The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-30 00:00:00

day. drove /V'ales day. es the of the ; their Lt YCS should This riginal t their teries. Linton, ►t took Prince less of Con d Tal- Calbot, ;hfield, H. L. lity of semen lies in hand the ec t on Hill. it visit ,d will prince or sth r and , Bern ibassyr, rl and ratford, :traor - csentino lied by ortlo,nd 3 been r Virat icy the rff and in and °liners -, lion. ; party enco in 1 give ting of ,ward s a bl e to inue to jo , ir per Miss square, :titer at arl °f - from ;ted to Eaton Ment on and 3 7 and • Tii r e al , f nest tor the 1 con tblish" to hi 3 .;alla e II Zd'ONE — f — MARKET 4k;'TD COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market has presented symptoms of activity, and the rates have consequently been firmer. 7fr per cent. is the general charge for first class bills, but exceptional transactions have been recorded at i per cent. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed rriday, Feb. 2, a spec i a l settl i ng day in the shares of the English and American Bank, which are to be marked on the official lists. The Joint -Stock Discount Company have an nounced a call of £5 per share (which will make £l5 per share subscribed), payable as follows—£l ss. the 31st March, £1 ss. the Ist May, £1 ss. the Ist June, and £1 ss. the 30th June. The directors of the company entitled " Day and Son (Limited)," have announced a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, the dividend war rants to be issued on the sth of February. At the fourth ordinary general meeting to-day of the shareholders of the East London Bank, the report presented stated that the business of the "'lank continued to increase, and the directors re eel:amend the payment of a dividend for the half- Year at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum (free from Incme-tax), whi c h w ill l eave t h e sum o f 1 3,818 10s,o 6 d. to be carried to profit and loss new ac count. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the past few days there has been very little busin ess transacted. S ugars h ave rema i ne d at , abo ut forme r ra t es. Superior qualities of coffee have been in fair request at full prices ; while rice, C ocoa, and tallow have been dull, a considerable fall having take place in the value of the latter, ng to a pressure of speculative sales. At the half -yearly meeting of the National Bank, ne. dead day, the di rec t ors ' report, recommend i ng a div at the rate of 8 pe r cen t. on th e p a id- up capital, was unanimously agreed to. The half -yearly meeting of the North British Australasian Company was held to-day, and the re- Port submitted stated that the accounts for the year are m ade up as usual to the 30th June, 1865, in Australia, and to the 31st December,- 1865, ,in Lon don. They exhibit a balance of £5,314 9s. ld., out of which the directors propose to declare a dividend o f 2 i per cent., free of income tax. Two o'CLocK. -According to Reuter's telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68f. 55c. Inanimate. The English Stock Market has been steadily supported to-day, and a firm tone has been appa rent' The members, however, have been principally e ngaged with the arrangement of the fortnightly settlement in foreign stocks and shares. Consols are 86 1 3- 87 for money, and 87 i t for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86/ 87 ; Annuities, 13 11-16ths ; India 5 per Cents., 102} ; ditto Enfaced 5} per Cents., 107 k 108. Foreign Stocks show no important alteration. Turkish 5 per Cents, are 39f f ; Mexican, 20k a ; ditto New, 18 f ; Greek, 13f 14 ; Spanish Passive, 25 i I ; Certificates, 13 ; Italian, 61f ; the Confed erate Loan, 57 ; Egyptian Railway Loan Scrip, f prem. ; and Brazilian Scrip, I f prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 66f Erie Shares, 55f / ; and Illinois, 55f I. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show little varia tion of importance. Joint Stock Discount, 4i 5f ; Overend, Gurney, and Company, 4/ 5 prem. ; imperial 27 -141 a f ; Bank of A us t ra l as i a , 71f ; an d Perial Ottoman, 13k. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ° Per Cent. Consols , bo• Account, Feb. 8 B7l 7 Ne w Cent. Reduced B7 6/ N eal 3 per Cent B6l 7 6 1 7 6 1 e r ,w af per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A ...'°' 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — -giutiities,3o yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 De 1) o. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l3 11-16 Lx (Led Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — chequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. — . Do, £5OO 3 die D 0 £lOO and £2OO Ba nk of England Stock, 5 per Cent I\t,/,„, ,-. .--, GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. I d. 11- '°o Sto k, 101 Cent., April 1874 — Do b c, , c C a per 4 count 102 f 1 n' 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do, --'0• Certificates — Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — jj 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D r , c) * A bi per Cent., May 1879 lo7} 8 C'' Per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do.o• tends, £l,OOO — under .£l,OOO dust . IC OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING P_RICE3. 1. riati 13 Bo nds, 5 per Cent, 1859 tzilian 5 per C en t —.O. 4iCent., per 1852-58-60 1863 67 1) 0 , „ 1)0, 1863 I'o Account D o R pm 13u 'er l P, £35 paid Do,Ayres 6 per Cent B3} I Lk.. Ayres b„ , unt eI,„Y 1 per Cent (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Do n 6 Per C ent — nuZlic,°. 41 per C ent — 6t intaan iper Cent. — 11°41 6 P er C t ball, en. 1811 3 per Cent., 1825 — D o D e • 4 per Cent., 1863 — 0 - 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid t_44_b.acue P rincipalities OA. °tint luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent lll 11 D e °,.Provisional Land Warrant 6"s;ptiau 7 per Cent 92 14', Second Issue — o-0 £lOO Bonds - 21 DO D. 1864 92f (i .£lOO Bonds Gre e k 5 Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 131 4 -",0. Account Do P — I t ali: i "I) I ACI AS ° °e : ucacp°oosfptser dent, Cent. n lB t . 65 k e " x 7 c • a al ti arennuana Rail way per Cent Do. Account 201 De 1864 lB-f 1) 0 a 11 / - per Cent. Anglo-French 45 Moorish 6 per Cent., £3O paid 17180orish Imperial 5 per Cent h ' w Granad a 131 ~,-1, 0 2 per Cent 3Ol Do Deferred 00 Land Warrants (Hectares) Do.per Cent, 1864 pi, tivaranteed, 4 per Cent ru Nrian 5 per Cent 1) 3 Doper Cent. (Uribarren) '-'o 41 per Cent., 1862 1)0 A t P o Account ° T , rt uguese 3 per Cent., 1853 1 ," 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, it"o• Account "" h s sian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9O - -n ° 4 1 Per Cent. 1850 — n 3 4 f per Cent., 1860 DO ''' - ' 3 per Cent. 1859 c' Do9of 1 90 5 per Cent. 1862 e ",. 5 Per Cent. 1864 — Doartuni 5 per Cent 41(0 Bands — PL,Cirr?.ol.sitop u e n r t Cent B : 9 - per Cent 40j T,'-'0 New Deferred 3s} I'o Accou nt , -ni)O P assive ************* ****** **** *********** 25f knish Cert. of ** ********* i * funded; *** l3l Tb o 4. __ ou . t oup no II : 1 : 1 r i ; is l :: e u4 P O u e P r i l le r t. . Cent.6...1.11. 1864************** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * — 7_9 -1 00 3 ; 1 b" . `TI 3 per Cent. 1854 Do6A per Cent. iiiLii ************* uteeount ******* t e ztoo touds -- noOlper Cent 1862 . ............. 68 Do ce"0t................... ~, 4100 Knot 68.1. 71 81 14.? P e r Cent., 1.863 ..................... Do " Per Cent. 1865 0 Se . _ D 0 r iP, 4,30 paid Acco vetiezuepiaer3Cpeenrt.cti.ranteed — Do 4 uut ' Ditto " 0 6 a""Dt ................... Per Cent., 1864 Butch spdenus on the above payable in L- ondon. Igo 0 err'e: e "t•I Ex. 12 Guil — Itaßali , C ent Certificaues — 0 Asiee:nuCi)eut., 1861, Ex. 25f. Cots °l Do. gs for money er THREE O'CLOCK. 