The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-19 00:00:00

The Indon. (From the Western Morning Netos.) DETAILS OF THE CATASTROPHE. To the harrowing narrative of the loss of the Australian passenger steamer London we have now the good fortune of being able to add a multitude of interesting details of the most melancholy event, taken from the lips of several of thesurvivors during their passage by train from Falmouth to London on Wednesday. Very considerable astonishment has been expressed that no effort was made during the two days that the ship was in' imminent danger of going down to prepare rafts and use similar means to give an additional chance for the safety of the 289 souls on board. The testimony, however, of both passengers and the rescued crew goes to show that Captain J. B. Martin—of whose skill as mani fested during the storm they speak in terms of the highest commendation —did not order the construc tion of rafts because the wind blew with such seve rity, and the waves leapt over the steamer in such qu i c k succession and tremendous force, that n o men could have worked on the deck, and even if they succeeded in building a raft there could be no hope of any of the unfortunate people being enabled to cling to it alive for many minutes in such a sea. So soon as it was determined to launch the lifeboat, plenty of assistance was at hand to effect the launch ing, but the passengers and crew, who had beheld the starboard lifeboat washed away on the preceding day, were horrified at observing their only remain ing lifeboat slip through the stern davit, break into two parts, and, of course, become utterly useless. It was then resolved that the iron pinnace, capable of carrying 50 persons, should be launched, and by the aid of the donkey engine the pinnace was raised and hung over the leeward rail. When let go, how ever, she foundered, one man, a Dutchman, being drowned, and three others, who were rescued, being cast into the surf to leeward. Two of the men who were overboard were John King, an able seaman to whose marvellous skill as steersman the survivors all entirely and with gratitude attribute their preser vation, and Mr. Munro, a passenger, who hung in the davit until brought in by Mr. Edward Gardner, the steward. King had one of his sides bruised and his thigh dislocated by being beaten against the steamer, and Gardner received injuries in his back. Nothing then remained on board the ship, but an ordinary six-oared captain's gig and a still smaller boat on the top of the cuddy or cookhouse. After considerable hesitation it was agreed that a boat should be launched for the second time, and an op portunity was presented for passengers to embark in her, but only three passengers and 16 of the crew welled themselves of it, and if they had de layed three minutes longer than they did they would have perished in the ship. The precaution was taken that only three or four of the 16 of the crew who committed themselves to the boat should be allowed to jump into her while she was being lowered, and by this means she reached the water without mis hap, and the rest were enabled to follow. The crowd on board were afraid to leave the ship, hav ing naturally been frightened by the sinking of the iron boat, and those who put off in the second boat were shouted at not to make the attempt, as their chance was hopeless. Some heroic sacrifices were made. One of the passengers in the boat, Mr. John Wilson, a native of Montrose, went down into the cabin and endeavoured to persuade a friend, Mr. John Hickman, from Ballarat, and Mother to Mr. Hickman, solicitor, of Southampton, to attempt to save his life by going into the boat, hut, after being entreated, he said, " No, I promised my wife and children to stay by them, and I will do so." The water was then a considerable depth on the lee side of the saloon, indeed over the top of the berths, and he asked Mr. Wilson to help him removing his four children to the windward side, out of the water. This was done, and then he shook hands with Mr. Wilson, with " Good bye, Jack," and parted from his friend for ever. When last seen Mr. Hickman was standing in a row with his wife and children. This occurred about an hour before the boat put off, but probably they had perished by that time, as the water had before' then poured into the steamer through her cabin windows, and when the boat left the sea was flush with the top of the poop deck, and the corpses of drownel women and children were floating over the deck. When the men were all in the boat, one of the seamen cried, " There may still be room ; fetch a lady." Mr. Wilson then sprang over a portion of the deck in search of a lady he knew, but not see ing her, and knowing that every instant was pre cious, lie said to a young girl, " Will you go?" She did not refuse, therefore Mr. Wilson seized her and took her to the bulwarks, but when she looked over the rails and saw the distance which she must spring, she said in despair, " Oh, I cannot do that." There was no time for persuasion or parley, and Mr. Wil son was obliged to drop the girl and jump from the steamer to the boat, which he fell into safely. The ship was being washed over to the boat, towards which it lunged heavily. The captain, who was walking calmly up and down the poop, but refused to leave his ship, but just before the boat put off he had the consideration and presence of mind to give those in the boat their course. He told them that it lay E.N.E. to Brest, which was correct. Before the boat could be got off it was in great danger of being sucked down with the ship, which was rapidly settling beneath the water. The swirl of water round the stern that preceded the foundering had already begun to be excessive, and the boat was therefore hastily cut away. At that moment those in the boat were piteously called upon by a lady about 23 I years of age, who with a face which was, it is stated, livid with horror, shrieked out an offer of " 1000 guinea s if you'll take me in." But iu that solemn hour millions of money would have been accounted valueless, and to return must have resulted in de struction to all. One of the seamen has stated that when the boat was pushed off, wished those i n her" and the captain had God speed," the men resolved no danger must be allowed to accrue to them from further crowding, and that some cutting of them drew their knives with a determinationo of those who might l eap from theu shiptmg off the h an d s and endeav our to cling to the bo a t' s gunwales . i It s also stated that long before this, when it was first made known that the vessel must go down, a Passenger brought on deck a carpet-bag, and th a t on his doing so the captain gave a short melanchol y laugh, and then smiled, as one of the passengers express e d i att: suc h " the preposterous idea of the man's thinki n at g a time of his property." Down into the waves with 269 others has Bunk Gustavus V. Brooke, the famed tragedian, wh o was bound for the country which had been th e scene of a reverse of fortune to him, but previously of many brilliant succe sses . H e w ill b e well re membered as a tall man, of powerful build, and he is stated by the rescued passengers to have exerted his strength to the utmost in helping to keep the ship afloat. The Dutch portion of the crew, 21 in number, refused to work, and according to the English sailors who were saved these men went to their berths and remained there, so that the pas sengers had to work at the pumps for many hours with the English seamen. Mr. G. V. Brooke ex erted himself incessantly. Attired only in a red Crimean shirt and trousers, with no hat on, and barefooted, he went backwards and forwards to the pum ps 'until working at them was found to be use when last seen, about fou r h ours b e f ore l ess , and the steamer went down, he was leaning with grave composure upon one of the half doors at the com panion. His chin was resting upon both hands, and his arms