The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-02 00:00:00

37,08,2241 36,321,114

And, as compared with the month ending the 14th of Dec.,
1861, the above returns show a decrease of £407,927
in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of
£1,047,196 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 :
The English private banks are below their fixed
issue

The English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue £427,106

Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,551,417
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue £1,825,666
The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £511,726
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the 10th
of Dec. was £15,005,360, being a decrease of £652,862 as
compared with the previous month, and a decrease of
£11,094 when compared with the same period last year.
The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch
and Irish banks during the month ending the 13th Dec.:—
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks 42,492,807
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks.. 2,172,201

£4,665,008
Being an increase of £192,586 as compared with the
Previous return, and a decrease of £429,000 when compared
with the corresponding period of last year.

MR. C. DICKENS'S READINGS IN PARIS.—Mr.
Dickens gave his second reading on Thursday and
Friday, for the joint benefit of the British Charitable Fund
in Paris and the distressed operatives of Lancashire. The
selections were from "Dombey and Son," and the trial
scene in " Pickwick." On Friday evening Mr. Dickens
read passages from his " Christmas Carol," with as great,
if not more, success than his " Little Dombey." On each
of the three occasions the room, the largest it is sail in the
Embassy, was full; and the result: no doubt profitable to
the excellent object for which Mr. Dickens has given the
gratuitous aid of his incomparable talent both as a writer
ami ra.
where
eekreen
hiss h
would give another and a reader. Among the audience each night were French
av e silent,
mtehn et
,a nl
and Americana, as well as English, and the admiration of
and before
all. three was expressed with the same earnestness. One
wish, too, they all seemed to join in, and this was that, as
city is empty;' s of
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taill m service
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mt Britishhereous.
Av Charitable Fund and to the Lancashire operatives, he
series readings on his own account,
on the lava
ROME
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to the walls. The shogpTellileres
noon creep slowly along
t for the burning . he spring deepens into sum-
mer,dasnt
odmayans.ofTJhuenseunh comeabvaeke
s all the
day
and they who are in the streets at
the shadows, clinging closely
alli shut for two hours, and
h of
. fountains sounds loud
tahl
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bguote swteor sleep.
it ris3
at intervals rattle
and cool in the squares; a fewP a:
beats up from the pavement, you n:aighstun and dry air that
midnight than midday.--Story's Robag di rather suppose it
Importing Tea without
_ colour on tmh4.leaf
vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves asei up:-
kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore, the
---a'
t re, always
mg oicf, Sold in packets by 2,280 ageutti.