The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-27 00:00:00

TIIE GREAT MONBY PANIC IN THE UNITED STATES. Peon?, the IVew York Correspondent of the Times.) NEW YORK, OCT. 14. Picture to yourself the immense crowd that four years ago lined the Strand to witness the funeral procession of the Duke of Wellington, all clothed in masculine habiliments, the universal black smoke pipe of London exchanged for the many-coloured_ sloughed hats of New York, the smooth -shaved faces covered with beards and the mouths draped with moustaches, the jolly English expression elon gated and careworn, and the round cheek sunken ; fancy those easy, careless sightseers metamor phosed all pressing into Lombard-street thus rd-street with a hurried., anxious pace, crowding. and jostling their until compelled by their meighbouts in their hasteinto the c, slowl moving lines very numbers to drop roearchiue and countermarchino Lomb rd-street t e centre of excitement ; imagine ex paraded to twice its length, and its trotto'r enlarged to more than twice the present width, and every third house a bank, with depositors or billholders bent upon obtaining gold for their debts, and you will have a real idea of the condition of Wall-street yesterday. New York was in a state of convulsion. t financial earthquake was rocking its moneyed institutions to their centre. One fell after another; shock followed shock ; and, in the panic, no one felt sure that, at the day's close, anything would be felt to tell the tale of the wealth, the commercial credit, and the mercantile honour of this commu nity. This morning the partial suspension of yes terday has become general, and New York is now doing business on currency. On Saturday morn in, lest it was announced that the Illinois Central Railway Company had yielded to the storm, and had made an assignment ; that the Erie had al lowed its acceptances to go to protest ; and that the Michigan Central had, in the modest language of its Boston friends, deferred the payment of its floating debt. Some of the sugar acceptances ma turing on that day were also lett to go to protest, owing to the utter inability to get money. One house of limited liability and undoubted means and credit was obliged to suspend with the best mercantile paper on hand only 15 days to run. Notwithstanding this Monday went by without a breakdown. There were several commercial failures, but nothing indicating a general breakdown. At four o'clock on Monday afternoon, after banking Lours, the clearing-house statement for the week was male public. It showed, as compared with the statement of the week y •vious, Decrease of loans Increase of specie 75,831 „ Dacrease of undrawn deposits 3,0'3,190 „ Decrease of circulation 224,668 „ Decrease by failure of capital 656,000 „ In other words, the banks had, in the face of the panic and the demand for money, preceeded with their liquidations to the amount of 4,000,000 dole. This statement shows, in round numbers, a liquida tion since the commencement of the panic of about 18,000,000 doll. by the contraction of loans. In ordinary times, and with money at anything short of extraordinary prices, it would have been thought to be a favourable statement. With a contraction of loans of over 4,000,000 dots., and a payment of li abilities to depositors of over 3,000,000 doll., the spe :irs reserve bad actually increased, notwithstand iag aid known t) be afforded to country banks, and the known fact that depositors had been making a run for gold. But in the present fevetish state a contraction was regarded as the precursor of still further trouble. Besides this I believe that the country banks brought an hostile influence to bear upon the city banks. The motives to this were twofold-Ist. The domestic exchanges upon New York from all parts of the country are at such a premium as to entirely put a step to all business. Not only is the transmission of gold impossible, from the unwillingness to part with it, but the pro duce of the country is equally unavailable. Confi dence is so entirely destroyed that the farmer will not sell to the local dealer, and the local dealer cannot forward to New York. At this mo ment Chicago is filled with grain which the machinery of commerce affords no means of moving to New York, although Chicago owes New York and wishes to pay the debt, and New York is suffering, dying, I may almost say, from want of the remittance. The Illinois Central Railway Corn pany has a large amount in the Chicago Land-office for investment in its Construction Bonds. These bonds are selling here at 50 ; it is ready to pay 65 for them in Chicago in the currency of that place ; an 1 yet nobody can be found to undertake the (gyp ration. This one illustration will show you how completely the business of the country is blocked by t',e unexpected and unaccountable destruction of domestic exchange. Its wealth becomes unavail able. The resources relied upon to get out of its difficulties prove unavailable. Sterling exchange, to •, naturally sinks under the pressure, and New York, the creditor of the country, is left to bear the brunt of the battle. The country banks, who feared that a continuance of the present sate of things world drain them of spe3ie for New York remit teiees, have been naturally anxious to create a suspension here, in order by that means to restore th equilibrium in exchange, and prevent the drains of geld. 2d. They have also been influenced by . Vie desire to protect their circulation. The cur rency of the interior is supplied by means of bank tes, issued upon a deposit of State securities with the Controller of the State. The stringency of the nr , ney-market h'is compelled the retirement of this tireulation to a large amount, and the redemption or' these securities for the purposes of sale. The adiount thus forced upon the market has reduced the value of State Stocks. Simultaneously with this a new issue of bonds has become necessary for covering certain State canal liabilities. These securities have not been nego'iab'e within the line reluired by law ; it is reasoned that if specie pay ment be suspended in New York, there will again b a demand for country currency, and an up ward turn given to State securities. There is reason to believe that the movements of yesterday were entirely without concert of action. The final b'o however, was as rapid, and apparently as un peemeditated as the blow that brought about the French revolution of 1848 ; like that, there was a c ncealed power that excited and directed the po aular feeling. The first run yesterday was made upon the smaller lanks outside of Wall-strut, that afford accommo (la, ion and circulation for the tradespeople, artisans, shopkeepers, hotelkeepers, & . .c. Thes e i ns titutions were naturally in a less rong position than the ike doing business with the mercantile classes, a.d less able to stand a run. They opened at 10, and before 12 had fallen. Up to 1 o'clock every thing was quiet in Wall-street—as quiet, that is, as has been any day for the past three weeks. There was a steady payment of specie over the counters to depositors, but nothing indicating a general alarm. Almost in an instant the street was crowded, and a run begun upon the American Exchange Bank, the weakest of the largest institutions. I had passed the Exchange a few minutes before ; there was no appearance of unusual commotion. When I looked from my window there was a crowd of some hundreds (or thousands rather) gathered in front, and a long line of bill-holders and depositors formed en queue. Mr. David Lemitt (of North American Trust and Banking Company fame) mounted a step, and treated the crowd to the uni versal Anglo-Saxon panacea—a speech ; and the cr ,wd partially dispersed, but the bill holders kept up the run. From every