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

XONEI - MARKET AND COMMERCIAL IN TELLIGE N TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market has presented symptoms of activity, and the rates have consequently been firmer. 71 per cent. is the general charge for first class bills, but exceptional transactions have been recorded at 71 per cent. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Friday, Feb. 2, a special settling 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 os. 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 r ate 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 Bank continued to increase, and the directors re commend the payment of a dividend for the half- Year at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum (free from Inc ome-tax), which will l eave th e sum o f £3 , 818 108 . 6d. 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 business transacted. Sugars have remained at about former rates. Superior qualities of coffee hav e b een in fair request at full prices ; while rice, cocoa, and tallow have been dull, a considerable fall having take place in the value of the latter, owing to a pressure of speculative sales. At the half-yearly meeting of the National Bank, h eld this d ay, t h e di rectors ' report, recommending a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. on the paid-up capital, was unanimously agreed to. The half-yearly meeting of the North British Australian Company was held to-day, and the re- Port submitted stated that the accounts for the year are made up as usual to the 30th June, 1865, in Azstralia and to the 31st December, 1865, in Lou d". They exhibit a balance of £5,314 9s. I'd., 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 engaged with the arrangement of the fortnightly settlement in foreign stocks and shares. Consols are 86i 87 for money, and 87 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 864 f 87 ; Annuities, 13 11-16ths ; India 5 per Cents., 102 fr 4 ; ditto Enfaced 5i per Cents., 1074 108. Foreign Stocks show no important alteration. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 394 ; Mexican, 20i a ; ditto New, 18 ; Greek, 13fr 14 ; Spanish Passive, 204 a ; Certificates, 13a ; Italian, 61i a ; the Scrip, Confederat e L oan, 57 ; Egyptian Railway Loan . prem. ; and Brazilian Scrip, a a prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 66* a ; Brie Shares, 554 a ; and Illinois, 551 a. Bank an d Mi scellaneous Shares show little varia tion of importance. Joint Stock Discount, 44 51 ; Overend, Gurney, and Company, 4i 5 prem. ; T' ui anee, 27a ; Bank of Australasi a , 71f ; and -1-131perial Ottoman, 134. „, B RITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK kr . o ' VE RNmENr FUNDS. ' Der Cent. Consols De. Account, Feb, 8 B7l 3 Per Cent. Reduced B7 61 New 3 per Cent B6l 7 si 7 r , 3 i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A ' - ' O . 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — 'ilinuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 ~,1 30 . for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l3 11-16 ';') (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — -'eoequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. — Do, £5OO Do £IOO and £2OO i 1.1%1.C.Nr GOVERNMENT SECURIT/Ns. 4 41 1 ' 1 \ i an• Stock, 101 per Cent., April 187 ~,0 Account 1021 u r, ° ' 5 Per Cent. July, 18 70 — 4 .„. 0 . 4 per Cent., Oct. 1883 .. 1,-sk). Certificates '-',O. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent O. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 104 8 DO ' Oi per Cent., May 1879 .0.4 per Cent, Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — 1)0 under st,ooo Anst FOEIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. R razilia riari B'nds, 5 p er C ent , 1859 n ; per Cent — Do. 4iper Cent., 1852-58-60 Jo. 1863 Do. 1865 LI, Account — ~ re. Scrip, £35 paid orenos Ayres 6per Cent B3l 1 De. Account P ci l ?,? 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) D o ` q 6 Cent — per r t. i• 41 per Cent 6 . ?.T ta b,jan 6 per Cent. — Danish Per Cent. 11::1811 3 per Cent., 1825 — D o c). 4 per Cent., 1863 — 0 ' 5 Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — uanUbian Principalities o , ce ncipa 1 i tin A-1 ount veder New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — E -"0., Provisional Land Warrant — ho,giall 7 Cent — „ e per cond Issue — De XlOO Bonds Do, 1864 92t, D 92 Greek o XlOO Bonds D 5 Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons _l3l „0. Account 4-,,„0. Coupons t, D° Account it ll i te niala 5 per Cent. — - ii a ll 5 Per Cent, 1865 ke. Mareraniana Railway — , 41 an. 3 o. .Accou pernt Cen t . Dr ) 1864 le° 6 per ntevidean 6 Cent. Angl o -F renc h 45 is eW .per l °l3 rish Imperial 5 per Cent Granad a Do 2 Per Cent 131 301 De Deferred D o rlO Land Warrants (Hectares) JD oker Cent, 1864 P Uuaranteed, 4 per Cent _ " n " r vian 5 per Cent 17 3 Per Cent. (Uribarren) ii ° 4 1 per Cent., 1862 p ''''') Account ° h rtl 'guese 3 per Cent., 1853 E°34poe.rnt., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, . 4118 ,,Sian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9O ~,'"e 41 per Cent. 1850 ' ij , 41 per Cent., 1860 -/-;° 3 per Cent. 1859 - - 1 -,° 5 per Cent. 1862 sardin e P e er Cent. 1864 — 5 -1-)0 XICO Ban per ds Cent B N. h li per C en t 4-' P N atl is 3 per Cent 0. Account -1) ° New Deferred 3s} Do Acco Do t .11Passive 251 6,- -° 4e count 251 I ..; 1 ,.. ; , ' h'tsut Cert. of Coup not funded l3 Swedish, -)0 Account ... 13/ . _ .............................. ts °I per t 1 Tu r Z i 11 Per Cent. 1864 D o 8 ”' 6 per Cent. 1854 9Ol Do 4„-ecount o " c l o li: e p oice : 00(02 : :: C ;o0 : 121i n .n.. at.t ....8...11....88....65: ..2.8.................................................. ............ _ 6 :1 8 68 1 7 1 8 1 DO c - S Do . per Cent., 1863 — B e L Pe z r C ent. 1865 D ° .. , ,p , x_3s paid 391 I t i° o.l eccn int . .. 1 _ Ve.u,zooPl:r3Cent.,Guaranteed — -Dipt,? accou P u e t r ....... ... t .. _ uu per Cent., 1864 .......... Dutch ,-Ydenas on the above payable in London. 1)0, 0 re' Ex. 12 es _ Itai• Per Cent Cert "fi . _ la , k ~.sel; i CateS . Ijo .4,vu t., 1 861, Ex. 2af. "count .. ........... ConsolB for moile ce Y ...... Do. A')ivat ...... TWO O'CLOCK. 86i 7 87 I} ~., _...uTINY AND •De e. she © MURDER AT SEA.—SINGAPORE, rrived y 2 eB 3 i e s- s rci l tJ. D. Visser (Dutch bark), a paB from Ilongkong, reports that . in . lat 17 N. the _ .se the Pride of the Ganges standing in towards i e LIIIIIN coast, with signal flying, "Mutiny on board t . o " Nu3, o _ 6 j ' n• Visser signalled "'le ave to and I will come .: assistance," the reply to - which was not allowed. Thet 83.iite It.vessel followed, but the Pride of the Ganges ou b oa, cl , , 116 r, and when last seen the signal " Master over tct ' Was II flying, fv. iday. I. drove Wales iday. sea the o f the " their at YCS" should [. This ) riginal t t their otteries. ;netian, ;hbour ounded :nt and obtain 33 ,- were for this ince of he pur r infir- nt took Prince hess of yr Con rad Tal- Talbot, chfield, H. L. ility of dies in hund" [all, the ject on b Hill. eir visit Ind sail prince 1 or sth )r and ;e Bern albassy, an an d Aratford, xtraor - rgentino Luied by Portland re been ar Witt ,ncy 01 0 orff and ;an and kehners- Y+ iron. g partY deuce ill ill giV e , eting 01 OWar ds ablo to tinue to Cowper n. Aii ss L-squ"r e, x.eter at earl of a y from !cted to Ment tton and P., and LrriVe 81 of nest for the ill con bablislr to 111 ' 5 d came s trans . ioWr ie ' 0 1 3°A 7 1 Dtllo l° , formed asP ect En glish Eng ill st ,t id Die': aut )t re. . a 1 IS 614.1 dere l ' -, e Th ere 10 'OWS C" iies of cool" T he der It Nva.- gr Q f t autto,vo SHARE MA RKE TS. This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways. I Paid.l Closin g I Business 111 Price. done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian .•••• Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc E. London, scrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A stock Do. B stock Do. dew, is. at 25 pn Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western - Original 93 95 128 129 94 96 13 15 4i 5i 68 70 70 72 114 116 37 JO 7 S 37} 8 127 128 144 116 91 93 581 58 :S. V4l. Rail - gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxlord Do. Newport I Hereford... Lancoihire,t Yorkehir LJndon and illackwall Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dove Do. Metrop. k.x. A Lon. & North Western Lon. it South Western Man., Shet., do Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension.... Metropolitan District. Do du. do. 39 41 34 37 101 it 3 120 i 121 r 9 91 101 103 36 38 1242 1251 93 V 5 61 63 134 136 22 3 p 1 lip 100 101 Do. and :t. John'aW'd Midland Do. £9 Share _ 122 124 1 1 111 92 94 Do, Kirmin.. & Derby ‘lid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick. Do. G.IN•E purcham. Do. Leeds Do. York D&. Carlisle ..... 58 59 7 28 111 112 Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North Londou Do. do. 1864 Do. in. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Cl ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock t o. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union south Devon - , outh E stern itaines, Wok., & Wok 'fair Vale Do. C Vale o , I%.leath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whit eha I West Cornwill 53i 3 lr:01 [ 20 135 1; nItITISH P, Atlantic St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff., Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & b. E., lim au e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Ben,al, gu., 5 do East IL, dian gu. 5 p.c. Do J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. ist -ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pry t. Bonds. Do. do. deterred ... flo. d Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred ... Do. 4th Pret. stook . Do. do. deterred ... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gus. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 6 p. 0.. Gt. South of India gua. 5 per ceiti - D . 41 per cent Do ...... Great Wes. of Canada 1 Do. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 5y do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o ...• Do. 41. do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. %lel. & Hudson's Bay N. llL C'da, 6pc Ist/Abs ' Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub sz •l Do.lndus St. Flo, COLONIAL GO VER: British Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1872.... Can.Gov.6 p.e.Ja.&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. e. Inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 1/o.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do; 1880-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1590-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.(. Do. 1878, do Mauritius,, f p. c, 1873, Do. 1..78 to. 1882, Mayls. Nov..! Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. at al , 4ov. a per cent.. N. 8.G0v.5 p.c.Ja.&J ul) N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,186u Do. . 5 p c. 18.1 to 1874 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: New Zealand, 6p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova &Ala Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-1' Do. 1878 & upwards ' Vic,G ov. 6 p. c. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct BRIT! Cam. Consul. