The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-04 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS.

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir-
culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England
and Wales for the four weeks ending Feb. 7. These
returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and
Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula-
tion)
Feb. (the
followingenear nearest
results defurnished
of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the
4th
theirreturns
will give eb.notes
o t the e b
y
circulation of in
the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous
month :

Jan. 10, Feb. 7,
1863. 1863. Increase. Decrease
Bank of England 1d,696,084 20,157,633, 461,649 --
Private Banks 3,145,626 3,202,284 56,58
Joint-stock Banks 2,794,925 2,854,289 59,361
Total in England 25,636,635 26,214,206' 577,571
4,2 t 7,379
Scotland 3,992,097 225,282
Ireland 5,534,139 5,468,647 49,492
United Kingdom 35,392,153 35,691,950, 302,797

35,60/,950 302,797

And, as compared with the month ending the Bth of Feb.,
1862, the above returns show a decrease of £700,996
in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of
£1,355,288 in the circulation of the United Kingdom :
On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve-
ral banks the following is the state of the circulation:—
The English private banks are below their fixed
issue £1,127,027
The English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue £448,068

Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,575,095
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue £1,242,826
The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £865,847
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the 4th
of Feb. was £13,815,494, being a decrease of £1,058,113 as
compared with the previous month, and a decrease of
£2,404,465 when compared with the same period last year.
The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch
and Irish banks during the mouth ending the 7th Feb.:—
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,133,124
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks.. 2,386,661

£4,519,785
Being a &crease of £62,993 as compared with the
previous return, and a decrease of £491,414 when compared
with the corresponding period of last year.

WAR PROFITS.—A report which has been made
by a select committee of the Federal Senate, on the
subject of transports for the War Department, states with
regard to a person,who is described as "a Prussian by birth,
an Israelite by descent, a pedlar and horse jockey by pro-
fession," that he succeeded in chartering to the Government
13 vessels, which together were of the value of 65,283 dole.,
and his receipts at the charter rate amounted to 947 dole. a
day, or 345,655 dole. a year, which
was 529
per cent. per
annum on his investment.

Surgeon-Major George Thomas Galbraith, M.D., from
53d Foot, to be Staff Surgeon-Major, vice Staff Surgeon
Robert M'Nab, M.D., who exchanges.
To BE STAFF SURGEONS,

Surgeon Cornelius Clark Rutherford, from 99th Foot,
vice Usher Williamson Evans, M.D., appointed to 61st
Foot.
Staff Assistant-Surgeon Robert Fleetwood Andrews, vice
William Snell, appointed to the 99th Foot.
Assistant-Surgeon John Butler Hamilton, M:B., from
3d West India Regiment, to bo Staff Assistant-Surgeon,
vice William Chalmers, deceased.
BREVET.

place consequent on
the
John Cox, Colonel of the
Major-General promotions
88th Foot, on Feb. 7, 1863 :---
Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Henry Edward
Doherty, C. 8,, on half-pay 9th Foot, to be Major-
T he
decease following
o f
Major-
General.
Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Fitz william Walker,
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Colonel.
Major William Gordon Cameron, 4th Foot, to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel.
Captain Michael M'Creagh, 4th Dragoon Guards, to be
Major.
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BANKRUPTS.
The following are the only bankrupts of any importance
in the Gazette :
Thomas Williams, chemist, Bayswater
Frederick A. Koszelsky, wine merchant, Blandferd-st
James Dean, bricklayer, Asylum-road
William Woods, fish-curer, Great Yarmouth
Robert F. Walker, merchant, Great Tower-street, City
Richard Deacon Dodge, traveller, Kingsland
Daniel Brett, miller, Wells, Norfolk.
Herbert Brown, watchmaker, Pim 1 o
Charles G. Creeper, fishmonger, Aldershot
Alexander Honeyman, builder, Hereford
Elizabeth Husband, widow, St. John's .wood
George Bryson, Crozier-street, Lambeth
Henry Rushton, chenille manufacturer, Clerkenwell
Frances Austen, lodginghouse keeper, 2, Charles-
street, Berkeley-square
Charles Joseph Thanisch, assistant at the British
Museum, Camden-town