direction men now poured into Wall-street. The marble steps of the Custom house, the classic entrances to the banks, the noble spaces around the Exchange, the ugly stoops (an inheritance from the architects of Amsterdam) that geve a ladder-like entrance to the offices, were all alike quickly c - )vered with curious spectators. The desks of the offices were deserted and the windows crowded. From the American Exchange Lank the attack was shift?d to two or three banks further up the street. The Bank of America and the Mechanics' Balk were partici:. lady selected. The stream of the anxious in-go?rs steadily increased ; as they came out, widi bends filled and pockets bulging out with gold, 'roe looked happy —more looked uneasy and foolish. From Wall-street the rush extended into Pine and Nassau, and the large Broadway banks ; and before 3 o'clock the specie reserve w.is reduced to 5,500,000 dole. The whole thing was as sudden as a tornulothe comparison also bears good as to t.lo effect. Eighteen loans of 21%hteen w an k s f e ll, w i t h a un it e d li ne New York ,000 dols. Th e b an ki ng commu nity of less than two hours.wa''leio, called upon to liquidate in bank could have s old the pressure. Last night y met in those that had gone safely through the an d ul resu u l n t e e i l l. lasted un:il 11 o'clock, The session - mous agreement to s uspend Speci e payment in an my"' the counter ; to petition the Govern or a r ove r an extra s ssion the Legl s l a t ere for the passage cal l of of laws to protect the banks, and preventraaBge sum mary and forced liquidation that would de,troy all the capital inve,ted in them ; and to resum e spec i e praymen's at the earliest possible moment. I 7 i'•l trot try to sye . cula , te upon the causes that have brought New York to bankruptcy at a time when there is more actual wealth in the c)uutry than there has ever been befor e. If the West had made a vigorous exertion to pay its debts to New York, which mature at this time of the year, it would have been averted. There is plenty of property there, but an absolute inability to forward it. More than six month s ag o I wrote you the., when the October and November dry goods' payments should mature there would be trouble owing to the expanded state of the West. The intervention of the September panic has changed the anticipated pressu re into a universal bankruptcy. Th e - - certainty of the pressure ailed upon the banks to maintain a bold front and a free line of discounts ; instead of that, they were forced by their fears into an unnatural contraction, which has brought them to their present condition. The example of the Conservative Bank of Com merce deserves commendation. In the mifist of the contraction it has maintained its old line of dis ' count almost impaired. Among the great failures outside of the banks three have especial interest for Englishmen. First is the Illinois Cntral, the stoppage of which will probably excite less surprise in London than it did in New York. The notes payable of this company amount to 3,510,000 dols. of which 2,400,000 dole. fall due previous to the Ist of January next, and the remainder in 1858. The optional scrip also falls due in January to the amount of 750,000 dols. Against this liability certain provisions had been made in London, the details of which I need not go into. Suffice it to say, that about three weeks since the company received authority to draw st. r ling bills to the amount of 200,0001. Unfortu nately, there was no sale for exchange. The bills were offered. Erie was also in the street with sterling credits ; and exchange fell to a point where gold could be sent here from London at a profit of nearly 10 per cext. It was impossible to contend against this, and ou Saturday last it was announced that the company had made an assignment of all its property out of Illinois. Another instrument is being prepared, and is either executed to-day, or is to be this week, conveying the property within that State, thus divesting the corporation of its whole assets. The trusts provide for the expenses of runing, ac., and then prefer the endorsed paper on which the directors' names stand. Part of this had been previously taken np by sterling bills, but a large amount is still outstanding. Certain other claims, the payment of which is necessary to dis charge collateral, are also preferred, and . the re mainer are charged with the general floating debt. The directors suppose that they have thus pro tected the property against judgments, and that the company will be enabled to resume. No state ment has yet been made to the public. New York and Erie has also gone to protest ; the property is still in the hands of the corpora tion, and no steps have been taken to sequestrate it. Some of the directors' friends charge gross mismanagement upon the late president. At a public meeting of the friends of the route a week since I beard very strong language used on this subject, but no details have yet been made public justifying it. I believe it to be true, however, - that that officer failed lately, owing the corporation some 75,000 dots. or 100,000 dole. for freight (he was a large lumber merchant) upon goods delivered in violation of the customary rules of the company, and under some special agreement. It may be that the rumours and charges grow out of this small but highly discreditable transaction. Three years since the corporation were advised (by an independent committee selected to examine their affairs) to require its president to abandon ail other avocations. The advice was declined, and we now see the result. Michigan Central has also gone to the board, without any rumours of fraud or mismanagement. These suspensions must do away with the system of floating debts. The fall of all thEsc corporations can be directly traced to this pernicious system. In the midst of such a general overthrow it is pleasant to see a railway with a good statement. The New York Central will show for the fiscal year ending September the 30th gross savings of more than 8,000,000 doll., being an increase of more than 300,000 dole., and will report itself as without any floating debt. It is also very agreeable to record the strength of the leading private banking houses. They have had ample opportunity to strengthen themselves for the crisis. In the general suspension they are forced to pursue the same course as the public banks—namely, suspend specie payment ex cept to specie depositors.. Otherwise they would liquidate for the whole community. But this ought not to, and will not, shake their general credit. They' feel—indeed, everybody must feel—that this country is rich, and that the banks and merchants only need act with a little more harmony than of late to make its wealth available. The state of affairs is thus described in the New York Herald of the 14th : " The town was rife with rumours of commercial failures on Monday, most of which were entirely without foundation. The Grocers' Bank, however, stopped payment, and there was somewhat of a run on one or two of the savings institutions, among them the Bowery Savings Bank. The depositors re ceived their funds as fast as they could be counted out. This bank on Monday received 607,000 dols. from the Secretary of the Treasury, for redeemed Government securities, and may, therefore, be re garded as impregnable. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives, on Monday, by a vote of 34 to 56, defeated the Senate bill, legalising the suspension of payments by the 'banks. "The money panics has- indeed become a crisis. Never has Walt-street presented such a scene of in tense excitement as was witnessed yesterday. From time to time the announcement of city bank sus pensions was made, until the total failure of these I , institutions number 18. The Hudson County Bank of Jersey City also closed its doors. It is somewhat remarkable that there were no failures of commer cial houses, or at least none of any importance. The officers of the various unsuspended banks held a meeting last evening, and after a discussion of some three hours' duration, resolved to suspend to-day. Furthermore, a committee was appointed to pro ceed to Albany, to urge upon the governor the necessity of calling an extra session of the legisla ture to pass measures of relief. The run of the pre vious day upon the savings banks fell off yesterday forenoon, and before the close of business it had nearly ceased. The Pennsylvania Legislature yes t:lrday passed a relief bill, and adjourned sine die. The second Monday in April is the time fixed for the resumption of specie payments in that state." A reporter in the same paper gives the following sketch of the excitement in Wall-street " Since the financial crisis has been upon us the city has not passed through so severe an excitement as was witnessed yesterday. " At an early hour in the day rumours were rife that several of the city banks had suspended, and immediately the vicinities of the different institu tions mentioned, and in fact of all the banks in the city, were surrounded with anxious and alarmed crowds, whose excitement was not allayed by see ing the ominous announcement on the doors of the 11(sed banks, ' This bank has suspended.' " Wall-street in particular exhibited a scene which it has not presented since the terrible time of 1837. The banks were literally besieged, not alone by those particularly interested, but by multitudes of idlers and alarmists. To such an extent did this reach that the aid of the police had in some in stances to be called in to enable the clerks to trans act business. On the streets the panic manifested itself in thousands of alarmed faces either passing hurriedly along from bank to bank, or gazing in silent stupor from the opposite sidewalks at the crowds awending or descending the steps of the banking houses upon which the excitement seemed to concentrate. It may hardly be necessary to say that much of this alarm was needless ; but when we look at the actual number of banks whicksuspended during the day, irrespective of the vague rumours with reference to others flying around through an already over-excited community, it is no wonder that the equanimity of . the city should have been seriously disturbed." The New York Times thus speaks of the distress which prevails in that city : " It is certain that more than 2,000 girls, engaged in the various departments of mantilla and cloak making, are already out of employment. Nearly every eat daliahment of numerical importance has reduced the number of hands from one-third to one-half, and some of them more. Bulpin's esta blishment, before the failure, offered employment to from six to eight hundred girls ; and Mlienzie's establishment in Canal-street, before his failure, gave employment to over two hundred girls, all of whom have been discha•ged with the exception of two. "The bonnet business has not suffered so much as many other traded, al , hough th et e is not so much doing as is common at this season. The stock of fdl bonnets is not so large as usual. The principal manufacturers are endeavouring to make up in ac cordance with each day or week's demand, so that there have not been so many employed, and as the dema!Jd continues, there have not been so many discharged. The decrease is estimated at from 800 t 1,000 hands. " The jewellery business is already seriously affected. Several estiblishments that have em ployed from 20 to 50 men have discharged, some one-third and others one-half their usual number. But as the quantity of jewellery manufactured here is but small in cotnparison wish the Trinity irn poste 1 , the curtailment in the numb-r of men em ployed in manufacturing is frit large. The effect the pre sure comes cLiefly upon the wholesale and retail de tiers. A heavy importer of French J ,wellery in Na sau s'rdet informed onr reporter that he Was the only person who hid en era bi es tablishment in three v, •3 l ls He had had no pur chaser; neithe r had th e r e t Keti an y one su ffi c i ent ly urious as to u o and inquire. a.wit he was getting along to step in nearly at a " stand t-e-Itr.ough the city the trade i "Messrs. Starr andllinderhill, 127, Maiden lane, who have recently suspend ed , were largely engaged in the manufacture hats,which were made in Bloomfield, Orang e , an d ar k, N.J. , an d St a pleton, Staten Island. The Ne ;fu rnished employ ment to about 300 hands, who are no w of work. Their payments were from thrown out $l,BOO every Saturday. They had t'discounting) facilities with the country banks, whi c h, one aft er Tzr 77 1 1 4 Tt L ON DO' another, were obliged to contract their discounts, compelling them to seek elsewhere for the means to pay their hands. They have sold goods on eight months to the large trades in St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and all the principal cities. From present indications they see no prospect of a resumption of business for months to come by the hat manufacturers to whom they have given employment. "In Danbury and Bethel, Connecticut, the peo ple are almost wholly employed in the manufacture of hats. Not less than from 1,500 to 2,000 persons find employment there, all of whom have been de prived of business by interruption of this branch of trade. " All these establishments are winding up and finishing what is on hand, but they are not manu facturing one new hat. There is, they say, a large demand for the goods, but they have no money to pay the hands with, and must therefore stop. The proprietors of one of the largest houses say they will not resume, at any rate, before the Ist Jan. " Frank and Straus, No. 51, Vesey-street, do thiersyfailed), employed from 175 to 200 hands, all of whom are thrown out of employment. Every girl and man, however, was paid off before they we re discharged." Under the head of "The Disasters of the Day," we find the following in the New York Evening Post of the 10th : "Joseph H. Conies and Co., a well-known dry goo is commission house, has also suspended. They are known to be worth three or four times their* liabilities, and went to protest from inability to procure some $7,000. It is to be presumed that their suspension will be but temporary. Mr. Cor lies, the senior partner, has been more than forty years in business in this city, part of the time as a member of the well-known Quaker firm of Conlies, Haydock, and Co., and has always been distin guished for his prudent business habits. " The Bowery Bank, of this city, and the Central Bank, of Brooklyn, stopped yesterday. " Henry A. Coit, who has long been regarded as one of our wealthiest citizens, and whose business operations have been very limited in proportion to his means, was obliged to let his paper go to pre test yesterday for the want of some five or six thou sand dollars. The character and extent of his liabili ties beyond has not transpired, though no ultimate loss is likely to be sustained by his creditors. " John M. Genin, the hatter, has also been obliged to suspend. He has been doing a very large business, his sales amounting to some 800,000 dole. a year. He hopes to get an extension and pay in full." The New York Courier of the 14th inst. says : "What resources have we abroad to depend upon ? And what aid can Europe give us during the coming year ? These questions are of vital importance, and will be asked and answers given in domestic as well as commercial circles. We can best resolve the pro blem by a consideration of the effect of the panic of 1837 upon our foreign trade. Not that ourtrou bles are as great, but they are of a similar kind ; otherwise the comparison would not hold good. We give some statistics illustrating the changes at that time in our foreign trade, and from this we call form some estimate of our foreign trade for the next year : POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Oct. 26. WORSHIP-STREET.