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1864. 18(5 1864.
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Belfast and N. Counties . 136 138 2,140 2,088
Belfast and County Down.... 49 49 764 774
[Myth and Tyne 2B 28 1,894 1,904
Bristol and Exeter 1214 1214 6,4(8 6,166
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Cambrian
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Dublin and Meath
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Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 404 365 85,29 31,413
Great North of Scotland 99 99 2,947 2,651
Ut. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 423 490
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Great Western 12681 1225 63,903 64,411
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,686 1.573
Kent Coast 27 27 540 660
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 402 37,143 37,090
Limerick and Ennis... 241 2 143 182
Limerick and Foynes 265 21 100 .89
Llanelly l6l 46 846 (47
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 51 1,7%2 1,811
London & South-Western
Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 2671 2611 16,244 18,7._6
London, Chatham, t Dover 724 721 4,673 4.999
Do. Metropolitan Extension 111 105 1,750 1,300
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend .. 424 421 954 1,558
Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh
blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 94 91 1,375 1. 95
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
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Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 262 262 3,864 4,591
Monkland 715 715 1,637 166 J
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North British, Edin., Perth ,
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1099
North London 9
North Staffordshire 254

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Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern l3B
Somerset and Dorset 66
South Devon —•• • 79i
South-Eastern 3OB
Taff Vale 57
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd.
Vale of Neath 431
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
West Cornwall 271
W. a: tlepool II arbr. 52}
Whitehaven Junction l2
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian
Bahia and San Francisco 761
Belgian Eastern Junction.— 26/
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9
Dutch Rhenish lOBl
Eastern of France
Eastern Bengal ••••• •• • 110
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377
Great Central of Belgium 295
Great Indian Peninsula 585
Great Luxembourg 134
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345
Northern of Canada ..... yi
Northern of France 728
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman . .
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1967
Paris and Orleans 1616
Recife and San Francisco. &c 771
Scinde lO5
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South Austrian, &c . 1651
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Viworia
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West Flanders . 75
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5831
10.95

21.532 20,226
57,L6 54 249
3,105 3,351
7,C8 8.481
1,149 933
5,4t1 6,381
5,094 1.871
93 661
4.185 3,792
19,446 20,358
6,363 5,982
2, 40 2,691
166 150

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132 i
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431
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1,270 1,118

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4,380 3.7:7
915 987
790 897

828 30,032 33,790
761 577 605
380 334
1851 4,757 3,157
185 4,822 6,4.0
1( 81 5,630 5,082
1428 63,843 62,23 )
110 2,724 1687
977 36,249 33,f64
1335 2 U 59 25,193
272 6,2.'0 4,88,3
5531 29,265 16,818
134 4,704 4,346
79 485 379
3:5 11,443 15,437
01 1,544 2,',76
728 55,066 52,958
44. 561 933

48} 49 276
1781 131,016 129,263
1611 67,189 83.1V8
774 1,679 1,498
105 1,898 2,075
32 253 353
1527 44,873 52,312
770 26,332 26,342
196 13,360 13,195
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sergeant in tho:rogiment in which he was.

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the manner in which ho had detected the prisoner. In order
to have the case fully completed, ho offered a remand for a
few days.

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which he was placed, was then removed by Oakes, the
gaoler.

Alleged Defalcations of Lord Shaftesbury's

Steward,

SHERDORNE, Friday.
Tho inquiry into the charges made against Mr. IL Short
Waters, of embezzling certain monies which he had received
in his capacity of steward to the Earl of Shaftesbury, on
his estates in Dorsetshire, and for his estates in Yorkshire
and North Wiltshire, was resumed this morning at 11 o'clock,
before the magistrates; Mr. Goodden in the chair.
Mr. H. T. Cole, barrister, instructed by Mr. Humphreys,
of Newgate-street, prosecuted ; and Mr. G. H. Lewis, of
Ely-place, Holborn, defended.
Mr. Targett was first called, and deposed that his father
was a tenant of Lord Shaftesbury's, and suffered a consi-
derable loss in sheep in the year 1864. Application was
made to his lordship for a remission of rent then over duo,
to assist them in their tribulation, which, according to an
entry in the books, and from Lord Shaftesbury's own evi-
dence, his lordship had ordered. The witness swore that
the defendant said that his lordship would not grant the
remission, because the farm was held at so cheap a rate as
not to justify it.

