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

XiiTEY MARKE T AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, T WELTE O'CLOCK. Prom a state of ease the Money Market has sud. d e ftly veered roun d to great str i ngency. Th e cause 1 . 8 to b e traced to the very unfavourable Bank return Iss nal this morning. No one expected that the We ek's baiance-sheet would have el%own such un satisfactory and rapid changes. Indeed, every capitalist and merch Int were anticipating a reduction in the cfficial discount rate, but n ow all these hopes have been ruthlessly dispelled, an d fear h as ta k en the p l ace o f renewe d con fi % deu ce that was being engendered. What has also added to the general anxiety is the in crease that has taken place in the number of com niercial failures, many of which were houses en j()Ying prat -rate credit. The money market has, therefor e , assumed a very perturbed condition, and brokers are evincing greater caution in their trans ;lotions. Not even can their regular customers ob atu l ecommodation on bankers acceptances under u Per cent., whereas yesterday these securities were negotiated, in some instances, at per cent. below that quotation. About £17,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday, The Bank of England return, contrary to gene ral expectation, is of a vary unfavourable character, the large withdrawals from the private balances by ultrakers to strengthen their country connections hil ving produced a diminution of about one million 4114 a quarter in the reserve of notes. The bullion, not withstanding the recent influx, has also been lar gely diminished, in consequence, it is understood, of withdrawals of sovereigns for Ireland. Active Circulation .. Increase Bullion .. • • Decrease .. Rest .. • • Increase .. • • Public Deposits .• Decrease .. • • Other Deposits.. • • Decrease .. • • • • Seven Day and other Bills • . Increase .. • • ' Government Securities • • Decrease .. • • • Other Securities • • ' • Increase .. • * Notes Unemployed .. • • Decrease .. • • .1 .. £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 1 202 5&486 ... 10,597,035 .. 200,060 .. 20,836,860 432,371 .. 6,573,875 .. 1,229,790 Two o'CLocK. At Paris Bourse this day, according to 41enleres telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were gunted 65 f. 75c. Heavy. 4 variety of circumstances have conspired to tune s n. down St oc k E xc h a n ge Securities. The un favourable bank re turn and the announcement of th e have crea t e d muc h anxiety, and instead of tae Progressive improvement before recorded a udecline has now set in. The funds have receded P i er 'A ; L• this morning, and Consols are quoted 881 I,: ‘ ur money, and 88: 1 for the account The New A ur ees and R e d uce d A nnu iti es are 861 ; the Qn uities, 14 s.l6 t h s ; M arc h E x chequ er Bills, 7s. tidie'; and June do., 20s, to 10s. die. ; India 5 per 1.,11te., 104; E n f ace d 5 per Cents., 102; and the Debentures, 971. Foreign Securities are very inactive, and prices h ave all d ec li ne d . T ur ki s h 6 per C en t s ., 1862, hav e reced e d to 701 ; do. Consolides, Ito 491 :lexican, 1 to 26! ; do. New,l to 241 251; Greek, tti 22 1; 23; Spanish Passive, e to 301 31 ; do. Certificates, I to 131 1,-; and the Confederate Loan, 1 t o 88 60. b the Rahway Share Market the dealings have a rtl Moderately active, and prices have, in most in ;allees, shown a downward movement. North a-7 "tern and Metropolitan have declined £ 1 ; kireat Eastern and Great Northern A Stock each 58 '; and North Eastern (Berwick) and South Eastern each 10s. cha nge Foreign and Colonial lines remain without "ange of importance. B ank and Miscellaneous shares are also a shade utter. Alliance realise 381 401; City Bank, 113; 440ndon and County, 701 ; National Discount Coto. p a ng, 12k; and Joint Stack Discount, 5 51. „ IiftITISFI FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 uoVERNMENT FUNDS. Per Cent. Consols Do A 88i f , — o count, Oct. 11 tper Cent. Reduced B6i t New 3 per e -.OW 21 Cent. Jan. 1894 A Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — t/ mitres, 30 yrs, expire "6th Jan., 1880 — ire p Do for 30 yrs, ex • sth April, 1885 l4 5-16 DO (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. ” Ex 1, ee lucr Bills, £l,OOO, 4 &31 per Cent. 7 18 20 : Do £5OO £lOO and £2OO Do E ftlak D Ertg:i .Dd Stk, 5/ per Ct. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT:SECURITIES. _.lndia Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 — D 0 Account ! 4- , o 5 per Cent. Oct 1879 Do 4 D p2r Cent., Oct. 1888 — o Certificates Do Account — I/ ~,0 4pe p r er Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — i Cent — Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Dolsl per Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 p er C en t., Aug. 1866 D., Bunds t I,4UU — Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Urazilian 5 per Cent Do 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 , A . Do 1863 — Queries Ayres 6 per, Cent D ° Lilian o Accoun t . • 6 per Cent . — Do 41 per Cent -• Colombian 6 per Cent — C il , ba, 6 per Cent. -1 - '0 5 per Cent. 1864 -- Danish 3 per Cent. 1825 E D ° 6 per Cent, ' 1864 t l ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — v a-'. visona er l Land Warrant.. ',OptionVro 7 Cent .. 