The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-26 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN and PROVINCIAL BANK (Limited.) Established tinder the Joint-stock Banking Companies Amendment Acts, 20th and 21st Vict., cap. 49 , and 21 st and 22d Vict., cap. 91, which specially limit the liability of each Shareholder to the amouct of his Shares. Capital One Million, in 10,000 Shares of £lOO each. Of which it !Allot intended to call up more than £25 per • Share. With power to incr Meeting Millions by resolution of General of Shareholders. Deposit on. application £2 per share, and alurther deposit of £3 on allotment, making £5 per share. If no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned in full. It is provided by the Articles of Association that no call shall exceed £5 per share, and that at least three months shall intervene betweenwo successive calls. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. the Lord Fermoy, M.P. for Marylebone, 5, Clarendon-place, Hyde-park -gardens (Chairman). B. J. Blyth,- Esq. (Firm of Charles BI) th and Co.), Crip plegate -buildings, Wood -street. Thomas Campbell, Esq., 5, Westbotune-street, Hyde-park gardens. John Geary, Esq., Hyde Side, Edmonton. John V. Gooch, Esq., C.E., The Firs, Frimley. Sydney Gurney, Esq., 1, Paper-buildings, Temple. George Haines, Esq. (late of the firm of Brown, Eagle, and Co.), 36, Lombard-street. William Hawes, Esq., Skinners'-place, Sise-lane. 0. Goldsmith Kirby, Esq., Director of the Albert Insurance Company, Cyrus Legg, Esq., Bermondsey. Thomas Miers, Esq., Director of the Commercial Gas Coin pany. Isaac L. Mocatta, Esq., 2, Upper Montague-street, Russell square W. F. Drought Stephens, Esq., 12, Cleveland-gazdens, Hyde-park. (With power to add to their number.) MANAGER. The Directors wll secure the services of the t anager that can be obtained. most able and exPerieneed M BROKERS. Messrs. CrosleY Brothers, Manchester. Messrs. Hoy Messrs. and Son, Manchester. Messrs. Gasquoine and Chamberlain, Liverpool. Nathaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham. M, B. Beverley, Esq., Leeds. Messrs. F. E. and S. Smith, Sheffield. Messrs. William Connell and Co., Cork. 73 ,,,„ nt nRs.—Bank of London, 52, Threadneedle-street, and Charing-cross. AUDITORS. Henry Chatteris, Esq., 6, Lothbury, Public Accountant. W. Barton Ford, Esq. (Clarke, Ford, and Co.), Nicholas lane, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Crosley and Burn, 34, Lombard-street. Messrs; Wickens and Brutton, 4, Tokenhouse-yard. SECRETARY.—J. Pope Cox, Esq. TEMPORARY OPPICES.-27, Gresham-street, Bank. Hitherto the entire property of the shareholders in Joint stock Banks has been liable for the debts and engagements of the Bank of which they were proprietors, and the risks and inconveniences which h a ve occasionally occurred therefrom have necessarily deterred many from investing their capital in shares in such undertakings. The Joint-stock Banking Companies Amendment Acts, passed expressly to remove this uncertain risk, and to give confidence in Joint-stock Banks, have entirely obvioted this objection as regards Banks of limited liability, and the " Metropolitan and Provincial Bank (limited)," has been established under the express provisions of those Acts, so that no shareholder therein can possibly be liable for any sum beyond the amount of the shares he holds. The following tabular statement of the business results of four of the London Joint-stock Banks to the 30th June last, clearly indicates their advancing success, and the present market value of their shares. Joint-Stook Banks. -4. :5 2• i s fli ..) 4,. pc, 4 t t IE ..0 sa, p AU 4 I 4 1 London and West-! X Ct. minster 1,000,000 14,821.650 20 _ _ _ _ London Joint-Stock.. 600,000 14425,031 25 Ernionßankoi Londonj 600,000 10,415,020 10 Banks with Provincial Branches. London and County.. 500,000 5,973,348 10 National Provincial Not Bank of England .. 600,000 published 18 E ao ua gglazq 8 0 .4 4 :61.',?; £1 £ 20 66 131,592 10 30 84,006 12 25i i 95 , 616 I 20 36 40,744 1 108 1 70,900 The current accounts and deposits held by the London Joint-stock Banks on the 30th of June last, amounted to a total of £47,315,356, being £5,407,772 more: than the total at the corresponding period of last year ; there is, therefore, ample room for others, and especially for one which will secure all the benefits of the existing Joint-stock Banks, and at the same time positively limit the liability of every share holder therein. And with regard to the customers, as it is not intended to call up more than £25 per share of the sub scribed capital of the bank, the remaining £75 will form an ample guarantee to them. The " Times," in its Money Article of the 2d February, 1860, with reference to the Bank of Manchester, the con stitution of which had been recently changed to limited liability under the new acts, remarked :—" At a meeting of the Bank of Manchester yesterday a very satisfactory account was given of the results of registering under limited liability. That step was adopted in July last, and the balance-sheet now presented for the past half-year showed that the deposits have increased, and that while the general condition of the bank has improved, th 9 shares have become more widely diffused, the augmentation in the number of holders being 40 per cent. It is believed, likewise, that the proprietary now includes many persons of wealth and pru dence, who would have avoided all commitments of an undefined character. At the same time the marketability of the shares and also their value have been favourably influenced." At the Half-yearly Meeting of the same Bank, held in January last, it was shown that since the Company had become . ' limited the shareholders had very nearly doubled in number, while the current accounts had increased 35 per cent. and the lodgment accounts e per cent., with a cor responding increase in the amount deposited. The Liverpool Commercial Banking Company, originally established with unlimited liability , have also taken advan .. Cage of the new principle, and the - fallturißiteit4r nerd - 6n' Pi7ll ea last :— (4 It is in a high degree pleasing to the Directors to be enabled to state, as they confidently do, that the principle of 'limited liability' adopted by the Bank has so fully justified their hopes. The general business of the Bank has never been better; no branch of it has suffered ; on the contrary, new and valuable accounts are added, bringing an increase of business, while some substantial and valuable proprietors, who objected to hold shares under unlimited liability,' have joined the Bank as shareholders; the number of proprietors is increased, and the price of the Bank's shares shows that they are considerably enhanced in public estimation." The Directors, Auditors, and other Officers will be re quired to make the usual declaration of secrecy. Powers are taken in the articles of association to estab lish branch banks in the metropolis and the provinces, as soon as the business operations of the i auk justify its ex tension. The Metropolitan and Provincial Bank (Limited) will— Receive Current Accounts, and allow interest on minimum monthly balances of not leas than £2OO. Discount approved Commercial Bills. Receive Money on Deposit for periods and at interest to be agreed upon. Piue CirCular Notes and Letters of Credit for all parts of Europe and elsewhere. Effect Purchases and Salesin British and Foreign Stocks, Funds, Securities, and Shares in Public Companies. Undertake the Agency of Foreign and Country Banks. Receive Interest, Dividends, &c., on Government and other Stocks, Annuities, Pensions, &c. And transact every other description of banking busi ness. A deposit of £2 per share must be paid to the Ccmpany's bankers previously to the application for shares being sent Applications for shares in the annexed form, accom panied by the receipt for the deposit, to be made through the Brokers or the Secretary at the Company's Temporary Offices, 27, Gresham-street, Bank, London. THE WEATHER.