The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-03 00:00:00

39,475,7641 38,165,401

United Kingdom

1,310.363

And as compared with the month ending the 10th of
December, 1864, the above returns show an increase of
£951,359 in the circulation of notes in England, and an
increase of £2,047,078 in the circulation of the United
Kingdom.
On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the
several banks the following is the state of the circulation:—
The English private banks are below their
fixed issue ... £1,162,193
••• ••• •••
The English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue ... ... 436,600

Total below fixed issue in England ... £1,598,793
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2,154,709
The Irish banks are above their fixed issue 336,746
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the 6th
of Dec. was £14,310,174, being a decrease of £1,174,361
as compared with the previous month, and an increase of
£356,657 when compared with the same period last year.
The following are the amounts of specie held by the
Scotch and Irish banks during thq month ending the 9th
of December :

Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,793,886
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ... 2,574,945

£5,368,831
Being an increase of £203,729 as compared with the pre-
vious return, and an increase of £674,848 when compared
with the corresponding period last year.

The Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, it is expected,
will address his constituents at the Town-hall, Ashton-
under-Lyne, on the evening of the 23d inst.
THE CONDEMNED PRISONER IN GLASGOW.—A
memorial on behalf of John Jamieson, at present lying
under sentence of death in Glasgow, was last night for-
warded to Sir G. Grey. The memorial fully sets forth the
circumstances of the case, and concludes :—" We venture
briefly to suggest that th 9 prisoner's guilt, though great, is
surely to be widely distinguished from those cases of mur-
der in which the criminal has assailed the life of his victim
insidiously and deliberately, and with all precautions to
conceal his deadily arts from justice. The circumstances
of the case, we humbly think, clearly show three things :-
1. That the prisoner was actuated by no real wickedness of
heart. 2. That he enterlained no malice towards the de-
ceased. 3. That he committed the deed without premedi-
tation and under the influence of sudden and violent pas-
sion. That his crime may, nevertheless, in the strict legal
sense, amount to murder we do not dispute, but we yet
venture to submit that it is a case in which the interests of
justice do not require the extreme penalty of the law. We
therefore, humbly urge upon you that, by the verdict which
has been returned, the law, as it at present stands, has been
sufficiently vindicated ; and we respectfully hope that you
may deem it consistent with your duty to advise her Ma-
jesty to extend the Royal mercy to the unhappy man.'
The petition is signed by Messrs. Caldwell and Smillie, the
prisoner's agents.—Edinburgh Courant.
BANKING AT NORWICII.—On Monday a spacious
new banking-house was opened by Messrs Harveys and
Hudsons, on the Castle Meadow, Norwich. The building
is the largest of the kind in tha Eastern Counties. It
designed by Mr. Hardwick, standing architect to the Bank
of England, and was executed by Messrs. Lucas Brothers.
A new banking house is also nearly completed in London-
street, Norwich,.for the Norwich branch of the Consoli-
dated Bank (Limited).