1)0, Second Issue utDo £lO9 Bonds per tent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Accou Do Coupons ~,Do Account ' 4l iT t eloala 5 per Cent. i t i ° 18 ;sw and 1539 hi 4 e lH t, 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) --- - , x Lcarl 3 per Cent .... .1-'0 Account ... Do 1864 _ . V s ° rrench Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c 1 - 10 6 per Cent. Anglo-French .... dts __ooitto Scrip, £33 paid .. — Yewtvl orish Imperial 5 per Cent Granada — Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do Deodo bentures, 4 per Ct., Ap r il 1861 — D Peruvian 41 p er Cent Aug., 1866 Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .. . — Do 4} per Cent., 1862 ...... Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .......... Do Account — • • Do 3 per Cent., 1856, !7, '9, '60,62,'3„ Do Account Rrssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £'St Do 42 per Cent., 1850 — Do 1860 — Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 — Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £55 pa id ... Pal ar,li n i an 5 per Cent _ Do Account I6PatliSh 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account -Do Passive , Do Account 13 Pan i s h Cert. ot Coup not funded — Do Ac^o- , t ~, Loa 13a 1 Swedish, 4 per Cent TL. D s • er l P, £6O paid .. --pm 14 . 0 I sh 6 ou pentr Cent. 1854 — Do A cc Do 6 per Cent. 1858 -- 11 0 Account Do .W 0 Bonds ~Do 6 pe r C ent. 1862 70— -uo Account D o £lOO B on d s • Do 1863 .. Do Caitranteed, 4 per Cent. -• V _Do 1863 Scrip, Z4O paid en ezuela 3 p er Cent. Do Account 2l 11 0 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1864 .... Dividends on the above payable in London TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money 1)0 Account . „ ~.. 86 D o Gov ~, t. . ft.“ 4.1? 11. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. Closing I Business hare , Bar..ways, Paid. ;price. done. 3.14 et Bt 60 20 Wol., and St r. Vat, .±ythe and Tyne. tristol and Exeter 3aledonlan 7ork and Bandon . tornwall ,- )0 A A ',lets no dig Do. B till c.p an.11:1, been paid to I:. Dublin Az Belfast Jun , •. f_tun.,Perth,&Ab. Jun( t. tldinburgh & Glasgow. ~ilaot g . and S. Wester', -;.reat Eastern, Ofd. et: Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st ;reatNorthot Scotian ;rent Northern.. • Do A stock Do Bdo .... r4t. S. an I W. of Irel an ,rest Westerr,Original Do Str Val Do South Wales .... Do. \Vol, Mitt -Oxfoul Do Newport Do Hereford Lancashile & Yorkshire London and Blackwatt Lon., Brlght.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Wester* Lon. & Sce.th Western flan., Shef., & Lincoln.' tlaryport and Carlisle. DOI shares Metropolitan Midland _ _ Do Birming. Zz Derby qicl. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. # shares Ind Kent ... North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiok Do, G.N.E. purchas‘ Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle Do. Stock. Darling Do do 1855-58 (Do do 18di",-61 North London Do New Do New, . North Staffordshire • . N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot AN. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union south Deion South Eastern tai n es, Wok.,andWok Call Do C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har. 1:3 2} 44f 1 128 138 j 8 9 71 81 691 i 9 I 113) i 34 114 11 104 64. 3/ 1074 8} 74 1291 1061 i 651 p 76 5 81 i 82 64 122 122 6 7 31 33 16 17 83 87 105 107 441 I Gi 7i 1 7 128 139 HO 127 t3l tO 92 69 6Ji 45 17 35 90 91 1/i 11 1111 65 67' 102 103 33 40 1111 1111 03 D 4 6;i 03 ICBI 1 09 129 i 130 99 101 51 63 21 105} 1061 613 65} 93} 94} 125 130 35 36 9 10 r 7 8 r 120 125 1 1} 1, 75 77 101 11 132 136 54 56 84 t 6 Ell E2} 8 9 ICO :65 34 44 97 99 34 30 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Paid• Closing Price. ttlantio Sr St Lawren ,, tom., ItarodactLeent In Gu. 5 per 0ent..... Do. E. Shares... • ,tunalo and Laze [lure) Do. Preference ...• • 4ifialo,Brant,&Uodric ) p. et. Ude. Aug. 1,1 K i)o. do. July 1, 187 to. do. June 1, 15. leutta..t 'ape Town J..- Dock Sor Demerara 7 p.e. per. pf Dengal g u 5 I. !vast Indian, on. .5 p. Do. do. J Ext.... , 4rand l'runk of Csos , ;, Do.Equip.3lort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist Bond,. Do. do. deterred...... Do. 2d Fret. Bonds.. Do. do deferred...... Do. 3d Pi ef. stock Do. do. deferred..... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... 'Jt.indlarentn.gus.sp.c Do. Gu 5 per cenl Do. New gua. 5 P. 0. • it. South.of India (Lim u aranteed 5 per oeul Do. 11 per c0nt..... Do it. W. 01 Canada Share Do. New .. 00.6 p.o. '73 with't opt )0.5i p. o. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited liadras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extensio , Do. 4,1 do.—• .. • Do. Fifth Extension. vlelb.Corp. s p. o. Bud , itelb. & Hobson's Bay. Niewßrunswiok a Cana. Class d and B. po Ist pi bd , Soinde .......... 