The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-29 00:00:00

BANK RETURNS.

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 Sept. 30. 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
17th Sept. (the nearest date furnished by their returns),
will give the following results of the circulation of notes in
the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous
month :

Aug. •e 3, Sept. 20,
1862. 1862. Increase'Decrease
Bank of England 22,2!,380 21,148,709 ;1,079,671
Private Banks 3,049,455 3,065,498 25,043.
Joint-stock Banks 2,743,7.2 2,795,424 51,712;
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Total in England. 28,012,547 27,009,631 '1,002,918
Scotland 3,946,391 3,987,290 40,896
Ireland 5,02,697 5,071,261 12,507,
United Kingdom 36,987,6 36,C 63,1251 919,513

And, as compared with the month ending the 21st of S pt.,
1861, the above returns show an increase of £1,282,995
in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of
£698,731 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..

Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,770,741
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,238,019
The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £1,283,290
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the 17th
of Sept. was £17,620,302, being a decrease of £344,406 as
compared with the previous month, and an increase of
£4,152,398 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 20th Sept. :
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,270,349
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 1,977,282

DI, 247,631
Being a decrease of £111,592 as compared with the
previous return, and a decrease of £342,825 when compared
with the corresponding period of last year.

Prince Napoleon and Princess Clothilde visited
the Exhibition yesterday, spending their whole time in the
French court, where the exhibitors were successively pre-
sented to their imperial highnesses. Their imperial high-
nesses were escorted round the building by Sir W. Dilke and
Mr. Sandford.

ALARMING FIRE IN THE CITY-ROAD.--This
(Wednesday) morning a fire of rather an alarming charac-
ter happened in the premises belonging to Mr. W. Mark, a
cabinetmaker, carrying on business at No. 25, Cowper-
street, City-road. The fire commenced from some unknown
cause in the workshop, on the first floor, and was making
rapid progress, when a number of the neighbours and the
parish engineer and Mr. Cooper, of White-cross-street bri-
gade station, attended with their engines, and by great
exertion on the part of all present the flames were prevented
from extending beyond the workshop, but a considerable
amount of stock was destroyed, and the building severely
damaged. Fortunately the sufferer was insured in the Sun
Fire-office.—Another fire took place about the same time in
the premises of Mr. G. Mott, a jeweller, No. 198, Fleert-
street, near Chancery-lane. Mr. Fogo and engineer r
ryer quickly attended, and the fire was soon extinguisheed:
There was not much damage done. Mr. Mott was insured
fro
in the Globe-office.
An American hemp
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Paterson, New Jersey, and exhibited by Mr. J. C. Todd,
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with solid heads, which renders it capable of being run at
a great speed, the ordinary velocity being from 1,200 to
1,500 revolutions per minute. It has an independent tra-
verse motion, and a self-action tention or take-up motion
which never heats, as is the case with the ordinary friction
block, which requires to be regulated as the bobbin fills.
Any kind of hemp can be spun at full length. Thesliver, sispeceadrriined
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which
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producing even yarn from an imperfect sliver. To r
'manufacturers it would seem that this machine must be in-
valuable,
valuable, and will doubtless come into general use, super-
eedizig the old method,