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake vval Is East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara( ion East Cana Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam. (it StA übyn(G I Great L ‘xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist t( Grenvihe lierod's Foot Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley 14wyndy Iron Ore, lim New Seton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence Uny Ltdant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.'Wheal Fran. (111o,gn stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West C hi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Mary Ann (Alen Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis rIiEFERENCESt Great Western Orig. ft per cent pf. [A ICES. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Ili South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, '6i FOREIGN %HMO+, Chontales Gold and Silver Alining, 4 Frontino and Bolivia Gold, lim., i i ; St. John del Rey, lim., 48 BANKS. Alliance, lim., 261 Australasia, 711 Bank or VleLorla. Australia, 42 Chartered Bank of India, Australia., and China, 2.21 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 20} Imperial Ottoman, 13} Ditto, new, 12} 12 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4 London:Joint. Stock, 49 London and South-Western, lim., 20 London and %% estminster, 96 Si National Provincial of England, 153 Ditto, d and :tcl issue, 45 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., 7} Union of London, 51i MISCELLANICOI7B. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2f Hudson's Bay, lsk Imperial Mercantile Credit A sac., lim., 7 International Financial -ociety, lim., 56 I Joint Stock Discount, lira., 58 Land Securities, lim., 3k 3 London Mercantile Discount, lim., Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 71 EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES. -- The declared value of the exports from Paris to the United States for the year 1865 was 143,088,360 francs, or about $28,000,000. The exports from Lyons to the United States, for 1865, amounted to 52,000,000 francs, against 29,000,000 francs in 1864, and 31,000,000 francs in 1863. The Aix La Chappelle exports to the United States for 1865 amounted to 29,400,000 thalers, or about $20,450,000. THE REPRESENTATION OF BRECON.—We under stand that Mr. Howel Gwyn, the Conservative candidate for the representation of this borough, has resolved to re tire. The Earl of Brecknock, Liberal, will, therefore, doubtless, be returned without opposition. 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 inqui r y "Comment distinguer le monsonge d' avec la verite ?" (How is falsehood to be distinguished from truth ?") The Empe ror answered without a moment's hesitation: "En les faisant passer tous deux par la memo porte, soyez sum quo 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.) 72 73 105 106 36 38 10 it p 124 226 2 24 2 26 75 27 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 55 57 73 74 8 9 145 150 3 1p 101 103 M 53 SIONS. 55 60 99 10) Id 11) 64 61 10 11 75 80 96 98 60 70 100 102 100 101 10 103 38 39 87 8 9 66 68 57 62 57 59 52 57 46 60 42 46 35 36 31 35 101 1(3 1 ) t 1 P gg 100 91 93 I 6 164 4} 4 5 92 14 84 A 6 1 ,0:1 9/ 100 90 92 86 88 64 66 8 82 98 99 98 99 U 93 99 FT SECU. 93 95 93 96 93 96 79 81 7d SO 101 103 104 106 104 108 101 103 90 92 101 303 106 1.8 18a 18A 103 1(5 1(4 fog 94 101 93 05 92 94 87 89 100 102 8: 84 97 99 99i 100 f 104 100 105 106 'OSSE I2i i ii 391 ,ITIES. 23, 4} II MINES. 9 10 18 20 570 593 i i 18 20 8i 94 51- 5; 3 . 31 llt 126 3 31 5 7 20 21 2 3i 3C 32 3} 31 40 42 6.} 5} 5 7 4 4i 21 lad 40 50 13 15 I t 37 39 410 430 2 zi 18 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 79 82 190 200 95 1(0 27 39 3 5 2.10 23 17 18 li 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY' EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1866. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. CITY BETTING—Tars 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) LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, beforo Lord Chicf-Justice Erie, and Justices Willes, Keating, and Smith.) lIILLMER AND ANOTHER V. SMITH. Mr. Iluddlestone, 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. The case was hoard 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 modo 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 Ore 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 he was not in debted, inasmuch as he had not signed the agreement, which was requisite under the statute of frauds when the engagement exceeded 12 months. 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.) winTattoßE V. WHITMORE.-JUDGMENT. His Lordship, in delivering judgment, said that in this case the wife had obtained a decree dissolving her mar riage on the ground of her husband's cruelty and adultery. Before the rule was made absolute the Queen's Proctor intervened 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 wont home last night about half-past nine from a hard day's work, and my husband was in bed. 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. He 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—Does he work? The complainant—Yes, he works. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Have you any family ? The complainant—l have one child, and he has two sons by his first wife. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Can you keep yourself ? The complainant—l can, but I don't wish to hurt him. I only want protection and peace. Tho 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 are all bruises. Mr. Willis (tha 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 complainar c 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 h.r _ The complainant—l Cdid not bite his hand. The prisoner said his wife came in drunk, and dancing and singing, and afterwards seized his hand 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 hard 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 were 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. —Thii Day. Market unchanged. Sales probably 7,000 bales. MARKETS.