1)0. Delhi I Pl.. Do. do . t Do. Punjaub p 00. Indus,6t. F 10,) 56 58 931 i( 0 die i, r ft 5} 7a 8a 91 10) 92 94 100 101 100 101 19 19i 90 93 71 73 CO 42 CO 68 55 57 53 56 96 (8 29 31 27 29 KO tOt id pr id 4r 99 100 91 10 11 101 89 91 82 81 it 99i 100 92 94 88 93 8 CO 3 5 80 S 3 99 KO 98 IGO Ad par VS 100 95 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872 100 - Do. do. 1883 100 - &J - 1877-81 100 00 93 - Do. 6 P.C. Feb.& Ain.L 100 90 91 - Do. 6 p.c.Mar.& Sept 100 89 92 - Do. tp. c. Jan.&July. 10C 79 81 - Do. 5 Inscribed stool. 100 78 81 - !ape G.llope, 6 p '3,187: 100 04 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 188 , 100 107 109 Do. 189 i 100 1(8 110 - )o. Jan. & July. 1891. 100 107 10) - Ceylon, N0v.11 , 63, 6 p 100 102 105 - Do. 1878, do. 100 lt 9 112 - ilauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 00 101 104 Do. 1878 100 103 106 Do. 1882 100 .03 105 atal Gov. 6 per cent 100 1 , ,0 105 - N1.11.G0v.6 p.c. J aatiJuE 100 93 96 - 4. S.W. Gov. 5 p 0.,18c , 100 97 99 - Du. sp. c.,1811 to 107 100 95 97 Do. d0.,1888 &upwdl 100 04 96 95 - Yew Zealand 6 p cent 100 9J 192 nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. - Eteriing, 1875. lOO 95 93 - Itieensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 10) 102 - Aus Gov. 6 p.0.1i 68- 100 - - Do. 1.70 &u 9 ward , 100 105 107 105 vrio.Gov. 6 p.o. Ja./SiJ ul) 100 - Do. 10 6p.0..An.&0ct.. 100 105 1(6 1051 -- --- BRITISH MINES. 2 "am twian Consul. Gold 1 1 I ChivertOn 3 6 7 - Awn, Amalgamated. - 30 32 - Yvon G. Com,. (Taoist 1 170 500 - Drakewal's ............ 2.1.0. f 1 - aait liusseit (Mogan). .su 1 , 3 65 - :ast Caradon ..... 265 271 earn 8rea........ 1 .4. 7 7i - East Grenville .. 2.7.0. 71 7f - East Lovell ........... 2.13.6. 79 81 8 - •.. 'i linosttl (Tavistk • 11. 49 5 Ifittl ,t,St. A Ithyn(Gw,n 60 7 9 4 Great Laxey, , all 15 15 - I rcat 6ouLti 2 2A - 1. Wheal Vor (Licistw. 10 30 31 78 •„ 64 74 - . I erc.d's-loot l3 56 40 - 1 ing6ton Downs.— 1.18.• 4 41 - largaret (Oily Lelan 1 7 9 •larke Valley.. 4 vynly Iron Ore (Lint 3 19 1,• .. l9 25 ' 7 - •e w netvn 2'? 75 85 - • , rth Down, - North Boskear.. . 295 20 22 - ra , i,vt(lllC.;,,, 3.1..6 15 21 - afit Crofty 2.80 39 4 - Prosper United.... 7.1.• . 34 31 cienceklin Lein, cu 6.7 37 39 - outhUaradon(St.Cleer 15 500 540 - -. Wheat Fran. ([Mogan 16.18.1 429 471 - stray Park - yin Crolt a 18 19 Are.Bl Basset (Illogan).. 11 8 9 V C, ration i.l,l4keard 9 19 11 - West Chiver: on - West SCi.Oll - A heal Basset (Mogan 51 92 95 - Wheal Buller(Redruth, 10 17 19 - WhealLud , ctt - Mary Ann ("Jen 8 14 16 - heal I.3eton 589 205 215 ,Vheal Treiawney (Lie 7 10 2 - Wheat Union 4 1 19 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., 111 Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., I.CN North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 89 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 98 Nottngham and Grantham 11. 4 C., 92 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 FOItEIGN MINES Cobre Copper, 27 St. John del Rey (lira.), 36} BANKS. AlliaDnceitto, (11r n new, 39.), 40 3866 7 406 Bank of Egypt, .27 City, 113 C onso lidated Bank, lim., 9; 6 European Bank, lim., 10 6 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 29 Imperial Bank (1im.),1 33 Imperial Bank of Ohina, India, and Japan, lira. 23 ; Imperial Ottoman, 161 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 46 I London and County, 70 London Joint Stock, 451 Landon and South African, 21 2 London and 11 estminster, 95 46 Merchant Bank, Jim , 236 Mercantile and Exchange, lira., 116 6 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 1im., 1 :206 National Provincial:of England, Ditto, new, Ditto, ditto, 381 New Zealand Bank Corporation, lira., 1 Oriental Bang Corporation. 586 Scinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi. lim., 12 South E , istern, lirn., 6f 6 Standard of British South Africa (lime), n3l Union of A ustrali a, 526' 2 Union of London, 516 I MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, Egyptian Corn, and Trading, lim., 21 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, inn. 61 6:6 Imperi M ercan tile Credit A sso. lim., el 17 International Financial society, lira., 61 1 t Joint Stock Discount, lim., 51 5 London Financial Association, Mon.., 211 National Di, count CompailY, 1ira.,13 1 4 National Financial, lim., Ocean arine (Insurance), 22 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., Universal Marina, Insurance. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.32 i per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. told. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 3-fuths 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 12.4 i per £1 stcrlin_. Standard gold at thelf.;ls,c•Jis'a Mint priu iB, Ilterefcre, nearly 1-Lths per cent, dearer in London than in liiknalAlrg Sk 100 took etOok itook 10 too stock stock 1104 10i 100 100 stook stook stook stock stoch stocl stook Business don 101 1001 all 100 (100 100 2 I tO 000 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1864. