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

31011-1 Y MARKET AND CO MMVICJIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Mark e t is now indicative of an easy "iditin• Capital is every where abundant, and as merchants and others have by this time provided themselves with ample accommodation for the ape c I.4l ; re clairements of the 4th, th e i nqu i r y i s d a ily d 1111dlish iag. Discounters are therefore showing withet37 to secur e new b us i ness, and are compet i ng the nati onal establishment by charging first ei sea bills only Eit and 8:4 per cent. to i furth er Bum of £142,000 in gold was taken 'I the Bank yesterday. tit 811 1 e of Mexican. dollars was effected yesterday 33 Per oz., s h owing a fall of =7 7 l. per oz. on the Previous price. mil. me eting of th e cre di tors of M essrs L ew i ne an d orris, wh o sto wpped payment on September 12, P° in ) yesterday at the offices of Messrs Harding, d " i n) and C o . T he meeting, taking into consi a_er4tino the extremely uncertain character of the etas agreed t o accept a composition of 53 in the Pnnad. P rpt !"" com mittee of the Stock Exchange have ap dointed Thursday, th e 6 t h i nstant , a spec i a l sett li ng ti a / the shares of the Societe Agricole et Indus- Conapagnee Anonyms Egyptienne (Limited) bargains entered into on and after the 16th of eIY, which are not to be marked at present. d „ 11 the Fo re i gn and Colonial Produce markets : r ing the l ast few days there has been very little R -11 , i „ 111 ,, ati en• Sug ar h as b een a s h a d e c h eaper , wh il e Ind superior descriptions of coffee have re mained at steady prices. Rice, cocoa, fruit, and j il ees have been in moderate request at late quo :ti"s) While business in the tallow market has d ril i ' l ined v ery qu i et for both present and forward e4 erY, at slightly reduced prices. Two O'CLOCK. t the Paris Bourse thi s d ay , according to It er's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were quoted 65f. 90e. Wit hin the last d ay or two the cessation of mer e n all tile fail ures has caused a subsidence of the recent a tleasi neas at th e S toc k E xchange. Greater coufi e pencell" has ther e f ore b een engendered, and as the ttiblie a re new buyi ng more f ree l y quotat i ons are a eedin g to an upward direction. The Funds show ?au iteprovernent of about 1 per cent. since yesterday ar°", Consols for money being 881 1, and for the cult 88 : I• The New Threes and Reduced iilnuities are 86} ; R e d S ea " T el egr aph, 191; June 103 g oer Bills, 153 dis.; India 5 per Cents., 31 i; and the Bonds, 20s. to lOs. dis. th 4 general slight improvement has taken place in Foreign Stock Market, and business is rather ~.e tive • Turki s h 6 per Cents., 1863, are 701 ; ditto Punishoilsolides, 50 Z, ; Mexican, 271 ; Greek, 231 ; p Passiv e , 311 I ditto Certificates, 141 ; Atrtu 67. g 8 l ' e se, 461 ; and the Co n f e d era t e Loan, I the - " ,, way Share Market there has been 1 7: 4 13 er More activity, and most of the principal pro'S realise enhanced rates. Brighton have ire. shj ecl 51 .; Great Eastern, Lancashire and York u)," and North Western each, lOs.; Great este rs ' 6 a., and Midland and North Eastern, 43 ere i i, k, each £ l. e Foreign and Colonial lines show little 11 importance. rf l iank and Miscellaneous shares are also in better h q u est, and exhibit a slight improvement. Alliance aoa,e risen to 441, Consolidated to 10k, London 12'4t Stock to 431 to 44, Mercantile Exchange to eon's Binds' Punjaub, and Delhi to 11 llf, Hud. jjaY Company to 121 1, and General Credit to 65 a 1 •......•••••• ....•1 13 itiTisu FUNDS—ONE °' (I 3 OPERNMENT ruriDs. CLOCK. 88a i 1 Per Cent. Consols 881 s 00 Account, Oct. 11 .......... Ix . e Pe w r3t3peutelte educed ........... 4 1 New 2i fifer dient. ji1n..18.9. 4 ..... • • • Do 6 per CentlB73 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire itthJ an. 1880 — 1 30 for 30 yrs, expire sth April,'lBBs Bo (Red Sea Tele h) Aug 1908 l9l June, kehequer Bills, £l, g o r o a o p , ' . Do £5OO 4& 31 per Cent. —l‘l4mh. 15 b o £lOO and £2OO B a 6 •-• „11, England Stk, 51 per Ct. uo Account ................ . INDtkrt GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, india Stock, 10f per Cent., April 1874 — I) 1) 0 Account 1036 a , s e 5 per Cent. Oct 1870 uo 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 _ , Do Certificates I',o Account ...................... ° -'-',O 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.).. _ -V s 4i pet Cent . _ ,•00 Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 . per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. ,u° pee Cent., May, 1879 'JO 4Cent., Aug. 1866 20 12 Liu bends:am() 10 pc Under 41,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. trT'ttiall Bonds, 6 per Cent . • Vilittn 5 per Cent ° 4 1 per Cent., 1852-58-60 A D o 83t Rue 1863 ~1408 Ayres 6 er Cent 1)9 • • • • c,„. 1.,100 I3onds `V . !a?l . 