The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-27 00:00:00

The Bank Returns,

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of tilt)
culation of the public and joint-stock banks in Englan;
and Wales for the four weeks ending the 20th of Jo',"
These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch
and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cira-
culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ellde
the 17th of June (the nearest date furnished by tbeir
.
returns), will give the following results of the circulatitwo
of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with tl4
previous month :

May 23, June 20, 1 f Dew
1868. 1868. i Increase. f)c_s_,•
I
----5,439
Bank of England I 24,127,392, •:3,711,939;
15,9,:f
Private Banks 1 2,626,202 2,t. 69.266 ^v-
Joint-stock Banks I 2,39J,919 2,2A,',531
• 14.._,
----- 6-- et
Total in England. ! 29,350,513 2',665,4581 61 ~
Scotland 1 4,812,799 4,626,1131 13,6 4 ---056
Ireland 11 6,.3.,213 5,t97 1751 e_:.,'
' si i-i m ,479
United Kingdom. 140,402,525 39,398,0161---

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0,
And as compared with the month ending the 24" of
June, 1867, the above returns show an increas° -
£857,630 in the circulation of notes in England, au:cl
increase of £1,433,939 in the circulation of the 13.111.-

Kingdom.
On comparing the above with the fixed issues of t,..,1°
several banks the following is the state of the circulatiort•
The English private banks are below their 9
fixed issue .. . X1,50',' 3
The English joint-stock banks below- . their „4 481
fixed issue
02 116
Total below fixed issue in England X1,7`,1-1141
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2,?'„'319
The Irish banks are below their fixed issue
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of '1" "ii;
land in both departments during the month ending the 003
of June was £22,009,063, being an increase of £l+`lBoo of
as compared with the previous month, and an incretw.r-
-£862,868 when compared with the same period last 914-01.3
The following are the amounts of specie held blob
Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the
-
of June : /0 01
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... -4
2;" 1'68;
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ...
,' 1
Being a decrease of £95,962 as compared with dil.ol
vious return, and a decrease of £131,302 when c°°3l).l
with the corresponding period last year.

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A GUARDIAN OF THE POOR !—An -E35,1-100'
Guardian of the Poor has recently been fine' -or''
and
dose
girlsin tewrhesotswohrek
worked
ufsor"
and costs for using light weights. The '‘P°
arthing a shirt, and provided
It was in the purchase of this cotton at 21figliV
pound at their " guardian's" shop that the ;Tiro
weights were used ! To complete the griLl'i',"l, to
gthuaerded" were ~otot
of this cruel fraud, at an election eSfirovi7evtherirs:c:::tljei
his Union a few nights since, this most
" Guardian of the Poor" unctuously asked
didate if lie " could preach exteinpur !''
extempur ! Why not ? There are texts re;og.;
enough to hand—" A false balance is an
tion to the Lord," or " Woe unto you 111weri
—Church Times. to
The Ist Life Guards are expected to retur'
Windsor from Aldershot Camp next Saturday
Iloritinzan's Pure Teas are M. per
you'd cheaper. y,io jot
2 500 asouts—confectiouers in Loudon, and s
the country —aro caustantly receiving. fresh suPP
thcs.) logy-approved teas. Sold only in vackeis•