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE---This Day. CITY BETTING,—This DAY. CESAREWITCII. 6to 1 agst Mail Laic (taken) 6to 1 agat Gratitude (offered) 9to 1 agat Thalestris (offered) 10 to 1 agat Calestra colt (taken) 16 to 1 aget Lady Hylda (taken) 25 to 1 agst Cathedral (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Brewer 60 to 1 agst Spcu,ation 100 to 6 on the field Very few members present, the maj - srity of them being at larpenden. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, Out. 7.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; strong brecz3 end fine weather. PLYnounr, Oct. s.—Wind E.—Sailed—Athens, screw steamer, for the Cape of Good Hope—St. Hide, for Sydney. CLYDE, 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. 3.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—ltalia, for Akyr.b. OFF DOVER, Oct. 4.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Black Watch, from London, for Maurifus. CARDIFF, Oct. 6.—Wind N.E.— Sailed—Typhoon, for Hong Kong. Crr THE EDDYSTONE, Oct. G.—Arrived—Her Mujest) 's ship Vulture, from China. Orr CAPE CLEAR, Oct. 7.—Arrived—City of Man chester, screw steamer, from New York. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRA.PII,) GitiTzsziorp, Friday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 6—Margaretha, from Nykj,•bing—Char lotte, from Arundel. Arrived, Oct. 7—Perseverance, from Danisic—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. DEAL, 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 trier. chant, but his commitments are not expected to ex- owed £250,000. A STEAM VESSEL ASHORE IN THE RIVER.—Last 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 position 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 Kreutz Ze:Yunq of Berlin, says :—" The advertising sheet of Ran ders publishes a notice from the head of the police to the eff ct that, by order of the military governor of Jutland, sportsmen are forbidden to shoot 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. 70e. 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 aro those for 1859, 1860, and 1861. Marriages are recorded from 15 to 80 years of age. lip to the ago 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 60 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 more reduces the proportion considerably more than half again; but at 35, 40. and 45, the numbers f ill 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. There were 119 men married at 70 years of age, but only 21 women ; 30 men at 75, and 3 women ; b 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. The total number married of each sex in these years were-1859, 102,549; 1560, 106,30; and 1861, 04,694. " TIIE SCOTS IN FRANCE."—Some gentlemen in terested in this subject embraced the opportunity of the learned author, M. Franci:.:,ue 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 com • pliment in suitable terms, and expressed the hope that be might have some future opportunity of meeting his Scot tish friends.—Glasgotv Herald. ANOTHER ABSCONDING BANRRIIPT.—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 Brolery-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 iu order to join his brother, John W. Marsden. Tho 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 £63,850 lls. 4d. An offer of 9s. 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 Catbe 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 ara 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 YORESIIIRE HERMIT.---In the East Riding of Yorkshire there dwells a mto of property, who, from some cause or other is in a degree emulating the character immortalised by Dickens in one of his Christmas numbers of " Ail the Year Round." He lives in a large old man sion, into which no feet are allowed to encroach. His food is left for him in a shed ; and last year's crops are out in the fields yet; the hay rotting in cocks, uncut ; and the rye grass standing in one field about 6ft. in height.—New. 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 made that the Grand Duke of Oldenburg had been authorised to make te,earchts among tae areLivca of I) , lnunk, to justify his right to the Kiocttawa of the DuQbiev 'I POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT TAE UNION BANK OF LONDON BY A CtEßK.—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 09913, the pro p3rty of Mr Peter Northall Lawrie., and others, trustees of the Union Bank of Lotion Mr Campbell, of the firm of Campbell and Davis, War. w'ck-street, attented for the prosecution, and in opening the Case said the prisoner entered the hank on the 20:11 of Sep te'nber les , , and on the same evening a £lO note was missed. Notice was immediately giv , n at the Bank of England, and the note was paid in, and subsequently traced to th, r ironer. 