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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1857.

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

THE BANQUET AT THE GUILDHALL.

Last evening, after the return of the civic pro-
cession from Westminster (an account of which ap-
peared in our impression of yesterday), the new
Lord Mayor and Sheriffs gave their annual banquet
to the Common Council, on a scale of unusual
splendour and abundance.
The hall had been specially decorated under the
superintendence of Mr. Bunning, the cityarchitect,
who gave it a very warlike appearance, by surround-
ing the clustered columns on each side of the hall
with muskets, intermixed with halberts bound to-
gether with laurel. In the centre of each compart-
ment were large trophies, composed of armour,
swords, guns, and pistols, with emblazoned shields
of different countries, also bound together with
laurel. On the embattled scenes surrounding the
ball (which aro temporarily fitted up for ventila-
tion, the fresh air being admitted behind them),
were bayonets and pistols, crossed so as to give
he appearance of chevaux de frise, backed up
with flags and Union Jacks. The eastern
window had in its centre a large trophy, composed
of flags and armour, beneath which, in letters of
gold, were the words "God Save the Queen," and
above it the Prince of Wales' Feathers, composed
of spun glass, and the motto. The western window
was decorated with Messrs. Copeland's beautiful
glass star. From the large cornices on each side of
the hall was suspended, as usual, flags of all nations.
The front of the south music gallery was decorated
with an emblazoned shield, containing a portrait of
her Majesty, surrounded with swords and backed
up with flags. That of the north gallery contained
the city shield, decorated in a similar manner. The
entrance, porch, and passages from Guildhall-yard
were decorated in the same warlike style, with anus-
kets, cannon, and shot. The passages and lobbies
leading to the Council Chamber were adorned with
the Bayeaux tapestry. In the centre of the loggia
to the Exchequer Court (converted into a ban-
queting room for the occasion) were placed two cir-
cular bassi-relievi shields, seven feet in diameter,
designed and executed by J. G. Lough, Esq. In
the one called " The Shield of Milton," which re-
presents Satan in the act of calling his followers to
"Awake, arise, or be for over fallen," Satan
stands proudly on the burning mass. Of the sur-
rounding figures some—answering the summons
with alacrity—are rising with fury, some are yet
stunned by the fall and but half awake, others
are assailed with forked lightning, while others
seem as though they would prefer their lot to again
risking the sword of Michael. The other, or Shaks-
peare shield, represents Shakspeare in the centre
sleeping, watche i by two Aerial. Genii of Dream.
The surrounding entablature depicts the story of
"Midsummer Night's Dream," Night arresting
the onward progress of Day, by parting the horses
of Apollo, assisted by the Hours. Below is the mar-
riage of Theseus by Hymen. To the right is the
hunting scene, and Helen asleep ; to the left is
Bottom and Titauia, with Puck and his fairy
revels. There were also a statue of the Spirit
from " Comus," by Mr. Lough • Ariel, from
Shakspeare's " Tempest," by Mr. Hancock ;
" Chastity," by Mr. Durham, and a group of
boys, " The First Thorn," by Mr. M'Dowall.
In the area on the western side of the aldermen's
court-room, was a scenic representation, composed
from Gray's Pindaric ode of the " Welsh Bard,"
and a fine statue of the Bard by Mr. Theed—
" Ruin seize thee, ruthless King,
Confusion on thy banners wait.
* • * • * *
On a rook whole haughty brow
Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood
Robed in the sable garb of woe,
With haggard eyes the poet stood,"
The statue was placed on a rock before a painting
