The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-24 00:00:00

CITY NEWS---THIS DAY.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :--

1862. 1861.
Great Western .. .X 68,761 £56,669
North-Western 100,989 92,908
South- Western
Midland
South-Eastern 27,072 25,130
Great Northern
laucashire and Yorkshire 35,455 40,173
Bristol and Exeter
North Eastern 44,159 46,255
.astern. Counties 30,234 27,005
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 14,945 15,831
Great Southern and Western of Ireland 8,357 8,834
/klitiburgh and Glasgow
Great Western of Canada .. , 8,356 6,061

These returns, with one or two exceptions, are
again exceedingly favourable. On the Great
Western there is an increase of £2,092; on the
North Western of £8,081; on the South Western
of 4,636;£ on the South Eastern of £1,942; on
the Great Northern of £1,009 ; on the Eastern
Counties of £3,229, and on the Great Western of
Canada of £2,295. The Midland shows a decrease
(If £3,124 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £4,718 ;
the North Eastern of £2,096, and the Edinburgh
and Glasgow of 1,351.
The following official information relates to the
`-'incle Railway, including the Indus Steam Flotilla,
the Punjaub, and Delhi Railways:—

" SCDCDE RAlLWAY.—According to advices received by
this day's mail, the traffic has increased nearly 100 per cent.
during
the quarter ending 31st May.
"INDUS STEAM FLOTILLA.—SIX steamers, with their
utgo-barges;. are running regularly with passengers and
freights, 530 tween Kotree and Meehan, in connection
With the Scinde• Railway.
tt").v.INIA.I3B V.A.ILWAY.—The section from Lahore to
inritsur continuo; to have as much traffic as the available
olltitnek g stock can cArry. Fares are expected to be raised,d
natives are offlring higher rates to secure accommo-
atio.
the
DELI RAILWAY.—F2-pm the applications received at
eza °Luce it is expected that a large sum will be paid by the
e this month o thee Soretary of State for India in
°alien on account of capital."

-E O'CLOCK.
t BRITISH FUNDS—ON
237
tank
• • •
2 r,,,,,, ~, Stock ...
.. 931 3
1 r" ,-ent. Reduced Annuities
93 24 31
NPer Cent. Consols Annuities ••
931 3 1
xr7v, 3 Per Cent. Annuities
76
"Ae per Cent. Annuities
lilluities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — .
/ Ditto for 30 mss' expire sth Aprl, 1 BB5 15&
41)biliattoSt4ker Cet
olittttoo nfaced Paper, 4 per Cent loBk 7k
Per C t lO3l 4
Ditto Debentuernes, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1001
'`) 'Bonds fl 000
Cr.,4ju,l,,tties under £l,000
'ego‘"equer 'or Account, Aug. 7
D Bills Xl,OOO, 3 per Cent l7 20
Ditto Smitto £SOO
all
17 20
Brazilian... 41
Ditto 4 u per Cent.
TIEIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK._
91
Per Cent.. 1852-58-60
9 1 81;
43.P„tien, 7 per Cent., Scrip
914 It
Italian !1,0 Paid-up Scrip
:I)oB:xiitittetonansfecejne.oppeuenernttc.,en (Mareinmana Railway) 71 3k
274 81
Po rißla Iluperial 5 per Cent 961 7
rtu
_
Ditto nese 3 per Cent., 1853
1.1, Account
a Siane
_
Ditto Der Cent, 1822 £St
ti 1862 (Scrip) ****** 1
N„;!to, Paid up scrip 93a
Ditto 5 per Cent ..
84f
Noitih 3 Der Cent Ditto New Deferred 441 IP4tish Cert. of Coup. not funded
-'itto Account
Litt 6 per Gent. 1858 73
bittO Account
Ditto, £lOO Bonds
1,
bitto b per Cent., 1862. Scrip 2 11
1
itto, paid up Scrip 69k i I
bi,, Dividends on the above payable in London.
t4110.n, ~ch 212
pper Cent., Exchange 12 Gull.
76404
a
per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f.
TWO O'CLOCIi•
93k f
~,,tlAols, Money
93 k f
-uitto Account

R 0 Two o'CLoca.
IT,
RUCTION IN THE BANK RATE OF

DISCOUNT.
den:: haAcother reduction to the extentof
8 beezi made to-day in the minimumnn,Ltpeerofc
etati-au at the Bank of England. The quotation now
thats 4 at 2 per cent" and it is exceedingly probable
.4E4
further facilities will be offered in the openk
Of .e,!, 'which will still preclude the Bank
°rai x!igland from active
aq discount business.extraordinary
Pleth, Theparticipation in
thelimited thet money - d requirements of
natrreally create active competition among
et: joint stock and private establishments. There
tioll,,bo no doubt that a further important accumula-
tor-I°r bullion has taken place, and that the direc-
he:n 7'N'e experienced a diminution in the other
poi'rtties• Under the circumstances, therefore, the
heti eY
adopted by the Court of Directors is justi-
tea is
of only by the immediate situation of their
410ees, but also by the general tendency of
InetarY affairs.
ken consequence of the reduction of the Bank rate
4.le::B*Pverend, Gurney, and Co., and Messrs.
den,ttuer and Co. have altered their allowance for
withTBLta to 1 per cent. at call, and to 1/ per cent.
e
Sto Icsi,,'"o days' notice of withdrawal. The Joint
l`h;:anks, it is expected, will give 1 per cent.
Tacna enth half-yearly meeting of the Arica and
ttailway. Company took place to-day Mr.
to IleYwood in the chair. The report presented
the aelsl.°Prietors stated that the cash in hand on
elo ti‘St March, when the London books were
thfer'' 'was £5,1.14 14s. 2d., which had increased by
that~uat fled eeil't of subsequent remittances to an amount
ti.e distribution of a 9th dividend of

