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

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, 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 a ny 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 t he numerous calls there are being made by the same financial companies who have sustained considerable losses through unfortunate operations. The shares °f 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 7.1 per cent. is generally the lowest rate at which the brokers will take first class bills. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up t ° this day, are in round figures as under:— Great Western North W 1866. 1865. ... £63,963 £60,886 South Western t r.ghton lli c ll and • ▪ 102,445 93.540 ~. 19,887 17,662 • 17,739 14,588 South Eastern ... Great Northern tristol Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 50,144 47,022 22,887 20,677 ... 35,662 30,369 39,665 35,010 - and Exeter ... ... 5,666 5,413 4 A o rth Ea s t ern 61,290 57,271 2 kan chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 19,659 17,246 reat Eastern . 32,983 32,324 widen, Chatham, and Dover ... .. 7,643 6,301 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are generally of satisfactory character. On the Great 'Western there is an increase of £3,097; on the North Western, 1 1' 8 ,905 ; So u th 'Western, £2,225 ; Brighton, £3,151 ; No rthern, £3,122 ; South Eastern, £2,210 ; G r e a t -No rthern, £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 me e ti ng o f th e L on d on an d C oun t y B an k , 146 4 this day, a dividend of 6 per cent., with a bon us of 6i per cent., was declared, making 121 Per cent. for the half-year, which will amount to a 59 3,737 3s. 3d. ; thi s , a dd e d t o th e A ugus t divi dend, will be 271 per cent. for the year, and l eave ' 14 ,527 18s. 10d. to be carried forward to profit an d loss new account. Two o'CLocK. The English Stock Market has been inactive, and alt hough qu o t a ti ons were d ur i ng t h e early hours of busi ness l ower, t h ey h ave s i nce recovered. Consols ar e again 86i 1 for money, and 861 1 for the ac e°llot• The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86. if 4; Annuities, 1885, 13 13-16 ; Exchequer 13111 ; 'ls. 3s. dis. ; Bank Stock, 2451 246 ; India 5 Per Cents., 1021 1 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 102/ ; ditto Bonds, 14s. prem. Foreign Securities continue to decline in prices. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 38; ; Mexican, 191 20 ; ditto New, 161 174 ; Greek, 12 ; Spanish Pas sive, 231 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 661 4 ; Erie Shares, 53; ; and Illinois, 744 75. Business in the Railway Share Market has been l el l dull, and in several insta nces a f ur th er d ec li ne ''a B taken place. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin -4°l 111 have receded £1 ss. No r th E as t ern (B erw i c k) , Q; Great Northern A Stock, 10s. ; and Lanca -I‘7.lre and Y or k s hi re, s s. ; w hi le Great Eastern and °r th Weste rn h ave eac h i mprove d s s . -tu the F ore i gn an d C o l on i a l li nes t h ere i s littl e change with the exception of Grand Trunk of Can ada, which have further advanced to 39 40. 134 0 k and Miscellaneous Shares continue very and without any material variation as regards 1 4tl ie• Bank of A us t ra l as i a aro d ea l t i n at 72 1; oPerial Ottoman at 131 ; Union of London at London Financial at 15; k ; and Overend, Tome., and Comp an y a t 181 ; London Steam a °w lng Shares are 2 prem. ; and Charles Laffitte a d CO., 2-4- 3; prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. I I aCIVERNMENT FUNDS. Do Oebt. Consols a —O. Account, Feb. 8 B6l I I ziPer Cent. Reduced B6l i Neer eW3 p Cent B6l 1 il t 3 i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — ° '. s Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — --..., 'llies, 30 mss'expire sth Jan., 1880 D°"". 1 30 yrs,expire sth April, ” lBBs l3 13-16 kc„ t. (Red °r Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — -"equer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 7 3 Do. £5OO 7 3 a , si Do £lOO and £2OO .. " 4 1, _ 0 1 England Stock, 5 per Cent 1 -qu a ,_ r Ax GovEnsmENT SEcunrrrEs. D T ; 18 .11 Stock, IA per Cent., April 1874 — Account jii ° „• 5 Per Cent. Oct. 1870 ---`'. 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888 b n r. ~ - .1 ) - • Certificates b c: '• Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent s ' 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 fi n s 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 Bones 4 er Cent., Aug. 1866 Ll' . 1 ) °. Bonds, £l,OOO — °- under £l,000 1,1 431 . FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. lin,,,'„.ala Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — 1 7Alan 5 per Cent — -- a per Cent., 1852-58-60 o. 1863 — DO Do 1865 — ..., 0 A 71 4 to Account 114 • S crip, £35 paid I\enos Ayres 6 per Cent — t°,.: 1 per 80 e h if.: ; _ Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Dian 6 per Cent — e ol. _ • q per Cent — ewbian. 