The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-14 00:00:00

IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS.

The
'lrish following is a summary of the circulation of the
19th
ofarld Scotch banks for the four weeks ending the
March
Averao.
av be circulation of the Irish banks 25520,544
erage circulation of the Scotch banks 3,,443,894

c Total £8,64,4335c0t °l32Pared with the fixed issues of the Irish and
ch banks, it appears that—
Tlirme Irish banks are below their fixed issues £833,950
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issues 356,685

Total below the fixed issues. £477,265
tie amount ef v of gold and silver held at the head offices
flues
everal banks during the past month have been as
.Lowe
goold and silver held by the Irish banks 21,538,010
ld. and silver held by the Scotch banks 1,157,510

Total £2,696,420
These return; combined with the average circulation
of
the Dank of England for the same period, show a de-
crease of 691,568/. in the circulation of notes in England,
and a decrease of 938,5531. in the circulation of the
-United Kingdom, when compared with the month end-
ing the 19th of February ;wand, as compared with the
'°nth ending the 20th of March, 1852, the above returns
show an increase of 2,151,370/. in the circulation of notes
in England, and an increase of 3,471,5451. in the circu-
lation of the United Kingdom.
The averzwe stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
laud in botlidepartments during the month ending the
19th of March, was 18,806,643/., being an increase of
191,487/, as compared with the previous month, and a
decrease of 710,6311. when compared with the same pe-
riod last year.
The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks
during the month ending the 19th of March was
2,69674201., being a decrease of 9,5571., as compared
with the previous return, and an increase of 449,9131.
when compared with the corresponding period last year.

THE OYSTER SEASON.- .DREADFUL
a business season as the present has not been known for
the last twenty years. The proprietorstirr e sufferers to
beds
the amount of nearly 90,000/., one-
h near
fall upon Mr. Aston, of the China Rock will
Sheerness. The mortality has been confined to the
fo-
reign oysters. This is accounted for by the salesmen
l
and others at Billingsgate in the following manner :1
During the summer months the companies import large
quantities from the Channel Islands, the coast of France,
and other places, where they have lain warm in deep
water, and place them on beds in rivers and shallow
estuaries to feed ; there not being a sufficient depth of
water to repel the late frost, it penetrated to the beds,
causing great havoc among the bivalves, so that not
above two bushels out of every five that are dredged
came up alive, their only use being for manure.
MRS. H. B. STOWE IN LivEnrooL.—A meeting was
held yesterday in the long room belonging to the British
and Foreign Bible Society, Slater-street, for the purpose
of presenting the talented authoress of " Uncle Tom's
Cabin" with a testimonial, in the shape of an elegantly-
Worked purse, containing 1301., contributed by the
ladies of Liverpool. The chair was taken at eleven
o'clock by Adam Hodgson, Esq., who, as the repre-
sentative of the ladies, made the presentation. Pro-
fessor Stowe, ha an appropriate speech, returned thanks,
and also read an address from Mrs. Stowe. A vote of
thanks to the ladies was proposed by the Rev. C. M.
pirrell for their untiring energy and zeal, and seconded
by Sir G. Stephen. Mrs. Stowe and party started per
rail for Glasgow at 1.15 the same day.
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the meeting
of this society, on Tuesday last, Mr. John Gould in the
!la Mr. Cuming communicated a paper, by Dr.
Pfeiffer, on 18 new species of land shells, from his own
tittiction and that of Mr. Denison. Mr. Gould exhi-
three ando described four new species of humming birds,
them from the eastern slope of the Andes, remark-
able for eir size and their extraordinary beauty. The
secretary then re .d a paper by Mr. Broderip, containing
a._niootiFe of an original painting, including a figure of the
, in the collection of his Grace the Duke of Northum-
berland, at Sion-house. The size of theicture, which
7tiraiptpheearfis to havenestpre yservation, is 32 inches b 19 inches.
4.°
been the joint production of De Heem
(.1 Jean Goeimare. The landscape and animals were
Painted by Goeimare, and the shells by De Heem. Mr.
13,sof:cies:lip also called attention to a picture in his own
c',,3.4 on of a dodo, by Roland Savery. Both pictures
'r exhibited to the meeting.