6 per Cent 81/ 0,,y_0 %I . per Cent , cturobutii 6 per Cent — 41)ba7,6 per Cent. - D rt ?° Per Cent, 1864 /. 11164 3 per Cent., 1825 .un g o „ -_,,, per Cent, Wauor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — R-0, Provisonal Land Warrant.. Hi gYptian 7 per Cent 1)0 , 1 Second Issue Qr ri e4 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons - ~0 Acc ount •••• D o''' Coupon s 0 o Account ..... 44telnala 6 per Cent. It I.) - 0 ~ 1839 and 1859 k 1 ,41 16 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway ) e,Xlcati 3 per Cent -- Lo Account ...... Do 1864 , 0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — . "Jo 6 SrCent. Anglo-French.... — die _Ditto Scrip, £33 paid.... '4,oorish Imperial 6 per Cent Ivy 2 per • Cent. .... $o per .............. — o Land Warrants (Hectares) lio Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — , Do do Aug., 1866 — ' ortlvian 41 per Cent i i - i) )0 3 per Cent. (Cribarren)... ...... o ° per Cent., 1862 ° A-ccount 771 Portuguese 3 _ per Cent., 1853 Po Account ~ , , u o 3 per Cent 1856 '7 '9, '60,'„62;3.• 46 i i uo Accou t " ' ' _ itussian 5 p u er Do 4i per Cent., 1822, £St BB D o ~ 1 Cent 1850 1860 — Do 3 p er Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 130 Anglo-Dutch u . 1)0 Scrip, £65 paid per Cent Pei sr li nian O 8 lio Account a zsh 3 per Cent .......... ~,o Account Do New Deferred bo Account o Passive 8 -1- ' 0 Accou Pan ish Cert. nt of Coup not funded .. 14/ 11 1) 0 Ac "wedishzount Cent. pm ,r, 1)0.80rip,13£60 paid Aurkish 6 per Cent. 1854 got li i)‘c. Account I ` ) ,°G per Cent. 1858 _ L ° Account i) o 6 per Cent. 1862 I) 70 o Account I L OO £lOO Bonds.. _ D 01863 bo Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... ~. Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid v euezuela 3 perCvnt. - bo Account i i) o 6 per Cent , 1862 -1-) ° Account . : ~ ,! ,Do 6 per Cent.,. . 1861 ....... 41/ Dividends on the above payable in London Austr ian, 6 p er C ent.. Ex. 10 Florins. 3301giati 41 per Cent. Ex. 25f — D 4 ' ll ° ll 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull ' reach Itentes, 2 per C en t ............. -_ttilian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. 1; 1 )0 ,Xceount .............. 66 i •„' , Uvian Dollar Bonds, 4/ per Ct. Ex. 4s. riethriontese, 5 per Cent , Ex. 25f Ex C onsols TWO O'CLOCK, Money 1-)0 Account 88 averpool Cotton Market—This Day, nn {He ro is lees depression in the market to.day, the sales w ill ,probably f oot up to 4,000 or s+ooo bales, SHARE MARKETS—This day. iharel Railways. 3.14. et et et 30 20 Vol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon. Cornwall A aCtB no div Do A till fipc.p an.has Do. B been paid to B.! Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juuc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western.) Great Eastern, Ord. stkl Ditto A stook Ditto }:ast Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland! Great Vv'estcrn,Original Do Str Val Rua. dtook Do. South Wales .... !Do. West Mid. -_Oxiord Do Newport] Do Hereford, Lancashire & Yorkshire' London and Blackwall' Lon., Bright.,& S. Come Lon., Chat., and Dover 'Lon. & North Western 'Lon. & So , ,th Western 'Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do j shares... Metropolitan Midland Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. i shares Mid Kent ... North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwigh Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle 'Do. Stook. & Darling Do do 1855-58 Do do I , OG-61 IN orth London ) Do New .. . Do New, ISM 'North Stairordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welolipool Shropshire Union South Deyon ..... South Eastern Staines, Wok.,andWok Taff Vale.. Do C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R 5 7 1 , 5 i 126.1 130 137 127 130 90 92 671 681 4(1 47 35 40 0) 111 1131 ilt 64 65 102 (03 33 40 11 , / 110/ 93 04 631 C4l 1054 TO 128! 1291 99 101 51 63 24 15 1051 105 i t33i 64} 93i 94,i 95 36 0 10 g 7 8 e' 120 125 1 I}p 75 76 10i 11 132 136 54 66 84 16 811 12} 8 9 160 165 3i 4i p 97 99 31 36 ORDINARY SIIARES AND STOO&S. Closing Business Price. done. P 75f 6 82i i 82 E 4 121 122 6 7 31 23 16 17 86 88 105 107 44 45 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Paid & St Lawrenet Baroda&.Cent lu Gu. 5 per oent.. Do. E. Shares... iukalo and Laaelluroi Do. Preference .... • uflalo,Brant,&Godricl p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187 Jo. do. July 1, 187 )o. do. June 1, 18; Acutta,tS.Eastn. (Lie 'apeTown t Dock Scri Demerara 7 p.o. per. pf t•,astn. Bengal gu. a p. li.:ast Indian. au. 5 p. e Do. do. J Ext.... 1 ,4 rand Trunk of t;anivi Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist r'rei. Do. do. deferred-- Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Do. do. deterred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred-- (3t.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.c u 1. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. it. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per oent Do. 41 per cent....• Do _ • • 3t. W. of Canada Share, Do. New ... ..... Do. 6 p.o. '73 witlet opt 1)o. 5i P.O. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. 0. Extension Dc. 14 d 0.... Do. Fifth Extension. vielb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bildt, llelb. & Hobson's Bay. N'ewßrunswick t Cann Class A and B. Rl.C'daB po Ist pi bd' • • Jo. Delhi ,)o. do )0. Punjaub Jo. Indus.St.Flol) Closing Price. all 100 (100 100 ( 2 : 1 0 k.lOO 56 58 9)i 1( 0, idle r , r 4t 51 71 81 95 109 92 94 100 101 100 101 19 19i 90 93 71 73 60 32 66 68 55 57 53 56 96 (8 29 31 27 20 100 101 id pr id jr 99 100 gi 10 11 101 89 91 82 64 4d I r 99 100 92 94 88 90 8 CO 3 6 80 83 99 ICO 98 100 d par 98 100 95 97 OLONI AT. GOVERis British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... Do. do. 1883.... ; tit.t ,0v.6 p.c.Ja. ti&J Lit 1877-S1 Do. A p. c. Feb. t Al 4, Do. 6 p. o. Mar. (lc Sept Do. E p. o. Jan.&July. Do. 6 Inscribed stool ape G.Hope, 6p 0,187; Do.Ap dz Oct, 188( Do. 183 t )o. Jan. & July. 1891. ;eylon, Nov.l6q, 6 p uo. 1878, do . Jauritius 6 p.0ent.1873 Do. 18781 Do. 1882 Fatal Gov. 6 per cont. i.13.G0v. p.o.Ja.dtJul) st. S.W. Gov. 5 p 0., 1&- Do. 5 p. c.,18'1 to 1.,71 Do. d0.,1888 41; upwth iew Zealand 6 p cent ova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. eterling, 1875. lueensland Gcv. 6 p. c. Aus ov. 6 p.e.lf 68- IX). 1 7o &u 1 ward 4. V ie.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..sl ul) [ Do. io 6 p.a. At/ &Oa.. 1' SECURITIES. 90 03 90 0 89 92 79 8: 78 81 LO4 106 LO7 109 11,8 110 107 10! 1 102 105 1 , 9 112 191 104 103 106 ,03 105 11.5 03 96 97 99 95 97 04 96 9) 102 95 93 10) 102 106 107 ,;05 I('6 105 i i 5 BRITISH MINES. 'A otbrian CohBol. Gold Chiver ton ...... 3 61 7 Atnalgantatett.. 30 3 2 G. Cone. (Tavist. 570 500 Drakewal" a.• BarJeiett(lllogan) 6l, 13 65 64/ ast Caradon '.l4.t 261 271 'ast Carn Brea...— 3.5 ., 7 7, East Grenville ... ..... 2.7.0. 71 71 Has t Lovell 2.13.6 8 9 srll4ussel(Tavistk 5.13. 41 5 lam.loSt.Aubyn(Gwen 60 7 9 4 Great Laxey, all 15 15 Treat Boum 'fro— 12s 2 21 I. Wheal Vor ( eistoD 40 30 31 29/ lrenville.. .. 7 8 ierc.d's-Foot 6.13 38 40 Ilingston Downs 1 . 18 .1 4 41 Ilargaret (Buy Lelant 7 9 larke Valley.. 4 Ivndv Iron Ore (Lim. 24 1 1r: . , 19 26 8 •+ew Setun 251 75 85 orth D0wn5........ North Roskear.., . 2Ol 20 22 5511'1 Basset(illo au 3.1.6 1{ 21 ;orth Wheal Crotty . 7.8 0 33 4 Prosper United 7.1.A. 31 31 rov idenee (U ny Leini to 6.7 37 39 ,outhearadon(lit.Cleei 1i ,20 540 '.Wheal Fran. (111wer. IS.ls.t 421 471 itray Park ('in Croft v 18 19 'Vest Basset (Illoon).. 11 8 9 • V C' radon (Liskeard a 1) 11 West Chiver ton Nest Beton Xliev,l Basset (Mogan 51 92 85 Bulleratedrutli, 10 17 19 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann (Lien 8 14 16 Wheal 3eton 5B( 205 215 %VhealTrelawney (Lis , 7 19 21 184 Wheal Union 4 1 11 PREFERENCE S Great Western Orig. 41 per cent ff., 96 4 South Eastern (Reading Anne., £1.0.6), Ditto, 43 per cent., 981 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shrewsbury and Hereford, 131 AREs. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 Bahia and San Francisco k lim.) gua. 7 per Cent, 15 Dutch Rhenish, 181 Great Luxembourg, 91 FOREIGN MINES, Yudanamutana of S. Australia, Urn., BANKS, Agra and Misterman's (lira.), 124 Alliance Lim.). 43 n 4} Ditto, new, 42 Anglo Austrian, t Bank of British Columbia, 18,; 13,nk of Wales, lim., 10 Consolidated Bank, lim., 10 Continental, Hrn., 18 East London, lira.. 8 European Bank, lim., 101 1 Hindustan, china, and Japan (liM.), Ditto, new, 201 2 Imperial Bank (lim.), 33 Imperial Ottoman, 161 International B ~,k, lim. 14 Land Mortgage Bank or India, lim., 41 London 'link of Mexico and S. America, 11m., 5 1 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 7 1 London and County, 06 London, Hamburg Cont. Exchange, lira., 121 London Joint Stock,l 436 London and 11 estminster, 94 Merchant Bank, dm , 221 Mercantile and Exchange. Um., 12 1 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 20 Oriental Bank Corporation. sel 7 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. lim., 11 1 Standard of British South Africa (lim , ), 21 Union of A ustralia, 52 Union of Ireland, lim., 20 Union of London, 491 501 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 67 Southampton, 591 MISCELLANEOUS. A nglo-Mexican Mint, 19 181 Berlin 'Water Works, lim., 8 Discount Corporation, 16 • E gyptian Coin. and Trading, 11n1 21 Financial Corporation, Fore -street 'Warehouse, lim., 8} Gen. Credit and Finance 01 London, Hudson's B a y, 151 A Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., 63 7 61 Internati onal Financial z , ociety, lim., 6 1 Joint Stock Discount, lim.. 41 5* Ilm., 6.1 a London Financial Association, lim., 211 Ditto, new, 1.( 1 London kientral Omnibus Company, 21 e' --, TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--This day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A CONVICTED BURGLAR AT WORK AGAlN.