'e° U4L 86 7 87 I 1; l 'r AND MURD ER AT SEA. SINGAPORE, tleereeeps'3:2o...s_3teTrZyllferoJ.m. D Visser (Dutch bark), arrived Ho.ngkong, reports that in lat 17 N. the ,i.ialstleact the Pride of the Ganges standing in towards Th, j. ~ coast, with 8 ignal flying, " Mutiny on board." ,(2,11r ass's Viss, signalled " Heave to and I will comp to Dutch vessel followed ' the reply to which was not allowed. s ouh -83.iie.., ,followed, but the Pride of the Gange rt_ b on ' 4 , ; I : I 7 and when last seen the signal " Master ove 41.°1 Was flying , 77 After SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share/ Railways. Pa i d. / C i lo rce ing I Business Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cam brian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc &London, scrip Cert Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Anc, , l. st. No. 2 Great Xorth of Scotland Great Norther❑ Do. A stock Do. B stock 93 95 128 129 94 96 13 15 44 54 88 70 70 72 114 116 37 39 7 8 127 128 114 116 Do. New, is. at 25 pn, Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Westem -Original I) S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford I Do. Newport 1)0. Hereford 92 94 68i 68 39 (1 34 37 101 tO3 1201 121 b 9 91 101 103 30 38 Lancishi re & Yorkshira L. ndon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast ILon., i hat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & forth Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New IDo Extension ' Metropolitan District Do do. do. 1241 !25f 9:3 95 61 63 134 136 2f 3 p 1 llp 99 101 DO. and :- , t.John'sW'd Mid and Do. £9 Share 122 124 11 1/1 92 94 Do, Birmin & Derby vi id Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchaM Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. • 10.1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 1,0. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E stern L 8 59 7 28 111 112 Staines, Wok., Wok 'faff Vale Do. C Vale ol Meath Waterford Az Kilkenny Waterloo (IL Whiteha Went Cornw ill BUITISEI P' Atlantic. St. Lawrence Born., Barod a, gu. 5 per cent Do. F glares Buffalo do Lake Huron • Do Preference-___Buff.,Brant,& Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- • Calcutta & S. E., lira ape Town & Dock, glf 1 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pc' East. Ben.Jtl, gu. ' 5 do 'Akin, East 'n, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension (rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist eref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prtf. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gus, 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. 0 Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do ..... Great WPB. of Canada Do. New ...... Do. 6 p. o. Bd e . pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c .• • • Do. 41 do Do 43 do Do. Filth Extension sfelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. .4 Hudson's Bay.. N. 131. C'da, 6pc lstpf.bs. Seinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub I poi' Do.lndus COLONIAL GO VEIL British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.,Sz July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. C. Mar. & Sept 1 )0. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 & Oct • 1890-1900 Do. do: 1680-9, Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct. ' 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p.c Do. 1878, do Ilauritius, F p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1. , 78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. 0 Do. 1805, Feb. & Aug Natal , 4ov. o per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July N. S.W. Gov.s p•c., ISt% Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187 r Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 5. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-1 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,liov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct BRITI Cam. Consul. Gold, Him Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake wal Is East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East, Carn Brea s,ast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'i Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great L otey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist , t Grenville Herod's Foot Hingston Downs Margaret ( Uny Lelant Mare Valley wyndy Iron Ore, lim New Se ton North itoskear N.W h' 1 Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence Uny Lwlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Luskeard West C hi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton ,Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 72 73 105 106 38 38 10 II p 124 126 2 2;p 2 24p 75 77 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 55 57 73 74 8 9 195 150 3 4 p 101,103 51 53 iSIONS. 5 6i) 99 10 id Iv 6i 10 11 75 80 96 98 60 70 100 102 100 101 10i 103 38 39 87 89 68 68 57 62 57 59 52 57 46 50 42 46 35 36 35 35 101 1(3 IP a I P 94 ICO 91 93 161 166 41 4 d 92 94 84 88 1 Rd 99 100 90 92 86 88 64 66 8 82 98 99 98 99 i I' l 93 99 rT SECU. 93 95 93 96 93 96 79 SI 78 SO 101 103 194 106 104 106 101 103 90 92 101 303 106 LS 102 104 103 105 103 fCS ic4 )00 94 101 93 95 92 94 87 89 100 102 8t 84 97 99 99i 1008 104 106 105 100 41 MINES. 9 10 18 20 57J 590 I I 18 20 8i 9i 54- 51 3 31 114 126 3 31 5 7 20 21 2 34 3C 32 3 1 40 42 5} 5} 7 4 4} 24 14c1 40 50 13 15 t I 37 39 410 430 2 ti At 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 4 8 10 79 82 190 200 95 1(0 27 SD 3 5 240 23 17 18 r KEFERENCE kiklAttES. Great Western Orig. 4i per cent pl., 901 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. East Lincoln gua. 6 per cent., 129 FOREJGN SAIL WAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, I South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, FoLLEIGN Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 4 Frontino and uolivia ti old, lim. , 1 i; St. John del Rey, Rm., 48 _ BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, lien. , ,t4k Alliance, lirn., 261 Australasia, 711 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 42 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, VI English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 20/ Imperial Ottoman, In Ditto, new, 12k 12 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4 London:Joint Stock, 49 London and South-Western, lim., 20 London and 11 estminster, 96 5/ Midland Bank, lim., 20k National Provincial of England. 153 Ditto, d and •'.d issue, 45 Provincial Banking Corporation, lira., 7} Union of Australia, 504 Union of London, 51/ 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Ebbw Vale, 8} Hudson's Bay, lf} Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim.. 7 International Financial:Society, lim., 56 I Joint Stock Discount, lim., 5} I Land Securities, Lin., 3} 3 Miliwall Freehold Land and Dock, 5 I New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim., Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 71 South African Mortgage and Investment, Ern., 2} MGR. DUPANLOUP is completing his " Memoirs of General Lamoriciere," which will be placed in the printer's bands immediately. THE ABBE LISZT'S ORATORIO of " Sainte- Elisabeth" is to be performed at Munich, conducted by Herr Von Bulow, the son-in-law of the composer. ___ _ THE FAMILY OF PATTI are all cultivated musi cians. A brother of the gifted ladies, Carlo Patti, is an nounced to make his appearance in Paris before the close of the month as a violinist. ACCIDENT TO LORD BROWNLOW CECIL. ----The Marquis of Exeter has lately been entertaining a distin guished company at his seat in Burghley -park, and op. Thursday a party of gentlemen proceeded to the racecou:•so preserves for the purpose of enjoying cover shooting. Among the firing party was Count Bernstorff, the Prussian Ambassador. By some accident the discharge from this gentleman's gun chanced to strike Lord Brownlow Cecil, the shot taking effect in the lower part of one of his logs. His lordship was conveyed to Burghley, where surgical aid was promptly rendered. Lord Cecil is fortunately only slightly hurt, and by the latest accounts was progressing satisfactorily. The shots have been extracted, and there a not the slightest danger of any permanent injury. 