The witness was hardly clear in his replies to Mr.
Lewis, in cross-examination, as to his recollection of
the exact time when the application was made, although
he was certain as to the loss of the sheep, which was in
the year 1854. He did, however, distinctly aver that his
father several times spoke to the defendant about the re-
mission, and that his father had expressed himself as con-
sidering it very cruel of his lordship not to assist them in
the way they petitioned, considering the grievous calamity
that had befallen them in the loss of their flock, the value
of which was £7OO ; and ho also bore it vividly in his mind
from the fact that ho constantly talked about the conduct
of his landlord at market and elsewhere.

Mr. Westc,ott, who had been the clerk assisting Mr. Waters
with the accounts, gave evidence with regard to them.
The books were again produced in court, and the different
items referred to, and exhibited a most complex state of
affairs—the defendant having, as alleged on his part, re-
ceived moneys, which ho had paid to different accounts im-
properly, viz., the estate account, drainage account, domestic
account, private account, &c.

The cross-examination tended to show that the money,
although received, had been carried to Lord Shaftesbury's
credit at some time or other, and that the remission of the
rent having been in 1854, and the payments by the last
witness's father extending up to 1857, the amount so
excused had been received in error and carried to Lord
Shaftesbury's credit. Tho witness admitted that he never
had any instructions from Waters with regard to any
falsification of the accounts, although he did state that on
one occasion, under directions from Waters, he arranged
with the manager of the County of Gloucester Bank
to advance him somo money on his private account condi-
tionally on his paying in the Parten tithes, which were
then collecting, and which ought to have been paid into
Lord Shaftesbury's private account under the arrangement
that existed with regard to tho collection.

Mr. Targett being recalled did not remember that any
transactions took place between Waters and his (witness's)
father in the sale of agricultural produce, such as seeds,
corn, and other matters.
Westcott was also recalled, and stated that Waters had
a dog cart, two 4-wheel vehicles, and that he kept from
three to five horses, of which two were hunters.
At the conclusion of this evidence Mr. H. T. Cole said
that it was not the intention of the prosecution to proceed
any further at present with the two charges against the de-
fendant. Mr. Bidwell, the accountant, who it had been in-
tended should be called, would have to give evidence on the
accounts generally in support of the other charges that
would be brought forward at a future day; and he (Mr.
Cole) had therefore thought it best that the entire of
that gentleman's examination should be postponed till the
evidence of the other witnesses had been taken on all the
charges.

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had in hand £70,000 in cash raised on debentures,
and £50,000 in the hands of the secretary and agents
of the company, so that there would be no occa-
sion to make a call of £1 a share, as contemplated
before the issue of the company's debentures. He
believed that everything was going on well with re-
gard to their affairs in India.
_ _

The inquiry was then adjourned till Thursday, May 4,
and on application of Mr. J. IL Lewis the recognisances of
the defendant were enlarged.

OFFICIAL REPORT.

Contributions are received by the Treasurer. Edward Mu-
terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.;
Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Iferries and Co. ; Ransom
and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; Wdliams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and
Ca . Liverpool ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5.
STANFORD sMITU Secretary.

TIIE LOSS OF TIIE LUZON STEAMER.