of "Conway Castle," by Frederick Fenton, and
the army of Edward 1. was seen on its way through
the valley below. In the foreground were mounted
figures clothed in armour, representing King Ed-
ward and his knights. Tho area on the north side
of the aldermen's court-room was fitted up as a
large conservatory, and filled with choice plants, in
the centre of which stood a colossal figure, by John
Bell, &q., of " Armed Science ;" at the back of
which was another painting, by Frederick Fenton,
of the " Taking of Delhi." The recesses and niches
in the lobbies and passages contained marble busts
of "Egeria and Innocence," by Mr. Foley; the
"Skippine Girl," by Mr. Thorneycroft ; " Baron
Pollock," by Mr. Durham ; a figure of "Are-
thusa," by Mr. Thrupp ; "Pandora," by Mr. Bell ;
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ment ; and in the council chamber a colossal head
of Lord Ileathfield, by Mr. Noble.
The dinner and wines, which were both supplied
by Messrs. Staples, gave unusual satisfaction, and
music, both vocal and instrumental, was added, to
give completeness to the entertainment. The voca-
lists were the Misses Birch and Wilson and Mr.
Genge. Mr. Harker was the toast-master.
Among those present were—The late Lord
Mayor (Alderman Finnis), the Lord Chancellor,
Earl Granville, the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of
Clarendon, Viscount Palmerston, the Marquis of
Salisbury, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Mr. Vernon Smith, M.P., Lord Chief
Justice Campbell, Lord Justice Turner, Vice-
Chancellor Stuart, Vice-Chancellor Wood, Mr.
Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr.
Baron Channell, the Solicitor-General, Sir F.
Thesiger, M.P., Sir F. Kelly, M.P., Mr. R. Lowe,
M. P., Sir J. Ramsden, M.P., Mr. John Walter,
M.P., Mr. Grant, Baron Rothschild, M.P., Sir C.
Codington, M.P., Sir W. Jolliffe, M.P., the Mi-
nister for the Hanse Towns, the Haytian and the
Swedish Charge d'Affaires, Captain Milne, Sir E.
Oust, the Marquis of Stafford, Sir B. Hawes, Mr.
J. Wilson, M.P., Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P.,
Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, Alderman Gabriel,
Mr. Sheriff Allen, the Recorder of the City of Lon-
don, Mr. Thomas Chambers, M.P. (the Common
Serjeant), Mr. Mechi, Capt. Shepherd, Capt. Aus-
tin, Mr. C. Gilpin, M.P., Mr. J. Thwaites, Mr. F.
sof the Doulton, &c., a large number of military officers,
and upwards of one thousand member
Com-
mon Council and their friends.
After dinner, the LORD MAYOR
gave the usual
loyal toasts, and subsequently " The Army and
l
Navy," at the same time calling the attention of the
company to the now monument of the Duke of Wel-
lington, then, be stated, for the first time exhibited,
and having cost the corporation 5,0001.-8,
that the citizens of London were not insensible to
the gallant achievements of our soldiers. His lord-
ship coupled with the toast the names of Lord Pan-
mure and Capt. Milne, R. N.
proof
Lord PANMURE, in returning thanks for the army,
said it was unnecessary for him to utter one word in
its praise. Ile had only to refer to its past history,
and to point to its achievements in the present
day. (Cheers.) Tt,e army now attiactod almost
the whole of public attention, not merely for its
acts, for they bad always been of the
bravest, but for the spirit with which its ranks
were being filled. In the Crimean war the soldiers
were always ready, although the food was not ; and
now the regiments which had only returned from
foreign service were ready at a moment's notice to
rush to India to revenge the wrongs of our injured
countrymen and countrywomen. (Cheers.) The
same spirit caused the recruiting to go on rapidly ;
so that in every way the army was truly worthy of
the confidence of their fellow-citizens. (Hear.)
Captain MILNE briefly returned thanks for the
Navy.

