The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-07 00:00:00

Two O'CLOCK. 4 t the P ar i s Bourse this day, accord i ng to Nteris telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were quoted 65f. 75c. Hetvy. f variety o f c i rcumstances h ave cons pi re d t o fciy in g down Stock Exchange Securities. The un taii""ble bank return and the announcement of h _ li ree hav e created much anxiety, and i nstead of ciLetterprogressi ve i mprovement b efore re corde d a ne has now set in. The funds have receded 1. per cent. f or this morning, and Consols are quoted 881 ,three r "hey, and 881 1 f or th e ac c o u n t Th e N ew s sand ~ Reduced Annuities are 861 1 ; the di: 44 ` t iee, 14 s.l6ths ; March Exchequer Bills, 7s. Cy' 3 and June do., 208. to 10s. die. ; India 5 per Debentures, 104 ; Enlaced 5 per Cents., 102; and the -ntu rep 974 Por e i 2. havelol S ecurities are very inactive, and prices all declined. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, ,i:, e ,, re ceded to 70} 5 ; do. Consolides, £to 491 to 261 ; do. New, to 241 251; Greek, "e 41221, 23 ; Spanish Passive, to 301 31 ; do. ertifi r , 1 `e" to i- 13 1 3 ; and the Confederate Loan, _ t o 58 60. 1 4 b 111 the Itaimay Share Market the dealings have st en m oderately active, and prices have, in most in \\7-11"81 show n a d ownw ard movement. North •la °e rn and Metropolitan have declined £1 ; rent Eastern and Great Northern A Stock each 15 a nd North Eastern (Berwick) and South Vern each 105. eb 4h e Voreign and Colonial lines remain without Ba nk of imp or t ance. i'Lluk and Miscellaneous shares are also a shade atte r' Alli ance rea li se 3,51 401; Ci ty Bank, 113; '4ohdon and County, 701 ; National Discount Cone. 12 i; and Joint Stock Discount, 5 si. r i IiftITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 ,iOVERNMENT FUNDS. Per Cent. Con I b„ , _. 80 8 3 - 4 .0 , 01 int, Oct. 11 _per Cent. Reduced B6k 1 'g i e fi v? 3 per Cent. B6k i I New 2i per ent. Jan. 1891 , Do fDO 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — 41anuities 3 0 Yrs, expi re sth Jan, 1880 — or 30 yrs, Tele expgraph) ire sth A ril 1908 ' lBB5. 14 5-16 1)0 (Red S ea , Aug.A Exc Mach. June. l. 18 20 me quer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 & 31 per Cent. 7.. Do XSOO 10 ...% 4100 and £2OO .. Tik England SUE, 51 per Ct. DO Accoiuit INDIANIndia G OVRRNMENT:SECURITIEs. lola Stock, 10 100 Account per Cent., April 1874 —, — .. 0 5 per C en t . J uly, 1870 104 'Jo 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — ix Do Certificates DO'lo Account . • • • -- , 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.).. 1)01)0 4i pei Cent. — T, klntaeed Paper, 4 per Cent V s ° 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 102 is u( 4sl per Cent., May, 1879 4 -',O 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 .. 97i ",, , Bonds ti,uoo .. U 0 under £l,OOO .... FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCIt. A tlstrian Bonds, 6 per Cent brazilian 5 per Cent , s Bo 4i per Cent., 1852-68-60 r , DO 1863 -I,onos Ayres 6 per Cent o,uo Account.... - " i i,i l an 6 per Cent. e ','o 4 / per Cent O'orbian 6 per Cent 4 , 1) a ) 6 per Cent. - - h '-'° 5 per Cent, 1864 .-- '' an ish per Cent. 1825 p DO 5 per Cent, ' 1864 -I,llador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Provisonal Land Warrant - Vptian 7 pe r cent 96 a . ,p, 0) Second Issue .. ,rueo £lOO Bonds ' „ell 6 per Cent., 1821-5, ex-Coupons — Lo Account 4 ,' C oupons — ~, i-N1 Account 'Auaterat!la 6 per Cent. Itabi.° 1839 and 1859 ?d e nI) per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) Z'ietin 3 pe r C ent . . • • 4-10 Acc ount .. B ... o 1864 .. 11 -„,° Prench Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c ""°. 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French .•• . 7 d i e Mop Ditto Scrip, £33 paid riali Imperial 5 per Cent 410,:v Granada DO 2 per Cent. I)0 Def erred Do Land W arrants (Hectares) o Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 - b Do do Aug., 1866 — 4, erntrian 41 per Cent — Ro 3 per Cont. (Cribarren) - ' l O 4i per Cent., 1862 - b bo Account.... ' ortuTiese 3 per Cent., 1863 . - 1 :),,0 Account 1033 Cn` 1856 , 0 per e L., , '7, '9, '60,62,'3 — v. uo Account •Aussian. 5 er Cent., 1822, £ St .. • bo 4 3 / 4 ., 1850 Do percent 1860 • DO ) ' 0 3 per Cent 1859 Do 6 per Cent, 1862 Anglo-Dutch 6 Bo Scrip, £55 pa id 4,l*Jilaian 6 per C en t is .)o Account P a Tli°th 3 p er Cent -,Ltic, A ccount uo New Deferred 1)0 A ccount - bo P assive — 11 Bo A ccount 31 301 P,,,W311. Cert. of C ou p not f un d e d .. twuo edish A c count ...... 4P er Cent s • .. T a o , : °rl P, £6O paid 1), ‘. c u Lti . / ut b' 1)0 Aec G Per C ent. 1858 1 ) , (3 lAA Bonds 1 ; 0 ° G A I-_'er Cei,t. 18G2 Accou nt „. 7(1 a 1)0 £ lOO Bonds.. • 70t _ ~ Do 1863 Do Naratteed, 4 per Cent..... Aruu 1863 Scrip, £lO paid , 4ezuela 3 per Cent. .•))0_ , Accoun t 21/ _o 6 per Cent., 1862 -9,0 &coolant ... . • • 43 4.:0 6 per Cent,, 1864 ...... • -D ividend s on the above payable in London Consols Mot Y TWO O'CLOCK, -0 0 Ace wait e - • 88 , D r , , 10V , ................. ..., 881 t 1 , iiiilli“ilittdgif ...... i 9 8 4 I IIoiEY MARKET AND CO/dATZILCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. lFr oma state of ease t h e M oney M ar k et h as su d s A rclY veered round to great stringency. The cause isbtO be t raced to the very unfavourable Bank return las cei this morning. NJ one expected that the Week's b alance -sheet would have shown such un satisfactory and rapid changes. Indeed, every ie cs Pitalist and merchant were anticipating a reduction in the official discount rate, but 11 °W all these hopes have been ruthlessly dispelled, a nd fear has taken the place of renewed con& den e h that was b e i ng engen d ere d. W hat " ae also added to the general anxiety is the in crease that has taken place in the number of corn -111. ercill failures, many of which were houses en -Ih3Ying first-rate cre di t. T he money mar k et h as, eref "e, assumed a ver y perturbed condition, and brokers are evincing greater caution in their trans taTecs• Not even can t h e i r regu l ar customers ob -11 ac commodation on bank er s ac c e ptances und e r D 11 ‘ Per cent., whereas yesterday these securities were that quotation. in some instances, at per cent. below quotation. About £17,000 in gold was taken into the Bank 3'esterdly. , Th e Bank of England mturn, contrary to gene expectation, is of a very unfavourable character, banker s to withdra wa l s f ro m the private balances by havi ng to st rengt h en th e i r country connect i ons prod uce d a di m i nut i on o f a b out one m i l li on and a quarter in the reserve of notes. The bullion, notwithstanding the recent influx, has also been lar g e ly dimi n i s h e d, i n consequence, i t is understood, 131 withdrawals of sovereigns for Ireland. Active Circulation • • Increase .. Bullion .. • • Decrease Best • • • • • Increase .. ,• Public Deposits Decrease .. .• Other Deposits.. • • Decrease .. • • Seven. Day and other Bills .. Increase Government Securities Decrease Other Sec uri ties Increase .. • • Notes Unemployed .. Decrease .. • £20,353,615 1,113,590 • 12,998,210 .. 122,913 4,003,951 • 8,845 •• • . .. 7,083,958 206,367 • 11,731,746 • • 857,156 .. 562,202 • • 50,486 10,697,036 200,C60 .. 20,836,860 • . • • 432,371 .. 5,573,875 .. 