We, the undersigned, having inquired into the loss
of the late British steamer Luzon, Captain John
M'Gowan, master, who holds a certificate of service,
No, 40,371, as master, from the Board of Trade,
Glasgow, and after a careful examination, find :
That the said vessel left Amoy on the 20th Dec.,
1864, bound to Manila, with a general- Chinese
cargo, 74 Chinese passengers, and one European ;
and at about 1.30 on the morning of the 23d Dec.,
1864, ran ashore, and was wrecked on a reef called
Palaing on the Spanish chart of the Island of Luzon
(on a large scale), which was produced in court.
This reef is not so clearly defined on the chart
with which the Luzon was navigated, viz., Chart
Sea, sheet 4, dated 1859, as on the chart above-
mentioned ; and to this we attribute the loss of
the vessel. Every precaution appears to have
been taken by the captain in navigating the vessel,
but we are of opinion that he was very imprudent in
hugging a shore so closely on a dark night, of which
he had not a chart on a large scale, and of which he
had no previous experience ; and we are also of
opinion, that it was great neglect on his part leaving
the ship's log-books in Manila ; but as there is great
credit due to him for his subsequent efforts to save
the vessel, and as he produces such highly satisfac-
tory testimonials, we only admonish him to be more
careful for the future. With reference to the conduct
of Mr. A. Reid, the second mate, the Court are of
opinion that, directly on hearing the noise on the port
beam, supposed to be that of breakers, he should have
at once put the helm hard a-port, without waiting to
call the captain, he then being the officer in charge
of the deck, one on whom much responsibility
must always devolve. For this want of promp-
titude the Court are of opinion that Mr. Reid, the
second mate, holding a certificate of competency
from the Board of Trade, No. 28,038, is deserving
of reprimand, and do reprimand him accordingly.
With reference to the conduct of Mr. JamesM‘Raith,
chief engineer, No. 3,184, viz., his refusal to attend
the court as witness, when ordered, and on being
brought up by a warrant, his contemptuous and in-
toxicated manner towards the Court—we are of
opinion that it was highly reprehensible and should
be severely punished ; but, taking into considera-
tion his former good character, shown by various
discharges, and his regret expressed in Court for
such conduct, we do simply severely censure him,
and refrain from recommending the Board of
Trade to punish him further. We 'regret notf
having been able to obtain the evidence of the chief
mate and the remainder of the crew, who were left
in Manila. It appears from the evidence.gite'ven
clas
this vessel, which was of the new
had com-
partments,s—
si ;
had
viz.,ofironbfruatmwehianchd wwoeordeennoptl.aekimrg water-tight
they been so, which we believe required by the
are ofopinion that the efforts
Board of Traci' e, we. ffthe reef would have made to get the ship
great kindness shown by
record..
pro-
bably met with greetrohseuccess. In conclusion, we
beg to put on
Luzon to the
shipwrecked crew.
the Spanish authorities on the coast a L -
SingaPore,
Feb. 1, 1865.
H. BURN, Lieut. 1.N., Master Attendant
and Marine Magistrate.

Mr. DENT, deputy-chairman, seconded the motion
for the adoption of the report. He explained that
the Nulhatee line was an experimental one, had been
constructed upon a new road, and required a bridge
across the river, to carry the line to Moorshedabad,
and thus be in a position to divert the traffic from
the river to the railway. Their lines were intended
form. feeders to the main guaranteed
to accommodate the local traffic of productive dis-
The requisite land was to
btlirenicegitss:oefanrnatdiihtowemayfinreeThodif ac.ost, the company were to
I 0
have a subsidy of
per mile for twenty years,
n lieu of roads
foro
earthworks and bridges ;
h
was to make the perma-
nenttithe company
1
way, stations, and sidings, and pro-
This they could do at
avidcoest of adequateabout workingooo asthmeile, but if the cost should
even amount to £5,000 a mile, the traffic in those
populous districts would amply repay them for the
outlay.
The permanent way and rolling stock
would be sufficient to earn £3O or £4O per mile per
week, 50 per cent. for working
expenses, which,wo would yield
yoieldifrom 10 to 15 per cent. on
the outlay. The Government wanted the company
to deposit a large amount of caution money and
the privilege of purchasing the railways at any
tim3, which would be very unfair. The• directors
considered that the railway and materials on the
land would be sufficient security in lieu of caution
money ; and that if the Government would be satis-
fied to purchase the lines at the end of 25 or 50
years, as in the case of the guaranteed railways,'
the company would agree to it. They would also,
in consideration of the subsidy for the earthworks
and bridges, give them up without charge, but
would require to be paid for the construction of
the permanent way, the stations, sidings, and
workshops, and also for the rolling stock. Those
were the chief point's of difference between them and

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PATRON—The QUEEN.
TRUSTEES.

Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, The Rev. Canon Champneys
I R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
TREASURERS.
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq.
This Institution is designed to supply a great national
want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in
the Royal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines.
It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic
service, and provides a home free of expense for former
inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the
temptations they might otherwise be exposed to.
The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU-
TIONS to meet the increasing applications through the
recent storms and loss cf life at sea, and to enable them
eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the
necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000
saviors annually by casualties alone, without including those
who may perish by war.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the banker,', Messrs.
Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre-
tary, at the (Aces, No. 77, Cornhill.
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CHARLES NASH, Sec.

1111 HE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
ji home to them 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
'han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in fire years. Here are brief details of a few
of the most recent cases:
F. aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father.
M. A. F., aged 13, homeless, both parents dead.
A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead,
A, 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead.
H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents,
M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
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A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead.
E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
M. A. W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead.
The new home the Committee wish to form Would be for
ounce girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
M. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queen•street, Cheapside; or by Messrs
Barclay and co.. Lombard-street.

JNO. W. MORRIS, Second Magistrate in
charge, H.M.S. Banterer.
True copy, H. BURN, Lieut., Master Attendant.
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The third sitting of the-7;;;;--nbers of this institute
took place yesterday morning in the rooms of the
Society of arts, John-street, Adelphi ; Rear-Admi-
ral Belcher, C. 8., in the chair. Mr. Charles Lam-
port read a paper on. the problem of a ship's form
as presented to the practical builder. In treating
in detail the features of his theory he particularly
recommended to the builder the desirability of ren-
dering every motion subordinate to progress. He
observed that many of the difficulties presented to
vessels in sailing might, under truer principles of
design, be made to conduce to their forward motion,
and the force represented by the violent motion of
pitching might be utilised or abused—might propel
or retard the ship at the designer's will. This
he took to be the test of a successfully designed
ship for mercantile employment, that the model. if
dropped into water with a properly adjusted centre
of gravity should shoot ahead. A discussion, in
which Professor Rankine and Mr. Scott Russell
took part, resulted from the introduction of the
subject, and it was agreed that for the adaptability
of ships as regards strength and speed in rough sea,
it was necessary that the full body should be aloft,
inasmuch as great stability would ensue, that the
centre of buoyancy should be aft, and that the lon-
gitudinal and vertical systems of iron ship-building
was brought under the notice of the meeting in a
paper read by Mr. Scott Russell. Mr. Grandthem
advocated the vertical system, which met with a
strenuous opposition from Mr. Reed, who expressed
it as his opinion that no act of Mr. Scott Russell de-
served more appreciation than his adoption of the
longitudinal system in the building of the Great
Eastern and other celebratedvessels which came from
his yards. Mr. Scott Russell, in support of the
longitudinal system, instanced a case in which two
vessels built on the different systems were ripped up
by a rock, and in which the hole of the ship built on
the ordinary system, with transverse frames, was
much less in extent than the one made in the other
ship, clearly showing that one was more liable to be
sunk than the other. Mr. T. B. Daft read a paper
on the construction and sheathing of iron ships, and
amongst other advantages he promised a more rapid
construction, a more uniform and secure mode of
caulking, a hull perfectly free from fouling, and a
stronger and a safer vessel. Papers were read on
the composite system of shipbuilding, by Mr.
A. M‘Laine ; on a proposed method of com-
bining wood and iron in composite ships by
Mr. M. Scott, C.E., and on Jordan's sys-
tem of combination by Mr. W. Walker. The
members of the institution met in the evening
at the Royal School of Naval Architecture, South
Kensington Museum, when Sir John Pakington
occupied the chair. A most important discussion
took place on the reading of a paper on some recent
experience in engineering by Mr. R. Murray, C.E.
In the course of the arguments an unanimous opi-
nion was expressed in favour of the recognition of
surface condensation., and of the introduction of
fresh water instead of salt. Mr. Scott Russell
strongly urged the necessity of the employment of
qualified engineers to meet the difficulties which
would arise by the change, of which the corrosion
of the boilers would be the most formidable. After
the reading of a paper on a method of ascertaining
the diameter of a circle on which a ship turns, the
members proceeded to view the collection of navAl
models recently moved to the museum.