The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-07 00:00:00

BANK _RETURNS.

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the or:
culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in Eng Dina
and Wales for the four weeks ending April 9. Thel
returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch an
Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circa'
tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending „
9th March (the nearest date furnished by their return)'''
will give the following results of the circulation of notes '—
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the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous
month :

March 12, April 9, 1
1859. 1859. Increase. Decry
Bank Of England 20,468,274 20,785,955 317,681 _...
Private Banks 3,338,677 3,454,392 115,715
Joint-stock Banks 2,933,592 3,072,221 138,629 __
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Total in England 26,740,543 27,312,568 572,025
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Scotland 3,780,662 3,768,432
Ireland 6,934,757 6,963,195 28,438
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United Kingdom 37,455,962 38,014,1951 588,243 ---_--

And as compared with the month ending the 10th of Aprl,
1858, the above returns show an increase of £1,700,9
in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase

£2,585,569 in the circulation of the United Kingdom.
On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the see'
ral banks the following is the state of the circulation :
the English private banks are below their fixed
issue

950,543

the English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue £230,136
Total below fixed issue in England X1,180,8: g
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue 81,2111
The Irish banks are above their fixed issue £608,7
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Beg:
land in both departments during the month ending the Bt_':
of April was £19,592,054, being a decrease of £291,785 al
compared with the previous month, and an increase 0
£1,187,983 when compared with the same period last Year.
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The following are the amounts of specie held by the Solt
and Irish banks during the month ending the 9th Apra--
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,550,90j
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks, .
£4,9109
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Being a decrease of £58,546 as compared wig
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previous return, and an increase of £506,072 when comp.--
with the corresponding period of last year.

ST. JAMES'S HALL.—On Thursday evening last,
the Rev. J. M. Bellew gave the first of a series of reading'
from the British poets in the above hall. The reading 'll-
eluded extracts from Milton, Pope, Scott, Byronjennic
son, Hood, and others. The hall was well filled in els%
part, and the audience thoroughly enjoyed the rich has
varied entertainment provided for them. Mr. Belle,: ~4 f
long been known as one of the best readers and sPeaw"-h:t
which the church can boast. He has evidently done d,
very few clergymen, or indeed public speakers of any "'oleo
ever do, studied elocution as an art. His naturally fine yips..
having thus been diligently cultivated, it is always a P ,ng
sure to hear him speak. The readings on Thursday einveellier
were very effective, almost too effective, indeed. the
errs, if at all, in being sometimes more dramatic thannto
kind of verse as well as nature of the subject requires.
object of the readings is to procure the admission by iTer
chase into the St. Ann's Society of an orphan whose ftod
died in January last, leaving ten children totally nu
that
fOr. Mr. Bellew stated in the course of the evening
the reading had realised more than sufficient for this 11. a
pose, and that the balance as well as the-proceeds °
second reading, would be handed over to the society.
AND
THE SARDINIAN AND OTHER RAILWAYS, At's„
THE BRIDGE AT BUFFALORA.—The group of Sardin
railways in 1818 comprised only 17 kilometres of line .1 at
present the length opened for traffic is 933 kilometres.
consequence of some difficulties of momentary consi dera,
tion, the State had to take upon itself the constructon °'
the first lints to be established ; viz., those of Alessanirho
to Arona, and Turin to Genoa. This last was one Of
to
most difficult lines in Europe ; the portion from Gell°lie
Novi perhaps may be considered as an extraordinary 107,1,
of work. The cost of construction and rolling 1.1-.
amounts to 135,720,060 f., or more than 504,000 f. per kilo
metre for a length of 270 kilometres. The opening
Turin and Genoa line took place the Gth December,
the section from Alessandria to Novara, the 9th .1.1"4„;
1854 ; and that of Novara to Arena (Lago Maggior)
1855. The station for the junction of the Lombardo-11110
tian with the Sardinian railways is to bo at Trecati. bo
works are so forward that next month a locomotive will
able to run over. The central office of the Piedmoure,,
Senate have jus t unanimously a d obted, " purely and sirovtrie
the project of a law abolishing the tolls on the bridge 01__ of
Ticino, near Buffalora, constructed at the joint expells°'ol.
Austria and Sardinia, on the road to Milan and Nov'',
Half of the bridge was to servo for the railway junction be.
tween the two above groups ; the other half was to be l,'"0
open for carriages and foot passengers; but if repoort,,,i,,
true, the bridge has been blown up, as the first result I I'm
Austrian movement towards Sardiula,—The Builder.