—SuN ()Priem, SEPTEMBER 26, 1861. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 56—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.72 ; WlND—North-Westerly; light, with cloudy weather, and occasional sunshine. FORM Of APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Metropolitan and Provincial Bank (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers the sum of being a deposit of £2 per share on shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I accept such shares or any less number, and I further request that my name may be placed on the register of shareholders for the shares so I alloted. Name in full Residence . Profession or Business. Date 1861. RECEIPT FOE DEPOSIT. Received this day of 1861, the sum of pounds, being a deposit of Z 2 p er share on shares in the Metropolitan and Pro v i nc i a l Bank (Limited). £ . 4-1? d . ; I . Kf' • \ "ritEATWE-ROYAL, HAYMA..IiKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backatone. I'l-Um EVENING, the neriormances Will oommenan with TTp BALANCE OF COMFORT. Aner v 'hich. a new Comedy, entitled THE SOFT SEX. Mr. C. Mathews, Mr. Buckstone. Mr. Compton, Mr. E. Villiers, Mrs. C;harles Mathews Mrs. Wilkins, &e. With THE PRAcTiCA.L MAN. Mr. C. Mathews. To conclude with the DaIIet,AIACCRUS AND ARIADNE. Commence a 7 _ - 34 OVAL PRINCESS'S THEAT 1 U Lessee and M anacer. Mr. A. Harris. RE.- This theatre will open on Saturday, Sept. 28, with a new and original comedy, In II. " 'Lets, written by John Brougham. entitled PLAYING WITH vinv, ; characters by Mr. John Brougham (his first appearance at this theatre), Mr, Ryder Mr. H. WiddiCombe, Mr. Georf4-e Jordan (of the principal , thntres of the United States, his first appearance in Eng,- -d) MISS C. Leleteng, and Mrs. Weston. With other En sign , n t s . In active preparation, care'sShakesn tragedy tertainni scene dre se ofIELLO, with ne* ry, s R and appointments En of 0 • Tr peehter. The box-office wilt open on Wednea. - Othello, A • day, sept. 2.7. D OYAL LYCEUM TIT --------- -E, ''. , ATII - F, .L u 3lanag - er--Mr. Edmund Falconer. mary, a, Sinc,,le • THIS EVENING, the new and orlgin4l farce THE FETCHES; or: The' Onconyanience of , entitled Life. Tim o'lleilly, Mr. Edmund Falconer ; Miss Lydia Thompson. . 0 Brady, After which, at Eight o'clock,' the new and success , lul comedy of WOMAN; or, Love against th e W orld : 'Characters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Herman Vezin, J. Robins, .11 - rg. Charles Young, Mrs. Weston, Mi ss M urray, and Xiss• Lydia Thomson. To tapclucle with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in which illtsk Lydia Thompson will danee ' a New Volunteer /Quick Step; , Prices as ill'tml. floors open at half-past 6, to commence at I Box-office °tall daily from 11 till 5. NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor DM Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING, MUSIC HATFI CHARMS. Messrs. D. Fisher, Romer, Warde, Mims K. Kelly and Laidlaw. After which (235th timer; THI COLLEEN HAWN. Mr. •C'• Boueicaalt, D. eisher, Billing - ton, 8. Emery, Stephenson, Smith, Romer, Howard, Ward ; M r s. Boucitsault, Miss 25 ,1 4kar, Mrs. Billinzton, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Etll222_3onolnde with LOVE AND HIINGRIR. Messrs. Fisher, J Smi,th, Mrs. H. Marston, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors op en At half past 6—Commence at 7. THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 1861. The Government seems once more, if we may use the expressive phrase in print—" to have put its foot into it." It made its first essay in. honesty to tax-payers, by cancelling the Galway contract, and though there has rarely been a case of less ser vice done for public money, or less to be hoped for, the cry of " broken faith" had proved fatal to the abolition of the Paper Duty, or the existence of the Ministry, or to both. Yet the same Govern ment is bold enough to venture on another similar experiment ; and as in the first case all Ireland was in a hubbub, on account of its Galway shareholders and to vindicate their right to the nation's money, whatever the nation got for it, so now all the leading sects of Dissenters who have been depending on State aid for their schools, and the clergy of the Church of England itself, are joining the school teachers in getting up quite a whirlwind of indignation, upon the New Minute of the Educational Committee of Privy Council. Substantially we think the Gov"rnment altoge ther in the right, and the greater part of the clamour without any other justification than the apprehen sions of teachers for the bounties they have hitherto received, and of clergymen, that the church cate chism should not form a part of the title to a Govern ment grant. If any one thing was clearly ascer tained by the late Education Commission it was, that the present system was a failure in the main point. Three-fourths at least, we believe, of the children, did not obtain the chief thing for which the intervention of Government in " 'most schools had. crack scholars who could perform great educational feats, and thn. inasterscould do with the sharp boys, the deficiency was quite appalling in regard to the majority of the children. They could neither read nor write, nor perform the first four rules of arithmetic with readiness and correctness; often not perform them at all. Yet the certificated teacher was receivin g the grant on account of his certificate, and the at tendance of the scholars so perfunctorily taught, entitled the teacher to the capitation grant ! The new minute proposes to strike at the root of this capital defect ; a defect so great that, unless remedied, wa might as well dispense with Government aid altogether. The object of the Minute is to make the bestowment of public money contingent on the work being done which the public wants. We do not by taxation bestow dietary luxuries on the receivers of parish relief for the wants of their bodies; nor ought we to provide mental luxuries, at the public cost, for those who are in a state of educational pauperism. Reading, writing, and arithmetic are the confessed necessaries of education. Every man in England needs these. If he has them, the facilities are ample to his reach ing any educational attainments likely to be of ser • vice to him as an individual. If the least spark of the mens divinior be there, he is surrounded by fuel for it in almost every village in the kingdom—cheap literature, which will at least let him know that there is literature infinitely surpassing it. While, for the mighty many, and for all the ordinary purposes of the educational pauper class, thorough mastery of the all important elements we have mentioned is the one thing needful for their