The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-30 00:00:00

THE STRENGTH OF THE SOUTH.

The New York Herald has the following in
reference to the strength of the Confederate forces :
—" The number of troops which the rebel Con-
federacy has in the field, according to our idea, has
been over-estimated from the starting of the first
rumours of a contemplated attack on Washington.
It is true that since the battle of Manassas large
additions have been made to their respective forces,
and it is also trze that many regiments have
been withdrawn to strengthen the coast defence,
and that some 10,060 or 12,000, are lying:in the hos-
pitals, prostrated by disease. We have prepared
and given below a table of their estimated strength,
which, we think, is calculated upon:a liberal basis.
The estimate puts on the field one in every four of
the men in each seceded State between the ages of
18 and 45,
except the States of Georgia and North
Carolina, from which we have official statements
of their exact numbers, which show that those two
States have less than one six of their respective
male populations, between 18 and 45 years of age,
at present in service:—
Male population
between 18_snd 45
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida 16,000 ..
Georgia 119,000
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
....... ,000 ..
Virginia ..
221,000 .
Tennessee
Texas
South Cmuolina

Troops.
241.000
16,200
4,009
19,100
18,700
18,000
20,000
35,000
21,000
60,000
15,000

Total se,eded States ..1,116,000 .. 251,000

Amongst the passengers by the steamer Euxine,
which brought home the Bombay mail on Saturday, were
some Moorish acrobats who are going to exhibit in this
country. One of them is a tight rope dancer, and will, it is
said, be a formidable rival to Blondin. Several of the party
had spDts painted,on theirforeheads to indicate the:castes to
which they belong.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

TT.E RSA LL 8'—(T11 1S L'PLe'lV ING).

EASTERN COUNTIES HANDICAP.
12 to 1 agst Curlew (taken)
100 to 8 agst Maggiore (taken)
100 to 6 agst Vaga (taken)
100 to 6 agst Camperdown (taken)
100 to 7 agst Cosmopolite (taken)
15 to 1 agst East Sheen (aken)
20 to 1 agst Lava (taken)
20 to 1 agst Lord of the Manor (taken)
25 to 1 agst Gibraltar (taken)

CESARBWITCH.
100 to 8 agst La Vapeur (taken)
100 to 6 apt Donner and Blitz (taken)
100 to 6 agst Ivanhoff (taken)
1012 to 6 agst Paste (taken)
33 to 1 agst Sweet Hawthorn (taken)
33 to 1 agst Calpe (taken)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
15 to 1 agst Henham Lass (taken)
100 to 6 agst Asteroid (taken)

ARRIVALS AT NEWMARKET,
The following horses have arrived in addition to those
trained here :—Knight of St. Patrick, Croach Patrick,
Hurricane, Cape Flyaway, Q,E.D., Nutbush, Zodiac,
Curlew, Deceptive, Chantress, Treacherous filly, Optimist,
Broad Arrow, Maggiore, Confusion, and Watchman.

itiONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The advices from the manufacturing districts
mention that during the past week there has been
little change of importance in the general progress
of business, with the exception of Manchester,
where prices for both yarns and cloths have con-
siderably advanced. At Leeds the woollen trade
has been steady, a moderate business having been
done in heavy cloths. At Bradford, Halifax, and
Huddersfield no material alteration has taken place;
and in the various hardware districts, viz., Bir-
mingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton, the deal-
ings have been confined chiefly to the requirements
of the home markets, without any change of im-
piyetance in prices.

About £44,000 in gold was sent into the Bank
of England on Saturday.
A large supply of specie has been announced this
morning, viz., £656,665 by the Tasmanian from the
West Indies, and £120,141 by the Oneida from
Brazil.

The directors of the Bahia and San Francisco
Railway have madea call of £llos, per share, pay-
able on or before the 6th of November, and one of
£2 per share, to be paid by the Ist of November,
has been made on the shares of the South Austrian
and Lombardo Venetian Railway.
The half-yearly meeting of the Royal Mail Steam
Packet Company has been convened for the 23d of
proximo.

Rather less excitement was exhibited in the
Liverpool cotton market on Saturday, although a
large amount of business was transacted at full
rates. The sales were 15,000 bales.

The demand for money has slightly increased
during the last few days, and the market will
probably exhibit greater activity until the corn-
pletdon of the monthly settlement of commercial
bills. In the meantime the rates, although still
fractionally below the minimum of the Bank of
England, show rather more firmness, which is partly
attributed to the impression that an adverse influ-
ence may be produced on the money market by a
renewal of gold exports to France, consequent upon
the advance in the terms of discount in that coun-
try.

A telegram has been received this morning, by
Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Company, from Malta,
announcing the completion of the submarine tele-
graph line from Malta to Alexandria. The whole
length of this line is 1,400 miles, having immediate
stations at Tripoli and Benghazi. Arrangements
are now nearly completed for working the line, and
it is expected it will be opened by the end of next
month, when communication with India will be
reduced 13 days.
The market for Public Securities has presented a
heavy appearance to-day, in consequence of small
but continuous sales for speculators, and a decline
of per cent. has taken place, Consols being 924
for transfer, and 921 93 for the 10th proximo. The
New Threes have 'Weeded to 90/ 91; the Reduced
to 90-/ ; Exchequer Bills, March, to par ; ditto
Juno are steady at 6s. prem. ; India Stock is firm
at 2211 ; ditto New have receded to 1021 103 ; and
ditto New Loan Scrip to 1038.
There has not been much animation to-day in
the Foreign Market, and prices, in some instances,
show less firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 85,4
86 ; ditto, 1858, 691 70; and the £lOO Bonds are
fiat at 701 ; Grenada at 161- 17; Sardinian at 81.
Meyican, after being 27, have receded to 261 1,
and Dutch to 64.

In the Railway Share Market the dealings have
been very limited, and a further slight decline has
taken place. Great Westerns have receded 5s ;
North-Westerns, Midlands, and North-Eastern
branches, 10s. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15s. ;
Eastern Counties, however, have improved 55., and
London, Chatham, and Dover, 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial lines are flat—South
Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have declined
161 and San Paolo to 3f. East Indian have
improved to 101-1 and Great Indian Peninsula to 981.
Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
barely sustain previous rates—National Provincial
of England have receded ss.