The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-01 00:00:00

rag LOSS OF THE LONDON STEAMER.
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The official inquiry into the lose of the steamer
Loadoe was resumed at the Greenwich police-court, yester-
day, before Mr. Train, the magistrite, assisted by Cap-
tain Baker mid raptida Barris, the oautioal amamon. Al
Wore, the inquiry was conducted by Mr. J. O'Dowd, ea
tau part of the Board of Trade; Mr. T. Saltir •ppperred
to watch the case for the friends of Mr. and Mn.i Thomas,
who, with their children, were lost in the ship, sod Mr.
A. Burrell, writer, of Glasgow, who lost hie son and his
perteer ; Mr. Patrick attended on his own behalf. Mr. C.
sgram, one of the owners of the ship, was also present,
and the court was again filled with persons interested in
the inquiry.
Mr. William &Moak eximined by Mr. O'Dors.
side at 6, Mary place, Bow-lace, Poplar. I nut sailmaker
and ablp's husband to the Messrs. Wigram. I made the
sails for Use London. I produce the sail report book signed
by Captain Martin. It oonbrins a list of the sails of the
London, and is dated'2Bth November, 1b65, and is in my
handwriting. (The list was pat in.) I sew those sails be-
fore she went ow her third voyage. There were two new
mils. They were made of the beet Irish flax canvas, the
best deseriptios of sails. There were 200 tons of kantliog
es hoard. All the sails were repaired before she proceeded
am tier third voyage.

Capta'n Harris—From the list she does not appear to
have had any storm sails ?

Witness—tie storm sails are the foremost top staysail
and the misen ;Avail
What description of canvas was it I—No. 1. lam in the
babas of fitting out the ships of Messrs. Wismar. It is not
Ile prawns to send storm mils except those which I have
mentioned.

Oaptain Harris—Not when the ship is going on a winter
•olase to Australia'
Fitneas—No.

Captain Harris—Did Captain Mutin make say require-
ment of storm mils? _ _

Witmer—Captain Martin was on the survey of those
sails, and he did not require sterol sails, or more then
there were. II he had they would, no doubt, have been
supplied.
Captain Herrn—No storm sail could be of a stronger de-
scripticia than No. I canvas.
Captain Peter John Reeves—My office in London Is 110,
Penchamh-street. lam a general surveyor of shipping and
occasionally employed under the Braigratiou Comizessionen.
I have been employed in the survey of ships 25 years.
I surveyed the Loader' in dry dock on Nov. 28. I made a
asemorsedum at the time, which I produce. The memo-
randum was se follows :—"Captain Reeves and Mr. Cornish
'meowed this steamship lying in the dock, belonging to
Messrs. Wigram end Sous, of Blackwell. She was built by
them last year. She is • very strong built ship, and well
fastened in every respect Examined her throughout, and
!sand her in good order. She is scraped and painted ; part
of the upper waterway walked. tier anchors, chains,
devils, he., the same as before," I bad surveyed her on two
previous ocesaions. If I had seen anything in her that re-
Wzetdimprovement we shonid have reported it. We west
the ship, inside and out, sod did not find the
slightest movemeet is her bolts and rivets. The only thing
we found wanting wasthat the waterways required caulk-
ing oa deck, which was dome. I made • report to Captain
Lem on • printed form. That which has been read is the
whiten°, of the report.
Mr. Sawed Tom Cornish—l reside in Bow, end am em-
played by the Emigration Commissioner, in the survey of
weenier vessels. I have been so employed 18 years. 1
surveyed the ship London previous to her last voyage in
o=Juni:ties with the last witness. I have heard his evi-
dence, and concur in what he has said es to the ship. I
signed the official report now produced.
Alexander Ounn--1 reside in Alfred-square, Wai-
ver*. I am • clerk in the record department of the
Bogistrer-General of Seamen at Adelaide-place, Londoe-
bridge. I produce the official copy of the articles of
*grimmest between the master and crew of the Loudon.
The articles otatain the names and plow of birth if the
vew. The crew consisted of the master, three mates,
surgeon, carpenter, sail-maker, steward, woks, and ser-
vants, 14 ; one stewardess, one baker, one bate-4er, three
engineers, two boatswains, 34 able seamen, sad four ordinary
seamen. There were 15 foreigners, all of whom were
intend es able seamen. The foreigners comprised five
Swedes, two Danes, two Hainburghent two German, one
Hanoverian, two Norwegians, and one Bavaria°. All the
others are British subjects. There were 34 able seamen.
All the foreigners are entered as able seamen. The total
number of the crew all told was 83. At the end of each
voyage • statement is sent in of the conduct and ability of
each member of the crew on the voyage. The conduct
and ability of most of the crew could thus be traced
back. It is also mentioned on the discharge note at the
coaclasion of each voyage. Out of the 15 foreigners 12
hid previously served on British ships.
John Thomas Faster—l am second emigration officer in
the port of London, and have been en for ten years. lam
Van' commander M her Majesty's navy, I inspected the
London while she was in the East. India Dock, in the
early days of her loading, while she wee taking io her dead
weight previous to her last voyage, and I went on board
afterwards and inspected the provisions. When I wee on
board first Captain Leen asked me to go into the hold and
see to the stowage of the deal weight, which °assisted of
railway iron. There were some barges laden with railway
iron alongside, and I ioquired of Mr. 11cehurst, the chief
officer, how much they Intended taking in. Ho said about
350 tons, and on that bads I examined the hold, and
saw that the way they were stowing the iron was
the correct and proper way. There were then about
150 tons of iron in the hold, and the crew were at work
parting more iron in. I reported that to Captain Les.n. I
did Not go into the hold afterwards. On my mood visit
the hold was full, and therefore the arrangement as to dead
weight was completed. The hold wss fall of cargo—not
absolutely 6*r:full—and there was some cargo on deck.
She subsequently got her clearance certificate ou my report,
no far as the dead weight and provisions were ooncerned.
The great bulk of the dead weight was of railway Iron, but
there were • few hers. The railway iron was stowed so as
to answer for ballast, between the mein hatchway and fore
hatchway. It was not Mead from the bottom of the ship.
I did not think it necessary that that quantity should be
raked. Had there been 600 or 600 tons, I should have re-
wired it to be raised. The mode of stowing it was a
prow mode for the quantity and that ship.
Captain Lean said he wished to make some explanation
et one portion of hisevidence yesterday. In the excitement
of the moment he stated that the thickness of the glass of
the engine-room skylight was two inchei, whereas he should
have stated it half an inch.

