The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-21 00:00:00

VICTORIA CLUB BETTLNG.—THis DAY.

About a usual Saturday muster, the busiraoss
transacted being comparatively unimportant. The
Groat Eastern Handicap was just touched 'up=
the appended list of horses being each backed
for however mere nominal prices. Both the favourites
for the Ueserewitch are in healthy request, at their quoted
prices, while the Maid of Masham filly found good support
at 16 to 1. The most noteworthy feature was a renewed
disposition to back Armourer, twenty fifties not being
forthcoming, though to a smaller amount the price was
obtainable. A mystery seemed still to surround the Fin-
don division, more particularly as frequent offers were made
to back Proserpina. The transactions which came under
notice will be found below :

GREAT EASTERN ILLNDICAP.
20 to 1 agst Mount Palatino (taken)
20 to 1 agst Bismark (taken)
20 to 1 agst Mistletoe (taken)
20 to 1 agst Longbow c (taken)
20 to 1 agst Little Rover (taken)
20 to 1 agst Sir Oliver (taken)

CESAREWITCH.
100 to 12 agst Honesty (taken)
11 to 1 agst Blinkhoolie (Olen and offered)
100 to 6 agst Maid of Masham filly (taken)
100 to 6 agat Lothario (offered, take 20 to 1)
16 to 1 agst Etoile Filento (offered, take 20 to 1)
20 to 1 agst Armonrer (taken and wanted)
25 to 1 agst Thalia (offered, take 1,000 to 30)
25 to 1 agst Potorine (taken)
83 to 1 agst Proserpina (offered, tako 40 to 1)
33 to 1 aget King's Cross (offered)
33 to 1 apt Tormentor (offered)
40 to 1 agst Priority (offered)
40 to 1 agst Romping Girl (offered, take 60 to 1)
50 to 1 agst Minster (offered)
1000 to 20 aget Sportsman (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Lizard (offered)
1000 to 10 agat Grand Cross (offered)

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
100 to 6 agst Garderdeure (offered, take 20 to 1)
25 to 1 agst Julius (offered, take 33 to 1)1
40 to 1 apt Hippie. (wanted)

JOHN STIRS
25, WELLINGTON-BTREET, STRAND,
ecutes Oomtnissions on all the races to any amount.
The full market odds laid.
Price list daily.

AMERICA.

(By Atlantic Telegraph.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 6 p.m.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Closing prices—Gold, 143. Sterling Exchange
on London, 1091. 5-20 United States Bonds,
114 f. Illinois, 1201. Eric, 61k. Cotton, Middling
Upland, 25. The stock mark 4 is weak i❑ consc-
quence.of money being tighter.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20.
Petroleum (standard white), 34i.

QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 21.

The National Steamship Company's steamship
Pennsylvania, from New York, arrived here at
11 a.m. to-day, with $lO,OOO in specie. She landed
her passengers and proceeded for Liverpool.

THE ABYSSINIAN CAP rIVES.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
ADEN, Sept. 12.

Intelligence received here from Abyssinia an-
nounces that the captives were at Magdalla on the
27th July.
The camp of the Emperor Theodore was at
Debra Tabor on the 11th July. The surrounding
country was in a disturbed condition.
The rainy season had eommcnced.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—Ths Day.

LONDON, Sept. 21.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; moderate breeze and line weather, but rather
cloudy.
NEWPORT, Sept. 20.—Wind N.—Arrived—White Eagle,
from London for Shanghai. Sailed—Monkchester, for
Hong Kong.

LITEBPOOL, Sept. 19. —Wind N.W.—Arrived—Nil
Desperandum, from Rio Grande; City of Boston, screw
steamer, from New York. Sailed—City of Antwerp, scree►
steamer, for Now York; Avalanche, for Jamaica. Sept.
20.—Arrived—Belle, from St. John's, Neivfoundland.
FALMOUTH, Sept. 21.—Wind
from Rangoon for Hamburg; John Robinson, from Odessa
for Granton. _ _

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CLYDE,_ Sept. 21. —Wind N. W.—Arrived—Zetland, from
Livorpool for Quebec.

(By Telegraph.)
Gil-LUMP, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Sept. 20—Taurus, steamer, from Touning.

SHORT-SIGHTED CHILDREN.—A curious work has
been published at Breslau lately by Dr. Hermann Cohn,
giving the result of an examination of the egos of 10,0.30
school children. The proportion of short-sighted children
was 17.1 per cent., or 1,730 among 10,000. No village chil-