personal comfort, the one thing which would make them better, more available servants to their masters, the one thing which would make them readers of all that interested their class of minds, and which would thus prevent their losing before they were twenty what they had been taught by the time they were ten. All the former grants are therefore now con centered on the work done. Formerly simple attendance 176 times in the year was enough, though half the pupils might miscall half the words they read, and not add up one column in four correctly. Formerly the certificated teacher received a direct money payment from the State, and also pay for pupil teachers. Now all the payments are to be for scholars who fulfil two conditions—lst, they must have attended the requisite number of times; 2dly, they must have been taught, as well as attended the school. But this is not all. Rules are laid down as to age, to meet the - universal fact that unless the children of the poor learn the elements young they \, will most likely never acqu i re them at all. next,the as e there aptnt arein grant r a three nt principal only thingsba given i o v e b n e learned, rne d to none who are deficient in all, but a proportion will be struck off in the case of each child who is deficient in one or in two of the essentials. Now, looking at this new arrangement as a whole, the country will surely think it an admir able one. We want to make sure of the enormous sum we pay for education being expended in teaching what is most necessary to be known to those who have not the means to procure that ne cessary knowledge. The now system of grants pays for the greatest amount of just that kind of teaching. It does not hinder higher instruction— I rather, by making sure of that on which all better linstruction must rest, it facilitates all the rest. Geography, history, science, everything may be added that managers and teachers like; but the Government is not to pay for that. It will pay for what is the stepping-stone to it all, and the stepping-stone also to a smoothei level for the poor man's course of life in all cases. The teachers, great men as they have become with their certificated honours, seem, so far as we can judge by their complaints, much excited by several considerations—first, they say that their certificates have had hitherto a money value, of which they will be deprived. To this we must briefly reply—that the present system has been represented to them, annually, as open to revision if found to fail, as it has been found to do, in the objects for which it is instituted. Next, the certi ficate has still a money value, for only certified teaching can obtain the Government grants for sehools at all—hence managers must have certified teachers. And lastly, and on this we lay most stress—these teachers ought to be thankful to the system for having enabled them to obtain a cer tificate; if it is worth anything they are gainers. If it testify to fictitious merits, they ought to gain nothing. _ These worthy men seem also much disturbed at having to receive all their pay from the managers of the school, to whom the Government will make the capitation grant, on the new plan, in one sum. Possibly a certain portion of it may be made by the Government due to the teacher ; but in any case, however much the teacher may con sider his dignity involved in receiving a post-office older direct from the Treasury, rather than in being dependent solely on the managers, the business of making such a vast number of small remittances was too much for the Central Administration, and done at ai enormous and disproportionate cost. Besides, the country will decidedly approve of decentralisation, of local administration, and of abolishing an army of State-paid officials. Lot each teacher, if he be worth anything, make his own bargain with the managers who employ him. There has been not a little outcry from the clergy—who have denounced, in many cases, the new system as a godless one ! The old cant cry, at which laymen will surely smile. We are in clined to look upon it as a rather godly act than not, to teach a poor child those essential elements of knowledge, on which its bread may depend, and which must almost necessarily facilitate his earning it. Charity is commonly held to be amongst the most godlike of virtues with us poor mortals. And does all that is divine in it vanish because it does not offer to clothe religious as well as mental nakedness. What are the clergy and our host of Sunday school teachers for ? Why do we spend one way and another £5,000,000 at least per annum on a State Church, besides all that Dissenters do, if they cannot look to the religious part of the business ? But, especially, we would remind the clergy that their greatest hindrance is that crass ignorance which leaves the hearer perfectly obtuse to all his pulpit instructions, and incapacitates him to read with advantage, not only his Bible and prayer-book, but even the simplest religious paper he can leave in his house. We hope the Government will be true to its main points. We also hope that Mr. DISRAELI will not condescend to make political capital out of the present clerical clamour. The young lords will doubtless urge him to do so, but as he has, with justice, complained of the excessive amount of the Education Grant, and as Sir JOHN PAKINGTON has honestly exposed its hitherto very useless applica tion, and urged something of the same tendency as is now offered, the least we can ask is that the House of Commons will set its common-sense against an interested agitation. Al . itc,LJG - - ' " eso-Pverrensmideenntt, ofhas th e b e e ßoard u s o f d 'r e s e c a r a i e b :d u abeyr thehe s t e . torian and analyst of Lord DERBY'S Cabinet. "He is the very type," wrote MARK ROCHESTER more than two years ago, in his " Cabinet Pictures " (p. 243), published by Messrs. ROUTLEDGE and Co. "He is the very type of old-world Toryism under its most reasonable aspect—shrewd, keen sighted wherever he will look (but he won't look sometimes save in his own chosen direction), con scientious to a scruple, precise t 3 a fault—an excel lent fault, however, in the habit of a financier." The Author of " The Derby Ministry" adding further, in regard to Mr. HENLEY—" His intellect is eminently logical, moreover, in its way, when you once get to the right side of it. It is logical always, if you frankly grant him his premises un conditionally. His convictions are consistent throughout, and dogged almost to the extent of obstinacy. Yet he is so clear-headed at the very time when he is so hard-headed, that he can be less accurately termed the drag upon the State coach, than the break happily applied at times to the train of political events—regulating our speed, at critical moments, when we have been just shunted on to a uew line perhaps, and are going down an incline of more than ordinary acclivity." Now, every touch in this little outline-sketch of Mr. HENLEY we believe to be true to the life. Rapidly pencilled though it is—in it the miniature-painter has accu rately enough caught the likeness. It can be recog nised, we are satisfied, by any one, however slightly acquainted with the original. Nor is there very much credit due to an artist who can thus trace out, with a truthful hand, an easily distinguishable resemblance to one whose features are, in them selves, so strongly