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

MONEY MARKET AIM COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The condition of monetary affairs continues un changed. The brokers have a full supply of money cn hand, but are unwilling to lend it out under 7} per cent. for short-dated paper. Perhaps the aspect is not so unfavourable, but recent revelations re specting the operations of some of the finance companies have occasioned anxiety and a rather exaggerated idea of the future. At the third ordinary general meeting to-day of the shareholders of the English Joint stock Bank a dividend of 6 per cent. was declared. At the tenth annual general meeting to-day of the shareholders of the Bank of Egypt a dividend was declared of 10 per cent. and a bonus of 10s. per share. The changes in the principal items of the Bank of England return are comparatively unimportant, and t he authorities have failed to obtain the requisite increase in their reserves. Annexed are the parti culars : Active Circulation ...£21,063,225 ••• ••• ••• • Bulliou Increase 90,845 •• • •• • •• • *:: 13,165,480 ••• ••. ••• ••• ••• • Zest Increase '• ' • '• • " • 94,720 3 524 , 107 Public D Increase ••• ••• ••• ••• 14,393 eposits ... 4,145,939 ... ... ••• ••• increase 705,994 •• ••• Other D eposits ... ::: ::: ...• ... 13,390,352 -- - seven Day .../ecrease ••• ••• • ••• 789,739 and Other Bills ... 418,449 Government Increase . ••• 13,634 Securities ... 9,865,546 Other Sec D u e ri c t re ie a s se 436 ••• ••• • •• ••• 19,414,046 Decrease 9,157 i htes Unemployed ::: ::: ::: ::: 5,936,900 Increase ••• ••• ••• ••• 2,065 The Bank of F rance re t urn i s no t f avoura bl e. T he bullion has been reduced £140,000, the notes i n circulation 700,000, the bills discounted £820,000, and the advances on stock £72,000. On Monday next a meeting will be held of the creditors of Messrs. C. and J. F. Bowman, sugar l 'ealiers, who recently suspended payment. Two o'CLocK. According to Reuter's telegram the French I'll br ree per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68f. 70c. The English Stock Market has been rather active, a nd quotations have been buoyant. The low values t cur rent during the l as t f ew d a y s h av e brou g ht i n mlyers, and their operations have produced a general advance. Consols have improved to-day 1 per cent., viz., to 86+ / for money, and 861 1 for the a ccount. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86/ ; Exchequer Bills, 7s. to 2s. dis. ; Bank England Stock, 245 2461; India Stock, 20 8 209 ; India 5 per Cents., 1021 ; and ditto Enlaced, 5 per Cents, 101. Most of the Foreign Stocks show an improve lent. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 381 ; Mexican, 20 1 1 1 ; ditto New, 18+ ; Greek, 12 1 ; Spanish •rassive, 241 ; the Certific a t es , 131 ; Italian, 0 4 1 ; the Confederate Loan, 51 6 ; Brazilian Scrip, 1/ prem. ; and Egyptian Railway Scrip, prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 661 ; Erie Shares, 53i 1; and Illinois, 74175. The transactions in the Railway Share Market 'aye been on a limited scale, but in several instances slight advance has taken place. Metropolitan have improved ; and Great Western, Lanca 411ire and Yorkshire, and North Western, each ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the °4I Y change of i m p or t ance h as b een a f urt h er a d- I,all es in Grand Trunk of Canada, which a r e dealt hi at 41/. s ank and Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive, it n p rev i ous ' pr i ces . Affiance Bank are dealt lat 264 ; E ng li s h J o i n t St oc k , a t 10 I ; L on d on 3 1 ask of Mexico, at 111 11/ ; Union of Australia, ,0 50 4 ; London Financi a l, a t 151 1 ; National Dis ; 111 t Comp any , a t 141 15 ; an d 0 veren d , G urney, and Company, at 181 j ; London Steam Towing T °l3 sPany Shares are quoted 11 2 prem. ; and Chas. 'lstlitte and Co., 24 21 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Q 40 VERNMENT FUNDS. Dr Cent. C onso l s 8 ~,..°- ,Account, Feb. 8 B6l . Ne er Cent. Reduced B6l 1 ti A e lt 3 per Cent B6l 1 1 P B l Per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 4 -uno. Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Duities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 °• for 30 yrs, expire sth April, " lBBs — 42 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — -"equer Bills, X 1,000,3 per Cent. 7 2 D £5OO 7 2 E A , o £lOO and X2OO Z(4 England Stock, 5 per Cent t b , I ,7 I AN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - 1.7• 1 1 Stock, 10} per Cent., AprillB74 2OB 9 _ '-'he Account ji ° „' 5 per Cent. July, 1870 D -- "• 4 per Cent., Oct.lBBB fs Do. uertificates 1:;, °. flfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do.o. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D Of per Cent., M a y 1879 — D°°• 4 Per Cent., Aug. 1866 — 1) Bonds, £l,OOO _ ° under £l,000 4110,,POREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. t ra. .,, s -. 'tan Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — aquan 5 per Cent -'O. Loper Cent., 1852-58-60 1863 Do• 1863 — O D o • Account 7 41 13 4 0. Ayres3s paid telttes 6 per Cent te• Account Ohn t . ) 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Bo -n 6 pe r Cent — eoi 4i per Cent — 041:!11).bian 6 per Cent. — bitbt,, 6 lper Cent. IS : : "; 3 per Cent., 1825 j' t ; !,„ Per Cent., 1863 — D s , ,_e Per C en t., 1773-77, X 25 pa id — 611oian Principalities e Ac count tiador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — tgA. P rovisional Land Warrant — - .6' t all 7 per Cent DSecond Issue — °- £lOO Bond s D Do. 1864 93 42 XlO O Bonds e t 5 per C en t s ., 1824-5, ex C oupons D O. Account ',-0. Coupons uo tzi k ,.: A-ccount itaiiii:ooz 5 A na c a c la poeu s ru p tc e e r n C t, en n t. 6s 75i 6 5/ ilex,. Maremmana Railway b an 3 per Cent °. Account , 1 O n 1864 l7 lil n "„ ° , 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ~.., e videan 6 per Cent., £3O paid N e " 118 11 Imperial 5 per Cent I v Gra a a n us. D°.' 