371 8 5S I 1::01 20 135 4i 1222 91 3i P 72 'OSSE; 99j 100 IC2} If 391 ,ITIES. 431 41 li 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief-Justice Erie, and Justices Willes, Keatirig,, and Smith.) HILLMER AND ANOTELEIt V. SMITH. Mr. lluddlestone, Q.C., with whom was Mr. Pearce, moved for a rule calling on the plaintiffs to show cause why a verdict given in their favour yesterday should not be reversed. Tho case was heard by Mr. Justice Byles and a common jury, and a verdict was found for the plaintiffs, the damages being assessed. It appeared that the plaintiffs had been successful in performing some feats on the tight rope which eclipsed Blondin, the mode of transit which they adopted being a wheelbarrow, which went over the rope without accident, the weight it con tained being the propelling power. The plaintiff had made an engagement with Mr. E. Smith, the proprietor of Cre morne-gardens and Astley's, to perform for him in town and in the country, the payment in the former being £4, and in the latter .£5 a week. This engagement was not carried out, and defendant pleaded that ho was not in debted, inasmuch as ho had not signed the agreement, which was requisite under the statute of frauds when the engagement exceeded 12 mouths. The grounds upon which the present motion was founded were, in addition to the contravention of the statute of frauds, misdirection by the judge, misconception by the jury, and that the verdict was against the weight of evidence. Rule granted. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) WHITMORE V. WHITMORE.-JUDGMENT. His Lordship, in delivering judgment, said that in this case the wife had obtained a decree dissolving hor mar riage on the ground of her husband's cruelty and adultery. Before the rule was made absolute the Queen's Proctor interveiod and filed affidavits, showing that pending the suit the petitioner had committed adultery, which she admitted. The only question before the court was whether the petitioner was entitled to her almony and costs up to the time when her adultery was made manifest. He considered that she was, and ordered an attachment against the respondent for non-payment, and at the same time reversed the decree nisi. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A WlFE.—Michael Kennedy, a working man, living at 29, King-street, Regent-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with violently assault ing his wife, Bridget. The complainant (whose head was bandaged, and who had evidently been most savagely treated) said—l went home last night about half-past nine from a hard day's work, and my husband was in bod. I work at Mr. Emmanuel's, the diamond merchant, in Bond-street, and am paid 15s. a week, and although I take all the money home and food besides, yet lam knocked about. Yester day morning on going out my husband called me the most disgusting names, and when I went home last night he jumped out of bed and abused me, and I am saturated with blood. He got me down, and, holding my hand, bumped my head on the boards and struck me, pulled some of my hair out by the roots, and then kicked me, injuring my inside. Ho also knocked some of my teeth out. I went to the hospital and had my head dressed. Look at my clothes. lam smothered with blood. His language is not fit to mention. Mr. Tyrwhitt—boos ho work? The complainant—Yes, he works. Mr. Tynvhitt—Have you any family ? The complainant—l have ono child, and he has two sons by his first wife. Mr. Tyr Whitt—Can you keep yourself ? The complainant—l can, but I don't wish to hurt him I only want protection and peace. The prisoner—Did you not begin singing and dancing when you came in last night ? The complainant—Nothing of the kind. The prisoner—Did you not tear my shirt? The complainant—Only in defending myself. Look at my hands ; they aro all bruises. Mr. Willis (the chief usher)—Her hands are all bruises. Police-constable Roffey, 152 C—l went to 29, King street, in consequence of cries of murder, and found the complainant with her face covered with blood. The com plainant gave her husband into custody for assaulting her, when he said that she came in and danced, and afterwards came to the bed and bit his hand, and that he then jumped out of bed and assaulted her. The complainant—l did not bite his hand. The prisoner said his wife came in drunk, and dancing and singing, and afterwards seized his band and bit it. The constable—The complainant was quite sober. After hearing a witness for the prisoner, Mr. Tyrwhitt (to the prisoner)—You will go to prison for six months with bard labour. The complainant—Pray don't send him to prison. Pray don't. Mr. Tyrwhitt —I shall not alter my decision. There must be an example set with these brutal fellows when a magistrate can do it. WESTMINSTER. NIGHTLY LODGERS IN WORKHOUSES.—DEFECTIVE STATE OF THE LAW.—Two women, with children in their arms, who gave the names of Canty and Sweeney, were brought from the station charged with being disorderly in Chelsea Workhouse. Thomas M'Lachlan, porter at the workhouse, said— These two women are casual paupers, and were at the house last night. 1 admitted Canty at five minutes past two, with two children; and at about a quarter-past two I admitted Sweeney, Soon after they came in they got quarrelling and wore disorderly. They called one another names. After repeated cautions to keep quiet, to which they paid no attention, I was compelled to call the police and give them into custody. After some further evidence they were discharged. Liverpool Cotton Market. —TI i 3 Day. Market unchanged. Sales probably 7,000 bales. MARKETS.---This Day. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 5s to 1G 15s Od ; and straw, £1 Hs to £2 2s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £sl2s 6d; clover, £5 lOs to £7 Os Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. A fair inquiry. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. CITY BETTING—THIS DAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 20 to 1 agst Creole (taken) 25 to , 1 agst Thomastown (taken) THE DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Redan (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Auguste (taken) 20 to 1 agst Janitor (offered) BETTING AT MANCIIESTER—MONDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 2C to 1 agst Old Oswestry (taken and wanted) 25 to 1 agst Merrimac (taken) 25 to 1 agst Balder (taken) 25 to 1 agst Innellan (taken) WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Mather's nomination (taken) BIRMINGHAM STEEPLECHASE MEETING, FEBRUARY 12. Weights for the Birmingham Grand Annual Steeplechase of 15 sous each, with 100 added. About four miles. Age st lb L'Africain ... a 13 0 Reporter ... a 12 0 Flyfisher, a 11 11 Marble Hill ... a 11 11 Light Heart ... a 11 11 Cortolviu a 11 9 Hall Court... ... a 11 7 Terry 11 7 Doubloon ... a 11 7 Hornet ... ... 611 6 Accident ... 6 11 5 Bridegroom a 11 3 Church Militant ... a 11 0 Princess Dagmar ... a 11 0 Merrimac ... a 11 0 Sinking Fund ... alO 12 Lord George ... a 10 12 The Rogue... ... a 10 10 Globule a 10 10 Ibex 6 10 10 Balder ... a 10 10 Knave of Trumps... 