The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-25 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OW THE BUN,

Silt.—Mr. Shaen, solicitor on behalf of the committee
of th- Freemasons' Tavern n3eetinz, applied this day at
Marlborough-street, to be allowed to make a statement,
in reply to the remarks made from the bench at toe
conclusion of the case arising out of the conduct of
certain ill-disposed persons in the Park on Sunday. Mr.
Sheen stated that the gentleman who had un ie/taktu
the responsibility of calling that meeting, and afterwsn's
of abandoning it, felt that those remarks were foundtd
on an erroneous impre-sion, which they solicited tie
same opportunity of correcting.
Mr. Beadon, at the suggestion of his clerk, refuse d
to bear Mr. shaen's statement ; brit gave the committre
credit for good intentions. If they had any explanations
to make, and if they were sent to the papers which had
published his observations, he had no doubt they would
be made public. He could not, however, receive the
explanations proposed. -
Tae committee wished it to be known that they took
the step of calling the said meeting only in consequence
of the gravity of the danger to which the country wao,
exposed by diplomatic proceedings, in reference to the
late Conspiracy Bill, which left no time for the operation
of ordinary public meetings ; that they personally co-
operated with the p 'lice in the preservation of the public
peace, and bad taken every possible prcaution to &vett
those acts of disorder which may attend all large assem•
blies, however patriotic their object and unexceptionable
their character. The remarks of Mr. Beadon were calcu-
lated to. encourage future outrage, by throwing the blame
on the gentlemen who sought to avert it in this instance.
We are. Sir, your obedient servants,

WEBSTER and -Co., Agents of the Committee.
3, Falcon-court, Fleet-street.

PRIVATB AND JOINT-STUCK BANKS.

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of circu
latioa of the private and joint-stock banks in England
and Wales for the four weeks ending the 16th of J-sr.
These returns, combined with the clrculatton of the
Iri-h and Scotch banks for the same period; and the
average circulation of the Bank of England for the four
weeks ending the 13th of January (the nearest da'e
luriiishg,d by their returns) will give the following re-
sults of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom,
when compared with the previous mouta

Dec. 19,
1857

Jan. 16,
1857.

Increase

Decrease.

Bank of England .. • •
Private Banks
Joint-stock Banks • •

20,557,226
3,174, 645
3,6 4,299

19,435,856
3,099,434
2,473,175

1,121,419
75,211
129,124

Total In England . •
Soottand
Ireland .. .. • •

26,331,210
4,305,251
6,075,723

25,008,465
4,(i20,548
5,938,034

1,325,715
284,703
137,689

Waited Kingdom .. • •

136,715,184

i34,b67,047

1,741,131

And as compared with the month ending the 17th of
January' 1857, the above returns show a iitcrease of
963,0551. in the circulation of notes in England, and a
&crease of 2,298,25881. in the circulation of the United
Kingdom.
On comparing the above with the fixed I.sues of the
several banks, the following is the state of the circula-

tton

The private banks are below their fixed issues 81,333,356
The joint-stock banks are below their fixed

8'9,1

issues

Total below the fixed issue.., £2,162,538
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... £933,3'39
The Irish banks are above their fixed issue £416,460
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the
13th of Jan. was 12,052,1351., being an i❑crease of
4,017,0141. as compared with the previous month; ana
a' increase of 1,87.6,1071. When compared with the same
period last year.
The amounts of, gold and silver held at the head offices
of the several banks during the past month have been as
follows :

Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks.. £2,370,840
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks

Total of gold and silver held £4,545,740
Being a dcrease of 85,029/. as compared with the pre•
vious return, and a decrease of 51,833/, when corn.
pared with the corresponding period last year.

MARK Pi Ir. W tuts Da:?.

CORN EXC RANGE.

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the week ended Feb. 25, 1858, made up from the Re-
turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in
England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS I RYE BEANS PEAS
41s 6d. 35s 9d 22810 d 34s 3d 38s 2d 40s 2,1
THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES.

WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS I RYE I BEANS PEAS
473 Od 36s 8d 22s 8d 32s 9d i 39s id 403 4d
ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.
Wheat, 88,810 ; barley, 80,328 ; oats, 12,727 ; rye, 138 ;
beans, 6,843 ; peas, 1,831 quarters.