Course of the Exchange—Yesterday.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 17/
Antwerp — 25 421
Brussels — 25 421
Hamburgh — 13 7
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine —119 k
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 35
Berlin
I Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan •• ••
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon

11 16
11 18
11 18
25 471
25 471
13 n
25 221
25 60
25 50
1191
11 90
11 90
351
491
491
25 67i
25 571
25 571
25 621
25 62t
25 621
521
521

49
48f
25 52}
25 521
25 .521
25 671
25 671
25 571
521
52

Oporto — 4
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
0 0 0
Silver in Bars (Standard)
South American Doubloons 0 0

MUNIFICENT LEGACY.—The Marquis of Lans-
downe, the late Lori-Lieutenant of the county of Wilts,
has, by a codicil to his will, bequeathed the handsome sum
of £3,000, free of legacy duty, to the Salisbury Infirmary.
THAMES FUNNEL—The annual meeting of this
company was held yesterday at Radley's Hotel—
Mr. Wollaston in the chair. It appeared that the balance
from the previous year amounted to £724; the receipts
fromaxls7c6o,
60
to
otino
in the
at, thnl oled.
2.
u4mT,mssh6bkOeei
nigoa nfa total
Chairmanat tashls eeonfs incomesazei6rd:
4:2h0:
:ft
andriunoumgn
afterct rlo e ofwnthtapesr
oi
no
opening
eit
gdna
nnlosgdg,
for the necessary expenditure, there remained a balance of
condition, and during the year there had been an increase of
of the Exhibition, and inconsequence they had been enabled
to pay to Government a much larger sum for interest than
they had done before. The directors were in negotiation
with a railway company for the purchase of the tunnel,
and they had entered into a provisional agreement with
the company, subject to the sanction of the shareholders
and of the Government. The shareholders, he believed,
would not object to the sale of the tunnel, and the Govern-
ment would, no doubt, treat them in a liberal manner. The
accounts were then agreed to, and a vote of thanks to the
chairman closed the proceedings.
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mostly the
Republicans to the whole Democratic parts,

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One mile and a quarter. 6 subs.
Mr. C. P. Hudson's Twilight, aged, 9st ....(Fordham) 1
Lord Stamford's Flying Fish, 3 yrs, 6st Lb (J. Loates) 2
Mr. Brooks's Flexmore, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b .. (Custance) 3
Mr. F. Lesson's Flirtation, 5 yrs, 9sc
Mr. Saxon's Killarney, 3 yrs, Est llb (Lightfoot) 5

Betting-5 to 2on Twilight, 6to 1 agst Killarney.

The favourite jumped away slightly in front, - imme-
diately the flag dropped, but in a few strides Flexmore took
frr. tc)
h
the rest, came away,
up the running, Flying Fish going on second and Twi-
light third, the rear being brought up by Flirtation, who,
ti
a iwdea s h
y smanyside
h F
w i lengthswith
in
Ap-
proaching the distance, Twilight, who for fully half a mile
1 exmtohr ee
in
on
and, half-way up, shook offrea Flying
Fish's rush, and won by half a length ; a similar distance
separated second and third ; Flirtation a good fourth.
The Park Stakes of 5 soya each, with 20 added, for three-
g getting
been ng
off
runningbadly,
three-
yr-olds and upwards ; selling allowances. Rather above
five furlongs. 4 subs.
Mr. Angell's Lufra, 3 yrs, (Z2O), 6st 31b ..(Woodhouse) 1
o
Mr. Hodgrc.an's Ellington gelding (L2O), 3 yrs Gst 31b
_ ___

_ -
_(Morris) 2
Mr. T. Cliff's Antar (£2O), 3 yrs, Est 61b..Williamson) 3
Betting-5 to 2on Lufra.

The Ellington gelding made play, and Antar running
wide at the Mansfield turn into the straight left the race
with the favourite and Mr. Hodgman's gelding. The
latter continued with the lead to within a few strides from
home, where Lufra got up after a spirited effort, and won
by a short head ; Antar was a bad third.
The winner was bought in for 25 guineas.
The Nottinghamshire Handicap of 5 sous each, with 50
added ; winners extra. One mile and a half. 34 subs.