1,229,790 SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuliS. Er.. Wol., and Str. Val ;iytht and 'Tyne ,ilristol and Exeter Jaledonian . ork and Bandon Jornwall 00 A A acts no di Do. B till e.p an.haF been paid to )nblin & Belfast Jun,. Oun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. v;dinburgli & Glasgow., ilasg. and S. Western. ~ireatEastern, Ord. stk 1:3 2i Ditto A Stock Ditto East A ng - li an st ifireatNorthoi Scoilanl Treat Northern Do A stock Do El do Gt. S. mil W. of TrPlnn Great Weaterr,Original Do Str vat (Ina. .toehl Do. South Wales .... Do. west aid. -Oxfor; Do N ewport Do Hereford, Lanoashi;e & Torkshirc London and Slackwa!l Lon., Bright.,& S. Coact Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So..th Western Man., Shef., & Linooln. Nlaryport and Carlisle. Do it shares... Metropolitan Midland Do Binning. Derby I.lld. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. # shares Slid Kent North British Edin., Perth, it Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwlek Do, G.N.E. pure:l9.s, Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle Do. Stock. Darling Do do 1855-58 IDo do 15,R,.61 (North London Do New Do Ner•, 'BO4 North Statrordahire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welehpool Shropshire Union ' South DeTon . I South Eastern taines,Wok.,andWok Tail Va1e.......... Do C Vale of Neath Waterford t Kilkenny West Cornwall W. HartlepoolHar.alt 35 40 9) 101 :11_i 1141 a 67 102 (03 33 40 111} 111 93 04 61 C 6 1081 ;09 1291 , 30 90 101 51 E 3 24 1,5 105; i 00; ela esa 93a 94,E 123 130 35 36 0 10 7 8 120 125 1 11 p 75 77 10i 11 132 136 54 65 Si 16 811 F2i 8 9 160 ;66 34 4i ; 97 99 34 36 441 631 i 9 1 1131 / 1061 i 13 78 5 Bli i Closing BllBilleB6 Railways. Paid. l Price. done. 128 ,138 1 8 9 7I 13S ltul 11 10j 96 Ofi 1074 84 74 1291 I 82 C 4 122 122 6 7 31 33 16 17 85 87 105 107 4414 6 71 11 123 139 140 127 i&) i 0 92 69 Gii 46 47 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. gailways I.tlantie & St Lawrence ora., B aro d a,3s.Cent In Gu. 5 per cent........ Do. E. Shares... . and LaaelluroL 00. Prelerunoe .. -- • • .tufralo,Brant,&Godriel p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 18: 00. do. July 1, 187 /0. do. June 1, 18 ;Icutta,&S. Eastn. (Li 'ape'Town & Dock Ser Demerara 7 p.o. per. pi eAlibtu. Bengal gu. J it. mast Indian. go. 5 n. c Do. do. 3 Eat.... ';rand Trunk of Caws Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge t. per cent Do. list -ertn.Bona, Do. do. deterred...... Do. 2d fret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d r, et. stock ... Do. do. deferred.... Do. 4th Pref.. stock.. • Do. do. deferred...... t3t.lndiaPenin.Kua.sp., D(7. Gu t. 5 per cenf Do. New gut.. 5 I, it. South.of India (Liz, guaranteed 5 per mut Do. 4t per cent..... Do. t. W. of Canada Shan Do. New . . Do. 6 p.o. '73 witlet opt )o. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Hadrita "guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. 0. Extensiot Dc.4it d 0.... Do. Fifth Extension. ‘lelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bncl, lelb. & ilobson's Bay. ,lewßrutsawtok Cane'. Class and B. N.ltl.C'daS po Ist pf bd , Soinde Do. Delhi Do. do ... Do. Punjaub e Do. Indus. St. Flo') b" Closing Price. 56 58 UO, idis rr 41 ba 7a 8a 95 10) 92 94 100 101 100 1)1 19 19i 93 93 71 73 CO 32 €6 68 55 57 53 56 16 f 8 29 31 27 29 IGO 10' id pr td , r 99 ;00 9} 10 11 10i 89 91 82 80 d I r 99i 100 e 92 94 88 90 8 CO E 6 80 83 99 11;0 98 100 id par 98 100 v 5 97 • COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872 100 - Do. do. 1683 100 - 3an.(,ov.6p.c.Ja. .Izd th - 1877-81 ' too 90 93 - Do. ap. c. Feb.& Am, 100 90 91 - Do. op. c. Mar. & Sept 100 89 02 - Do. tp. c. Jan.&July. 10i 79 81 - Do. 5 Inscribed stool 100 78 81 - :ape (LI:lope, 6 p 0,187: 100 104 100 Do.Ap & Oct. 1881 100 107 109 Do. 180: 100 108 110 - )o. Jan. & July. 1891. 100 107 100 - :eylon, N0v.1564, 6p ( 100 102 105 - uo. 1878, do. 100 1 9 112 - aauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 00 101 104 Do. 1878 100 103 106 Do. 1882 100 (03 105 •tatal Gov. 6 per cont 100 1. , ".0 115 - N1.8.G0v.6 p.c. J a.&Jul; 100 93 96 - 4. S.W. G ov. 5 p 1.,184, 100 97 09 - Do. sp. e.,1811 to 1.71 100 05 07 - Do. d0.,1888 &upwch 100 94 96 95 'Tew Zealand 6 p cent 100 9) 102 - 'ova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1875. lOO 95 93 - I,ueensiand Gcv. 6p. c. 100 10) 102 Gov. 6 p.e.1£68- 100 - Do. 17a & ukward 4 100 .105 107 105 - 6 p.c. Ja.&•Jul 100 - - - Do. So 13p.m An•AtOot.. 100 ~05 106 105 3 / 4 - - BRITISH MINES. 2 - ambrian Consol. Gold 1 Chiverton 3 0 7 - ~,noru Amalgamated. - 30 82 - it vrtn (4. Con.. (Tavist. 570 590 - . 2.1.0. f - ',tat LtaNaett (Mogan,- 03 85 - East Caradon ..... t. 14. 26 3 / 4 2711 Carl, 8rea........ 1.4. , 7 7, - East Grenville ... 2.7.0. 7 3 / 4 71 - East Lovell .. ... 2.13.6. 7 3 / 4 8 3 / 4 8 - IN '1 ltussel (Tavistit 1:;. 4 3 / 4 5 •Inm &St.Aubvn(Gwen 60 7 9 4 Great Laxey, all 15 PI - great 6outo 2 24 - Wheal Vor(lielstm, so 30 31 - 4renville - lemcl's-Foot l3 38 40 - I ingeston Downs._ .. 1. 8., 444 - ylargarct (Uny Lela', 3 / 4 7 9 - tarke Valley. 4 eode Iron Ore (Lim 29 19 1 6 19 25 <7 - ew "rth 1 )own ...... 3 1 14, - North Roskear 291 20 22 I Baseet(i 3 .1 • 6 11 2} - ~r th Wheal Crotty ?.8 0 3 3 / 4 4 - Prosper United... • ovidence(Uny to 6.7 37 39 - iouthCaradon(St.Cleer 11 520 540 - ~ Wheal Fran. i 5.18.1 42 3 / 4 47$ - Stray Park - {'in Crolt 4 18 19 - $V est Basset (Illogan).. 1 3 / 4 8 9 X C‘ rvion (Liskeard 9 13 11 - West Chiver: on - West antics - heal Basset (Mogan 5 3 / 4 92 1)5 - Wheal Buller( Itedrutl,, 10 (7 10 - Wheal Ludeott - 1V heal Mary Ann ;Men 8 14 16 - IVheal Beton 5 BO 205 215 - Wheal Treiawncy (Lis 7 19 21 - Wheal Union 4 1 13/4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., 111 Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 1004 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 89 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 98 Nottugham and Grantham It. & C., 92 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 FOREIGN MINES, Cobre Copper, 27; St. John del Hey (11m.), HI BANKS. Alliance (11m.). 40 37; 40; Ditto, new, 39 8; Bank of Egypt, 27 City, 113 Consolidated Bank, Um., 9; ; European Bank, lirn.,lo 1 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 29 Imperial Bank (11m.).133 Imperial Bank of Jhina, India, and Japan, lim. 2) 1 Imperial Ottoman, 16/ • Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 a London and County, 70 London Joint Stock, 451 Loudon and South African, 21 2 London and 11 estminster, 95 41 Merchant Bank, lim . 231 Mercantile and Exchange, lira., 111 ; Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, - 205 National Provincial:of England, Ditto, new, Ditto, ditto. 381 New Zealand Bank Corporation, lira., 1 Oriental Bank Corporation. 58; Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. lim., 12 South Eastern, Urn., 6 1 I Standard of British South Africa (11m), .231 Union of Australia, 526 • 2 Union of London, 511 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, 8 &;yptian Corn, and Trading, lim., 2; Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Jun., 61 in Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., fi I 7 International Financial society, Urn., 13i Joint Stock Discount, lim., 51 5 London Financial Association, lim., 21) National Discount Company, Urn., 13 N I National Financial, Bin, 11 Ocean urine (Insurance), 22 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Um., 61 Universal Marina, Insurance, 1inf.4 6 2 I The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mills pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.32 per £1 sterling. On comparing; these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appeArs that gold is about 3-ll.tha per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. advic.;s from Hamburg - the price of gold is 423 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.11 per £1 stcrlin Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, nearly 4-Ltbe per coit dearer in London than in Hambli'. Business don 101 1001 THE SUN, LONDON, FEIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1864. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CITY BETTING.—Tats DAY. CESAItEIVITCH. sto 1 agst Mail Train (taken) 6to 1 agst Gratitude (offered) 9to 1 age Thalestris (offered) 10 to 1 agst Calestra colt (taken) 16 to 1 agst Lady Hylda (taken) 25 to 1 agst Cathedral (taken and offered) 60 to 1 agst Brewer 60 to 1 agst Speculation CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 6 on the field Very few members present, the majority of them being at [La-per:den. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Oat. 7.—Wind this day at noon--North- Easterly; strong breeze and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, oc , . s.—Wind E.—Sailed—Athens, screw reamer, for the Cape of Good Hope—St. Hilda, for Syd Dep. CLYDR, Sept. 5.---Wind E.—Sailed—Caledonia, screw steamer, for New York. SWANSEA, Oct, 6.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Mary Ann Holman, for Valpaaraiso PILL, Sept. .s.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—ltalia, for Akyab. OFF DOVER, Oct. 4.—Wind S.E.—Arrived.—Black Watch, from London, for Maurirus. CARDIFF, Oct. 6.—Wind N.E.— Sailed—Typhoon, for Hong Kong. CIF THE EDDYSTONE, Oct. 6.—Arrived—Her Majesty 'a ship Vulture, from China. Or CAPE CLEAR, Oct. 7.—Arrived—City of Man chester, screw steamer, from New York. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRA.TESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Oot. 6—Margaretha, from Nykjobing—Char lotte, from Arundel. Arrived, Oct. 7—Perseverance, from Dantsic—Hovrap ner, from Gothenburg—Pilot, steamer, from Hamburg. Sailed, Oct. 6—Lord J. Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk. Sailed, Oct. 7—Lisbon, steamer, for Lisbon—Lady Have lock, steamer, for Bordeaux—Cossack, steamer, for Cron stadt—John Bunyan, for Port Phillip. DELL, Friday Morning. Passed, Oct. 6—Mary Fry. for Naples—Eclipse, for Car diff— both from London. Passed, Oct. 7—Corcyra, from Patras for London. The Bank of France return for the past week is of a rather unfavourable character. The bullion has been reduced by £620,000, and the Treasury Balances by £1,266,700. The discounts show a a falling off of £BO,OOO, while the notes in circu lation have received an addition of £480,000, the current accounts of £260,000, and the advances on Stock of £53,400. The failures have been announced of Messrs. John Gladstone and Co., Australian and American merchants, with liabilities amounting to £150,000; of Mr. Patrick Thomson, West India and Cape merchant, with engagements of £25,000; and of Mr. John Catte, English and foreign paper mer* chant, but his commitments are not expected to ex ceed £250,000. Henry Dawson, 301 A, proved taking the prisoner into custody yesterday afternoon at the bank, when he said that it he took the note, it was by mistake, while taking up his pocket handkerchief. Mr Tyrwhitt said the case must go for trial. A gentleman requested the magistrate to deal with the ease. Mr Tyrwhitt said if it was the wish of the prosecution he would yield to the request. Mr Campbell said the bank would throw no obstacle in the way. Mr Tyrwhitt said it was a sad thing to see a young man at the outset of life getting into such a scrape. The prisoner was then committed for 6 months with hard labour. A STEAM VESSEL ASHORE IN THE RIVER.—Lsat night a large steam vessel was proceeding down the river, when by some means at present unexplained she ran ashore near the pier at North Woolwich. Measures were being taken last night to extricate the vessel from her present posi.ion at the next high tide. A notice was issued from the General Post-office yesterday to the effect that extra mails for Madeira, the Cape of Good Hope, and Natal will be made up at the General Post-office on the morning of the 15th inst., for conveyance from Southampton by the steamship Anglican. The letters forwarded by this opportunity will be liable to the usual packet rates of postage. A letter from Hamburg, in the Irreutz Zeitung of Berlin, says :—" The advertising sheet of Ran ders publishes a notice from the head of the police to the effect that, by order of the military governor of Jutland, sportsmen are forbidden to sheet in that province for the present season. All persons infringing this order will be liable to imprisonment and to have their arms confiscated. A Roman Catholic mission has been established at Flens burg, with funds raised by subscription at Munster, and the cures of the diocese of Osnabruck have engaged to pay a yearly sum of 600 thalers (3fr. 70c. each) for the support of the head of the mission. The Catholic clergy of the diocese of Munster intend to establish a similar mission at Newmunster, in Holstein." MARRYING AGES.—The recorded statistics for three years of the ages at which people marry in England and Wales present some interesting and curious subjects for remark, The registers from which the fol lowing statistics and observations are drawn are those for 1859, 1860, and 1861. Marriages are rec)rded from 15 to 80 years of age. Up to the age of 20 a much greater pro portion of women are married than men; but after that age more men are married, and a much greater proportion of old men between 50 and 80 than of old women. Dur ing the three years in question there were 78 girls married at 15 years of age, but no males ; and while 17 youths of 16 years wedded, there were 637 girls of the same age who took the step, The greatest number of both sexes marry at 20 years, but more of the ladies. At 25 and 30 the proportion is greater of the men ; but after 30 the number falls to half, and up to 50 men seem to get regularly less and less inclined to matrimony, but they con tinue to marry up to 80 years. The greatest number of women marry at 20 years; at 25 there are fewer by more than half ; and five years morn reduces the proportion considerably more than half again; but at 35, 40. and 45, the numbers fall off more regularly. For example, in 1861 there were married at the age of 20, 48,495 men and 50,646 women; at 25, 26,478 men and 20,673 women; at 30, 10,621 men and 7,840 women ; at 35, 5,464 men and 4,252 women; at 40, 3,649 men and 2,875 women. Thera were 119 men married at 70 years of age, but only 21 women ; 30 men at 75, and 3 women; 8 men of 80 years old, but 2 women ; while in the previous year, 1869, there were 10 octogenarian gentlemen wedded, and only 1 lady of an equal age. Tho total number married of each sex in these years were-1859, 102,549; 1860, 106,386; and 1861, 04,694. " THE SCOTS IN FRANCE."—Some gentlemen in- terested in this subject embraced the opportunity of the learned author, M. Francisque Michel. of Bordeaux, passing through Glasgow, on Tuesday, to present him with a copy of " Chalmers' Caledonia"— a rare and valuable book, and one likely to be of use to him in his study of Scottish history. The party met in the Bedford Hotel, when Councillor Arthur, as chairman, presented the book on behalf of himself and the other subscribers, accompanied by a few appropriate remarks on the subject of M. Michel's literary labours and the peculiar connexion of them with Scotland. The learned gentleman, who was quite unpre pared for the object of the meeting, acknowledged the corn - pliment in suitable terms, and expressed the hope that he might have some future opportunity of meeting his Scot tish friends.