The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-01 00:00:00

IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS.

The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch
banks for the four weeks ending the 23d of Decem-
ber, when added together, give the following as the
average weekly circulation of these banks during the
past month, viz.:—
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Average circulation of the Irish banks
Average circulation of tho Scotch banks , 4,316,095

Average circulation during past month ... £11,038,744
On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the
several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the
following appears to be the state of the circulation :
The Irish banks are abovo their fixed issue £368,155
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 1,228,386

Total above the fixed issue
The amounts of gold and silver held at tke head
offices of the several banks during the past month have
been as follows :

Gold and silver held by tho Irish banks £2,053,756
Gold and silver held by tho Scotch banks 1,807,836

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L.3,13G1,591

The above statements complete the returns of the cir-
culation in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the
month ending the 23d of December.
There is an increase of 930,2671. in the circulation of
notes in England, and a decrease of 1,051,743/. in the
circulation of the United Kingdom, when compared
with the month ending the 25th of November ; and, as
compared with the month ending the 24th of December,
1853, a decrease of 1,564,2311. in the circulation of notes
in England, and a decrease of 1,091,5011. in the cir•
culation cf the United Kingdom.
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of
England in both departments during the month ending
the 23d of December was 14,010,3621., being an increase
of 433,0121. as compared; with the previous month, and a
decrease of 1,413,6781. when compared with the same
period last year.
The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish
banks during the month ending the 23d of December
was 3,861,5911., being an increase of 67,9761. as com-
pared with the previous return, and a* increase of
334,2011. when compared with the corresponding period
last year.

A picture of the greatest possible interest has just
been added to the Wellington Room at Madame Tue
saud's establishment. This picture represents the Duke
of Wellington viewing the wax effigy of the Emperor
Napoleon as he appeared on his death-bed at St. He-
lena. The duke appears slightly bending over the sup-
posed remains, with his hat off, as be actually stood
when viewing the mighty dead. The figure of his grace
is full of interest, and is, we understand, the last por-
trait the duke sat for—a voluntary offer on his part to
the artist, Sir George Hayter, when hearing the subject
on which Sir George wai employed, a subject so inte-
resting in a historical point as portraits of the two
greatest generals of the age. As a picture, the execu-
tion and colouring are admirable ; many of the details
are full of interest—as that of the broken staff of the
standard, surmounted by the eagle, the favourite badge
of Napoleon, tells a tale of woe, and such a sure type of
his desolate death on the rock of the ocean ; yet, won-
derful to relate, has left a scion of his house who has
risen like a Phcenix from his ashes to astonish the
world. This picture has lately been engraved by Mr.
J. Scott for the eminent printsellers in Pall-Mall, Messrs.
Graves and Co.
Paursniam IN SOOTIAND.—An abstract return, moved
for by Mr. E. Ellice, M.P., and published on Tuesday by
order of the Hoase of Commons, shows that the popula-
tion of Scotland (excepting the counties of Argyll, In-
verness, Ross, and Sutherland, and their islands)
amounted in 1851, to 2,554,463 souls ; the amount of
property on which the poor-rate was levied, to
8,640,647/. ; the rate in the pound on the amount of
property assessed to the poor-rate, to Is. 2id. ; the an-
nual sum received from Parliainnnt for medical relief, to
8,7121. ; the total expenditure for the relief and mainte-
nance of paupers in food and lodging, to 408,6111. ; the
total expenditure for the relief of casual poor, to
21,9071. ; the proportion of paupers relieved to the po-
pulation to 4.85 per cent. ; the average rate of the ex-
penditure of poor-rates on the total number of paupers
relieved, to 31. ss. 10d. per head ; the cost of establish-
ment, to 51,4791., and the cost of medical relief to
24,7301. In the four counties already mentioned, for
which separate returns have been made, the population
in 1851 amounted to 385,940 souls, and the amount of
property assessed to the poor-rate to 732,0441. The
rate in the pound on the amount of property assessed to
the poor-rate amounted—in Argyllshire, to ls. Ad.; in
Inverness-shire, to Is. 9id. ; in Ross, to 2s. 4d. ; and in
Sutherland, to 2s. 3id, in the pound. The total expen-
diture for the relief of the regular paupers in the same
four counties amounted to 52,9431., and the proportion
to the population of the paupers relieved varied from
2.18 to 5.i2 per cent., the highest average having been
in Argyllshire, 5.52 per cent., and the lowest in the
islands of Ross-shire, 2.16 per cent. In the three coun-
ties of Inverness, Ross, and Sutherland, the average
was nearly the same—viz., about 4.70 per cent.
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