Lord Stamford's Revolver, 3 yrs, Est (J. Loates) 1
Mr. J. S. Shaw's Little Dick, 6 yrs, 75t.... (T. French) 2
Mr. Hodgman's Soothsayer, aged, Est 101 b .... (Morris) 3
Mr. Dsy's Drumstick, 4 yrs, Est 91b (Deacon) 4
Mr. J. Barber's Donne Canne, 4 yrs, 6st 41b (Meadows) 6
Captain Coates's Flirtation, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (Barker) 6
Woodhouse weighed for the Mountain Maid filly, whose
number was hoisted upon the telegraph, but at 3.5 p.m. she
was scratched with Mr. Johnson, the judge and clerk of the
scales, and her number taken down.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Little Dick, 100 to 30 agst Donne
Canne, 4 to 1 agst Drumstick, 11 to 2 agst Revolver.
Immediately the flag fell Little Dick jumped away in
front, followed by Drumstick and Revolver side by side,
close up. At an interval of half a dozen lengths came
I
Soothsayer, followed at a similar distance by Donn e Canne,
Flirtation bringing up the rear, Going up the hill, after
volver headed Little Dick, Donne Canne at this period
lastpassing
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being out paced 100 yards from the leader. At the T.Y.C.
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home, however), by four lengths; Soothsayer was a bad
third, and Drumstick, who was whipped from the Mansfield
turn, finished half a dozen lengths in the rear of Mr.
Hodgman's horse.
The Stand Plate Handicap of 50 aovs, for all ages, added
to a Sweepstakes of 5 sous each; winners extra. Half a
mile.
Mr. Flutter's Mrs. Somerville, 3 yrs, Est 31b (in 51b ex)
(G. Grimshaw) 1
Mr. T. Cliff's Estrelda, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (H. Taylor) 2
Mr. G. Angell's East Sheen, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (Perry) 3
Mr. Bell's Pupil, 4 yrs, 7st 21b
The following also ran :—Peignoir, Abron, and Fide-
lity.

Betting-13 to 8 agst Mrs. Somerville, 6 to 1 ages
Estrelda.

pute the front position°
From the dropping
with
the
Dire.flag
rwv
ial sl
enothings ttr oe Idd ias ;
the former le ding throughout, won by a length and a half,
Estrelda defeating East Sheen by four lengths, two lengths
separated the third and fourth.
The Maccaroni Stakes of 50 sovs, for half bred hunters
that have not been in any public training stable for six
months prior to the race, for 4-yr.olds and upwards,
winners extra. Two miles.
Mr. Swain's Miss Taft, 4 yrs, list 41b ...... (Mr. Wood) 1
Capt. Starkie's Shuttlecock, i yrs,
12st 71b
12st 21b (Mr. Parker) 2
Mr. Nichols Wilford (h b), 6 mss'
(Capt. Slingsby) 3
Mr. T. Whitehead's The Baron, aged, 12st 1 llb
(Mr. C, Pears) 4
Mr. Wilks's Jingling Johnny, aged, 12st 71b
(Mr. T. Pears) 5

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for about a mile
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age
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again headed, and won easily by four lengths, Wilford was
and The
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front, was never
a bad third.
The winner was objected to on the ground of having been
in a racing stable within the time specified in the conditions.
The hearing of the objection was deferred to this day
(Wednesday).
The Innkeepers' Plate (Handicap) of 50 soya, for all ages,

winners extra. One mile.

Mr. W. Hart's Henham Lass, 5 yrs, 7st 81b.. (Clement) 1
Mr. Barber's Jack's Alive, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Morris) 2
Mr. T. Cliff's Ferdinand, 3 yrs, Est 101 b .. (Williamson) 3
Mr. Flutter's Mrs. Somerville, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (in. 51b ex)
(Grimshaw) 4
B
g-6 to 4 agst Mrs. Somerville, 4 to 1 agst Hen-
ham
6 to 1 agst Jack's Alive.
iurtLst
.ian Somerville made the running to the distance, where
Betting--b
Henham Lass took the lead, with Jack's Alive on the whip
hand, and the pair raced home together, Henhamlia
winning an exciting race by a head, a length and a
separated the second and third,