—Glasgow Herald. ANOTHER ABSCONDING BANKRUPT.—At the Leeds Town Hall, on Wednesday, Mr Jennings, collector for the Leeds New Gas Company, applied for a distress ' warrant against William Marsden, iron merchant, Old Brewery-yard, for arrears of gas rates amounting to up wards of £3. Mr Jennings stated that Mr Marsden had become bankrupt, and had absconded on Thursday last. It was understood ;he had sailed for America in order to join, his brother, John W. Marsden. The warrant was granted. THE SUSPENSION OF MESSRS. FLETCHER AND CO., CORN MERCHANTS.—The creditors of Messrs. Fletcher and Co., corn merchants, Manchester, held their second meeting yesterday at the offices of Messrs. Hall and Janion, solicitors, when a revised balance sheet was read, showing the estimated liabilities— £143,175 ls. Bd., and the assets £66,850 lls. 4d. An offer of Os. in the pound was made by Mr Moss, the principal, payable in three instal ments at four, eight, and twelve months. A resolution was unanimously agreed to, appointing three of the creditors to investigate the accounts and report to a future meeting, to be called at their instance. THE MISSING CHORISTER.—The lad, Henry William King, one of the choristers of St, Paul's Cathe • dral,who has been missing since Saturday last,when he re ceived the sum of £3 15s. as his quarter's salary, was dis covered on Wednesday. The greatest anxiety has been experienced for the boy's safety, both by the parents and the masters of the school, by whom every exertion was used to discover his whereabouts, the result of which, we are happy to state, is that he has been handed over in safety to his parents, the affair having been solely the re sult of a boyish freak. A BAD DEBT.—Good Queen Bess, when she vssited Worcester, borrowed £2OO of the Corporation, which still stands as a bad debt on the town books. A silver cradle,worth £5O, has been presented to the Mayor of Basingstoke, in consequence of the mayoress having given birth to a son during his mayoralty. A YORhSIIIRE HERMIT.--In the East Riding of Yorkshire there dwells a man of property, who, front some cause or other is in a degree emulating the character immortalised by Dickens in one of his Christmas numbers of " All the Year Round." He lives in a large old man sion, into which no feet are allowed to encroach. his food is loft for him in a sh , :d ; and last year's crop; are out, in the fields yet; the hay rotting in cocks, uncut ; and the rye grass standing in one field about aft. in height.—Nciv castle Chronicle. A communication from Copenhagen says :—" No one knows how the Oldenburg Government has been able to procure one of the rare copies of the opinion of Dr Oster wald, on the legitimacy of the Royal line. It is on this sub ject that a statement has been male that the Grand Duke of Oldenburg had been authorised to make researches among the archives of Denmark, to justify his right to the succession of the Dttelaies,'' POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT THE UNION BANK OF LONDON BY A CLERK.—Henry Gordon Palmer, about 20 years of age, a clerk, in the Argyle-place branch of the Union Bank of London, and residing at No. 19, Palace-gardens-terrace, Kensington, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt, with steal ing a £lO Bank of England note, numbered 09943, the pro perty of Mr Peter Northall Lawrie, and others, trustees of the Union Bank of London. Mr Campbell, of the firm of Campbell and Davis, War w:ck-street, attentcd for the prosecution, and in opening the case said the prisoner entered the bank on the 20th of Sep tember lee, and on the same evening a £lO note was missed. Notice was immediately given at the Bank of England, and the note was paid in, and subsequently traced to the prisoner. Mr Horace Edward Jay, one of the cashiers at the Union Bank, said on the 20th September last he received a num ber of Bank of England notes from Messrs. Hurst and Blackett's, and catered the total of them in a book and put them in a drawer till they were taken away by another cashier. Mr Robert Stuart, another cashier at the bank, produced a book containing the entry of the note produced, and sev3• ral others. After counting the notes—those spoken of by the last witness—he placed them in a tin by his side, and the tin was by his side all day till be went up to Alr Jay, in the evening. Mr Oglevy, a clerk in the bank, said thst at the end of the day, the 26th Sept., he received an account of all the notes received in the course of the day by the different cashiers, for the purpose of g o i ng through the totals to see if they agreed with the cashi er ' s was te books. He found £lO short, and had to trace th e num b ers o f the notes through Mr Gay's waste book, and then found a £lO note missing. Henry Colegate, in the employ of Mr Smith, the keeper of billiard rooms, at No. 82, Regent-street, said, on the 26th Sept., about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the prisoner played a game of pool at the rooms, and in payment of Gs. gave him a £lO note to get cashed for him. He could not say whether the note produced was the same. He gave it to a fellow servant to get cashed, and on receiving the change gave it to the prisoner. The prisoner two or three days afterwards called upon him and asked him to try and get the number of the note for him as he wished to trace it. Charles Henwick, also in Mr Smith's employ, proved seeing the prisoner playing a game of pool and receiving a £lO for the last witness. He wrote the name of Colegate on the note. He could not swear the note produced was the same. He got tha note changed by the foreman to Mr Wenkheim, a tailor, down stairs. Mr Campbell asked the witness to again look at the note, and to say whether the word "gate" was not part of the name " Colegate" he had written, the rest of the name being torn off, and the witness said it was. Mr Wenkheim's foreman proved changing a £lO note for the last witnesg. Mr Charles Earles, from the Bank of England, produced the note, and said it was paid in on the 28th Sept. amongst a large number of others, from the London and Westmin ster Bank. Mr Thos. Phillips, the sub-manager of the Argyle place branch of the bank, said the prisoner entered the bank as a clerk on the naorrring of the 26th September, the note being missed the same evening. THAMES. THE MAN WITH SIX SHIRTS.—Henry Muller, a Ger man, who was said to very strongly resemble his namesake, Rho is charged with murdering Mr Briggs, was brought before Mr Selfe (presiding for Mr Partridge), charged with stealing three new flannel shirts, two flannel drawers, a red shirt, a pair of stockings, and other articles, the property of some person unknown. Adolphus Clarke, a constable in the service of the East and West India Dock Company, stated that yesterday evening he stopped the prisoner as he was leaving the South West India Dock, and observing he was very bulky, took him into a box and stripped him. Ho took from the pri soner three new flannel shirts, an old red shirt, two flannel drawers, one pair new, the other old, a pair of stockings new, and other articles. Self..