---A VICTIM.—After the night charges had been disposed of, a young person of lady-like address and deportment, entered the Witness-box, and timidly requested the advice and assistance! of the magistrate under the follow ing afflicting circumstances :-- The applicant, in a low and tremulous voice, proceeded to state that she had recently returned from Australia, where she had occupied a happy and comfortable position for a considerable period, as the wife of one of the clerks in the Melb )urne Post-office. About three years ago her husband sud denly died, but she was left with a sufficient provi sion to enable her to continue in the respectable sphere to which she had always been accustomel, until she was induced in an evil hour to accept an offer of marriage from a person who represented himself as a man of fortune, in which character he had obtained admission into the first circles at Mel bourne. Immediately after their marriage, how ever, she discovered that she had united herself to a penniless adventurer, of such lavish and extrava gant habits, that in less than 12 mouths he had squandered nearly the whole of her property, but still kept up his lofty pretensions, and in order to induce her to draw out from the Australian Bank the small residue of her money, amounting to 801.. 'be deposited his will in her keeping, which he as sured her would put her in possession of his patri monial estate, in the event of his death. After placing the whole of her remain;ng funds at his dis poaal, they embarked for this country, where he told her that his presence was imperatively required to look after his property, which had been greatly neglected in his absence, and as soon as they ar rived, he engaged obscure apartmen's in the neigh bouruood of Mile-end, where he commenced a con tinuous career of drunkenness and dissipation, for the indulgence of which he deprived her by degrees of all her personal ornament. , , including her gold watch and chain, which he afterwards laughingly told her he bad seen the last of, as he had pledged them all, and lost the duplicates. About three weeks since he was brought home by a policeman at two o'clock in the morning in a helpless state of drunkenness ; and on upbraiding him with his heartless conduct when he recovered his conscious ness, he coolly took up his hat and left without a parting word, since which time she had se nno more of him. After disposing of the few trifling articles of wearing apparel which had not been sa crificed to the debauchery of her worthless husband she was reduced to such extremity that she was co mpelled to take refuge with her child in the Bethnal-green Workhouse, the matron of which had advised her to submit her unhappy case before the magistrate. In corroboration of her sad narrative, the appli cant produced some of her wedding cards, her mar riage certificate, and the valuable will, which ha•l been manifestly intended as a mere instrument of deception from the obviously mythical character of some of the bequest 4, one of which einnowerad the lega'ee to receive all the rents and profits accruing from two of the testator's houses, situate in King street, in the county of Wilts. After examining the documents of the unfortu nate lady, Mr. flammill expressed a hope that the case would be noticed by the press, for the consideration of the benevolent, as a more lamentable instance of unmerited distress and wretchedness had never before been brought un d er hi s not i ce. In the meantime he should present a sovereign to the applicant for her immediate exigencies, and re gretted that the funds at his disposal were in such an exhausted state that he was unable to afford her further assistance. The poor lady - returned her heartfelt thanks to the magistrate, and left the court in tears. LAMBETH. —TILE RECENT ROBBERY AT PECK HAM-RYE.—Mrs. Caroline Richardson, a middle aged female, the wife of a notorious thief and burglar, who about 12 months since had been con victed and sentenced to eight years' penal servi tude, for stealing a cash-box containing a consider able sum of money, from a public-house at Bognor, in Sussex, was brought before Mr. Elliott for final examination, on a charge of being cincerned with a man named Brookes, and a woman named Peao:h, in stealing 2301. in gold and notes from the Kiug's Head public-house, in Meeting-house lane, Peck ham. It will be recollected, from the testimony before given, that the bedroom of the prosecutor ; Mr. John Coleman, which was on ihe first ft,or, had bten entered on the night of the Ist Sept. last, and cash to the above amount carried away from one of the drawers. Some days after a notorious thief named Brookes and a woman named Peach, with whom he cohabited, were apprehended, and at theirbdging4 were found two gold watchesaud a qu tutity of jewellery, which they had purchased the day after the robbery, and fur the possession of Vie money with which it had been purchased they coul , l not account, beyond Brookes saying that it w is a l et woo on a horse-rat. The prisoners were spoked to as having been at the King's Head wend times before and on the evening of the robb?ry, but not afterwards, and they were committed for trial. The present prisoner was subsequently taken into cult Aly at a shop in the Borough she bad se , , up business in, and though at the time she denied to Sergeant Bond, 2 P, that she had any money in the house, or books relating to money, a savings hank book for 301., deposited on the day after the robbery, was found in her box, as well as several articles of new wearing apparel, and yesterday the following additional evidence, conclusive of her participation in the robbery, was given Mrs. Mary Greenfield, 1, Meeting -house-lane, Peckham, deposed that on th e evening of the Ist of September, at about half-past ei.;ht o'clock, she wCole man,thoowuasredosfiAlipe.King,. Head, sh and 8 a the theprisoner prosec come fror,and on p ass i ng up a Short dis tance stopped and , returned un the de Line o clock, on going to Mr. Cole man's beer s h e saw her standing at e at b m th a e n b 'sr her p ar fo drinking su a glass of g i n. Thomas George Alen, wh o d escribed himself as a leather-dresser, residing at 7, E ar l- stree t, South wark-bridge-road, said —I k tow Mrs. Peach who has been committed for trial with a man na me d Brookes, and visited her iu llotiemonger-laue ga ) l. She told me to tad out ttle prisoner's residence, muse know I ain in Horsemonger and ahi.nernotiling.,) and I did so, and told Mrs, Peach of it. She (Peach) thou saidto me, "Then you g. , to Mrs. Richardson, we with money for counsel, and and tell her she m lane Gaol, where she ()tight to be, and that it she does not provide also ma,.ntain me whie here I shall not be quiet. She knows she had a share of the property, and can vseanidotinbeenply4ch a fool with it as du it." I, said the wi . tu(ss, took the message to ofth e t he m prisoner, oney Iwhh have " If I had my share they have . been, tell her I shall give making good use of it, and the message I communicated to Mrs. Peach at Horse 'l his reply to munger-laue Gaol, who told me to go back to Mrs. Richardson, and tell herto cousid.er hotter about it ; I did so, and she gave me 11, 6 3., saying, "That is all she shall have." I returned to her at the request of Mrs. Peach, who told me to say that that was not enough, and she then gav e ~,, 10s. more. Richards, a detective ouster on th, B ighton Railway, was present to dispro ve a sta:emeut in ,de by the prisoner, that the money was made by the sale of her furniture, by stating tot whet' he (Richards) hail her husband in custody, and at the time of his trial, she was iu the deepest distress, and without a particle of furniture of any descrip tion. The prisoner, who reserved her defence, was fu'ly committed for trial. GREENWICH.