—William 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 he was awoke by the ringing of a bell attached to a clothes' line in the passage of the house, the bell having been so fixed as to give warning of any one touching the articles placed on the line, and on going down stairs he saw the prisoner. On 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 44A / I 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. . _ _ 1374 8 Barnes, the gaoler, said the prisoner had several times been in custody, and once convicted of burglary. 68 i i i Sirjeant Ellis Davis, 11 F, proved finning the toilet cover 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 large nail. 1141 I 6411 'O2l 3 # 111 1 i 02111 1 931 4} Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a week. On being re►woved 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. 107 61 7i 129; 30 106 6li 51 95 11 THAMES. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A POLICE-CONSTABLE.—WiIIiam Adams, a well-dressed man, was brought before Mr Paget, charged with violently assaulting John 111 4 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. The assault on the constable was confirmed by George 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 his appearance an.l in tei fered. 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 be 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 es ger 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 orainated 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 place. the locality selected, &c, All these doubts and disputes will, however be sot 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 (Ace 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 run 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 ar, t•Old 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 be generally known, and especially so by Mace's supporters. But, on the other hand, they have such implicit faith in his cleverness that they believe Coburn will not got a chance of delivering a telling 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 he has the advan tage of Mace, who is 34. Macs's weight is 11 stone 51b.-- 51b. heavier than he ever weighed before when fully trained. Mr Woodroff3, 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 tho 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. The 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 pupli6tiqu6 were in attendance, and the character of the meeting was oue of unusual interest and excitement, consequent upon the vacillating tactics pursued by the repres3ntatives 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. TIIE LAST OF THE WOLD INCENDIARIES.—Ben jamin 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 peaco for 12 months. The last of the Weld incendiaries is therefore now in custody. FREE NAVIGATION ON THE RIVER AMAZON.— " RIO JANEIRO, June 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 the River Amazon, the following proposition, a verbatim copy of which is enclosed for the information of the Supreme Go vernment Tho Government is hereby authorised to open, with as little delay as possible, the River Amazon to the commerce and navigation of friendly Powers with whom treaties shall bo previously adjusted, throughout the whole course of the Brazilian territory on that river.' This pro position has already passed the Senate,—God preserve, &c (Signed) JVAN F, SELAYA." 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 wbo:o of the windows of the room of the hotel in which the inquiry was held being blo sn 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 with them. Ile had hchi 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 the explosion, but they would be enabled to as : er tain what caution was taken i n th e s toring of gunpowth r 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 thtir coming to any special verdict, he would take care that it Wag torwardel to tha proper quarter, where it would, no doubt, meet with every attention. Mr Poland said he appeared on behalf of the Messrs Hal', who were anxious that every facility should be given to the jury in the execution of their duty. He also might es 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 he did not know whether it would be possible to conclude the inquiry that day. Ho 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 s'ckening 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. On 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 Gunpowthr Mills Company (Limited). One 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 R as under storekeeper. The father of the poor 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 othfirs are going on very well. We had nine brought to us. Two have died since 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 believe 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 taking the present evidence was