--..,C...-.--

Though the pleasing terrors of the optical ghost
have not ceased to attract a throng of curious spec-
tators, Professor Pepper has devised a new source
of excitement in the shape of an interesting and in-
structive lecture on one of the most awful topics of
the day. "Burning to death and saving from death"
is the alluring title of his discourse, and as every
unhappy victim to the ignited crinoline has sup-
plied him with a sort of ghastly advertisement, it is
by no means wonderful that his rooms are crammed
to repletion. People know that Mr. Pepper is
much too wise in his generation to attempt to in-
struct them only, to lecture drily on the chymical
properties of combustibles and incombustibles, or to
discourse with unspiced erudition on the subject of
asbestos. They are well aware that a sensation
scene of some kind or another is in preparation for
them, and, indeed, it is one of Mr. Pepper's great
qualities that he knows how to flavour his rations
of science with sauce of the strongest relish. Un-
mixed is the satisfaction with which the spectators
behold him as he tests the efficacy of various anti-
dotes to combustion, by holding a piece of muslin
saturated with each in the flame of a lamp. Phos-
phate of ammonia, that produces carbonisation.
without combustion, or—to use shorter words—
blackens without a blaze, is regarded with great
respect. More lightly esteemed is borax, which
allows the flame to give a sort of red-hot appearance
to the muslin, and leads one to conjecture that
if it will prevent people from being actually
consumed, it will not insure them against the
chance of being grilled. Contempt, shared by the
lecturer, is felt for alum, which seems to be endowed
with the negative virtues of a chip in the porridge;
while tungstate of soda and the " patent incombus-
tible starch" command murmurs of applause. Still,
the pleasure as yet felt is mainly of an anticipatory
kind. The " patent incombustible starch" manu-
factured at Rushton••stieet, Hoxton, and sold at the
Polytechnic, is obviously the article to which the
whole lecture is intended to lead, but everybody is
convinced that its virtues will be shown in a more
striking manner than the preservation of a miser-
able piece of muslin. The conviction is justified by
the event. With two grand " effects" does the
lecture conclude. For the first Mr. Pepper brings
forward a lay figure, attired like a lady largely be-.
crinolined, and stands it on a plate of iron. A light
seen ow t fhoer
fate the
the more susceptible of the spectators shriek aloud
y
re appalling than the bril-
at the frightful representationfigureappliedbethe skirt
blankets
kfr
eoefiatsf
saps
flame,
the
appearance
orna
oanf
daa
frequentc
mu
es s
flames
f etare thehoci
reality. With the aid of
dilapidated
of the damsel who wore crinoline, but would not
use" patent incombustible starch ;" we have now to
behold the reward of prudence. Not a lay-figure,
bat a real lady, attired in a duly prepared garment,
takes her place on the iron plate and confidently
walks up and down between two rows of
t
flame. The fire lightly plays upon her
secondlfiei ntuitrn egd
lesis.estffbreueedc.i perhapsbonu e vtoehef ne
skirt, and leaves her unscathed, while she
bravely tempts it to do its worst. Here is an ex-

citement of the most legitimate kind—tho ap-
pearance of peril combined with the reality of per-
fect safety ; a Blondin with his neck warranted not
to break, even in the event of a fall. Applause, of
cannot draw
fessor Pepper. He has
and—" What need of further argument ?" says Pro-
which the young lady has a share, is tremendous,
vier, now accompanied,
premises for a syllogism, and
the conclusion they must be dull indeed.
of gi Cinderella," so ingeniously
The pantomime .
is.
entertainment spoken b y Mr.
by an, entirely new
Lionel Brongh.
composed of dissolving given
ifhisthaeuydcitaonrns

sI Ca An La FESTIVAL.—The services she:vviecebseoeuf
musical festival at Norwich. The local
csMhecoaNtirrdae:lradß°:fio2)CreliCehtellyeTl‘nwiletiixUellt: shortly proceed vigorously with their
rehearsals, and the committee will hold a meetir ig in the
course of the month to further mature =angel:l4ost