The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-04 00:00:00

IiTON-fY MARKET AND commlaclAL INTELLIGENCE, The Mon e TWELVE O'CLOCK. y Market is now indicative of an easy condition. Capit a l i s every where abundant, and as the Merchants and ot h ers have by this time provided ir: o3 o ns with ample accommodation for the spe cial requirements of the 4th, the inquiry is daily I , 4 „ ini , inis hing. Dis counters are therefore show i ng - l a 'ety to secure new business, and are competing el W .lth the nat i onal establishment by charging first ass bills only 86 and 8 per cent. .A further sum of £142,000 in gold was taken Into the Batik A yesterday. sale of Mexican dollars was efficted yesterday ft , 81 per oz., showing a fall of ed. per oz. on the PreTions price. 4 T ec tin Morris, who of the cr e dit ors o f M essrs L ew i ne an d - " , s, who stopped payment on September 12, 1,48 lcia held yesterd ay at the offices of Messrs Harding, d ul l and C o . T he meeting, taking into consi eration the extremely uncertain character of the assets • • agreed to accept a composition of 5s in the mind. committee of the Stock Exchange have ap- P4aloted Thursday, the 6th instant, a special settling trielie the shares of the Societe Agricole et Indus- Coinpagnee Anonyme Egyptienne (Limited) 4 3 .0 r. bargains entered into on and after the 16th of which are not to be marked at present. d le the Foreign and Colonial Produce markets Ei t n l i rin g the last few days there has been very little k ;" ti ° l3 . Sugar has been a shade cheaper, while ; I T a nd superior descriptions of coffee have re at steady prices. Rice, cocoa, fruit, and ( (t i e ." have been in moderate request at late quo te Icc s) While business in the tallow market has de livery ) very quiet for both present and forward Iv erY) at slightly reduced prices. Two o'CLocK. et Ikt the Pa r i s B ourse t hi s d ay, according to n er's telegram , the 3 per Cent. R e nt es were quote 65f, 90e. W.ithin the last day or t wo th e cessat i on o f mer e failure s has caused a subsidence of the recent d asi nee at th e S tock Exchange. Greater confi ;nee has t herefore been engendered, and as the public are now b uy i ng more freely quotations are it etid l▪ ng to an upward direction. The Funds show t n „„ l4l P r °venaent of abo u t I per cen t. s i nce yes t er d ay C n i Consols for money being 881 1, and for the A ce°lltit 88 : t• The New Threes and Reduced atnataties are 86i ; Red Sea Telegraph, 191; June ro/ohequer Bills, 153 dis.; India 5 per Cents., 3 1 and the Bonds, 20s. to 103, die. the e ral slight i mprovemen t h as taken place in It For▪ e i 6 Stock M ar k e t, an d business is rather e ctlv e• Turki s h 6 per Cents., 1863, are 70-1 ; ditto B P "s4li des, 50-1 ; Mexican, 271 1 ; G ree k, 231 1 ; p orts p assive, P assive, 31: ; ditto Certificates, 141 ; 67 11 g ue " , 46 1 and the Confederate Loan, reth il ,. the ItlitWay Share Market there has been lim e tnore activity, and most of the principal 1 ; 8 realize enhanced rates. Brighton have no hire, 64.; Great Eastern, Lancashire and York and North Western each, 10s.; Great Et e e r titern 16 5., and Midland and North Eastern, ns W lek, ea c h chthe Fo re i gn and Colonial lines show little Bankre and Miscellaneous shares are also in better lifi.leSti and exhibit a s li ght i mprovement. Alliance atoi,4t e risen to 441, C onso lid ated to 101, London 121, Stock to 43 9 t o 44, M ercantile Exchange to s o t Punjaub, an d D elh i to 11 11f, Hild to 6 1 a Ba Y Company t o 12} t , and General Credit a,, BRITISH FUNDS—ONE , mo'VER:simENT Ft/um. NE O'CLOCK. 83a 1 1 u Per Cent. Consols ... 881 , Do Aecount, Oct. 11 ...... 86/ / ), Per Cent. Reduced ........ 83a .1 i i l e W 3 per Cent. ...... ... B ,W 2i Per Cent. Jan. 1891..., A 'C' 6 per Cent., Jan. 1873 ".4anuities, 39 yrs, expire Rh Jan.. 1880 • * Do for 30 Yrs, expire sth April, 1885.,, --_-7_ Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908.., 191 M kelaeqner Bills, £l , OO O, 4 & 31 per Cent. arch, June. D o £6OO 15 Do 13a 1, £lOO and £2OO --,NI, England Stk, 51 per Ct. '' T ° 4ccount , INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -- India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 _ tal)(3 count .... . lo3i ''-',O per Cent. July, 1870 . ... 4 -'0 4 per Cent>, Oct, 1888 — , Do Certificates "-0 Account -„,0 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent _ , u ° 4/ pet Cent .......... • ....... ) ...... .„4-'0 Eli Paper, 4 per Cent Do ,D 6 6 per Cent,, Jan. 1872 61 per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent. Aug. 1866 Dr‘o per 2 1 0 0 12 D 0 ceder £l,OOO ................ /PORIZIGN YU/UM—ONE O'CLOCK. 441strian Bonds 5 per Cent — II - • , razilian 5 per Cent ........... Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 831 1863 tupp, 1)c) ,-,-08 Ayres 6 per, Cent 4J,0 Account .• 4,4• ~..u0 £lO Bond; ........ — _ '4lllan 6 per Cent. 81/ e 1) 0 41 per Cent ...... °l,oMbian. 6 per Cent 4 4 4 ) 6 per Cent . b.' - ' O . 6 per Cent. 1864 ' 4 , 1 811 3 Per Cent. 1825 E ` j° 6 per Cent, 1864 --(Illatior New Consolidatedl per Cent — P "0, P rovisonal Land W arrant„ 961 -'Optiatt 7 per Cent.. nl)°, Second Issue -Coupons. • -- --• -4c h ee _ k 6 per eent., 1824-6, ex .*0 Account _ .-N'o Coupons „uo Account sillateraala er Cent. ItaliDo 1839 and 1859 an _ 6 PerCent,(M aremmana Railway) -.4oxican 3 per Cent .. • • 271 Do Account ... ... _ , Do 1864 _ 4-1 , 0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c dis Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French 12 Ditto Scrip, £33 Paid.... _ 34.)orish Imperial 5 per Cent .... New Granada, --- 1) ,0 2 per Cent. • ,-°0 Deferred 4),0 Land Warrants (Hectares) -uo Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 —..... SaDo do Aug., 1866.. nrell 41 per Cent, — _ 0 er Cent. (Uribarren).. P c ' 1 4 Per Cent., 1862 .. ,eo.,zotugucesue T . ... ................... 7-7 i per Cent., 1853 _ Do Account ................... ;; • : 461 i Do 3 per Ce nt.,18,56, '7, '9, '60,1,62, .• _ ,_ Do Account .................... •• • * 881 ttlossian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 4i per Cent., 1 860 .. Do _ 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 4 per Cent, 1862 ...... Do Anglo-Dutch ..._ ... 82)4 c riP, £65 paid 'lllan 6 per Cent 8 ° 4ccotual panish 3 per Cent 420 Account ~,u° Nevi Deferred'. - Do'uc) Accoutt 841' •- Passive - 4-Alllkee6unt . illh Cert. of Coup not funded i4i 14 ~"_° Aczount .. „,'"ql 81a, 4 per Cent .... pm ,„4-10.ScriP, £6O paid 111.1t1sh 6 per Cent. 1 864 got 11 D,O Account ............ 1) 4- ' 0 6 per Cent. 1858 . — ~\° Account I T T ) 6 per Cent. 1862 E - 1-) 0 Account .................... .a.,0 COO Bonds - ....... Do 1863 Do Guaranteed 4 per Cent.... • ..1 - VDo 1863 Scrip, £4O paid . enezuela 3 per Cent. :DoDo Account 6 per Cent., 1862 .1) Account ,"0" 6 C 1864 ..... . Irvrideit'on the ....e payable in London ,i,natrian, 6 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. ,41elgiau 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. jauten 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gud ...._ 1,,'"b0 4 per Cent. Certificates ........... r'retich Rentes, 2 • per Cent .... :. • ...... ..... ..... Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 ,o Accountian Doll ar Bonds, ......... 4 ...... _. ~ .. . 4 . 66 Ct veruvl per .Ex. s. _ riedmontese, 6 per Cent., Ex. 26f...... Consols M TWO O'CLOCK 1) 0 +, oney ...................... 881 Account iiverpool Cotton Market —This Day, nere is le ss d epress i on i n the market today,"ld thebCee sales will (probably f oot up to 4,000 or 5 on 13.14., Sh ar, no sk 4teck Cool, stook 10 itoo% stlok stock stock tock atOeit SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOBS. hare Railways. I p a id . j Closing Business Price. done. Bir., Vol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Jork and Bandon Cornwall Do A f=ete no div I N till 6p o.p an.bas Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,P:xth,& Ab. Juno. Etuburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt.s. an IW. of Irelami Great Westerr,Original Po Str Val gas sto . Do. South Wales .... Do. ',7est Mid. -Oxior+: Do Newport, Do Tiereford, Lancashire & Yorkshire' London and Blaokwail; Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast, Lon., Chat., and Dover, Lon. & Noe h Western: Lon. & Scr.th Weste:nl Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares... Metropolitan Midland Do Binning. & Derby &lid. Ga. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares fieut North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle Do. Stook. & Darling Do do 185558 Do do 18iG.61 North London Do New . . Do New, 18M. • North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Soot. ' Mid, stook Shrews. and Pr elehpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern taines, Wok.,andlVok Taff Vale- ..... - Do C Vale of Neat"' Waterford (16 Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Ilar.rtß 82 t 4 121 122 6 7 31 33 16 17 86 68 105 107 44 45 5 7 1 54 126) 136 /37 127 13J 90 92 67.1 681 45 17 35 40 91 101 113} ill 64 65 102 103 33 40 110} 113 P 4 63i al 105} 'CO 1282 191 99 £Ol 51 63 24 15 1051 106 i 63i 61& 93i 04i 35 36 , 9 10 7 8 r 120 125 1 1i p 75 76 101 11 132 136 54 56 84 16 1311 f , 21 8 9 160 185 3} 4i p 97 99 Zi 36 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Wraith) & St I.swrenc , torn.,Barodn&-Cent In Gu. S per cent.. • Do. E. Shares... .3ullalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference ufra 10, Bran t,&U odriel p. et. bds. Aug, 1, 187 Jo. do. July 1, 187 )o. do. Juue 1, 18: Icutta. &S. as tn (Lii 'apeTown Dock Scri Demerara 7 p.o. per. pf o.astn. Bengal gu. a p. mast Indian. en. 5 p. e Do. do. J Ext.. ;rand Trunk pf Canal Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge ii per cent Do. Ist cret. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d P:ef. stock Do. do. deferred..... Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred...... qt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c MLA; u 5 per cen' Do. New gun. 5 p. 0.. t. South.ol India (Lin, guaranteed 5 per cent Do. 4 per cent.... Do. ... •• 4t. W. of Canada Share Do. New ... Do. 6 p.o. '73 witlet opt Jo. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. f "'Mac Branch Limited viadras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4t p. 0. Extensioi Do. 44 do Do. Fifth Extension ilelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnd, ►Leib. & Hobson's Bay. lewßrunswiok &Camel. Clams A. an d B. S.Rl.C'daB po Ist pt bth Soinde Do. Delhi.. Do. do Jo. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flog) dc, 100 (100 100 ( 2 1' 0 100 Closing Prioe. PaJd 56 58 99 1(0, idle rr 4f 56 76 86 93 10) 92 94 100 101 100 101 19 19i 90 93 71 73 CO 62 C 6 68 55 57 53 56 96 f 8 29 31 27 29 tGO 10 id pr id 1r 99 100 91 10 11 101 B'3 )1 82 81 d 99 100 92 04 88 90 8 CO R 80 83 99 ICO 98 100 id par 98 100 P 7 !OLONJAL GOITERI British Columbia. 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... Do. do. 1883.... 3stn.tior.6 p.c.Ja.Jut_ 1877-81 Do. A p. o. Feb. dr ' Am_ Do. 6 p. c. Mar. dc Sept Do. 6 p. c. JanatJuly. Do. 5 Inssribed stoc.l ape G.llope. 8 p (4187. Do.Ap dt Oct. 188( Do. 18V )o. Jan. & July. 1891.. N0v.1F6 3 , 6 p Do. 1878, do ;Saurian: 6 p.cent.lB73 Do. 1878 Do. 1882 7atal Gov. 6 per cent.. 4.8.G0v. 6 p.c.*/ a.SzJul; v. S.W. G ov. 5 p 9.,181 Du. 5 p. c.,1871 to 13? Do. d0.,1888 upwd • iew Zealand 6 p cent 'ova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875. .ueensland Gcv. 6 p. c 4.Aus Cov. B p.c.1E68- Do. 1 7e do 111 ward V io.Gov. 6 p.c. Jastzdul) Do. lo a p.o. An.thOot.. 'I SECURITIES. 90 93 90 91 89 t 2 79 8! 78 81 104 100 07 109 108 110 107 10) 102 105 9 112 101 104 103 106 tO3 105 1(.0 1(5 93 96 97 99 95 97 94 96 9) 102 95 93 L 0) 102 105 101 105 106 105,i i 5 BRITISH MINES. 2 ' :ambrian Consol. Gold 1 t f Chiverton 3 6t 7 ;otiord Amalgamated. 30 32 h , ven G. Cone. (Tavist. I 570 590 Drakewal's— Bassett(lllogan) 3u 63 65 64i Caradon 264 274 ^last Carn Brea 7 7 4 East Grenville ... East Lovell Vriltussel (Tavistk A 13. 44 5 3am..lrSt.Aubye(Gwen 60 7 9 4 Great Laxey, all 15 lO . great South Tolgus... 2 si 1. Wheal Vor (11eletoi, 40 30 Si 291 irenville.. lemArs-Foot 0.13 68 49 lingston Downs 4.18.1 4 44 Margaret Lelan • 7 9 —Clarke Valley.. 4 •Ivndv Iron Ore (Lim. 21 14 I(, Nangiles........ ... 19 26 8 4ew Sewn 2 it 75 85 . —• ort I. Down. 3 1 14 North Roskear.. 294 20 22 11'1 tiabeet (1110 2;al, 3.1‘ .6 11 24 "rth Wheal Crotty . 2.80 3j 4 Prosper United.... ... 7.1. A. 31 31 •rovideneekUny Lehr.. 10 6.7 37 39 .outh Caradon(St.Clee. '.Wheal Fran. (Mogan i 5 1. 1 1,.% 24024 544704 stray Park ein Croit v 18 19 Vest Basset (Illogan) l4 8 9 - V C' radon (Lis earl 9 19 11 West Chiverton 45 est Sewn 'Vheal Basset (Mogan 54 92 95 •Theal Buller(Redrutl, 10 17 10 WhealLuchntt 3' heal Mary Ann 8 14 16 .Vheal Beton . 58.1 205 215 Thera Trelawney (Lis. 7 19 21 184 ,Vheal Union 4 1 14 PREFERENCE S Great Western Orig. 4i per cent pf., 96 4 South Eastern ((teading Anne., £1.0,6), Ditto, 4; per cent., 9811 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& Shrewsbury and Hereford, 131 ARES. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 Bahia and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 15 Dutch Rhenish, 18f Great Luxembourg, $4 FOREIGN MINES, Yudanamutana of S. Australia, Um, 1 BANKS. &gra andMisterman's (lim.), 121 Alliance (inn.), 43 21 4} Ditto, new, 42 Anglo Austrian, e Bank of British Columbia, 16j Bank of Wales, lim., 16 Consolidated Bank, Una., 10 Continental, lira., 18 East London, lim., 6 European Bank, lirn., 101 ilindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), -- Ditto, new, 201 2 Imperial Bank (lira.). 33 Imperial Ottoman; 16; International B ink, lim. ' 14 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 4} London B ink of Mexico and S. America, lim., 5 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 7 London and County, 68 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lira., 12i London Joint Stock, 434 London and 11 estminster, t 4 Merchant Bank, lira , 22i Mercantile and Exchange. lira., 12 i Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 20 Oriental Bana Corporation. sti 7 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. lira., 11 Standard of British South Africa (limo), 21 Union of Australia, 52 Union of Ireland, him, 20 Union of London, 4 ( J 50i DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 67 8 Southampton, 591 MISCELLANEOUS.AngI o- Mexican Mint, 19 181 Berlin Water Works, Rm., 8 Discount Corporation, 16 E gyptian Corn. and T ra di ng , Hm 21 I Financial Corporation, 1 Fore -street Warehouse, lira., 81 i Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 1.M., 61 Hudson's Bay, 151 Imperil Mercantile Credit Asso. 1ir0. 1 61 7 ca Internation al Financial society, Am. , ° I Joint Stock Discount, lim 5} Lond on Financial Association, lira., 211 Ditto, new, 1 , London General Omnibus companY, 21 1371 81 68j i i 1141 641 1021 9i 13 3 1 1 QM 931 107 6/ 7i 129 i 30 99 106 / 6ii 5i 95 If V 75f6 Business don. 1011 101 100 k 1 291 3) 1001 12 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A CONVICTED BURGLAR AT WORE Wherwood, a lad, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with burglariously entering the dwelling-house No. 113, Great Titchfield-street, and stealing a toilet cover, the property of Frederick Hoy, cellarman. The prosecutor said that at a little after five that morn ing ho was awoke by the ringing of a bell attached to a clothes' line in the passage of the house, the boll having been so fixed as to give warning of any ono touching the articles placed on the line, and on going down stairs he saw the prisoner. Oa asking him what he wanted, he said he was looking for the water-closet. On searching the place he found that a toilet cover had been removed and put in the area. In answer to Mr, Tyrwhitt, the prosecutor said the street door was shut when he went to bed, but it might have been opened with a latch-key. Barnes, the gaoler, said the prisoner had several times been in custody, and once convicted cf burglary. Serjeant Ellis Davis, Il E, proved fin ling the toilet covcr in the area. Oa taking the prisoner into custody, and to the station, he found upon him two knives, a key, some lucifer matches, and a largo nail. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a week. On being removed to the cells by Barnes, the prisoner ex claimed, " That will do. I shall get the boat this time," the word "boat" being slang for transportation. THAMES. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A POLICE-CONITABLEo—WiIIiam Adams, a well-dressed man, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with violently assaulting John M'Kay, a police constable, No. 414 K. Mr Gomm, from the office of Mr Hodgson, solicitor defended the prisoner, who was stated to be a Custom-house officer. The constable gave evidence of very disgraceful conduct on the part of the prisoner and a woman in his company on a piece of ground belonging to the Clare estate, near the Stepney Meeting-house. The ground is only partially built over, and there is a footway in the middle, which is extensively used. About 11 yards from this public foot path, at a quarter before nine last night, the prisoner and the woman were seen by the passers-by, and the constable's attention was called to them. M'Kay interfered, the woman departed, but the prisoner would not, and committed a violent assault on the constable, struck him on the head and face, and caused him to bleed profusely. He also ac companied his violence with very foul language. Tho assault on the constable was confirmed by Geotge Montague Hubbard, a clerk, who was returning from a lecture at the Stepney Meeting School, a few yards from the spot, _ _ . Mr Gomm, in defence, said the disgraceful conduct, attributed to the prisoner and the woman was quite un founded. The prisoner met with a respectable female named Lizzie Newing, of 17 or 27, Wellesley-street, near the Thames police-court, and he was just answering her questions when the constable made hie appearance an.l in terfered. Mr Paget said this case had assumed particular import ance, The constable was charged with trumping up an unfounded charge against two persons. The case must bo further investigated, and the woman who called herself Lizzie Newing produced, if possible. He remanded the prisoner. The Great Prize Fight. DUBLIN, Monday Morning. The pugilistic head-quarters at Island-bridge, near this city, are the centre of attraction for crowds of persons eager to see or hear whatever can be seen or heard in relation to the forthcoming fight. There is a strong muster of what is elegantly der ominated the " fighting fraternity" at the above named place, as also in the city generally, and the numbers are rapidly increasing by the large arrivals with every steamer from London and Liverpool. There is a great diversity of opinion even amongst " the fancy" as to the all absorbing event of to-morrow—whether it will come off at all, how it will end if it should take plhco. the locality selected, &c, All these doubts and disputes will, however be set at rest within the next 24 hours, eo it is hardly worth while speculating upon them. The difficulty of finding a referee for the coming fight has advanced towards a satisfactory solution, although the person who is to fulfil this thankless Mace is not yet formally appointed, because he has not arrived from Eng land. He will, however, be here to-day, and as the articles do not exact that a referee should be agreed upon until the day before the fight, he can be present at the meeting this afternoon convened for that special business. There was some alarm felt yesterday morning for the safety of Mace, as a detective was reported to be on the look out in the vicinity of his abiding place. It was not clearly made out that he was in any actual danger of arrest, but those who have the care of him considered it prudent to take an opportunity of removing him last even ing to private apartments in a different part of the city. Thus the vigilance of the police has so far been completely bated—that is, allowing them to have exercised any vigilance, which lam much disposed to doubt. Both Mace and Coburn continue in excellent condition, and they ex pressed themselves anxious to meet face to face in the ring. Mace is still the favourite. After the meeting of to-day I shall be able, I hope, to give you more precise information as to the arrangements for to-morrow. The rendezvous is a long ran from Dublin, and is situated in such a wild, secluded country, that the men might fight for a week almost without interruption. If this should so prove, the battle, in my opinion, judging from the appear ance of the two men, will be short but desperate. Mace is a firm, powerful-looking fellow, standing about 5 feet 9 inches high. He has been highly trained, and one would imagine his powers of endurance to be immense. But this is not so. I an, told he cannot stand thrashing, and that if Coburn succeeds at the commencement of the fight in striking his adversary with anything like force, he will come off the victor. This fact appears to bo generally known, and especially so by Mace's supporters, But, on tho other hand, they have such implicit faith in his cleverness that they believe Coburn will not get a chance of delivering a tolling blow, The appearance of Coburn is not so formidable. He is stout and fine-looking, but does not look so highly trained as his antagonist. His skin is comparatively fair, and his flesh soft. Hence I believe he will " puff." His powers of endurance, however, are said to be very great, but he evidently lacks the activity possessed by Mace, and there fore I conceive him to be at a disadvantage, and believe that if fighting is really meant on both sides Mace will prove the better man. Be this as it may, Coburn has the greatest confidence in his own success, and appears to re gard the fight as already won. His friends also exhibit the same confidence. His weight is a little over 11 stone, and he is 30 years of age, In this particular ho has the advan tage of Mace, who is 34. niCe's weight is 11 stone 51b,- 51b. heavier than he ever weighed before when fully trained. Mr Woodroffe, in organising the special for the trip, has paid due regard to the comfort and convenience of the tra vellers, who, from the high price charged for tickets to witness the encounter, and the remoteness of the battle field, will be comparatively few, and of decidedly a better class than generally congregate round a prize ring. Several of the most noted fighting men, as well as the stakeholder, arrived by Saturday night's mail. A large number of per sons fond of such exhibitions will, it is said, arrive to-night, Both the men continue in the best of health, and Mace retains his position of favourite. THE FIGHT OFF. DUBLIN, Monday Evening. Tho articles for the match between Coburn and Mace re quiring that a referee should be named this afternoon, a meeting was accordingly held for that purpose at the head quarters, Island Bridge. The principal leaders of the corps pugiliaique were in attendance, and the character of the meeting was one of unusual interest and excitement, consequent upon the vacillating tactics pursued by the repreuntatives of the belligerents and the strong rumours of police interference. Confusion was made worse confounded by the fact that there has been no ropes and stakes provided for the encounter. At three o'clock in the afternoon the question was mooted as to who should be the right man in the right place, as referee. Mr Brunton, on behalf of Mace, named Mr Smith ; but this selection was objected to by Mr James, the representative of Coburn. Mr James then named Mr Thomas Bowling, brother in-law of Coburn, residing near Limerick. This Mr Brunton immediately objected to as preposterous. A brief but hot argument ensued, and the parties separated without agreeing to a referee. The matter consequently stands over for adjudication by the final stakeholder on Friday next. The chief police authorities have during the morning publicly notified that measures would be adopted to prevent the fight taking place in any part of Ireland, under the penalty of personal restraint to all parties con cerned. The issue is most galling to the whole sporting community, and another blow has doubtless been struck against pugilism. THE LAST OF THE WOLD INCENDIARIES.