2 per Cent — Defe d rre 0 0. 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) b_6,per Cent, 1864 — Ps' -i-llaranteed, 4 per Cent D v ian 5 per Cent — • Account .b° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren). — A b" 4 1 per Cent, 1862 0 Account ot t , 11) 0 gll, °se 3 per Cent., 1853 0 ° per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, ki s :: A enount Ip c a p 5 per Cent., 1822, X St 9oi 1 90} 0 0 1 Per Cent. 1850 1)01 3 per Cent, 1860 D o 6 Pei Cent 1859 54 Do , d Per C en t . 1862 ktrdi ili Per Ce n t . 1 864 9O 93 be all 8 Per Cent 3 1)zt ll Per Cent - e ish 3 Per Cent D A 4, ~Al,kccount D .- "'"31? Deferred — D e A ccount vo — D P assiv e o A ccount 241 1 1 Do l l Cert. of Coup not funded — IN,,,ceount l3l 1 '`u Li 4, ''''(' il l) ri t O al ' pe r per Cent. en e t n . t. 1864 b u Per Cent. 1854 — D.,..,0 A c ...__ n u 0 6 ' O ll t 9O o A Per Cent. 1858 1) 0 "` ec elint 7Ol 70 t'.,o f1.,°0 Bonds , 75 no Av e r Pent. 1862 D o ~c e nunt 68 D o "';' -6 0 Bond s Do Per Cent., 1863 Do ' l:3l ' Cent. 1865 — Do e A paid3s b e A ccount Ve. °' 4 Per 0 uezn e i Cent. Guaranteed — b b itt po aoo a 3 0 Per Cent. — 0 11Ilt ~ Per Cent., 1864 34/ 51 ttwoubihvir dends on the above payable in Louuun. f,'lZiaC',? P o r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins re 46l , ~ ,t4' per cent., ME. 25f - Aentes 3 per Cent. _ 1) co , „ 10 , , .o.lefeoorunion:y ........................ nR...EE:3:7OCK. ........ ~,,,,,,,,,,,,• fu sday. a a car -1 High" ?rin cos eei , and arrived h e 7.10 ray, his L Sand purpose )ting in ;, Which MajOr - VindSOr The N ith an prince, me , the 'ere his d, afte r zcellent hooting wood with the Major .enadier Lord , n i s h of r Major )diately catch ranleS 'S [eve, of .arance 0 voice he has xec uteo le sing° n atural e sang , in an dairaa, led her re for- which ridge, Miss a most assisted of he r " gored) , other I upon ffning a we' nd the ueene- Bat the hes call vrielit, ,hurch• a fell 10 vo'Y ,rialistB amoun t well as s pale• tion to h Na pe ;pe el 6- f ; ; and, be pre" w hile oresei d be laid a t o ne D etioll o f the rise when Um ber o f the si d e of 01411 d 0 co in ,f the ng ju The Offic e° he Ist lok• .ICLENT SEC lib 93 95 93 96 93 96 79 81 78 SO 101 103 104 106 104 106 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 1 8 (02 104 103 105 103 105 1( 4 108 9J ►Ol 93 95 92 94 87 R 9 100 102 8: 84 97 99 99/1 10u 104 106 105 106 9 10 15 17 67 , , 690 j 18 20 6 7 4* 41 3 36 6 1 Ile 2/ 1 3 3j 5 7 20 21 16 2 36 4 3C 32 3* 31 40 44 61 5i 5 7 4 46 2i 14d 40 60 13 15 i t 11 39 410 43J 2 ri 8 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 79 82 190 2uu 1‘095 27 3) 3 5 2,0 23 17 18 ettl.liel.;llANCK SHAKES. Great Western Orig. 4i per cent:pf., 90i Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pt., .00 London, Chatham, and Dover per cent. pref., 91i 901 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, lot vitiM4MICNCE 82.A.KEs NlL.).6TOutie.. London and S.-Western 44 per cent., 971 south Eastern 44 per cent., 1859. 86 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Greenwich, 814 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. ntwerp and Rotterdam, Ili' Dutch Rhenish, 224 Sambre and Meuse, 94 San Paulo. _ ua. 6 per cent., 164 West Flanders, 74 FoREIGN MINER. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 4 if 3/ St. John ael Key, lim., 501 BAN tib. Alliance, lira.. 261 Anglo Egyptian, lira., 12f uestralasia. 72 II Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 22,1 Consolidated Bans, Inn., Q Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 10 European Bank, lim.. 12 11l Imperial Ottoman, .21 13 Ditto, new, 12 _ „ Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4 London Bank of ,tiexico and S. America, lirn., 11 London and Comity, 76 54 7 London;Joint Stock, 47} London and % eatminster, 93i Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 17 National Provincial of England. Ditto. d and .d issue, 451 Provincial Banktig I;orporation, Ilm., 6/ Union of Australia, 50i MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2; f Australian Agricultural, M I 20 Ceylon Company, n 6 Dit.o, A shares, 21 City of Lon•,on Real Property, lim., 31 1 1 City offices, Rm., 5 6 Co., mercial Union, Insurance. 71 1 Credit r oncler and nobilier ot 1141,4•1!md. 81 8 Ditto, issued at a prem., of which £2..fs to pay, 5j Credit Fonder of Mauritius, Bin., 8 Crystal Palace, 35 Discount Corporation, 10 blgyptian Corn. and Trading", lint., 41 d 1 Gen. Credit and FivanJe of London. urn.. 6 i Hudson's Bay, 16 - j. Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim.. 5,1 6 International Financial , ociety, Urn:, 6j f 5 Interational .and Credit. lino_ if I:alian Irrigation (Canal Cavour, Ditto, per cent. Bonds, redem. 1-70, lamed 90, 771 Joint Stock Discount, inn.,:4l 4 5 London Financial Association, Urn , 15th Milwall Iron Works, 41- National Discount t ompany, 14 16 14! Northern Assam Tea, lim , - Ditto, B, 3 North British and Mercantile Insurance, 191 Ocean .Marine Insurance). 