The
f.)llowing toasts were then given and re-
sponded to :—" Prosperity to the City of London ;"
"The late Lord Mayor" (with a warm eulogium,
which was loudly cheered by the company) ; "The
Lord Chancellor ;" " The Judges," &e. ar,c.
The LORD MAYOR next proceeded to propose
" The health of Lord Palmerston and her Majesty's
Ministers." He said that whoever might be in
office, the health of her Majesty's Ministers was
always well received in the Guildhall, where what
was looked to was not mere shades of politics, but
measures and men. He gave them the health of the
prime minister of this country. He (the Lord
Mayor) had sat opposite to his lordship the whole
of the last session, and could testify to his indefa-
tigable attention to the business of the House of
Commons. It was superfluous for him to say one
word in praise of Lord Palmerston, but this he
would say, that as chief magistrate of the City of
London he was proud and happy to have that dis-
tinguished nobleman as his guest. He felt still
prouder because his lordship was accompanied by
Lady Palmerston. (Cheers and laughter.) Men
were always most welcome to the citizens of London
when accompanied by their better halves. (Con-
tinued laughter.) He begged to include her lady-
ship's name in the toast.
Mr. Harker then, with much gravity, gave out,
Lord Palmerston
' Lady Palmerston, and her
Majestys Ministers," to the great emu' sement of
the company, who cheered for several minutes.
Lord PALMERSTON rose to respond to the toast,
and was received with loud and prolonged cheer-
ing. Ho said—My Lord Mayor, ladies, and gen-
tlemen—l thank you on my own behalf, on behalf
of my colleagues, and in the name of my better
half, whom the Lord Mayor has been good enough*