were on the top of the door, which he gently swayed to and fro, while he calmly watched saw him has said, who the scene. One of the said, " He had worked wonderfully, and, in fact, more bravely than any man on board of that ship." To the steward, who made himself known, Mr. Brooke said, "If you succeed in saving yourself, give my farewell to the people of Melbourne." The rescued men remember with gratitude and respect the efforts put forth by ministers on board. The R ev. Dr. Woolley encouraged the passengers to work at the pumps, in which he was seconded by the stewardessthe passengers pas ra b who had _a son on board, and cheered her collected demeanour and constant attentions. Next must be mentioned a circumstance the Publication of which may prove to be of great importance. Mr. Munro states that a passenger named Eastwood, with whom he had THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1866. been acquainted prior to the voyage, said to him, ' line was thrown to 4, - hem, and they were drawn up " Well, Jack, I think we are going to go." The to the deck, where they found themselves com answer was, " I think we are, Eastwood." The re- pletely benumbed by the exposure to which they ply was, "We cannot help it. There's only one had been subjected. Captain Cavasa, who could thing I regret about it ;of a draught for £5OO on speak little English, to whom the men feel grateful the Bank of Victoria, Ballarat, I only received £2O, to the extremest extent, used more means for their which I gave to the captain in the office of Money recovery and for their comfort than simple humanity Wigram and Co. I should have liked my poor father would dictate. He had the men stripped, rubbed, to have got the balance." The speaker was among clad in fresh warm garments, and killed for them those who perished, but, fortunately and singularly a turkey, besides providing tea and soup, and set enough, his communication was made to one of the ting apart for them warm beds. At that time the three surviving passengers, and as the deceased Mr. ship was in 46.48 N. latitude, and 7.13 W. longi- Eastwood's father is known to live near Liverpool, tude, and was bound for Cork or Falmouth. They the probability is that his son's wish will be fulfilled were landed at the latter port, and yesterday pro -a wish that was so fervent that Mr. Eastwood ceeded by train to London. shed tears as he expressed it. There were some slight inaccuracies in the list of We have endeavoured to obtain information from passengers published yesterday; but the following the survivors as to any one they can recollect among muster-roll issued by Messrs. Money Wigram, the the passengers, and to any word or act that may owners of the vessel, may be taken as authentic : tend to satisfy their friends of their state of mind. LIST OF PASSENGERS.—First Class.—Rev. Mr. Mention was made on Wednesday of the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Draper, Mrs. Owen and child, Mr. and Draper's exhortations to the unhappy people in the Mrs. George F. Urquhart, Mr. and Mrs. John chief saloon. The women sat round him reading Patrick, Mr. and Mrs. G. Vaughan, Mr. and Mrs. Bibles with the children, and occasionally some James Alderson, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Benson, Mr. man or woman would step up to Mr. Draper and and Mrs. Fenton, Mr. A. and T. R. Fenton, Mr. say, " Pray with me, Mr. Draper" —a request that G. M. Smith, Mr., Mrs., Master, and Miss Chap was always complied with. Up to the time the ship man ; Mr. and Mrs. Clark and son, Mr. F. Lewis, went down the rev. gentleman ministered to those Mr. and Mrs. Bevan, Dr. John Woolley, Mr. and among whom he moved constantly. He was heard Mrs. Debenham, Miss Laura Maunder, Mr. James to say repeatedly, " Oh, God, may those that are Robertson, Mr. T. M. Tennant, Miss D'Ovoy, Mr. not converted be converted now—hundreds of them !" G. Palmer, Mr. T. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. About an hour before the vesse l sun k Mr. Wilson I Amos, Miss Catharine M'Lachlan, Mr. E. Brooks, met Capt. Martin under the main deck aft and asked Mr. J. Ruskin Richardson, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. him if it would be of use to help in carrying out the James Kerr, Mist` Mary Cutting, Mrs. and Miss water to the second deck. He replied, " I will see," King, Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas and two children, and walked to the engine room, into which he looked Mr. A. Sandilands, Mr. E. Youngman, Mr. H. J. down, when he turned about, came back, and said, Dennis, Mr. E. A. Marks, Mr. D. F. De Pass, " You may do it, but I think itis of no use." He then Master W. D. Burrell, Dr. Hunter, Mrs. Trail and walked on to the poop, and having declared he would child. stay and sink with the passengers, he walked about Second Class.—Kaye Eastwood, Frederic Stone, and silentlylooked down on what was goingon. When H. J. White, Annie White, Helen Price, J. L. Wil the boat put off with the three passengers, 14 men, liams, e Mr. and Mrs. Graham, B. G. Rowe, J. E. and two boys, one being the youngest midshipman Wilson(saved), Helen Morling, Georgiana Graham, on his first voyage, many of the passengers who, Jas. Dothie, Chas. Gough, Allan Brace, Jas. Wood although expecting death, little knew how very, very house, George Cross, William Day, D. W. Lemon, soon it was to come upon them, waved their hand- Mr. and Mrs. Giffett, George Chennells, W. A. kerchiefs, and cheered when the boat got about a Wood, Elizabeth Wood, William Clayson, Mary dozen yards from the ship, being apparently anxious Clayson, Thomas Wood, Elizabeth Wood, Godfrey that some should live to tell their hapless tale. By Wood, Bennett Beran, Susan Brooker, Henry Davis, the time the men had rowed the gig about 80 yards. Thomas O'Hagen, H. W. Hardinge, Francis Fryer, the mind came down upon them from all quarters so John Munro (saved), D. C. ;Main (saved), Peter boisterously that they could not hear each other when Fenwick, Ellen and Mary Ann Meggs, G. H. Camp shouting, and at this time they looked eagerly back, bell, Elizabeth Marks, E. Glynn, John, Jane, Eliza and saw their noble new vessel sinking rapidly by beth, Harry, Alfred, and Emily Hickman, Archibald Ithe stern. The stem rose so high that the keel was M'Lean, Charles Johnstone. observed for a moment to be completely out of the Third Class.—Wm. Passmore, Hugh Milian, C. water as far as the foremast. The boatswain, Sted- J. Chandler, Benjamin Hay, Ellen Jones, Selena and ding, of Blackwall, who has left a wife and five chil- Alice Simpson, John and Elizabeth Henson, Mr. and ren, the butcher, from Blackwall, who has left a wife Mrs. Wm. Graham, George, Ann, and Maggie and family, Ham, the cook, who is a married man Graham, George Rolwigan, John, DavidM'Vittie,Elizabeth, Helen, David and a very old servan t o f th e owners, t h e b a k er ( un - G e o r ge, and Henry S a rcombe, known), and the pu r se r ' s ma t e , Willi am Ril ey, h a d Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Flack and four children ; made up their minds to leave the s t eamer i n th e re - Richd. Trevarrow, D. Block, J. Gerkem, ZulecMorris maining small boat over the cuddy, and had provi- and Zulec Barnett, S. Bolton, Thos. Skeggs, David sioned and launched her ; but no sooner were they and Elizabeth Smith, A. Umpway, Samuel Spring ready to put off than the foundered ship quickly slid (boy), A. Hogan, James Walls, Wm. Barrow ; below the waves, and left a moment an awful gulf, Susan, Caroline, and Mary Lampes ; A. S. Oster, within whose walls of dark, whirling water they fell John Little, and Henry M'Covey. with every human being and every article around, ss__--- and were soon swallowed up. Two passengers were seen with lifebelts, but probably none were alive when they came to the surface. The spectacle was only to be seen, for in the din of the tempest no cry from the sinking multitude could be heard, and soon not a