—This Day. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 5s to 16 158 Od ; and straw, £1 16s 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 £5 108 ; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. A fair inquiry. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business continuos very dull, and prices remain unaltered. SUGAR.—The operations have been on ; a very limited scale ; superior qualities of West Indian, however, main tained former rates. In the refined market there is little variation. COFFEE.—There has been a steady demand on the part of the trade for colonial, which fully maintains former values. RlCE.—Only a moderato 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. 6d. ; and last three months', 48s. 6d. to 48s. 9d. per cwt. The 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 tushels to each inhabitant— man, woman, and child—of the whole State. Wheat is the principal agricultural production of Minnesota ; but e.xten sive crops of corn, barley, oats, and potatoes are also grown. ALEXANDER H. STENIENS.—WbiIe in Augusta, writes a correspondent, I saw Alex. H. Stephens —a little old man with marvellous eyes—looking not so much like a human being as like a character from one of Dickens's stories. Yet if Georgians reverence anybody it is Mr. Stephens ; and there is'nt the least question but that his presence in the State is beneficial in the best sense. H e resists all importunities to make a public speech, but I am told that he converses freely with all who call upon him, and that he urges everybody to accept the issue of tke war in the most cheerful and liberal spirit. While in Columbus two weeks ago I was told of a letter he wrote to a friend in that city immediately after the famous Hampton Roads Conference. I tried in every way to get sight of it, but without success. The gentleman who told me of it had read it, and used these words in respect thereto :—" He said that peace could be obtained on terms rut humiliating to the South, and that it ought to be made at once, but Mr. Davis and his principal advisers did not want peace." CEJWANTES has often been suspected of intending "Don Quixote" for a political satire on the Duke of Lerma, and some recent discoveries made by Mr. Ravvdon Brown in Venice tend to raise the suspicion to the rank of a literary fact. Having got at the inner meaning o f thi s famous romance by means of his direct discoveries, Mr. Brown has devised a key to the characters, by which many obscure parts of the satire are brought into new light. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSALLS ; —Last Evening LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 20 to 1 agst Mistake (taken) 20 to 1 agst Creole (taken) 25 to 1 agst Accident (taken) CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 agst Czar (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst Lord Lyon (takon) 7to 2 agst Student (taken) 10 to 1 agst Janitor (taken freely) 12 to 1 agst Auguste (taken) THE DERBY. 100 to 15 agst Rustic (taken) 15 to 2 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 10 to 1 agst Student (taken and offered) 100 to G agst Itedan (offered, take 20) 20 to 1 agst Janitor (taken) 20 to 1 agst Auguste (taken) 50 to 1 agst Wolsey (taken) 1000 to 12 agst Lauaret (taken) 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) CIT. 1000 to 20 agst Mr. Mather's nomination (taken) BIRMINGHAM STEEPLECHASE MEETING, FEBRUARY 12. Weights for the Birmingham Grand Annual Steeplechase of 15 sovs each, with 100 added. About four miles. Age st lb L'Africain a 13 0 Reporter ... ... a 12 0 Flyfisher 11 11 Marble Hill ... a 11 11 Light Heart ... a 11 11 Cortolvin a 11 9 Hall Court... ... a 11 7 Jerry ... a 11 7 Doubloon ... a 11 7 Hornet 6 11 6 Accident ... 6 11 5 Bridegroom ... a 11 3 Church Militant ... a 11 0 Princess Dagmar ... a 11 0 Merrimac 11 0 Sinking Fund a 10 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 Weights for the Hur, Age st lb Benazet 6 11 7 Sir Roger 5 11 4 Accident 6 11 0 Ivanhoff ... a 10 10 The Roadster ... alO 8 St. Lawrence ... a 10 8 Real Jam a 10 7 Church Militant a 10 3 Little Frank 6 10 2 Sinking Fund ... alO 2 Sandford ... 6 10 2 Patience a 10 0 Chance 6 10 0 Queen of Trumps... 5 10 0 Hornet 6 10 0 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 4 8 2 Reindeer ... a 8 0 Lady Abbess 6 8 0 Vixen 4 7 11 T halassius... 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 I Advance ... ......4 7 1 RACING FIXT FEBR Lincoln MA. Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring 1.1,1111-4,10 401 Lewes Spring AP. No wmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring JU Windsor Summer Newton Hampton 7 Odiham l3ibury l3 Stockbridge . 14 Chelmsford ~..•,,,• 19 Age 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 510 5 Fairy King a 10 5 Glasgow 5 10 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. a 10 0 Stella a 10 0 MEETING, FEB. 20. .dle Ram Two miles. Age 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 Asthore 5 9 3 Benanoar 4 9 3 Skiff (late No Name) 5 9 2 Clairvoyants 5 9 0 Fly-by-Night a 9 0 Threadbare 4 9 0 Lp. Throe 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 6 10 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 IBlackthorn 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. TARY. Nottingham Spring 27 C H. Carlisle JU: Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal C0rp......:: lB Croxton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring I.leweastle Spring 2B Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 24 - Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 26 Worcester -LY. AUG . Brighton 7 Brighton Club 9 Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer 29 SEPT] Warwick September 4 Curragh 4 Leicester 6 Doncaster ll Brecon l7 Canterbury OCTI Northampton .............. 