to include—(a laugh)—for the honour that has been
done us in the manner in which our healths have
been proposed and received. Your lordship has
alluded to the fact of having sat opposite to me
during the session in the House of Commons, and
I am sure you will believe me when I say that it
affords me infinitely more satisfaction to be sitting
si the same side of the table at your lordship's
hospitable board than upon opposite sides of
that unfruitful table which divides the House
of Commons. (Cheers and laughter.) It was my
hope that I might to-day have bad to announce the
arrival of fresh intelligence from that quarter of the
globe to which just now all eyes are turned, and to
which the hearts of the whole country are directed.
was in hopes that I might have had, not a con-
firmation, but ample details respecting that bril-
liant exploit of arras by which the capture of Delhi
has been achieved ; and I trust that before many
hours have elapsed, wo shall receive intelligence
which will cheer the hearts of Englishmen, and
prove that the caprure of the stronghold of the mu-
tineers has decided the fate of the contest, and that
what remains to be achieved is only the sequel of
that memorable struggle. (Hear, and cheers.)
My Lord Mayor,. it is impossible for any English-
man to look upon what has been achieved in
India—not by our soldiers only, but by civilians,
by individuals scattered in knots over the whole
surface of that great empire, without feeling more
proud than ever of the nation to which we have
the happiness to belong. (Cheers.) There never
was an instance in the history of the world of
such splendid examples of bravery, of intrepi-
dity, of readiness of resource, of self-reliance, or of
such accomplished results as that of which India
bas been the scene during the last few months.
(Loud cheers.) But the government at home, on
the other hand, may, I think, justly pride them-
selves on not having been wanting to the magnitude
of the occasion. We took the earliest opportunity
of despatching to India a great army—an army
which had not yet arrived when our great triumphs
were accomplished, but which, when it shall arrive,
will render what remains to be done compara-
tively easy of accomplishment, and will, I do not
doubt, establish the power and authority of Eng-
land on an unshali• tble basis throughout the whole
of our Indian empire. (Hear, and cheers.) My
noble friend, Lord Panmure, has alluded to the
spirit which has been displayed throughout the
country, and I am proud to say that, although
we have despatched from these shores the largest
army that I believe ever left it at one time, we
have now under arms in the United Kingdom as
many fighting men as we had under arms before the
news of the mutiny had arrived. (Loud cries of
"Hear, hear.") And, therefore, if any foreign
nation ever dreamt in its visions that the exertions
which we have been compelled to make in India
have left us at all weakened, and that a different
bearing may be observed towards us than in the
hour of our strength, the manner in which the
spirt of the country has gone forth, the manner in
which the ranks of our army have been filled, the
manner in which our forces have been replenished,
will teach the world that it is not a safe game to
play to attempt to take advantage of that which
they had erroneously imagined to be a moment of
weakness. (Loud and protracted cheering.) Gen-
tlemen, it has been the fashion amongst people on
the continent to say that the English nation is not
a military nation, and in one sense that assertion
may be said to be true. Au Englishman is not so
fond as the people of some other countries of uni-
forms, and steel scabbards, and iron heels, but no
nation can excel us either as officers or soldiers in
knowledge of the duties of the military pro-
fession, or in the zeal and ability with which
those duties are performed. (Hear, hear.)
Wherever desperate deeds are to be accom-
plished, wherever superior numbers are to be boldly
encountered and triumphantly overcome, wherever
privations are to be endured, wherever, in short, '
there are the worst dangers for the soldiers to face,
there, I will venture to say, no nation is superior
—I might, without toe much national vanity, say,
no nation can be equal to the people of England.
(Loud cbeers.) And while we admire the bravery
and constancy of our countrymen ix India, we
must not forget to do justice to the high qualities
of our countrywomen. (Cheers.) In the ordinary
course of life the function of woman is to cheer us
in adversity and comfort us in the hour of suffering,
or, in happier times, to give additional brilliancy
to the sunshine of prosperity; but our country-
women in India have bad occasion to exhibit
qualities of a much higher and nobler kind, and
whether they have had to sustain the perils of a
siege, or the still greater privations and dangers of
escape, to neglect their own sufferings while alle-
viating the sufferings of others, the women of this
United Kingdom, wherever they were placed in
India, have displayed qualities of an unprecedented
kind, and such as have never been surpassed in the
history of the world. Henceforward the bravest
soldier may think it,no disparagement to be told that
he has courage and powers of endurance equal to
those of an Englishwoman. (Cheers.) My lord, while
we thus do honour and justice to the great bulk of
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diality which exists between him as head of the civil
service and Sir Colin Campbell as the head of the
military service, will, we may be sure, leave nothing
undone that their combined exertions can effect,
but that by both everything will be accomplished
that may be necessary for the service of the coun-
try. (Cheers.) The task wh ch Lord Canning will
have to perform will be indeed a difficult one. He
will have to punish the guilty, to spare the inno-
cent, and to reward the deserving. To punish the
guilty adequately:exceeds the power of any civilised
man, for the atrocities wh.ch have been committed
are such as could only have been imagined of sa-
vages or demons in the lowest depths of hell.
(Hear.) But, my lord, as your lordship has ob-
served, justice must not be administered in a spirit
of vengeance, but in a spirit of severity, in order
that the example of punishment for crime may pre-
vent its repetition, and for the future insure the
safety of our countrymen and countrywomen in
India. (Hear, hear.) Lord Canning will have
to spare tke innocent, and it is most gratify-
ing to know that while the guilty are to be
numbered by thousands the innocent must
be reckoned by millions. It is gratifying to me as it
is honourable to the people of India to know that the
great bulk of the population of that country have had
no share in the enormities which have been com-
mitted. (Hear.) Those men who have had experi-
ence of British rule, and who have thus been able to
compare it with the tyranny practised by the native
chiefs, have had no participation in the attempts
which have been made to overthrow our dominion,
and it is most remarkable that in that part of the
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are they, both high and low, who have not only ab-
stained from taking part in this mutiny, but have
generously sheltered fugitives, have
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dreadful tragedy has passed away, he will be found
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hibited stern unflinching justice—not, however,
without that discriminating generosity which has
ever been the peculiar characteristic of the British
people. (Loud cheers.) The noble lord concluded
by again thanking the company for the toast.
The next toast was " The Foreign Ministers."
Lord PALMERSTON gave " The Lord Mayor," to
which the latter responded, and gave " Lord
Granville and the House of Lords," with a compli-
mentary allusion to his lordship's hospitalities in
Moscow, of which the Lord Mayor had been a
partaker.
Earl GRANVILLE offered a few words in acknow-
ledgment, at the same time apologising for having
at the Mansion-house, on a previous occasion, put
the patience of the citizens to too lengthy a trial.
With regard to the Moscow mission, the moment
his colleagues bad selected him he consented to go, and
had done his best to show a gallant enemy that when
the war was over, we were ready to receive him as a
friend. He had endeavoured to teach the Russians
that while Englishmen were as ready to fight as
any men, they were the most ready of el men to
shake hands. (Cheers.)
The remaining toasts were then disposed of, and
the company separated.