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 entered 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 eviller at the bank, produced a book containing the entry of the note produced, and seve 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 he went up to Mr Jay, in the evening. _ _ Mr Oglevy, a clerk in the bank, said that 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 going through the totals to see if they agreed with the cashier's waste books. He found £lO short, and had to trace the numbers of 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 motor, at No. 82, Regent-street, said, on the 26th Sept., about 5 o'cloek in the afternoon, the prisoner played a game of pool at the rooms, and in payment of 63. 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 the 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 tho witness said it was. Mr Wenkheim's foreman proved changing a £lO note for the last witness. 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 Weatmin- 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 morbing of the 26th September, the note being missed the same evening. Henry Dawson, 301 A, proved taking the prisoner into custody yesterday afternoon at the bank, when ho said that if 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 slid 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. THAMES. THE MAN WITH SIX SurnTs.—Henry Muller, a Ger man, who was said to very strongly resemble his namesake, who 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. He 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 st :cltings new, and other articles. Mr Self—llow did he can y the property? Clarke—He was wearing the whole of them under his own clothes, He had on six shirts—ho 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—l believe it was, sir. The prisoner, in defence, said he bought all the articles taken from him of a German sailor on Wednesday night, and gave him las 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 ho The prisoner—l don't know, mine lord; it's all quite true what I say. Mr Selfe remanded the prisoner until Mo nda y next. Clarke—lt is no use remanding him, your worship, there are no marks on the things. H e commits these rob beries on sailors just as vessels are going o ut. 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 e,ommittad to prison. Mr Selfe—l know him well; he has been before me iu this court when I was a magistrate here. The Prisoner Only once, mine lord, I have bee-, Le:ore 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' imprisonment 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 lea.' Mr Selfe—The constable will take io,._essiou of - ,he prn.• perty. Send the sailor to him. (La-_-.g.e.ter.) MARKETS—TaiS 1543'' MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our i;;;;; - ;-;Y tlre arrivals of hom,•• 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 stands. The amount of business transacted was but raode 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 a nd fine malting q ualities moved off steadil y at f ull quota tions, Secondary and inferior descri p tions of bar ley, how ever, met a slow sa le, at the late decline in th e currency. Th e malt trade was dull, at the recent f all in prices. Th er e was a large supply of oats on s a l e , an d the trado ruled inactive, a t about previous rates. B ean s and peas were in . slow requ es t, a t l ate quotations. The flour trade was quiet, on form er t erms. ARRIVALS THIS VIZEIC. 49 Wheat. Barley. Malt. O a t s . Fl our . English ...... 1)070 1,110 1,9:30 3,260 380 Irish ........ 1,760 Foreign ..... 2,140 2,9 6 0 ,760 7,470 bile on sale is tole ra bl y l argo. For good an steady demand at full prices, but BOROUGH HOP. Tdh finee parcelsof ileor for inferior produc e the trade continues slo w . The cu r- supply there cur rency is as follows :--- hops is a per cwt. New Mid and East Kent ......... ICOs to 190 s New Weald of Kent.. .. 90a to 130 s New Sussex .................... 90s to 140 s B AND LEADENHALL. of meat are on sa l e a t th ese markets. In oNdlEenrWaall desl3lll-siipetions the trade rules firm at full currencies. P e r Sib. by the carcase. $d R a s a Inferior beef .. 3 3 4 Middli ng mu tt on 42 4 4 4 Middling do. .. 3 63 10 P rime do .. 46 4 8 k'riino largo do. 4 0 4 2 Veal Do. stnall ' do. .. 4 4 4 6 Small pork ~ Large pork .... 3 6 I Inferior mutton. 3 8 01 Lamb ..... Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, A fair amount of business going on at yesterday 's rates. Sales probably 7,000 bales. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, HEX HAM 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 Allcndale. Mr Beaumont bad put down his name for £20,000, and a canvassing committee re ported that in all £37,000 had been subscribed. Tale committee was reappointed, and a determination was expressed to undertake a vigorous canvass to rais e the cepital requisite to make the line. The proceedings then terminated. COLONIAL. TEA. —The public sales were brought to a conclusion yesterday, and good and fine descriptions fully supported former prices. i-'llCAR.