The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-01 00:00:00

.......• its and ; dwell ae the ith its ra yton )rariel I seen ors of of ache read- Jathe - Lent is io be corre- .t this lie last stone and ►llego tvour- ension licell _ ze the " ou r Mee° former 1 of rn and _ 'l'l , ° tinne d ~ The e et 11° ac ireo o D oe eugo' ev er, ntif' l J . 0, as VaC h ; 501V' MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL (NTELLIiii4NOR, TWELVE O'CLOCK. . _ No alteration has been made in the rate of dis count at the Bank of England, nor was any ex pected. The change which affairs have undergone during the past few days has dispelled all hope of any immediate relaxation in discount circles. In ad dition to the rather active demand for money for trading purposes the public will have to provide for the numerous calls there are being made by the same financial companies who have sustained consilerable losses through unfortunate operations. The shares of many of these associations,. which were quoted the other day at a high premium, are now either about par or at a discount. The quotations for money therefore remain firm, and 71 per cent. is generally the lowest rate at which the brokers will take first s bills. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under:— 1866. 185. Great Western . .£63,963 £606 886 North Western ... 445 93,540 B outh Western. : 102 19, , 887 17,662 Brighton 17,739 14,588 Midland 50,144 47,022 So- ••• Jouth Eastern Great Northern LP' ... ... ... 22,887 20,677 :.. ... ... 35,662 30,369 i3l;n?uhire and Yorkshire ... 33,665 35,010 .sristol and Exeter No 5,666 • 5,413 -north Eastern ... 61;290 57,271 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 19,659 17,246 Great Eastern 32,983 32,324 London, Chatham, and Dover ... _ 7,643 6,301 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are generally of a satisfactory character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £3,097; on the North Western, £8,905 ; South Western, £2,225 ; Brighton, £3,151; Midland, £3,122 ; South Eastern, £2,210 ; Great Northern, £5,293 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £4,655 ; Bristol and Exeter, £253 ; North Eastern, £4,019 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £2,413; Great Eastern, £659 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, £1,342. At a meeting of the London and County Bank, held this day, a dividend of 6 per cent., with a bonus of 6i per cent., was declared, making 12i Per cent. for the half-year, which will amount to £93,737 3s. 3d. ; this, added to the August divi dend, will be 24 per cent. for the year, and leave £14,527 18s. 10d. to be carried forward to profit and loss new account. Two O'CLOCK. The English Stock Market has been inactive, and although quotations were during the early hours of business lower, they have since recovered. Consols are again 861 for money, and 86i I for the ac count. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 861 1 ; Annuities, 1885, 13 13-16 ; Exchequer Bills, 75. 3s. dis. ; Bank Stock, 2451 246 ; India 5 Per Cents., 1021 1 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1021; ditto Bonds 14s • prom. Foreign Securities continue to decline in prices. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 381 1; Mexican, 19/ 20 ; ditto New, 16/ 171 ; Greek, 12 1 ; Spanish Pas sive, 23/ 24 ; the Certificates, 13 1; the Con federate Loan, 5 6 ; Brazilian Scrip, 1 * prem. ; Egyptian Railway Scrip par to 1 prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 6 1 1- ; Erie Shares, 531 k ; and Illinois, 741 75. Business in the Railway Share Market has been very dull, and in several instances a further decline has taken place. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln have receded £1 ss. North Eastern (Berwick), 158 . ; Great Northern A Stock, 10s. ; and Lanca shire and Yorkshire, ss. ; while Great Eastern and North Western have each improved ss. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is little change, with the exception of Grand Trunk of Canada, which have further advanced to 39 40. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue very 4411 , and without any material variation as regards value. Bank of Australasia are dealt in at 724; Imperial Ottoman at 13+ ; Union of London at 51 1 I; London Financial at 151 1; and Overend, ‘jurney, and Company at 181 1 ; London Steam ir °viing Shares are 11 2 prem. ; and Charles Laffitte and Co., 24 3/ prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK, . GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ° Der Cent. Consols !Do. Account., Feb. 8 B6,i i f TNT Cent. Reduced B6l i 1,1 1319 ' 3 per Cent B6l / 1 -O W 3 i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — , Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — A unuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 O. f or 30 yrs, exp i re s t h AprilBBs l3 13-1 G I ,..Dc' (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — -: • L chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 7 3 Do. £5OO 7 3 Do £lOO and £2OO Bank 1, of England Stock, 5 per Cent IN T , -lAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. lila. Do Stock, 10 per Cent., April 1874 — +Jo Account 1) °- 5 per Cent. July, 1870 per Cent., Oct. 1888 -vo. Certificates — c• Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent D o. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Cent., May 1879 Do. p er Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,000 AFORElGFUNAustrianßonds, 5 per Cent, D 1859 N E O'CLOCK, razilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 .„ Do. 1865 — 1;0 Account 741 4 Bu enos Ayres 6 per Cent Do. Account r „_ 1) 0 1 per C en t. (D e f err ed 3 per Cent.) Do 6 per Cent' — Do. 4 1 p er C en t — Colombian 6 per Cent. — ell - 1 :ml 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — -Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — D l3 °- 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — anubian Principalities to Do Account — inador 4 , N ew C onso lid a t e d , 1 per C ent — R - uo- ?. Provi s i ona l L an d W arran t — TrPtian 7 per Cent 93 )o Second Issue 021 Do £lOO Bonds , Do. 1864 — (.1 "Jo £lOO Bonds t m eolt 5 per Cents., 1824-3, cx Coupons -uo. Acemmt Do. Coupons D °- Account Oat ita emala 5 per Cent. — Il an 5 per Cent, 1865 eDo. Ilaremmana Railway 41 - xican 3 per Cent — Do. Account Do 1864 l7l „Do 6 p er C en t. A nglo-French Lontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid L Klc orish Imperial 5 per Cent "evr Granada Do 2 per Cent 1 " ) ...,0 Deferred _ 3) - I 'o Land Warrants (Hectares) o • 6 per Cent, 1864 _ ~, Do uruaranteed, 4 per Cent — 'eruvian 5 per Cent — , D o- Account 3 -' 0 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 - P ODo Account — guess- h rt ll 3 per Cent., 1853 ''-',.,° per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 451 Russ Account a ll 5 Per Cent., 1822, X St — Do 4} per Cent., 1860 ' — b o 3 , Per Cent. 1859 to _ 0 . per Cent. 1862 9Ol 1 18, ,". 5 Per Cent. 1864 — .rultlian 5 per Cent AOl-' XICO Bands pp % ; li- per Cent — h` 41811 3 per Cent —(3 . Acc tD° .