THE 93D HIGHLANDERS AND THE MOSQUITOS.—A
friend in Calcutta writes :—"A detachment of the 931
Highlanders, lately arrived, marched into the Fort yes-
terday in their kilts; bnt I fear the national costume
must be discarded, from the utter impossibility of the
men obeying their officers when •rdered to stand at
ease—they will be ay tormeuted by tho

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING,
THE PRESSURE ON TP.:E IRISH BANKS.

The accounts from the manufacturing districts
continue hopeful. As a matter of protection the
Belfast banks, it is stated, must follow the lead of
the great emporium of British finance, but beyond
the extra cost of discount, no further veil is likely
to ensue. The trade report of the Banner says :
"Cash accommodation is freely given to all legitimate
traders; there has been no scarcity of money to meet
I every requirement, and we feel gratified to note that
the fourth" passed over satisfactorily. Two failures have
been announced, but they are not of such a character as
to cause any great shock to local commerce. From the
more distant thane and smaller places of business in the
north-east of Ulster our advices are all favourable—pay-
ments continue good, and, though the state of trade is
inactive, confidence holds the best place in commercial
circles. The traffic on the several lines of railway have
been fair for the week, and in the 'cross-Channel trade a
large passenger-traffic goes steadily on. The Glasgow
boats have had the best season ever recollected, and the
Liverpool and Fleetwood have equal cauße of satisfaction
at the proceeds of goods and passengers' receipts."
And again, with regard to the state of the linen

trade :
" All the larger bleachfields in this and the next coun-
ties are in full work ; the amount of finished goods turned
out during the last month is the largest known in any
former October. Sales cannot be reported as at all
changed for the better, except in some few cases. The
export to New York is as perfectly at a stand as if a
regular blockade existed between Great Britain and the
city on the Hudson. In the home market no large sales
are being effected, but it should be stated that for the
nine months ending September the turnover in linens
bad been very extensive. The transactions in brown
webs fall into small compass. Rarely have the sales
been so low at any similar period of previous seasons,
and, while production runs up to a pretty large aggre-
gate, the quantity oilmen taken off by bleachers is small
in the extreme. Ballymena market was dull on Satur-
day last, and considerable lots of stock left iu the hands
of holders. Lurgan on Thursday was no less inactive."
The report of the Mercury announces that all the
large linen houses will be very slightly affected by
the state of things existing in America :
"For the last six months, or we might say nine, our
manufacturers have been exercising great caution, and
limiting very much their operations. Toe consequence
is that they are quite easy under a pressure which would
have told fearfully upon them at the commencement of
the year. If product:on be decreased still further in the
various departments of our linen and cotton trade, as
appears to be contemplated, there is no room for the ap-
prehension of any failures whatever."
According to the Northern Whig the story of the
crisis has run through Ulster, and the conduct of
numbers of the persons accustomed to deal with the
banks has been absolutely frantic. One good
story speaks volumes :
"A portly farmer, hurrying on a car from the railway
station at which he had just arrived, drove up to one of
our banks. He leaped from the car, rushed up the
steps, dashed to the counter, and demanded the whole
of his deposits-3001. or 4001. The clerk smiled, over-
hauled the books, deducted charges, and handed the
money—in the bank's own notes—to the excited agri-
culturist. The farmer pocketed the notes, breathed a
deep sigh of comfort, and exclaimed joyously, ' Now,
break as soon as you like ; I've got my money.' That
is just the insanity of ignorance which for the last few
days has been influencing the whole province. There
has been a run on the branches of the Belfast banks in
several directions, and of course that is a great inconve-
nience, and necessitates much diarrangement. In Derry
the run on that branch of the Belfast Bank was a per-
fect panic ; and this may go on, unless every man in a
position to give him influence strives tocheck the lunacy.
Let oar country readers be assured that the Belfast Bank
is a model establishment, conducted by profound finan•
ciers ; that it has for years paid enormous profits ; that
if it stepped to-morrow, its proprietary, and not the
public, would lose ; and that when the Bank of England
breaks the Belfast Bank will break, but not till then."

THE TEA FRAUDS AND TIIE BOARD OF CUSTOMS.

The Banner of Ulster has the following curious

statement in reference to the frauds of the ab-
sconded tea merchant and to the conduct of the
local Board of Customs :
" Yesterday the Customs held a further investigation
to ascertain the ownership of 219 chests of tea bonded
by J. J. Moore in his stores, Skipper-atreet, and
subsequently removed to other stores. The jury,
after a full investigation, found that they were the
property of different traders in town, some of whom
had commercial transactions with Moore. Had
fuller notice been given of the investigation pre-
viously held, it would have afforded several merchants
who are now complaining an opportunity of establishing
their right to property now under seizure by the
Customs. The case is one which merits special
consideration, affecting, as it does, the Customs
several of the most respectable merchants in Belfast. It
is not generally known that several months ago a fraud
was discovered by the officers of Customs prior to the
time when the stock of teas in Moore's store was taken
by them. When the stock was taken the officers did
net pierce the chests, to discover whether they were
filled with tea or brickbats. Two chests of tea were
wanting, but who removed them was a mystery. An
investigation might have discovered the guilty party,
but no investigation took place. Instead of this, as we
have been credibly informed, the duty was demanded
and a fine imposed, both of which Moore speedily paid
We are not aware that any intimation of this irregular
ity was conveyed to the securities, to whom such a dis-
covery was of so much importance. Had it been known

