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

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SCOTCH BANKS.

Irish
I°ll°.wiag is a summary of the circulation of the
19 and a"
B°°teh banks for the four weeks ending, the
°f March :
ra -
Ave ge circulation of the Irish banks £5,520,544
r°ge cixculatio of the Scotch banks 3,443,894

A '
co Total ' - - £8,964,438
scow InPared with the fixed issues of the Irish and
banks, it,appears that=-
;,1-fie Irish banks are below their fixed issues 2833,950
The Scotch banks are abo-;?-e their fixed issues 356,685

•
The Total below the fixed issues -2477,265
amount of gold and silver held. at the head offices
several'tank- a • the past month have been as
follows Wino
GQ°d and silver held by the Irish banks £1,538,910
old and silver held by the Scotch banks... 1,157,510

T0ta1.....: £2,696,420
These returns combined with the average circulation
of the Bank of England for the same period, show a de-
crease of 691,568/. in the circulation of notes in England,
Vaned
a decrease of 938,553/. in the circulation of the
Kingdom, when compared with the month end-
ing the 19th of February ; and, as compared with the
znouth ending the 20th of March, 1852, the above returns
.8110 w an increase of 2,151,370/. in the circulation of notes
In n ioEngland, and an increase of 3,471,5451. in the circu-
lat of the United Kingdom.
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the
19th of March, was 18,806,6431., 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
2,696,4201., being a decrease of 9,557/., as compared
with the previous return, and an increase of 449,9131.
when' compared with the corresponding period last year.

THE OYSTER SEASON.—DREADFUL MORTALITY.—Such
a business season as the presenthe
proprietors a
has not beenre sufferers known
tofor
the amount of nearly
the last twenty years. T
1,0,000/., one-third of which will
fall upon Mr. Aston, of thebeen confined t
China Rockbedos,thenear
Sheerness. The mortality
fo-
reign oysters. This is accountedfofollowrbing mannerythe salesmen
:_
During the summer months
and others at Billingsgatein the
the companies import large
quantities from the Channel Islands,
lain w
the coast
in deep
Rater, France,eep
and other places, where they havein
rivers and shallow
Water, and place them on" beds
-iiittaries to feed ; there not being a
'water to repel the late frost, itpenvetsravffiteesed,ietnot tdheepbthedo
so that notf
beds,
causing great havoc among the bivalves,
above two bushels out of everyfivethmaatarre.
Ms. H. B. STOWE IN —l. IVERPe dredged
came up alive, their only usebeing
for nu
meeting was
itooL.—A meet p
held yesterday in the long room belonging to the British
and Foreign Bible Society, Slater street, ose
et, for the ur
"
of Presenting the talented authoress of Uncle Tom's
Cabin" with a testimonial, in the shape of
contributed by theelegantly-
'worked purse, containing 1301.,
tri
ladies of Liverp
y
Bentative of them ladies, mad eEt hool. The chair was taken
tahte
rn
o'clock b Ada Hodgson, sq.,e
w
presentation. Pro-
fessor Stowe, in an appropriate speech,returned thanks,
and also read an address from Mrs. Stowe. A v_ot. AL
vote of
M.
Banks to the ladies was proposed by the Rev. Uirrell for their untiring energy and zeal, and seconded
r
by Sir G. Stephen. Mrs. Stowe and
rail for Glasgow at 1.15 the same day.
the meeting
party started p
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At . 0
of this society, on Tuesday last, Mr. John Gould in the
chair, Mr. Coming communicated a paper, by Dr.
Ileiffer, on 18 new. species of land shells, from his own
collection and that of
d new
Mr.enisn. r. Guld exhi-
bite and described foilspecies
three of them from the eastern slope of the Andes, remark-
able for their size and their extraordinary beauty The
secretary then real a paper by Mr. Broderip, containing
a notice of an original painting, including a figure of the
lierldodo, in the collection of his Grace the Mike of Northum-
and, a Sion-house. The size of the picture, which
1,8 .in the finest preservation, is 32 inches by 19 inches.
,Nears'l,tt,i3 to have been the joint production of De Hem
,a:1 can Goeimare. The landscape and animals were
Rrl_rled by Goeimare, and the shells by De Hem. Mr.
Possession
also called attention to a picture in his own
of a dodo, by Roland Savery. Both pictures
Nvers.
'44l—" bitecl to the meeting. - k -