The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-13 00:00:00

Aug. 48, ; Sept. 15,
18u6. I 1806.

Bank of England 1
Private Banks
Joint-stock Banks

25,09i,3331 23,913,4b1
7,4.'6,192 2,506,6.2
2,170,',90

Total in England 29,71z,635 28,929,953
Scotland 4,286,488 4,281,706
Ireland B,t4 5,6 s 5: 5,268,37,

United Kingdom.

Increase. ( Decrease,

1,147,b5
10,49
24,680

-- 1,112,682
21,700
122,741 --

39,172,756 38,161,115

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And as compared with the month ending the 16th of
Sept., 1865, the above returns show an increase of
£1,875,508 in the circulation of notes in England, and an
increase of £662,516 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 £1,525,934
The English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue ...

... 1,038,345

Total below fixed issue in England £2,564,279
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 1,515,515
The Irish banks are below their'fixed issue ... 1,0,18,118
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the 12th
of Sept. was £15,693,557, being an increase of £1,872,668
as compared with the previous month, and au increase of
.£1,396,408 when compared with the same period last year.
The following are the amounts of specie held by the
Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 15th
of Sept. :
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2 364 660
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,081,602

£4,446,262
Being an increase of £3,059 as compared with the pre-
vious return, and a decrease of £9,138 when compared
with the corresponding period last year.

EXCAVATIONS AT THE LOUVRE.—The court of
the Louvre is now an object of peculiar interest to the
Parisian public, owing to the excavations that are going
on there, by order of the municipality, for the purpose of
elucidating certain obscure points in history. Similar ex-
cavations undertaken near the French theatre a few years
ago lad to the discovery of the exact site of the second
gate bearing the namo'St. Honor 6, and also of the ravelin
which defended it, the ditch of the wall built by Charles
V., and the breastwork on the top of which Joan of Arc
was wounded. The immediate object of the present exca-
vations in the court of the Louvre is to ascertain the site
of the foundations of the fortress built by Philip Augustus,
the plan of which has been nearly reconstructed from a
minute examination of a considerable number of printed
documents. Such was the precision of the orders given to
the workmen that at the very first strokes of the pickaxe
the trench was discovered, which corresponded to one of
the principal entrances. By continuing the line, the work-
men.soon reached the foundations of the two towers flank-
ing that entrance. These towers aro constructed of excel-
lent stone, well hewn, and in a perfect state of preservation.
A sewer has been found, which receives the water of the
inner court, .and emptied them between the two towers
into the ditch. It has been further ascertained that the
principal staircase was polygonal ; and that the donjon
keep was situated precisely where tradition had supposed
it to be placed, its remains being not much below the level
of he court. A variety of remains of foundations have
been discovered, the existence of which was not suspected,
but which unfortunately run under•the present palace be-
tITOIA 010 Pont do Arts and the Tour CIO rilorloge.