The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-21 00:00:00

DECREASE.

Commercial bills 20,250,000f.
Notes
Current accounts

Bank of England Returns,—This Evening.

An Account, pursuant to t.
cap. 32, for the week ending
ISSUE DES

the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
Wednesday, March 20, 1867.
PLRTMENT.

Notes issued .....£33,427,710

Governmt. Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities 3,984,900
Gold Coin and
Bullion
Silver Bullion

£33,427,7101
BASKING D

£33,427,710

Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National

iIPARTMENT.
Governmt. Secu-
rities(including
Dead Weight
Annuity) .... £13,111,068
Other Securities.. 18,876,738
Notes '' .............. 11,577,815
Gold and Silver
Coin ........ 1,033,736

Debt, and Div
Accounts) 8,780,499
Other Deposits 16,925,565
Seven Day and
other bills 466,514

2142599,367

X 44,599,357

WRESTLING.

CUMBERLAND AND WESTMORLAND SOCIETY.
The adjourned general meeting of this society, which
combines one of our most popular sports with charity, was
held at Mr. Rudkin's Salutation Tavern, Newgate-street,
last evening, when the preliminaries of next Good Friday's
gathering
Mr. Margetson, the president, occupied the chair. Mr
were satisfactorily settled.
Leggat, the vice-president, the committee, and a large
number of members and old supporters of tho society were
present. The revised rules were adopted after trifling alte-
rations; the only matters of interest to the public being
that, all above the reserve fund the surplus should be de-
voted to the London charities of the "two counties ;" that
the stringent rule should be carried out to prevent men
"giving their back," to buy or sell, or offer to buy or sell a
fall, which has only occasioned waste of time, to the an-
noyance and sometimes disgust of the spectators.
erected, Mr.ted to
The entries are to be made a week previous to Good Fri-
dayeoo,
s otno April
adopted,l2 th ,
of
s o as
havingto a
enable t e ao
telegraph
of
rec Masrhgovr
et-
the audience who are the competitors, for the names of the
latter will be printed on cards, with numbers and colours
to correspond with the telegraph. This will prevent the
necessity of calling the men, and every purchaser of a cam d,
by reference to the numbers and colours, will know who are
the wrestlers. The same will apply to pole leaping, hurdle
racing, and the other athletic sports, the list London men,
the all comers, heavy Weights, final fall, &c. This will allow
all to be finished early in the evening, at seven at the
latest, so as to enable visitors to see the finish of the sports
the most interesting proceedings of the day.
The Agricultural Hall has been engaged ; a better place
could not be chosen, especially when the number of spec-
tators which can be accommodated and bad weather be
taken into consideration. There will be near .£260 given
in prizes, and the committee have the discretionary power
of allowing men from all the northern counties, such as
Durham, &c., to contend.
R. Thwaites, Esq., Major Willes, Messrs. Leggett,
White, Frank Bell, Westmorland, Stanton, Gilchrist, Mein,
Lc., severally addressed the meeting, and the best under-
standing prevailed. It was also decided to issue a pro-
g
ramme next week, which will be published ; and the good
rule to enter a week previously was ordered to be adver-
t" sod in London papers and also in the journals of the
North.
A cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Margetson (president)
for his valuable suggestion closed the proceedings.
Next Good Friday's meeting is fully expected to outvie
all previous ones, good and successful as they have been.

A PHYSICIAN CONVICTED OF POISONING HORSES.
—At the Cambridgeshire Assizes, on Tuesday, Henry
Hume Pearson, a doctor of medicine practising at Ely,
Cambridgeshire, was found guilty of poisoning a mare and
gelding,t of Mr. G. S. Hall, Ely. The trial
t eh:,holeproperty
of
tho day ; and the judge, Baron Martin,
concurred in the verdict, observing that he believed the
prisoner, and no ono else, poisoned the horses. Lie Was
lasted
sentenced to five years' penal servitude.