„ oun to " New Deferred — N 0 Acc ount 1- 1 " ° Passiv e ST7 a ,., ° ; Account 241 1 3),' 81 1 Cert. of Coup not funded — SwelAc co unt l3l 1 3 )o m 4 sh 4 per Cent. — Tu rt .; 4 i Per Cent. 1864 ° Acco -812 6 Per t Cent. 1854 — D o un D o u Per Cent. 1858 .i., Account 7oi 1 Do X lO O Bond s D o 6 Per Cent. 1862 , 0 Acc ount 681 131_ 4100 Bonds ' — 3 ) ! v ,6 per Cent., 1863 — . D Per Cent. 1865 13 0 ° Acco cr il; unt £35 paid , u 4 • Ve xio _ ' Per Cent. G uaranteed 1,.,i0e1a 3 per C ent. ti_tp t;ac count ° per Cent., 1864 — % A nst . ividends on the above payable in London. Pelj: 111, 5 Pol. Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Pre 4 , 4 4 , 4 0 1 Per cent., Ex. 25f. A ntes 3 per , Cent. %Th....els for money .. _ TWO O'CLOCK. v Q , 1 4 „ Ocouilt' **** 86} i - 0.1 0000000000 lilleitaill SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian ..... Cork and 8and0n...... ,Corn wall Dublin & Belfast Junal Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc.l &London, scrip Cara' 93 95 128 129 94 96 13 15 4i 5i 68 70 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great Korth of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock • • 114 116 37 39 7 8 '27 128 144 146 Do. B stock Do. ;New, is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland. Gt. Western -Original . S. Vtl.Rail gna. 92 94 58k 58; Do. South NVales - ..... Do. W. Mid.—Oxtordl Do. Newport Do. Her eford 39 41 34 37 'Ol , 03 1201 121 rig 91 101 103 36 88 Lanca shire & Yorkshir LJndon and Blackwal Lon., Brigh., & S Coas Lon., Chat., and Dave Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Neste Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New 1241 125} 1 93 95 61 63 134 136 21 3 p 1 lip 99 101 Do. Extension.... Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland • Do. L 9 Share 122 124 11 Isl 92 94 Do, Birmin.. & Derbi Hid Kent . . . North British Do. Ed., Pth , do Dun i Nth. Eastern—Berwic Do. (.4.1 , 1•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York DG. Carlisle ... 58 69 7 28 111 112 Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 0360-6 l North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. it S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stJok Shropshire Union South Devon .outh Eastern Staines, Wok., as Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo Sr Whiteha 1 West Cornwall Railways. 'p ail ! Closing 1 Business Price. done. BRITISH P' Atlantic ct St. Lawrence Com., Baroda, k Cen.ln. gu. 5 per Do. F shares Buffa'o & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. ; 872-3- t Calcutta & S. E. lim liape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension Gland rtunk of Canadsi Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds' 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2.d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c co. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c.• Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent... • Do Great Wes. of Canada Da. New .. .... •• • • Do. 6 p. c. Bd s . p a y. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o •• • • Do. 4, do Do. do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. a. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. 6po Istpf. bo. Scinde Do. Delhi . Do. do Do. Puniaub.... g o `t , Do. Indus St. Flo COLONIAL GOFER: British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1 572.. ! Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-S4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. C. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. inscribed sk Cape (*.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 Do. Apl. & Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9, Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. lt l 7B Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.15 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug 1 Natal , :ov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja..t.July N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 PAL 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova SoJtia Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 'Queensland Gov. 6 p. d. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards 'Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct 72 73 105 106 36 313 7:, 10 11 p 121 126 2 24p 2 26 75 77 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 55 57 73 74 8 9 145 150 3 4pl 101 103 1 51 53 :SSIONS, 56 60 D 9 103 id tp 6i 62 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 60 42 46 35 36 31 35 101 103 a I P a 3P 93 100 91 93 16 1 4 92 94 84 e 6 1 ya 99 100 90 92 86 88 B 4 0 8 , 82 98 99 98 99 93 99 1(21 2 39 4) •bIENT SECU. 93 . 95 93 96 93 96 79 81 78 80 101 103 104 106 104 106 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 1,8 102 104 103 105 103 105 104 106 92 101 93 95 92 94 87 89 100 102 81 84 97 99 99i 1006 104 106 105 106 BRITISH MINES• Cam. Consol. Cold, lira Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon Easc Carn Brea Bast Grenville East Gunnislake East Love►l E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StAubyn(G wen. Great Lixey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy._ G. Wheal Vor (Heist %o Grenville Herod's Foot .... Kingston Downs ...... Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley %lwyndy Iron Ore, Urn New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh' I Bassett (I llogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper United Providence UnyLalant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan! Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, West Bassett (Iliogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 3# 2.14:0 8.3.6 10.8.0 9 10 18 20 570 590 I I 18 20 88 94 63 6f 3 38 1 118 128 3 34 5 7 20 21 18 2 38 3C 32 34 31 40 4•4 54 51 6 7 4 48 28 14d 40 60 13 15 I t t 1 37 39 410 930 2 I} 18 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 79 82 190 200 95 IEO 27 30 3 5 210 23 . 17 18 hae.M itENcln titiAEtll Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No, 1. Ditto, 6 per cent, pf., 114 Great Northern, 5 percent., 111 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, Stockton and Darlington, B 5 per cent., 31 1 PREFEAENCE 8 UARES AND,STOL:KE. Rent Coast. 6 per cent. pref. B, 105) London, Chatham, &0., Metrop. Ext. B, 6 per cent., 90 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland, Bradford Pref. Stock, 92 Wilts and Somerset, 81 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 111 Great Luxembourg, 151 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, t6# pottiCIGN Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 4} St. John del itey, lim., 50 BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, lim., 55 4} Alliance, 11,n.. 26} Australasia. 72* Bank of London. 143 Hindustan, China, and Japan, 11M.,_17} Imperial Ottoman, 131 13 Ditto, new, 12 lonian, 25 Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lim., London Bank of Mexico and S. Ameriva, 11m.,12 11, London and Brazilian Jim.), Ditto, new. 7f London and County, 81 78* London and South African, 16i Oriental Balm Corporation, 50 Union of London, 512 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., a I Berlin Water Works, lim., 11 Ceylon Company, Of Consolidated Discount, lim 21 Credit I'oncier and ilobilier of England, 81 Ditto, issued at a prem., of which .