2 Newmarket 2d October.... 8 Curragh ..................... 16 XOVE/ Lincoln .. .................. 1 } Liverpool .................. 5 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 ;MBER. 1 Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Au hump 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall IBER. Newmarket Houghton Worcester 22 30 WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 29. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Shannon has arrived here with 76 passengers, a large cargo, and £208,498 in specie. The dates from Jamaica are to the 9th inst. The new Governor, Sir/ Henry Storks, arrived on the Gth, and took up his residence at Blundell's Hall Hotel on the 7th ; he was waited on by Mr. Eyre, General O'Connor, and other officials. On the Bth the inaugural ceremony took place in Spanish Town in presence of the officials and a large assemblage of spectators. _ _ Everything in Kingston, Spanish Town, and throughout the island was perfectly quiet. The appointment of Sir Henry Storks has given great dissatisfaction to the dominant party, and corresponding satisfaction to their opponents. Sir Henry Storks personally was well received. The new Governor will reside at King's House, Spanish Town. It was believed the Royal Commis sion would be held there. Mr. Roundell, the secretary of the Royal Com mission, and Mr. Gorrio, the counsel for Mrs. Gordon, arrived by the same mail as Sir Henry Storks. The local papers continue to discuss the circum stances connected with the rebellion, especially the evidence against Mr. Gordon, with great acerbity. Many political prisoners were to have been tried by the special commission on the 23d inst., but it is supposed these arrangements will now be changed. There is nothing new from Chili. Every branch of trade was satisfactory. The suicide of Admiral Pareja had been con firmed. In Peru all was quiet, and order prevailed. The Supposed Murder of a Policeman. The following appeared in a late edition of The Bun o last "ironing : This afternoon John Daly, John Cahill, and Daniel Curtis, were again placed at the bar before Mr. Vaughan, charged with causing the death of Police-constable Wil liam Fitzgerald, F 50, whilst in the execution of his duty. It will be recollected that the deceased policeman, at the time in question, being on duty in Drury-lane, ar rested a man named Daly for being drunk and disor derly. On the way to the station they passed through Broad-court, Long-acre. A crowd of people followed. Just as the constable and his prisoner reached the en trance to the court, Cahill and Curtis cried out to the man in custody, "Go it, Bob." Instantly Daly grappled the policeman by his throat, and strugeng they fell heavily. Cahill and Curtis rushed forward and dragged the prisoner away ; then all three ran off to gether. The policeman, Fitzgerald, did not rise from the ground but said to those who addressed him, " Don't touch mo—my arm's broken ; send to the station," which request was complied with, and the injured man was removed. He was taken to King's College Hospital, where he died in great pain last Monday morning. Dr. Conway Evans, senior physician to the hospital, said that he made a post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased. The left aim was discoloured and much swollen, but there was no other mark of injury. The discoloulation and lividity, how ever, would have concealed a bruise. The elbow joint was dislocated, and the whole of the muscles were in such a condition that it was evident very great violence had been used. The main artery was torn asunder. No bone was fractured. The body was that of a very fat man. The heart was feeble and in a state of fatty degeneration. The liver was also fatty. The immediate cause of death was failure of the action of the heart consequent on tran matic delirium arising from serious surgical injuries. If the man had not received the injuries he would doubtless be now alive ; but if his heart, &c., had been sound the injuries would not have been, in all probability, fatal. The prisoners were again remanded. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. Lospox, Jan. 30.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. rORTSMOUTH, 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--Vonus, from Demerara. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Wyoming, from Philadelphia. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 28.—Wind [S.W.—Arrived—Witch of the Seas, from Iquique. Nisrcintvrer 9 1 1 IV _A _ from Jersey for Grenada. LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. j GRAVESEND, Tuesday Evening. Arrived, Jan. 29.—Alpington, from Mauritius; William, from Antwerp. Arrived, Jan. 30.—Europe (steamer), front Malta. Sailed.—Triton (steamer), for Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored—Blair Athol, from Shields, for Point-de- Galle ; Agilis, for Trinidad; Auchneagh, 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 six to seven fathoms water. Crew saved. VICTOR Huuo's " Les Travailleurs de la Mer" is in the press at Brussels. MGR. DUPANLOUP is completing his " Memoirs of General Lamoriciere," which will be placed in the printer's hands 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 on Thursday a party of gentlemen proceeded to the racecourse 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 legs. 