—How did he carry the property ? Clarke—He was wearing the whole of them under his own clothes. He had on six shirts—he has two on now, which I believe are his own. _ _ _ Mr Selfe—Six shirts and three pairs of drawers. The wind was from the east yesterday, 1 believe. (A. laugh.) Clarke-1 believe it was, sir. The prisoner, in defeace, said he bought all the articles taken from him of a German sailor on Wednesday night, and gave him 168 for them, besides 10d he spent upon him in beer. The sailor was to;give him the money back again if he could, and he was to keep the goods until the sailor could find the money. Yesterday he put on all the shirts, drawers and stockings, and went in search of the sailor. Mr Selfe—Who is he ? The prisoner—l don't know, mine lord; it's all quite true what I say, Mr Selfe remanded the prisoner until Monday next. Clarke—lt is no use remanding him, your worship, there are no marks on the things. He commits these rob beries on sailors just as vessels are going out. The things have been taken from an outward bounder. He has com mitted several of these robberies before--once in the Lon • don Dock, twice in our dock, and once in the Victoria Dock, and has been repeatedly committed to prison. Mr Selfe—l know him well; he has been before me in this court when I was a magistrate here. The Prisoner Only once, mine lord, I have been' before you. I will give the sailor all the money when he comes back—all the money. Mr Selfe—l dare say you will when he comes back. I believe you stole that property, and I shall sentence you to two months' imprisDnment and hard labour for the unlawful possession of the property, The Prisoner—What am Itodo ? Where is the pro perty to go ? The sailor will come back and want his pro perty, and what am I to do, mine lord ? Selfe—The constable will take possession of the pro perty. Sold the sailor to him. (Laughter.) MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were but moderate. For all qualities the trade ruled firm, and although sales progressed slowly, Monday's prices were steadily supported. There was a full average supply of foreign wheat on the stands. The amount of business transacted was but mode• rate; nevertheless, the quotations are unaltered from Mon day. Floating cargoes of grain :moved ;off slowly at about stationary prices. With barley the market was moderately supplied. Good and fine malting qualities moved off steadily at full quota tions, Secondary and inferior descriptions of barley, how ever, met a slow sale, at the late decline in the currency. The malt trade was dull, at the recent fall in prices, There was a large supply of oats on sale, and th e t rade ru l e d inactive, at about previous rates. Beans and peas were in slow request, at late quotations. The flour trade was quiet, on former terms. --- ARRIVALS THIS WIIEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English .. 1,070 1,11 0 1,930 3,260 380 Irish .. — — 1 ,760 _ Foreign 2 ,170 2,960 49 ,750 7,470 brls .......--. Bre° iltil° sale G g nOP. The tolerably large. Fo r go Od and fine parcelssupply of : s steady demand at full p r i ces , t.xit t h hopee for inferior produce th e trade continues slow. The e 6 rency is as follows : per cwt. New Mid and East sent loos to 190 a Now Weald of Kent 9oa to 130 s New Sussex ......... w ., •........% NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. But moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. In all descriptions the trade rules firm at full currencies. Per 81b. by the carcase. , d g soled Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Middling mutton 4 2 4 4 Riddling do. .. 3 6 3 10 Prime d 0....... 4 6 4 8 Prime largo do. 4 0 4 '2 Vaal ......... 3 8 4 8 L D a o r . g e e m p a o l r l k do . ...... 4 3 t 44 4 Lamb ....., .. 0 0 0 0 6 Small pork .... 4 6 4 10 Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 COLONIAL. TEA —The public sales were brought to a conclusion yesterday, and good and fine lescliPtions fully supported former prices. ucuu —There has been ratlalr more inquiry in the private market. West India descriptions, in seine instance', being a shade dearer. In the refined market full rates are also current' qualities there h as b een a f a i r CorEE.E.—For colonial q demand, and both Plantations and Native Ceylon have reaiised fully previous rates. RICE —Business has been dull, without any quotable change as regards prices. Tennow.—The m arket continues dull, although prices remain firm. P.Y.C. on the s p ot is q uo ted 4 is 6 d; Decem ber, 423 6d, 42s 9d ; a nd January to March, 41s per cwt. PRICE OF BREAD IN THE METROPOLIS.—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61d. to 7d,; of household ditto, 511 to 6d. Some bakers are selling from 41,d, to sd, per 41b, loaf, weighed on deliyery, BRADFORD, Oct. 6.—The announcement of ano ther suspension of payment by a spinner's manufac turer (Mr H. Clough) in this town, owing to the stoppage of the Leeds Banking Company, has been made during the present week; but it is not likely to effect the trade to any perceptible extent. The impression prevails that the trade will not suffer much from this cause, those who have carried on business on a scale too extensive for their capital having been exceedingly few. The state of our local trade is unquestionably sound, although the very high rate of discount and the reported failures in some of the great centres of commerce tend to produce depression and unusual caution. There was a tone of cheerfulness prevailing in the wool trade to•day. There was more inquiry and more offers than have been experienced for some weeks past, and the transactions resulting therefrom were not few. The firmer tone of the cotton market had a beneficial influence, and the fact that most of the largest spinners are exceedingly low in stocks tended to inspire staplers with the conviction that they cannot much longer refrain from doing busi ness. The quotations of last week were generally well maintained. There was very little business done in worsted yarns. A few spinners are still basy on orders received some time since; but most, who are without orders, are curtailing production by running short time. Both home and foreign merchants refrained from business. Prices were very irregular. The same may be said of pieces; indeed, the business done in this branch was so meagre that the tendency of quotations was gene• rally downwards. Money easy. Gold and Stocks are depressed by peace rumours and the favourable military intelli. gence. Gold, 2101. Stocks depressed. New York Central, 119;1,. Illinois, 1231. Erie, 100 i. 5.20 Bonds, 110. Cotton dull. Middling Upland, 155. Flour very dull. Wheat and corn a downward tendency. Provisions depressed. Coffee dull. Sugar tending downward. Molasses in limited demand. Petro leum, etude, 44 ; refined, 72. MEXICO. NEW YORK, SEPT. 24. Advices from Matsmoras to the 9th inst. confirm the news of the occupation of Brownsville by Cortinas. (FROM TIIE TIMES CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORK, SEPT. 23. The latest accounts from the Shenandoah prose the first report of Sheridan's success on Monday to have been greatly exaggerated. Early's entire loss, it is now stated, did not exceed 6,000 men, while that of the Federals in killed and wounded alone was upwards of 4,500. At one time the Federale, mowed down by the Confederate artillery and musketry fire, were thrown into confusion, and were on the point of giving way, when, by a desperate charge of all his cavalry, Sheridan turned Early's right flank, and compelled him to retire. Early continued to fall back during the 20th, followed by Sheridan, and on the 21st made a stand at Fisher's-hill, two and a half miles south of Strasburg. Sheridan attacked him in the even ing, but was repulsed. Yesterday, at 4 p.m., Sheridan renewed the attack, and after a severe conflict, lasting until dark, forced Early to evacuate the position with the loss of 16 cannon. The losses in killed and wounded upon either side are not stated. Early is believed to have re tired towards Stanton. ►SEPT. 24, 11 A.M. Sheridan reports, at 11 30 p.m. on the 22d, that he is pursuing