£2:18 to pay, 51 Crystal Palace, 35 1 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 4f Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 101 Gen. Credit and Finance of L nidon. lim.. Imperial Mercantile Credit A 860., lim., 61 International Financial society, 1 1131 .9 5 it Joint Stock Discount, 1im.,:41 5 London Financial Association, lim , 151 Milwall Iron Works, 5 National Discount company. 1 5 North British and Mercantile Insurance, l 9 Oriental Financial, lim., 10 Overend, Gurney, and Co.. Jim., 114 19 181 f I Union Marine, Liverpool, lim., 34 f Universal Marine, Insurance, lim., 3I The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1j per milk pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.15 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-lCths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advicrs from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 stcrlin,. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, at about the same price in London and Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1682 to log per cent. At these ratesithere is no profit on the importation of go'd from the trulteci Btateo, 381 8 i 1251 4L 51 931 f 69 8 131 5 1222 31 111} P 731 4 OSSK ITIES. THE SUN, LONDOIN, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1860. -39 6,1 1 * 1K ‘ f (I On al ral ; ' " HER MAJESTY• OSBORNE, Wednesday. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, at tended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole. --.--_____......- Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Purves, arrived last evening at her residence iu the Am bassadors' Court, St. James's Palace, from Cambridge Cottage, Kew, for the season. His Royal Highness the Duke d'Aumale honoured the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone by his company at dinner yesterday evening at the family residence on Carlton-house-terrace. There were present to meet his Royal Highness—his Excellency Count Apponyi, the Earl and Countess Russell, Lord and Lady Taunton, Lord Eliot, Lord and Lady Dufferin, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Peel, Mr. and Mrs. G. Vernon. After dinner Mrs. Gladstone had a small evening party. THE LOSS OF THE LuNDON. OFFICIAL INQUIRY-(THIS DAY). Mr. Talford Salter, who attended on the part of some of the survivors, applied to Mr. Trail for permission to cross-examine some of the witnesses. Mr. Traill refused the application, as the present was merely an inquiry. Any question the learned gentleman wished could be put through the asses- SON. Mr. Talford Salter said that being the case, he would withdraw from the examination. The first witness called this morning was Captain Richard Stoller, who said—l am an officer in her Majesty's Navy, and am engaged at Plymouth, acting under the Emigration Commis sioners. I have held the appointment for eight years. went on board the London in the dis charge of my duty at noon on the MI of January. lowas accompanied by Captain Martin and the surgeon of the ship. I made the usual in pectionof the ship, according to the Passengers' Act. I did not observe that she had sustained any damage on her voyage from London to Plymouth —not the slightest. The examination I made was, going round the deck, looking at the boats, seeing that the life buoys were in their place, and that sort of thing. I took a general view of her rigging and spars, and then I looked down into the engine room, and sent for the chief engineer to speak to him. He reported to me that his department was in first-rate order. I had a general conversation with him as to how the engines worked coming down to Plymouth, as I knew they had had some very rough weather. He told me the rate she had steamed, which was very good, but I forget the exact terms. I knew it was very gocd, and it surprised me, as I knew that her maximum rate of speed was not more than nine knots, and that convinced me that the vessel must be in good trim. I saw the surgeon and got his re port. In fact I made as general a survey of the ship as 1 could. As she had merely touched at Plymouth to take in passengers and coal in place of that she had expended on her way down. Captain Baker—How many tons ? Witness—Fifty tons was paid for, but I did not think it was as much. Captain Baker—Where was . it placed ? Witness—lt was stowed round the engine -room hatch and steam chest on the upper deck. Captain Baker—Was there any placed in the after combing of the engine-room hatch ? Witness—No. Captain Baker—Then, we are to understand that there was a space between the coals ? Witness—Oh yes. There was a gangway through the stovage. Mr. O'Dowd—Did she ship a considerable quan tity of passengers, baggage, or cargo ? Witness—No. Only articles for the present use of the passengers shipped there. Mr. O'Dowd--Although she only called at Ply mouth for passengers, it was your duty to examine the ship as to her state of seaworthiness. Witness—Yes. Mr. O'Dowd—You have in fact to see that she is well fitted to go to sea. Witness—Yes. Captain Baker—Did you notice her draught of water ? Witness—Not critically. Captain Baker—What do you mean by that ? Witness—There's a great deal of water, and you cannot tell accurately under such circumstances. Captain Baker—You did not partially notice her draught of water ? Witness—No ; I thought the vessel was in good trim. Captain Baker—By that you mean not deep ? Witness—Certainly. Every steamship must of necessity be a little deep on leaving port, otherwise her form would soon be out of water and become useless. I have a memorandum of the reading of the barometer on board the harbour-master's vessel in the Sound of the sth, 6th, and 7th of January last. At 8 a.m. on the sth it was 29.90 ; at noon it was 30.04 ;at 3 p.m., 30.07. On the 6th, at 8 a.m., 30.17, rising all this time, it will be observed ; at noon 30.25 ;at sunset, 30.18. On the 7th, at 8 a.m., 29.76, at noon, 29.78 ; at sunset, 29.78. The London left Plymouth at midnight, on the sth, and next day it was fine and calm, and continued so for four and twenty hours after. The barometer for some days had been jumping about. Captain Baker—Then, from your impression, from the rising of the barometer and the state of the weather on the sth, was it safe for a ship to go to sea ? Witness—Yes, eertainly. The weather continued fine all the next day. Mr. Trail—Was the coals properly stowed so as not to interfere with the navigation of the ship or the comfort of the passengers ? Witness—Yes, certainly. They were stowed four bats deep and four bags high. The bags were laid lengthways. On former voyages she carried her coal in a similar manner. I cannot say it was the same quantity. It was the regular place for it. Mr. O'Dowd—lf all had gone on well it would have been consumed in a few days? Witness—Yes. Had there been any necessity the idlers on board could have thrown the whole quantity overboard in half-an-hour. Capt. Baker—Did you muster the crew before the ship left? Witness --No, I asked the captain whether the crew was the same that he had on board when he left Gravesend, and he told me it was. That satis fied me. lam sure none of the crew left the ship at Plymouth. It is not compulsory to muster the crew unless I suspect fraud. The captain told me he was going to ship three extra hands, but he took four A. B's. Five were entered but one got drunk and didn't