiet, and order prevailed. THE LOSS OF THE LuNDON. 4.- OFFICIAL INQUIRY THIS DAY. The official inquiry into the circumstances con nected with the loss of the Australian steam-ship London, which foundered in the Bay of Biscay on the 10th inst., opened this day at the Greenwich police-court, before Mr. Traill, the magistrate at tached to the court, and Captains Harris and Baker, the nautical assessors appointed by the Board of Trade. The court was extremely crowded, and the greatest interest was manifested in the painful in quiry by every person present. Mr. O'Dowd, the barrister, attended on the part of the Board of Trade. He said, in his opening observations, that he was nearly overpowered with the duty of introducing the tragical circumstances connected with the loss of the auxiliary steam-ship London, which foundered on her voyage to Aus tralia. He would not attempt a description of the terrible matters attending that melancholy event, because the public had been made so painfully aware of them by the public press. He should, in the first place, therefore, offer evidence as to the structure of the ship, and:the material of which the hull was constructed ; secondly, he should apply himself to the question as to whether the owners of the vessel had complied with the provisions of the Passenger Act, and for that purpose he should call before them the best evidence it was possible to obtain. He should call before them gentlemen of the greatest ability who had examined vessel at the time she was built in 1864, and also those who had twice examined the ship in order that she might obtain her certificate as a passenger ship. He should, in the next place, address himself to the cargo and dead weight on board the ship, which would be found to be 347 tons 4 cwt. 3 quarters, consisting of sheet-iron, shot, nails, rock and other materials, and a quantity of other articles which could not be classed as dead weight. The value of the cargo on board amounted, he was told, to £127,074. The next thing he should direct the attention of the Court to was the quantity of coal actually on board the London. There were on board the vessel 45 tons of coal re maining from her previous voyage; there were shipped in London 460, less 48 tons expended on her voyage to Plymouth. Fifty tons were placed on board at Plymouth, making a gross of 508 tons. He should call before them the parties actually engaged in storing the cargo, and every one who could throw the slightest light on the terrible cala mity. The learned gentleman then proceeded to give the exact details and measurement of the ship, and then referred to the owners of the vessel, which, he said, belonged to the Messrs. Wigram 56 shares, Messrs. Morgan four shares, and her ill-fated com mander, Capt. Martin, to the extent of four shares. The vessel left the London Docks Dec. 29, under the command of Captain Martin and a Trinity House pilot. Her draught of water, according to this pilot, whom he should call, was 19ft. 9in. forward, and 20ft. 9in. aft. The vessel left Gravesend, after embarking a portion of her passengers, on the 30th, and owing to stress of weather she anchored at the Nore. She got again under weigh on the Ist of January with her own steam, the wind blowingfrom the S.W. She went down the Channel against strong head•winds. On the 3d the weather became so boisterous that at about two in the afternoon the pilot decided on taking her to Spithead, and she anchored on the Motherbank at 4 p.m., and laid there until the 4th, when she steamed out the wind being S.W. She arrived at Plymouth on the sth, and at nine o'clock she was boarded by a Plymouth pilot, who took her to the Sound, and in two hours after she was anchored within the break water. On the 6th, a short time after midnight, her anchor was hove off, the weather being mode rate, the wind blowing northerly with little or no sea running, the course steered being S.S.W., and her speed about eight knots an hour. The Lizard was sighted about five a.m., when the weather increased. On the 7th the wind, which was then westerly increased to violence, which caused the ship to roll. On the Bth she increased to a gale, when the captain ordered the fires to be put out and sails hoisted. On the 9th the wind increased to a strong gale, when she pitched into much violence. At 7 a.m. the lifeboat was stove and carried away with all her gear. At 9 a.m. the sea struck her very vio lently, and carried away a. great portion of her stay sails and royals. It continued to blow a severe gale, and on the morning of the 10th the gale was still I raging, when the captain gave orders to return to Plymouth to refit. In the course of the morning the swing masts were secured and the jibboom cleared from the ship, which was 48 N. 87 W. At 9 a.m, the sea was then running high and the wind blowing beyond anything recollected by the survivors. At about half-past 10 a terrific sea rose and descended almost perpendicularly over the engine -room and smashed it in. Every effort was made to secure the hatchway by the crew and passengers. At 4 a.m. on the 11th another violent sea struck the ship and carried off four windows of her upper or poop cabin. Through the breaches thus made the sea rushed into the ship with such violence that the 'tween decks were full of water. The captain, with the engineer, took soundings, and finding there were 14ft. of water he gave up all hope of saving the ship, and communicated the awful in telligence to the passengers, who received it with calmness and resignation. At about 10 a.m. of the 11th the ,captain ordered the boats to be got ready, and the starboard pinnace, which was of iron, was got into the water and lost. At 2 p.m. the