vestige was visible. As the ship sunk it was seen that all on deck were driven forward, not by water, but by a tremendous and overpowering rush of air from below, which, as it escaped through the deck as well as the hatches, impelled all on deck forward with violence, and their dreadful struggle must have been soon ended. It was remarked that the third officer, who was named Angel, stood to the last at his post at the donkey engine, which was em ployed in working the pumps, and that his hands were on the engine even as the vessel disappeared. The agony of suspense had been so long main tained that on the day the London foundered the passengers were perfectly quiet and unexcited, and a surprising degree of resignation was exhibited throughout. Miss Marks, of Old Kent-road, Lon don, was at first almost frantic ; yet when the boat left she stood calmly on deck bareheaded, and waved l an adieu to Mr. Wilson. Mr. Grant, one of the officers, was lively throughout, and encouraged many to toil at the pumps---a work rendered by the wind highly dangerous and difficult. Miss Brooker, from Pimlico, was heard to say as she wrung her hands, " Well, I have done all that I could, and can do no more." She then became outwardly calm. On Tues day night, after the passengers had been alarmed by the shipping of water, Mrs. Price, Mrs. Wood, who had with her her husband and five children, Miss Brooker, and Miss Marks read the Bible by turns in the second cabin. It was on that night that after the sea had poured doWn the hatch the captain said, " Boys, you may say your prayers." At 12 o'clock on the following night Mr. Draper had a general prayer meeting in the saloon. Au extraordinary fact deserves to be recorded. A poor old couple who had three children with them had tried in vain three times to go upon their voyage. First in vessel un known, and which waswrecked ; next in the Duncan Dunbar, which also was recently wrecked, and lastly Gardner, the steward, saw the poor wife washed overboard from the London, to leeward, her husband following her presently beneath the billows. Among the passengers were two stout old people who had become favourites on board, and who had been sent for by their only son. The poor creatures, on learn ing that they must drown, took a small quantity of brandy and went below to die together in their cabin. Mr. Bevan, a wealthy coach-proprietor, and his wife, of Melbourne, who had been enjoying a trip in Europe, Mr. Lemon, ironmonger, Burke-street, Melbourne ; Mr. M'Leen, owner of extensive baths, opposite the Albion Hotel, Melbourne, who had brought his son to be educated in England, and Mr. Barnett, Russell-street, Melbourne, were among those who perished. The doctor on board had relatives in Plymouth. It is authoritatively stated that the emi grant steamer had no less than 1,200 tons of iron in her, and that there were 50 tons of coal on deck, which was washed about and stopped up all the scupper holes. The masts of the ship were of iron, and therefore could not be used as rafts. Several' revolvers were seen in the hands of passengers, who did not conceal their intention of shooting themselves when the last moment came, preferring to meet their death, when inevitable, by a bullet rather than by drowning. The steward, indeed, overheard an offer by the owner of a pistol to a friend that he would shoot him if he desired. The well-meant offer was at that time declined ; and whether these intentions were carried into execution is not known, but no reports of fire-arms were heard as the steamer fou ndered. those who have Le aving the s a d c i rcums t ances connec t e d w i t h c ompass had baenedn perished there is something to nar rate concer n i ng the ad ven t ures o f th e sma ll remnant of the crew giv twheerecapsatvaiend: andA under the directions of King the men agreed that whatever might happen they would sit immovable except when pulling the oars. Two worked at each oar, and they ran before the sea. Every nerve was exerted to make the boat withstand the fearful tossings and the strain as she mounted the waves, and became surrounded by the surge. Before day light, and a s th e moon rose th , e men were overjoyed at descrying a vessel close alongside. They hailed the ship, and were heard, but, as they could present no light, they could not be seen, although thP could see the ship t ac ki ng about for an hour ° ' 'y d trying to find them. Th e search was fruitless, and , nthe ship was lost sight of. The boat had not been rowed during the time the ship was sighted, but kept away before the wind until daylight, when no vessel was visible. The men adhered to their course, and at 9 o'clock sighted two vessels, but were prevented from making for them by the cross seas. They rowed for one of them, however, for five hours. When at last they came up to her, they found her to be an Italian bark, the 11Iarianople, Captain Cavasa. Just as they were approaching the vessel they were struck by a heavy squall and shipped a sea, so that all in the boat gave themselves up for lost, but by only one of the men moving in the boat to bale her out, and no fresh seas striking her, they were enabled to bale her clear, and bring up alongside the bark. A further consideration of them was adjourned un til this day (Friday). The examiner opened the case of the Barry (Penarth and Cardiff Extunsion), but, although unopposed, it was adjourned for fur ther consideration until Monday next. The opposed Metropolitan (station collecting lines) No. 1 Bill was withdrawn. The Vale of Crickhowell opposed Bill was postponed until the 25th inst. The Lon don, Brighton, and South Coast (Surrey lines) Bill, which has 13 memorials against it, occupied some time, and was only part heard• when the sitting was adjourned. Court of Common Council. Yesterday a meeting of the Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor (Mr. Alderman Phillips) in the chair. THE JAMAICA CO3I3IITTEE. The Town Clerk (Mr. Woodthorpe) read the following letter from the Recorder : " Palace -gardens, Dec. 30. "My dear Lord Mayor—l regret that I shall not be able before I leave England to take my leave of the Court of Common Council. I should have liked to have explained to them in person the cause of my intended absence. That, however, is impossible, and I must trust to your lordship's kindness to mention the fact, and to express my hope that the importance of the duties in the discharge of which I shall be engaged will be thought by them to justify my availing myself of the leave of absence given me by the Court of Aldermen.—l remain, my dear Lord Mayor, " Very faithfully yours, "RUSSELL GURNEY. " The Right ion. the Lord Mayor." This communication was ordered to be entered on the journals of the court. CITY BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. The CITY REMEMBRANCER (Kr. Corrie) reported the names of the several bills affecting the city which had had been deposited in the Private Bill-office of the House of Commons. The report was referred to the Law and Parlia mentary Committees and several other committees. The various committees for the ensuing year were appointed. THE LATE SNOWSTORM. Mr. GRIMIVADE called attention to the disgraceful state of the streets of the city on the occasion of the late heavy snowstorm, and asked whether anything would be done to prevent the citizens from having to wade through similar quantities of filth in future. Mr. Deputy BONE said the chairman of the Com missioners of Sewerswas then absent from the Court, but if Mr. Grimwade, who had asked the question, would inform the Commissioners when another heavy storm would take place—(oh ! and laughter) —preparations would be made to render the streets passable. TIIE HOLBORN VALLEY VIADUCT. The TOWN CLERK read a very voluminous report, into which a number of other reports from con tractors were introduced, from the Improvement Committee, relative to the Holborn-valley viaduct. They stated that, in compliance with the