Early down the Shenandoah Valley. There is yet no news of the expected conflict between the opposing forces on the Weldon Rail- war. Delp !i tches from Macon, Georgia, of the 17th, to the _Richmond Inquirer, state that General Sherman had invited Governor Brown, of that State, and Vice-President Stephens to Atlanta, to confer upon the subject of peace. Sherman and Hood have concluded the exchange of 2,000 prisoners upon either side captured upon the recent battles at Atlanta and Jonesborough; The truce for the removal of the Atlanta inha bitants, which expired on the 22d, has been ex tended. New Orleans letters of the 15th announce that, with the exception of the garrisons left in Forts Morgan and Gaines, General Granger's forces, lately co-operating with Admiral Farragnt in Mobile, have returned to that city. St. Louis despatches of the 22d state that Gene. ral Price, with 25,000 Confederate troops, has crossed Arkansas river, and is going northward. By the admission of a Confederate officer arrested in disguise at Sandusky City on the 18th, it ap pears that the object of the Confederates, who seized and destroyed the steamers Island Queen and Parsons on Lake Erie, was at the outset the capture of the Federal steamer Michigan and the liberation of the Johnstown Island prisoners. The arrest of the officers prevented the necessary cooperation from the land, and compelled the abandonment of the enterprise. The report that two Confederate armed steamers had appeared on the Lake was untrue. Postmaster-General Blair, at the request of Mr Lincoln, has resigned office. Ex-Governor Denni son, of Ohio, succeeds him. .--., QUEENSTOWN, ocr. 7. The Inman steamship City of Manchester from New York, on the 24th ult., arrived here at 5 a.m. with 234 passengers, 330,000 dole., and £32,828 in specie. She landed 48 passengers and proceeded for Liverpool at 5.15 a.m. CAPTURE OF A. SHARIi.—On Saturday a fine specimen of the diedon, or basking shark, weighing nearly 7cwt., was captured at NClVlklay, Cornwall, about a mile from the shore. How the " Great Prize Fight " was Stopped. The Freeman's Journal gives the following account of the measures adopted by the Irish authorities to prevent the threatened combat between Mace and Coburn :—" Notwith standing the result of the meeting for the appointment of the referee, the general belief on Tuesday was that the fight would take place. Mr E. James and others interested in the pugilistic encounter took their places in the mail train on Monday evening, and a large number of detectives were hovering about the platform and booking ofßee. The lovers of " the manly sport of self-defence " took tickets for various stations beyond Goold's Cross, at which they were to stop, for the purpose of befil:ng the constabulary, who were to be seen in all kinds of strange costumes and keeping a sharp lookout. Every male passenger was closely scrutinised for the object of coining at either of the champions, and questions were asked in the most insinuating manner, with a view of finding out the place where Coburn had taken up his head-quarters. As the train stopped at the several stations bodies of constabulary were to be seen drawn up on every platform, and crowds of country people all most eager to get a view of the pugilists whom they believed were in the train. Those who knew the real state of affairs were perfectly aware that the contest of which so much had hen written and spoken would not come off, and that Mr James was only going down for the purpose of keeping an ap pointment with Coburn, who had pitched his ground in a farmhouse not many hundred yards from Goold's Cross Station—to tell him of the result of the meeting, to appoint a referee,-and make arrangements for his appearing on the battle-ground between 12 anti 2 o'clock on the following day, in accordance with the stipulations contained in the articles. At Sallins, Newbridge, Kildare, and all the stations down to the Limerick Junction, the constabulary showed in great force, and notwithstanding the fact that the night was bit terly cold, with a freezing breeze from the eastward, crowds were congregated at all the places where the train stopped. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, A fair amount of business going on at yesterday's rates. Sales probably 7,000 bales. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, HEXEJAM AND ALLENDALE, A public meeting was held in Hexham on Tues• day, MrlV. B. Beaumont, M.P., in the chair, with the view to promote the making a railway from the town of Hexham to the extensive lead mining dis tricts of Allendale. Mr Beaumont bad put down his name for £20,000, and a canvessing committee re ported that in all £37,000 had been subscribed. The committee was reappointed, and a determination was expressed to undertake a vigorous canvass to raise the capital requisite to make the line. The proceedings then terminated. HULL AND DONCASTER. The North Eastern Company is proceeding with the staking out of this line between Staddlethorpe and Thorne, preparatory to letting the works in the spring. It is also intended that the direct line from York to Doncaster shall also be staked ont imme diately after the Hull branch is disposed of. Sur veyors are also busily at work on a new direct line between Scarborough and Whitby. LESLIE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Leslie on Friday— Mr A. Wylie in the chair. The report stated that the half-yearly traffic ac count furnished by the North British Railway Com« pany showed that the receipts from passengers, goods, and minerals for the half year ending July 31 last amounted to £1,324, being an increase of £ll6 over the receipts for the corresponding half of 1863. The working expenses amounted to £484, showing a decrease of £47, as compared with the same half of last year. After deducting working expenses there remained a balance of £B4O, out of which was deducted £491 for interest on loans and other charges, leaving £349, which was equivalent to a dividend of 31- per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital of £22,619. The report was adopted. STATE OF TRADE. Human Bones Found at Pompeii. In a paper addressed to the Academy of Sciences M. de Luca adverts to the process successfully adopted at Pom peii for obtaining casts of the persons who lost their lives at the time of the eruption which caused the destruction of that city. 'We will merely remind our readers that as that eruption consisted of stones and ashes, the fugi tives. after falling down in a state of suffocation, were covered by the ashes, which settled on all the mi nutest folds of their garments and every part of their body. This coating of ashes hardened in course of time, and the flesh wasting away under it, left a hollow mould, into which the explerers of the present day, when they are fortunate enough to discover it in time, pour liquid plaster, and thus obtain an exact cast of the body. The number of casts thus taken is four, and M. de Luca has presented the Academy with their reductions in plaster executed by a clever artist employed at Pompeii. In a chemical point of view tho bones found at Pompei do not all present exactly the same composition, but contain all the principles to be met with in the bones of the present period. Oh being heated in a stove at a tempera ture of from 100 to 120 degrees, they lose atout 9 per cent. of their weight, which represents the moisture contained in them. At a red heat, and protected from the air, the bones become black, and lose 16 per cent. more ; if calcined in the open air, the loss is 20 per cent. The coal contained in a closed crucible disappears in the shape of car bonic acid. The total quantity of the latter varies be tween 4 and 9 per cent. In testing the bones with concen trated sulphuric acid for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of carbonic acid aforesaid, the glass tube in which the operation is performed exhibits signs of corrosion, which is owing to a certain amount of fluoride of calcium contained in all these bones. M. de Luca states that, when found, they are somewhat soft, and after being treated with weak acids, their organic matter, cartilage for instance, re mains in a gelatinous state, preserving all the time their primitive shapes. Daring the last few days there has been a rather firmer tore in the markets for foreign and colonial produce. The public sales of tea have proceeded with rather more animation, at steady prices. Sugars have been in more request, while a fair amount of business has been done in coffee and cocoa. Rice, however, has remained inactive, and the dealings in tallow have been very restricted , for both present and forward delivery. FATAL ACCIDENT ON TILE MIDLAND RAILWAY.