marked. The difficulty would be not to delineate an effigy of Mr. HENLEY bear ing about it the evidences of verisimilitude. For the right hon. gentleman is in every point of view at every shade, and at every turn what, in popular idiom, we term " a character." Arrant Tory though he is to the marrow of his backbone, we all of us like to listen to him. Our views may be as wide as the poles asunder—(as it happens with us they generally are)—yet are we at all times willing to listen to one who talks so directly to the purpose in enunciating his own strong opinions. Mistaken he often is, to our thinking. Yet is he ever acceptable to us as a speaker, whether in the House or out of it. He is invariably so very much in earnest—he is always so shrewd—he is often so caustic without ever being spiteful—he is so frequently sharp and acrid in his speech, and yet perpetually in the very best of tempers both with himself and everybody else. He is a man you are often laughing with, but never have the chance of laughing at. What RICHARD COBDEN is to the enlightened Free trading Liberal Reformers—what HENRY DRUM MOND was to the Transcendentalists bath in Poli• tics and Religion—that is JOSEPH HENLEY to the old genius of your genuine true-blue Toryism. Very recently Mr. HENLEY has been availing himself of the leisure time of the long autumn hulidays to discourse upon a variety of themes, op o t f u n t i h t i y s here a n d th ere, d own in the western provinces. `opportunity agric u lt ura l b anquets have afforded him the of o p p talking ortnni t y he i thisn has way eagerlyd discursively, u rsi v enoughe l y, and availed himself. Upon one of these occasions—it was in Oxfordshire —the member for the county descanted, after his own fashion, upon the duties revolving is session time upon the active member of Parliament. "My hon. friend, Mr. HAMERSLEY (who had proposed the toast for which Mr. HEN LEY was then offering his acknowledgments), was not altogether mistaken," quoth Mr. HENLEY, " when he said that those who in these days are called upon to serve as members of Parliament have no light task to perform. The careful considera tion of important questions, long-continued em ployment—generally for fully six months in the year—is no light work; and I may fairly say that those who try to make themselves acquainted with only a moderate part of the business transacted in the House of Commons have a very heavy work thrown upon them." Has not the homely drudgery incidental to the daily discharge of these fagging duties devolved annually upon a working member of Parliament been aptly and happily, and most accurately, described by one of Mr. HENLEY'S own colleagues, in the political poem of " St. Ste phens ?" " Few, who at ease their members' speeches read, Guess the hard life of members who succeed; Pass by the waste of youthful golden days, And the dread failure of the first essays— Grant that the earlier steeps and sloughs are past, And Fame's broad highway stretches smooth at last; Grant the success, and now behold the pains : Eleven to three—Committee upon Drains I From three to five—self-conimune and a chop; From five to dawn a bill to pass or stop; Which, stopt or pass'd, leaves England much the same. Al as for genius staked in such a game I When, as the guerdon' in the grasp appears, ' Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears.' " Yet, has the picture its bright gleams also, no less than its dark shadows—shadows half pathetic, half ridiculous. " But I will add," says Mr. HENLEY him self, when commenting upon the drudgery of a mem ber during the actual sitting of Parliament—" that when men have had the happiness, as we have, to be freely returned by a great independent constituency —when men have been sent by that constituency unfettered by any pledges, but left alone to exercise unfettered judgment, according to the utmost of their ability, for the benefit of the whole country —then I say that although these labours are, no doubt, severe, they are much lighter than they would other wise be. They are also lighter when we come home again, and receive from all classes of the people—whether they agree or disagree with us in tells a man that so l ong as h e h o ld s t h e di s h Politics—that cordial welcome which even, and tries to do his duty to the best of his ability, credit will be given to him for his exer tions, and he will receive the thanks of the com munity he is chosen to represent. It is these things which make every man's duty, however severe it may be, press lightly, and I trust the time will never come when Englishmen will not take a pride in so treating their representatives, because I feel assured that so long as their repre sentatives are so treated constituencies at large will be handsomely served, and the greatest possible advantage will be derived by the whole country." The truth is here hit very fairly and very pleasantly. It squares the account between the representatives and their constituents. And it is agreeable to hear it put thus vividly before the whole nation by a man of Mr. HENLEY'S standing and influence. The Earl marl and Countess of Scarborough have been entertaining Colonel and Lady Caroline Towneley, Lord and Lady Norreys, and a succession of visitors, at their seat in Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Aberdeen leave Scot, land shortly, to pass the winter in Egypt. The Countess Dowager of Claire has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Viscount Sandon has left the Earl of Harrowby's house in Grosvenor-square, to join the family circle visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter at Burghley, Viscount Chetwynd was married on Tuesday last, at Withecombe Raleigh, in the county of Devon, to Miss Hussey, of Lyme Regis. Her Grace the Ducljelt, t §oNmever and family The Marquis Arconati Visconte has left Maurigy's Hotel on a visit to the Marquis of Downshire, Dundrum, county Down, Ireland. Count Ravine and Chevalier Gattaro have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris, en route for Italy. Mrs. Merrick Fowler and the Misses Merrick Fowler have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley square, from Norwood. AN AGRICULTURAL PURSUIT.—Racing after a pig with a greasy tail.—Punch. THE GREAT EASTERN.—A letter from Cork says :—" The arrival of this vessel within the harbour of Queenstown has caused an extraordinary sensation among the denizens of the beautiful city, and the river steamers are crowded with eager excursionists, although as yet the public, and even the representatives of the press, have been rigorously excluded from going on board. This regulation is no doubt necessary until the interior of the vessel has been sufficiently repeat ed to enable visitors to enter with out inconvenience. An advertisement in this morning's local papers states that on and after Wednesday morning the Great Eastern will be open for the reception of visitors, between the hours of 9 a.m., and 5 p.m. ; and there is little doubt that the permission will be availed of by im mense numbers, especially as the charge of admission, 2s. 6d. each person, is such as must be considered exceed- ingly moderate. Ir is understood that an excursion train from Dublin will be given to enable the residents of the metropolis to take advantage of an opportunity which may, perhaps, never occur again in this country, of seeing this