6 10 10 Meanwood... ... a 10 10 LINCOLN SPRING Ago st lb Rhoebus 6 10 10 Blood Royal ... 6 10 10 Ivanhoff ... a 10 9 Cabin 80y... ... a 10 9 Gamecock... ... a 10 8 Agag ... a 10 8 Roadster a 10 8 Rossington ... a 10 8 Jack o' Newbury ... 6 10 8 Manchester 6 10 7 The Scrub... ... a 10 6 King of Hearts ... 6 10 6 Miltown ... 5 10 5 Fairy King a 10 5 Glasgow ... 510 5 Sprite ... ... a 10 4 Acolyte ... ... 510 4 Ace of Trumps ... a 10 4 Jacob ... ... a 10 2 Ace of Hearts ... 6 10 2 Overton ... alO 0 Stella ... ... a 10 0 MEETING, FEB. 20. •dle Race. Two miles. Weights for the Hui., Age st lb Benazet 6 11 7 Sir Roger ... 5 11 4 Accident ... 6 11 0 Ivanhoff a 10 10 The Roadster a 10 8 St. Lawrence a 10 8 Real Jam...alo 7 Church Militant a 10 3 Little Frank 6 10 2 Sinking Fund ... a 10 2 Sandford ... ... 6 10 2 Patience ... a 10 0 Chance 610 0 Queen of Trumps... 5 10 0 Hornet ... 6 10 0 Hawkshaw... ... 5 9 13 Weights for the City Handica Age. st lb Gemma _ a 8 12 Historian 5 8 4 Sir Roger ... 5 8 4 Lord Douglas 5 8 3 Goldylocks 5 8 3 Pantaloon 4 8 2 Sancho 8 2 Reindeer ... a 8 0 Lady Abbess 6 8 0 Vixen 4 7 11 Thalassius_ 4 7 11 Gulnara 5 7 10 Dolphin 6 7 10 Skirmish _ 4 7 10 La Mechante ... 4 7 9 Shrapnell 4 7 8 Catalogue 4 7 8 Idler 5 7 7 East Lynn... 4 7 4 Little Gentleman... 5 7 3 Papoose ... 4 7 3 Inca 4 7 3 Miss Emma, a 7 2 Charmian 5 7 2 Advance 4 7 1 Ago st lb Contralto 6 9 12 The Beau 6 9 12 Veluti 5 9 11 Gamecock: a 9 10 Cynic „.. a 9 10 Peewitt 5 9 9 Love Letter 4 9 8 Ace of Hearts 6 9 7 Foxholes 4 9 6 Dermot Asthoro 5 9 3 Benanoar ~. 4 9 3 Skiff (late No Name) 5 9 2 Clairvoyante 5 9 0 Fly-by-Night a 9 0 Threadbare 4 9 0 T. Three quarters of a mile Age. st lb Benanoar ... 4 7 0 Arabia 4 7 0 Cranford 3 6 13 Emigrant ... 4 6 12 Wild Bee 4 6 11 William Pitt 3 6 11 Elastic • 4 610 Alberta 3 6 10 Lady Sophie 3 6 7 Tina 3 6 5 Pink 4 6 4 Bay Leaf 3 6 4 Opposition... 3 6 4 Musician 3 6 4 Blackthorn 3 6 3 Novice 3 6 2 Caithness ... 3 6 0 Indian Star 3 6 0 Kingmaker 3 6 0 Caustic 3 5 13 Inheritress 3 5 12 Treasure Trove ... 3 5 12 Vexatious ... 3 5 9 Actor. 3 5 9 RES FOR 1866. GARY. Nottingham Sp r i ng 27 Croxton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring 28 Newcastle Spring Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 24 Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer 29 Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyno 26 Curragh 26 Worcester *LY. Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business continues very dull, and prices remain unaltered. SUGAR.—The operations have been on a very limited scale ; superior qualities of 'Vest Indian, however, main tained former rates. In the refined market there is little variation. COFFEE.—There has beon a steady demand on the part of the trade for colonial, which fully maintains former values. RlCE.—Only a moderate amount of business has been done, without any material change as regards prices. TALLOW.—Business has been moderately active, and owing to the large quantity pressed for sale prices have shown a decided decline. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 465. 3d. ; March delivery, 465. Gd. ; and last three months', 48s. 6d. to 48s. 9d. per cwt. A SEAGULL IN A POULTRY-YARD.--One day lately the person in charge of the poultry at the farm of Dryhope was not a little surprised to find a sea-gull in the farm yard, apparently on the best of terms with the domestic water-fowls. At feeding time the stranger was in the middle of the flock, as if it had been bred on the farm ; but on the hen-wife attempting to catch it, it took to flight, only however, to make a few gyrations overhead, and then to alight again in the farm-yard. Ultimately it fol lowed the others into the poultry-house, when it was caught and had its wing-feathers cut ; and now it is daily to be seen in the farm-house, whore it has become quite a favourite, as tame as any of its chosen companions, and looking as if it highly appreciated the hospitality ext en d e d to it.—Selkirk Reporter. joiner, D gave theEATHA use of his workshop TA W EDDING. on Frid a y r. Geo r ge Merser, for a wedding dance, and during the night, as he was dancing, and apparently in good health and spirits, ho suddenly fell down and expired. Deceased was upwards of 70 years of age.—Scotsman. CHINESE PIRATES.—HONGKONG, Dec. 15.—Tk e British bark Bentinck, hence on the 4th of December for Ningpo, came into harbour on the 10th, with the loss of two men, a portion of her cargo, the master and crow's effects, ship's stores, furniture, &c., having been attacked by pirates the day before in China Bay. i:HE LATE AIR. COBDEN.-011 Saturday au in teresting ceremony took place at Verviers, i n Belgium. The Belgian Society of Political Economy pre sented to the Chamber of Commerce of that thriving man ufacturing town a bust of Richard Cobden, as a symbol of their appreciation of the services rendered to the cause of free trade by the Vorviers merchants and manufacturers. These gentlemen were the principal supporters of the free trade movement in Belgium. Gentlemen from England, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, and other countries at tended. A proposition has been brought before the Gover nor of Mississippi for shortening the river between Cairo and New Orleans. The projector claims that the distance can be reduced from 1,200 to 900 miles. The current would be increased one-fourth. A part of the scheme is to dam up Red river, so as to throw its waters into the Atchafalaya and Berwick's Bay. Not to damage the commerce of New Orleans, an iron lock would be placed in the dam, so as to let boats into and out of the Missis sippi through Red river. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE SPRING HANDICAPS. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. Age st lb ; Age st lb Saccharometer ... 6 9 0 , Advance ... 4 6 12 Donnybrook ... 6 8 101 Papoose ... ... 4 612 Gemma ... a 8 91 Rufford 4 6 11 S tockin ger ... a 8 71 Elastic 4 6 8 Twilight a 8 61 William Pitt ... 8 6 7 Mail _'rain ... 5 8 31 Wild Bee ... 4 6 7 Lucky Star ... 5 8 21 Minnette ... 4 6 7 Historian ... ... 5 8 01Lady Sophie ... 3 6 4 Kuight of Snowdon 5 7 131 Hurrah 4 6 3 Copenhagen ... 5 7 121 Miss Williams ... 3 6 3 Lord Conyngham.. 4 7 121Basquine ... 4 6 2 Pantaloon ... 4 7 111 Dulcimer 4 6 2 Claxton ... 5 7 8 Delight ... ... 3 6 0 King George ... 5 7 71Pink ... 4 6 0 Skirmish 4 7 61 Musician ... ... 3 6 0 Idler ... 5 7 51 Oracle ... ... 35 10 Provisor T halassius Filbert ... Sidewind Catalogue ... Junius Grapeshot... Valiant ... East Lynn Wel beck ... Perfumer ... ... 47 5I Caithness ... ... 35 10 ... 4 7 E. Kingfisher ... 3 5 10 ... 4 7 5 Hasketon Maid ... 3 5 9 ... 4 7 4 Miss Haworth ... 3 5 9 ... 4 7 2 Mephistopheles ... 3 5 9 ... 67 21 Wellesley ... ... 35 9 ... 4 7 01 Heliotrope... ... 3 5 9 ... 5 7 01 Inheritress ... 8 5 9 ... 4 7 0! Treasure Trove ... 3 5 7 ... 5 7 01 Nizam ... ... 3 5 7 ... 5 612 i Begum ... ... 3 5 7 'ONSHIRE STAKES. Age st lb Grapeshot ... ... 4 6 13 Charley ... ... 6 612 The Brewer ... a 6 10 Dubiety ... ...4 6 9 Arabia ... ... 4 6 8 Lady Florence 4 6 7 Lansdovrn ... 4 6 7 Little Goy (h ... 5 6 7 Whiskey ... 4 6 4 lon ... ... 3 6 3 Nutrition ... ... 3 6 0 Rose Cheri... ... 3 5 13 Lincoln Green ... 3 512 Hawthorn.... ... 3 5 11 Gunlock ... 3 5 11 Dart ... ... 3 5 10 Kingsley ... 3 5 8 Beckhampton 3 5 7 Black Prince ... 3 5 7 Hebe ... 3 5 7 Black Prince ... 3 5 7 GREAT NORTHAMP Ago st lb John Davis ... 5 9 0 Scarnander ... 6 8 9 East Lancashire ... 6 8 6 Pearl Direr ... 6 8 4 Raglan ... 6 8 0 Mail Train 5 7 12 Sandal ... ... 5 7 11 Nightwatch ... 4 7 9 Auditor ... ... 4 7 9 Alert() ... a 7 8 Pintail ... 5 7 8 Lord Zetland 5 7 7 Matchbox ... 4 7 7 Beatrix ... 5 7 4 Filbert ... 4 7 4 Ethelred ... 5 7 4 Kitty Shoby g ... 6 7 4 Guinivere ... 