— A fatal accident occurred on the Midland Railway at Col- I lingham, near Newark, on Tuesday last. A man about 60 1 years of age got on to the line, and although every means were used to induce him to get out of the way he took no heed whatever and was run over and killed on the spot, the injuries he received being frightful. An inquest was held on Wednesday before Mr Coroner Newton, and a verdict of accidentally killed was returned by the jury. SUICIDE OF A BANK MANAGER.—An inquest was held on the body of the manager of the Berkeley Bank, named Mr H. Williams, at Berkeley on Tuesday. The de ceased had during the latter part of lest week exhibited un questionable signs of mental derangement, and being missed by his friends, they went in search of him on Friday mot n ing. They succeeded in tracing his footsteps to the banks of the Severn, and at length found his body lying face downward in the mud of the foreshore, the tide being at the time out. Some money of his own, which he had been in ' the habit of keeping in the bank, was found upon him; and it appeared that he had visited the bank for the purpose of getting the money on the Thursday night, methodically leaving a cheque for the amount in the till. The jury re turned an open verdict, accompanied with the expression of opinion that at the time of his death deceased was of un sound mind. How COALMINE EXPLOSIONS ARE CAUSED. — An inquest was held at Ashton-under-Lyne, yesterday, touching the death of Alfred Jacques, a collier, who died on the 25th ult. from the effects of burns which he received on the 25th of July, from an explosion at Lord's Fields Colliery, Ashton-under-Lyne, belonging to Messrs. Gar forth, of Dukinfielct. The deceased had never been able to tell how the accident happened. Thomas Price, the wag. goner for the deceased, stated that the deceased and him self had worked three nigh', shifts, and were about to commence work at seven o'clock on the morning of the 25th of July, in a cut from ono level to another. The men had told them that there was foul air in the cut, and they turned a ventilator which ,had been placed at the Gad of the working. Whilst witness was turning the ventilator, the deceasei came to him and lighted his pipe, and an explosion immediately took place. Samuel Crossley, the foreman, explained that the effect of turning the ventilator would be to draw the foul air upon the men in a cloud. The witness said the underlooker never told him there was sulphur, nor did he get a copy of the rules. When ho got to work on Monday morning there was no board marked "fire," or any writing on spades. He did not know that it was a general rule that the workmen were not to commence work until an inspection had been made by the foreman. He did not know he was doing wrong in turning the ventilator. John Harrison, the under looker, gave evidence that the deceased bad worked tbur or five years at the pit, and well knew the regulations. After considerable discussion, a verdict of accidental death as returned, th4iry, however, recommending that more conspicuous eignele should be used. Sheridan pursued Early beyond Strasburg, and again routed him at Fisher's Hill, capturing 16 guns. The pursuit continues. No fighting has taken place at Petersburg. The Confederate p . ire tee on Lake Erie have been captured. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 24 (Morning). It was clear from the concentration of a large force of con stabulary at Goold's Cross Station that the people in authority were well aware that that was the place selected by Coburn's friends for those concerned in the fight to take their departure for the " trysting place," The ground selected was within a short distance of the "Rock of Cashel," a secludcl place. On the arrival of the train at Goold's Cross Station there was no one to be found who could give any information about Coburn, and the absence of any of the reporters from the London sporting journals clearly proved that there was not the slightest chance of the fight taking place. One hundred of the constabulary were drawn up under arms round the station, and after the sergeants had taken stock of the passengers who had left the train they retired to take shelter behind the nearest wall from the bitter wind which was blowing. Those who had come down to see the fight, and who had not aban doned the hope that the " mill" would come off, pushed on for Cashel on outside cars in the piercing cold, and on arriving at the " City of the Kings" they found that every bed in the hotels had been engaged, principally by the friends and backers of Cobura, several of whom had come over from Liverpool. It Ras positively stated that Co burn was in the neighbourhood, but strange to say his own agent did not know where to find him or Cusick, his trainer and backer. On Tuesday morning Coburn's friends and several members of the Dublin press proceeded from Cashel to Goold's Cross, a distance of five miles. The constabulary were more numerous than on the day previous, and the men looked exhausted after their long term of duly in weather severely cold. On the approach of every train constables were placed behind walls, and distributed along the plat form, and horse police were in readiness to dash off at a moment's notice, to bring skirmishers in to aid in prevent ing a fight that was never to take place. Military men and others who had come long distances to be present at the pugilistic encounter were loud in their complaints at the manner in which the principals, or those acting for them backed out of their engagements. Much amusement to the knowing ones was occasioned on the arrival of the train which left town at half-past seven o'clock, by the constabulary arresting a man named Ryan, from Thurlcs, whom they mistook for Mace. Nothing could be more comic than the bewilderment expressed on the face of Mr Ryan, who is a jolly-looking farmer, on being taken captive. He insisted that he was himself, and not Jem Mace, but he would not be believed by the sub inspectors and sergeants, who took him into the booking office and interrogated him with the most laughable solem nity, and it was not until two military gentlemen pledged themselves that Mr Ryan was not Jem Mace that ho was allowed to go at large. While this scene was being enacted Jos Coburn, it is stated, escaped from a house in the vici nity of the station, where he had been " lying up," and. which the police searched shortly after he had got away. Mace, however, did not appear dining