--SINGULAR APPLICATION.-- Mr. Inspector Barry applied to Mr. Tradl for advice as to the bringing of three prisoners into court, who were then in a at ite of cake them ex cepting their shirts, confined in one of the police co.'s. The inspector observed, that the prisoners, three young lads, were brought before his worship a few d Lys since for teadng their clothes and leaving themselves in a state of nudity on Blacicheath, on which occasion they were taken into custody and supplied each with new suits of corduroy by the authorities of Greenwich unou. His worship h ad discharged them from custody, ordering them to be taken to St. G eorge ' s workhouse, ziouthwa , k, where thy stated they belonged to ; but the authorities of which place hal ft fu ed them admit tance, on the ground that they had no legal set la ment. [laving been found destitute iu the parish of Lewisham, they had had a night's accommoda tion afforded them ; but had sine,. disposed olheir clothes furnished them Ey the Greenwich union, on which cha rge the/ were then lick, d up. A pplica ti• n htd been made at the Greenwich unit.n for oth r clothes for the prison , re, Lut which had been r fusel to be supplied. Mr. Tra;ll ordered the case to stand over until after the summorPes were heard, when the prisoners, who gave their names Williaar Hibbert, Henry .A.unersley, broeght int ) court, canvas t oosers having ben and Thom as H enr y J ames , were furnished them during the int-trim. Thomas Martin, potter at the Greenwich union, raid that on Wednesday last the police authoritie. male application for and were supplied with four suits of clothing for boys who hid been found naked on Blackheath. New suits of corduroy were fur niched to them, the value of each suit being 12 . The prisoners, in reply to the magistrate, con• fessed that th e y h ad sold their clothes to same man who had given them 3s. each. Mr. Train said he regretted that the prisoners had not actually been inmates of the Greenwich union when furnished with the clothes, when he could STATEMENT OF THE FOREIGN COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES FOR ♦ SERIES OS YEARS. Years. Exports. 1836 $128,600,000 Imports. $190,000,090 1810 '132:00000 107,000,000 " From this we see that th, exports in four years increased four millions, while the imports decreased 83 millions, or showing an improvement in our fo reign balance of 87 millions of dollars. The reaction that took at that period four years to produce, will now be produced in twelve months. " The commerce of the United Stat!s for the fiscal year 1856 was as follows: exports, 327,000,000 dols. ; import; 315,000,000 dols. The decrease in imports from 1836 to 1840 was 48 per cent., and the increase in exports was 3 per cent. Applying the same per centage of increase and decrease to the trade of 1856, our commerce for the present fiscal year would be as follows : Year 1857-58. Dale. Exports Imports Balance in our favour Add Californian gold 101,000,000 Debt due Europe 40,000,000 Balance From this we see that, if Europe remain solvent, the balance due us, after paying the debt whioh now due to Europe, will be over one hundred and fifty millions of dollars. This is an under-estimate of our exports. The Emperor of France ha% just i ,, stted an edict forbidding the export of grain from France. The imports of cotton into Great Britain from India this year will be nominal. Great Brit ain will want our flour and provisions for her Indian army. Enough has been given to show that our exports must increase, and our imports are subject to our own control. Europe must have our cotton and breadstuff, and India our provisions. The gold from California must stay with us. This ail we d d not have in 1837, and is in itself alone sufficient to insure our recovery." We derive the following particulars from various sources : "BOSTON, Oct. 14. (By telegraph.) "At a meting of the Boston Bank Presidents to-day a general suspension of specie payments was agreed upon. "BOSTON, Oet. 13. "Messrs. Francis Shinner and Co. suspended to-day. This is the largest dry goods commission house in the city. They were agents of the Pep perell, Bates, Vassalboro, and many other promi nent manufacturing companies. " The bank failures in New York, to-day, caused considerable excitement in State-street, but as yet the news has had no perceptible effect on our banks, which continue to discount t 3 a reasonable extent. The committee appoinhsd. at the meeting of the Bank Presidents, was authorised t•o consult with and ask the co-operation of New York banks, in extending the line of discounts to solvent mer chants. The Courier states, in regard to the suspension of Messrs. Frank Skinner and Co., that " th-y have stood through all the changes in mercantile affairs for nearly 0 years, and now they yield to the pressure from the utter impossibility of obtain ing that which has no peace—money. Their means are ample, and their suspension is but temporary. They have resources to pay their debts nearly twice over, and their paper we are assurel will now sell -it better prices than much of the paper offered in the market. Such is the effect of the panic on one of the first dry goods firms in Bos'on." ST. Louis, Oct. 13. _ _ _ A number of Santa Fe merchants arrived here to-night with upwards of 100,000 in gold, for the purpose of setting old accounts and purchasing new goods. " From the north, east, west, and a few locali ties in the south," says the Washington Union, "our advices in relation to business and financial matters continue to be of the msst gloomy charac ter. In addition to bank failures by dozsns, we have now to record the bankruptcy of three of the largest railroad companies in the United States— the Reading, the Illinois, Central, and the New York and Erie. The first continues on with its business in spite of protest° paper ; the lsst two have made a-signments for the benefit of their cre ditors." SUSPENSION OF THE BANK OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.—This banking institution of the stat was compelled by unavoidable circumstances to suspend this forenoon. A good deal of excitement, on the announcement of the fact, pervades our com munity. There is, however, no just cause of panic —such a panic as will induce an unnecessary run on the other banks. The liberality of this bank in accommodating the people, when neither fun is nor currency could be obtained from other quarters, had so extended its discount and circula,tioa lines that when the o• her banking institutions, insisting on constant discharges of balances in spzcie between them—an unwise and incongruous measure at this crisis—made a pre-s upon it, its suspension became inevitable. The note holders and depositors nee i not, however, apprehend any lass, unless in their panic they choose to sacrifice their securiti. 