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

BLUE DEVILS ROWING CLUB

The last race of the season was rowed by the members of
this club, on Saturday last, 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
F. 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

S

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes time returns. of-the cir
culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England
ant Wales for the four weeks ending Aug. 27. These
returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and
Irish Banks; for the same period, and the average circula-
tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the,
21tli Aug. (the nearest date furnished by their returns)
will give the following results of the circulation o f not,es i
, n
the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous
onth :
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month :
July 30, -Aug. 27,
1
Bank of England 21,7: 399 I—'2l, 890559,
232
Private Banks .k 3,365,649 3,299,177 qi63l
Joint-stock Bans 2,927,565 2,895,9 U
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Total in England. 28,066,613 28,100,343 33,70
Scotland
Ireland 3,975,977
635603 36:9371842131 24 4 Igg, 90
3'316
United Kingdom. i 38,398,623 38,3' 95,30 i •
oa+l, of .A.ug;

And as compared with the month ending the 28th of Alf;
1858, the above returns show an increase of L1,740,w!,.
in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase el.
£2,647,023 in the circulation of the United Kingdom•
eve,
On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the s
ral banks the following is the state of the circulation
['he English English private banks are below their fixed
issue ................................... L 1,105,758
'rhe English joint-stock banks are befow their
£406,423
fixed issue .............
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9. lil
Total below fixed issue in England.... i 1,51-, as
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue
The. Irish banks are below their fixed issue .• • 437'9D
• kof Eng-
The average stock of bullion held by the Ban a, 24th
land in both departments during the naonth ending t'•,,e,,n- so
of Aug. was .E 17,112,156, being a decrease of £6B6,u''' f
compared with the previous month, and a decrease o
£307,288 when compared with the same period last yeaort. b
The following are the amounts of specie held by theiSc„ .e
and Irish banks:during the month ending the 27thfi316',3
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks. ..... .. £2,371,q0
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks .. ' 2 2°9'2
........
.. L 1,229,1,1
333
0 580,
Being a dee;ease of £62,256 as con' red
"Ad' the
previous return, and a decrease of £124,79 /rhea c°lllPared
with the corresponding period of last year.
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