—Ben jamb). Wilson, a poacher, and suspected for the fires of last winter, was committed to prison for three months, at Nor ton, on Saturday, on a charge of game trespass, on the 16th ult. on the grounds of Lord Middleton, on which occasion he seriously ill-used Palmer, his lordship's game watcher. At the end of his imprisonment Wilson is to be bound over to keep the peace for 12 months. The last of the Wold incendiaries is therefore now in custody. FREE NAVIGATION ON THE RIVER AMAZON.-- "Rio JANEIRO, Juno 19, 1864. To the Minister for Foreign Affairs.—Sir,—The Imperial Chamber of Deputies, in session on the 16th ultimo, has approved, in substitution of the project for the free navigation of th, River Amazon, the following proposition, a verbatim cop} of which is enclosed for the information of the Supreme Go vernment.: The Government is hereby authorised t, open, with as little delay as possible, the River Amazon t, the commerce and navigation of friendly Powers with whom treaties shall be previously adjusted, throughout the whop course of the Brazilian territory on that river.' T his pro position has already passed the Senate.—God preLerve, (Signed) 'TITAN F. SELAYA." strong north-easterly wind beating dead against it. Yester day again a band of navvies, acting under Mr Rowell, were at work backing up the embankment with clay. Mr Baz d gette, the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Works, visited the spot in the course of the day, and gave directions that the work should be continued by the navvies until it was completed, for reasons affecting the Main Drainage, apart from apprehensions of danger to the adjacent marshes from inundation. The great outfali works for the southern main drainage at Crossness Point are about a couple of miles from the scene cf the explosion, and had the neighbouring marches been flooded the mischief might not have been confined to that locality. The districts of Ber mondsey and Lambeth are upon the same low level as the marshes at Plumstead, and had the breach in the embank ment n at been repaired the consequent inundation, it is said, might have spread by means of the main sewer itself into those districts, and the southern main drainage on that side of the river have been interrupted for the time. About LISO worth of plate glass at the new works at Crossness Point was destroyed by the explosion, but the works them selves withstood the shook without injury. Two other gunpowder magazines are located, one within about 600 and the other about 800 yards of those which exploded. Some of the windows cf the nearer of the two, which belongs to Messrs. Curtis and Harvey, were shattered by the con cussion, but the place sustained no further damage. It is said that a man who was at work in their magazine rushed out appalled on hearing the explosion, and threw himself into the mud on the shore of the river for safety. The cause of the catastrophe has been mere conjecture from the very first, and it will, probably, remain a mystery for ever. That the gunpowder in one of the barges exploded first appears to be beyond doubt, and that is really all that is known as to the origia of the calamity. Yesterday, again, vast numbers of people visited the spot, and the trains were all more or less delayed on the return jclarney. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN, Fin,—As the awful explosion of Saturday last at Erith must be regarded as a fact worthy of especial record amongst the occurrences of the year, and as many persons have contributed to the public accounts of it their own per sonal experiences, we hope you will permit us to add something to the general information. Oar premises at the corner of Minories and Aldgate, though H miles from the scene of the catastrophe, did not escape the shock. Several large and thick plate-glass panes in our shop windows were shivered into countless fragments, and even some of the shutters were forced from their frames and thrown upon the pavement. We are, sir, yours obediently, E. MOSES & CO. London, October 3, 1864. The Shooting of a Bailiff in Ireland. We have now fuller particulars of this sad affair. Mr O'Dell was Galled to the bar in 1837, but he has not prac tised for some years, and the general impression is that he was intemperate. At all events he was unable to pay his rent. Some accounts state that he owed only £8 of rent, others that his arrears amounted to £35. His landlord, Mr John M'Donnell, who lives at 98, Upper Rathmines, ordered a distress to be made at the house on Thursday last. The person employed to execute the warrant was Joseph Grace, civil-bill officer of the city of Dublin. According to his evidence at the coroner's inquest held on Friday on the remains of Fox, the bailiff who was shot, he was accom panied by a man named Hennessy, also a bailiff. Mr O'Dell was in a parlour to the right of the door. Grace, standing close to the parlour door, read a copy of the notice of dis tress, and putting it ur der the door,said, "Here, Mr.O'Dell, is the notice of distress." He then went into the parlour at the opposite side of the hall, where he waited for 23 or 30 minu' es till Mr. O'Ddl made his appearance. Ho told him that he had come to make a distress; that Mr M'Donnell, the landlord, was in Dublin, and that he would do nothing till he saw him, counting on the probability of some arrange ment being made. Leaving Hennessy in charge of the fur niture, afte waiting from half-past ten till rest one o'clock-, ho went into the garden to smoke. 'While there Mr. O'Dell came out and commenced grinding a large pruning -knife, remarking, while he did so, " How hard it is to get tobacco off a knife." When he was putting the knife into his pocket Grace remarked something like the butt-end of a pistol, and heard the knife rattling against it. At half-past one the officer went away, met Mr M'Don nell in town and told him of the distress, after which he brought with him the bailiff Fox, who was also named in the warrant. They arrived at Mr O'Dell's house at half past four, and waited another half-hour the arrival of the landlord, when, seeing no chance of an arrangement, he began to take an inventory of the furniture, which was to be removed to the landlord's house, and stored there to save expense. When Mr M'Donnell at length arrived and had a conversation with Mr O'Dell, Grace asked whether they were "to move," to which the landlord replied "You know your duty." Grace stated that he understood his duty to be to remove everything on the pre mises unless he received orders to the contrary. The bailiffs then began to remove the furniture. During this opera tion Mr O'Dell went in and out of the hall, but did not say an uncivil word or offer the slightest resistance, and one of the bailiffs remarked that he and his wife were as quiet as two children. The landlord and tenant having had some private conversation, which the bailiffs did not hear, the former came into the room where Grace was, and said " We wont remove Mrs O'Dell's bed or bedding. Subse quently he called Grace to the kitchen and said, "You must remove the things." The officer asked was he to take the bed, to which he replied, "You know your duty," and went away. Mr O'Dell afterwards went to Grace and asked, " Is the bed to be taken away F He promised it would not," Grace then said, " I do not understand Mr M'Donnell ; you had better go down and have a positive direction about the bed." Later Mr M'Donnell came back with Mr O'Dell, and stated that the bed was not to be taken. Mr O'Dell then asked whether the wearing apparel was to be taken, to which the officers replied that it was liable to be seized in a distress warrant for rent, but, that he would not take it un less he got directions. He afterwards spoke about the matter to Mr M'Donnell, who seems to have changed his mind again, for he gave peremptory orders, saying, "Take every thing away to-night, and whatever he wants to-morrow will be given up to-morrow, when wo understand each other better. You know I don't wish to be harsh." The wearing apparel was then taken down and packed in a box. Every thing in the house had been removed, with the exception of an old table and two earthen jars. The