5 The itnmediate liability on bills and deposits is about a million and a htlf. Th's is but a smal pr•pur ion of the assets of the bank, which are unque tionable. Its discount line of prornivory no!e , 7 its hond.J, its exchange, its st )eks, ali of which are realisable in a limited period, are nearly treble those ties. In addition to the amplitude of the astts and the general sounduess of the bank, the st kte stands as a guar tutor of is eventful liquid Aion of all d ern a nd:-. —Charleston, News. _ RiciimoND, Oct. 10. LG ,ve.n)r Wise has iswed a proclamation prolil3aing the notes of the Bank of Kanawha being rec iv. d in payment for money due to the sta`e, in cmsequeuce of the refusal of that bank to redeem iti Lotes and removing a large amount of its assets beyond the limits of the sta-e. ESCAPE AND RE-CIPTURE OF A PRISONER. —Ou Saturday last Francis Tubbs, a man about 50 years of age, under sentence of ten years' transportati,n, made his escape from the county gaol at Chelmsford, by first opening the door of his c•,11 by means of a skeleton key which he had ingeniously constructed out of the tube of a magnum bonum pen and the ilade of a per-knife, and then concealing himself in different parts of the building till he reached the outer wall 18 fart high, from which he dropped, breaking the fall by lowering himself by some old clothes tied together. lie was taken within four hours after his escape awl brought back-to hie old quarters. ITV TTY CI, OCTOBER 2 have them convicted under the Workhouse A.A. It was, however, sufficiently evident they bad chosen a life of wandering about and imposing upon the several parishes, and for which he should sen tence each to one mouth's imprisonment i❑ the House of Collection. The prisoners were then removed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. MONDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sous each for three-yr-olds and up wards. The winner to be sold for 350 cove if de manded, &c. Criterion Cause (5 furlongs 182 yards. 6 subs ) Lord Che4terfielld's Peter Flat, 4 yrs, 84 31) (Flatman) 1 Mr. T. Walker's Oltenitza, 4 yrs, Bst 31b...(Aldcrofr) 2 Mr. Dedsworth's Skycutter, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Challoner) 3 The following also ran :—Noisette, Admiral Lyons, and Delhi. Betting-7 to 4 agst Oltenitza, 7to 2 agst Peter Flat, sto 1 agst any other ( , :ffered) Skycutter broke away and ran a considerable divance before she was stopped, Won by a length and a half ; bad third. Handicap Plate of 50/. Cambridgeshire Course (1 ra le 240 yards. Mr. T. Parr's Odd Trick, 3 yrs, 7st 111b...(Charlton, Mr. La Mert's Admiral of the White, 3 yr , 54t 121 b (A. ' Edwards) 2 Mr. D:x's Ruth, 3 yre, 64t 121 b (Ducker) 3 Lor Wilton's Bracken, 6 yre, Est 101b...(Cresswell) 4 The foil wing also ran :—Uzel!a, Romeo, Welharn, Rola:, Indulgence, Renown, Dramatist, Madame Rachel, Vision, Colt by Epirius—Elcot's darn, Gelding by Para gone—Sneer, Lao, Sunrise, Bat fleur, Ida, Young Hopeful, The Abbot. Betting-4 to 1 agst 03d Trick, 6to 1 aget Leo, Bto 1 aget Bracken, 10 to 1 agst Roozi, 100 to 8 ag,t Romeo, 100 to 7 agat Wulharn, 100 to 7 agst any other. At the Duke's Stand, Admiral of the White and Odd Trick, who were on the higher ground, had the race by them selves, the Admiral holding his command until about a distance from home, when Odd Trick went up, cleared him in a few strides, and won by a length ; about five lengths separated the second from the third, and three lengths the third from the fourth. At a distinct interval, Elcot's dam colt was fifth, Ronzi was sixth ; Welbam, Renown, Sunrise, and Barfl,ur, in the order named, were next ; Romeo headed the next lot ; Vision was left at the post. The Criterion Stakes, of 30 sous each, 20 ft, for 2-yr olds ; colts, Bet 715 ; fillies, Bst 51b. Winners ext ra . From the turn of th e Linda in (5 ,f'urlonge 182 yards.) 42 subs. Lord Ribbleedale's The Happy Land,lby Jericho, 84t 10Ib (inc. 31b ex ral (Fordham) 1 Count Batthyany'e The Farmer's Son, Bst 71b (Bray) 2 Duke of Bedford's Leontee, 71b (E. Sharp) 3 The following also ran :—c by The Flying Dutch. man—Galor, Syllabus, c by Alarm out of Elspeth, c by Nutwith—Latitude, Excelsior, Allspice, Maid of Kent, Grand Duchess, Adeliz, Beacon, Harry Stanley, Green finch, Dumfries, Supple Jack, fi ly by Melbourne— Sacrifice, The Flying Duke, and Ravenstondale. Betting-6 to 1 agst Elspeth colt, Bto 1 each aget Grand Duchess, Latitude colt, Greenfiuch, and Dum fries, 10 to 1 agat Happy Land and Allspice, 12 to 1 aget Harry Stanley, 100 to 8 aget Ravenstondale. The three placed ran in front throughout; Happy Land, pulling douLle rushed to the front half-way up the bill, and won by two lengths ; a length and a half between the second and third ; Supple Jack was a bad fourth ; the Latitude colt fifth, Maid of Kent six 11, Grand Duchess seventh, Adeliz and Allspice ni xt ; Sacrifice filly, Gala colt, and Dumfries, were the last three. Optional Selling Plate of 501, for 2-yr- , lds and upward, Bretby Stakes Course (6 furlongs.) Mr. Mitchell's Lady Conyugham by S'ane, 2 yrs (501 ), sst 71b 1 Mr. T. Cliff's Amorous Bay, 3 yrs (501), 7st 7lb (D. Hughes) 2 Mr. Angel's Woodmite, 2 yrs (501.), (Custance) 3 The following also ran :—Glimpse, Spinet, As You Like It, and Lady Bird. Batting-7 to 4 agat Woodmite, 3to 1 agst Amorous Boy, 4to 1 agst Lady Canyughatn. Won by three quarters of a length, a head each between the second, third, and f )urth, good fifto, the other two beaten off. The winner was claimed, and Mr. J. Osborne claimed Woodmite. Match, 300, h ft. A. F. (1 mile 2 fur 73 yards). Mr. Jacksou'a Saunterer, by Birdcatcher, Sit 71b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. F. Robinson's Anton, B , t (A.. Day) 2 The betting opened at 6 to 5 on Saunterer, and closed at 11 to 10 on Anton. Anton led. At the bushes Saunterer joined him, ran with him half-way down the hill, where he quitted him, and won easily by three lengths. Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards, The winner to be sold for 250 sorts if demanded, &n, Ab. M. (7 furlongs 212 yards) 4 subs. Captain Connell's Little T.)m, by Scarnander, aged, _9st (Swift) 1 'lr. T. Walker's Kingmaker, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Frencb) 2 Mr. W. Saunders's Master Bagot, 3 yrs 7st 91b M ( I. Snowden r. Allison's Evelyn, 3 yrs, 7st 91b Betting-6 to 4 on Kingmaker, 4 to 1 agst Master Bsgut, 6to 1 sgst Little Toni. Won by half a length,; three lengths between the second and third. S veapstakes of 10 sove each ; for 3-yr-olds and upward s The winner to be sold for 60 nova, if demanded, &c. D. M. 3 subs. Mr. Payne's Urianda, 3 yrs, 7st 61b (French) 1 Mthisb's R.oterdam, 3 yrs, 7st 6lb (Hibbarti) 2 Mr. R. King's Wild Honey, 3 yrs, 7st 615.....(8ray) 3 Betting-2 to lon Orianda. Won by half a lengtb ; Wild Honey Wa3 beaten a long way. Soiling Handicap of 10 sous eacl3,. for 2-yr-olds. The winner to be sold for 150 sown, if demanded, &o. 6 subs. D. 1.11. (7 fur. 201 yards). Lord Wiltou's Mufti, Tat 101 b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Saxon's Miss Harkaway's dam colt, 7st 101 b (Dales) 2 Sir R. W. Balkeley's Silicia, 7st 9lb (Charlton) 3 The following also ran :—Bianca Capella, bividend filly, and Plamstone. Betting-5 to 2 agst Siticia, 7to 2 agst Dividend filly, sto 1 agst Mufti. Won by three quarters of a length ; three lengths between second and third ; bad fourth. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, 83t 7111 ; fillies, Bst_slb._ Tile winner to be sold for 250 boys, if demanded, &c. Fir.t half of Ab. M. (3 ft; 215 yards). 8 subs. Capt. Christie's Tambourine„ Bst 51b (Bray) I Lord Portsmouth's Pinsticker, 51b (A. Day) 2 Mr. J. Dawson's Poliy Johnson, 84t 5113.. .... ;Kendall) 3 The following also ran :—Topsy, Royalty cAt, Belle field, Massacre, and Marauder. Betting-7 to 4 agst Polly Johnson, 3to 1 agst Tam boutine, 5 to 1 agst Pinsticker, 10 to 1 agst Benefield Won by a neck, a head between the second and third. Match, 500; 200 ft, Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. Lord Glasgow's filly by Te(ldington out of Maid o Masham received forfeit from Mr. F. nobinson's Rum ming Bird. NEWMARKET, MONDAY, MIDNIGHT. LATEST BETTING. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 15 to 2 agst El Hakim 11 to 1 apt Prioress 11 to 1 agst Niceitissima 11 is 1 agst Madlle. de Chantilly 100 to 8 ast oid Trick 16 to 1 Aga Fright 20 to 1 ag , t Cyrene 20 to 1 agst Tricolor 25 to 1 agst. Itlsa B ,, n4ur 28 to 1 agst Queen Bess 30 to 1 agst Whistling Willie 33 to 1 agst Artillery The continental advises estimate at about 300,000/. the liabilities of M. Balabio, banke r , of Mila n , t o w h ose failure referenc , has recently been made. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills the most power ful rrutiuote to disease extant.— Joseph Quinnell, of Woolbe ling, Midhurst, Su-sex, expresses his deep gra titude ti Professor Holl oway f or th e b enefit he °14.9 derived by the use of his remedies. Having suffered f o r two years with extreme debility and indigestion, caused by a severe cold, disabling him from work, he was for Q. me time an inmate of Brighton Hospit .1 and Chichester Infirmary, but to lath purpose ; he then tried Hollo way's Pills, and in a short time they had the effect of rest , ring arid invigr:rating the entire system.—Sold 1 )5 a'l medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Profes sor Hotoway's estahlish i ne o t s . 244, Stra n d, L on d on ; and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ;by A. Statnpa, Con . stantir ople ; A. Guidicv, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malt Ai:WE VIIRRNIRNT. SIGHT AND HEARING - SPECTACLES POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. —S. and B. Solemous, opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Obrivve—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable an 1 ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and are of larger, an'l all sizes, with increasing powers acesrdinfly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every puf pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They aro invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Rice-emrse Glasses, with wonderful powers. - Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. ne great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened sad very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with awe louses of a much less magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dan gerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the me) remote part of the worldl y send ing ono of the glasses out at their spectac'es in a letter, and stating the dist ,use from the eye they can read email F rint with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their ago. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an uxtraordicarry powerful, sa:all, newly-invented instrument for deatue-s, entirely different from all ()Ulu's, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or probably can, be produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at churchand at t üblic assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the cars is entire' Y re mov d, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-3 Alte marle-streot, Piccadilly,— Opposite the York Hotel, W. -1 B A IVAT RE 1' ORS An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 10th day of Oct., 1857 i PRIVATE BANKS. AAmoverage unt. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 13,937 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman -- Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 29,247 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co 30,598 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstanle—Marshall and Co 11,141 Basingstoke and Odiham - Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—H. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Attwoods, Spooner, and Co Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and Co: Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham— Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son Bath City Bank, Bath- G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and :o Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co.. 25,446 35,627 11,999 15,650 22,566 8,712 6,904 69,126 14,972 8,002 37,373 18,494 27,327 72,915 39,436 33,387 39,029 31,360 12,253 61,535 18,088 12,656 3,139 13,200 48,534 34,915 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester—Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans & Co Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse & Co Devonport Bank. Devonport— Hodge and Co Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams Fast Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos• ter, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon.. Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith,.Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Bank; and Ross and Archenfield Bank. Hereford— Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, 22,967 2,615 17,741 39,190 49,005 6,847 20,425 77,393 9,455 10,716 43,313 28,879 8,628 10,260 72,673 86,422 8,740 48,446 97,715 52,238 48,992 28,406 8,733 9,689 6,772 5,591 13,256 and Co. King-ton and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, K na resborough—Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson and Co. .............. . Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. ,. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. , Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and C 0..., Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Dan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough —Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. Manning - tree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Dung Irford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and ROS 4 and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham- 30,1 20,03: 19,388 65,515 4,908 33,842 27,871 23,185 70,635 13,126 25,950 £1,673 44,945 5,281 55,595 37,167 20,366 20,101 94,550 31,436 7,97 3,783 42,943 13,390 1,429 2232 10,292 18,161 28,363 16,77: 22,931 50,459 22,046 20,303 mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons... Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co Naval Rank, Plymouth, Plymouth—Harris and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co 10,280 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith 49,394 105,895 9,645 3,411 31,741 and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co Oxford Old Bank Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and. C 0 .................................... Old Bank, Tonbridge, onbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching ............ Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney....4. w . Clinch and Co. ................................. . 11,085 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverky Bank, Hull—Pease and C 0.... RPF.eeebNtmarvedbriPenzanceßank,bornNuoogvkrgnoßehlus—taigeiniriDkris Pembrokeshire Bank, B. ya. P ok e .r n k z a e a . n. n aid. T e n. e — ad. v. e - . Br. Co.f. Oundleao t r d. t e wß n . ea a sn. n t. J C P . o : at en. . r. . 13, 710 Reading —Simonds and Co 30,154 Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co 7,04z Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. 