sugges tions they received, they had made the necessary preparations to acquire without delay the property on the south side of Holborn-valley ; that the principal part of that property was now in their possession, and that a considerable quantity of the ground had been cleared. The Parliamentary esti mate for the execution of the structural part of the viaduct was £53,000, but the tenders sent in for the contracts were immeasurably in excess of this estimate. The tenders were six in number. The first and lowest was for £239,507 ; the second was for £243,620; the third for £212,020; the fourth for £245,320; the fifth for £244,100; and the sixth for £249,700. The enormous amount of these tenders placed the committee in great difficulty. They did not feel themselves justified in accepting any of them, and they appointed a special committee with a view of seeing whether any plan for extricating them from the difficulty could be suggested. The special com mittee was unable to arrive at any conclusion. Then they sought the advice and assistance of the eminent engineer, Mr. Joseph Cubitt, to whom all the plans and estimates were submitted, with instructions to report upon the best course they could pursue to carry out the viaduct, and also to account if he could for the extraordinary discrepancies which appeared between the parliamentary estimate and the tenders. On the 17th Dec. Mr. Cubitt forwarded his report. Ile stated that he had carefully considered all the plans and estimates, and that it was evident from an examination of the general plan, and the com plete detailed plan on which the tenders were based, that the works included in the estimates were widely different from each other. In other words, the works on which the estimates for Parliament were founded were quite dissimilar from those on which the esti mates were made as put in for the contracts. The time e pxritprice increasee fe n l i tiy t hn e es d htlho f a o reb r to u t a h r nemdc amountaoi rt n kso s e t fb r t u rt, he c hve t ai i t o tdye n nd, d o oa f eudrb t (s . iht.elede doubtless o a hc d eat u uhp c sea t e rhd \ t N i i ' gae a nhs s e te o n v d er er t i h ng had evidently lemselvesfromrisksad.desd a ivhdtlotellohlhedee expl a i n i n heavy stxetchinsoodtneesfdr a ures m s.bvs o ieee u idytew n oth t rehaeo t and o t he could not sufficiently or satisfactorilyf ome e t a i r n r e l e s i d p a i e n t c h e t e n s t p t a h l r a e y n d s e i s o ff t f i e m: i a n r t . c e H e s s a e N y ll Y the Commissioners of Sewers, and Mr. H. Jones, the city architect, and found that the views of these gen tlemen differed materiallyas to how the viaduct should be constructed; and he had come decidedly to the conclusion that the principle of Mr. Heywood's plan was the preferable one, it being simpler and less costly in construction than Mr. Jones's. He (Mr. Cubitt) was of opinion that a viaduct 75 feet wide could be executed for £llO,OOO, reasonable time being given for its completion ; and that if it were to be of 80 feet in width, the cost would only be about £6,000 additional. He recommended the committee to obtain plans and specifications for the viaduct to be constructed with recurring transverse arches, and to apply for tenders, but with a distinct understand ing on the face of their application that they would not accept the lowest tender. Mr. Cubitt's report was referred to the city architect, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Haywood, and from the two latter replies were received. Mr. Haywood, in his reply, said that the report of Mr. Cubitt was most satisfactory to him, but that he must decline to comply with a resolution of the committee that he should prepare plans under the consulting engineer's advice. He asked the committee for permission to carry out the structural designs of the viaduct on his own sole account and responsibility, at a cost of £101,977, being £130,000 less than the lowest of the tenders. In conclusion, the committee reported that they had exhausted the inquiry, and they recommended that they should be authorised by the Court to engage such professional assistance for carrying out the works as they might deem advisable with a view to the prompt and efficient execution of the same. Mr. Deputy FRY, chairman of the Improvements Committee, in moving the adoption of this report, said it was with considerable regret that every mem ber of the committee had felt himself compelled to submit the various documents it contained to con sideration. Every effort had been made to recon-: cile the differences between the professional gentle men who were consulted, but it had proved unavail ing, and the committee were in such a difficulty as to be obliged to ask the Court to extricate them from it, and to give them that professional assist ance which was absolutely necessary. My. Hay wood was engaged by them in the first stages of the Holborn-valley improvement works, and he had greatly assisted in the preparation of the plans and in carrying the bill through Parliament. After the bill was passed a strong feeling was expressed by the Court in favour of having the works carried out by the city architect. In consequence of this all the plans were submitted to that architect, who recommended the desirability of having the south side of the viaduct undertaken in the first instance, and the acquisition of the property on that side. This was assented to, and then lie came before the committee with detailed plans, a design for the bridge, and a report explanatdy of what he recom mended. The committee applied for contracts for the execution of the work to 12 of the first contrac tors of the day, but only six replies were received, and the committee was completely startled at the amounts which were asked for by those contractors. The city architect's estimate was for £lBO,OOO. These amounts were so terrifically in excess of the Parliamentary estimate that the tenders were not received. Mr. Haywood was then again consulted, and he said that if certain modifications were made in the plans a very large sum might be taken off the estimates. He and the city architect were recom mended to consult together, and to explain the cause of the discrepancy between the Parliamentary esti mate and the tender, but these two professional gen tlemen, having great differences of opinion on public works of this kind, did not feel quite at home with each other, and they found it impossible to agree to a joint report. They came up with separate reports, which to some extent, but only to some extent, ex plained the cause of the difference between the Par liamentary estimate and the tenders. Then Mr. Cubitt was consulted, and the result of that con sultation was stated in the report. Under the cir cumstances the committee asked to be relieved from their embarrassing position and to have such pro fessional assistance as might be deemed necessary. He felt that in this matter the character of the cor poration was at stake, and that the interests of the public imperatively required that no further time should be lost in bringing to a speedy issue the ac complishment of the important work at Holborn. (Hear, hear.) Mr. M'GEORGE moved, as an amendment, " That, considering the reference made to Mr. Cubitt and his report, the Improvement Committee be requested to make such an arrangement as they may deem advisable with Mr. Haywood for the construction of the structural part of the viaduct." Mr. Deputy FULLER seconded the amendment. Mr. Alderman J. C. LAWRENCE thought it would be wise economy to erect such a structure at Hol born as would reflect credit on the city. Mr. Deputy ELLIOTT, in supporting the amend ment, said that Mr. Haywood had acquired a large amount of practical experience in London, and that he was the most suitable man to execute the work. He characterised the difference between the Parlia mentary estimate and the tenders as monstrous. Mr. Alderman ROSE supported the motion. He