6 per Cent. j 0,6 per Ce t. C 4, 3 Per Cent., n 1825 B2 D°, 1 Per Cent., 1863 — b a , 5 Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — illibian Principalities — ° or Account 72 477 New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ~ P rovisional Land Warrant — V iti an 7 per Cent 93 11 °1 Seco n d I ssue 921 4-'0 £lOO Bonds 94 D o D° . 1864 — (i .be, .5 o re £lO Bonds Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 93 21 Ds . ' 4 CCOUnt Cou i e. ons t.tn,l 4 Acco p unt Italia 5 per Cent. — )11D0. 411 _ 5 Per Cent, 1865 e za.aremmana Railway "'can 3 Cent pc% Account il Do 1864 l7l k O -- ,, ° „_ 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ko-Levidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid ti e °lish Imperial 5 per Cent ,tlvOQ-2rpaelaradaCent — D Deferred 8 0. %Land Warrants (Hectares) P , ' Per Cent, 1864 — er c l ;„ l:4ll aranteed, 4 per Cent. — B o 'Lan 5 per Cent bo• Account B 0 . 3 Per Cent. (Uribarren) — AO ll ',l per Cent, 1862 - A ccount rta, — Do '`` o e s' ) 3 per Cent., 1853 , — D ° , - Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9 , '6O, '62, '3, 41 i I, -0,4 Allgei tt cco lint 4 .0 0 P i j Per Cent., 1822, £ St 9O D o ;I, Per Cent. 850 Dob p per Cent., 1860 '6' Pei Cent. 1859 —D o , Per Ce n t . 1862 94 1 90/ ktrcji 4 l Per Cent. 186 4 — lu a n 5 per Cent ~,0 t1(0 Ba $e u i li 1 , 1 8 1 4. A ' Per Cent D ir count D o ""A`elv Deferred — D o '' e ceunt o 1., 1, assive 13 bal l i oh co unt 241 1 1 4 ti 1)0 4 xt. of Coup not funded Ivecti isccount 13 1 1 1 i .. 1) 0 8 ' 4 Per Cent. — Turk is h} — yer Cent. 1864 Dosu Per Cent. 1854 — ceo unt 13 Pe r D° 4C e n t. 18' 0 3 tio .e ee crunt 7Ol f GOI 70 13 0 °0 Bond s 6 ba A Per Cent. 1862 1:: 1 / 4 ; Ac, 0 <O O Bona; ............................. o ° 6 6 Per Cent., 1863 b o ~, Per Cent. 1865 —DO l ' 3 " I , 5.35 'd 381 i 1 i 13 4c count P" y e 0. 4 tezneterBCent. Guaranteed — bltt o Per Cent. c, 6 ,teccunt ... . .. . 'vii Cent, 1864 ............ ........ ... 4444...., nds on the above payable in London. . I * ,el gi ll a.; ll '- 5 Por Cent., Ex, 10 Florins 4 'reil e i i ", 4 l peer cent., Ex. 25f. - "'" Ut 2 3 Per Cent. 0 0 tools for money THREE O'CLOCK. 0. 44„,..._w.0r1ey .............................. 861 4 ..wat ....................... • ............ 86i EIeERENCE BLEARS 3. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 1, Ditto, 6 per cent, pf., 1 4: Great orthern, 5 per cent., 111 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, Stockton and Darlington, B 5 per cent., 3! PRIWEISENCE SHARES AND,STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 1051 London, Chatham, &0., Metrop. Ext. B, 6 per cent., 90 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RIONTALb. Chester awl Holyhead, 55 Midland, Bradford Pref. Stock, 92 Wilts and Somerset, 84 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 111 1 Great Luxembourg, 15i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 161 FOREIGN MINES. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 4} i St. John del Rey, lira., 50 BANKS.; Agra and Mzsterman's, lim., 55 41 Alliance, Urn.. 261 Australasia, 721 Bank of London. 149 Hindustan, China, and Japan, i1m.,:171 Imperial Ottoman, 131 13 Ditto, new, 12 lonian, 25 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Urn., 41 1 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, Um., 12 111 London and Brazilian (lim.), Ditto, new, 71 London and County, 81 784 78 London:Joint Stock. 461 London and South African, 161 London and 11 estminster, 931 Oriental Banx Corporation. 50/ 4 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., 71 Union of Australia, 501 Union of London, 51/ 1 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 73/ MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 161 Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gtta., 22 Berlin Water Works, lim., 11 British Ship Owners, 21 Ceylon Company, 94 City Offices, lira., 6 51 Consolidated Discount, lim . 21 Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, 84 In 1 Ditto, issued at a prem., of which .£2:ls to pay, 5 i Crystal Palace, 35 4 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Urn., 41 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 104 4 Gen. Credit and Finance of leindon. lira., 51 1 General Steam Navigation, 271 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 61 International Contract, 41g International Financial Society, lim., 5 5 Joint Stock Discount. lim., 41 6 41 Land Securities, Dm., 3 London and Caledonian Marine, lim., 41 London Financial Association, lira., 154 15 London General Omnibus Company, Um, 34 Lon 'on and Provincial Marine, 21 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 6 Milwall Iron Works, 6 National Discount Company, 15 Northern Assam Tea, lim , Ditto, B, 3 North British and Mercantile Insurance, 19 Oriental Financial, lira., 10 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 181 19 184 I 191 Royal Mail Steam, 109 Union Marine, Liverpool, lira., 31 fi Unlyeroal Marine, Insurance, zi 3 SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. Share, Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. E. London, acrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Ang I. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern 93 95 128 129 94 96 13 15 44 5i 88 70 70 72 114 116 37 39 7 S 127 128 14.1 116 Do. A stock .. Do. B stock Do. lew, is. at 25 pn Gt S, and W. of Ireland' Gt. Western -Original D. S. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport. Do. Hereford Lancashire &Yorkshire LAidon and Blackwalf Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dovil Do. Metrop. r:x. A I Lon. & orth Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New 92 94 58i 58 39 41 34 87 101 'O3 120 121 t 9 01 9, 98 35 37 1241 125; 93 95 55 581 134 136 2t S 1 111 99 101 Do. Extension..... Metropolitan District Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid,and Do. £9 Share 122 124 I,} 11 1 92 94 DO, Birmin.. & Derby %lid Kent North British 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 100 all 68 69 Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick, Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Dc. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 18M-61 North Londou Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. te S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock yo. Scot, kid. stJok Shropshire Union 'South Devon ISouth E,stern .. Staines, Wok., Wok 'Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwtll ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 38] 8 i 144 120 } 9S 8 6i 122} 4 3 Mt t P 104 37j 731 4 Paid.! Closing ! Business , Price. , done. 1251 42 51 93i 4 59 8 1312 5 6; 7 Shoi BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 percent... Do. 1' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff., Bran t, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & S. E., lim ;ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prvf. Bonds. Do. do. deterred ... Do. 3d Pref. stock. Do. do. deferred . Do. 4th Pref. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. I *o. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. Gt. Sout h of India ...... gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Wt.s. of Canada Do. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. Hudson's Bay N. it I.C' da, 6pc lstpf.bs Scinde ...• • ..... Do. Delhi Do. do gri Do. Punjaub I Do. Indus S t.Flo COLONIAL GOFER: British Columbia,6 pert cent., Dec. 31, 1572: Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. C. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p 0. Inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.& Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 1% 4 80-9, Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9) Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and lkOct., 1900.... Ceylon, Nov. 1863, 6 p. e Do. 1878, do llauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Atm Natal , 4 ov. a per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1870 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Ans. Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct BRITL Cam. Consol. Cold, line Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated ' Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls East Bassett (Mogan). • East Caradon East Carn Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East Lovell E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StA übyn(Gwen. Great L axey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist. w Grenville Herod's Foot ,.,, Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Ilwyndy Iron Ore, lim New Seton North Roskear N. Wh '1 Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crony Prosper United......., Providence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, West Bassett (Mogan .. W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chirerton West 5et0n....... Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 28 111 112 72 73 105 106 36 38 10 11p' 124 126 2 Zip 2 24p , 75 77 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 55 57 73 74 8 9 145 150 3 4p 101 103 51 53 iSIONS. 53 60 99 10) id tp 61 6 1 10 11 75 80 96 98 60 70 100 102 100 101 10i 103 38 39 87 89 66 68 57 62 57 59 52 57 46 50 42 46 35 36 31 35 101 IC3 P' 1 1) 9s 100 91 93 16} 161, 4} 4 ',I I 92 11 84 A 6 1 4d 99 100 90 92 86 88 64 66 8 82 98 99 98 99 t . ' 98 99 r T SECU. 93 95 93 96 93 96 79 81 73 SO 101 103 104 106 104 106 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 1,8 102 104 103 105 103 105 IC4 106 99 101 93 95 02 04 87 89 100 102 8t 84 9? 99 99k 1008 104 106 105 106 9 10 18 20 570 690 1 18 20 5} 4 54 9,1 3 3i I 114 124 3 31 5 7 20 21 14 2 34 4 3C 32 34 34 40 4z 54 62 5 7 4 44 24 101 40 60 13 15 I II 37 39 410 430 2 ri 18 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 79 82 190 200 95 1(0 27 80 3 5 210 23 17 18 ,ITIES. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1866. - - Cfrittet HER MAJESTY• OSBORNE, Wednesday. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, at• tended by the Dowager Duchess of Athole. p_ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Purves, arrived last evening at her residence in the Am bassadors' Court, St. James's Palace, from Cambridge Cottage, KONV, 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 re*idence 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. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) James Henry Ilardinge, 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 Sun. Tho jury found the prisoner guilty. The learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to 20 years penal servitude. 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 he 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 he would either kill her or him self. The magistrate said the prisoner and his wife seemed to have lived a cat and dog life. Ile bound him over to keep the peace for three months in the sum of £5O. Liverpool Cotton Market. —Tbi3 Day. Market opens with a fair demand. Sales probably 7,000 or 8,000 bales. Price, to 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, tho 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 oJ Alderley, the Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, and the Righi 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 nit exist. The further action of the Government in taking stops to arrest the progress of the pestilence cannot fail to be now looked for with groat 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, 31. 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. ;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 remember 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 time 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 Poemet." 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 aro 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 Ile 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. Admiral 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. 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 cost, 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 are 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 farming are vastly increased, but cotton is selling in Yazoo City at 52 cents per pound. 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 'mother, 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. The people of Mississippi now intend to devote all their energy to making good crops of cotton ; the 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, 41141 a college for the sons. The wholo is to be placed under the jurisdiction of the Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Cliurcli in the United States.—New York Times. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. TAT TERSALLS'—This Evening THE DERBY. 1000 to GO agst Knight of Croscent Very few members present. THE READING STEEPLECHASE OBJECTION: Sin,— The stewards of the late Reading Steeplechases being equally divided in their opinions respecting the ob jection against . "Bristles," I beg to inform you that th case will be laid before the Committee of the Grand Na tional Steeplechases.—Your obedient servant, JNO. F. VERILUX. Feb. 1, 18G6. The National Choral Society. Handel's " Judas Maccabwus," 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 bo 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 Monday, 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 trade was steady at high currencies, viz., 5s Gd to Gs Gd per 81bs. The supply of calves was very limited. Pigs were in fair request, at full prices, to a slight advance. In milch cows next to nothing was doing. Per 81b to sink the offal. a d s d s disci Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 4 3 10 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 6 0 Second quality do ..4 0 4 4 Prime b'thdowu ao 6 2 6 6 Prime large oxen ..4 6 4 8 Large coarse calves 5 6 6 0 Prime Scots. ac.... 4 10 5 0 Prime small do e 2 6 6 Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 10 4 0 Large hogs 4 t 4 6 Second quality do ..4 8 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 Beasts 4 20 Cows .. 110 Cows . — Sheep 6090 Sheep 1,900 Calves BO Caves 72 Pigs 293 Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.—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 Gd 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, £5 108 to £7 Os Od ; and straw, £ll6B to £2 2s per load. A fair demand. OUMBERLAND.—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. .. . . WHITECH.APEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover, £5 lOs to .£7 Os Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade steady. 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 been transferred to foreign owners, and 101,163 tons destroyed by pirates, being less 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, aro 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 section 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 as 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 ef 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 large 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. 0. 34`CVLLOCH, Secretary of the Treasury. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT This being the day appointed by her most gracious Majesty for the meeting of Parliament, it was formally opened by Royal Commission, the Commissioners being the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Earl of Bessborough, and Viscount Sydney, who assembled in the House of Lords a few minutes after two o'clock. The writ calling Parliament together having been read, the Usher of the Black Rod was despatched to the House of Commons to summon the members to their lordships' bar, to hear the Royal Commission read. The late Speaker, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Gladstone, and several others of the newly-elected members having ap peared, the Royal Commission was read. _ The LORD CHANCELLOR addressed the members of the House of Commons, informing them that the first business which they had to perform was to elect a Speaker, who was to be presented to the House of Lords to-morrow at two o'clock. The members of the House of Commons then rotired. The usual form of prayer was then read. NEW IRISH REPRESENTATIVE PEER. The Clerk of the Hanaper brought up the writ appoint ing Earl Powerscourt as the successor of the late Viscount Gort, one of the Irish representatives in their lordships' House. Several of the noble lords having been sworn, the pro ceedings terminated. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(THIS DAY.) On the return of the members from the Upper House, Mr. MONSELL moved and Lord GROSVENOR, seconded a motion that the late Speaker, the Honourable Evelyn Denison, do take the chair, which was agreed to unanimously by a crowded house. The SPEAK - RR having acknowledged the honour, was then formally inducted by the proposer and mover to the chair. The Right Hon. Gentleman then, in very feeling terms, alluded to the loss the house and country had sustained by the death of Lord Palmerston. Mr. GLADSTONE said he fully concurred in the obser vations of the right hon. gentleman as regarded the late Lord Palmerston, and referred to the loss which the house had sustained during his term of office by the death of Sir James Graham, and the elevation, so justly deserved, to the Upper House of Lord Russell. Ho expressed his ap proval of the re-election of the right hon. gentleman, who presided over their councils with so much ability. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DISRAELI also bore his testimony to the valuable services which Lord Palmerston had rendered to the coun try, and expressed a regret that the seconding of the nomi nation of the Speaker had not emanated from his side of the house. All the members of that house were aware of the impartiality and indefatigable industry he displayed, and were desirous of testifying their appreciation of the manner in which he had discharged his important duties. (Hear, hear.) He was not aware that there was any precedent for the party in opposition to second the nomination of a Speaker, but he thought in the present case a precedent might have been created. The proceedings then terminated. The Speaker will proceed to swear the members in to , morrow. The Great Eastern Railway Company. At a general board meeting of the directors held this day we hear that Charles Henry Turner, Esq., the late chairman of the Committee, of Investigation, was unanimously and enthusiastically elected chair man of the board of directors. Bank of England Returns.•--This Evening. An Account, pursuant to t' cap. 32, for the week ending ISSUE DEP he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1866. RTIMENT. Notes Issued Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3,634,u60 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,350,125 Silver Bullion .... £27 0.10,125 £27,000,125 EPAUTMENT. 1 Government Seen- , •toprictore' Capi tal X 14.533,00 &et Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ao- rities (including Dead WeightAn nutty) Other Securities Notes Gold and Silver 8 5,355 Coln counts) 4,145,939 Other Deposits 13,390052 Seven Day and other Bills 418,449 £36,031,847 1 £36,037,817 MILLER, Chief Cashier. Feb. 1, 1866. THE LOSS OF THE LuNDON. OFFICIAL INQUIRY-(TIIIS DAY). This investigation was resumed this morning at the Greenwich police-court, before Mr. Trail and Captains Harris and Baker. Mr. Talford Salter, who attended on the part of some of the survivors, applied to Mr. Traill for permission to cross-examine some of the witnesses. Mr. Train refused the application, as the present was merely an inquiry. Any question the learned gentleman wished could be put through the asses sors. 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. I went on board the London in the dis charge of my duty at noon on the 6th of January. I was accompanied by Captain Martin and the surgeon of the ship. I made the usual in pection:of 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 good, 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 I 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—it 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 arc 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. Traill—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 bags 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. Harris—Do you consider it prudent for ships to go to sea in the winter with a great quantity of top hamper aloft Witness—All merchant ships go to sea in the winter with their reyal 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. Traill—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. Mr. 