servant asked for the old tab:e, and it was lifted into the house, and Fox, one of the bailiffs, said, pointing to the two jars, " There is something forgotten." Hitherto nothing unplea sant had occurred. Mr and Mrs O'Dell were very civil, and gave Hennessy, one of the bailiffs, his dinner ; they also thanked Grace for the way in which he had performed his duty, and when he was going he wished them good evening. It was then dark and candles were lighted in the parlour. Fox was the last in the house : he said to the others, " will be after you." They were not more than eight or nine paces from the door when they heard a shot and saw the smoke of a pistol let off in the doorway. Fox exclaimed, "Oh my God, I am shot; run, run l" Grace then turned fully round, and saw Mr O'Dell with two women, heard a faint shriek and the exclamation " Commit no violence." At the same time he heard Mr O'Dell cry ing, "Now go for the police ; charge me for murder." Grace ran to the landlord, and said there was some one killed. Hennessy went by a short cut for the police, who were quickly on the spot with the landlord and Grace. They found the bailiff Fox shot through the forehead and apparently dead. He was at once removed to the Meath Hospital, where he breathed his last. . - In the meantime Mr O'Doll had gone to the station house and delivered himself up to the police. When he en- tered the office Hennessy said, " There is the gentleman that shot him." " Yes," said O'Dell, " I shot him while in a state of frenzy. I saw the man fall, and I got sorry for it. 1 coma now to the police to give myself up. Hero is the pistol I shot him with." It was a six-chambered revolver, three of the chambers being loaded and capped. The pri- Boner was brought before Mr Allen at the head office on Friday morning, and by him the case was remitted to the coroner. At the inquest, the finding of the jury was that death was caused by a pistol shot wound, inflicted on deceased by William O'Dell, on Thursday, Sept. 29, 1864. The Coroner remarked —I think it is the general opinion of all who heard the evidence that Mr M'Donnell aoted with great kindness to him all through. VISIT OF ME GLADSTONE TO BOLTON.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer having arranged to open the public park at Farnworth (the magnificent gift of Mr Thomas Barnes, M.P. for Bolton), the Mayor of Bolton has been in communication with the right hon gentleman, with the view of inducing him to call at Bolton on Tuesday night, on his way from Balmoral to Farnworth. Mr Gladstone has politely consented to comply with the wash of the Bolton corporation. The right hon gentleman will arrive iu Bolton at 6 33 p.m., and will be met by the mayor and town council, the members for the borough, magistrates, &e. Ho will be escorted to the Free Library and the Market Hall, and from thence to the Temperance Hall, where an address from the corporation will be presented. He is expected to remain about an hour and a half, when he will proceed to tho residence of Mr Alfred Barnes, at Farnworth. It has been arranged that a deputation from the Chamber of Commerce and other commercial bodies connected with the town and trade of Liverpool shall present an address to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the occasion of his visit to Liverpool, which is fixed for the 13th inst, BRUTAL OUTRAGE UPON A WOMAN.—DEATH OF THE VICTIM,—A Liverpool coroner's jury yesterday returned a verdict of wilful murder against a n'an named Green, who caused the death of his wife's sister under the following circumstances. On the 25th September a quarrel arose between the parties, and Green knocked the deceased (Elizabeth Low) down, and after beating her severely about the face and body, jumped upon her chest, and rendered her insensible. The poor creatured lingered until Sunday, when khe died. Upon a post-mortem examination it was found that the frontal bone had been fractured, and been driven into the orbits of the eye; that the bones of the nose had been broken, the cartilage severe', and part of the skull driven in upon the brain. Thera were also other injuries. The immediate cause of death was inatm mation of the brain, caused by the violence. THE EXPLOSION AT ERITH. THE CORONER'S INQUEST THIS DAY. The Coronet's inquiry into the circumstances attending the explosion of the gunpowder magazine of the Messrs. Hall and Son was opened this morning at the Belvedere Hotel, Erith, by Mr. Carttar, the Coroner. The Coroner expressed a hope that none of the gentlemen of the jury were interested in the inquiry. If they were so he hoped they would at once retire. No one responding, the jury were sworn to inquire into the deaths of three of the victims of the catastrophe— viz., Rayner, Hubbard, and York. The effects of the explosion were visible throughout the neighbourhood, the who'e of the windows of the room of the hotel in which the inquiry was held being blown out. The Coroner said they were about to enter into a very important inquiry, and he felt he need not remind any of the jury of the circumstances attending the terrible explo sion. They were, he was certain, too well acquainted wiih them. He had held many inquiries into explosions caused by gunpowder, but these had been caused chiefly in manu factories. This was the first time in which he had been called on to enter into an inquiry attending the explosion of a gunpowder magazine. In the cases he had referred to the greatest difficulty had been caused owing to the death of many of the parties who could give information, and this unfortunate event had not been an exception to that unfortunate result. He did not think they would le able to ascertain the exact cause that led to would be enabled to ascer tain the w explosion, ha t caution Lu lint a t s h e taken in the storing of gunpowder and also the amount of gunpowder kept in one building, They would then have to determine whether there ought not be some limit placed to quantity kept in store, and also whether certain distances ought not to be fixed within which gunpowder magazines should not be allowed. In the event of their coming to any special verdict, he would take care that it was forwarded to the proper quarter, where it would, no doubt, meet with every attention. Mr Poland said he appeared on behalf of the Messrs Hall, who were anxious that every facility should be given to the jury in the execution of their duty. He also might as well inform the jury that whatever recommendation the jury might feel it their duty to make, the Messrs Hall would do all in their power to carry it into effect. The Coroner said be did not know whether it would be possible to conclude the inquiry that day. He would do his utmost to facilitate the inquiry. So, after the jury had viewed the bodies, he would proceed with the examination of some of the witnesses who it might be supposed could throw some light upon the terrible calamity. The jury then left the room to view the bodies which lay in the stable attached to the hotel. The body of the man Rayner presented the most sickening appearance, the poor fellow's brain protruding from the skull on to the mattras upon which the body had been placed. There were lying in the same place various portions of the human body which had been picked up in the fields adjoining. There were three feet, a man's chest, a portion of a man's face with the whisker attached, portion of a skull, and other melan choly remains. Oa the return to the inquest room the following wit- nesses were examined : Walter Silver said—l resided near the magazine. lam in the employ of the Lowwood and Liverpool Gunpowder Mills Company (Limited). Ono of the bodies I have seen is that of George Rayner; he was about 37 years of age. He was storekeeper to the Messrs. Hall whose magazines were exploded. Another of the bodies, that of Thomas Hubbard, a labourer, who was engaged in some buildings erecting near the magazines. He was not at all connected with the works. I saw him alive on Saturday morning last. The other is that of John York, son of William York, who Ras under storekeeper. The father of the pour boy is missing. Mr Sidney Turner said—l am house surgeon