noble ship. The Hon. Captain Carnegie, C. 8., chairman of the Great Ship Company ; Mr. Yates, the secretary, and Mr. Searle, of the firm of Sabell and Searle, of Liverpool, passenger agents, have been engaged on Saturday and to day inspecting the vessel in every department, and arrang ing with the passengers, who have got the option of being refunded the passage-money or of being forwarded to their destination by the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's steamer Norwegian. A good many of the first•class pas sengers, who accepted the offer of the passage money being refunded, left by the Niagara yesterday. On dit that negotiations are on foot with the directors of a local com pany for the execution of the repairs required by the Great Eastern. I was even informed this morning that a 'bar gain had been concluded for the sum of £3,000, but this I have reason to believe is prematuro,. It is, however, tole rably certain, that some, if not all, of the repairs to the Great Eastern will be executed in Cork, and, if so, we may look forward to a prolonged stay of this magnificent steamer within the precincts of Cork harbour." PORTSMOUTH, Wednesday.—Wire have had a con tinuation of hard gales from the westward, with heavy falls of rain, and to-day violent rain squalls from the west. A large number of merchant vassals have put in for shelter, among which is the Lord Raglan, from London for Port Phillip, which put back from the Caskets, her captain re porting a tremendous sea to be running in the Channel. The seacoast barometers now (1 p.m.) stand at 29 28. THE RECENT GALE.--The gale of Monday was experienced with great severity over a large part of Scot land, though fortunately in few instances attended with the destruction of life or property. The rain was the heaviest and most continuous that had fallen for several years, and all the rivers and their banks were flooded to an extent rarely witnessed. To the east of Dunfermline the railway line was for about a mile laid under water, threatening even to extinguish the fires of the engines. Many fields in hollow situations were converted for the time into sheets of water, but owing to the harvest being almost over even in the late districts, there was little damage done to the crops. In many cases trees and animals were carried down by the y caseswas bridges carried away c s o u n d s d i e d n e l r y a b swollen r s e t d r e . a m A s t , D an a d lke in ith so a rn b e e was also drowned. by the spate, and a man who endeavoured to rescue him THE CATTLE TRADE.—NEWCASTLE -ON-TYNE, Sept. 21.—Trade was slow for all kinds of stock in this market to-day, with a downward tendency. The number of fat cattle at market was 1,013 ; store ditto, 118 ; sheep and lambs, 8,450 ; pigs, 303 —Prices.—Beef, 5s Gd to 7s 9d per stone of 111 b., sinking the offal ; pork, 5s 63 to 7s 9d per stone; mutton, sid to 7d; lamb, 61 to 7d per lb., sinking the offal. Derby, Sopt. 21.—At this cattle market to-day the supply of fat beasts was good, and the demand was somewhat active at the extreme prices of last week. '1 here was a plentiful supply of sheep, which wore taken off at former currencies. Lambs were a tolerable show, and the demand ruled steady At late rates. The supply of pigs was rather limited, and the inquiry proved firm at full rates. f, Gd to 6 Prices.—Be ; mutton, 7d to 7id ; l am b , lid t o e 80 ; pork, sid to 6d per lb. Calves sold steadily at 71d to 80 per lb. CRYSTAL PALACE. —One Shilling Day, WedneE day, SepE. 25.—Admissions on payment, 5,060; ditto by season tickets, 990; total visitors, 6,050. ALFRED MELLON'S PROMENADE . . CONCERTS. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. LAST WEEK BUT TWO. THE MEisiDELSSOHN NIGHT. The first part will consist of a Selection from the Works of Mendelssohn—the second part being Miscellaneous.: Vocalists :—Mdlle. PAREPA, Mdme. LAURA BAXTER, Mr. WEISS, and Mr. VEKNON RIGBY. Beethoven's Battle Symphony will be performed by the Orchestra, assisted by the Bands of the Victoria Rifles and the City of London Rifle Brigade.—Grand Operatic Selection, "La Favourite," &c, Ste. Commence at 8. Promenade, is. Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. On Friday (To-morrow), an ITALIAN NIGHT ; and on Saturday, a VOLUNTEER NIGHT, when a copy of the Grand Volunteer March and Part Song will be presented to each visitor on entering the theatre. On Monday next Mendelssohn's Oratorio, ELIJAH, will be given. CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS, AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. • Mr. SAM COWELL every Evening at Nine and a quarter to Eleven.—Also, Grand Selections from TROVATORE, TRAVIATA, NORMA, MARTHA, ttc., by Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, Mr. Morley, and a powerful Chorus. The Comic dep ar t ment comprises Messrs. - Harvey and French, "The Nerves " Mr. Marshall—Mr. Wood and his talented Son - and Miss Harriet Coveney. New Opera by Anber LA CIRCASSIENNE.—A Grand Selection, arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans, from this Opera was - produced, FOR TFIE FIRST TIME IN THIS COUNTRY, on Monday, 23d inst., and will be performed every evening. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli. Musical Director, Mr. Jongllmans. Admission—Hall, Bd. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. T H E 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD-STREET. EVERY EVENING. A Grand Selection from Verdi's new opera, " Simon Roc caneg,ra" (now produced for the first time in this country), by Miss Russell, Messrs. C. Greville, Tivoli, Greene, Morley, and Herbert ; also from Verdi's " Macbeth " by Madame Enderssohn and the entire Company. Full band and chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonsrhmans. Varied Comic entertain ments by Harvey and French (the Nerves), Wood and his Son, E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Hall, 6d. ; Balcony and Stalls, Is. Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. race DAY.—Morning, sh. 46m.—Afternoon, 6h. 6m. ro-monnow.-Morning, 6h. 27m.—Afternoon, 6h. 24m. 'THE SUN, LONDON . , THURSDAY 0 1 4/1 4 .:NING, SEPTEMBER 26 1861. 1 3. 1 - t= ; 8, 1 4' 4 , N• TURIN, SEPT. 26. The Gazetta di Torino of to-day says : " We believe that the first act of General Della Rovere, in entering upon his duties as Minister of War, will be the amalgamation of the southern army with that of Italy. " The King will prolong his stay at Florence, and will not return to Turin until the 12th of October. "It is rumoured that His Majesty will go to Naples on the Ist of January, and will commemo rate his stay there by a general amnesty. " The railway between Bologna and Rimini will be inaugurated at the commencement of October." NAPLES, SEPT. 22. The French troops at Veroli have surprised a band of brigands who were about to convey arms and money to Chiavone. They arrested the chief of the band, who was wounded. TURIN, SEPT. 25, The Official Gazette of to-day publishes a circular addressed by Baron Ricasoli to the Italian Consular agents, in reference to the natural resources of Italy. Baron Ricasoli says the national flag, to which Venice is still wanting, covers 800,000 tons of ship ping, manned by 100,000 sailors. He reminds the Consols that the international engagements of Sardinia are the only ones which are valid in Italy and that the treaties of the former Italian