4 7 4 Lima f ~. 4 7 4 Valiant ... ... 5 7 0 Chimney ... Sweep 4 4 7 7 0 0 Convent NEWMARKE' Archimedes Pearl Diver Victorious... Tourmalet Wild Agnes Zephyr Alerts ... Peeress ... Beatrix Hollyfox Don Basilic) Lord &Aland Valiant ... The Brewer Age e t lb ... 4 8 13 ... 6 8 8 .., 4 8 4 ... 4 8 3 ... 4 8 2 ... 4 8 0 ... a 8 0 ... 4 7 13 ... 5 7 11 ... b 7 10 ... 4 7 10 ... 5 7 7 ... 5 7 2 ... a 6 13 THE CITY AND SIT Age st lb Archimedes ... 4 8 12 Breadalbane 4 8 10 Victorious... ... 4 8 5 Kangaroo ... 4 8 4 Broomielaw ... 4 8 4 Copenhagen ... 5 8 2 Ostreger 4 8 1 Muezzin ... 6 8 0 Zambesi ... 4 8 0 Rodmire 4 7 12 Trancrede ... 4 7 11 Auditor ... 4 7 10 Sandal ... 5 7 9 Bradamante 5 7 9 Billet-doux 4 7 8 Pintail ... 5 7 6 Out and Outer ... 4 7 5 Alerte a 7 5 King Arthur 4 7 1 Xi ... 3 7 0 First-born ... 4 7 0 Valiant ... ... 5 7 0 Skirmish 4 7 0 The Buck ... 4 7 0 Merry Hart ... 6 7 0 Wild Poppy ... 4 7 2 Brahma 4 1 0 Justice to England 4 6 13 Endsleigh ... 4 6 13 Scarborough 4 6 13 Eleanor 6 6 12 Provisor 4 6 12 La Valasse 4 6 12 Split the Difference 3 6 12 Vandervelde 5 6 11 Crown Prince ... 3 611 Beelzebub ... 3 6 11 Nukuheva 4 6 11 Dean Swift ... 5 6 11 METROPOLIT. Age st lb Vermont ... 5 9 7 Eltham ... 4 8 12 Brown Bread ... 4 8 10 Scamander ... 6 8 10 Pearl Diver ... 6 8 10 Fide ... 5 8 7 Privateer ... ... 5 8 5 Tourmalet... ... 4 8 3 Sandal ... ... 5 8 2 Alerts ... a 8 0 Zephyr ... ... 4 8 0 King Arthur 4 7 12 Bca.trix ... 5 7 10 Quarantine ... 5 7 6 Lord Zetland 5 7 5 Guinivere ... 4 7 4 The Buck 4 7 1 Content ... 4 7 0 Scarborough 4 6 13 Grapeshot ... 4 6 12 Lima filly ... 4 6 12 Dean Swift ... 5 6 11 Chimney Sweep 4 611 THE CHE Age st lb John Davis ... 5 8 12 Moulsey ... 5 8 12 Baragah ... 5 8 7 Ackworth ... 5 8 5 Eltham ... 4 8 5 Mail Train ... 5 8 5 Billet-doux ... 4 8 1 Saladin ... 4 8 1 Copenhagen ... 5 7 13 Blithfield ... 6 7 13 Lion ... ... 4 7 13 Fidelite ... 5 7 13 Lady of the Manor 5 7 13 Kangaroo ... 4 7 11 Buckfoot ... 5 7 11 Planet ... 5 7 11 Victorious ... 4 7 9 Salpinctes ... 4 7 9 Todleben ... 4 7 7 Dalby ... 5 7 7 Lytham ... 5 7 7 Redcap 5 7 6 The Clown ... 5 7 6 Sandal ... ... 5 7 5 Valiant ... 5 7 5 Pintail ... 5 7 5 Auditor ... ... 4 7 5 Fantail ... ... 6 7 5 Bradamante ... 5 7 3 The Buck ... ... 4 7 3 Junius ... ... 5 7 3 Lord Zetland ... 5 7 1 Charley 6 7 1 Holstein ... 4 7 1 Ghillie Callum ... 5 7 1 Justice to England (late Volatile) 4 7 1 Harry Brailsford ... 4 7 1 Chimney Sweep ... 4 6 13 Scarborough 4 6 13 Eudsleigh 4 6 13 Mr. Pitt 3 6 13 Xi ... 3 6 13 Morris Dancer ... 4 6 13 HANDICAP. Age st lb Harefield 3 6 12 Chimney Sweep 4 6 10 Renfro. 4 6 6 Lady Florence ... 4 6 6 lon ... 8 6 4 Lansdowne ... 4 6 2 Lincoln Green ... 3 512 Black Prince ... 3 5 10 Drum ... 8 5 10 Neroli ...3 5 10 Yellow Jack ... 8 5 7 Eakring ... 3 5 7 Whalebone 3 5 7 lIRBAN HANDICAP. Age st lb Bigote 4 6 10 Sidew,ind ... 4 6' 9 Holstein ... 4 6 9 Shrapnel' ... 4 6 9 Amata colt ... 4 6 8 Elastic ... 4 6 7 Hopvine ... 3 6 5 Sylph 3 6• 5 Gladiator ... 3 6 5 Pepper's Ghost 4 6 4 Contraband 4 6 4 lon ~.3 6 4 Lady Florence ... 4 6 4 Attack filly 4 6 4 Treachery gelding 4 6 4 Acta3a 3 6 3 Haarlem 4 6 2 Hawthorn 3 6 2 Isis ... 3 6 2 Morris Dancer 4 6 2 Renfrew ... 4 6 2 Le Magician ~. 3 6 1 Chapel Royal ... 3 6 1 Custaloga 3 6 1 Steamboat... 3 6 1 Dubiety ... 4 6 0 Queen Mary ... 3 6 0 Miss Williams ... 3 6 0 Lochiel ... 3 5 13 The Czar ... 3 5 12 Mephistopheles 3 5 11 Basquine 4 5 11 Vulture ... ...3 5 9 Effervescence ... 3 5 9 Roland 3 5 9 Florida ... ... 3 5 9 Delight ... 3 5 9 Killarney 5 9 Mrs. Allan... ... 3 5 9 .N HANDICAP. Age st lb Charley ... ... 6 610 b by Alarm ... 6 6 7 Lady Florenoe ... 4 6 7 Hurrah ... ... 4 6 5 lon ... ... 3 6 4 Dubiety ...4 6 3 Lansdowne 4 6 2 Lucifer ... ... 3 6 1 Little Goy (h 1)) 5 6 0 Farce ... 6 6 0 Queen Mary ... 3 5 13 S taghound 3 5 12 Rose Cheri... 3 5 12 Lochiel 3 5 11 The Czar ... 3 5 10 Treasure Trove 3 5 9 Barege colt 3 5 7 Vulture ... ... 3 5 7 Eakring 3 5 7 Mrs. Allan... 3 5 7 Hawthorn ... 3 5 7 Whalebone 3 5 7 TER CUP. Age st lb Don Basilio 4 6 13 Blue Riband 3 6 12 Lady Florence ... 4 6 11 N ukuhoya... ... 4 6 11 Lansdown... 4 6 11 Surney ... 4 6 10 The Primate ... 3 6 9 Cutaway - ... 5 6 7 Dubiety 4 6 7 Grappler 4 6 7 Helen ... ... 5 6 6 Honesty ... 3 6 5 Miss Williams ... 3 6 5 Staghound... 3 6 3 Min Harriette 3 6 8 Brewer a 6 3 Elastic ... 4 6 3 Belgrave 4 6 3 lon 3 6 3 Treachery g 4 6 3 Plutus 3 6 2 Oracle 3 6 1 Queen Mary 3 6 1 William Pitt 8 6 1 Gay Tom ... 3 6 1 Whip ... 4 5 13 The Czar ... 3 5 13 Fan ... 4 5 13 Gong ... 3 5 12 Delight ... 3 5 12 Rococo ... 3 5 11 Vacuna g 3 5 10 Genetyllis 3 5 10 Eccleston 3 5 10 Hawkswell ~. 3 5 10 Dark Agnes 3 5 10 Goojerat ... 3 5 10 Vulture ... 3 5 10 Marco Spada 3 5 10 Treasure Trove ... 3 5 10 Kingfisher—. ... 85 10 Black Prince 3 5 10 Barege c 3 5 10 THE LOSS OF THE LuNDON. OFFICIAL INQUIRY—(THIS DAY). The inquiry into the causes connected with this terrible calamity was resumed this morning, at the Greenwich Police-court, before Mr. Trail, the magis trate, and Captains Baker and Harris, the asses sors appointed by the Board of Trade. The evidence taken yesterday related principally to the construction of the vessel. This morning Mr. Thomas William Wawn was called. He said,—l am surveyor to Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping. That association is estab lished for the purpose of furnishing records to under writers, merchants, and shipowners of the qualities of British and foreign shipping. I have been act ing surveyor to this association for twelve years. My duties are to look after the building of vessels, and to see that they aro constructed according to riles. I inspected the London while she was build ing, and, with reference to the rules, I examined her structure and materials. The materials used in the building of the London were of the best description, and the workmanship was of equal quality with the other. I examined the iron used in her plates—the quality was Weardale best best. The witness here gave in detail the thicknesses of the iron plates used in the building of the vessel. The upper deck was yellow pine, 4 inches thick, fastened with screw bolts to the beams. She had five water-tight bulkheads. Two of them had sliding doors—. one between the engine room and reserve, and the other at the fore part of the screw tunnel, which would be the after bulkhead of the engine. Her bowsprit and lower masts were of iron, double rivetted at the butts and edges. All the masts went down to the keelsom except the mizenmast, which was stopped on the orlop deck beams. The top masts were of iron ; the yards, except the lower and topsail yards, were of steel. Her standing rigging was of wire, and the running of hemp of the best quality. She had two lifeboats, two long boats, and three other boats. She had a patent windlass and capstan, and steam winch, which was fitted to work the pumps. She had two iron pumps on deck and her engine pump. The rest of her outfit was in strict conformity with Lloyd's rules. She was classed "A a 1.." She would maintain that class until objection was made at the periodical examination which it was imperative she should undergo. I surveyed her last December, and the result of that examination was that she was found in every respect in good condition. She was as good as she was in the beginning. I concur with Mr. Gladstone in his opinion with respect to her seaworthiness. I heard the evidence of Mr. Barber relative to the protection of the engines and fires from heavy seas, and I have considered the question as to how the engine hatchway should be protected against such occurrences. I agree with Mr. Barber that his plan is right in spar-decked vessels, and can be very easily carried out ; but in vessels with poops