21 Overend, Gurney, and Co.. lim., 19 18; ; 19 Quebrada Land, ttAil, and Mining, lim., Royal Mail Steam. IG9i 9 South African Mortgage and Investment, lira., 2} south Australian Land, 29 Submarine Telegraph, 55 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, lien., 81 Thames and Mersey ;Marine) Insurance, Um., 71 j Unlyereal_Alitrine, Immune, lim., at t SHARE MARKETS,--This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share/ Railways. I p a id . l Closing I Business Price. done. 'Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Corn wall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, it A b.Junc E. London, :.trip Certi 110. 'Glasgow dr S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D ). A stock . . Do. B stock 93 95 29 30 94 96 13 15 4i 54 68 70 70 72 114 116 38 39 7 8 , 27 128 145 .146 Do. Dew, is. at 25 pn. GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt Weste.n . S. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newpo-t, Do. He , eford 92 Of 68i 59.1 39 41 34 37 01 03 120 121 b 9 Al 9 98 36 37 Lane 'shire & Yorkshire L ndon and Black wall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., hat., and Davtr Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & orth Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shel., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do Extension Metropolitan District. Do do. do. 1251 :25} - 93 95 51 58i 135 137 2f 3 p I lip 99 101 Do. and at John'sW'd Mid and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin Derby ki id Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchsst Do. Leeds ...... Do. York Do. Carlisle Po. stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-6 l North London .. Do. do. 1864 ... Do. to. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction 'Scottish Central 123 124 1 4 It 92 94 0 0 7 28 111 112 Scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mia. stock Shropshire Union South Devon -ouch E stern staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale to Neath Waterford Itr Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornw HITIS ti P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,llaroda, Cen.ln. Du. per cent o. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference .. Buff., Bran t, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & E., lim.•l al e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben_ al, gu., 5 do East gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk ot Caned% Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist 'ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Frit. Bonds. Do. do. deterred ... Do. 3 d Pref. stook... Do. do. deferrea::: : Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per oent Do. New gua. 6 p. 0 Gt. Sour h of India gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent R Do ...... t 3 reat W. . of Canada DJ. New .. Do. 6 p. 0. Bd.+. pay 1873 , o. 5, do. pay. 1877-s.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4, do Do. 4i do Do. Filth Extensiob Melb. Cor. 6 p. 0. Bode. Mel. do Hudson's day.. N. 11 1. C'd a, 6po let pf. be. beinde .... q Do. Delhi Do. do t's Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St Flo .:() LON IAL GO VER British Columbia,6 per' cent., Deo. 31, 1472. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-4 - Do 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. D.. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 00. 5 p. e. Jan. & July Do. 5 p inscribed 8k Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Jo. Apl. & Oct , 1890- Iliuo Do. do; Iz4Bo-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and .5 yet., 1900.. - ... Ceylon, Nov. 1866, 6 p. t. . Do. 1878, 6 Mauritius, r, p. c, 1873, Jan. and July I Do. 1 , 78 )o. 1882, May 5. Nov. Do. ltztis, Feb. & Auz ~ atal • ov. o per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.dz.l uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv., 186 k Do. 5 p.c. 18 1 to )87, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... ova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. a sterling, 1875 •lueensland Gov. 6 p. C ' 3. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, dpril & Oct BRITI Cam. Consol. G old, lim Chiverton Clifford:amalgamated, Devon G. Cons. (Tavnit Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) west Cara, ion Eas L Cam Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Love E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StA übyn(G wen. Unlit L .xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal nu-4y G. Wheal Vor 'Heist Grenvihe Elerod's Foot •••• Eilngston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Starke Valley vtwyndy Iron Ore, liw New Sewn North Roskear v.Wh'l Bassett Jaw:an North Wile.' Crotty Prosper Pr vidence Uny L.lant S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. South Condurrow .Wheal Fran. tillogan Itray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Cl gan, li i ' West , ftssett(lliogan . W. Caradun L skeardl West Chi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan! Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. !Wheal Setoa Wheal Tieiawney ads. 72 73 105 106 36 38 10 It p 124 126 2 2•p 2 2411) 75 77 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 '55 57 74 74 i 8 it 145 150 3 'pl lol 103 M 63 a1ON•• 5s 63 99d 10t) 13/1 10 11 75 80 96 98 60 70 100 102 100 101 101 103 - - 38 39 87 89 66 68 57 62 57 59 52 57 46 50 4 2 46 35 36 31 35 IN 1(3 I UP 2 PI 94 100 91 03 16j , 6i 4} 4 92 94 84 e 8 1 sd 9) 100 90 92 86 88 64 el 6 8 S 2 98 U 9 98 99 1 4 93 99 38 f i 58 14 t o 125 f 6 93 a a 136 1 61 a '23i 3 tt.l 58 i ilii I 100 all 100 100 100 to() n 0 all 100 3 100 'OSSE; 71 i 1(21 f 4') 34 411 35i 102111 I ITli 1011 991 38i 4.4.0 2.13. , 7.1.6 10.6.7 li 3.2.0 18.18 9 35,15.6 9 all THE SUi, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1866. AMERICA. TIMID EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. 