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 s atis:actorily. The shots have been extracted, and there s not the slightest danger of any permanent injury. 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 tho poultry-house, when it was caught and had its wing-feathers cut ; and now it is daily to be seen in the farm-house, where it has become quite a favourite, as tame as any of its chosen companions, and looking as if it highly appreciated the hospitality extended to it—Selkirk Reporter. DEATH AT A WEDDING.—Mr. George Messer, joiner, gave the use of his workshop on Friday for a wedding dance, and during the night, as he was dancing. and apparently in good health and spirits, he suddenly fell down and expired. Deceased was upwards of 70 years of age.—Scotsman. CHINESE PIRATES.—HONGKONG, Dec. 15.—The British bark Bentinck, hence on the 4th of December for Niegpo, came into harbour on the 10th, with the loss of two men, a portion of her cargo, the master and crew's effects, ship's stores, furniture, &c., having been attacked by pirates the day before in China Bay. TIIE LATE MR. COBDEN.—On Saturday an in teresting ceremony took place at Verviers, in 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 Verviers 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. About thirty commanders of vessels destroyed by the Alabama have already been summoned as wit nesses for the 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 tt perfect success. UST. BER. Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 SENIOR WRANGLERS.--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 thorn alroady 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 Martyn, 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, wo 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 those 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 aro set down as professors either at Cambridg e 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, are sufficient to show that there is no apparent decline in the intellectual qualifications necessary. It is remarkable 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. THE LOSS OF THE LONDON. OFFICIAL INQUIRY—(TEIIS 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 Warren 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 rules. 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 mizenma,st, 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 coalition. 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. [We shall continue the report in our late edition, by which time, it is expected, some of the crew and passengers will have been examined.] A portion of the following appeared in our impression of yesterday : The official inquiry into the circumstances con nected with the loss of the Australian steam-ship London, which foundered in the Bay of Biscay on the 10th inst., opened this day at the Greenwich police-court, before Mr. Traill, the magistrate at tached to the court, and Captains Harris and Baker, the nautical assessors appointed by the Board of Trade. The court was extremely crowded, and the greatest interest was manifested in the painful in- Mr. O'Dowd, the barrister, attended on the part of the Board of Trade. He said, in his opening observations, that he was nearly overpowered with the duty of introducing the tragical circumstances connected with the loss of the auxiliary steam-ship London, which foundered on her voyage to Aus tralia. He would not attempt a description of the terrible matters attending that melancholy event, because the public had been made so painfully aware of them by the public press. He should, in the first place, therefore, offer evidence as to the structure of the ship, and:the material of which the hull was constructed ; secondly, he should apply himself to the question as to whether the owners of the vessel had complied with the provisions of the Passenger Act, and for that purpose he should call before them the best evidence it was possible to obtain. He should call before them gentlemen of the greatest ability who had examined the vessel at the time she was built in 1864, and also those who had twice examined the ship in order that she might obtain her certificate as a passenger ship. He should, in the next place, address himself to the cargo and dead weight on board the ship, which would be found to be .347 tons 4 cwt. 3 quarters, consisting of sheet-iron, shot, nails, rock and other materials, and a quantity of other articles which could not be classed as dead weight. The value of the cargo on board amounted, he was told, to £127,074. The next thing he should direct the attention of the Court to was the quantity of coal actually on board the London. There were on board the vessel 45 tons of coal re maining from her 'previous voyage ; there were shipped in London 460, less 48 tons expended on her voyage to Plymouth. Fifty tons were placed on board at Plymouth, making a gross of 508 tons. Ho should call before them . the parties actually engaged in storing the cargo, and every one who could throw the slightest light on the terrible cala mity. The learned gentleman then proceeded to give the exact details and measurement of the ship, and then referred to the owners of the vessel, which, he said, belonged to the Messrs. Wigram 56 shares, Messrs. Morgan four shares, and her ill-fated com mander, Capt. Martin, to the extent of four shares. The vessel left the London Docks Dec. 29, under the command of Captain Martin and a Trinity House pilot. Her draught of water, according . to this at af t t h e e r pilot, whom he should call, was 19ft. 9in. forward, and 20ft. 9in. aft. The v essel Gravesen