to them that a burglary had been committed, the probe-
bility is they would have cancelled their securities.
Moore would have lost hie license, merchants would
have obtained their goods, and the Customs would have
escaped the obloquy and inconvenience to which they
have been exposed. This was but the beginning of
official ,blunders ; others greater far soon succeeded.
The security they received was one of these. In-
stead of insisting on a security which would cover
the entire of the goods bonded in Moore's store, what
did they dot They received half the amount,—that
is to say, 3,0001. instead of 6,0001. And what has
been the consequence 7 They have been obliged to
seiz3 all the goods bonded in these stores to secure them-
selves against loss brought about by their own neglect
Dutiable goods are generally bonded in the name
of the merchants to whom they belong; the loss and
inconvenience in this case, therefore, must be very con-
siderable.' Whether the law will sanction such a seizure
remains to be seen, and whether the Crown shall be made
to nay deterioration and loss to the sufferers may be
doubtful. One thing is manifest, that much evil has been
created by the want of sufficient security having been
originally taken by the proper authorities. It is true,
when the fraud was fully known an investigation toek
place, witnesses were examined, persons arrested, war-
rants issued, and a reward offered for the apprehension
of the culprit—but a 1 this came too late, Moore, who
could have given every information necessary, was al-
lowed to escape. Why was he not arrested on the day
the fraud was discovered. Was he not seen at his office
on that day ? Did he not go to the Exchange, as he was
accustomed, on the evening of Use same day ? Why, we
ask, was be not arrested. An effort was made after be
had left, but not by the Customs. That effort was abor-
tive, but if the Customs, backed by the Crown, had made
energetic exertions on the Thursday night the culprit
must have been taken, as he did not get away till next
morning. It is reported he was in Lisburn, and left by
an early train for Dublin on the Friday succeed-
ing the discovery of the fraud. There can be little
doubt, too, that after it became known he sailed
in the Asia, had the authorities ordered a
vessel from Cork, armed with such power as they could
give, the Asia would have stopped," lain to,' and de-
livered up to them the flying fugitive. But this they
did not do. The Customs have not stopped with
the seizure of the goods in the bonded store ; they
have removed all the property. Where ? To an-
other bonded store 'I No ; but to the vaults of the
new Custom-house, where they will be exposed to
the damp exhalations which necessarily proceed
from a new building. Two evils may arise from
this procedure—one, that of deterioration of the
quality of the teas ; the other, depreciation in price,
which may take place during their detention. The
merchants complain, and we think justly, that the
seizure and detention of their goods, are to them a
serious pecuniary loss. They require them for the
purposes of trade, but they cannot get them. The
brand of the broad arrow is on them, and no matter
what loss the merchants may sustain, there it must
remain ti! the Customs please to release them.
There is one way of cutting this Gordian knot—
that is, by a Government investigation into the
entire conduct of the Customs in this case. It will
be then seen whether or not the officials, from the
collector down, have beenTguilty of a great derilec-
tion of duty, and whether the respectable merchants
of our town are not entitled to compensation from
the Crown for the great inconvenience and loss
they have sustained by the alleged negligence and
incompetency of their officials."
The last Irish bank returns show an increase in
the circulation, as compared with the preceding re
turns of 765,1651., making, with the increase of
last month, an enlargement of the notes in the
hands of the public of considerably upwards of a
million. This increase, large as it is, does not
exceed that which usually takes place at this period
of the year. In 1856 the increase on the month
was 860,000/. ; in 1855 it was 890,0001. ; and in
1854, 670,0001. During the next three months we
may expect that the circulation will about maintain
its present level. There is ordinarily some increase
in the issue in November, but at the present mo-
ment the banks will naturally pursue as cautious a
course as possible. In the coin held there is an in-
crease on the month of 123QO0'R