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. THE LOES OF THE LuNDON. m- OFFICIAL INQUIRY-(TIIIS DAY). This investigation was resumed this morning at the Greenwich police-court, before Mr. Traill and Captains Harris and Baker. At the request of the Court all the witnesses were requested to retire and remain in waiting in the private room. John Jones was then called. He said—l was the chief engineer of the London. I held a certificate of competency from the Board of Trade when I joined her. It was my first voyage in the vessel. We left London on the 28th of December last. Our machinery went without the slightest trouble as far as Plymouth. We were then in charge of a Trinity House pilot. Mr. Greenhill and Mr. Harmer, the second and third officer, the stoker, storekeeper, six firemen, and three coal-trimmers, composed the engine-room crew. The second en gineer also held a certificate or competency. We had our fires alight when we left the dock. The en gines in going out of the dock were going about 30 revolutions. We went slowly down to Gravesend, and the rest at full speed. When the weather be came rough off Dungeness the engines worked well. We were then going at six or seven knots an hour. We keep a log-book in the engine room : it was lost. I have nothing particular to relate relative to the voyage from London to Plymouth. We arrived at Plymouth at daybreak on the sth of January, on the Friday morning. Nothing occurred at Plymouth. There were about 50 tons of coal on deck when we left London, and we had 5 or 6 tons remaining there when we got to Plymouth. We left Plymouth just after 12 on Friday night, having replaced the coal we bad con sumed coming from London. It was stowed partly round the engine room hatch and the steam chest. It was placed there for immediate use. It is the usual practice to place it there on the starting of a steam vessel. I don't think we had 20 tons on the deck when we met with our misfortune on the 11th. The weather, when we left Plymouth, was mild. I think a part of the 20 tons was washed overboard, the other was lying about the deck. Mr. O'Dowd—Did any of it come below ? Witness—No. Mr. O'Dowd—Did you see any of it near the scupper ? Witness—Yes. I saw some knobs of it tumbling about as the vessel shipped the sea. Captain Harris—What quantity of coal was on the deck when it broke loose about the deck ? Witness—l cannot say. Captain Harris—Can't you say how much ? It is a serious thing you know to have coal lying about in a heavy sea. Witness—No, I cannot. It was lying about when we shipped the big sea. I was knocked against the lee scuppers and hurt my shoulder. After leaving Plymouth we went at the speed of eight knots an hour. I can't say what course we were steering. The weather was then very mild, and it continued so during the whole of the 6th. It freshened a little between 6 and 8 in the evening. It continued to freshen on the 7th (Sunday). It was not squally. The weather was increasing with the sea at the time. The vessel was kept to her course under steam that day. I could only go on deck when I was off watch. Mr. O'Dowd—lip to Sunday did the ship make any water? Witness—No, not that I am aware of. Mr. O'Dowd—We now come to the Bth. How was the weather then? Witness— It had increased almost to a gale. We then had orders to put fires out and stop engines. The captain gave the order. We also lifted the screw. The weather continued the same all the day until about five in the evening, when it moderated. Mr. O'Dowd—Did you get up steam again ? Witness—Yes, about four o'clock. Mr. O'Dowd—Did it continue moderate! Witness—No, it began to increase again about midnight. Mr. O'Dowd—Was it as violent as before ? Witness—Yes. It continued to increase up to the time she went down. I don't think it lulled at all. Mr. O'Dowd—What happened on the 9th ? Witness—l think one of the lifeboats was carried away. Mr. Traill—You were steaming all this time ? Witness—Yes. Mr. O'Dowd—You recollect the morning of the 9th ? Witness—Yes. I saw the wreck after the rig ging was down. I cannot say how long it had occurred. I saw the foretop, topgallant, and royal masts hanging down. I did not go forward to observe the jibboom. The masts were hanging against the big mast. Capt. Harris—What were the crew doing ? Witness—l cannot say. They were all busy securing the wreck. Mr. O'Dowd—Did you see the spars secured ? Witness—Not that day ; 1 believe they were the next. The upper masts were hanging by the cord ing. I cannot say how near the deck they were. The ship was labouring heavily at this time. Her head was to windward. On the 10th I saw the rigging secured. No damage had then been done. They were lashed round the stump of the foremast. I don't think that any of the other masts were car ried away that day. I did not notice the boats. Captain Harris--Was she taking in sea while her head was to the sea on the 9th ? Witness—Yes, but not much. Mr. O'Dowd—The engine-room was then quite free of water ? Witness—Yes. Mr. O'Dowd—How did the engines work ? Witness—They worked well till the fires were put out on the 10th. , Mr. O'Dowd—Did anything occur before three o'clock on the morning of the 10th ? Witness—No, nothing. The engines were then working well. At that hour orders were given to go at all speed. Mr. Greenhill gave the order, he having received it from Capt. 