d, e t d h e 30 th , embarking a portion of her leftpassengers,e aanchored hoonr l and owing to stress of weather sh . Nore. She got again under weigh . on the Ist of January with her own steam, the wind blowi n .l 6 rom the S.W. She went down the Channel against strong head winds. On the 3d the weather became so boisterous that at about two in the afternoon the pilot decided on taking her to Spithead, and she anchored on the Motherbank at 4 p.m., and laid' there until the 4th, when she steamed out the wind being S.W. She arrived at Plymouth on the sth, and at nine o'clock she was boarded by a Plymouth pilot, who took her to the Sound, and in two hours after she was anchored within the break water. On the 6th, a short time after 'd • mi. night, her anchor was hove off, the weather b • eing mode rate, the wind blowing northerly with little or no sea running, the course steered being s.s.w. and her speed about eight knots an h our. The Lizard was sighted about five a.m., when the weather increased. On the 7th the wind, which was then westerly increased to violence, which caused the ship to roll. On the Bth she increased to a gale, when the captain ordered the fires to be put out and sails hoisted. On the 9th the wind increased to a strong gale, when she pitched into much violence. At 7 a.m. the lifeboat, was stove and carried away with all her gear. At 9 a.m. the sea struck her • very vio lently, and carried away a great portion of her stay sails and royals. It continued to blow a severe gale, and on the morning of the 10th tho gale was still raging, when the captain gave orders to return to Plymouth to refit. n the course of the morning the swing astx were secured and the jibboom cleared t , which was 48 N. 87 W. At 9 a.m, the sea was then running high and the wind blowing beyond anything recollected by the survivors. At about half-past 10 a terrific sea, rose and descended almost perpendicularly over the engine-room and smashed it in. Every effort was made to secure the hatchway by the crew and passengers. At 4 a.m. on the 11th another violent sea struck the ship and carried off four windows of her upper or poop cabin. Through the breaches thus made the sea rushed into the ship with such violence that the 'tween decks were full of water. The captain, with the engineer, took soundings, and. finding there were 14ft. of water he gave up all hope of saving the ship, and communicated the awful in telligence to the passengers, who received it with calmness and resignation. At about 10 a.m. of the 11th the captain ordered the boats to be got ready, and the starboard pinnace, which was of iron, was got into the water and lost. At 2 pan. the ship was rapidly filling. Another boat was lowered, and sonic of the crew entered and called for the captain to follow, but, with a true courage, he preferred remaining with his ship. Altogether 19 souls entered the boat. T hey then pushed off from the ship, seeing she must sink, and after having gone a short distance they saw the London go down by the stern. The boat drifted about for 20 hours, when she was picked up by an Italian vessel and landed at Plymouth on the 16th. Having referred to the praiseworthy conduct of the commander of the vessel who saved the boat, and which had been already substantially acknowledged by the Board of Trade, he said it was a just and and merciful thing to deal tenderly with the dead. Capt. Martin had no foes ; he was a true seaman ; he met his death like a hero. It did not follow that because he had perished that no inquiry should be made into the navigation ; but he was sure that the Court would deal as tenderly with the dead as the ends of justice would sanction. He would now pro ceed to call the evidence he had to bring before the Court. Mr. George Joseph Gladstone was the first witness ex amined. He said—l live at Blackwall, and am shipwright surveyor to the Board of Trade, and senior surveyor for the port of London. It is a part of my duty to inspect passenger steam ships occasionally during their construc tion. I go over them from time to time. I am bound to exercise a very strict superintendence. I saw the ship London while she was building. She was in frame when I first saw her. She was the property of the Messrs. Wigram and Sons. The book I hand in contains the official entry relative to the ship made by myself. I was over her four different times during her building. Sho was constructed of materials, according to my judgment, of the first quality. She had an angle iron frame, iron beams, stringer plates, kealson, and plated iron bottom. She was double rivetted from keel to gunwale. All her fastenings were sound and good. She had stringer plates to each deck. She had four bulkheads and four compart ments—two before and two abaft the engine. Her engine hatchway was 12 feet 6 inches by 9 feet 6 inches. I have no positive recollection of the dimensions of the engine -room hatch but by measuring the plan I hold in my hand. I, however, measured the ship when she was new, and the figures I have given are correct, according to my recollection. The combings were 16 inches and 5 inches thick, and they were made of teak. The covering of the hatchway was a wooden frame, with thick plate glass pro tected by a galvanised iron grating. She had three open ings on her upper deck before, main and after hatchway, a scuttle forward, and a companion aft. Her bunker shoots were flush with the deck. I considered her en gine hatchway cover quite sufficient to protect engines from bad weather. Mr. O'Dowd—You considered that the bars of the sky light were sufficient to protect the engines from a heavy sea. Witness—Yes, with a tarpauling cover and battened down. Mr. Traill—Don't you think it