ship was rapidly filling. Another boat was lowered, and some of the crew entered and sailed for the captain to follow, but, with a true courage, he preferred remaining with his ship. Altogether 19 souls entered the boat. T hey then pushed off from the ship, seeing she must sink, and after having gone a short distance they saw the London go down by the stern. The boat drifted about for 20 hours, when she was picked up by an Italian vessel and landed at Plymouth on the 16th. Having referred to the praiseworthy conduct of the commander of the vessel who saved the boat, and which had been already substantially acknowledged by the Board of Trade, he said it was a just and and merciful thing to deal tenderly with the dead. Capt. Martin had no foes ; he was a true seaman ; he met his death like a hero. It did not follow that because he had perished that no inquiry should be made into the navigation ; but he was sure that the Court would deal as tenderly with the dead as the ends of justice would sanction. He would now pro ceed to call the evidence he had to bring before the Court. Mr. George Joseph Gladstone was the first witness ex amined. He said—l live at Blackwall, and am shipwright surveyor to the Board of Trade, and senior surveyor for the port of London. It is a part of my duty to inspect passenger steam ships occasionally during their construc tion. I go over them from time to time. I am bound to exercise a very strict superintendence. I saw the ship London while she was building. She was in frame when I first saw her. She was the property of the Messrs. Wigram and Sons. The book I hand in contains the official entry relative to the ship made by myself. I was over her four different times during her building. She was constructed of materials, according to my judgment, of the first quality. She had an angle iron frame, iron beams, stringer plates, kealson, and plated iron bottom. She was double rivetted from keel to gunwale. All her fastenings were sound and good. She had stringer plates to each deck. She had four bulkheads and four compart ments—two before and two abaft the engine. Her engine hatchway was 12 feet 6 inches by 9 feet 6 inches. I have no positive recollection of the dimensions of the engine-room hatch but by measuring the plan I hold in my hand. I, however, measured the ship when she was new, and the figures I have given are correct, according to my recollection. The combings were 16 inches and 5 inches thick, and they were made of teak. The covering of the hatchway was a wooden frame, with thick plate glass pro tected by a galvanised iron grating. She had three open ings on her upper deck before, main and after hatchway, a scuttle forward, and a companion aft. Her bunker shoots were flush with the deck. I considered her en gine hatchway cover quite sufficient to protect engines from bad weather. Mr. O'Dowd—You considered that the bars of the sky light were sufficient to protect the engines from a heavy sea. Witness—Yes, with a tarpaulin; corer and battened down. Mr. Traill—Don't you think it would bo an additional protection if something was placed under the glass to prevent the water entering when the glass was broken ? Witness—Certainly it would. Mr. Traill—Would it be in the way at all ? Witness-•No, not in the least. You could have a board ing underneath of glass. Cross-examined—There were huge ports for the escape of water from tho upper docks. There were four ports, two gangways, and five scuppers at each side leading direct out of the ship. The vessel had a set of tarpaulings for all the hatchway skylights, a double set of sails, six life-buoys, and seven boats. Two of the boats wore made of iron. When they were ready for launching I called Messrs. Wigram's attention to them. I said I didn't like iron boats, and suggested that large bags of cork might be placed under the thwarts to make them more buoyant. Boats, however, do not come under our supervision. My suggestions were adopted by the Messrs. Wigram. I saw the bags of cork placed in the boats. Our report of the London to the Board of Trade was that she was a sea worthy vessel, and fit for any voyage. The certificate granted by the Board of Trade would be in operation for six months after date. I surveyed her again in June, 1865. I was of opinion that the London was as fine a ship as ever left the port of London as to material and workmanship. There was nothing in her proportions that in my opinion affected her seaw63 l thiness. Sho had as much beam in proportion to her length as ships of that class generally have. Her length was atout 7i: times her breadth. Her height 'tween deck was 7 feet. Her engine- room was open to the main deck and protected with comb ings and rails round. By Capt. Harris—She had seven stern windows under her poop deck. They were secured by dead lights. Tho shutters and dead lights wore made of wood two inches thick. I cannot say whether they were deal or fir. The windows were about two feet square. Five were practical windows and two were shams. The space between the windows was about a foot. Supposing she was drawing 20 feet 9 aft, the lower part of the windows would be near 8 feet above the water line. Her topmasts were wood, the lowr part iron. They were regular sort not telesco2ic ones. I don't tii . i3k the vessel could be said to be over masted. The after bulk head of the engine room had a covering which when down wa6 perfectly water tight. The Lon don was not fitted with an y particular boat lowering ap paratus, such as Clifford's. she had the ordinary block deck. The a i ,n ,h d e so Lo o n n d . on Sh is e c h e a r d tifi n e o d to carry sheitel.for passengers on 400 p assengers. I should think that the