The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-01 00:00:00

On comparing the above with the returns for the pre-
ceding month, ending the 17th of Jan. last, it shows—
A. decrease in the circulation of the private

banks of
A decrease in the circulation of the joint-stock
banks of

31,448

13,823

Decrease on the month £48,271
And, as compared with the return for the correspond.
ing period of the preceding year—viz., Feb. 16, 1856, it
shows—

A. decrease in the circulation of the private
banks of
An increase in the circulation of the joint-stock
banks of

2105,521.

56,520

Decrease on the year

£49,001

On comparing the above with the amounts of the fixed
issues the following appears to be the comparative state
of the circulation :
The private banks are below their fixed issues £820,0G7
The joint-stock banks are below their fixed
issues

266,233

Total below their fixed issues

Navf,k,l and Military liiteLligerice.

Major-General Sir W. F. Williams has reassumed the
command of Woolwich garrison until the meeting of Par

Himont. .
Captain Middleton's Company of Royal Artillery, tinder
orders for China, assembled yesterday morning on the
practising range at Woolwich, and fired 160 rounds of shot
and shell from the new 3-pounder 'battery, at a distaut.e
varying from 200 to SOO yards. They were afterwards
mustered on parade, and went through a course of carbine
drill. The whole of the troops about to proceed to China go
through a routine of ordnance and rifle practice daily.
The non-commissioned officers and men of the filth, 70th,
81st, 84th, and 87th depots, at Chatham garrison, having
completed their course of instruction in the use of the En-
field rifle, previously to their embarking for India, an order
has been given for the denots of the bth, 10th, 21th, 27th
(Enniskillens), 290; and ii3d Regiments to be placed under
Captain W. Nott, the instructor of musketry, in order to
acquire a Dnowledge of the use of that weapon.
The following officers have joined their respective regi-
ments at Chatham, garrison ;—Lieutenant-Coldnel R. N.
Phillips, Provisional Battalion; Captain
gJ. M. Lyle, 20+hhGa .tham Connolly,
dockyard,R o Marines.olnwhi eh
Theim tlargeu andsthe
' Mersey, 40, has been laid down, has been lengthened tO
feet. in order to give additional space for the building of
this frigate, which will be the longest in the service, her
length being 336 feet.
ee
The following
appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :
Lieutenant H. M. Bingham, to the Belleisle • William
Long, second master, to the Rhadamauthus; William 13.
Hyde, clerk, to the Melville.

STEAM TO TEE BRAZILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.—
The Hamburg , and Brazilian Company's steamship
Teutonia, Capt. Malehin, sailed hence to-day for Lisbon
and the Brazils, carrying out 163 passengers, 600 tons
of freight, 68,000/. iu gold for Rio, and a considerable
quantity of jewellery. The Royal mail steamer Teviot,
Capt. Moir, leaves on the 9th of April, with the Brazi-
lian wails. The Gz;lden Fleece steamer, Captain J. V.
Hall, leaves here on the .6th ploximo for Hamburg, from
which she is to sail on the 20th, and Southampton on the
24th, for the Brazils, and will carry a ship letter mail.
With the departure of this vessel will commence the
operations of the new European and American Steam
Shipping Company, and their New York line will also
be opened by the Queen of the South, Captain Beal,
which is to leave this port on the 29th. These steamers
arecc
mn3od
being splendidly fitted up with passenger and other
a
ADVERTISEMENT.]—Jane Hallett, 9f Whitty Head,
near Netherbuiy, Dorset, suffered for many years trom
ron
a bad leg. From the knee to the ancle it had several
wounds, so that she was unable to stand or move about
the house. She tried a variety of means and applies-.
tions, but without obtainitg a cure. By the blessing of
God a
three pots of Poor 2elan's Friend,
a
boxesonly
of pills, she was perfectly cured.
nnrd. taking nd e ut
sst,i three
Man's Friend, for wounds and erup-
tions of every description, is sold in pots, is. lid. and
R o r
poor
e y
29. 9d. each. His Pilules Antiscrophulm, for all im-
purities of the blood, is sold in boxes, is. 13/4d., 2s. 9d.,
4s. 6d., u s,, and 225. each, by all medicine vendors
throughout the United Kingdom and Colonies.