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

IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS.

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Tricrshhea f°dll(37l.ll** is a summary of the circulation of the
19thof;,iar—ceceeh banks for the four weeks ending the
4.A.vveerra,ge cl.tculation of the Irish banks 25,520,544 Average circulation of the Scotch banks 3,443,894

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T0ta1..,,.. £8,964,438
As compared with the
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Scotch banks,
_fixed issues of the Irish and
it appears that—
The Irish banks are below their fixed issues 2833,950
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issues 356,685

The Total below the fixed issues £477,265
of th amount of gold and silver held at the head offices
folio e several banks during the past month have been as
w 5:........
°"31(1 and silver held by the Irish banks £1,538,910
Gold anti silver held by the Scotch banks 1,157,510

Total £2,696,420
These returns, combined with the average circulation
of the Bank of England for the same period, show a de-
crease of 691,5681. in the circulation of notes in England,
a deer e of 938,5531. in the circulation of the
United Kingdom, when compared with the month end-
ing the 19th of February ; and, as compared with the
month ending the 20th of March, 1852, the above returns
!how an increase of 2,151,3701. in the circulation of notes
'll England and an increase of 3,471,5451. in the circu-
lation of the United Kingdom.
, The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
ta2ad in both departments during the month ending the
10th of March, was 18,806,643/ , being an increase of
de•
191,487/ as compared with the 'previous month, and a
crease of 710,631/. when compared with the same pe-
riod last year.
during
stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks
2,,!2.,0_g the month ending the 19th of March was
wit •, be. ing a decrease of 9,557/., as compared
eor''Pa previo us return, and an increase of 449,9131.
red with the corresponding period last year.

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TRH 0 ysT e
a businesq Ell SEASON. DREADFUL MORTALITY.—Such
the last t'w.senamt;n as the present has not been known for
fall amount of'
nearly PO,OOO/., one-third of which will
Sl!eel;nPe°Fill s.Mr. Aston, of the China Rock beds, near
The mortality has 'been confined to the fo-
zelign oclo otheysters. This i's accounted for by the salesmen
rs at Billingsgate in the following manner :
quantit
uringi the summer months the companies import large
es from the Channel Islands, the coast of France,
arid 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,
Aetusing great havoc among the bivalves, so that not
i
-e °ve two bushels out of every five that are dredge
amine up alive, their only use being for manure.
was
heal's. it. B. Sow IN LIVERPOOL—A meeting.t.
ofd--- Yesterday in the long room belonging to the Bri ish
ji?Foreign Bible Society, Slater-street, for the purpors
resenting the talented authoress of " Uncle Tom
31)1/1" with a testimonial, in the shape of an elegantly-
ladies??orked purse, containing 1301., contributed by the
0: 01 Liverpool. The chair was taken at eleven
o'clock
sentativ by Adam Hodgson, Esq., who, as
.the repre-
k, eof the ladies, made the presentation. Pro-
'sor Stowe in an appropriate speech, returned thanks,
at4l also read an address from Mrs. Stowe. A vote of
th
t.anits to the ladies was proposed by the Rev. C. M.
irrell for their untiring energy and zeal, and seconded
.13,.Y Sir G. Stephen. Mrs. Stowe and party started per
rail for Glasgow at 1.15 the same day. ..
ofG tOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the meeting
his society, on Tuesday last, Mr. John Gould in the
,e_hair, Mr. Coming communicated a paper, by Dr.
-Pfeiffer, on 18 new species of land shells, from his own
Fellection and that of Mr. Denison. Mr. Gould exhi-
lilted and described four new species of humming birds, three of thein from the eastern slope of the Andes, remark-
.s.tble for, their size and their extraordinary beauty The
aecretary then re d a paper by Mr. Broderip, containing
tted, notice of an original painting, including a figure of the
o, in the collection of his Grace the Duke of Northum-
• e?land, at Sion-house. The size of the picture, which
lletle the finest preservation, is 32 inches by 19 inches.
,s4P9ears to have been the joint production of De Heem
taint"!l Jean Goeitnare. The landscape and animals were
ed by Goeimare, and the shells by De Heem. Mr.
possession
also called attention to a picture in his own
Lessession of a dodo, by Rola.nd Savery. Both pictures
t"es eZhibited to the meeting.