said that in no other capital in the know' world would such abominable structures be tolerated as had been erected by engineers in the streets of Lon don. They were a standing reproach to the engi neers who carried them into execution, and their only recommendation was that they were cheap. Mr. LAWLEY said that although he had signed the report he should vote for the amendment, be lieving that Mr. Haywood was the fittest man to do the work. Mr. Alderman BESLEY observed that Mr. Hay wood would become the master of the committee if the amendment were adopted. Mr. Bontems, Mr. Alderman Waterlow, and Mr. Jones supported the motion, and Mr. Kearns and Mr. Deputy Scamell the amendment. Mr. Deputy Fn replied, and said the Improve ment Committee would never consent to any struc ture being erected at Holborn which would not be an honour to the city. He believed Mr. Haywood to be eminently qualified to carry out the work, but the question was one entirely for the Court. The question was put, and the amendment was carried on a show of hands by a large majority. BANQUET TO FOREIGN HORTICULTURISTS. Upon the motion of Mr. Deputy OBBARD, the use of the Guildhall on Tuesday, the 22d of May next, was granted to the executive committee of the International Horticultural Exhibition and Bota nical Congress for the purpose of a banquet to be given to the foreign visitors. The Court then adjourned. TEE PRUSSIAN DIET. BERLIN, Jan. 17. At the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies to-day Herr von Grabow was again elected President for the duration of the Session. He , entered upon his duties with the followi n g speech : " Your choice has again appointed me to the arduous office of President for the entire duration of the session, and I retuin you my most hearty thanks for the confidence testified by the nomination. I feel myself in duty bound to follow your honour able summons for the last time, and to fulfil the duties of my difficult post to the best of my abilities —conscientiously, faithrully, and impartially - . I beg you, however, most urgently to facilitate the execu tion of my functions by your further willing, indul gent, and powerful support. Gentlemen, the gloomy picture of the internal situation of our State spread out last session before you and the country has since that period become only darker, till at the close of the Diet, at a time and in a place where all contra- diction was impossible, this house was accused of having injured the material welfare of the country by rejecting bills and refusing to grant supplies, of having endangered security from without, and of having stretched out its hand to grasp rights denied to it by its legal position—in a word, of having sur rendered the first law and the highest guide of all parties—the welfare of the fatherland—in face of the strife of political opinion. Encouraged by this grave and unfounded impeachment, unheard of in the annals of the Diet, the reactionary press ven turned, unpunished, to bring accusations of the most passionate and hateful kind against the second Chamber of the Legislature. But toleration was not exercised. A festival on the banks of the Rhine, in which the Liberal citizens of the Rhine and Westphalia wished to do honour to the much-abused Prussian representatives, in thankful recopition of their unshaken and courageous perseverance for four years in the hard struggle for the Constitution they had sworn to uphold, for their chartered popu lar rights, was prohibited, and even prevented by armed force. The constitutional conflict arising out of the illegally arranged reorganisation of the army has become chronic without the fault of this House, which has only uninterruptedly - and steadily defended the right of control over the finances granted it by the text and spirit of the Constitution, but has never stretched forth its hand after rights to which it is not entitled. Notwithstanding that a promise was made in the Royal Decree of March 19, 1862, respecting the execution of the elections to the Cham ber of Deputies, that, in further development of the existing Constitution, legislation and administration should be carried on upon Liberal principles, the political part of legislation has been brought to an entire standstill. The Upper House alone has ex perienced a definite increase of its members by way of decree. But the country still hopes in vain for laws respecting Ministerial responsibility and the arrange ments and privileges of the Chief Chamber of Ac counts, without which the Constitution is no truth ; waits in vain for a settlement of educational, trade, district, and principal affairs, based upon Liberal prin ciples. The administration of the State is altogether devoid of Liberal principles, proof of which is af forded by the measures taken against Liberal news papers, associations, and meetings against Liberal officials and citizens. But notwithstandingthe non fulfilment of all promises, the Prussian people and its representatives will neither now nor ever deny the indubitable truth that the material and moral wel fare of the State and its external security first and above all demand the unconditional recognition and conscientious execution of its sworn public rights, and that all authority not based upon these rights is a wrong and immoral. Liberty alone based upon this truth, while also respecting the right of self-disposi tion of kindred races in Germany, limited only by higher German interests, will lead to moral conquests, to a satisfactory solution of the Schleswig-Holstein question, which, notwithstanding glorious successes in arms, has become more iavolved and difficultbythe Gastein Convention, and, with that solution to the Federal unity of Germany. May Prussia, in fulfilment of her German mission, adopt such a liberal course of development without delay, before she is overtaken by a turn perhaps favourable to freedom in the pre sent constitutional crisis in Austria, and before it be comes altogether too late. The constitutional re presentatives of Germany at that period will then, with joyful hearts, see the great future of our German fatherland secured in the mighty hands of our Kings. This is my sincere, honest, and heart felt wish upon my last accession to this post." Herr von Unruh and von Bockuna-Dolffs were re-elected Vice-Presidents by large majorities, and each returned thanks to the Chamber in a brief speech. " Deputy von der Heydt—The order of business permits me of my protesting, for myself and friends, against the President's speech. We do not think that, as President of this House, he was justified in speaking in the sense of the majority without also taking into account the views of the minority. " President Grabow—The expressions of which I made use appeared to me to be in the sense of the minority as well as of the majority. I considered myself called upon to defend the honour of the House, which had been attacked elsewhere." SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—Never, perhaps, within living memory has a new year been ushered in with so dismal a series of disasters at sea. The shipwrecks of the last fortnight exceed both in frequency and fatality any that have occurred during a like period since the terrific storms towards the close of the year 1859. From all parts of the coast, from Liverpool, from Plymouth, from Torbay, from Shields, from Great Yarmouth, from Lowestoft, we have received, day after day, the most heartbreaking descriptions of havoc and ruin among the shipping, and up to the beginning of the present week estimates of the total losses ranged between 300 and 400. On Wednesday last we reported in the same column the utter de struction of two magnificent ocean steamers the London and the Amalia, both of whom foundered in the Bay of Biscay within 24 hours of each other, under circumstances so exactly similar that the two narratives read almost like one. Yesterday we had to report another catastrophe, scarcely