—There has been ratl . aer . more inquiry in the private market. West India descriptions, in some instances, being a shade dearer. In the refined market full rates are also current. Corrim,—For colon ial q ualities the re has been a fair demand, end both Pl antations and Native Ceylon have realised fully previous rates. RICE —Business has been dull, without any quotable change as regards prices. TALLOW.—The m arket continues dull, although prices remain firm. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s 6d; Decem ber, 423 6.1, 42s 0,1 ; and January to March, 4ls per cwt, PRICE OF BREAD IN TILE MLTROPOLIS.—The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Gld. to 7d,; of household ditto, E?rl. to W. Some bakers are selling from 1. to 50. per 411). loaf, weighed on delivery, HULL AND DONCASTER. The North Eastern Company is proceeding with the staking out of this line between Staddlethorpo 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 cut 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•yea:rly traffic ac count furnished by the North British Raii way Com. pany showed that the receipts from passe:were, 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 wss elopted. STATE OF TRADE. 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 ard 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 busy 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. Hi_urfkr. Bones Found at Pompei;. 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 merely remind oar readers that es 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 dlacover it in time, pour liquid plaster, and thus obtain cr`, 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 at tist employed at Pompeii. In a chemical point of view the 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 about 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 c„,ilt, more; if calcined in tho open air, the loss is 20 p,r c.us. '_'ha coal contained in a closed crucible disapp,;..a in lite shape of car bonic acid. The total quantity ci tile latter varies be tween 4 and 9 per cent. In letting tea bones with concen trated sulp;.pric acid for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of carbuT„ic acid aforesaid, the glue tube in which the operation is pen e s!rmed exhibits signs ef corrosion, which is owing to a certain ,F ; n-oust of fluoride of calcium contained in all :le Luca states that, when found. ti v , ^ . • :u•, i at.;,,r being treated kith - c• : • fur instance, re fo•-.7-1 in a ne.tE;a:-OUS ,tats, pr, :ving all the time their primitive shapes. Daring the last few dap Lino has been a rather urmer tore in the marl:eta for fcr:;:gn and colonial produce. The public sales of tee. hare 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 t1..3 dealings in tallow have beeo. very restricted for both present and forward delivery. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND RAILNVA , j- - A fetal accident occurred on the Midland Railway at Cot linghane, near Newark, on Tuesday last. A man about 60 years of age got ea to the lino, 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, toe 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 Thesday. The de ceased had during the latter part of last week exhibited ten- questionable signs of mental derangement, and being missed by his friends, they went in search of him on Friday morn ing. They succeeded in tracing his footsteps to the banks of the Severn, and at le n g th 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 ho lead been in the habit of keeping in the bank, was found upon m; 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 EIPLOSIONS ARE CAUSED.— An inquest was held at Ashton-under-Lyne, yesterday, I 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 ex plosion at Lord's Fields Colliery, Ashton-under-Lyne, belonging to Messrs. Gar forth, of Dukinfield. 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 ni g ht 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 cue, and they turned a ventilator which ,had been placed at the end of tho working. Whilst witness was turning the ventilator, the deceases came to him cud lighted h's pipe, and an explosion immediately took place. Samuel Crossley, the lot eman, 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 toe', him there was sulphur, nor did ho get a copy of the rules. When he 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 wore 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 had worked four or dye years at the pit, and well knew the regulations. After considerable di,cuzsion, a verdict of accidental death was returned, the ,itry, however, recomtatuding that mere cons] ieueua sig - cala eleould Le used. On Thursday night Sheridan pushed or 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 Loe. The Federal loss in the same battle is estimated at between 2,000 and 4,000 men. General Sherman is strongly fortify irg 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 al President Lincoln's request. The Democratic Peace Party have resolved to support General The _Richmond lnpirer contains a report that Sherman has proposed an informal peace confer• enco r;tb th'., vernor of Georgia and Vice Pre. sfkeit Stephn - .2. Numerous other peace rumours are current. The Perein, Borns3ia, and the City of Cork have arrived out. NEW YORK, SEPT. 24, Morning, Sheridan pursued Early beyond Strasburg, and again routed him at Fisher's Hill, capturing 16 guns. The pursuit continues. No fighting has taken plum at Petersburg. The Confederate pirates on lake Erie have been captured. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 24 (Morning). Money easy. Gold and Stocks are depressed by peace rumours and the favourable military intelli , genes. Gold, 210 t. Stocks depressed. New York Central, 119 i. Illinois, 1231. Erie, 1001. 5.20 Bonds, 110. Cotton dull.lling Upland, 155. Flour very dull. Wheat end corn a downward tendency. Provisions depressed. C e dull. Sugar tending downward. Molasm - ..ited demand. Petro leum, crude, 1 ; refined, 72. MEXICO. NE W YORK, SEPT. 24. Advices from Matamoros to the 9th inst. confirm the news of the occupation cf Brownsville by Cortinas. (FROM THE TIMES CORRESPONDENT.) NEW YORE., Sm. 23. The latest accounts from the Shenandoah prove the first report of Sheridan's success on l‘londay to have been greatly exaggerated. Enrly's entire loss, it is now stated, did not exceed 6,000 men, while that of the Federals in killed and wounded alone wa© upwards of 4,600. At one time the Fedorals, mowed down by the Confederate artillery and musketry fire, were thrown into confusion, and wore on the point of giving way, when, by a desperate charge of all his cavalry, Sheridan turned Eaziy's right flank, and compelled him to retire. Early continued to fail back during the 20th, followed by Oheridan, and on the 21st made a s'.and 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 looses in killed End wounded upon either side are not stated, Eatly is relieved to have re tired towards Stanto7. SEPT. 24, 11 A.M. Sheridan reports, at 11 30 p.i. on the 22d, that he is pursuing E%rly down the Shenandoah Valley. There is yet no news of the expected conflict between the opposing forces on the Weldon Rail• war. Deipatches from llacor, Gcorgia, of the 17th, to the Richmond Inquirer, state that General Sherman b ac :, invited Governor Brown, of that State, and Vice-liret.idont Stephens to Atlanta, to confer upon the subject of Oace. Sherman and Hoot; hava concluded the elrcl , an,r;e of 2,000 prisoners upon eit`Jaer side captr.:Td upon the recent battles at Atlanta and Jonesborough. The truce for the removal of the Atlanta inha , bitanta, which expired on the 22d, has been ex tended. New Orleans letters of the 15th annouuce that, with the exception of the garrisons left in Forte Morgan and Gaines, General Granger's forces, lately co-operating with Admiral Farragut. 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 Quepr, and Parsons on Lake E:ie, was at the outset the capture of the Federal steamer Michigan and the liberation of the Johnstown Island prisoners, The arrest of the cfficers 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 Dike was untrue. Postmaster-General Blair, at the request of Mr Lincoln, has resigned (Ace. Ex-Governor Denni son, of Ohio, succeeds him. - . QUEENSTOWN, eel. 7. The Inman steamship City of Manchester from New York, on the 21th ult., arrived here at 5 a,m. with 234 passengers, 330,00 dols., and £32,828 in specie. She landed 48 passengers and proceeded for Liverpool at 5.15 a.m. CAPTURE OF A SIIARK.—On. Saturday a :ice epccauen of the diodon, or barking shark, v:cigliihg rcra`:-.• 7cwt., was captured at Newquay, Cornwall, flew the atote.. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA. (Via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, SEPT. 23 (Evi,,iiing). After the battle near Winchester, Sheridan pur sued Early beyond Strasburg, tend again attacked him at Fisher's Hill. Sheridai.'s report states the right of tle Cont,.‘,F , rate arni j rested on the north fork of the Shenr.,_:oak, extending across Stras burg valley, westward to the N 6. th Mountain, and occupying appal :1.7y an km, :cgnable position. After much mance ivring Crock's command was transferred to the extreme right of the line of the North MJuntain, 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 ion. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. HARPENDEN RACES-THIS DAY. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH TWO YEAR OLD STAKES. Anti-Macassar Mongrel 2 Sven ran. Ilow the s' Great Prize Fight" was Stopped. The Freeman's JOUrna! 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 Tursday was that the fight world 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 Lumber of detectives were hovering about the platform and booking cfEce. The lovers of "the manly sport of self- defence " took tickets for various stations beyond Goold's Cross, at which they were to atop, for the purpose of U-Laing the constabulary, who were to be seen in all kiwis of strange costum.s and keeping a sharp lookout. Every male passenger was closely scrutinised for the object of coming 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 meat 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 been written and spoken would not come off, and [hat 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, ea appoint a referee, and make arrang eieets for his appearing on the battle-ground between 12 an 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. 