go. Capt. llarris—Do you consider it prudent for ships to go to sea in the winter with a great quantity of top hamper aloft? Witness—All market ships go to sea in the winter with their royal masts on end and topgallant yards across. You cannot get captains to strike them. Men-of-war do not do so. lam astonished at the practice. Mr. Trail—You mean you are astonished at it because you do not think it a prudent course. Witness—Yes. Another emigration ship since the London sailed went to sea under such circum stances. I have no power to order the yards down. It would be much better if merchant vessels went to sea in the winter months with stump topgallant masts instead of the long ones. Ilr. Isaac Cole, recalled—l superintended the loading of the London in the East India Docks, under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Wigram, previous to her last voyage. We took the cargo in in six days. I can't say how many coals were taken in, but I know the quantity of dead weight, con sisting of bar and sheet iron, amounting to 345 tons. We shall continue our report in our latest edition. A portion of the following appeared in our impression of yesterday : This investigation was resumed this morning at the Greenwich police-court, before Mr. Traill and Captains Harris and Baker. The witnesses examined yesterday were those engaged in the construction of the vessel, the object being to prove that which has never been denied, viz., that the London was a ship of first-rate excellence ; the great points in the inquiry, and those for which the public are waiting with the greatest anxiety, the stowing of the cargo and the conduct of those in command of the vessel, still remaining for investi gation. The first witness examined to-day was William Buudock, who said—l am a sailmaker and ships' husband to the Messrs. Wigram. I made the sails for the London. I have the sail report book for them, signed by Captain Martin, and dated the 28th of Nov., 1865. Witness handed in the book, and the list was read by the clerk. By Mr. O'Dowd—l saw the sails on board on her last voyage ; five of them were new and made of the best Irish flax. All were put in good order before she left London. By Captain Harris—She had no mainstorm staysail. She had a foretop staysail, and a mizen staysail, It is not the practice to supply ships with other sails than those supplied to the London. Captain Martin had every sail he wished for. Had he wanted any particular one it would have been put on board. He did not require any other stormsails than those on board the vessel. All the sails were of No. 1 quality. Captain Harris—'You could not have had a stronger canvas than that. Captain P. J. Reeves—l reside at 110, Fenchurch street, and, my employment is general surveyor of shipping under the Emigration Commissioners. I am an independent officer, and survey ships on my own private account. I have been 25 years en gaged in such business. I saw the London in dry dock on N0v..28 last. I surveyed her at that time, and made a memorandum which I now produce. [Memorandum read. It stated that the London was a fine strong ship, with everything in first-rate order.] I surveyed her .ou her two previous voyages. Had 1 seen anythi ng i n t h e vesse l t h at required alteration I most undoubtedly should have made a proper representation on the subject. Not a bolt or rivet had started. The only thing we found wanting was the water-ways requiring caulking, which was done. I send my reports to Captain Lean at the Emigration-office. Mr. Cornish--I surveyed the London previous to her last voyage, in company with the last witness. 1 concur in everything he has stated to-day. Mr. Alexander Crunn—l am clerk in the record department of the Register-general of Seamen at Adelaide-place, London-bridge. I produce the official copy of the articles of agreement of the London between master and crew. It is signed by all those parties respectively. The total number of the crew, all told, amounted to eighty-three, amongst whom there were fifteen foreigners. There were 34 able British seamen. Captain Baker—Were all the foreigners able sea men ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Traill—How many of the foreigners had previously been in English ships ? Witness--Twelve. John Thomas Foster, one • .of the London emigration officers of the port of London—l am a staff commander in the Royal Navy. I in speuted the London' whilst she was in the East India dock. It was in the early days of her loading whilst she was taking in her dead weight previous to her last voyage. I was on board the ship whilst the railway iron was alongside in barges. Capt. Lean requested me to go into the hold and see to the manner in wb;ch it was stowed. I in quired how much of the iron was to be taken in. I learnt from the chief officer of the ship that it was intended to take in about 350 tons, and on that basis I examined the hold and saw the iron was properly stowed. There was then about 150 tons in the hold. The lumpers were then passing in more iron. I afterwards went to look at the pro visions. When I went to look at the hold a second time it was quite full of dead weight and cargo. My last inspection was to examine the provisions. This was before she got her clearing certificate on my report, so far as her dead weight and provisions were concerned. Captain Harris—Did the dead weight consist of railway iron ? Witness—The great bulk of it did. They were stowing it lengthways to answer as ballast. lam only speaking of the first 150 tons. There were other descriptions of iron to be shipped, but not of so heavy a nature as railway rails. Mr. Traill--It is part of your duty to see the dead weight properly stowed ? Witness—Yes. I think, for the quantity shipped, it was properly stowed. Had it been 600 or 700 tons I should have required it to have been dif ferently placed. It should not have been placed lengthways. Capt. Lean here said he wished to correct a statement he had made. In the excitement of the moment, yesterday, he found he had said the glass of the skylight of the London was two inches thick. He should have said it was half an inch thick. A long consultation here took place between Mr. Trail and the assessors, at the termination of which, Mr. O'Dowd said he could not go on as Messrs. Humphries and Tennant, the makers of the engines of the London, could not attend until after two o'clock. It would break the arrangement if he called witnesses to speak to another point in the case at that precise moment. An adjournment of the court therefore took place for half an hour. On the assembling of the court, Mr. Edward Humphries was examined. He said —I am one of the firm of Humphries and Tennant, of Deptford. The engines of the London were made by my firm, and from my own designing. The owners entrusted me to build them of the best possible materials, and paid the best price for the work. The witness described the disposition of the engines, pumps, and boilers on board the London. No stress of weather could at all affect the working of the valves of the vessel. AVe are now fitting two large Indian transports for the Government with bilge suctions on the principle acted upon in the London. I have also fitted some eight or ten steam vessels of the large companies in