at Guy's Hospital. I have under my care some parties injured by the explosion. With the exception of one, Eliza Osborne, who is in a very dangerous condition, the others are going on very well. We had nine brought to us. Two have died sines their admission to the hospital. One of the children, a girl named York, is in my opinion able to leave the hospital immediately if required. The witness having given in detail the condition of the various sufferers, Mr Thomas Churton said—l reside at Erich, and am a surgeon. I have seen the bodies of the three parties, which I identify. I did not see any of the men alive. I recog • nised among the remains the whisker, which I believe belonged to the man Wright. Two of the feet I believo belonged to one person. I have some young children injured by the explosion under my care. One of them, a boy, was gathering mushrooms in a field in the vicinity of the maga zine, and the other is a boy suffering from fracture of the skull. The Coroner said the object of tali ing the present evidence was to ascertain the condition of the people who were able to give evidence. Police-Sergeant Cox said . the son of the man Wright who was blown to atoms, and who saw the explosion, was in attendance. The Coroner did not think it would be desirable to take so important a witness to-day. Police constable 15 It said there were sixteen persons now m'ssing, of whom no tidings were at present known. The coroner said it was impossible to continue the inquiry in the present shattered condition of the room in which they were then assembled. Re thought it would be the best course to at once adjourn. It had been arranged that on the next occasion they were to assemble in the Avenue Schoolroom, at Erith, which would be far more convenient for them ; and he therefore had to request that the jury would give their attendance on that day, at the place he had mentioned. The inquiry was adjourned with the ueual form. Up to last evening seven out of the nine persons who were injured by the explosion, and afterwards removed to Guy's Hospital, were doing We ll , w ith the exception of Elizabeth Osborn, seven years o f age , who lies in a very d anger ous state. Elizabeth W r i g h t, one o f the nine, died ve ry shortly atter her admissi on t o th e hospital on Satur day, and James Eves, another of the sufferers, expired at 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. Another death, indirectly attributable to the catastrophe, occurred on Sunday night at the Erith station of the North Kent Railway. A young Italian, named Luigi Lorandi, or Moraudi, in attempting to enter a carriage in a gener a l rus h w hich was made for places on the arrival of an up train, was dragged among the wheels and sustained mortal injuries. Ile was brought by the same train to London and taken to Guy's Hospital, arriving there at half-past 12 o'clock, He had received a compound fracture of the right thigh just above the knee joint, and the whole of the leg below was much lacerated and contused. He was in a state of collapse and almost pulseless. Mr Sidney Turner, the house surgeon, decided that amputation was necessary to afford even a chance of recovery, smell though it would have been ; but the unfor tunate man could not be prevailed upon to submit to the operation. He died three-quarters of an hour after his ad mission to the hospital. His own account was that he was pushed under a carriage while the train was starting, and that the wheels went over his leg. He was a young man Qf gentlemanly appearance and gave an address at 51, Gos well-road. His body, with those of the two per sons w h o died at the hospital from injuries received in th e exp l os i on , awaits an inquest, which will be held to-morrow by Mr Sergeant Payne, the coroner for the City of London. For hours on Sunday night fearful scenes of tumult and violence occurred at the Erith and Belvedere stations on the North Kent Railway. Throughout the wh o l e d ay thousands of people went by the li▪ ne from London and the intermediate stations to the scene of the catastrophe, and a great number of them lingered there until dark, Th e re sult was that until far towards mi▪ dnight they congregate d in dense masses on the station forms at Erith and Bel vedere, and besieged every train that stopped to take up passengers on the up journey. The railway autho r iti es a t London-bridge despatched ex tra trains one at" ter another as fast as they could do so with safety, to bring up the people, but in spite of that there was great delay, and th e l ast up train did not leave the Belved ere station until three o'cl o ck yesterday morning. At interva ls during th e whole evening, henever a train stopped, either there or at Erith, a fright ful rush was made at it, and the people crowded the carriaEe to suffocation, in spite of the efOrts of the police and the rail way company's servants to restrain them. Many clambered upon the tops of the carriages, others took possession of the engine tender, and some even bestrode the buffers until they were pulled off by main force by the police. At Wool wich Arsenal station several of the trains were stopped, and people who were suffering from the eve crowding taken out of them. Yesterday and on Sunday pieces of . the mangled and mu. tilated remains of persons who perished in the explosion were found here and there in the neighbourhood and taken to a shed at the back of the Belvedere Hotel, where the bodies of Rayner, the storekeeper, a man named Hibbard, and a boy—at first supposed, but erroneously, to have been the son of Rayner—await an inquest. Amo ng th ese g h as tl y relics are a right and left foot, portions of a skull, and part of a jaw with a whisker, all apparently beyond identity. An inquest will be opened to-day at Belvedere by Mr Carttar, one of the coroners for the county of Kent. The gap in the embankment which was repaired with such wonderful rap i• Pity after the explosion by the Sappers and Miners and the Artillery from Woolwich garrison, assisted by 40C of Mr Webster's nes vies from the Main Drainage Works at Cross aess Point, has never in the least given way, though severely ested both yesterday and on Sunday by high tidos and a The Leeds Banking Company. (From the Economist.) The affairs of the Leeds Banking Company are of the greatest interest, both because they afford a signal indica tion of the possible extent and inevitable result of reckless banking, and because the sort of reckless banking which they exhibit is the very sort which is now most to be dreaded. As long as a bank is lending actual money—the money of its shareholders or of its depositors—there are plain safe. guards from error, and there are close limits to recklessness; but when a bank is giving acceptances and endorsements— when it is lending its name—there is no close limit; crimi nal folly and criminal wildness may soon and easily accu mulate liabilities which far exceed and swahew up any pail up capital or reserve fund. There are three questions to be asked en iho failure of every joint-stock bank—l. Whatimoney has been lost ? 2. How it has been lost? 3. What additional money must be paid up by the shareholders if the public: is to be paid in full ? he accounts presented by the professional gentlemen to the meeting certainly give the means of answering these questions, but their form is involved and complicated, end very few, if any, men of business will sr.,:te the time to work out and solve them. We may therefore be of use in throw ing the matter into an easy and popular shape. The sum for which the Leeds Banking Company are liable—the sum they had to dispose of—is close on three millions, and is shown at a single view by the following account : LIABILITIES, To Shareholders. Cir, ital.... £llo,loo 0 0 Reserve and contingent fund 106,655 9 6 Premium on shares sold 27,304 5 0 Unclaimed dividends Balance of profit and loss account, charges to ba entered, and sundries unclaimed To the Public. Doposit on current or other accounts .. 