4,526 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 8,562 Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 13,885 Rugby Bank, Rugby—A. Butlin and Son 10,999 Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret, & 11,883 Ross Old Bank, Heredfordshire, Rose Allaway and Macdougal -- Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saf fron Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop. Hank, Shrewsbury— Burton, Lloyd, and Co. 13,047 28,231 7,783 45,388 10,429 11,929 E;;;()A PE OF A .2"" a iAr 7`C , r,IFFE-11 16 WAY' Yesterday afternoon, about one o'clock, as a cattle-van was conveying from the London docks a remarkably fine specimen of the Bengal tiger, re cently imported by Mr. Jamrach, the eminent na turalist, of the above neighbourhood, the latch or lock of the door gave way, and the animal finding itself at liberty, bounded into the road, to the in tense terror of the passers-by. For some distance it proceeded rapidly up the carriage -way, in a crouching position, until by a fetal chance it en counteied, at the corner of Betts street, a little boy, aged 11 years, who stood gazing curiously at the strange spectacle. Before the lad had time to escape from the savage animal's path, it sprang upon him, lacerating the back of his neck and head in a frightful manner. In the meantime one of Mr. Janirach's men, who had followed the beast in its flight, had armed himself with a crowbar, with which he struck repeated blows on the animal's head to compel it to relinquish its grasp of the boy. The last of these blows took effect, and so far stunned the creature as to enable it to be secured ; but we regret to say the bar, glancing from the skull of the brute, inflicted a blow upon the head of the already fearfully mangled little sufferer, who was promptly removed to the London Hospital, where he lies in a very precarious condition. But slight hopes are entertained of his recovery. We have received another account of the occur rence, as follows :—" Yesterday morning Mr. Jam rach received several boxes, containing two tigers, a lion, and or her animals, from the steam ship Ger many, lying off Ilambro'-wh :rf, near the Custom house, Lower Thames-street, City. The packages were safely placed in a van, and conveyed to the warehouse in Betts-street, St George's-in-the-East, where a number of labourers began to unload the vehicle. They had removed several boxes into the premises in safety, and had just lowered a large iron bound cage to thepavement in front of the gateway, where Police-constable Stewart, 427 A, requested the persons standing round to keep back from fear of an accident. The next moment the occupant (a fine full-sized tiger) became restless, and forced out ono end of the cage, when the spectators rushed in every direction from the spot in a state of extreme terror. The tiger appeared to be in a state of mad neQs, and ran along th e p avemen t i n the direction of iatcliff-highway, where it seized the little boy, John Wade, by the upper part of the arm. The enraged animal was followed by Mr. Jamrach and his. men several yards, when the former obtained possession of a crowbar and struck the tiger upon the head and nose, which ciused it to relinquish its hold. In the meanwhile ropes were procured, and the savage beast was secured and dragged into the premises, where it was firmly fastened up by the keepers. The poor boy was raised up by Stewart, the police-officer, in a state of great suffering, with two severe lacerated wounds in the arm and right side of the face, and it was quite a miracle he was t tarn to pieces. The teeth of the animal passed completely through the right aria. A cab was pro cured, in which the wounded boy was conveyed to the London Hospiltal, where Mr. Forbes, the house surgeon, rendered every assi s t ance . Th e buy was in a very low state from loss of blood from the wounds, and last evening, at 7 o'clock, he was in very precarious condition, both from the injuries and shock to the system through fright. At the time of the escape of the animal the tradespeople in the neighbourhood closed their shops, and remained in a state of fear and anxiety for nearly half-au hour afterwards." Country Markets. CHELMSFORD-04T. 23. Our market to-day was rather dull, every sort of wheat being at a decline of 2s, with little business doing. In fine malting barley nearly last week's rates were main tained, but inferior was 2s cheaper. Beans axd peas slow sale at last week's rates. Wheat, white, old, per I. qr.sB new 48 red, old 48 new 48 8 . 8. 62 I Oats, per qr. ~ , , 24 SO 61 f Peas, Partridge 41 44 E 6 White 38 40 55 Boiling 4O 47 46 Dun 40 42 50 Beans, Tick 4O 4:3 142 Harrow ticks 41 45 '3 77 Barley 35 Chevalier 38 Grinding 35 Chevalier 75 Official Statement of the Qua] in the port of London, froi Oct. 19 to Oct. 24, both inc iii;:zitgan ---- 37 4 1 Ditto, new, 37 40 entities of Corn, Sic, om the following pi elusive. ~ receivei )its, 11 ow ...z I ...; .a i g .i.D . 74 gI aq c 3 0 Colchester I ( Harwich l3of Leigh lialdon 8 0` - 170 , - - 70 1 - ; .. , . , 8 5, ---1180 15 I 180 COLCHESTER— OCT. 24. The tightness of the money market still presses heavily on our market bete ; best wheats were is and inferior 2. cheaper, and very dull at that reduction. Best barleys re mained abnut the owuav lufolier, le cheaper; all else the same as last week. Prices to-day were as follow:—Wheat, white, .58/ to 62 ; red, 52s to 665; barley, 40s to 50s ; oats, 26s to 32s , beani, lifazagan, 40s to 445; middle and small, 44s to 48s; pea', white, 46s to 488 ; grey, 44s to 48s. KIRKCALDY—OCT. 24. To-day we had a fair supply of grain. Sales slow, ex cepting for fine qualities, which sold raadily at last week's rates; inferior, is cheaper. Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. 1 Beans. First 6os Od I 38s Od 29s Od I Os Od Second I Third 36s Od 25s Od 1 22s Od Os ed COAL MARK] Prices of Coals per ton at a. d Wylain ['oilfield Moor l4 3 raufield Moor Butes 14 3 Bebside's Hartley l7 9 Haswell Gas 14 6 Korth Percy Hartley _l6 0 Morpeth West Hartley 17 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 17 e Holywell l6 6 Hastings Hartley.. 17 6 Walker Primrose 15 01 iIT.-00T. 23. the close of the market Wallsend, btu, B elmont 19 0 Braddyll .20 .0 Fletton Framwellgate l9 6 Keiper Grainge 2O 0 Stewart's . 21 0 Fees 2l 0 Nixon's Duffryn. 2l 6 Cassop. 2O 0 , Heugh Hall l9 6 ° bambton 2O south Hetton 2O , 9 Lyon's Stone Coal 2O 6 Eden Main • l9 9 Riddell lB 6 Haswell 21 0 South Hartlepool 2O 0 Lumley 19 9 Hartlepool 2O 0 Hetton Lyons Main lB 6 Whitworth l6 0 167 ; sold, 141. Wallsend, &c. Gosforth lB 6' Eden Birehgrove Graigola ...21 0 Squbor wen Merthyr 21 0 Northumberland l7 6 Russell's Hetton 2O 0 South Kelloe 20 Hunwick l6 0 Montague l9 C Ships at market, [ADVER' ISE/LENT. 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IMPORTANT CAUTION against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations :—The Vice-Chancel lor, Sir William Page Wood, granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitatini " Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." BIRTHS. A BOW. On the 24th in s t., at 7, OP Lowndes-square, tho Viseeuntes 6 Malden. On the 26th inst., at 15, Gower-street, Bedford-War °, the wife of P. H. Pon i all, Esq. OF A DAI7OIITER • On the 26th inst., at Nunhead-road, Mrs. H. K. Smithers. On the 23d inst., at 37, Clifton-gardens, Maida-hill, the wife of John Henry Barnes, Esq. MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at Ringwood, the Hon. Henry Curzon , fourth son of Earl Howe, to Eleanor, youngest daughter of Colonel Swinburne. On the 23d inst., at St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, Itfr• Fraderic Cooper, of Limehouse, to Anne, fourth daughter of tn 3 late John Pocock, Esq., of Brighton, DIED. On the 25th inst., at Cowes, Lady Graham wife of Sir J. Gr tham, Bart , of Netherby. , On the 25th inst., Mr. George Lindsey, of Albion g 0 " west, B trnsbury, aged 51, for 33 years of the Admiralty So licitor's-office. Ou the 25th inst., a' 3, B ryanston-street, Portman-square , suddenly, Daniel Gateward, Bishop of Anti g ua, aged 70. Ou the 24th inst., at Oakfte d Lodge, East Cowes, Isle 01 . , Wight, George Edwa r d Towry, Esq,of Harewood Lodif°o Sunning-hill, Berks, aged 54. On the 24th inst., at Eatt-road, City-read, Thos. Randall, Esq., aged 92. On the 24th inst., Mr. William Reeves, of 51, Newington' causeway, aged 72. Ou the 23d inst., at the Manor-house, Chenies, Bucks, M r. Thomas Sherley, aged 78. LONDON : Printod and Published by MURDO YOUN r ' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the c ountl of Middlesex, Tuesday, October 27, 18b7. I