the same manner. Mr. O'Dowd said he could not go on any further until he had the attendance of the emigration officer at Plymouth, and it was impossible for that person, who was a material witness, to attend until to morrow morning. His evidence would complete the part of the case bearing on the filling of the ship, and then he should go into that part relative to the cargo. He was compelled therefore to ask for an adjournment. Previous to the adjournment, however, Captain Foster was recalled, and stated that he thought it highly important that hatchway coverings should be made as strong as tfie deck. The present skylights might be strengthened to that extent. The inquiry was then adjourned until to-morrow morning. The National Choral Society. Handel's "Judas Maccabinus," was performed last night at Exeter Hall, under the direction of Mr. G. W. Martin. The appearance of Mr. Leigh Wilson, the new tenor, who aspires to become the rival of our great singer, who has so long distanced all competitors in the arduous character of Judas, was therefore watched with keen interest and curio sity, mixed, no doubt, with a general feeling that it was very hazardous for so young an aspirant to at tempt such trying compositions as " Call forth thy powers, my soul," " How vain is man," and that greatest of all, " Sound an alarm." It would not be true to say that Mr. Wilson did not in many respects fall short of the perfectly faultless standard attained by Mr. Sims Reeves ; but it is only doing simple justice to him to state that he possesses powers which, ripened by time and perfected by longer practice, will place him in . the very highest ranks as a singer of sacred music. There were loud and repeated attempts to secure a repetition of his first air, " Call forth thy powers," and a similar attempt was made after the close of the florid and difficult air, " How vain is man," but the conductor manfully resisted the call. It was impossible, however, to withstand the genuine, en thusiastic, and irresistible demand for a repetition which followed the really magnificent delivery of the spirit-stirring " Sound an alarm ;" and Mr. Wilson accordingly repeated it in such a manner as to call forth renewed and hearty plaudits. Miss Pyne, - who took the first voice, was singing her very best, which is equivalent to saying that Mr. Martin had secured for his soprano the very best in London. Her first air, " Pious orgies," was una nimously re-demanded and assented to, but the conductor resisted subsequent attempts to procure a repetition of " 0, Liberty," " From mighty Kings," and " Wise men flattering." Mr. Lewis Thomas gave the music allotted to him with his usual conscientious and artistic force and polish ; and Miss Lucy Franklin won much upon the large and critical audience by the admirable and smooth delivery of the air which commences the third part, " Father of Heaven." The grand triumphal chorus was given by choir and orchestra in splendid style, and encored in the midst of a storm of applause. The whole perform.. ance marked the steady advance of the National Choral Society, under the guidance of Mr. Martin. MARKETS.—This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of beasts on sale in our market to-day, and the demand for all breeds ruled heavy, at a decline in the quotations, compared with Ifonday, of from 2d to 4d per 81bs. The best Scots and crosses sold at 5s per 81bs. Sheep, the show of which was by no means extensive, moved off slowly at 2d per 81bs less money. The top figure was 6s 6d per 81bs. Shorn Downs sold at 5s to 5s 2d per 81bs. The veal trado was steady at high currencies, viz., 5s 64 to 6s 6d per 81bs. The supply of calves was very limited. Pigs were in fair request, at full prices, to a slight advance. In mulch cows next to nothing was doing. Per 81b to sink the offal. edsd s ds d Cree..l6 inf. beasts... 3 4 3 10 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 6 0 Second quality do ..4 0 4 4 Prime b'thdown a 0.6 2 6 6 Prime large oxen ..4 6 4 6 Large coarse calves. 6 6 6 0 Prime Scots, &c.... 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 6 2 6 6 Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 10 4 6 Large hogs ...4 4 6 Second quality do ..4 S 5 4 Small porkers 4 10 5 2 Lamb....os Od to 0, Od. Suckling calves, 19s to 21s; and quarter-old store pigs, 29s to 33s each. _ _ Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 1,870 1 Beasts 420 Cows llO Cows. — Sheep Calves BO Ca yes 72 Pigs 290 Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENRALL.—The supplies of dead meat from the country are on the increase, and the trade is in active at our quotations :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; veal, 5s Od to 6s Od; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 6d per 81b by the carcase. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover, 5 lOs to 47 Os Od ; and straw, £1 16s to 42 2s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 17s 6d; clover, £5 lOs to £7 Os Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. supply very moderate. WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover, £5 lOs to £7 Os Od ; and straw, £1 IGs to £2 2s per load. Trade steady. AMERICAN SHIPPING.--The following communi cation from the Secretary of the Treasury has been laid before the House of Representatives at Washington :—Sir, —By a resolution adopted in the House of Representatives, Feb. 23, 1865, I am directed to communicate at the present session facts and information concerning the decrease of the mercantile marine, and to suggest such remedial legis lation as I may deem expedient. Appended to the resolu tion is a communication from Mr. Eastman, United States Consul at Cork, presenting an outline of a plan to encour age and stimulate the building of ships, and in which he assumes the loss of our commercial marine in the past five years to be four million of tons, the total American tonnage being stated in round numbers at five millions before the war. It is, however, ascertained by diligent inquiry, that shipping to the amount of but 901,466 tons has actually disappeared from our lists from all causes; 800,303 tons have bean transferred to foreign owners, and 101,163 tons destroyed by pirates, being loss than one-fifth instead of four-fifths. In addition to the resolution above mentioned, I have received a copy of another instructing the commit tee on commerce in the house to inquire into the expedi ency of so amending the registry laws as to admit of the registry of any vessel actually owned'by a citizen of the United States, without reference to the place of construc tion. I have the honour, therefore, to submit the expres sion of my views on the subject. The existing laws exclude from the privileges of the American flag all foreign built vessels, and the vessels of domestic build which, after hav ing been documented under the laws, are transferred to foreign ownerships. The policy of exclusion has been uni formly adhered to since the first establishment of our com mercial system, and no general law at any time prevailed at variance with it, except the Act of December, 1852, which permits, under certain conditions, the registry of foreign-built vessels wrecked in the waters of the United States. The prohibition, as