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 secluded place. On the arrival of the train at Goold's Cross Station there was no one to be found will 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 set geants 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 Coburn, several of whom had come over from Liverpool. It .vas 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 cf the Dublin press proceeded from Cashel to Guold'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 duty in weather severely cold. On the approach of every train constables were placed behind walls, and distributed along the plat form, and horse relic° were in readiness to dash off at a moment's notice, to bring skirmishers in to aid in prevent ing that was never to take place. Military men and others r. - Le lattd come long distances to be present at the pugilistic encounter were loud in their complaints at the mazecr in which the principals, or those acting fot them backed cut of their engageraente. Much amusement to the knowing ono was occasioned on the arrival of the train which left town at half-past seven o'c'eek, by the constabulary erreeting a man named Ryan, from Thurlee, whom they mistook for Mace. Nothing could La rcero comic than the bewilderment expressed on the face of Mr Ryan, who is a jolly-loeking farmer, on being taken captive. He insisted that he was himself, and not Jem Mace, but ho 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 he was allowed to go at large. While this scene was being enacted Joe 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 during 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 appear:, that shortly before 2 o'clock Coburn, accompanied c le e y e d h e i s d i t a r ai n gettinger, C ut to i c a k e , p a e n t d a b h o i u s t s a e c m o i n l e d , b in J. M d a t c h k e es G Y' oo s l u d c 's - Cress station, named Ballack. Here, in the presence of Chas. Weethali, of the Spotting life, and Mr James, of the Kite York. Clipper, Cusiok formed the outline of thespians 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 itiporting .We, dated London, Tuesday evening, Mace says—" I am greatly disappoin:ed at not being permitted to fight Coburn. I have, for the sake cf toy backers, taken every pains in training, and to-day I was never more fit or better in my life, as my trainer, Milner, will certify. I do not consider 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 rczpuns:blo in getting gentlemen to find me the amount required. Mr Brunton suddenly left me in Dublin on Monday with no explanation. Coburn had every opportunity it' he wished to meet me, and would only through his representative, chooso one referee, a Mr Bowling, of whom I know nothing, and who is also said to be a brcther•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 proposod ? I wished any representative of the press to act, and. Milner even eshed Coburn's friend, Mr MN in James, of the New York Clipper, when Mr Smith was objected to, if he (Mr James) would stand, but he would not. Now, as to the money business. Every shilling that has been lean' 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 intentinn of fighting, I consider myself entitled to the stake,2,." Bank of England Return,•--Last Evening, An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, fur tho week ending on Wednesday, the sth day cf Oct. 1864: ISSUE DEPLETMENT. LS otes i55ued1.........£26,927,49 0 . Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,277,490 Silver Bullion .... ,C 6,927,49 01 BANKING D. oprietors' Capi- £1 tal 4.553,000 Rest . • V u blic Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, COMMIB - of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 6.877,591 Other Deposits 11,731,716 S eve n Day and „,„. other Bills £26,V27,490 £37,728,400 ! IV Oct. 6, 1661. PARTEIENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) 610,797,095 Other Securities 20,830,660 Notes Gold and Silver 712,7;;0 Cola £37,728,490 MILLER., Chief Caehttr. Foreign Mail Packet List• NAILS DUE. via P4 ` - i d.usttalia and Meuriti;,via Soutlli.ileptott ..Oct. 19. via Marseilitql ......... Oct. 13. Jra by British and Cape Verde, Nev. 4. Cap Ascension, (loud Bove, . a s(ut e hanipton.oct. 19. L sce ußion, slid St. lleleith Oct. (lane, aud bitigapore, %la ratalseines Oct. 13. Falkland Islands (jibraltar, via Southampton OO via Southampton Oct. 11. Oct. 11. I n dia (Calcutta), tuld Cc) lon, vi a t. .euthaniptou Oct. 19. via Marseilles Oct, 13 . India (_Bombay), via Marseilles Oct. 6. Portugal• • .. Malta, Egypt, and Alen, vla .'l , ct..7.lamptou Oct. 11. vla :'..:-.. - ieeilles Oct 6. Newfoundland oi,ortc, and Vigo: U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Oct. 12. -. 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