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 9nd washed away the skylight of our engine -room. I came from toy 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 1 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 of 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 we 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 HarAs—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 Harris—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 came down into the engine -room before the very heavy sea struck us. VV hen I last left the engine room there was about 14 feet of water. This was 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 tone o f best Welch coal at Plymouth, signed by Rober t Harris, was then put in and read. Examination continued —It was blowing hard on the Bth Jan., and on that day Capt. Martin gave , me orders to stop the engine s. It is a common -vhen the wind is s(toc currence to stop the engine s blow ing. The wind moderated towards the afternoon, a and at 5 p.m. on the 10 t h we got up steam again, and continued it till the Wednesda y . The wind was blowing a storm at that time. The witnessf atheni , here described the condi tion of the ri gging o vessel after the topmas ts had been b lown away.) The port lifeboat was washed away on the 9th (Tuesday). The gale continued to increase the whole of that day. pn 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 andrun 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 r • unning. 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 7l -What was the effect of the large body of water entering that part of the vesael ? Witness--In 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. Witnem—Yea, 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. Traill—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, I 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 iu 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 thR 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 lowered. The first engineer and several others got in after she was lowered. We num bered in all 19. We 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 our 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 hours. • By Capt. Harris—The captain was on the poop when he told me there was no hope for the ship. The people on board seemed regardless of launch ing the boat left after seeing the first one go down. After we bftfLpushed off I saw a rush on deck to the boat, but it ways then too late. By Captain Baker—The ship answered the helm at noon on thi; 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. Ile 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 chain pumps. The coal on deck was all thrown overboard before the fires were put out. The coal bunkers had 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. ARRIVAL OF THE BORUSSIA.. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 2.—The Hamburg and American Company's steamship Borussia, from Now York on the 20th tilt., has arrived hero. She brings\6 passengers for this port, Havre, and Bremen ; $151,135 for England and $137,500 for France. On the evening of the 20th the Borussia spoke the steamers City of New York and the Hansa. Her news has been fully anticipated. Adventure on the Niagara Biver. (Front the Buffalo Express, Jan. IG.) - - We have to recount this morning one of the most fearful and extraordinary stories of perilous adventure, death, and suffering that it has ever been our lot to make public- Of the three actors and sufferers in it, one is a prominent and widely-known gentleman of this city, Mr. William A. Thompson, the proprietor, and now vice president of the new Erie and Niagara Railroad, running from Fort Erie to Niagara. We have obtained the particulars of our story from the lips of Mr. Thompson, who survives to relate such an experience as few men in the world have passed through. It seems that on Saturday afternoon the quantity of ice passing pown the river from the lake caused the ferryboat plying between Black Rock and Fort Erie to suspend her trips. Mr. Thompson, who was on the other side and de sired to cross to this, accepted the offer of a coloured boy, Wm. Bartlett, to row him across in a small boat, not realis ing at the moment the difficulty of the passage occasioned by the movement of the ice. Subsequently he was joined in the trip by a man named Warren, foreman under the contractors of the Elie and Niagara Railroad, who was very anxious to reach this side in time to take the 6 p.m. train to Suspension-bridge, going home to his family at Prescott, C.W. On reaching the river side, Mr. Thompson saw the hazards of the attempt at crossing, and would have receded, but Mr. Warren pressed him to go on, and he was prevailed upon by his companion's anxieties. About half-past 5 o'clock the three pushed out into the stream. They found much difficulty in making their way through the ice which ran close to shore, and again Mr. Thompson advised a return. But presently getting through the shore pack of ice they found clear water, and went for ward confidently, meeting no obstacles until they again neared the shore on the American side, near the Erie Mills, when the ice pressed upon them thicker than in the first instance. Mr. Thompson then gave an imperative order to the boy to back away and return, but it was too late. They had entered so far that return was impossible. They were caught by the ice, wedged fast between its grinding cakes, and could go neither forward nor back. Another moment and it had crushed the sides of their beat, so that it began to fill rapidly and sink. The throe immediately leaped out upon a cake of ice nearest at hand, which proved to be but a small one, scarcely larger than a door, and drew the boat partly upon it after them. Their hope was in being able to turn the craft bottom up and mount its keel, in which position they might be floated by it, but the mass was not large enough to permit such an operation. Mr. Thompson then at tempted to bale out the boat with his cap ; but while doing