fact of the engine room of a loaded ship filling with water would be quite sufficient to sink her. Her rigging was all wire with rope landyards. Mr. Robert Taplain said—l am engineer surveyor to the Board of Trade, and I have been so for the last 10 years. It is part of my duty to examine engines and machinery of passenger vessels, also the safety valves and fire holes. I usually make those examinations twice a year of each ship provided they are within the port of London. Th ose examinations are made in order that the necessary declara tion can be made to procure the Board of Trade certificate for the ensuing six months. I have surveyed the engines and machinery of the London three times, the last time in December last—l think the 22d. The screw shaft passed through the after engine - room bulkhead i nto a leather washer round it to keep the water from coming through. There was a sliding door by the side of it. It was properly fitted, and I believe perfectly watertight. T he plates round the suction pipes were good and sound. I granted the owners of the London the usual declaration of the ship's efficiency. Her engines were high and low pressure, with direct action. I don't think anything could have gone wrong to cause the engines to admit such a quantity of water into the engine-room. Everything was in perfect order. Her engines were 200 horse nominal, and the boilers loaded 291 b. to the square inch. The fireplaces were about 4or 5 feet from the skin of the ship. The working of the engines in this ship would not have bean impeded had there been a flat covering to the main hatch way of the engine-room under the skylight. It would im- pedo the draught which could be artificially provided for. I think in this case it would have been advisable to have had a covering for the engine-room on the main deck. have never served at sea. She was constructed to carry 370 tons of coal. She consumed 16 cwt. of coal an hour. Thu engineer gave that item. Mr. Barber—l am one of the shipwright surveyors to the Board of Trade for the port of London. I have been so employed for 10 years. I have been for five years stationed at Glasgow. I don't know the ship London at all. I have heard the description given of her engine-room hatchway by the witness Mr. Gladstone, and I have also seen a sec tion and drawing of it. I have thought of and considers plans for the prevention of water going into the engine_ room. In the Clyde vessels with a full poop they origi nally had the engine-room skylight on the upper dock be fore the poop—the poop deck has now been prolonged to a few feet before the engine hatchway, and a watertight bulk head has beon carried from the main or upper to the poop deck, so as to enclose the hatchway. I think the best way of preventing the water rushing down the hatchway and extinguishing the fire is the plan just mentioned. The plan adopted in the navy is a very gool one I think. By Captain Barber— The simplest way, I think, would be to have strong shutters for the engine hatchway, such as is in use in the navy. I am prepared to say that the shutters fitted to the engine room are for the purpose of keeping out water, and not to prevent skulkers going down when the ship is cleared for action. I know now of two passenger steamships fitted on the Clyde principle, the Bellona and the Atalanta, being in London. I have no experience of shipbuilding in the Thames. The inquiry at this point was adjourned until to- morrow. The Malt Tax. NORWICII, Jan. 27. A public meeting of the East and West Norfolk Anti-Malt-tax Association was held in St. Andrew's hall to-day, Sir H. Stracey in the chair. All the four members for East and West Norfclk—Mr. Bagge, M.P., Mr. E. Howes, M.P., Mr. C. S. Read, M.P., and the Hon. T. De Grey, M.P.— were present, and there was a large attendance, composed principally of tenant farmers. Mr. E. HOWES. M.P., in moving the first resolu tion, said he knew there were many gentlemen of education, station, influence, and experience, who were not altogether with him upon the question. This was quite true, and he always stated what was true, whether it were popular or not. At the same time he was in favour of the total repeal of the tax, and, except as a matter of expediency, he should not wish to support those who advocated its partial reduction. He believed that a partial reduction would effect little or no good, but as a matter of expediency and as a means of attaining the ultimate object, he should be prepared to vote for a measure of the kind. Seine of the growers of the best barley appeared to think that the repeal of the tax would be adverse to their interests. He did not think, however, that this result would ensue ; he believed that the effect of the law as it at present stood was to exaggerate the price of the best barley above that of the inferior barley, but he believed that growers of the best barley would not grudge the growers of inferior barley a little advance if their barley did not suffer by it. But he supported the repeal of the malt tax as a step towards carrying out the principles of Free Trade, and whatever the conse quences of such a course might be he was prepared to abide by them. The malt tax was totally at variance with the principles of Free Trade, and more especially with the true principles of taxation as laid down by political economists. The malt tax taxed a manufactured article in the first stage of its manufacture, and this was totally contrary to a maxim, admitted now all hands, that a manu factured article should be taxed, if taxed at all, in its later stage. This was the grievance of which the farmers complained. The immediate effect of the tax was that it exaggerated most unduly