The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-27 00:00:00

BLUE DEVILS ROWING CLUB.

Tho last race of the season was rowed by the members of
this club, on Saturday ladt, in pair-oared gigs, from Ham-
mersmith to Putney, and a more spirited contest could not
have been witnessed. The prizes were silver cups, presented
by the club, to the first boat, and tankards, by A. Bryan,
Esq., to the second. The following was the result :
E. Lee, C. Dickens, jun. (Light Blue) 1
F. Shenton, T. Walton (White) 2
P. Richardson, T. Evans (Pink) 0
A. Bryan, D. Richardson .... (Dark Blue) 0

At the start Dark Blue had slightly the advantage,
White following, Pink and Light Blue being last off.
Dark Blue soon dropped into the rear, and, past the Soap
works, White was seen leading, but very closely pressed by
Light Blue and Pink.
A neck and neck race then followed, Light Blue taking
a slight lead, which was gradually increased to the Point ;
Pink, rowing in the most plucky style, then drew slightly
in advance of 'White, when the latter set to work in earnest
to contend for the second place, and a desperate struggle
followed as far as Searle's yard, when the stroke of Pink
shut up from sheer exhaustion, leaving White to contest
the finish with Light Blue, but being unable to overhaul
them, the latter won in gallant style by about three lengths.

BAN

RNS.

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 Aug. 27.
These
returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch aud
Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula-
tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the,
2lth Aug. (the nearest date furnished by their
month giv:e_the following results
compared of the circulation
the of notes in
the United Kingdom, when wit h previous
__.—..-----'

July 30, Aug. 27,
8
Bank of England 21,773,399159 2'11,9805597.232 ----Inlc3rle,Ba;e3.llP-----a.ec—re.,ll9.,
Private Banks 3,365,649 3,299,177
66 472
31,531
Joint-stock Banks 2,927,565 2,895,934
-----
Total in Enniand. 28.066,613 28,100,343 . 33,73°
A.LI "

Total in England. 28,066,613
Scotland.
Ireland 6,356,03::

28,100,343; 33,730
3,978,4211 2,44 39490
6,316,5431 -
one WWI - 3,316

United Kingdom

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And as compared with the month ending Ore 28th of Aug;
1858, the above returns show an increase of L 1,740,970.
in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase et
£2,647,023 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 :--
Che English private banks are below their fixed
issue .. ..... £l/105/755
The English joint-stock banks are below their
£406,423
fixed issue .--------
The ScotTchotalbankbelsore above
The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .• • • '"-
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eq,7
awfidiesstuhe their in
fixed land....
. . 111',N5641?
land in both departments during the month ending the 24th-
land
of Aug. was £17,112,156, being a decrease of 16804° al
compared with the previous month, and a decrease u
£307,288 when compared with the same period last Year'
The following are the amounts of specie held by the Seet.ell
and Irish banks:during the month ending the 27tiploARungc43
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ...... • • g,m, —9 '24,0
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks...... : . 2,W
0,58033
ared with the
Being a decrease of £62,256 as comp
previous return, and a decrease of 1124,79 when comb
with the corresponding period of last year,