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. The bar iron was stowed crossways ; the sheet and bundle iron was placed on the top of the other. It occupied a space of about 56 feet in length, 24 feet in breadth, and 5 feet deep. I did not stow anything else away as dead weight unless you call agricultural implements so. They go by measurement. Mr. O'Dowd—You are speaking now of her cargo, excluding her dead weight ? Witness—Yes. Her cargo consisted of cases and bales amounting to 963 tons. Mr. O'Dowd—Does that include the agricultural implements ? Witness—l cannot say. The London's was what was called a Melbourne cargo. On- an average 35 tons weight would be equal to every 100 tons measurement. It was a very light cargo. I put the kentledge on board the London on her first voyage, it amounted to 200 tons. The measure ment goods were stored over the iron, and some in the main and after hold. Mr. O'Dowd—Was any of the cargo stowed on deck ? Witness—No, not any. Captain Baker—What was the weight of the stores, provisions, and water ? Witness—about 120 tons of provisions. I can't say the weight of the water; the tanks I know were all filled. Mr. O'Dowd—A great part of the passengers' baggage was stowed away in the East India dock. Was it not ? Witness—Yes. That which was not required on the voyage was stowed in the forehold. It occu pied about 50 tons space of room. I superintended the stowage of the cargo on all three voyages of the London. She carried quite as much cargo on the first as on her last voyage. On her first voyage she carried dead weight 180 f tons iron, and 773 tons measurement goods. On the second voyage the total weight and measure was 1,347 tons. Captain Baker—That is exclusive of the kent ledge in all cases. Witness—Yes. Her last voyage was 1,308 tons. She had about the same quantity of iron the second voyage as the last. Captain Baker—You had a larger cargo on the second voyage than the last. Witness—Yes. The kentledge was 150 tons down the main hold from the after part of the main hatchway, within about 20 feet of the after part of the fore hatchway, and the rest was put in the after hold from the fore part of the after hatchway to the tank room. The tanks were on either side of the screw alley close up to the _deck. The dead w eight in the main hold was stored on billet woo d over the kentledge. The thickness of the billet-wood was from 9to 10 inches. We filled chock up to the beams with measurement goods both in the fore and after-hold. None of the dead weight iron was carried there. Fifteen tons of coal were taken on board for the ship's use, and stowe d in the fore- peak. There were no other weights there. The coal fill e d it up. The magazine of the ship was away aft; it was built over the tunnel. It was my duty to take in her spars. She had a spare topmast, topsailyard, jibbom, flying jibboom, and two or three spare topgallantmasts and stunt-sail booms. The top mast and topsail yards were stowed on deck, and the other spars on the top of the house. Those on deck were secured with ring-bolts, and those on the house were lashed to ring-bolts. Her topgallant and royal masts were in one spar, fore and aft. The fly-jibboom was distinct from the jibboom. The second officer of the ship was down in the hold every day during the s towa g e of the c argo, and Mr. Ch ar les Wigram was also there every day, an d , as far as the dead weight was concerned he would have directed me had any alteration been required. Mr. 11. Caulier—l am principal of the searchers department of the Long-room, Custom-house. I receive all the shipping bills for goods exported from the port of London. The bill means the entry outward of goods exported, showing the value, quality, and description of goods. It is not pos sible to obtain a better description of a ship's cargo than the shipping bill. I find that the dead • weig ht on board the London, such as iron, plate, bars, sheet-iron, lead and shot, stone blocks, iron nails, and screws are declared to weigh 347 tons 4 cwt. 3 qrs. 18 lb. ; other weight, such as hardware, agricultural implements, &c., 13 tons 19 cwt. 3 qrs. 4 lb. I don't think it could all be called dead weight, because it is in eases. In looking over the bills of the London, I find the cargo of the London to consist of millinery, woollen goods, ribbons, haberdashery, flannels, cotton, glass, &c., and just such as usually go to Melbourne. They were all light goods. The total declared value of the cargo of the London was £124,785 17s. 4d, The value , of the bonded goods, such as cigars, would amount to about £2OO. Mr. Cole recalled. Mr. O'Dowd—After everything had been put on board the London on her last voyage did you see her draught of water whilst in dock ? Mr. Cole—Yes. It was 20 feet forward; aft 20 feet 9 inches. Capt. Harris—Was