so the boy Bartlett cried out that the ice was upon them again, and they had barely time to throw themselves into the half-filled boat when the piece upon which they had stood was crushed by another mass coming down upon it. An instant more and the boat was also struck, turned bottom upwards, and Mr. Thompson and Mr. Warren plunged into the water. The negro boy succeeded in leaping upon an ice cake. Mr. Thompson sank once and came up, when he clutched the boat, made his way to the stern, and climbed upon the keel. Here he saw his companion Warren sink ing for the last time, a short di§tance away, and drowning before his eyes, while he was utterly powerless to help. He had scarcely witnessed this when death rushed upon him again. The boat was once more struck and rolled over. Again he sunk, and again, on rising, he clutched the boat, which again had righted itself. Climbing into its stern, which sank with his weight two or three feet below the surface, he sat for a time with the water to his chin. By this time it had long grown dark. He could see but little about him. Presently, a cake of ice drifting down upon him, he put out his hand to ward it away, and feeling it to be several inches thick and apparently of some size, he con cluded it best to escape, if possible, from the boat to the ice. He very nearly failed in doing so, barely getting his breast upon the cake when he sprang from the boat, and finding it impossible to lift his body from that position. Providentially, however, the boat in rising just touched his foot and gave him a slight push forward, after which he was enabled, by long and exhausted efforts, to crawl upon the cake. Here he stood upright, and not knowing the size of the ice raft dared not move. Hailing the boy Bartlett, he found him still afloat on his bit of ice, 100 or 200 yards away, loudly engaged in frantic prayer. And now began the wonderful voyage of the river through the darkness and the storm of freezing sleet which fell upon their frail rafts of ice. Those who were out that Saturday evening will remember what a bitter night it was. A fierce rain, driven by keen north winds, stung the face of the tra veller, and cased everything exposed with a quick mail of ice. To all this pelting storm these wet and exhausted cast aways, drifting along the cold waters of the Niagara, with the horrid dread of imminent death to freeze their hearts within them, were exposed for three mortal hours. Mr. Thompson had lost both cap and gloves. His clothing was frozen into the rigidity of iron armour, and he became in capable of motion, except as he lightly swung his arms to keep thorn flexible. All that he could do for himself was to shout and cry for help, which he steadily did, and with the whole strength of his lungs, for hours. Fortunately pos sessed of a magnificent physique in every respect, his voice was capable of exertion. Once, somewhere in the vici nity of Lower Black Rock, he received a response from shore, but to his appeal for rescue the voice, out of the darkness, replied that it had no ears and could do nothing. The miserable fool, or worse, who heard and hailed, seems to have made no effort to rouse his neighbourhood and set its energies to work for the rescue of the perilled men who appealed to him. And so they drifted on beyond Black Rock, beyond Strawberry Island, past the head of Grand Island, and steadily onward to those currents of the great cataract where no hand could save them. Steadily the cry for help rang out across the water and through the black night, and no ear heard and no tongue answered. Three hours had passed—seven miles of the river traversed—it was 9 o'clock of the night. Hope began to die in the heart of Mr. Thompson. He called to his companion, the negro boy, and gave him a message for his wife and children, if it should be his lot to escape. His thoughts, as he describes them,were very quaint and curious. They were too busy to give an opportunity for fear, and death was faced calml and Coolly. And so they drifted steadily down, between Grand Island and the American shore, until Tonawanda was passed, and the last houses upon either shore from which help could come before help should be too late were going by. But there, at the last, by the good providence of God, help did come. The shouts were heard on the Grand Island shore. Lights began to move from house to house. The neigh bours were running together. Presently the gleam of a lantern moved upon the river, and they knew that boats were coming out. Mr. Thompson, when reached, had to be rolled into the boat like a log. He was taken off by Mr. Chas. Poplar and Mr. George Glide. Another boat, manned by Mr. Wm. W. Blackney and Mr. John A. Bacon, rescued the boy Bartlett. The boy, being thinly clad, had nearly perished when taken off; but Mr. Thompson, a man of large, robust frame and great vitality, felt himself capable of enduring an hour or two more of the bitter trial. Astonishing to say, neither was severely frozen, and Mr. Thompson, whom we saw yesterday, appears little the worse for his extraor dinary experience. Mr. Warren, who was drowned, was an elderly man of about 56 years of age. He resided at Prescott, 0.W., where we understand he leaves a family. THE ALABAMA AND THE KEARSAGE.