By Mr. TraiU—l mustered the crew at Gravesend. I
did not take any notice of their nationality, but those who
were described as able seamen in the articles I examined
nail pissed.
11r. Edward Humphreys—l am one of the firm of
Humphreys and Tennant, of Deptford. The engines of the
London were built at our establishment and under my own
immediate superintendence, and from my own design. The
owners gave ma instructions to construct the origin's in the
best possible manner and of the best materials, sod they
p►id the very best price for the work. I have a
drawing showing the disposition of the engines in the ship.
but not a detailed drawing of the engines themselves. I
have read the report of what took place yesterday. [A
plan of the engine-room was here put in, and witness
pointed out the position of the sea-cock and of the non-
return valve.] When it was required to draw water from the
bilge and discharge overboard, it would not be necessary
to drive the centrifugal pump at a vastly increased number
of revolutions. The diameter of the revolving disc which
gives motion to the water is three feet. It is driven by as
independent auxiliary engine. For the orlinary purposes
of oondeneation 70 or 80 revolutions would be sufficient ;
but if necessary, as in a hot climate, it could be driven at
the rate of 200 or even 300 revolutions. The ceotrifireal-
pump bilge suction was furnished with a non-return bilge.
The auxiliary engine was equal to 20 or 24 horse power,
and no stress of weather would affect the engine. At or-
dinary speed the water thrown from the ship would be
over 4,000 gallons a minute. The use of the centrifugal
pump is not to lift the water, but to overcome the ',fiction
of the water. Two large transports we are now fitting for
the government are to he fitted like the engines. We
have also fitted eight or ten other ships on
the same principle, some for the Peninsular and
Oriental and some for the Messageries Imperials,. On
recollection, I should say that the pump is fully capable of
discharging more than 4,000 gallons a minute. bus I can't
way the exact number of revolution, that would be required
to be made in order to discharge that quantity of water.
Mr. ilex well recalled, and examined by Mr. Trail— When
I examined the relines on her return voy are I looked at
the non-return valve, and did not see thst there wag any-
thing the matter with it. Had there been anything wrong
with that valve I think I must have discovered It. I have
no doubt it was all right.
Captain J. T. Pouter recalled—l heard some of the evi-
dence and read the other se to the possibility of protecting
the hatchwsys of steamers when at sea. I think that the
sees' hatchway should be capable of being protected so as
to be as strong as the deck, by some arrangement or other.
I should think that it might be done by increasing the
eireegth of the present skylights, which might be made as
strong as the deck.

