The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-31 00:00:00

IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS.

The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch
banks for the four weeks ending the 27th of September,
1856, when added together, give the following as the
average weekly circulation of these banks during the
past month, viz.:—
Average circulation of the Irish banks £6,383,711
Average circulation of the Scotch banks ... 4,002,6,,6

Average circulation during past month ...£10,389,377
On eornparihg the above with the fixed issues of the
several banks, as given in the Panking Almanac, the
f,tlowing appears to be the state of the circulation :
The Irish banks are above their fixed issue £32,217
The Scotch banks are above their 'fixed issue 915,457

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" ". 1-.' The Irish banks are above their fixed issue zoh,z•ii
We hare already "reported the particulars of the The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue 915,457
charge preferred by Eliza Croft against Henry Harrison,
'the wizard of the South.market,. Leeds. At the Leeds Total above the fixed issue X 947,674
Court7lactuse, yesterday?, before Barnton Lupton; EN, The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices
and a full bench of magistrates, the case was again in- of the several banks during the
past month have been as
veetigatesL The; court :was densely- every
crowded in very follows :
part, and the .greatast. excitement-prevailed in the neigh. Gold and silver, held Irish banks
b y th e .22,086,169
bourhood of the police-effice. . ,i. .. _.. , Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks... 1,634,928
After Harrison "had been placed :in ;the ,dock Mr.
Ferns, the attorney for the defence,. replied on the whole Totalof gold and silver held £3,721,097
ease at great length. He exp,ised the inaccuracies and • The above statements' complete the returns of the air-
incon4stencies of the 'girl's ,f4tenlent,, and contended ciliation in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month
that her videnee; Was unworthy Of credence. .'' adding the 27th of September.
' The magiiiratea deliberated On: theii jedgmeat for These returns, combined with the average circulation
nearly an hour. When they returned into court Mr. of the Bank of. England for the same period, will give
LlAptop read the written decision of the bench. On the foll Owing relmlts of the circulation of notes 'in the
the.Obarge of obtaining money from the prosecutrir, United Kingdom,
when compared with the previous
under pretence of influencing: her destiny, by unlawful) montk : - . !
means the'binch found the pritoner guilty, and ordered
i Aug. 30, SePt.L.27, Increase. Decrease:
him, in the terms of the Vagrant Act, to be. imprisoned
fer, three Mouths.
was
reading of-the clause "-aestogue -' • ...._. 1856. 185 e.
add vagabond* was cordially approied by the -crowd.)—
£
With regard to' the Traver—accusation—that of having - : ' x z £
Bank of England ...• 20 063,875 19,936,303 127,572
riolated the person of Eliza Croft,--413e prisoner was also Private Banks 3,561,634 3,659,667 108,033
tend 'guilty, and sentenced to be inaPrisoned in the Joint-stock Banks. ••• 2,918,776 3,047,901 129,175
. , .. . ----.
orough gaol for silt,
,ni.on the, such
.sentence to cop-
i.. ent. When. both these7terms of imprisonment had ex-
Renee at, the expiration 'of the former, term of punish- Thoetaialmin England .... 26 544,285 26,653,921 103,636
Scottind. 1,
.. ..... 6,041,828 6,386,711 344,383
_ pirecl.4araition-yfaa ordered to find sureti- s for his good
uitsd Kingdoni, •., 36,527,563 37,043,298 515,735
ehaviotir during the six months then to follow, or, In
delault, accept the alternative of remaining in prison. • --
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This judgment was received with general and hearty Showing an increase of 169,636/.
satisfaction by the crowded Court increase of
. , lation of notes 'in England, and an
As the prisoner' was about to be removed from the 515,73. in the circulatiore,,of the. United Kingdom,
doPI,c, an elderly female stepped forward and said that she 1 when compared with the month ending the 30th
the
had also a complaint to-make against Harrison, ' When I Aug.;and, as comared with the month ending
the confusion arising from this little incident had some- 92th Of S t 18-5 the above returns show an increase
Sept., ~ a. ,
what, su,bsided, the woman stated that her name was of 60,698 i. in the circulation of notes in 'England, and
in the circa-
Jane Harrison, and that she way the wedded wife of the . an increase of 455,357/. in the circulation of the -United
..
prisoner, and that she now charged him with having in- Kingdom. •
termarried with another woman, viz., Mrs. Brown, who The' average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Bog-
lias acted in the capacity of the prisoner's housekeeper. land in both departments during the month ending the
•I tyherk the charge bad been stated the crowd testified • 27th of September was 12,055,5131., being a decrease of
their pleasure in a somewhat neje seamier, and ap-
pla:uded the woman several times-daring her subsequent a decrease 0f.1,475,329/. when compared with the same
statements. . . ~t
, .l period last year:: , ,
~
387,845/. as compared with the previous month ; and
. On this new charge Mr., J. M. Barred applied for a ; The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks
. ,
son-"erearntaangrrrlienfangdiaedilioend
-zilT2:4 .. , L. . , , durinc, the month ending the 27th of September was
tthhiep'saePrpi
°Hal tio6:: cl_ii
instil
psi-
~ $,721,0971. being
obleainuge
return,
aetdecrease
and an -increase-of 265,28/.
, i an
turday, Nov. 8. . when corapated with the corresponding period last year.
of '91,204/. as compared