—" I thought you had been in the Confederate navy ?" " I was," said Aleck. "I was with Semmes everywhere he went; I was in the naval brigade and blockade running, and on the Alabama all the while he commanded her." "But not when she sank, I suppose ?" I rejoined. " Well, I was, and was picked up with him by the Deerhound." "It was a pretty sharp fight, wasn't it ?" I suggestingly asked. "It was that," replied Aleck, but he didn't care about en larging. "I suppose it was the eleven-inch shells that did her business ?" "Oh no," said he, coming to a kind of confessional, "we never had any chance ; we had no gunners to compare to the Kearsarge's. Our gun ners fired by routine, and when they had the gun loaded fired it off blind. They never changed the elevation of their guns all the fight, and the Kearsarge was working up to us all the while, taking advantage of every time she was hid by smoke to work a little nearer, and then her gunners took aim for every shot." "Then, it isn't true that the Alabama tried to board the Kearsarge ?" "No, sir, she did her best to get away from her from the time the fight commenced. We knew well that if we got in range of her Dahlgren howitzers she would sink us in ten minutes." " But," I asked, " don't you believe that Semmes supposed he would whip the Kearsarge when he went out to fight her ?" "No ; he was bullied into it, and took good care to leave all his valuables on shore, and had a life-pre server on throughout the fight. I saw him put it on, and 1 thought if it was wise in him it wouldn't be foolish in me, and I put one on too. When Semmes saw that the ship was going down, he told us all to swim who could, and was one of the first to jump into the water, and we all made for the Deerhound. I was a long way ahead of Semmes, and when I came up to the Deerhound's boat they asked me if 1 was Semmes before they would take me in. I said i wasn't, and then they asked me what I was on the Ala bama. Said No matter what I was on the Alabama, I shall be a dead man soon if you don't take me in.' They asked me again if I was an officer or a seaman, and wouldn't take me in until I told them that I was an officer." "But," said I, " did they actually refuse to pick up common sea men, and leave them to drown ?" " They did that," replied ho wrathfully, and probably not very correctly ; " and as soon as they had Semmes on board they made tracks as fast as they knew how, and left everybedy else to drown or be picked up by the Kearsage."—Cornitlll Magazine for February. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS DAY. The Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Earl Sidney, the Earl of Bessborough, and Lord Stanley of Alderley, the peers appointed by •Royal Commission to open the proceedings of Parliament, assembled at two o'clock. Only a few peers were present. THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod was then directed to summon the Speaker to the bar of their lordships' house. The SPEAKER having appeared, said that in accord ance with tho direction of her Majesty, and in the exer cise of their privilege, the members of the House of Com mons yesterday had proceeded to elect a Speaker to pre side over their debates, and that their seloction had fallen on himself. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he was directed by her Majesty to assure the right hon. gentleman that her Majesty had so high an opinion of his merits, and the ability with which he had discharged the duties of his important office, that she fully approved of the choiee of the house. The SPEAKER said he submitted himself to her Majesty's commands, and claimed for the members of the other house their ancient and undisputed privileges, and the full freedom of speech in debate. He also trusted that her Majesty would put the most favourable construction on what the members of the House of Commons did ; and as for himself, he trusted that due allowance would be made for any errors he might commit, and that the other house should not be made responsible for them. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that such favourable construction would be put on the acts of the House of Commons, and on what he himself did in his official capa city, although he believed the claim for a,ny indulgence on his part was unnecessary. The Speaker then retired, and their lordships proceeded to swear in the peers, which terminated the proceedings. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS DAY. The Speaker took the chair at two o'clock, and there was a very large attendance of members on both sides of the house. The Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod having summoned the Speaker to the Upper House to present himself to the Royal Commissioners, on his re-election as Speaker, and for the purpose of hearing her Most Gracious Majesty's confirmation, proceeded to the House of Lords. On the Speaker's return, the Clerk proceeded to admini ster the oath to the members, and amongst the first sworn were Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Disraeli, Lord Stanley, Colonel Taylor, Mr. Huguessen, Sir W. Heathcote, Lord Hotham, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Dundas, and Colonel Gilpin. The following members also took the oaths and their seats :—Mr. M. Gibson, Sir S. Northcote, Mr. Dodson, Major Anson, Mr. Green, Mr. A. Baring, Lord Royston, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Baines, Lord Clarence Paget, Sir Henry Rawlinson, Lord R. Montague, Mr. Leslie, Mr. Hunt, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Sclater Booth, Lord R. Grosvenor, Mr. Henry Winslow Barron, Baron Rothschild, Mr. Nathaniel Rothschild, Mr. Darby Griffiths, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Ack royd, Mr. Horsman, Lord Henry Thynno, Mr Labouchele, Mr. H. Selwyn. &c., &c. The house adjourned at 4 o'clock. 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 necessary appurtenances 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 have since re covered, and present a promising appearance. Papers 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 large local weaving trade, and three-fifths, or 141,592 cwt., will be exported ; high prices may cause a larger exportation. 