the movements of the Bank of England since its first establishment were in 1852, principally caused by the great importations of gold from Australia and California. In July of that year, the specie held by the Bank amounted to £22,232,138, the highest point at which it ever stood. The following account of the amount received and delivered in the Bullion Department, for the three years ending December 1852, is extracted from the Bankers' Circular of July 2, 1853:— The following statement shows the quantities of gold and silver received and delivered at the Bank of England in 1852. As the Bank of England introduced the practice of weighing gold and silver by the ounce troy, and decimal parts of an ounce in November last, we have reduced the receipts and deliveries in previous years to ounces and decimal parts of an ounce, that the comparison may be more readily understood. 4,112,491 25 4,024,614 40 5,070,962.25 5,155,377 30 3,909,671 40 5,683,720 20 4,435,043 20 5,252,508.35 6,858,005.95 5,188,230 65 5,052,716.65 4,033,347.80 18,891, 142 40 18,239,510.80 21,646,036.20 SILVER DELIVERED. 4,121,502 75 4,047,725.85 5,079,838 25 5,178,006.75 3,957,962.75 5,671,377.60 4,429,881 90 5,252,085 60 6,884,606 10 5,815,619.45 4,958,207.45 4,069,242 57 19,545,010 85 18,215,981.65 21,705,064°52 These statements show that the receipts of gold, which began to increase in the last quarter of 1851, maintained their steadiness throughout the whole of 1852, making the total amount 4,815,657 ounces, being an increase of 1,373,940 ounces over the previous year, or at 778. 9d. per ounce, about £5,341,191 sterling, and nearly equal to the total receipts in 1850. By reducing the receipts and deliveries for the three years ending 1852 to their equivalent money value, we obtain the following results: The difference in favour of the Bank, for the three years ending 1851, was £15,629,083; but for the three years ending 1852 it was no less than £26,096,620! The receipts and deliveries of silver also show a large increase in 1852 over the previous year, but they nearly balance each other in amount: the amounts for the three years ending 1852 were as follows: These amounts will be found to differ with those we gave in the previous statement. On the former occasion we calculated the value of silver at 66s. the pound troy, or 66d. the ounce; but we think the approximation is nearer the value by taking it at 62d. the ounce. Such were the astonishing results produced in the several departments of the Bank of England in 1852, arising, we may safely affirm, almost entirely from the discoveries of gold in Australia aud California. What may arise in future we must leave it to time to unfold. The following is a statement of the weekly returns of the Bank of England for the years ending December the 25th, 1852 and 1853. The Government Debt due to the Bank, £11,015,100, and other securities, £2,984,900, must be added to the gold and silver in the Issue Department to balance the Notes issued. The highest amount in each column is distinguished by a §, and the lowest by an *. Bank capital, £14,553,000.-See pages 80, 81, 82, 83. The last column in the Issue Department shows the weekly increase (+), or decrease (-), of gold coin and bullion; and the amount of Notes in Circulation is obtained by deducting the Notes in Reserve in the Banking Department, from the Notes Issued in the other Department. Jan. 3*30,992,450 *19,284,590 *16,959,075 33,375*16,992,450 +248,170 ΙΟ 31,028,095 20,241,480 £. £. 17 31,151,175 21,038,335 16,994,720 17,117,800 17,028,095 + 35,645 17,151,175 +123,080 31,382,360 20,640,410 17,348,985 31,657,730 20,738,965 17,382,360 +231,185 17,624,355 17,657,730 +275,370 17,678,665 17,712,040 + 54,310 18,061,020 18,094,395 +382,355 21 32,416,745 20,187,420 18,698,750 18,732,125 +315,380 20,237,320 18,863,770 18,897,145 +165,020 19,142,250 19,175,625 + 27,885 19,084,485-205,970 18,733,785-350,700 17 33,080,270 22,055,950 19,046,895 19,080,270 +346,485 19,099,150+ 18,880 19,417,775 +318,625 19,732,130 +314,355 19,819,100 + 86,970 20, 109,490 +290,390 20,187,115+77,625 20,352,260 +165,145 20,725,270+373,010 20,952,965 +227,695 21,587,175 +634,210 July 3 10 $35,878,765 $23,379,755 $21,845,390 17 35,659,110 23,747,735 21,625,735 21.674,700 21,295,780 21,334,921 19,154 22,986,375 21,330,636 18 35,154,530 21,953,130 21,135.376 "" 18 34,495,125 22,236,465 20,475,971 25 34,071,925 22,235,505 20.052,771 20,495,125-475,545 20.071,925-423,200 £. 11,707,860 10,786,615 per ct. £. 10,741,950 $9,447,516 *9,371,117 37,778,145 12,558,987 38,757,945 £. 12,659,825 6,964,540 12,912,410 19.674,174 7,520,393 12,300,704 39,055,653 13,195,605 7,978,820 11,644,776 38,922,692 19,815,745 7,687,708 II, 191,626 19,596,501 4,764,651 13,992,932 37,564,653 11,526, 200 5,973,230 12,367,099 37,527,943 II, 241,590 *302,685 20,895,420 |