The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-16 00:00:00

The Bank Returns.

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir
culation of the public and joint-stock banks in England
and Wales for the four weeks ending the 6th of Nov.
These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch
and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir-
culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended
the 3d of Nov. (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 :

Nv.u,f Oct r,
1869. 186.9. Increase. Deczeits(

Bank of England..

me L iks
Joint-stock Banks

24,949,947; 23,57 ,520' 367,;::7
2,835.44 2,712,437 172,94
2,425,072 2,33.1,153 _ 71,919

Total in England. 29,251,4591 28,63 ~1 70( 612,283
3cotland 4,871,3 81 4,723,6 .1 141,711 I
lroland 7,381,1811 6,07, 92 7zB, SS

United Kingdom.

41,500,957! 40,023,7661 1,439,191!

And as compared with the mouth ending the ith of
gov., 1868, the above returns show a decreas3 of
.£483,792 in the circulation of notes in England, and a
decrease of .£53,793 in the circulation of the United
Kingdom.

On comparing the abovo with the fired issues of the
several banks the following is the state of the circulation:—
The English private banks aro below their

fixed £1,157,186
The English joint-stock b4nlcs are below their

fixed issue

313,568

Total below fixed issue in England ... £1,470,754
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2,122,017
The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... 1,026,686
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending 3d
of Nov. was .V 8,831,490, being a decrease of £1,027,0
as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of
£383,485 when compared with the same period last year.

Tim following aro the amounts of specie held by the
Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 6th

of Nov,

Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... £2,867,375
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ... 2,539,158

£3,406,533
being an increase of £102,802 as compared with the pre-
vious return, and an increase of £115,652 when compared
with the corresponding period last year.

RAISING A SUNKEN VESSEL—An iron vessel
called the Haddock, loaded with guano, sunk in Gal way
Bay some three months since, was on Saturday last raised
and brought into dock by Captain John Brennan, of City
Quay, Dublin, a professional diver.
VIOLENT GALE AND Loss OF LIFE IN THE FRITH
OF FORTH. —EDINBURGH, Dee. 13. Quito a hurricane has
boon blowing here from the south-west. This evening five
men in a small lifeboat attempted to reach the ship Indus,
lying in the middle of the stream, off the quay. After
struggling for more than an hour the boat filled and
turned over, and two of the men were drowned. The
other three, by means of the oars and swimming, and being
driven towards the quay, were picked up completely ex-
hausted. They had boon in the water more than an hour.
The names of the men drowned wen) Arnold and Whiffia
They hailed from Lotidon.
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ornamental articles for mantel shelf and table; bo.gatells boards
chess and draught boards, and men, and evening games of every
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—Parkins and Gorto, 24, ;5, 27, and 28, Oxford-street, London.
PoltraslT ALBUMS are now an established articlo of
interest whether in the palace or cottage, and are to be found on
almost every sitting room table. No article Is inore welcome as
a gift. When first introduced they were badly made, but are now
got up in the most perfect style and strongly bound, so that they
will last fi.r years, and at extraordinary low prices, by Parkins
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