5,9,903 410 Sundry hankers 59,383 15 8 Creditorsholdingsecurity 90,971 12 1 Liabilities on endorse ments of bills of ex change 1919,991 14 3 £314,050 3 1 2,650,300 6 10 Total liabilities And against this they have to show : ASSETS. £ s. d. 15,327 8 7 Cash Estimated produce of bills receivable un pledged Debts, good and unpledged. Bills endorsed by the bank which it is believed will be paid by the acceptors at maturity 919,991 14 3 Bills endorsed by the bank which it is believed will be ultimately recovered from the acceptor or the drawers, though not paid at maturity 400,003 0 0 Securities held by special creditors Charges due from customers Stationery, &0... Tut d assets £2,146,687 3 0 showing a deficiency of £817,663 6s lid, which, therefore, is the sum the managers of the bank have made away with. It is eight times the capital of the bank, and exceeds by nearly 50 per cent. the legitimate liabilities of the bank— its liabilities to depositors. We do not remember to have seen before a first account in which the deficit of the bank without circulation was more than the money deposited with it. How, then, has it been lost ? The figures speak for themselves. Though the capital of the bank was only £lOO,OOO, it has been giving endorsements, lending its name and credit for all but two millions, and these two millions were of so bad a character that the accountant divides thus : To be paid at maturity Not to be paid at maturity 1,000,000 0 0 £1,919,991 14 3 What possible recklessness could have induced a bank with £lOO,OOO of capital to give its endorsements to two millions of bills, of which 50 per cent, of which one million will not be paid when due,is at first sight hard to conceive. It is true a considerable part, say £600,000 of these bills, are esti mated to be ultimately paid, but even that leaves a loss of £lOO,OOO, or four times the bank capital. And when a bank is lending its name on a scale so prodigious, ultimate pay ment has nothing to do with the matter. Instant payment by the acceptor of the bill is essential to the safety of the bank. As soon as an acceptor dishonours a bill, the holder looks for the best endorser. He sees the en dorsement of a bank—the bank doors are always open—he presents the bill, and it must be paid or the bank stops. The Leeds Banking Company were liable by endorsement on £1,000,000 of bills, which would not be paid on matu rity by the acceptors, which, therefore, they would have to pay. And what had they to pay with ? Not a penny of Consols, not a penny to call in London which they could use, and only £15,000 of cash in the bank. We should inquire not how such a concern came at last to stop, bur how, during so many months of dear money and critical credit, it has contrived to shiver on. The explanation of such seemingly inexplicable wildness is a very wild one, of which there have been hundreds of examples before, and of which while human nature remains what it is there will always be a certain number. The manager of the bank, the uncontrolled manager, for the directors did not control him, was frightened by the most pressing of banking dangers. He had lent a good deal of money to certain insolvent persons, and he did not dare to bring those insolvents to a stand for fear of stopping the bank. Some years ago an enterprising broker, who after wards failed, gave his acceptance payable at a bank which also has long since stopped, and said, " Oh, the bank will discount it." On trial the bank would not discount it, and the hclder brought it back to:the drawer. " Wou't they discount it ?" ho replied, "there must be a mistake. Hero is my cheque for the same amunt. See if they do not cash that " Aud they did cash it, not daring for their own cre• dit to refuse; the amount he owed them was so enormous. The end of this is certain. When, as now at Leeds, some half dozen unprincipled but sharp men feel a bank must at its peril give them what money they like, they like to have an immense deal. They go on asking and asking till the credit of the bank stops. Several worthless firms were in this powerful position over the Leeds Bank ; they had already borrowed so much that they could borrow what they chose. The directors appear to have known little about it, and the manager must have known far more than he chose to ten. In subordinate parts of the accounts the same reckless ness is evident generally, indeed wildness of this magnitude runs through all details where it once begins. It is not worth while taking much care of pence when you know that you are squandering pounds on pounds. The bills on hand receivable in a bank ought to bo in the main good ; that of the Leeds Banking Company were in amount £225,232 16s 1161 at the stoppage. Of this— There will be recovered, it is said £135,224 14 7 There will not be recovered Total so that two-fifths of the bills were bad. The loans are batter, but in any other statement we should consider them culpably bad. The "dettor balsnces,' , as the accountants call them, at the close were £766,925 lls 21 £ s. d. Of which there were bad „.. ... 74,724 6 4 Doubtful (£104,861 i6s 61) taken at lOs in the pound Held as security by creditors Unavoidable for general creditors Available Total so that nearly one-filth were bad, and nearly another fifth pawned. As to the sum which the shareholders will have to pay if the public is not to lose, we can at present only conjecture. The deficiency of £816,100, or eight times the capital, is only a first estimate ; and looking to the nature of the busi ness, we doubt its sufficiency Very bad business always gets worse the more you look at it. Where a manager has been guilty of recklessness so wild, so culpable, so prodigious as here, calm and quiet men of business have great difficulty in estimating or believing how bad it is. If the shareholders get off with any such loss as this, we shall consider them to have escaped easily from a calamity so formidable. General Garibaldi has written the following lett€r to the editor of the 111ovimento :—" Caprera, Sept. 26.—Sir,—I beg of you to insert the following in your ex cellent journal. It is said that there are circulating in England hills of exchange, purporting to bear my signature. I beg t 3 say that such signatures are false. as I have not signed any bills of exchange for any sum or for any person. G. GARIEALDI." THE PHOSPHORESCENCE OF THE SEA.—The phosphorescence of the sea is due to two kindred causes, ono being the light emitted by certain living creatures which have the faculty of becoming luminous—a faculty incidental to the discharge of their vital functions ; the other being the light given out by the bodies of the same creatures whilst undergoing the process of decomposi tion. Which of these exercises the larger share in illu minating the ocean, is yet unc!rtain, and the point is not, perhaps, muct material ; but, what is more to the purpose is, that among the former are to be found three distinct genera, subdivided, in the case of infusoria, into alm- st infinite species. These three genera aro the Acaleph as (Illedut as and Cyancoa families) among zoophytes, certain molluscs and infusoria. Of the Acalepbas, or Sea nettles, the Mammal is scintillans is the most remarkable. It is, when fully grown, no larger than a pin's head, and yet has a lustre which makes it almost as brilliant as the brightest star. It is more especially an inhabitant of the tropics, and is a great contributor to the glory which the sea in those latitudes has over the waters of colder z0ne5...... Ehrenberg managed to keep two luminous infusoria, taken from the Baltic, alive at Ber lin for two months, and he was enabled to make very close observations upon the conditions most favourable to the manifestation of their powers. Ile found that when they were exhausted, and ceased to emit sparks, they renewed their flashing on the addition of acids or of alcohol to the _ aes water in which they wi.ro C, , ,,,vnbei s's foal nal. SECOND EDITION. SUN 01 77 10 E, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, BEDFORD RACES—This DAY. (Br MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH PREPARATION STAKES. ZeJoo Triumpher Damascus Five ran. TWO YEAR OLD STAKES. Viola Cordelia Anti-/qacassar S.x ran. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-LAEr EVENING. CESIREWITCII STAKES. 