that after the 50 ton of coal was put on deck? Mr. Cole—Yes. Mr. O'Dowd said that would be the whole of the evidence he had to offer relative to the cargo and stowage. lie should now call witnesses to speak to the navigation of the ship. Mr. George James Thompson—l am a licensed Trinity-house pilot, and have been so upwards of 34 years. I was engaged to pilot the London on her last voyage from London to the entrance to Plymouth Sound. I went on board early in the morning of the 27th December last. I took her to Gravesend, and after we had taken in the live and dead stock and baggage I took her draught of water myself, and found it to be 19ft. 9in. forward, and 20ft. 9in. abaft. I have piloted her on her former voyage. On her first voyage, atGreenhithe, she drew 19ft. forward, and 20ft. abaft; on the second, 18ft. 3in. forward, and 21ft. 9in. abaft. The difference on this occasion was to ascertain her steaming qua lities. Her coals were placed abaft. We anchored at the Nore on the 30th, and remained there all next day because it blew a gale from the S.W. We got under weigh at daylight on Jan. 1, and as we were passing the South Foreland lighthouse in the afternoon they were lighting the lamps. Here we took in sail and went on under steam. At 8 o'clock we were off Dungeness, and at 2 a.m. the next day we were abreast of Beachy Head. Duc t ing the day the wind began to freshen very much, and not be ing able to weather St. Katherine's Point, I put her about. I then consulted Capt. Martin that it would be better for us to go to the Motherbank, as the weather appeared so squally and unsettled. He went down and looked at the barometer, and on his return he said he thought it the most prudent thing to do. We accordingly anchored at the Mother bank about half-past 3 p.m. During the night it blew a heavy gale of wind from the S.W. On the 31st Jan., at 10 a.m., we got under weigh and pro ceeded for the Needles, which we passed about 4 p.m. There was a heavy sea outside, but we made very good way, and at 8 p.m. we passed Portland. At 2 a.m., on the 4th, we sighted the Start Light, and about 7 a.m. we were abreast of it. The weather then became thick, with rain. Strong wind from the S.S.W., with a heavy and confused swell on. About half-past 9 a.m. distinguished the land and steered for Penlee Point, and anchored at Plymouth Sound at noon on the 4th, being about 22 hours from the Needles. I then left. We had a very heavy sea down. She took some water on the 4th, as there was tremen dous and confused seas on that day. She went about four knots an hour. I considered the perfor mance of the ship satisfactory. When we got to Plymouth she had but four or five bags of coal on her deck. The coal did not shift at all, notwith standing the vessel made one or two heavy lurches in consequence of the tremendous sea. It did not occur to me that the London was too deep in the water. I sent the chief officer, Mr. Harris, to measure her draught, and he told me he had a foot to spare, as he bad nearly nine feet clear from the water's edge. By Captain Harris—l give the extreme draught of water, as pilotage is charged by the foot and not by the fractional part of a foot. It is both for my own interest and also for the Trinity that I should give the extreme draught. I should not call the London a wet ship. Captain Harris—Did she steer well? Witness—She was a long ship, and considering the weather she required care. Captain Baker—Did you set the mizen staysail going to Plymouth ? Witness—Yes I did. I considered that to be a good stormsail. We bent a fore staysail at Grave send. The canvas of the sail was very stout. It was No. 1 quality. In my opinion the London carried efficient canvas to lay to in any gale of wind. I piloted the Peninsular and Oriental ships out of London. Mr. O'Dowd---As the next witness, sir, will be the engineer Greenhill, who may be considered to be the great witness in the case, and as his examina tion will occupy a considerable time, I don't think that it would be proper to open his evidence at the present time (4 o'clock). I therefore, sir, shall ask you to adjourn the investigation until to-morrow morning. Mr. Trani then adjourned the proceedings until to-morrow. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. CITY BETTING-THIS DAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE,. 20 to 1 agst Creole' (taken) 22 to 1 agst Mistake (taken) 22 to 1 agst Innellan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Old Oswestry (taken) 80 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 THOUSAND. 11 to 4 agst Lord Lyon (taken and offered) 7 to 2 agst Student (offered) 500 to 50 agst Janitor (taken) 500 to 40 agat Auguste (taken) ' THE DERBY. 100 to 15 agst Rustic (taken) 10(0 to 100 agst Student (taken) 1000 to 50 agst Auguste (taken) 1000 to 50 agst Redan (taken) 6000 to 75 agst Lanoret (taken) 2500 to 25 agst Peer (taken) 3000 to 40 agst Primate (taken) 2000 to 10 agst Beelzebub (taken) RACING FIXT 'RES FOR 186 G. Lincoln FEBR2O rARY. I Nottingham Spring 27 EtCH. MA. 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