The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-24 00:00:00

The English private banks aro below their fixed

_....., ..
issue
The English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue £456,981

Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,698,123
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,355,005
The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £1,314,844
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the 16th
Sept. was £15,402,664, being an increase of £457,116 as
compared with the previous month, and a decrease of
£2,217,636 when compared with the same period last year.
The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch
and Irish banks during the month ending the 19th Sept.:—
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,312,817
Gold. and silver held by the Irish banks 1,989,076

£4,9.10,893
Being a decrease of £7,440 as compared with the
previous return, and a decrease of .£38,738 when compared
with the corresponding period of last year.

SHIPPING—This Days

LONDON, Oct. 24.—Wind this day at noon—North;
light breeze, and dull weather.
FALMOUTH, Oct. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Marie,
from Rio Grande.

CLYDE, Oct. 22.—Wind NV.S.W.—Arrived—Hercelos,
from Malaga.

CARDIFF, Oct. 23.—Wiad IsT.W.—Sailed—Carlma, for
Santander.

BRISTOL, Oct. 23.---Mtrilld W.—Sailed—J. Cumming,
for New York.

SWANSEA, Oct. 23.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Athelstane,
from Caldera.

KINOROAD, Oct. 23. —Arrived—Gladiators, from Ta-
ganrog.

(n MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday 11Iorning.
Arrived, Oct. 23—Sultan, from Sunclawall ; Primes,
from Umea; Atlas, from Hudiokswall; Cathinka, from
Bittina, from Gottenburg; Halcyon, from
Soderham;
Crown Prime
Prederich, from Sundswall
Archangel;
Dyda, from Dram; Einigheden, from Sanesund; Heli-
chi
Wna Wilkins from S- Petersburg; Isabella, *ow Revel;
ave, from duernsey.t

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed—Diana, for Rio Janeiro; Rebecca, for Syra—
both from London,