to ascertain the condition of the people who were able to give evidence. P o lice-Sergeant Cox said the s on of tho man Wright whc 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 R said there were sixteen persons now massing, of whom no tidings were at present known. Tho coroner said it was impossible to continue the inquiry in the present shattered condition of the room in which they were then assembled. He 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 tho usual 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 well, with the exception of Elisabeth Osborn, seven years of age, who lies in a very dangerous state. Elizabeth Wright, one of the nine, died very shortly atter her admission to the 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 Rent Railway. A young Italian, named Luigi Lorandi, or Moraudi, in attempting to enter a carriage in a general rush which was made for places on the arrival of an up train, was dragged among the wheels and sustained mortal injuries. He 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 areputaan 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. Ile died three-quarters of an hour after his ad mission to the hospital. His own account was that he was London. pushed under a carriage while . the train was starting, and that the wheels went over his leg. He was a young man of gentlemanly appearance and gave an address at 61, Gos well-road. His body, with those of . the two persons who died at the hospital from .injuries received in the explosion, awaits an inquest, which will be held. to-morrow by Mr scene eed t there rtehuentiuntil daerdk night fearful scenes of tumult and violence occurred at the Erith and Belvedere stations on The re- SeFrgoerahnotuFrsayonne,stuhnedcaoyroner for the City e t E ey rithand Bel vedere,the North Kent Railway. Throughout the whole day railway authorities at thousands of people went by the line from London and the congregated and a catastrophe, totake up intermediategregreat number s stations i o t h u e s m t o lingered s in ult was den s ae t n h dm a t masses s i e l g oe f r theevtowardsersyt atrtia oi midnightn tohramts. s ta t ot h p p d London-bridge despatched extra trains one after another as fast as they could do so with safety, to bring up the people, passengers on the up journey. The. but in spite of that there was great delay, and th e l as t up train did not leave the Be lvedere station until th ree o ' c l oc k yesterday morning. At in tervals during the whole evening, whenever a train stopped, either there or at Erith, a fright ful rush was made at it, and the people crowded the carriage to suffocation, in spite of the efforts of the p o li ce an d 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 p o li ce. At Wool wich Arsenal station sever al of the trains were stopped, and people who were suffering from the overcrowding taken out of them. Yesterday and on Sunday pieces of the mangled and mu tilated remains of persons who perished in th e exp l os i on 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 ast l y relics arc a right and left foo t, 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. Th e ga p i n th e embankment which was repaired with such wonderful reel • dity after the explosion by the Sippers and Minors and the Artillery from Woolwich garrison, assisted by 40G of Mr Webster's navvies from the Main Drainage Works at Cross ness Point, has never in the leastgiven way, though severely tested both yesterday and on Sunday by high tides and a 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 Bazal 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 outfall works for the southern main drainage at Crossness Point are about a couple of miles from the scene of 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 Plnmstead, and had the breach in the embank ment reit 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 £l5O worth of plate glass at the new works at Crossness Point was destroyed by the explosion, but the works them selves withstood the shock wit Lout injury. Two other gunpowder viageziaes are located, one within about 600 and the other about 890 yards of those which exploded. Some of the windows i f the nearer of the two, which belongs to Messrs. Curtis and II Arvey, 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 ono of the barges exploded first appears to be beyond doubt, and that is really all that is known as to the origin of the calamity. Yesterday, again, vast numbers of people visited the spot, and the trains were all more or less delayed on the return jcurney. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Flll,—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 ald something to the general information. Our premises at the corner of Minories and Aldgate, though 14 mites from the scone of thn 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 payment. 