pied), London, Brighton, and South Coast &ROO
Leopards and Hastings Liss.) (opposed). Cabin. k •
way (Greenock and Gourock Extesunoas), CaWeis h
way (Glasgow Lines), and the Caledonian Railway (SI '
house and Galiton Branches). There was no wiser
then matters. South Eastern Raidway.—The ski
11 *ran were not °implied with. In the cuss of lie al
1 fore Mr. Frog those which hadoomplied with Ike iii
orders were as follows:—Knightoo Railway, Vale dlk
gollen, Llangollen and Corwen, and Come and Pak i
way Companies, Redheugh-bridge and Appmerhsi At
ears' Company (St. Paul's School), Kidweily sat -Dui
A
Poet Railway and Burry Port Amalgamatiog, Ilstie '
1 Kingstown Railway (Lease). Skiptoa sad Whuldaleßs
way.—The standing orders were not complied vigils
matter. The adjourned petitions was —WIWI
Dorset Junction Railway (opposed), Cdsdosin ,
(Kilsyth Branches), Central Ireland Railways (s
Solway junction Railway (Branches) (opposed), Guerra
1 Mrs Railway (Further Powers) (opposed), llnamlisr
boar Trust, Devon and Cornwall Railway.
OUTBREAK OP THE CATTLE DISUSE At POO .
1101119.—For nearly three months no case of Ike mai
disease in cattle bat been reported to Mr. J. R GAM
veterinary surgeon, and inspector for this distrkt loi
Monday last, whin: the superisteodent at pelies mini
information which led him to request Mr. Gregg I' if,
sped a number of cattle purchased by a dads sir,
Pharoah, at Fareham, about a fortnight ago. NMI
consisted of 21 cows, and an examination showed that RPM
of them ware suffering from rioderpeet, the frfea,
_Li
which were unmistakable. By Mr. Gratory'sifYY'_,
three of the auimals were destroyed and band if NY'
mice with the orders in council, several came as off
treatment at the present time, and only a anell pee
are free from the disease. It may be Mastiosal that iiii
the purchase of the cows from the dealer at halm $
other animals have been brought on Mr. Muni lii•
men, and neither the inspiotor nor the owes it alliti
account for the outbreak of the disease.
ENLISTING BRITISH SUBJRCTS URDU A FOTO
FLAG. —Yr. Thomas Beard, solicitor, acting by de ft
ray and instruction of the Spanish mogul. has pror.,!
statement made by two English seamen, Vita fill,
shipped aboard the Indepenilencia. The men attrisdef
the Gaildhsll, and made a solemn declaration of itself°
of their statement before the Alderman. It was forma!
through the hands of the Spanish cease' to the 3001
of State for Foreign A ffsirs,aed Mt. Beard has trusstis
a copy of the same to the Spanish ambassador in tbist.
try. The result is not yet known.
QUEENSTOWN, JAN. 31.—The Inman Celfirt
steamship City et Baltimore, from New York se nits
it.
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hist.. strived here at 11 o'clock to-night, Ilia iitl.l7
111 passengers, 131,400 dollars, and 2,0004 a
specie. She landed 17 Passengers, sad ii
Liverpool at ILIS p.m. Her telegraphie a*"
anticipated.

BERTHS, ILLBRIAGES, AND DUI'S

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Captain W. IL Hunt, 74th Highlanders. of I aGa• ref
MALCol,ll.—January 29, at Stataton-place. Blackheatft,•••
of W. irq.. of a daughter. tbd
llNOAD.—Jaauary 80, at White Hall. Myr'.
of IL B. gooad. Keg , of a daughter. If
WlSlBUllll.—Jaauary go at Colney-bateh. wits

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brt. Avenue road, Lawrance Brumley, Eut, oi '—
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• bury, by the Rev. E. Bayley, R. Del o* LY.. juif
Loam mar Dow-aoealoon, nurrcy, to Mary
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