6to 1 egst Gratitude (take 100 to 15) 8 to 1 egst Thalestris (taken) 9to 1 agst Mail Train (taken) 10 to 1 agst Calista colt (offered) 25 to 1 agst Alabama (taken) 28 to 1 agst 13eatrix (taken) 33 to 1 agst Tattoo (offered) 40 to 1 apt 1 - I.;y Poly (taken) 40 to 1 aget Myrtle (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lady Frances (taken) 50 to 1 agst Speenlatiln (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAILES. 16 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tattoo (taken) 20 to 1 agst Muezzin (taken) 25 to 1 agst Prince Plausible (taken) 50 to 1 agst Bayard (taken) 50 to 1 agst Deerfoot (taken) MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—'Meadow hay, ..-C3 lOs to £5 5s ; clorer, £4 10s to £6 10s Od ;at d straw, £1 Bto 12s pr load. A slues trade. CUMRERLA.ND.—Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £5 lOs ; elovcr, Ll 10s to £0 lOs 61; and straw, £lBs to 41 12s per load. A dull inquiry, WHITECHAPEL,—Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £5 5s ; clover, £1 108 to £6 lOs; and straw, £1 Ss to £I. 12s per load. De mand inactive. COLONIAL. TEA,—Business has been very dull, and the few transac tions that have taken place have been at former rates. SUGAR.—The market has remained very dull, and in some instances rather lower rates have been accepted. Good grocery qualities, however, have remained at about forme: quotations. COFFEE.—There has bean a moderate inquiry for colo nial, and both plantation and native Ceylon have sustained former rates. Other descriptions ars a shade cheaper. RlOE,—Only a limited business has been reported, and there is littlo change to report in velues. TALLOW.—Business has remained very quiet, and prices have shown less firmness,P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s 9d to 41s 61; D—oember, 43s 61; and January to March, 44s 3d per c•,wt, COAL MARKET. Prloes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. d. ! Walls End. Hastings Hartley l9 3 ' r. d. Walker Primrose lt 0 Hartlepool 2O 0 Wylam 19 0 South t1art1ep001......19 3 Holywell 19 0 East Hartlepool 20 0 Eden Main l9 0 Acorn Close ..18 9 North Pelton Gas... _.14 0 Russel's Hetton 19 3 Byron's Hartley ..17 0 Braddyll's Iletton 19 6 Lambert's West Hart- ! K elloe.. .... l9 3 ley l9 3 South Kclloe 20 0 Byass's 13ebside West i itaswell Hartley . ... 19 3 KeiperGrange 19 - 3 Cowpen Hartley 19 3 Stewart's 20 0 ranh'eld Moor 14 0 South Hetton 20 6 Tantield Moor Butes ..14 0 Wharncliffe lB 9 fleugh Ilall 2 ► 0 Belmont l9 6 Cassop 20 0 Gosforth lB 9 Pensher Primrose..... 19 0 Byron... 19 3 Hetton 2O 6 Framwellgate ........18 6 Walls End. Ships at market, HG ; sold, 09, SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Oct. 4.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; strong bran and fine weather. CARDIFF, Oct. 2.—Sailod—Dodo, for Rio Janeiro—John Raley, New York--George and Henry, for 13tianos Ayr BRISTOL, Oct. 2. Wind S. W.—Arrived—Minerva, from Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 3.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Benvoir ich, from Shanghai. WARnENroiNT, Oct. 3.--Wind N,E.—Arrived.—Dnie Tylie, from New York. OFF FALMOUTH, Oct. 2 . — Arrived—Hormingo, from Halifax. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, Tuesday, 11 a.m. An Austrian frigate and an Austrian steam ram are now entering the Sound. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 3—Neptune, from Sundewall—Acron, from Dram—Flora, from Archangel—Sisters, from G Arrived, Oct. 4—Mathilde, from Dram —At, tc,in , tte, from Archangel—Vanquisher. and Guadina, fr.al CroL stadt—Precious, from Gothenburg. Sailed—Liberator, for Sydney—Z-•lander, for Can' er bury—Blact Watch, for Mauritius—Thomas Dryden, for Bombay—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne. Letters from Scutari announce that the couiniis• sion for estab:ishing the frontier line between Le Turkish and Montenegrin territories has just resumed its labours, which had been for some time suspended. COLLISION AND LOSS OF LIFE.—A despatch was received in Liverpool yesterday from Queenstown to the effect that on Saturday night the Portuguese bark Fernan dez I, came into collision with the British ship G. P. Blan chard near the Tuskar. The Portuguese vessel sank at one?, taking a seaman with her, and the G. P. Blanchard sus tained such damago that she bore up to Queenstown, and with difficulty arrived there yesterday morning. STATE OF TRADE IN BACUP.—The cotton trade in Bacup and district bears a mere unfavourable aspect than it did some few weeks ago, nearly all the mills work ing considerably less tim3. At the meeting of the Board of Guardians held on the 231 ult. it was thought advisable to request the relief committees in the various townships of the union to consider the propriety cf recommencing the distribution of relief. FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP PHAETON.—An accident lately happened on board this ship which terminated fatally. On the 19th of August, on the passage from Fortress Monroe to Jamaica, Lieutenant Charles A, F. Peget, being officer of the first watch, in making sail the main topsail tye was carried away, and he was struck on the heaa by the fly-block, which fractured his skull. He remained insensible and died in ton minutes. He was buried the next day with the umal honours, deeply deplored by his messmatas and shipmates. This promising young officer was the third. eon of Lord William Paget and grandson of the late Marquis of Anglesey, THE MAILS, &O.—SOUTHAMPTON, MOCltle The Royal Mail Company's ecrew titevnship Tas manian, Capt, T. W, Sawyer (Lieutenant R,N.R.), Failed hence to-day with the 'West India, Pacific, and Mexican mails, and 283 passengers, including Lady Arundell. She takes out £t 950 in English silver coin, £2,480 in French coin (of which £2,000 is gold and £lBO silver), 970 bottles of quickeiivcr, English jewellery value £1,948, French jewellery value £10,152, and a full cargo of British and foreign merchandise. The steamship Baroda, Captain N. W. Haselwccd, leave on Tuesday with the Calcutta and Chintemails ; the Teutonic, Captain P. 11. Haack, en Wednesday, with mails for New York; the Athens, Capt. R. B. Davie, on Wednesday, for Ascension, St. Helena, and the Cape cf Good Hope, calling at Plymouth for the mails; and the Oneida on Monday next, with mails for Lisbon, Madeira, Cape Verde, the Brazils, and River Plate. The America, Captain 11. Wessels, is expected on Wednes day, with mails of the 24th inst. from New York. THE BRECHIN BATHING CASE.—A few ni on t n3 ago several respectable youths belonging to Brechin were tried before Sheriff-Substitute Robertson, at Forfar, on the somewhat singular charge of exposing their persons by bathing in the river Southesk, near Brechin Castle. It was pleaded on behalf of the youths that the citizens cf Brechin had been in the habit of bathing at the same place from time immemorial, though the Earl of Dalhousie was now endeavouring to put a stop to the practice; and also that it was preposluous to charge them with ex.• posure, considering that the trees at the part of the river where they ware bathing completely shut them cut from public view. However, notwithstanding the ma nifest absurdity of the charge, Sheriff Robertson found it proven, and sentenced the youths to pay a heavy fine, or be imprisoned for a limited period —one of the lads, who was unable to pay the fine, having to go to prison until the money was raised by . subscription. The decision caused a good deal of indignat i on in Brechin and elsewhere, and i: was resolved to take the matter to a higher cout t. The case accordingly came up before the Lord J ustice Clerk and Lord Neaves iu the Perth Circuit Court on Friday, in the shape of an appeal against the decision of the sheriff. Mr. I. Guthrie Sniith and Mr. B Your appeared as counsel iur the appellants. After a lengthened argument had been gone into, their lonlships held that the decision of the sheriff,;was not a sound one. They therefore reversed it, ordered the fines to be refunded, and granted £l`,Z 12s. cf expenses.— So; t i Bt it:sh Mai/. 'toe): stock stock stook MEN 100 100 100 10U 100 100 4if I 82 i 100 i