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 £3 of rent, others that his arrears amounted to £35. His landlord, Mr John M'Donnell, «ho lives at 98, Upper Rathnoines, 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, ho 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 ue 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 20 or 30 minu'es till Mr. O'Dell 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 past one o'clock, he 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 thou 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, " Yuu 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 ? 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 we 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, " I 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, lam 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 crying, "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'Dell 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 come now to the police to give myselL up. Here is the pistol I shot him with." It was a six-chambered revolver, three of the chambers being loaded and capped. The pri• soner 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, 186.1. The Coroner remarked—l think it is the general opinion of all who hoard the evidence that Mr M'Donnell acted with great kindness to him all through. VISIT OF MR GLADSTONE TO BOLTON.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer having arranged to open the public park at Farnw•orth (the magnificent gift of Mr Thomas Barnes, M.P. for Bolton), the Mayor of Bolton has been in communication with the right lion gentleman, with the view of inducing him to eall at Bolton on Tuesday night, on his way from Balmoral to Farnworth. Mr Gladstone has politely consented to comply with the wish of the Bolton corporation. The right hon gentleman will arrive in Bolton at 6 38 p.m., and will be met by the mayor and town counoil, the members for the borough, magistrates, &o. He 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. Ho is expected to remain about an hour and a half, when he will proceed to the 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 TIIE VICTIM.—A Liverpool coroner's jury yesterday returned a verdict of wilful murder against a wan 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 she died. Upon a post-mortem examination it was feuad 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 severed, and part 01 the skull driven in upon the brain. There were also other injuries. The immediate cause of death was bail un- Illation of the brain, caused by the violence. Business don, 101 i 101 1001 1 291 30 1002 The Leeds Banking Company. (From the Economist.) Tha affairs of the Leeds Banning 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 swallow up any paid up capital or reserve fund. There are three questions to be asked on the failure of ever)• joint-stook bank-1. Whatlrnoney has been lost? 2. How it has been lost? 3. What additional moray must be paid up 1 -, y the shareholders if the publio is to be paid in fall ? 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 spare 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 Leeda Banking Company are liable—the sum they had to dispose of—is close on three millions, and ie sh,)wn at a single view by the following acccuut LIABILITIES. To Shareholders. Ca; 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 be entered, and sundries unclaimed To the Public. Doposit on current or other accounts Sundry hankers 89,383 15 8 Creditors holding security 90,971 12 1 Liabilities on endorse ments of bills of ex change 1 919,991 14 3 £314,050 3 1 2,650,200 6 10 Total liabilities And against this they have to show : ASSETS. £ s. d. Cash 15,327 8 7 Estimated produce of bills receivable un pledged Debts, good and unpledg: d. 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 tram the acceptor or the drawers, though not paid at maturity 400,000 0 0 Securities held by special creditors Charges due from customers Stationery, &J. Tut 11 assets £2,146,687 3 0 showing a deficiency of £317,663 6s 11d, 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 neatly 50 per cent. the legitimato liabilities of the banl. 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 concea came at last to stop, but how, during so many months of dear money and crit cal 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 cf the bank, the uncontrolled manager, for the directors did not control him, WdS 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 holder brought it back to:the drawer. " Won't they discount it ?" he replied, " there must be a mistake. Here is my cheque for the same amount. See if they do not cash that " Aad 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, es 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 fir ms 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 know .a little about it, and the manager must have known for more than he chose to tell, 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 i .eking much care of pence when you know that you are squandering pounds on pounds. The bills on hand receivable in a bank ought to be in the main good; that of the Leeds Banking Company were in amount £225,232 16s 114 at the stoppage. Of this There will be recovered, it is said £135,224 14 7 There will not be recovered Total £225,732 16 11 so that two-fifths of the bills wero bad. The loans a:e botter, but in any other statement we should consider them culpably bad. The "debtor balsnces,' , as the accountants call them, at the close were £766,925 1 ls 2d. X s. d. Of which there were bad .. Doubtful (104,861 16a Gd) taken at 10s in the pound ,430 18 3 Held as security by creditors. 