The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-26 00:00:00

The English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue,

£340,011

Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,359,274
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,290,546
The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £252,650
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the 21st
of Sept. was £16,872,467,1 being a decrease of £239,689. as
compared with the previous month, and a decrease of
£1,532,443 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 24th Sept.:—
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,389,415
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks..

£4,622,392
Being a decrease of £ i 1,509 as compared with the
previous return, and a decrease of £63,828 when compared
with the corresponding period of last year.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING.
AID TO THE POPE.

The war journals here, which derive their poli-
tico-religious inspiration from Archbishop Cullen,
are seriously endeavouring to get up steam in favour
of a fancy project for recruiting an Irish Contingent
to aid the Pope's efforts to keep his heel upon the
necks of his happy subjects. Leaders, letters, and
suggestions exhorting the lieges to take arms in this
new crusade against liberty are quite the staple of
these papers, one of the most notorious of which
(the Dundalk Democrat) thus pleads Irish bayonets
and the Holy See :
" Thousands upon thousands of our young men go into
the English army, and prove faithful to their enemy ; and
it would be strange indeed if we could not muster 20,000 of
them who would enlist under the banner of Pius IX., and
prove the devoted defenders of their illustrious friend.
With a bravo and chivalrous army in Rome and the States
of the Church, who would drive away the rabble of cut-
throats and emancipate the subjects of the rope from their
outrageous tyranny, peace would be restored to the mind of
his Holiness and safety to his person; and ho would be left in
quiet and security to attend to the duties of his high and holy
mission, in directing the affairs of the Church, whose children
are scattered over the world. Money would also be required,
and that would be forthcoming. The Catholics of Europe
and America would easily contribute £lOO,OOO a-year
to sustain the army of Rome. We should say Ireland would
pay a tribute of £lO,OOO a-year ; England, £5,000 ; France,
£20,000 ; Spain, £lO,OOO ; Portugal, £5,000 ; Austria,
£20,000; Belgium, apo ; Prussia and other continnental
States, £lO,OOO ; America, £lO,OOO ; Canada, £5,000 ;
making a grand total of £lOO,OOO to maintain a true and
faithful Irish army in the Eternal City, for the preserve-
tie' of the Vicar of Christ from the ruffian hands of his
infidel enemies. As to Ireland's portion of the tribute,
£lO,OOO, it could be made up by 200,000 persons paying ls.
each ; or by 2,400,000 persons paying hi. each; or by 1,000
parishes paying £lO each. At all events, it would
come very light if it were sustained by all the male
Catholics in the country over ten years of age. This
would be the proper way to sympathise with his
Holiness, menaced as he is. by the rabble of revolution-
ists and anarchists, who threaten to lay their sacrilegious
hands on the patrimony of the Holy See. It is the way in
which Pius IX. showed his heartfelt sympathy for Ireland
in the day of her affliction, when one million of human
beings were permitted to die in the midst of plenty. If the
Emperor of the French heard that Catholic Ireland felt in-
dignant at his inexplicable conduct, we may be certain that
a great deal of good would be effected. Under all the cir-
cumstances, we think the time has come for Ireland to
speak out—for an aggregate meeting to be held in Dublin
the Most Rev. Dr. Cullen occupying the chair—and for
meetings throughout the provinces, to sympathise with his
Holiness—to collect funds, and recruit an army for the de-
fence of his liberty and the stability of his throne."

A SOLDIER SMOTHERED BY HIS STOCK.-A
private of the 29th Regiment was found dead yesterday in
one of the carriages of a train from Driffield to Weedon.
His name was Francis Woods. He was tipsy when he got
in at Weedon, and at Driffield obtained more drink.While
travelling he fell from his seat on the floor, and, being
able to rise, was suffocated by the pressure of his stock.

The usual weekly conference of the delegates of
the several trades' societies was held last night at
Shaftesbury-hall, Aldersgate, for the collection Of
contributions in aid of the " lock-outs," and to
encourage them to sustain the contest into which •
the master builders and themselves have entered
in regard to the document. The chair was taken
by Mr. Charles Murray, the delegate of the West-
end bootclosers. The following trades were also
represented, namely, the Amalgamated Society
of Engineers, the
,cabinet-makers, the coopers,
the block coopers, the hearth-rug weavers, the
pianoforte-makers, the typefounders, the boot and
shoemakers, the cigarmakers, the tobacco spinners,
the cart wheelwrights, the carvers and. gilders, the •
wood carvers, the bookbinders, the hatters, the mat
and inattingmakers, the- boilermakers, the brick- .
makers, &c.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, con- •
gratulated the conference upon the importance of
the meeting held the previous evening at St. Mar-
tin's Hall's, as it could not fail to make itself felt
all over the kingdom,:and show both the masters
and their fellow-tradesmen in the provinces that
they were determined to continue firm in the as-
sertion of their independence, and not resume work
until they could do so with the dignity of free.
men. At the last meeting of the conference
they appointed a sub-committee to draw up an
address to the trades in general. That com-
mittee had accomplished the task assigned to them,
and he would now suggest that each trade should
undertake- the duty of distributing the address of
the committee amongst its own members, as it
would place the whole question fairly before them.
They saw by the newspapers that prosecutions had
been instituted against some of the men connected
with the present movement, and it was therefore a
matter of the greatest importance that the united
trades should take steps for their defence.
Mr. Potter observed that the executive eona--
mittee had little to announce in way of change
as compared with their statement last week. The
masters had that morning held a meeting, but,
as it very soon broke up, the inference was that
nothing was done at it beyond the adjournment.
He regretted that it had been found necessary to
reduce the dividend, but that would be only a tem-
porary inconvenience, for the provinces were lite-
rally responding to the appeal which had been made
to them, and had that very day sent up from £l5O
to £2OO, of which £5O was from Manchester alone.

With that encouragement, and aided by their
brother tradesmen, for whose liberal kindness they
were most grateful, the members of the building
trades would continue to fight the battle of labour
against capital until they had conducted the con-
test to a successful issue.
Mr. Noble, in answer to the inquiry of a dele-
gate, stated that 29 firms had now receded from th•
document ; one of them had that day done so. He
alluded to the firm of Norris, in Marylebone-lane.
The Delegate of the Hcarthrug Makers stated
that his society had originally voted £2O, of which
they paid £6 down and 12 per week for the last
seven weeks, so that the money was all spent.
They had, however, reconsidered the case of the
" lock-outs," and voted them £3 per week for the
next seven weeks.

The Delegate of the Cabinetmakers stated that
his society paid £5O down, and £2O a week for the
last three weeks, and had now voted £3O a week for
three weeks to come, as they wished to sustain the
" lock-outs" so long as they remained stanch in the
cause of labour.

The Chairman having explained under what cir-
cumstances the conference would accept of loans,
the proceedings terminated in the usual manner.
The subscriptions for the evening amounted to
£l5O.