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Kumara Times, Issue 921, 12 September 1879, Page 4

Baron Kothscbild, the owner of Sir Bevys, t'-e winner of last Derby, has It ft by his will 1300 a-year and L2OOO, free of legacy duty, to George Fordham, the jockey that rod* him. The B.s City of London, under the flag of the Orient Line, arrived at Port Phillip°on August 23. Tne City of London is one of 10 steamers built specially for voyaging to India, and owned by Messrs George Smith and Sons, of Glasgow, who are also owners of the "City" line of sailing ships, well known in these waters. She is a comparatively new vessel, having been launched little more than three years ago from the bnilding yard of Messis C. Connell and Co, of Glagow. She is a fine powerful-looking vessel, straight-stemmed, and barque«rigged, and of the following dimensions ;—Length, 382 f t; beam, 38ft; and depth of hold, 29ft, her line of flotation when loa, ed being 28ft. Her gross measurement is 3212 tons, and net 2097 tors. The City of London having been designed for a carrying vessel, her cabin accommodation is restricted to the berthing of 30 peraoDS. The saloon is in a spacious deckhouse aft, the dining portion of it being the whole width of the house, while the sleeping berths are aft. The apartment is fitted up with due regard to comfort, as well as excellence, and it is well lighted acd ventilated, the latter a great desideratum iD the Suez route. The 'tween decks have been fitted up for third-class passengers a id although some 450 were berthed on' the voyage out, their quarters were clean aud there was an abundance of fresh air. Th. steamer is driven by compound engines supplied by Messrs J. and J. Thomson, of Glasgow, and they have all the latest improvements. The cylinders are inverted, and are 52in and 83in respectively, with a Stroke of 48ir,