far as it relates to vessels of foreign build, rests upon the 2d saction of the Navigation Act of December 31, 1785, and is calculated to encourage and cherish domestic building, which has been regarded as vital to our commercial prosperity; and whatever opinion may be entertained as to the propriety of an eventual re laxation of the stringency of the laws, I do not regard the present as an auspicious moment in which to make an ex periment involving, as it would, so radical a change in the established policy of the government. The Act of June 27, 1787, forbidding registry of vessels built and registered in the United States and subsequently transferred to a fo reigner, rests upon a different but quite as cogent a reason, viz., the facilities that a privilege of unrestrained transfer would afford for the perpetration of fraud and evasion of our navigation laws. During the late war the transfer, in many cases it is believed fictitious and fraudulent, of Ame rican bottoms to a foreign flag, has been a favourite expe dient by which to escape the payment of war rates of in surance, and avoid the risk of capture. Upwards of 800,000 tons of shipping have thus disappeared from our recent re cords, for a largo portion of which the owners are now claiming re-admission, when the risks of war are no longer imminent, and the privileges of an American registry are again appreciated. They transferred their vessels with a full knowledge of the sacrifice they incurred, regarding, it must be supposed, the temporary security from losses an equivalent for it, and I should be unwilling to advise in their favour any relaxation of the vigour of the law. Neither do I, on the other hand, recommend any additional encouragement of shipbuilding, by allowance of drawback, and otherwise enjoying, as they do, an absolute protection from foreign competition, I cannot conceive that our do mestic shipyards require any further stimulus or more ex tended privileges.—l am, sir, very respectfully, J. C. 31`014,L09ir, Secretary of the Treasury IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(TuIs DAY.) The Right Hon. W. E. Denison was unanimously re elected Speaker for the ensuing Parliament. The rest of the business was purely of a routine character previous to the opening of the Parliament on Tuesday next. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FIVE MONTHS AFTER MARRIAGE.—David Deady, a young man, residing at No. 1, Market-place, Great Portland street, Was brought before Mr. Knox by Parel, one of the warrant officers, charged with assaulting his wife Mar garet, a rather good-looking young woman. • • The complainant said she had been married five months, the prisoner being her husband: Yesterday morning, about 10 o'clock, he struck her, and said he would give her black eyes. He then took up a razor and put it in his pocket, but she took it from him, fearing that ho would do something either to her or himself. About one o'clock he was going to jump out of the window. On Monday he beat her, bruised her arm, and kicked her in the stomach He was in the habit of beating her nearly every other day, and. she was frightened ho would either kill her or him self. The magistrate said the prisoner and his wife seemed to have lived a cat and dog life. Ho bound him over to keep the peace for three months in the sum of £5O. Liverpool Cotton Market. ray. Market opens with a fair demand. Sales probably 7,000 or 8,000 bales. Price, Ito 4 below last Fri day's quotations. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Ministers present were—Earl Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Earl De Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to ap point the Right Hon. Lord Napier, K.T., Governor of Madras. We have reason to know that the experiments made under the direction of the Cattle Plague Commission on the protective influence of vaccination against the cattle plague have shown that this protective influence does not exist. The further action of the Government in taking steps to arrest the progress of the pestilence cannot fail to be now looked for with great anxiety. CLERICAL VACANCIES AND APPOINTMENTS.—The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. George Richard Turner, M.A., of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, rector of Radnor, to the rectory of Kelshall, near Royston, Hertfordshire, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Thomas Rawson Birks, M.A., who has accepted the incumbency of Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge. Sir C. Wood, Bart., M.P., has nominated the Rev. Enoch Valen tine Richards, M.A., formerly curate of Carnarvon, to the incumbency of Hickleton, near Doncaster. The Rev. W. Davies, curate of Tydvil's-well, Glamorganshire, has been presented to the curacy of Penydarren, Merthyr Tydvil. Mr. T. L. Peacock, the author of " Headlong Hall," "Crotchet Castle," "Nightmare Abbey," and other books very popular in their day, and, for all the lapse of years, very well worth reading now, died a few days ago, at the age of 80. k The friend and executor of Shelley, almost his last literary labour was a defence of the cha racter of the poet's first wife, Helen Westbrook, published, if we rememb3r rightly, in Fr azer's Maga zine; and not more than four or five years ago he gave the world, through the columns of the same maga zine, " Gryll Grange," a novel, but a novel which, like the novels which made him famous forty years before, could hardly be considered a novel at all. The story was only the vehicle for the outpouring of the rare scholarship and the ripened wit of his old age, as his earlier novels have been for his keen and searching satire of the foibles, social, political, and literary, of the time. The catalogue of Mr. Peacock's works would be rather a long one. He found tune in a busy official life to write a good many of his so-called novels, and he was a large contributor to periodical literature. One of the most remarkable of his works is also the least known. It is a little book of some fifty pages, printed in 1837, " not for sale," entitled "Paper Money Lyrics, and Other Poems." The " Paper Money Lyrics" were written in the winter of 1825-26, after the great bank and company crash, and are sharp, whimsical satires upon Scotch banking and the " paper money men" generally. Amongst the other poems is "Rich and Poor ; or, Saint and Sinner," of which few people have read the whole, whilst there are few who will not recollect the first verse : " The poor man's sins are glaring, In the face of ghostly warning, He is caught in the fact Of an overt act— Buying greens on Sunday morning." Mr. Peacock was one of that eminent band of writers of whom the service of the old East India Company can boast He retired shortly before the suppression of the Company, and spent the closing years of his life amongst his books. The share certificates of the Bank of Turkey will be ready for delivery in exchange for the bankers' receipts on and after Thursday, the 15th inst. It is announced that a public meeting of capi talists interested in the establishment of direct telegraphic communication with America, the con tinent of Europe, and the colonies will take place to-morrow (Friday), the 2d inst., at the London Tavern at 4 o'clock. Ad m i ra l the Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, C. 8., will take the chair. The Bank of England have given notice that the balances of the accounts in the following funds will be struck on the night of Thursday, March 1 :—New £3 per cent. annuities, reduced £3 per cent. annui ties for 30 years, annuities for terms of years, and India 4 per cent. stock. On Friday, March 2, the above funds will be transferable, without the dividend due on April 5 next. Bank stock will be shut from Wednesday, March 14, till Friday ) April 6. At a meeting of the London and Provincial Marine Insurance Company, held this day, a divi dend and bonus of 10 per cent. was declared. THE CULTIVATION OF CoTTON.