States are to be considered as abolished. Baron Ricasoli further says, the Consuls have no political duties. They must nevertheless endeavour to exercise their influence according to the views of the Government. They must support the policy of the Government, which, in aiming at the indepen dence and the unity of Italy, wishes to strengthen the peace of Europe ; and which, in disengaging the Church from its temporal pre-occupations, wishes nevertheless to remain devoted to the Catholic reli gion and to insure its spiritual independence. BOLOGNA, SEPT. 25 Yesterday and to-day some turbulent demonstra tions took plate in this city, caused by the high price of provisions. Several of the ringleaders were arrested. The authorities have taken precautionary measures. The streets are traversed by strong patrols, and tranquillity is now re- established. WARSAW, ►SEPT. 25, The municipal elections in two of the electoral districts of Warsaw have resulted in the return of M. Andre Zamoiski, canon ; M. Vysynski, shoe maker; M. Hiszpanki, and General Lewinski, as Councillors; and Dr. Hallubineki, M. Otto, Pro testan t minispr ; M. Szpadkowki, master mason ; and M. Grabowski, merchant, as Vice-Councillors. Much excitement prevailed during these elec tions, but order was not disturbed. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 25, It is now affirmed as certain that the projected visit of the King of Holland to Paris is fixed for the 12th of October. RAGUSA, SEPT. 24. It is believed that no important operation will be undertaken against the Montenegrins for some time to come. Omar Pasha made a strong reconnaissance from Trebigne on the 21st inst., and ascertained that the Montenegrins had thrown up redoubts before Grahove, but had made no preparations for assum ing the offensive. The Russian corvette Soyal ar rived off Ragusa on the 22d inst. ATHENS, SEPT 25 A proclamation issued by the Ministry declares that the young man who attempted the assassina tion of the Queen is insane. The official journal says,—" The state of trade at v u oacISLICLOI:y numerous heavy failures which have lately taken place. It states that several of the bankruptcies were premeditated, and promises that the guilty parties shall be punished in an exemplary manner. PARIS, SEPT. 25. The Paris papers of this evening assert that, in consequence of the late events in Japan, the Eng lish vessels on the China station have been ordered to Jeddo. POINT DE GALLE, SEPT. 1. News of a very grave character has been received here from Japan, to the effect that during the night of the sth July a murderous and evidently preme ditated attack was made on the members of the British Legation in Japan. Mr. Morrison and Mr. Oliphant were seriously wounded. The rest of the Legation more fortu nately escaped, and took refuge at Yakohama. The Imperieuse and the Ringdove had been ordered up. INDIA. (BY TELEGRAPH TO POINT DE GALLE.) CALCUTTA, Auo. 29. Gray shirtings active, but unchanged. Twist un altered. Raw silk quiet. The new crop of indigo is short. Copper, both sheathing and tile, advancing with an active demand for the latter. Saltpetre quiet. Sugar and linseed advancing. Hides and rice tend ing upwards. Jute and shellac unchanged. Exchange on London, 2.0:. Government Securities—Four per Cents., 181 dis.; ditto, Five per Cents., 5 dis. Freights adv ancing. BOMBAY, AUG. 30. Cotton firm, but little doing. Linseed unchanged Piece goods in better demand. Five per Cent. Government paper, 954. Freights dull. The weather is unusually wet. THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have received the following telegram : " The Valetta, with the above mails, arrived at Marseilles at 7 a.m. this day. " The mails were to leave for London at 10 a.m." FRANCE. PARIS, SEPT. 25. BOURSE, Sept. 25.—The upward movement has not made any progress to-day, owing to sales for the realisation of profits. The market, how ever, remains firm, with scarcely any variation in quotations. The following are the last quotations :- 44 per per Cents ... 96 45 Credit Fancier 1232 50 Do end month.... 96 55 Belgian 41 lolk 3 per Cents Do. end month 69 45 , Roman Bank Shares 2925 —!, Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 788 75 : Spanish Threes — Do. Account 790 ! Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern .... New ditto Lyons and Meditmanean 1047 50 .. 1048 75 Genev' Southern 675 .. 677 Western Eastern Sardinian 360 .. 383 75 Austrian Lombard MEXICO. The Patric contradicts the report that the present state of Mexico is about to be the subject of a con- vention between the three Powers most interested ! in the question. The Patrie admits that the French Government has fully approved the conduct of its Minister in Mexico; that it has expressed its great dissatisfaction with the measures of the President Juares, audits intention to protect the French inte rests affected by them. But no decision has been made as to the means to be employed to effect this result. POLAND. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) WARSAW, SEPT. 20. The state of things in this unfortunate country is every day becoming more unendurable. The ap pointment of General Lambert to the Viceroyalty excited some faint hopes of a change of system, which, however, were soon destined to be dispelled. No one doubts his intention to conciliate the Poles by a milder rule ; but it is evident that his instruc tions do not allow him to swerve even by a hair's breadth from the line of conduct adopted at-St. Petersburg with regard to the national movement in Poland. That movement all their efforts are bent to crush; and all the machinery of violence and espionage, which they know so well how to work, is brought to bear upon this object. Here at Warsaw General Lambert's personal character has done much to mitigate the severity of the Govern ment measures; open violence is no longer resorted to, and although every possible obstacle is placed in the way of any demonstration of the national feel ings or will, there has been no repetition of the atrocious butcheries which disgraced the rule of his predecessors. On the other hand a most base and provoking system of espionage has been organised, with the view of introducing dissension into the national party. Members of the Prussian police force in Posen, the same police which had tried to get up a revolution in that province by circulating among the inhabitants addresses from a pretended Polish committee in London, and whose proceedings on that occasion were afterwards clearly proved and denounced in the Prussian Chamber, have been sent to Warsaw, no doubt at the request of the Russian Government, to ply their dirty calling. Fortunately the patriots got wind of their approaching arrival, and warnings against their machinations were soon sent all over the country. They were not a moment too late ; for on the occasion of the performance of the funeral service for the victims of the recent events at Vilna, at a numerously attended church in the town, a man came forward after the service and read a most inflammatory address to the congrega tion, which was very badly received, its tone and language clearly showing the source from which it had emanated. The same address was afterwards posted up in the town, and torn down almost as soon; and an address from the patriots was published, the moderation of whose language and sentiments showed