and forecastles there is a great objection to it, unless the engines were right aft, and then the plan can be adopted. I never saw any vessel better fitted than the London, except those intended to be overladen or blockade runners. I think that the combings of . the London might have been of iron, as it was possible for accidents to occur. I should also have a wooden cover for them, although when the covers were on ventilation would be interfered with. As soon as the engine -room gets hot up comes the engineers and down goes the engine, so that they might as well have none at all. If I went to sea myself, I should not require any other pro tection than those on board the London. Mr. Traill—Do you know what the calculated loaded draught of the London was ? Witness—lf the evidence we have heard is correct she might have gone down another foot and not be overloaded. I mean, assuming she was drawing 20 feet 9 inches, she might have gone down another foot, viz., 21 feet 3 inches, with safety. If I had been sent by Lloyd's to have sur veyed this ship on her winter passage to Australia, I should have certified her if she had been drawing 21 feet 3 inches amidships. Mr. Samuel Smith said—l am shipwright foreman to Messrs. Wigram, and have boon in their employment seven years. Altogether I have been engaged in ship building for more than 20 years. I have superintended the building, docking, and repairing several iron ships. I re ceived instructions when the London was commenced not to allow any bad workmanship in her construction. Any improvements I could recommend that would increase the strength of the vessel would have been adopted —expense was out of the question. The ship was built in accordance with Lloyd's rules in every respect. The surveyor from Lloyd's, when he attended to examine the ship, said her strength exceeded Lloyd's rules, and he complimented me on the circumstance. I examined the London in dry dock last December, previous to her last voyage, both inside and out, and could not find any leakage, or tendency to weakness throughout the vessel. By Capt. Barber—Her loaded draught of water was 20 feet 9 inches. When she was docked without cargo she drew 15 feet 3 inches. Mr. Thomas Harding—l am foreman to the Messrs. Humphries and Tennant, of Deptford, the makers of the engines of the London. I had charge of filling the under water work of the ship while she was on the slip—that is to say, the boring out the stern for the screw shaft. I had charge of the engines after Maxwell had superintended their erection. I went out in the London on her first voyage. I never saw a pair of engines work better. I had only to stop them, out and home, for 15 minutes, for adjustment. The voyage was to Australia and back. Previous to her last voyage I inspected her en gines, and found them in most perfect condition. I went on board the London on her last voyage as far as Plymouth. I was sent by Mr. Humphries to see how the engines worked, and whether they could be improved upon. They worked well ; in fact, they could not work better. There were pumps on board the London capable in all of lifting 4,350 gallons per minute. Mr. Traill—Was there anything the matter with the engines that caused you to go to Plymouth with the ship ? Witness—No. I had business at Pembroke, and that induced me to go as far as Plymouth in the London. There was no suspicion as to the engines. Mr. Isaac Cole— lam a ship rigger. I rigged the Lon don in the best manner with galvanised wire rope. The lower and topsail yards were of iron—topgallant and royal yards were of wood. The running rigging was of the best hemp rope. All was of the best quality. Thomas North, foreman mast-maker and boat-builder to Messrs. Wigram, said—The lower masts of the London were made of four plates with internal angle irons, all of the best Lowmoor plates, and that he considered iron masts stronger than wooden ones. She was not masted out of proportion to her size. Captain James Lean, emigration officer to the port of London, said—lt is part of my duty to see that the re quirements of the Passengers' Act are complied with in all passenger ships going to sea. It is my duty to look to the seaworthiness of the ship, the arrangement and size of the berths, hospital arrangements, also as to light and ventila tion. The London, I considered, perfect as regarded the Passengers' Act. The regulation of the act with respect to boats was also complied with. She was 1,428 tons re gister. She was bound to carry six boats. She had seven aboard, in fact more than the number required by the act for her tonnage. The act mentions one lifeboat, but the London had two. The boats of the London I considered to be very fine ones, both as to size and construction. She had the means of signalling also one standard, and four or five steering compasses. She had fire engines and other means of extinguishing fire on board. She bad also fire chronometers and three barometers and tarpaulings. She had all the requisites of the 7th section of the act. Her crew was an excellent one. There were about a dozen or 15 foreigners amongst them. I had no hesitation in giving the necessary certificate to enable the captain to get his clearance. Mr. Traill—Do you consider it necessary that there should be a sufficient number of boats on board a ship to carry all the passengers ? Captain Lean—That is not required. A ship could scarcely carry boats sufficient to carry all her passengers, supposing she had hei complement. Mr. O'Dowd—When did you last see the London ? Captain Lean—l last saw her at Gravesend. I did not consider her too low in the water. I consider she had 8 feet of free board amidships, which is the lowest part. The glass in the skylights of the London was two inches thick. The London is the first steam ship that I have cleared under the Passengers Act for Australia. Capt.Barber—Did it occur to you that there were any de ficiencies on board the London ? Capt. Lean—lt did not. From what I have heard during this inquiry, I now think it would be improper to allow any vessel to go to sea without proper appliances for bat tening down all the hatchways. Capt. Harris—ln what way would you suggest ? Capt. Lean—l cannot say off-hand ; it requires consi deration. • Capt. Harris --We know there we re nails and tar p auli ns, but what other means would you suggest ? Capt. Lean—l cannot say just at the moment. Mr. Traill—Did you notice when you last saw the ship whether she had any coal on her deck ? Capt. Lean— She had 50 tons in bags unsecured on the upper deck. The bags were, however, stowed in such a way that I did not think any other security was required' I saw no other stores on deck. Snowing the consumption of the coal per diem, and that the ship was going to Ply mouth, I did not object to coal being on deck. I saw the ship the day she left. It was on the 30th of December. Captain Harris—Does the examination of the sails come under your cognisance ? Captain Lean—Yes. I see she had two suits of sails. Captain Harris—Would it not be a part of your duty to see the sails ? Captain Lean—l've a list which has been handed me. Captain Harris—But can you say whether there was a storm trysail, or storm staysails ? Captain Lean—No, I cannot. Captain Harris—But is it not a part of 3 our duty to see that the proper sails are aboard ? Captain Lean—l was told there were two sets of sails on board, and we must have a little confidence in the asser tions of respectable shipowners. Mr. Traill—Oh, no, no. We must have no confidence. Captain Lean—l did not examine the two suits of sails. Captain Harris—You aro responsible you know for public life and safety ; is it not, therefore, part of your duty to look after the sails of the ship ? Captain Lean—l was informed there were