—Several estimates, made some years ago, of the expenses of cultivating cotton under the old slave system are given in De Bow's Review for January, 1866. One of the calculations was for a plantation of 4,200 acres of land (2,700 acres in cultivation), worked by 254 slaves, old and young, which produced 331,000 pounds of cotton, at an expense of four cents seven mills per pound. Another statement is given of the expenses on an estate of eleven hundred acres of land, worked by one hundred and twenty slaves, which produced a crop of 128,000 pounds of cotton at an expense of about six cents per pound. It is probable that the present eost, after allowance is made for liberal wages to the freedmen, would not greatly exceed the above estimates ; it would, we suppose, not be more than doubled. Yet cotton is now selling for from forty-five to fifty-five cents per pound in England, twenty pence in America, and will probably command a very high price for -several years. The extraordinary profits thus promised are producing, as a natural result, the industrial condition described below in a Virginia paper, which learns the facts from private sources : —" In the Mississippi bottom mules aro worth from two hundred dollars to two hundred and fifty dollars each, and farm hands are paid twelve dollars per month, besides their rations of four pounds of meat and a peck of meal per week. All the expenses of farruing are vastly increased, but cotton is selling in Yazoo City a t 52 cen t s p er p oun d. Northern capitalists, with their usual keen apprecia tion of pecuniary profit, have not been slow to seize upon the opportunities offered them for making money in the rich bottom lands of Mississippi, and have rented planta tions at apparently unreasonable prices. Three plantations on the river, adjoining those of ex-President Davis, and his brother, Joseph Davis, Esq., brings an aggregate rental for the present year of thirty-six thousand dollars, and a plantation of eight hundred acres of cleared land on Deer Creek rents for ten dollars per acre, the lessee contracting to repair the negro quarters, and rebuild all the necessary fencing. It may be estimated that bottom lands will gene rally sell for about twenty dollars per acre, and they will rent for about one-half the selling prices. Tho people of Mississippi now intend to devote all their energy to making good crops of cotton ; Cie standard of value is changed, and an heiress, instead of being worth so many negroes, is now reputed to have on hand so many bales of cotton. There is every probability that the negroes will work tolerably well with proper supervision and care ; and if a man has not ready money, he can rent his planta tion for this year, and be able with the proceeds to make a good start for himself in 1867. One year or five would be but a short time in which to recover from the effects of this tremendous ordeal through which we have passed, and if in 1870 the Mississippi planters can equal their pro duction of cotton in 1860, they and the country will be more than satisfied." A MEMORIAL TO THE CONFEDERATE DEAD.—A movement is on foot in the Southern States to erect a memorial cathedral to the Confederate dead. As embraced in the cathedral system, it is proposed to build a house of refuge for the widows of fallen heroes, and a college for the sons. The whole is to be placed under the jurisdiction of the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Vnited States.—xep York Times, Child Murder at Devonport. A shocking case of child murder was discovered at Devonport on the afternoon of Monday. The remains of the child Kate Duff Humphries, aged about sixteen months, the illegitimate offspring of Elizalieth Duff, a servant at an inn, were found ex tensively charred by fire in a clothes basket, from which the mother was hanging out wet linen to dry. Duff was taken into custody, and appeared before a coroner's inquest and the borough magis trates yesterday. The prisoner is about 24 yea rs of age, a native of Truro, and had been residing in Devonport and its vicinity as a domestic servant for some years. While residing at a previous plac e she had the chil d by a soldier. Since then the c hild had been out th e fi rst four months with a Mrs. Jessop, at 2s. 6d. per week —but the money having never been paid, through the difficulties the mother was in from bei ng out of a situation, the child was transferred to th e k eep o f Mrs. Cane, the wife of a stonemason. Th ere t h e child was well kept fo r about 12 mon ths, also at 2s. 6d. per week, and the mother paid for its keep out of her wages, which it almost entirely consumed, she being in service nearly all the time. Subse quently bickerings ensued between the prisoner and Mrs. Cane, because the latter could not get sufficient clothes for the child. Duff then said she should re move the child, and took it away about a week be fore Christmas. Since then it had not been seen alive. Throughout the last fortnight a horribly offensive smell coming from her bedroom, caused in quiries, which, coupled with the rumour; about her child, induced her master, Mr. Fiddick, " Barley Sheaf," Catherine-street, to call in the police. Her bedroom was searched, but nothing found there. Subsequently the body was discovered on the lead flat of the house, in the basket. The prisoner, on the discovery, said she killed the child, it could not now be helped ; she was sorry she had done it, but she was very poor at the time, and believed the devil must have tempted her. It ap pears, after destroying it, she kept it in her box for some time, and then attempted to burn it to get rid of it. She was about to be married to a corporal 'of marines. The magistrates remanded the case till Wednes day, but the coroner's jury returned a verdict of `wilful murder againlit her. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day CITY BETTING—Tins DAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECH4SE. 20 to 1 agst Creole (taken) 22 to 1 agst Mistake (taken) 22 to 1 a*st Innellan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Old Oswestry (taken) 30 to 1 agst Thomastown (taken) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Harry Brailsford (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Blithfield (taken) 40 to • 1 agst Fan (taken) 40 to 1 agst Saladin (taken) 50 to 1 agst Gong (taken) • TWO TFIOUSAND. 11 to 4 agst Lord Lyon (taken and offered) 7 to 2 agst Student (offered) 500 to 50 agst Janitor (taken) 500 to 40 agst Auguste (taken) THE HERBY. 