a striking contrast to the violence and abuse of the Russian decument. Indeed, the Poles re quired no warning to discern the source from which this document proceeded. So long as the Russians preach violence and insurrection, they stand very little chance of being mistaken for patriots. The Poles have had too much experience of the conse quences of ill-considered revolutions to allow them selves once more to be caught in the trap. Work, moderation, self restraint, perseverance, are the qualities they most admire and strive after ; and any one advocating violent measures is looked upon with suspicion as either a turbulent enthusiast or a spy, who can only do injury to the national cause. In the provinces the condition of the Poles is still more lamentable. There is scarcely a district which is not governed by a militaty tyrant invested with full powers. All the provinces but Volhynia, Podolia, and Ukraine, are in a state of siege ; the troops are quartered on the inhabitants, twenty soldiers in some cases being billeted on the same family, and the most disgraceful outrages are com mitted by them with impunity. People with money or jewellery about them are stopped by the soldiers and robbed in the open street, and houses and shops have been broken into by them and ransacked of everything valuable they contained. In the southern provinces the flower of the Polish youth were in duced, by a rumour spread by Russian agents, of the formation of a Polish legion in the Trans-Danu bian provinces to proceed to the Moldavian frontier, where they were seized and sent to Russia. Other agents, chiefly discharged soldiers and other-dis reputable characters, have been discovered insinuat ing themselves into the families of the peasants, encouraging them to murder their masters, and , t h orn w :,1„ • .•," i t , dog the steps of the patriots, in order to procure information which might lead to their arrest. In Lithuania General Nazimoff and his agents spread a report among the peasants that the object of th© organisation of the patriots was to enslave them, and that the prayer, " God save Poland," was to implore the aid of Providence in carrying out their plans; and they were only undeceived by the publication of, the prayer in Polish and Samogitian (the language of the Lithuanian peasants) which showed them its true meaning. The great national religious fete at Czenstochowa, which has just ended, was a very brilliant one, 80,000 Polish pilgrims, from all parts of the coun t try, were present, and among them 50,000 peasants. . The procession from Warsaw came with a flag with the Polish eagle on it ; and the other processions from all parts of the country passed through the various towns and villages on their way singing the national hymns. The most cordial harmony and unanimity prevailed, and even the troops, who were encamped in large numbers under General Wagner near the town, did not attempt any interference with the proceedings. When the festival was over, and the processions began to return to their homes, each of them was accompanied by thou sands of people with crosses and sacred pictures as it left the town, and women and children with black and white dresses, priests, monks, and others threw green garlands and flowers in its way. The departure of one of these processions, that from Posen, was the indirect cause of a disgraceful outrage perpetrated by the troops at Kalisz. It appears that, as usual, the police had spread false rumours of the approaching arrival of this procession in the town on its way home, the consequences of which rumour was, of course, the assemblage of a large number of people in the streets to give their fellow -countrymen a cordial reception. As soon as a sufficiently large number, in the opinion of the commandant, had collected, he sounded a whistle, with which he had provided himself for the occasion, and immediately the soldiery rushed out upon the people with their bayonets, which they were so drunk as to be almost incapable of using. This, and the darkness of the night, no doubt saved the lives of many, but numbers were wounded and otherwise ill-treated, arrested, and robbed of all they had on them. Krajewski, an old man of 70, was dragged along the pavement, and beaten with sticks and the butt-ends of muskets by three patrols in succession. Jencz, -a chemist, was seized in his shop, robbed of his watch, and severely wounded in the head with a knife; and whilst be was being treated in this way an officer stood looking on with his arms folded, and turned a deaf ear to his complaints and appeals. Women and children were wounded and beaten, and one, the wife of a policeman, who was with child, was killed. Such was the revenge of the Nizowski re giment for the charivari the inhabitants gave them last July for their brutal conduct on a former occa sion. Upwards,of a hundred were killed in this abominable massacre, and twenty-five wounded. Several of the latter, among whom are some children, are in prison. Next morning a deputation I was sent to Gen. Lambert at Warsaw, to ask for redress, but he refused to receive them. General Paulucci has, however, been sent to Kalisz to investigate the matter. Meanwhile the troops hold undisputed possession of the city. The peopl e do not dare to leave their houses, for those whom necessity compelled to do so were instantly seized and half-killed by the soldiery, without distine_ tion of age or sex. The instigators of these out rages are Colonel Zajcow an d C apta i n Bergmann. The wife of the latter, a P o li s h l a d y, has separated from him in consequence of his unmanly treatment of her fellow-countrymen. Snch acts cannot much longer be borne, e ver , b y so patient and long. suffering a nation as the P o l es have shown themselves to be. The - hopes of all are now turned to the municipal elections, which take place at the end of this month, and are ex pected to give great accession of strength to the national party. The following translation of an address to the Poles on the subject gives a true pic ture of the feelings and hopes of the patriots : " Nothing is now so necessary for our country us unity and concord. For them we ought all to labour, for to them only can we owe our restora t ion, In a crisis so important as the present, the decision of the majority must be a law to all ; and he who thoughtlessly breaks this law pushes the coun try into a precipice. We, therefore, address our selves to .all who love their country, that they may not be carried away by their enthusiasm, and allow themselves to be deterred from what the body of the people consider best and most advisable. We speak of the elections for the provincial and municipal councils, to take part in which, and to direct them so that they may give us men of courage, sense, and energy, is the duty of every true citizen. This is not a question of the acceptance or rejection of reforms, for these elections are not reforms, but a basis for obtaining reforms answering to the wants of the country, and which it behodes us to use for that purpose. " The country wants, above all, organisation, mutual understanding, communication, and harmo nious working in different channels, but with the same object. The councils do not give the oppor tunity of extensive action within their limits ; but they will be important, if we select men of energetic will and indefatigable perseverance, who