and unfairly the price of the manufactured. article, and its concomitant mischiefs were perhaps not less ; these evils were touched upon by his resolution when it spoke of the injustice inflicted on the grower of barley. What were the results of the injustice? One was that it lessened consumption , and depreciated the article; another was that the farmer was ham pered in the operations of his trade. The tax depre ciated one crop, and therefore disturbed the relative value of the crops upon the rotation of which the farmer depended in his trade. The tax not only did this, but it prevented the free , use by the farmers of what might be called the produce of his own farm for his own purposes. He had watched the course of Mr. Gladstone for some time. He believed that Mr. Gladstone thought that the benefits which would follow from the repeal of the malt tax had been ex aggerated, and that the disadvantages which would follow had been extenuated. He was not sure that Mr. Gladstone was not right in this, but he thought he saw a leaning in his mind on the first proper oc casion to deal with this large question. The country was in a state of great prosperity, with the excep tion of the agricultural interest ; at all events, there was no very pressing demand at present upon our ' finances, and he believed the farmers would obtain some measure which would lead to the total repeal of the tax. The resolution moved by the hon. mem ber was—" That this meeting is of opinion that the continuance of the Excise duty upon malt is a great injustice to the growers of barley and wholly at vari ance with the free-trade policy of the country." Mr. STANTON seconded the resolution, which was carried with one dissentient. Mr. BAGGE, moved the next resolution, and said the moment the Corn Laws were repealed in 1846 he joined the Anti-malt Tax Association, and ever since then he had been consistent in his views and opinions upon this important ques tion. He took his stand upon the broad principle that after the repeal of the Corn Laws it was impos sible to uphold the malt tax for a moment. He was surprised to hear the stupid cry still uttered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the repeal of the malt tax could not be afforded. Last year there was a surplus of £3,500,000, and this year there was another large surplus. Mr. Gladstone, who had opposed Mr. Disraeli upon the question of the tea duties, and who said that could not be afforded also, took that slice out of Mr. Disraeli's budget ; the consequence had been an enormous increase in the consumption, and he believed that if the malt tax were repealed there would be an equally large consumption of beer. No person of common sense could be of a contrary opinion —(laughter) —but the question was, would Mr. Gladstone remove the tax ? He had not the same opinion of Mr. Glad stone as Mr. Howes had ; but he believed that Mr. Gladstone would not repeal the tax unless the farmers made him do it. However, Mr. Gladstone was very agreeable. (Laughter.) It was all beside the question for Mr. Milner Gibson or the Chancel lor of the Exchequer to talk about the tax being 12i per cent. or 30 per cent. ; the repeal of the tax must follow the legislation of 1846. The farmers must " agitate, agitate, agitate,"' and not leave the Chan cellor of the Exchequer an hour without sending a petition, or give the house of Commons one blessed moment's rest until they had carried their point. (Laughter and cheers.) Mr. Bagge moved a reso- lotion to this effect. Mr. LEAMON seconded the resolution, which was carried nem. con. Mr. C. S. READ, M.P., the " farmer's friend," returned for East Norfolk in July, next addressed the meeting in support of;the resolution, to the effect that the duty on malt was injurious to the con sumers of our national home-grown beverage. The lion. gentleman argued that what was called Free Trade at present had reduced the price of wheat, and introduced all sorts of diseases in connection with the importation of cattle. He would not advo- cate the cause of the artisans in towns, because ho believed they - were well able to take care of them- selves, but for the sake of the agricultural labourers he contended that the farmers must have malt-tax repeal. The farmers were sometimes told that they ought to pay their labourers better wages, but in their present position they could not afford to do so. They could, however, assist in giving the labourers . . cheaper malt and beer, which would be a service to the poor and a benefit to agriculture at the same time. The farmers ought to make the labourers as comfortable as they could, so that they might not leave the British shores. The hon. gentleman then . _ entered into statistics to show that the duty imposed on malt had checked the consumption, and that every reduction of duty had been followed by an increase of consumption. The great man the farmers wanted to convert was the Chancellor of the Exche quer. Mr. Gladstone was, he believed, a thoroughly honest man, and just as Sir Robert Peel gave the country the benefit of cheap bread so Mr. Gladstone might yet give the w orkin g classes the blessing of I‘,r cheap .l and LEE whol eso me W A RNER seconded e ( d l e a a n r d , hi‘eiarr: )TILLTT supported the resolution, which was agreed to. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. based sum ine°r- r Is :0 the The II tile -The pg of e ster, i g for ,nt to ty o f 30yal TIU bove d ws B )y• said f the , -'T Share . too too 100 100 100 luo 100 100 all 100 100 MELN 2.1.0 2.14. e 3} 2.'4.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8:u all 0.14.6 14.9.6 8.18.0 8.10.0 5.10. E 13.17.6 4.10.6 43 2 1 ' 384 4.4.0 2.13.‘ 7.1.6 10.6.7 INES,