HENDERSON THE ACTOR, according to Lord
Neavee, went up and down England setting large
of men, the diverting history of " John
rooms of people in a roar at the wonderful production of the
most melancholy
Gilpin," then just published anonymously, and among his
audiences was to be seen the great Mrs. Siddons herself,
who shook her sublime sides and clapped her majestic) hands'
in ecstacy at the exhibition.
WINGROYE COOKE'S STORY OF THE LAUGHING
CHINESE !—The English officers had organised a
band of Chinese coolies to carry, am on
g other things
and shell to the batteries employed in the
siege of Canton.shot
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under fire, and their officers watched them, as the great
game began, with a secret belief that they would all run like
hares. As it chanced, the first round from the walls took off
a coolie's head ; •the rest all put down their loads, turned
gravely round—there is nothing so grave in creation as a
Chinaman except an owl—stared gravely at their comrade,
and burst out into one universal roar of " He I he I he I"
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The programme of the evening concert, in aid of
the Italian church, has been issued, and is of a very
attractive character. The concert (among the performers
at which there will appear—Madame Andrea, Madame
Hersee, miss Poole, Miss Leffler, Mr. switt, Mr. F
d'Alquen, and other eminent artistes) commences with a
Grand March, by the Italian band, followed by a very judi •
dons: selection from Donizetti, Alvan, Thomas Nicholai
Flotow, Rossinni, and other eminent composers.
THE GREEK CHURCH IN ADIERICA.—" Man-
hattan" says the Greek Church is to be started here
on a scale of magnificence never attempted by the Catholics.
It is to run opposition to the Catholic Church. Trinity
Church, in this city, obtained a grant ofa several hundred
acres of land in the heart of the city, in the time of Queen
Anne. Trinity is the Church of England. Trinity Church
could buy the Rothschild family with her manual income.
She spends it in supporting 1,000 churches every year in
different states, and in starting 500 new churches every
year in the territories. Trinity is of account in religion in
this land. When the chief Greek priest arrived here she
adopted him, and permitted him to preach in Trinity
Church, and in her chapels of St. John's, St. Paul's, and
Trinity chapel. This was a grand and sublime endorse-
ment of the Greek religion, and more safe than Lincoln's
endorsement of Greek fire. Every one of the Russian war
ships has a Greek chaplain on board ; they were all invited
to the Episcopal Convention that recently met in this city,
and were given front pews. It is well known that we have
on the Pacific side 10,000 Greek Church members. These
we wish to ring into the Episcopal Church. Alexander
has expressed himself willing to have the Greek Church
adopt the Church of England, and vice versa in America.
Every night the Russian padres are received at the houses
of the leading Episcopal clergymen in this city. They all
speak French. If an arrangement can be made between
these pioneers of the Greek Church and the bishops of the
Episcopal Church, it will add powerfully to the strength of
the Episcop
• al Church in America. The Emperor will send
over 1,000 more Greek priests to instruct the greenhorn
Episcopals in the grand ceremonials of the Greek Church,
and they will be adopted in all the Episcopal churches. It
will make a mighty change in the Christian world, and the
Catholic dignitaries may as well hang up their fiddles, for
they will be overrun by the new excitement.
GREEK FlRE.—'fhe Charleston Harbor corre-
spondent of the New York Times says :—"A num-
ber of experiments with Greek fire have recently made by
Mr. Short, the inventor, in presence of several officers of
rank, with a view of cou'tradicting the impression that the
shells containing the fire exploded prematurely. The gun was
placed in position on Ihe boa oh and pointed seaward. Ten
tin tubes, each of which is 3in. in lenghth and Sin. in diame-
ter, and filled with the material composing the Greek fire,
were then dropped in a conker shell and filled round with
powder. The first shell throlcu exploded prematurely,
in consequence, it is said, of a defer tin the fuss. The sells
subsequently fired had white lead placed round the fuse cap,
and, with perhaps one or two exceptjoti a, fully accomplished
all that had been claimed for them. A dozen shells were
fired, nine of which exploded at a distance of 1,200 yards,
To show the powerful effect of the Greek fire a number of
tubes were lighted and submerged in wa.4er, where they
were allowed to remain till nearly burnt, twid then taken
out, but the bright blue flame was not extinguished. Other
tubes were lighted and completely buried in ,most sand,
which was closely packed, and this also failed to Vouch the
fire. The tubes burn for a about a minute and a halt. Inen
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first ignited the fire issues from one end of the tube with
fierce, rushing sound, not unlike that which accorapo-nw:
the flight of a rocket, and extends the distance of a
aboutyard
but it soon sinks down to a dazzling blue flame of
2in. in length, losing its pecularity of sound,
and
thusof
basin con-
tinues to burn to the end. An ignited tube
a
water gives the later the appearance of boilieg, It emits a
heavy sulphurous smoke in large quantities:'
PUGILISTS AT WATFORD.—This town was on
collection of as great
Wednesday the focus of a d
f the lowest and
scoundrels as possibly ever congregartee
a fight was to have
the vilest London thieves. It aPP"en,
their backers, and
come off at Tring, whither the
Inn
early train, but after
patrons, started from London
by
Laht was stopped
fighting a considerable time theby the
police; the party then returned by train, alighted at the
f w fieds fi
Watford Station, and within a ethe ropes, and
recommenced the fig
ht, and after fighting an hour and a
half the affair vras brought to an end by one of the
men being considered dead to all " time." The men
frightfully punished, bleeding from every wound, swoollen,
and disfigured to a fearful extent, were led from the field to
the public house. But for a plentiful supply of water from
the river Colne, one of the two would have left the field a
corpse. Men dressed as gentlemen, evideitly supporters of
the " wore there in force, but their fearful disgust-
ing language was horrible beyond description. The fight
over, the men, their backers, and the select company went
to the public-house in the vicinity of the station. One of
the champions was conveyed in a blanket, more dead than
alive, but after being washed was sufficiently restored to be
sent to London. But for hours such blasphemy, such curs-
ing and swearing, were never before heard; it would beggar
all description.