121,385 12 6 Unavoidable for general creditors Available Total 766,925 11 2 so tb at 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 letta to the editor of tho Morimento :—" Caprera, Shpt. 2t3.—Sir,—l 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 to say that such signatures are false. as I have not signed any bills of exchange for any sum or for any person. G. GARIBALDI." THE PHOSPHORESCENCE OF THE SEA.—The phosphorescence of the sea is due to two kindred causes, one 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 deoompoei tion. Which of these exercises the larger share in illu minating the ocean, is yet uncertain, and the point is not, perhaps, more material; but, what is more to the purpose is, that among the former aro to be found three distinct genera, subdivided, in the case of infusoria, into almost infinite species. These three genera are the Acalephee (Mediu se and Cyan( a 3 families) among zoophytes, certain mollusca and infusoria. Of the Acalephse, or Sea nettles, the laminar is scintillans is the most remarkable. It ie, when fully grown, no larger than a pin's head, and 3et 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 groat 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 mauifestttion of their powers. He found that wh_n they were exhausted, and ceased to emit sparks, they renewed their flashing on the addition of acids or of alcohol to the bea wider hi which they wi,re Chain bet s's Ate SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-LIST EVENING, CESIREWITCH STAKES. 6to 1 agst Gratitude (take 100 to 15) Bto 1 agst Thalestris (taken) 9to 1 agst Mail Train (taken) 10 to I agst Calista colt (offered) 25 to 1 agst Alabama (taken) 28 to 1 agst Beatrice (taken) 33 to 1 agst Tattoo (offered) 40 to 1 agst Roly Poly (taken) 40 to 1 aget Myrtle (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lady Frances (taken) 5J to 1 agst Speculation (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 16 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) 20 to 1 aget Tattoo (taken) 20 to 1 agst Muezzin (taken) 25 to 1 agst Prince Plausible (taken) 60 to 1 agst Bayard n) 50 to 1 agst Deerfoot (taken) MARKETS ---This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £5 53 ; clover, £4 lOs to £6 105 0:1; and straw, 8s to £1 12s per load. A slow trade. CUMRERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 105 to £5 105 ; clover, £1 lOs to £6 lOs 61; and straw, £lB5 to .£l. 12s per load. A dull inquiry. WHITECIIIPEL,—Meadow hay, £3 10s to ;.C5 5s ' • clover, lOs to £6 los ; and straw, £1 Ss to £1 12s per loacl. 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 former quotations. COFFEE,—There has been a moderate inquiry for colo. nial, and both plantation and native Ceylon have sustained former rates. Other descriptions ars a shade cheaper. RlCE,—Only a limited business has been reported, and there is little 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; December, 43s 61; and January to March, 44s 3d per cwt. COAL MARK ET. Prices of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. d.l Walls End. Hastings Hartley l9 3 ' R. a. Walker Primrose 14 0 Hartlepool 20 o Wylam 19 0 South ilartlepool...... 1; . ) 3 Holywell l9 0 East Hartlepool .20 0 Eden Main 19 0 Acorn Close ..18 9 North Pelton Gas... _ 9 14 0 Mussel's Hetton... r ... 19 3 Byron's Hartley 17 0 Braddyll's Hett0n.....19 6 Lambert's West Hart- ' K elloe.. .. ley l9 3 South Kelloe. 2O 0 Byass's Bebside West Haswell Hartley ... 19 3 KeiperGrange 19 3 Cowpen Hartley 19 3 Stewart's 20 0 Tanfield Moor 14 0 South Hetton ...20 G Tanfield Moor Butes ..14 0 Wharncliffe lB 9 I lleugh Ilall 2) 0 Belmont .19 6 Cassop 2O 0 Gosforth lB 9 Pensher Primrose.....l9 0 Byron 19 3 Hetton. 20 6 Framwellgate ...18 G Ships at market, 116 ; sold, 99, Walls End. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Oct. 4.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; strong bran and fine weather. CARDIFF, Oct. 2.—Sailed—Dodo, for Rio Janeiro—John Baley, for New York--George and Henry, for Buenos Ayres. BRISTOL, Oct. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Minerva, From Havannah. PORTSISOUTIL, Oct. 3.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Benvoir lich, from Shanghai. WARRENPOINT, Oct. 3.