the day, nor any of the pugilistic corps, and as all those who appeared to be in the " secret" returned to town by the midday trains. It appears that shortly before 2 o'clock Coburn, accompanied by his trainer, Cusick, and his second, J. Mackesy, sue • ceeded in getting to a spot about a mile behind the Goold's Cross station, named Ballack. Here, in the presence of Chas. Westhall, of the Spot ring Life, and Mr James, of the Ncto York Clipper, Cusick formed the outline of the square which is miscalled the ring by planting four upright poles in the ground. Within the square Coburn pitched his cap, and then followed it himself. Mace not putting in an appearance, Coburn claimed the £l,OOO stakes, on the ground that the articles specify that the men were to be on the spot named for the contest between 12 and 2 o'clock, and Mace had failed to keep the engagement." In a letter to the Sporting Life, dated London, Tuesday evening, Mace says—" I am greatly disappointed at not being permitted to fight Coburn. I have, for the sake cf my backers, taken every pains in t ra i n i ng, an d to-day I was never more fit or better in my lif e , as my trainer Milner, will certify. I do not con s id er myself well. treated, and Mr Brunton, who never found a shilling of my money, has taken everything to himself, and asserts that he was solely responsible in getting gerftlemen to find me the amount required. Mr Brunton suddenly left mo in Dublin on Monday with no explanation. Coburn had every opportunity if he wished to meet me, and would only through his representative, choose one referee, a Mr Bowling, of whom I know nothing, and who is also said to be a brother-in-law of Coburn. lam most dis appointed, and how on earth could it be supposed that I should fight, with a man for referee of whose position I know nothing, and who was a hundred miles away even when proposed ? I wished any representative of the press to act, and Milner even asked Coburn's friend, Mr Edwin James, of the New York Clipper, when Mr Smith was objected to, if he (Slr James) would stand, Lut he would not. Now, as to the money business. Every shilling that has been Amin' me has come from sportsmen who put their names down, I trust owing to my public reputation. Coburn's party placed an insurmountable obstacle against our fighting, and as I have reason to suppose that Coburn was not even training, and evaded his engagement with no intention of fighting, I consider myself entitled t) the stakes." AMERICA.. ARRIVAL. OF THE PENNSYLVANIA. (Via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, SEPT. 23 (Evening). After the battle near Winchester, Sheridan pur sued Early beyond Strasburg, and again attacked him at Fisher's Hill. Sheridan's report states the right of the Confederate army rested on the north fork of the Shenandoah, extending across Strafe. burg valley, westward to the North Mountain, and occupying apparently an impregnable pasition. After much mar. ce avring Crook's command was transferred to the extreme right of the line of the North Mountain, and attacked the enemy's left, carrying everything before them. Whilst Crook drove away the enemy and swept down behind their breastworks, the 6th and 19th corps attacked the rebel works in front, and the whole army ap peared to be broken up. They fled in the utmost confusion, and 16 guns were captured. The dark ness only saved Early's army from total destruc tion. On Thursday night Sheridan pushed on down the Shenandoah Valley. Two divisions of cavalry went down Luray Valley. Sheridan says if they push on to the main valley the result of the en gagement will be still more signal. Correspondents' letters assert that Early's loss in prisoners in the first day's fight will approximate to 5,000. Among the killed and wounded were Con• federate Generals Rhodes, llams)n, Gordon, Terry, Goodwin, Bradley, Johnson, and Fitzhugh Lee. The Federal loss in the same battle is estimated at between 2,000 and 4,000 men. General Sherman is strongly fortifying at Atlanta. General Price has crossed the Arkansas river for an invasion of Missouri. General Shelly is co operating. The Missouri militia retreated before Shelby from Charleston to White Water River. Fremont and Cochrane have retired from the Presidential canvass. Postmaster General Blair has retired from the Cabinet at President Lincoln's request. The Democratic Peace Party have resolved to support General M'Clellan. The Richmond Inquirer contains a report that Sherman has proposed an informal peace confer. ence with the Governor of Georgia and Vice Pre. sident Stephens. Numerous other peace rumours are current. The Persia, Borussia, and the City of Cork have arrived out. NEW YORK, SEPT. 24, Morning. Bank of England Return,•--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the sth day of Oct. 1664: D4BI,TE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued 1......£`26,827,49)i Government Debt .£11,C15,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,277,490 Silver Bullion £26,927,400 £20,927,490 1 , BANKING DEPARTMENT. eloprietors' Capi tal X 14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis znissioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- Government Secu rities (including Dead WeightAn rnty) £10,797,095 Other Securities 20,836,660 Notes Gold and Silver 70,720 Coln counts) 6,877,501 Other Depoeita 11,731,746 Seven Day and , other Bills 562,202 417,723,490 £37,728,490 % MILLER, Chief Cabhicr. Oct. 6, 1564. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Oct. 19. Via Marseilles ... Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Nov. 4. Cape of Good llope, Ascension, and St. Ilelona..Oct. 29. Chwa, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 19. via Marseilles ...Oct. 13. Falkland Islands Gib ra ltar, via Southampton .. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 19. via Marseilles Oct, 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Oct. 11. via Marseilles Oct. 6. Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Men, via Southampton Oct. 11. via Marseilles Oct, 6. Newfoundland .. Oct. 12. Oporto and Vigo:.. . .. . U. S. and British N. America, Ly Brit. packet.... Oct. 12. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Oct. 7. All parts of West Indio, including Chili, Peru, I Oct. 14. California. and British Columbia. THE REPRESENTATION OF C A RMARTHEN.—The death of Mr D. Morris has caused a vacancy in the representation of Carmarthen. There are two candida , cs —Mr William Morris and Mr John Gwyn Jeffries.. Mr William Morris is a banker residing at Carmarthen, and a near relative of the late menabtr. He has large possessfons in the county, is a man of great local influence, and has for many years taken a prominent part in the administration of the affairs of the borough. He is an able man of business, and in politics a L•beral. A requisition asking him to come forward is now in course of signature, and will be signed, it is expected, by about three fourths of the electors. Yes terday nearly half the electors on the register had signed, so that any Opp( sition to him must end in defeat. Mr Jtaies, the opposing candidate, is a barrister and a naturalist of some eminence. He was formerly a solicitor practising in Swansea. Ile is a Conservative, whose interests are pro moted by the Carlton Club, but he has not the remotest chance of 511,CCe60. 'b .re'. l 3.14 et di st 50 20 ihar. 100 Sk 1 • 00 Lou 100 teck took 20 attic:. 10 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 itool/4 9too stock stock sul 20e 100 100 took itooN stock 20 stock t toci St OCii stock Paid. all 100 flOO 100 ( 2 : 1 0 0.00