inferior in scale or interest, which befell the sailing vessel Christiana about a week previously, on her way from London to New York. The voyage of this ill-fated ship from beginning to end seems to have been one long succession of casualties. She lost all her sails in a gale which commenced on the 3d of December off the Isle of Wight. On the 19th she again felt in with a hurricane which lasted 5 days. On the 20th the mainmast fell, and was followed by the fore and mizen topmasts, as well as the bow sprit, while the sails were torn to ribands. The fall ing of a spar broke the steward's leg, and shortly afterwards the carpenter and one of the sailors were washed overboard. As in the case of the London and the Amalia, several of the boats were next stove in or carried away by heavy seas which swept over the deck. In this pitiable condition the passengers and crew of the Christiana, on short allowance of provisions, and huddled together in such parts of the ship as were not flooded, were tossed about the Atlantic for more than a fort night. An American vessel hove in sight on. the 26th of December, and came within speak ing distance, but " towards .night was lost sight of, and seen no more." Not until the 7th of January did another sail appear on the horizon, and on the following day the Varuna, an Indiaman four months out from Calcutta, bore down in answer to signals of distress from the Christiana. Another gale was now blowing, and it was only by the most desperate and heroic exertions on the part of the Varuna's officers and men that all hands were transferred safely from the wreck to the hospitable deck of the Indiaman. The lifeboat of the latter, after making four most hazardous trips, was dashed to pieces when there were happily no more lives to save. The fate of these large and well-found vessels, strongly manned, ably commanded, and furnished with every safeguard known to nautical science, na turally excites more horror than hundreds of minor losses. Every one can picture to himself a majestic steamboat with 270 souls on board foundering stern foremost in mid-ocean, and the present season will long be memorable for the number of first-class passenger ships which have been wrecked on the high seas. It is not the high seas, however, that a sailor most dreads ; nor is it those appalling and wholesale calamities which raise the rate of marine insurance and terrify the public that really occasion the greatest sacrifice of human life and property. Shallow water and a lee shore, where earth and sea appear to battle for the mastery, are the most cruel and destructive enemies of the seaman. Had we the ghastly tale of this year's wrecks before us, we doubt not that, as ever happens, the coasting trade would fill the darkest part of the list. Of all the stations on the coast Brixham has probably been, in proportion to its population, the greatest sufferer. The total number of vessels lost in Torbay cannot as yet be fixed with accuracy, but it certainly amounts to more than 40, and 77 persons at least are believed to have perished. " The estimated loss of property in ships and cargoes is from £150,000 to £200,000," and of the men who escaped a large proportion had lost almost all that they possessed. It is hardly too much to say that at one fell swoop the Brixham fleet of trawlers has been completely shattered, and although a great part of the loss will fall upon insurance com panies, some of which, being local associations, may have great difficulty in meeting it, yet a great part will fall on poor families, who in losing their boats and fishing tackle are losing their livelihood. When we consider that what bas befallen Brixham has, in a greater or lass degree, befallen many. fishing towns on the coast, we may form some idea of the misery and destitution which the storms of January have brought with them. There is one consolatory re flection, and one only, suggested by the perusal of these sad records. If we are tempted to feel that man, with all his boasted triumphs over the forces of nature, is still but the sport of the elements when they put forth their full strength againet him, we may find comfort in dwelling on the courage which, inspired by a sense of duty, raises even men of ordi nary mould to the moral level of heroes and mar tyrs. Could a history be written of all the services rendered by lifeboats, it would contain more golden deeds than Plutarch and his successors ever culled from the annals of war. One of these was detailed by a correspondent in our own columns but two days ago ; another adorns the story of the Christiana; many more will never be known for want of a sur viving witness ; not a few, perhaps, have been per formed and forgotten by the actors themselves, without any self-conscious appreciation of their true character. Yet, certain it is that such dangers as are daily encountered by volunteers, in rescuing the crews of shipwrecked vessels, are among the most formidable, in appearance and reality, to which human fortitude can possibly be subjected. To launch out deliberately from shore, or to push off from a ship's side, into a raging sea, at the imminent risk of being swamped, is to embark on a forlorn hope with the nobler purpose of saving the lives of fellow creatures. Self-preservation and despair arepower ful motives, and will nerve men to superhuman efforts, but to face death with open eyes underno com pulsion and with no other than a benevolent ob ject is the highest self-devotion of which our nature is capable. That it is not confined to a few exalted spirits—that it is exhibited by rude and humble sea men as well as by the veteran with a life-long repu tation for gallantry to sustain—that it is seldom wanting, at least among our own countrymen, in these frightful emergencies —that it is not so rare as transcendent genius or saintly piety—these are no proofs that it is not a virtue of the sablimest order. There may not improbably be other officers in our merchant navy who would have played the same part as Captain Martin, of the London, who would have remained to the last at theirposts, giving orders in a firm unfaltering voice, cheering the passengers so long as there was hope, and calmly informing them when there was no hope, refusing to quit the deck in the only boat which could be lowered, and coolly placing her under the command of her prop& officer. There may be others also who would have done all this, without the faintest hope of fame or reward, and with a full conviction that their conduct would never be made known in this world ; but if there be, then there must surely be prevalent in this Christian country, and in these latter days, a standard of conscience and a spirit of self-devotion equal at least to any ideals that can be drawn from the choicest precedents of heathen antiquity. POST.