—Wind N.E.—Arrived•—Dnie Tylie, from New Yolk. OFF FALMOUTH, Oct. 2.—Arrived—Hormingo, from Halifax. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGEAPII.) PLY/lOUTII, 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—Aeron, from Dram—Flora, from Archangel—Sisters, from G, fie. Arrived, Oct. 4—Mathilde, from Dram—Antoinette; from Archangel—Vanquisher. and Guadina, from Cron stadt —Precious, from Gothenburg. Sailed—Liberator, for Sydney—Z•dander, for Confer bu-y—Blact Watch, for Mauritius—Thomas Dryden, far Bombay—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne, LettErs from Scutari announce that the COU3MI6I sion for establishing the frontier line between the 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 once, taking a seaman with her, and the G. P. Blanchard sus tained such damage 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 more 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 23d ult. it was thought advisable to request the relief committees in the various townships of the union to consider the propriety of 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. Paget, being officer of the first watch, in making sail the main topsail tye was carried away, and ho was struck on the heaa by the fly-block, which fractured his skull. lie remained insensible and died in ten minutes. He was buried the next day with the usual honours, deeply deplored by his messmatas and shipmates. This promising young officer was the third son of Lord William Paget and grandson of the late Marquis of Anglesey. THE MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, Monday.— The Royal Mail Company's screw steamship Tas manian, Copt, T. W, Sawyer (Lieutenant R,N.R.), sailed hence to-day with the West India, Pacific, and Mexican mails, and 283 passengers, including Lady Arundel'. She takes out £.1,950 in English silver coin, £2,480 in French coin (of which £2,000 is gold and £lBO silver), 970 bottles of quicksilver, 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. Haselwood, will leave on Tuesday with the Calcutta and China mails ; the Teutonia, Captain P. 11. Hank, on Wednesday, with mails for New York ; the Athens, Capt. R. B. Davie, on Wednesday, for Ascension, St. Helena, and the Cape of Good Hope, calling at Plymouth for tho mails; and the Oneida on Monday next, with mails for Lisbon, Madeira, Cape Verde, the Br..zile, and River Plate. The America, Captain H. Wessels, is expected on Wednes day, with mails of the 24th inst. from New York. THE BRECHIN BATHING CASE.—A few months 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 Suuthesk, near Breehin Castle. It was pleaded on behalf of the youths that the citizens of Brechin had begin in the habit of Lathing at the smte place from time immemorial, though the Earl of Dalhousie was now endeavouring to put a stop to the practice; and also that it was preposterous to charge them with ex• posure, considering that the trees at the part of the river where they ware bathing completely shut them out 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—me of the lads, who was unable to pay the fine, having to go to prison until tho money was raised by subscription. The decision caused a good deal of indignation in Brechin and elsewhere, and it was resolved to take the matter to a higher court. Tho case accordingly came up before the Lord Justice Clerk and Lord Neaves in the Perth Circuit Court on Friday, in the shape of an appeal against the decision of the sheriff. Mr. J. Guthrie Smith and Mr. 13 lfour appeared as counsel for the appellants. After a lengthened argument had been gone into, their lordships held that the decision of the sherifcwas not a sound one. They therefore reversed it, ordered the fines to be refunded, and granted £l2 12s. of expenses.—No, a British Daily Hail. FATAL ACCIDENT AT SEA.—On Saturday Ricbard Flaherty, a seaman on board the Robert Bruce schooner, lost his life, under the following circumstances, during the voyage from Scotland to London. About one o'clock in the morning it was blowing a heavy gale of wind, and the deceased was assisting to jib the mainsail. While he was endeavouring to pass the main boom along, a Leary sea struck the vessel, and broke it as it was in tho act of jibbing, and the deceased, who was on the boom, was pre cipitated overboard. Every available t ff. , rt was made to rescue him, but without success. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OP ONE OF THE CHORISTERS op ST. rAui.'s CATHEDRAL.—Oa Saturday morning last, after the service, llenry William King, aged 13, received from the Chapter House £3 15s, hia quarter's salary, to take home to his parents. lie, with at chorister, walked together as far as Bancroft's School in the Mile-end-road, where they parted company. The b3y King intende f, he said, to take the rail from Bow home, but he has not been heard of since. 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