would be an additional protection if something was placed under the glass to prevent the water entering when the glass was broken ? Witness—Certainly it would. Mr. Traill—Would it be in the way at all ? Witness—No, not in the least. You could have a board ing underneath of glass. Cross-examined—There were huge ports for the escape of water from the upper decks. There were four ports, two gangways, and five scuppers at each side leading direct out of the ship. The vessel had a set of tarpaulings for all the hatchway skylights, a double set of sails, six life-buoys, and seven boats. Two of the boats wore made of iron. When they were ready for launching I called Messrs. Wigram's attention to them. 1 said I didn't like iron boats, and suggested that large bags of cork might be placed under the thwarts to make them more buoyant. Boats, however, do not come under our supervision. My suggestions were adopted by the Messrs. Wigram. I saw the bags of cork placed in the boats. Our report of the London to the Board of Trade was that she was a sea worthy vessel, and fit for any voyage. The certificate granted by the Board of Trade would be in operation for six months after date. I surveyed her again in June, 1865. I was of opinion that tho London was as fine a ship as over left the port of London as to material and workmanship. There was nothing in her proportions that in my opinion affected her seaworthiness. She had as much beam in proportion to her length as ships of that class generally have. Her length was alout 7i times her breadth. Her height 'tween deck was 7 feet. Her engine-- room was open to the main deck and protected with comb ings and rails round. By Capt. Harris—She had seven stern windows under •• her poop deck. They were secured by dead lights. Y The shutters and dead lights were made of wood two inches thick. I cannot say whether they were deal or fir. The windows were about two feet square. Five were practical windows and two were shams. The space between the windows was about a foot. Supposing she was drawing 20 feet 9 aft, the lower part of the windows would be near 8 feet above the water line. Her topmasts were wood, the lower part iron. They were regularsort not telescopic ones. I don't "think the vessel could be said to bo over masted. Tho after bulk head of the engine room had a covering which when down was perfectly water tight. The Lon don was not fitted with any particular boat lowering ap paratus, such as Clifford's. She had the ordinary block davits and so on. She had no shelter for passengers on deck. The London is certified to carry 400 passengers. I should think that the fact of the engine room of a loaded ship filling with water would be quite sufficient to sink her. Her rigging was all wire with rope landyards. Mr. Robert Taplain said—l am engineer surveyor to the Board of Trade, and I have been so for the last 10 years. It is part of my duty to examine engines and machinery of passenger.vessels, also the safety valves and fire holes. I usually make those examinations twice a year of each ship provided they are within the port of London. Those examinations aro made in order that the necessary declara tion can be made to procure the Board of Trade certificate for the ensuing six months. I have surveyed the engines and machinery of the London threo time; the last time in December last—l think the 22d. The screw shaft passed through the after engine-room bulkhead into a leather washer round it to keep the water from coming through. There was a sliding dour by the side of it. It was properly fitted, and I believe perfectly watertight. The plates round the suction pipes were good and sound. I granted the owners of the London the usual declaration of the ship's efficiency. Her engines were high and low pressure, with direct action. I don't think anything could have gone wrong to cause the engines to admit such a quantity of water into the engine -room. Everything was in perfect order. Her engines were 200 horse nominal, and the boilers loaded 291 b. to the square inch. The fireplaces were about 4or 5 feet from the skin of the ship. The working of the engines in this ship would not have bean impeded had there been a flat covering to the main hatch way of the engine -room under the skylight. It would im pede the draught which could be artificially provided for. I think in this case it would have been advisable to have had a covering for the engine -room on the main deck. 1 have never served at sea. She was constructed to carry 370 tons of coal. She consumed 16 cwt. of coal an hour. The engineer gave that item. Mr. Barber-1 am ono of the shipwright surveyors to the Board of Trade for the port of London. I have been so employed for 10 years. I have been for five years stationed at Glasgow. I don't know the ship London at all. I have heard the description given of her engine -room hatchway by the witness Mr. Gladstone, and I have also seen a sec tion and drawing of it. I have thought of and considere plans for the prevention of water going into the engine room. In the Clyde vessels with a full poop they origi nally had the engine -room skylight on tho upper deck be fore the poop—the poop deck has now been prolonged to a few feet before the engine hatchway, and a watertight bulk- head has been carried from the main or upper to the poop deck, so as to enclose the hatchway. I think the best way of preventing the water rushing down the hatchway and extinguishing the fire is the plan just mentioned. The plan adopted in the navy is a very gool one I think. By Captain Barber— The simplest way, I think, would be to have strong shutters for the engine hatchway, such as is in use in the navy. 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