two suits aboard, one above and one below. Captain Harris—That may be, and yet one of the suits might be of such a character as to be quite unfit for a ship going to Australia. You did not then look particu larly after the sails. Captain Lean—No, I did not. I have, however, a list 9f the sails on board now in my hand. Captain Harris—Where did you get it from ? Captain Lean—l wrote to the Messrs. Wigram for it, and it was immediately furnished to me by them. Captain Harris—When was that ; before the ship sailed ? Captain Lean—No ; on Saturday last. Maxwell, tho foreman of engineers, gave evidence as to the excellence and efficiency of the engines. The pumps, - he said, were of great power. She could discharge oYer 4,000 gallons 'of water per minute. The inquiry was here adjourned till to-morrow. It would but be consonant with common humanity if some steps were taken to provide the surviving portion of the crew of the London, summoned as witnesses, with a proper place of shelter during the inquiry, in preference to allowing the poor fellows to hang about the outside of the court in the cold and rain, some of whom have not even a penny to buy a mouthful of bread, and having in the early part of the morning many miles to walk to attend the investigation. In this matter, what is everybody's business seems to be nobody's business. UST. arBER. Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall IBER. Newmarket Houghton `Worcester 22 .. 30 LNOVEMBER. Lincoln 9 .................... 1 I Shrewsbury Juivorpuul .................. 5 Leamington Hunt l9 SENIOR WR ANGLERS.—In the Cambridge Calen dar we can find out a good deal about the Senior Wranglers. Most of those who have in any way become eminent are sufficiently pointed out. We have taken for the purpose three periods of twenty years each, and have obtained the following results. In the first period, which ended in 1780, we find one bishop—Pitt's fortunate tutor and biographer, Tomliue ; three deans (including the well-known Milner); five archdeacons, Paley being one of these last; and one judge. There were also three pro fessors, two of them already included in our list in other characters. Nine out of the twenty were thus men who obtained a certain amount of success in the Church, and three of them at least were men of some general distinction. Taking the twenty years ending 1820, we find a curious change in the result. Amongst ecclesiastical distinctions there are two bishops of no particular fame, and the mis sionary Henry Marty; whose name naturally recalls that of Bishop Mackenzie, second wrangler near fifty years later, and almost the only other modern example of the devotion of a man of much University eminence to the missionary cause. This period, however, is most marked as that at which Senior Wranglers became judges; Pollock being the first name in 1806, and Bickersteth (afterwards Lord Langdale), Alderson, and Maule, the senior wranglers of 1808, and 1809, and 1810 respectively. Besides these, we find the names of Sir John Herschel, of Sir John Shaw- Lefevre, and of Dr. King, afterwards Mathematical Pro fessor at Cambridge. There were altogether four profes sors, two of them of divinity and one of law. During this period, then, the Senior Wranglers had taken a decidedly legal turn, and we have mentioned ten out of the twenty as men who, in various walks of life, made their names more or less widely known. We now take the period which ended in 1860. It would be premature to say how many ornaments these twenty gentlemen, most of whom are still living, may be destined to add to the Church or the Bar. We may enumerate, however, the different professions to which they appear to have devoted themselves. We find, then, that two aro dead; four appear to have taken up either the legal or some other profession ; and the remain ing fourteen are all engaged in tuition ; six of them are set down as professors either at Cambridge or some other University, and eight either hold or have held some ap pointment within their colleges or at a public school. The names of Professors Stokes, Cayley, and Adams, who were the first three Senior Wranglers in this last period, aro sufficient to show that there is no apparent decline in the intellectual qualifications necessary. It is roma' kable that, although schoolmasters of all kinds have a natural tendency to the Church, only four of our last batch appear to be in orders ; whereas there were at least six in the period from 1801 to 1820, and considerably more in the previous period. AN ANECDOTE OF THE EMPEROR, now going the ' round of the salons. One evening a small select party at the Tuileries were playing at what are called petits jeux, or jeux innocents. The game consisted in improvising a reply to a question drawn at hazard out of a basket, and it fell to his Majesty to draw the following inquiry: "Comment distinguer le mensonge d' avec la, verite ?" (How is falsehood to be distinguished from truth ?") The Empe ror answered without a moment's hesitation : "En lee faisant passer tous deux par la memo poste, soyez sure que le mensonge passera le premier !" (By making them both pass out by the same door—for you may be sure that the falsehood will pass out the first.) RACING FIXT FEBR Lincoln MA] Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring AP: Newmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring 3/1/ Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring JU. Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Carlisle , Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp AUG Brighton Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPT] Warwick September...... 4 Curragh ..................... 4 Leicester ..................... 6 Doncaster .................. 11 Brecon ........................ 17 Canterbury .................. 18 OCT( Northampton . 2 Newmarket 2d October... 8 Curragh ..................... 16 LONDON GAZETTE. —This Evening. _ - - - WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 30. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lance-Sergeant-Major Roland Dance, from the Cavalry Depot, to be Riding Master, vice George payment, transferred to the ltsth Hussars. 3d Dragoon Guards—Major Fred. John Sandys Lindesay, from the 4th Hussars, to be Major, vice J. Swinburne, who exchanges. 4th Hussars—Major James Swinburne, from the 3d Dra goon Guards, to be Major, vi ce F. J. S. Lindesay, who exchanges. 6th Dragoons—Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, George Waller Vesey. from the 22d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, David Francis Chambers, who retires upon half-pay. Royal Artillery—Lieut.-Colonels Win. Maxwell, Henry Edward Lander Thuillier, and Charles Douglas, to be Colonels ; Captain and Brevet-Colonel Henry Hamilton Maxwell to be Lieut.-Colonel ; Second Captain and Bre vet-Major Thomas Alexander Paisley-Dirom to be Cap tain ; Lieutenants Alfred Dixon and George Budd to be Second Captains ; Second Captains Thomas Lloyd Still and Alfred James Wake to be Adjutants. The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets of the Royal Military Academy to be Lieutenants :—Frank Frederic Foulke Nugent, vice Ernest Johnson removed to half- Day list without h a lf-p ay ; Willi am Townsend Gun enny, vice Hugh F. A. Brodie, who has resigned ; Arthur James Dunnage, vice G, Budd ; Henry Alfred Rigg, vice Henry D. Richmond, deceased ; Benjamin Chamney Graves, vice A. Dixon. Royal Engineers—Col. Edward Lawford to be Lieut.-Com mandant, vice Lieut.-Gen. D. Sim, deceased; Lieut.