—There is much truth in the theory of the late Mr. Buckle, that legislation is powerless to diminish crime. That ingenious writer regarded the criminal element as a fixed quantity in the popu lation of every country. Given the number of inhabitants, he would undertake to specify the relative proportion who subsist by plunder ; and this number, he maintained, would not materially vary whatever measures of prevention or of punishment we thought proper to adopt. As in the brute creation certain animals habitually prey upon each other, so will a certain class of men, whose passions are strong and whose judgment is weak, perpetually prey upon their fellow-mortals. Crime is therefore inherent in human nature, per vading alike the most barbarous and the most civilised communities—a moral malady, in short, which it is as hopeless to attempt to extirpate as physical disease and death. It is the duty of the legislator to protect life and property, it is the pro vince of the judge to punish and of the philanthro pist to reform criminal offenders, but in spite of all that has been said and done, their number does not, and in the nature of things cannot, diminish. We must rest satisfied with imprisoning and flogging and hanging a certain nmmber of felons every year, with but little hope that their punishment will do them any good, and with the absolute certainty that it will not diminish the number of future delinquents. Such is the theory which we are willing to admit contains much unpalatable truth. It cannot be de nied that, notwithstanding all our efforts to repress it, crime has steadily increased with our increasing wealth and population. It is said that this may be partly accounted for by the increased efficiency of the police, but there is no question as to the result, namely, that in our great towns during the last 20 years the number of our criminals has increased more rapidly than the increase of the population would seem to warrant. Another obvious cause may be assigned for this unsatisfactory state of things dur ing the interval in question, namely, the abolition oCtransportation. It is well known to those who are familiar with the practice of our criminal courts, that prisoners appear again and again at the bar, after having undergone, it may be once, it may be several times, the punishment of penal servitude. In a case of this latter description we are informed that the other day, after a sentence of seven years had been passed upon a notorious offender, he entreated the presiding judge to make it 10 years instead. The spectators were naturally surprised at the singula rity of the request, but that would not have been the case had they been aware of the prisoner's object in making it. He already knew what penal servi tude was in England, lie had no desire to return to it, and he knew that by receiving a sentence of 10 years he bad some chance of being sent abroad. Cases such as this may teach that the punish ment of penal se rv it u d e i s d rea ,.. 'led by our criminals, us but it may also teach us that it has little or no effect in reforming them. Had this poor outcast been sent in the first instance to W otern Australia he might by thi s ti me h ave b een a rt:, claimed and perhaps a prospe rous man. A s i t ' was , ,is history showed that on each occas i on a f ter he bad under gone his various sentences he resumed and conti,oed his former habits until he once more found himself within the four walls of a prison. It is a very pain ful but a very common history, for what can be more hopeless in a country overflowing with popu lation than the condition and prospects of a convict turned adrift upon the world after he has undergone his punishment ? Now that transportation is prac tically abolished, society will be compelled for its own sake to take some means for preventing the wholesale relapse into crime of those who have offended against the laws of their country. We are glad to perceive that Lord Stanley—who, as chair man of the Quarter Sessions in his native county of Lancaster, has for some years past been personally concerned in the administration of the oriminal law —has brought the matter prominently before the public, and we trust that the society which has just been inaugurated under his auspices at Manchester will meet with that liberal support which we are sure it deserves. The title of this association suffi ciently indicates its object. The Discharged Priso ners' Aid Society is instituted for the purpose of assisting criminal offenders, after they have re ceived their punishment, to return to the paths of honest industry, and to guard them, if possible, against the temptations by which on their egress from prison they are now beset. That the opera tions of a society of this kind will be both delicate and difficult must be obvious to every one. It is well known that the reformation of adult criminals is a thing of rare occurrence and we therefore may expect to hear of many failures, and of many at tempts at imposition. But even if a very moderate percentage is reclaimed, a great and positive good will be done. With regard to juvenile offenders, we entertain the most sanguine anticipations from the labours of a society of this description. Juve nile reformatories have, as: a whole, proved highly successful, and their beneficial operation is already witnessed in the diminished number of juvenile offenders committed for trial throughout the coun try. The people of Manchester are of too practical a character to attempt anything Utopian. They have always an eye to business whenever they seri ously apply themselves to any serious undertaking- Whether it is the corn law or the cotton famine, or the frauds of the cotton manufacture, or the dis posal of discharged prisoners that engages, for the time being, the attention of the men of Manchester, we always expect to find that they are in earnest, and that they will do their utmost to accomplish the purpose they have in view. An association of the kind projected has been long wanted in our great towns, and we trust and believe that the ex ample of Manchester will soon be followed else where. There are numbers of benevolent persons of both sexes in every large community, and espe cially in the metropolis, who would willingly aid in reclaiming the outcasts of society if they only knew how to set about it. We are far, indeed, from thinking that any number of associations, however well managed, will have the effect of extinguishing, or even of seriously diminishing, the aggregate amount of crime. But they will will afford to the less hardened class of offenders an opportunity, which does not now exist, of regaining or acquiring a decent position in society. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE PERNAMBUCO. The directors, in a circular to the shareholders, state that the extraordinary meeting summoned for the 23d inst. was convened thus late in the expecta • tion that Captain de INledeiros would by that time be authorised by the Imperial Government either to submit to the directors a proposal for the purchase of the undertaking, or to conclude with the share holders such arrangements as might in the mean time be provisionally come to between himself and the directors. Captain de Medeiros, as an agent of the Imperial Government empowered to treat with the company, suggested on the 11th inst. that, " The company should make a fair proposition to the Government, such as to have in bonds an amount giving to the shareholders an interest between the two extremes, 3.8 per cent., which it appeared to him the company had now on the total capital spent (according to the last balance-sheet) ; and 5.5 per cent. which they would get if the increased capital were to have the Imperial guarantee of £5 per cent. It was clear to him that in the case of the said proposition being accepted, as he thought it would be, the inevitable consequence would also be the winding up of the affairs of the company ; and in that transaction a part of the bonds would be kept for the, repayment of the loan of £lOO,OOO, and the money raised by the company on deben tures." It would be for the shareholders to sty whether they regarded any arrangement based on terms ranging between the above extremes as a fair equivalent for the railway. It "appeared to the directors that the terms above suggested by Capt. de Medeiros did not meet the merits of the case, or satisfy the just claims which the company had upon , the Imperial Government. The directors had re ceived by the last mail from Brazil a report from Mr. Mann, the company's manager, in which he stated that during the past year, from January to November, 25,213 sleepers had been renewed, and , .1 7,800 cubic yards of ballast had been put down. The rolling stock was in fair working order. The receipts for November last were £6,308, against £4,419 for November, 1864, showing an increase of £1,889. He was now certain that a clear profit at the end of 1865 would be over £21,000. The re ceipts on the line for the 11 months ending Novem ber, 1864, amounted to £41,632, the expenditure to £40,836, showing a