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 Candoish, from fine seed, introduced by the collector of that district from the neighbouring talooks around Akote, in r, the revenue dcvoennfiurme department,in gthe statementsßombay, revs to the u previously d f f rom ra h the experi ments thus made. A greatly im provedarWecceeesiet B vses oe 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 which it was resolved to comply.—A translation of the treaty concluded at Berlin, on the 16th 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, wore received from the International Exhibition, Dublin, and may now be seen at the rooms of the association. There was no further business. How CASUALS ARE RECLAIMED.—Not a night passes but amid the foul scum of blackguardism and worthlessness which drifts into the casual ward there is a percentage of undeserved misfortune and innocent help lessness. How much can be done towards distinguishing and assisting the latter, is seen from the records of the refuges ; how much more might be effected by an efficient staff of officers, whose sole duty it should be to take charge of houseless wanderers, can only be understood by those who have mingled night after night with these poor people, have heard and tested their stones, and been at the pains of examining into their past, and, in some instances, watch ing their future career. The casual poor are a distinct class, with subdivisions, nice points of distinction, pecca dilloes, and idiosyncracies, peculiarly their own. To deal with them effectually, to restore some to the ranks of honest labour, to cope with the abandoned profligacy and vicious indolence of others, and to mete out justice and ensure food and shelter to all, it is absolutely essential that the official machinery should be carefully adopted to its purpose. There are numberless subtle difficulties connected with the treatment of houseless wanderers, which can only be mas tered by patient, unwearying effort and self-devotion. Many instances have occurred, within my knowledge, where a little painstaking and a fow kind and judicious questions have resulted in the rescue of an abject wretch from a life of misery and shame, and in restoring him to one of decency and repute.—J. C. Parkinson in " The Fort nightly Review." LONDON GAZETTE.--This Evening. INDIA OFFICE, JAN. 31. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right lion. 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, FEE. 2. The Queen has been graciously pleased to promote Lieut.-Col. John Henry Cooke to be Lieutenant of her Majesty's Body Guard of Yoemen of the Guard, vice Major Generol•John Fitzrnaurice, 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 reapectively, in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of Jan. 25, 1866 :—Edward Fredk. Keppel, Archibald Little, John Frittio 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 Hope. ADMIRALTY, FEB . . 1. George 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 thi s d ay b een promoted to the ra nk of Assistant Engineer of th e Fi rst Class in her Ma jesty's Fleet, with seniority of Bth J anuary, 1866. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE.—This Day. CITY BETTING_THIS DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 100 to 7 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 100 to 7 agst Valiant (taken) 20 to 1 agst Knight of Snowdon (offered) 25 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 6 agst Creole (offered, take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Innellan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Balder (taken) 2000 to 70 agst Magenta taken) THE DERBY. 2000 to 100 agst Auguste (taken) ACCEPTANCES FOR T: STEEPL. Age st lb L'Africain 13 2 Emblem 6 12 10 Effenberg 6 12 8 Alcibiade 5 12 2 Hall Court._ 6 11 12 Magenta a 11 2 Cortolvin ... 6 11. 6 Lightheart a 11 5 Jerry •„ a 11 5 Reporter ... a 11 4 Frank ... a 11 4 Glencairn ..• a 11 4 Hornet ... ••• 611 0 Laura ... 5 11 0 Ibex ••• ... 6 10 12 Sinking Fund ... alO 12 Stanton ... a 10 12 Gayhurst ... 10 12 Portland ... a 10 12 Accident 6 10 10 The Clown ... 5 10 101 Knave of Trumps.. 6 10 10 Creole .. a 10 10 Emma gelding ... 6 10 10 Blood Royal a 10 10 Rhodomontade 5 10 10 Columbia ... 5 10 10 Gamecock a 10 101 Mistake ... 5 10 9 :E GRAND NATIONAL CHASE. Age st lb (Old Oswestry ... 610 9 Merrimac ... ... a 10 7 Agag ... ... a 10 7 Glasgow ... ... 5 10 7 Sir William ... a 10 7 Balder ... .. a 10 7 Salamander ... a 10 7 The Czar ... ... alO 7 Stella (late Diana) & 10 7 Philosopher ... 6 10 7 Stormcock... ... a 10 7 Garotter ... ... 510 7 Blue Light ... a 10 5 West End.... ... a 10 5 Duchess ... ... a 10 5 Heurlys ... ... alO 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 ... alO 0 Cutaway ... ... 510 0 Sutton ... ... 410 0 Surney .. .., 4 10 0 5 10 0 Dermot Asthore ... . Skiff(late No Moue) 5 (? ( The Doctor o) ... 5 10 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. FEBRUARY. .... 20 1 Nottingham Spring Lincoln MARCH. Derby Spring 1 C roxton Park l6 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring ......... 13 Windsor Spring Doncaster .................. 13 N ewcastle Spring,,, 2B Lewes Spring ............ l5 - - Liverpool l arke T . ray. The market opens with a firmer feeling. Sales probably 10,000 bales or more. too 1 WO 100 100 all 100 100 100 1 iOO 2 100 100 II M 2.1.0 294 2.14.0 32 2. 4.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 41i 8.18.0 8.10.0 5.10.6 13.17.6 4.10.6 NES. 1001 Ca 4 lea(