-Col. J. Carpendale to be Col., vice Lawford ; Capt. J. Bean to be Lieut., vice Carpendale ; Second Capt. G. P. de P. Falconet, to be Capt., vice Bean; Second Capt. F. E. B. Beaumont to be Capt., vice L. C. Barber, placed on tem porary half-pay ; Lieut. H. Smalley to be Second Capt., vice Falconet ; Lieut. A. G. Durnford to be Second Capt., vice Beaumont, 3d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Robt. Georges Fulton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thos. G. Goff Caul feild, deceased ; Gentleman Cadet W. R. MeCally, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice E. R. Bayly, who retires • Gentleman Cadet J. M. D. Lewes, from the Royal Military Collge, to be En sign, without purchase, vice Fulton; Quartermaster A. Berry, from the Bth Foot, to be Quartermaster, -vice White, who exchanges. Bth Foot—Major and Brevet-Colonel Alexander Cunning ham Robertson to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without pur chase, vice James Johnson, deceased; Captain De Vic Tupper to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet- Colonel Robertson; Lieutenant William Edward Whelan to be Captain ' without purchase, vice Tupper ; Ensign John James Hamilton to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Whelan ; Gentleman Cadet Jenico John Preston ' from the Royel Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hamilton ' • Quartermaster George Russell Holt White, f rom th e 3d Foot, to be Quarter master, vice Berry, who exchanges. 16th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Robert Emson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign without pur chase, vice Brophy, transferred to the 42d Foot. 17th Foot—Her Majesty has dispensed with the services of Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Nor born Gilpin Smith. 21st Foot—Ensign Edward Bullock Jackson to be Lieu tenant; without purchase, vice Edward Bussell, de ceased. 22d Foot—Jas. John Dudgeon, Esq., late Captain 22d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice George Waller Vesey, transferred to the 6th Dragoons. 24th Foot— Lieut. John Henry Kean, from half-pay, late 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Fox, promoted without purchase to a half-pay Company ; Lieut. John Fletcher Caldwell to be Adjutant, vice Lieut. R. P. Fox, promoted, without purchase, to a half pay Company. 32d Foot—Lieut. George Henry Powell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Charles Geoffrey Stanley, who retires; Ensign Rowland John Lenthall to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Powell ; Gentleman Cadet Wm. Alex. Wetherall, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, by purchase, vice Lenthall ; Ensign Robert Henry Beresford, from the 39th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Wetherall, transferred to the 49th Foot. 39th Foot—Robert Henry Beresford, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hill, transferred to the 55th Foot ; Gentleman Cadet Richard Carden Allen Beatty, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Beresford, transferred to the 32d Foot. 42d Foot—Ensign Alan John Colquhoun to be be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice James John Peter, deceased ; Easign Robert Chorles Conway to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colquhoun, who promotion has been can cancelled; Ensign Nicholas Winsland Patrick Brophy, from the 16th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Coveny. 49th Foot—Ensign William Alexander Wetkerall, from the 32d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Stephen F. Cleasby, de ceased. 54th Foot—Lieutenant John Stevenson to be Captain, without purchase, vice James John Gordon, deceased ; Ensign James Hearn Tatleton to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Stevenson ; Gentleman Cadet Chas. Lane, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Tarleton. 55th Foot—Ensign Arthur Ansell Boggs to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Philip Wm. Justice, who retires ; Ensign Wm. Hill, from 39th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Boggs. 77th Foot—Ensign John Henry Bourne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas Greer Sand ers , w h o re ti res ; Gentleman Cadet John Frederic Hornby, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bourne. BREVET. The undermentioned officers having completed the qualifying service with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to bo Colonels under the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858 : Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Buick Spur gin, 102 d Foot. _ - Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Thomas Gloster, 97th Foot. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 26. Mr. John Critehley has this day been promoted to the rank of First Clasi Assistant Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of Jan. 40.866. JAN. '27. Henry Matthew Bernard, Esq., has this day been promoted to the rank of Paymaster in her Majesty's Fleet. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam . Ditto Rotterdam Antwerp Brussels .... Hamburg Paris Ditto ........ Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Short. 11 17* 3 Months. 12 1i 12 1} 25 47 25 47* - 13 9f Short 25 12f 3 Months. 25 47 25 47* Maine —120 k 10 8u 10 80 , 291 6 28* - 46* - 47* 25 65 25 65 25 65 25 65 11 18 12 2 12 2 25 52/ 25 52/ 13 9i 25 20 25 52/ 25 52/ 121/ 10 87/ 10 87f 29/ 6 28/ 46t 47/ 25 70 25 70 25 70 25 70 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day. LONDON, Jan. 30.—Wind this day at noon —South. Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Talbot, from Bombay. COWES, Jan. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Henry B. Wright, from Callao. BRISTOL, Jan 29.—Wind N.W.—.Arrived—Venus, from Demerara. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Wyoming, :rom Philadelphia. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Witch of tho Seas, from Iquique. NEWPORT, Dec. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Connators, from Jersey for Grenada. LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 1 GRAVESEND, Tuesday Evening. Arrived, Jan. 29.—Alpington, from Mauritius; William, from Antwerp. Arrived, Jan. 30.—Europe (steamer), from Malta. Sailed. —Triton (steamer), for Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored—Blair Athol, from Shields, for Point-de- Gallo ; Agilis, for Trinidad ; Auchneagli, for Clyde—both from London. The British cutter Lord Auckesbury, of and from Lon don, Roberts, master, for Lisbon, cargo oil, foundered last night, South Foreland S.W. by W., in siz to seven fathoms water. Crew saved. VICTOR HUGO'S " Les Travailleurs de la Mer" is in tho press at Brussels. About thirty commanders of vessels destroyed by the Alabama have already been summoned as wit nesses for tho Government in the approaching trial of Semmes. The West Tennessee Whig announces the in vention of an implement or machine which will be worth nearly as much to the cotton States as Whitney's cotton gin. It is a machine for picking cotton, and from its work ing it is stated the instrument promises to be a perfect success. Hon. Schuyler Colfax has written a letter, in which he declines ci ng considered a candidate for the United Statess en , He says that if he continues in pub lic life he prefers to remain in the House. me wheat yield of Minnesota is said to be un precedented, it averaging twenty-seven bushels to the acre, and the entire crop being estimated at twelve million bushels, which is forty-eight hushels to each inhabitant— man, woman, and child—of the whole State. "Wheat is the principal agricultural production of Minnesota ; but exten sive crops of corn, barley, oats, and potatoes are also grown. THE REPRESENTATION OF BRECON.—We under stand that Mr. Howe! Gwyn, the Conservative candidate for the representation of this borough, has resolved to re tire. 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