balance of £797 ; and for the 11 months ending November last the receipts amounted to £53,325, the expenditure to £35,106, and the balance to £18,219. He also anticipated that the traffic for the year 1866 would leave a clear balance of £50,000 in favour of the company. Although the company's reduced tariff rates had induced many to send their produce by rail, thou sands of tons were still sent to Recife on horseback or in lighters, from not being able to offer still fur ther advantages to those people to give up their old means of transport, arid this entirely from the want of rolling stock. With additional means of con veyance, and other conveniences, the prospects of the line were at present beyond calculation. One thing was now very certain to every one on the line who had the means of judging, that the line would not only pay 7 per cent. on the whole of the capital expended, but that it would year after year go on increasing. DUTCH-RHENISH. The receipts for the fortnight ending Dec. 31, 1865, amounted to £12,400, and for the correspond ing period of last year to £11,527, showing an in crease of £873. The receipts since the commence ment of the present book year, on May 1, including above, amounted to £212,248, showing an increase as compared with the corresponding period of last year of £24,007. The working expenses for the fortnight amounted to £5,137, or 4F42 per cent. of the receipts ; and for the corresponding period of last year to £4,329, or 38.60 per cent., showing an increase of £BO7. The working expenses from May 1, 1865, to Dec. 31, 1865, amounted to £78,860, or 37.15 per cent. ; and for the year 1864-65 to 34.82 per cent. of the receipts. RAIL WAY BILLS. Mr. Frere, one of the examiners appointed to in quire into the standing order proofs upon bills to be brought before the committees of the House of Com mons during the ensuing session of Parliament, commenced his duties yesterday in No. 16 Com mittee-room, and in consequence of the temporary indisposition of Mr. Smith, the other examiner, he went through the two lists, containing 20 bills. The standing orders were declared to have been complied with in the cases of the following unopposed railway bills :—The Wiltshire ; the East London (Addi tional Powers) ; the Metropolitan (Additional Powers) ; the Aberdare and Central Wales Junc tion; the East London (South 'Western Extension) ; the Whitby,. Redcar, and Middlesborough Union ; the Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction; the Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction ; and the Midland (South Staffordshire) Extensions. The cases of the opposed bills of the Lynn and Sutton bridge Railway (Works at King's Lynn) and the Spalding and Bourn Railway were opened, and the COUNTRY MARKETS BRIS T OL- THURSDAY. On our market to-day there was a short supply of Eng lish wheat, and good samples sold at fully last week's rates. Foreign limited; malting barley unaltered; grinding 6a per qr. advance. Oats scarce and dearer. Indian corn in fair request at last week's prices. do 11( Or di' PM ~~0 By 1 To I By a By a W corrE Tt Tt foul dann T 1 Thot At then T 1 divid there TI the I T 1 ficate lieu i At and f equ a: Tt man Year. T 1 Jobt CI intrc dray days of m ver ti per ( CI issue 'less MANCHES TER—TiruusnAy. Our market this morning was not numerously attended, and the business was of a moderate consumptive character at fully late rates for all articles. BIRMINGHAM -THURSDAY. At this day's market there was a short supply of English wheat, which sold at is per qr. advance ; but this did not extend to foreign. Fine barley higher, secondary dull; oats 6d higher ; beans and peas unaltered. Currencies :—English wheat, white, 45s to 50s ; red, 3 90 to 48s per 36 stone. Malting barley, 30s to 35s ; grinding, 22s to 25s per qr. Oats, 24s to 30s ; Irish, 21s to 24s per 30 stone. Beans, 42s to 45s ; and pea; 40s to 42s per qr. BURY ST. EDMUND'S—WEDNESDAY. There was a fair show of old wheat at market to-day prices unaltered. For barley farmers were enabled to rea lise the rates of last week. White wheat, 53s to 555; red ditto, 45s to 475; barley, 37s to 40s; secondary ditto, 30s to 328 per qr. Averages :—Wheat, 5,944 qrs, 43s lld ; barley, 2,0721 qrs., 338 ld; oats, qrs, Os Od. EDINBITRGII—WEDImsDAy. At to-day's market there was a fair supply of country wheat, which sold slowly. Wheat on the top, Os 6d down average, Os 4d down• Barley on the top, Os 6d up average, Os 2d up. Oats on the top, Os 6d down average, Os 1d down• Beans on the top, Os 6d down average, Os ld down- Average prices. Wheat, 48s 6d I Oats, 25s lld Barley, 33s '9d 1 Beans 44s 5d Total supply and sales. Wheat 824 qrs sold 451 Barley 1370 qrs sold 1140 Oats 2543 qrs sold 1718 Beans 339 qrs sold 195 Town-made flour sells as follows:—White, 42s Od; extra superfine, 40s Od; superfine, 38s 6d; fine, 37s Od. GLASGOW-WEDNESDAY. The trade has undergone no particular change. The market was well attended. Wheat and flour at fully Into rates. Barley improved 4d ; other articles unaltered. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Jan. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 1 3 . Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Feb. 4. Ditto, by French packet Jan. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 2 1. China, Penang. and Singapore, via Southampton Jan. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via 50uthampt0n........... Jan. 27. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton..., Jan. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles ~,,,fan. 27 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Jan. 26. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan 20 Mauritius, via Southampton ............ Feb. 13 Ditto, via Marseil:e Feb. 7. Newfoundland • 1 Feb. 14 Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. . United States and British North America, by ..Feb 4. Bri tish packet Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton ... Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Jan. 19. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb. li. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Jan. 29. Cuba and Mexico Jen. 29. Bahamas, via New York. Feb 8. Bermuda, ditto Feb. 14. Births. BLOXAM.—On the 17th inst., at 20, Glocester-terrace, the wife of Edward Bloxam, Esq., of a son. RE W E TT. —On the 14th inst., at Eastern Parade, Southsee , the wife of Capt. W. N. W. Hewitt, R.N., V.C., 11.1d•S• Basilisk, of a daughter. STEWART,—On the 16th inst., at The Cottage Newcastl e Emlyn, the wife of Captain James Stewart, late Madre° Horse Artillery, of a son. Marriages. LAMB—CURLING. —On the 15th inst., at the Bavarian Me' pel, Warwick-street, Francis Lamb, of Porchester-ter: race, Hyde-park, to Jane Stewart, eldest daughter 01 the late Henry Curling, Esq., 91st Highlanders, of 39 A, Curzon-street, Mayfair, and Hatton-hill, Berks. TURPIE — MURRAY.—On the 16th inst., at Saint Mary'St Sandwich, David M'Calm a n T ur pi e , Esq., of North Berwick, to Jemima, youngest daughter of the late Jae. Murray, Esq., of Regent's-square. Deaths. GORDON.—On the 17th inst., C. J. Gordon, of 80, London wall, and 74, Great Tower-street, London, aged 52. HAMILTON.—On the 17th inst., at Charlwood-street, nal; gravia, Capt. F. W. Hamilton, late 12th Lancers, second son of the late Sir F. H am ilt on, B art., of Silverton Hill, Lanark. LOVETT.—On the 15th inst., at Belmont, near Oswestril Joseph V. Lovett, Esq., aged 78. MACNAUGHTEN.—On the 16th inst., at 100, Eaton-plac e ' Edith Amelia Mary, youngest daughter of Edward 3.150- nau g hten, Esq., aged five weeks. NEWARK. —On the 16th inst., at Coventry, W. D. Newark' Esq., aged 75. OSBORN.—On the 17th inst., at Chicksands Priory, tb Lady Elizabeth Osborn, aged 55. --- London: Printed and Pub-dared by WIL LIAM AN DRS NV 5 of No. 112, Strand, P r i n t er, at THZ SUN ()MCC, No. 11 ,, 1 Strand, in the Precinct of the Svroy, in the County u Middleux.—Fridsy, %Tanury 19, 186 g,