love their country above all things, and would boldly lay before the Government its wants and requirements. Let us endeavour, then, not only to bring the elec tions to a satisfactory issue, but also not to be ashemed of our deputies, and to be able to depend upon them. This is not the time for protests and words ; we require deeds, organisation, and work. The greater the difficulties we meet with, the harder we must work to overcome them. Let us have unity and concord for the good of our country above all !" Several high appointments have been published in the official paper. General Lewinski is to be President of the city of Warsaw, and M. Unbert Jeska, a gentleman highly respected in the town, Vice-President. M. Wielopolski has been appointed Vice-President of Council of State. This appoint ment has not given satisfaction, M. Wielopolski's Panslavistic tendencies being extremely unpopular in the country, and the delay which he has caused in the development of the various educational insti tutions having raised great opposition against him. M. Paumanns, the chief of the pollee at Cracow, continues his persecutions of the Poles in that city. A princess belonging to one of the oldest familias, and holding an important position at Court, was fined, with numbers of other persons, for taking an active part in the recent national demonstrations. On being informed of her punishment she refased to pay the fine, and said she was ready to go to pri son instead, the law allowing her the option. The confusion that ensued in the police office may be readily imagined. To imprison a princess was rather more than even M. Paunlanns dared do; and on the other hand it was clear that the fine would not be paid. I have not heard how the matter was settled. An address to the Poles, Ruthenians, and Lithuanians, has been circulated in Poland, inviting them to be present on the 10th of next month at Horodle, on the Bug, to commemorate the first pro clamation of the union of Poland with Lithuania, which took place at that city. LITERATURE. Wediaval Alphabets and Initials for Illuminators. By F. G. Delamotte. With an introduction by J. W, Brooks. Pp. 21. E. and F. N. Spon. Mr. F. Delamotte is admirably well maintaining his position in the front rank of our most skilled and graceful illuminators. As a designer and en graver on wood he had acquired great cunning of hand. But all his industry in that way turned out only to be preliminary to his evidence of re fined taste and brilliant fancy in the gorgeous art of illumination. As the latest token of this —here is his new volume of mediaeval initials and alphabets. A volume in which the letters of the alphabet come forth glorified in gilding and all the colours of the prism interwoven, and intertwined, and intermingled, sometimes with a sort of rainbow arabesque. A poem emblazoned in these characters would be only comparable to one of those delicious love letters symbolised in a bunch of flowers well selected and cleverly ar rorlanil Tt wares n nth i n loco acrre..to to the sweet :" or—to quote familiarly again from the Immortal Bard—" to paint the lily, to gild refined gold, and add a perfume to the violet." Page after page, as we turn the leaves of the volume, each plate seems preferable to its prede cessor : whether it is B with a forget-me -not—or D with a heart's-ease—or E with a strawberry that we are looking at. The bluebell, the foxglove, and the convolvolus bloom abundantly in all kinds of unexpected crevices in this and that letter of the alphabet. Now we are introduced by our artist to an initial of the 14th century, now to one of the 16th century, and so forth. But no matter what the age may be that is selected for illustra tion—Mr. Delamotte displays throughout such a lavish facility in the twistings and twinings of his radiant pencil, that we may speak of him as one would ordinarily speak only of Ahasuerus, the Wandering Jew--observing of our illaminator, as generation after generation flits before us—He, too, flourished (literally flourished) in those days. The book will be very welcome to all amateur illumi n ators. BANK RETURNS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending Aug. 24. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 21st August (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous • month : July 27, Aug, , 1861. 1861. (Increase, Decrease. ,----_- _____ 12,428 r ß ri an v k at o e f ß E a w k la s nd... 2 3 0 : 2 0 0 3 & 2 8 0 00 21 2 2 0 :9 19 74 0 :9 3 0 7 6 2 i _.__ 55,296 Joint-stock Banks.. 2,753,068 2,704,6111 48,457 ________ ------ - Total in England. 25,986,070 2 5,869,8891 _ 1,6 , 1 81 Scotland 4,077,331( 4,053,8081 23,523 Ireland ,-- ---_— - - United Kingdom. j 35,680,445 i 35,443,125 P 927 .2011 £237,320 And as compared with the month ending the 25th August, 1860, the above returns show a decrease of £2,085,098 in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of £2,813,766 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation : fhe English private banks are below their fixed issue £1,373,002 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue £507,74G Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,970,748 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,304,537 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £835,066 The average stock of bullion held by th e B an k of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 21st August was £12,509,523, being an increase of £748,447 as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £3,125,230 when compared with the same period last year. The following aro the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 24th Aug. : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks, ... Gold and silver held by the I r i s h b anks . .... £ 2 , 470 , 235 ....... 2,126,451 Being an increase of V 2,311 £4,596,689 re compared with the as previous return, a n d a decrease of X 147 with the corresponding of last ye,a463 when compared BOY DROWNED AT MARGATE.—A correspondent of the Maidstone Journal writes :—" A sad calamity oe ' curred at Margate on T hursday that I think should be a , warning to p a rents allowing. schoolmasters on the coast to bathe the b o y s without proper precaution being taken f or their saf e t y. On the rocks beyond New-town there were about 40 boys from eight to sixteen years of age bathing, belonging to a respectable school in Margate. On the cliffs above were 100 people or more watching them ; presently a man cried out that one of them had gone d own. A sturdy sailor six feet high instantly ran dug n the cut, waded into the 'water, and swain to the spot where the boy was last seen. The tide was running out so strong that he, a strong swimmer, could not stand against it. He returned —the poor boy was lost. On reaching the spot I found the remainder of the boys hastily dressing; among them two little follows who had been nearly carried away in tho same manner. ' I gored him, sir,' said a boy about 15 years of age, pointing to one about 9 fellow but I cau g ht h old of him.' The little ho waswass going , ofull of fright th at he could not speak. feN Had a strong swimmer been in attendance, or a boat near at hand (and I think it the duty of those having the care of our little ones to take precautions both against tide and cram p s ), a heavy affliction would have been spired the parents of this lost one,"