2 per cent., less income tax, which was now recom-
mended.

The English Stock Market opened this morning
with a steady and quiet appearance, and a few
transactions took place on previous terms. When
it transpired, however, that the minimum iate of
discount had been reduced purchases were effected,
which led to an improvement off per cent; Con-
sols being 93-11 for money and the 7th proximo.
The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at
931 a ; Exchequer Bills, at 17s. to 20s. prem.;
Bank Stock has improved to 237 ; India ditto to
227 ; ditto Five per Cent. Loan remains at 1071

Foreign Securities are well supported, but the
dealings are restricted. Turkish 6 per Cents.,
1851, have improved to 85 ; ditto, 1858, is firm at
721 73± ; ditto New Loan scrip at 2 prem.;
Egyptian Scrip is steady at 84 91 prem.'; Italian
51 per Cents. are 701,- ; ditto Railway Loan, 73;
Spanish Certificates are flat at 91. The New Por-
tuguese Loan is 16 prem.
The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been limited, but a firmer tone has prevailed.
Eastern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and
South-Easterns have improved ss. ; and Great
Westerns, 10s. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
coln, however, have receded ss.
In the Foreign and Colonial Markets busi-
ness has .remained inactive, and prices have
not varied to any important extent. Great
Luxembourg are dealt in at 14: 4 ; Namur
and Liege at 81 ; Sambre and Meuse at 101, ;
Grand Trunk of Canada have improved to 21* *;
Great Indian Peninsula are steady at 1021 -1; East
Indian at 1041; Bombay and Baroda at 1004 101;
and Madras 5 per Cents. at 1001.

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con-
tinue in fair request at about precious rates.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, JULY 22.
MURDER OF MR. JOHN HERDMAN.

The grand jury have just returned a true bill
against William Herdman, for the wilful mnrder
of the late Mr. John Herdman, of Belfast.

At the Longford assizes John Masterton, a small
farmer, was indicted for sending a threatening letter
to Peter Donohoe, on the 16th of June last, threat-
ening to shoot him if he did not give up a farm for-
merly in possession of the prisoner, and from which
he had been dispossessed for non-payment of rent.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty. He was unde-
fended. The jury found the prisoner guilty, with
a recommendation to mercy, on the ground of his
advanced age. Judge Hayes said he could not en-
tertain the recommendation. If it had been offered
on account of the prisoner's youth he would have
attended to it, but not in the case of a person who
knew well the effects of his proceedings. The sen-
tence of the Court was penal servitude for four
years.

ALARMING ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH
WALES _RAILWAY,

NEWPORT, WEDNESDAY.

Last evening one of the most remarkable accidents that
has ever taken place on the South Wales Railway hap-
pened near this town upon that line. The railway crosses
the Ebbw river about 3 miles from Newport, the estate of
Lord Tredegar lying adjacent to the railway, on which Mr.
Henry Collins holds the Duffyn Farm. Yesterday the
marriage of one of Mr. Collins' daughters to Mr. Winter-
botham, of Bridgewater, having taken place, the work-
people on the farm—their "wedding feast" being reserved
for a future day—were leaving the hayfields early, and re-
turning in a large waggon to the number of 16. There
were three horses drawing this human freight of 16 lives.
They had to cross the South Wales Railway on a level
crossing at a point where a high bridge on the land pre-
vented them observing the approach of the train. They
neared the railway, threw open the gate, drove on the line,
the leading horse of the three drawing the waggon being
on the rails. Suddenly the people heard the rushing sound
of the approaching train. No whistle signalled its ap-
proach. The people, however, were not the less certain of
the train being close upon them. Shouting to the man lead-
ing the fore horse, they alarmed him just in time to draw
the animal off the line ; but the waggon had approached so
close to the rails, that the train as it dashed past cut down
and killed the two hinder horses, tore away the near shaft
of the waggon, and actually carried away a portion of the
side of the waggon, nearly crushing the people who were
riding. Had the waggon been drawn on a few feet farther
only the frightful sacrifice of human life that would have
been inevitable is terrible to contemplate. The bodies of
the horses were quickly removed from the railway, and tie
waggon got into a place of security, the people being almost
insensible through the great fright and peril they had so
miraculously escaped.

MARKETS-THIS DAY.