100 to 15 a^st Rustic (ts4lieu) lOt 0 to 100 . :1A Student (take 4 1000 to 50 agal Augusto (take.) 1000 to 50 agt4t Beclan (taken) 6000 to 75 agst Laneret (taken) 2500 to 25 agst Peer (taken) 3000 to 40 agst Primate (taken) 2000 to 10 agst Beelzebub (taken) RACING FIXT JRES FOR 1966. UARY. I Nottingham Spring RCM FEBR Lincoln M. Derby Spring 1 A Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring Croxton Park r Northampton ....... Windsor Spring Newcastle AP: No wmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Aberga yen ny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring MA Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring . lO Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring....l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer 29 JU. Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Ocliham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB AUG Liverpool Beverley Ipswich Ilungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Corr:Agit Worcester L Y. Stamford Radcliffe 23. Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter Tun bridge 2B Derby Summer \- 29 Weymouth 3O SEPTEMBER. Warwick September 4 I Richmond Curragh Leicester 6 Monmouth Doncaster Brecoi l7 Newmarket Ist October 25 Canterbury lB Walsall • OCTOBER. Northampton 2 Newmarket Houghton 22 Newmarket 2d October 8 Worcester Curragh NOVE: Lincoln Liverpool IMBER. 1 Shrewsbury 1 Leamington Hunt l9 CEN TRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day, - -.+-- NEW COURT. (Beforo Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) James Henry Hardinge, a carman, aged 20, was charged with attempting to murder a child, which he had by a woman with whom he was cohabiting. The facts of the case have already appeared in The Sue. Tho jury foUnd the prisoner guilty. The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to 20 years' penal servitude. ar YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) TILE 'MURDER IN SOUTHWARK. George Crane, 46, a ruffianly-looking fellow, described as a labourer, was charged with the wilful murder of Ann Carr, by kicking and otherwise brxitally ill-using her. The prisoner NV RS what Is called an omnibus tout, and he cohabited with the deceased woman it a house in George-street, Southwark, and she passed as his wife. On the 9th of January the deceased appeared to have come home somewhat the worse for liquor, but otherwtie in good health and spirits, and she was singing. She gent to bed, and shortly afterwards the . prisoner c a m e h ome, and sent one of the lodgers for a pot of beer. After ho had drunk some of the beer be went into the room where the deceased was in bed, and almost immediately after wards the poor creature was heard to exclaim, "Father, don't kick me, or you will kill me." On the following morning the deceased complained of being in great pain and dreadfully cold, but the prisoner left and went to iris work as usual. The unhappy woman, after lingering a very short time, expired ; and upon a post-mortem exami nation being made, it was found that her laody was almost covered with bruises, her intestines : were very much in flamed, and one of them was ruptured, ; thesoinjuries were undoubtedly the cause of death. After the jury had been addressed by the counsel for the prisoner, The jury returned r verdict of manslaughter. The learned judge senteuoed the prisoner to five years' penal servitude. NEW Courr. (Before Mr. Justice Shed.) THE WIFE STABBING AT PADDINGTON. George Ringwood, 86, painter, was indicted for felo niously killing and slaying Grace Ringwood on the 9th of January. The prisoner was also charged on the coroner's inquisition with the like offence. • • The evidence in this case disclosed these • facts :—The prisoner said his wife (the deceased) had been married 15 year; and had issue nine. children, the prisoner being a sober, industrious, and well-conducted man, while the de ceased was addicted to habits of drunkenness. On the v ening in question, about nine o'clock, the deceased en tered a beer-shop kept by a Mrs. liewson, in Dean-street, Paddington, and she was then intoxicated. About half an hour afterwards the prisoner came in, and for some time everything went on peaceably. ' The, deceased sang a song, and after that the prisoner began to speak of a good contract ho had made that day, upon which the deceased interfered, and in a most insulting way said to the prisoner that a beershop was not the place in which to talk of business matters, and she used most abusive language to him, and called him a— thief. The prisoner bore this' some time, but at last deceased threw a bottle at the pri soner's head, but by stooping he avoided the intended Flow. The prisoner at last said, "I will put a stop to this," and taking up a knife from the table rushed 'to the deceased, and stabbed her in the neck. The blood (to use the lan guage of one of the witnesses) rushed out like water from a tap, and her death was almost instantaneous. 'When the prisoner saw the fatal effects of this act be became deeply affected, and expressed the utmost contrition. He was taken into custody, awl stated to Inspector Steer 'that Le , knew what he had done, that it was done in the heat of passion, and in order to protect himself. The jury found him guilty, but recommended him to mercy. The learned Judge sentenced the Prisoner to fifteen months' imprisonment. NINE DAYS WITIIOUT FOOD.—Mr. Daniel Thwaite, of Rock Ferry, has a small handsome dog, of the King Charles breed, scarcely 12 months old. Last Friday week the dog was missed. It appears that on that day two men from the Birkenhead Gasworks were doing some repairs at the gaspipes in Mr. Thwaite's house. In order to get to their work they had to lift a board in the floor of the bedroom. Whilst they wore repairing the pipes the little dog was playing about the room. Before be ginning to work at the pipes the men turned the gas eft at the meter, and after they had finished, but before they had replaced the board i n th e fl oor, t h ey went down stairs to turn on th e gas again. It is supposed that during the absence of the men on this errand the dog made its way through the opening in the floor, and that the gasfitters on their return replaced the board without being aware that they had made the little fellow a prisoner. This was about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, soon after which the dog was missed. The family began to be troubled with strange noises in the house, especially at night, after they had retired to bed. So incessant did the noises b e come, and so alarmed were the children—as the scratchingsware very loud under their bed—that Mrs. Thwaite determined to re move the bed to another room. On Sunday last the lady went upstairs for the purpose of making arrangements for the removal of the sleeping-place of th e children, when, in addition to the dreaded scratchings, she thought she heard a sort of whining noise. The idea now struck Mrs. Thwaite that her lost favourite might be the cause of all their annoyance. The board in the floor was again re moved,to a skeleton, after a confinement of nine days and one and there was fou nd the poor poodle, ' worn almo st a ppeared . and, with care f u l hour without food or d rink of any kind. 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