The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-25 00:00:00

CITY NEWS-THIS DAY.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
There is a steady demand for discount accommo-
dation in the open market, and but very little busi-
ness is reported at the Bank of England, the mer-
cantile classes being enabled to get their bills nego-
tiated on easier terms with the joint-stock banks
and private firms,

The interest coupons on the Dutch Rhenish Rail-
way Shares are announced for payment.
The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures hs under :

1862. 1861.
Great Northern £38,605 £34,351
Great Eastern
North-Western
South- Western
South-Eastern 29,920 24,916
l.aneashire and Yorkshire 36,530 39,780
Midland
Brighton
North Eastern
Bristol and Exeter 7,346 7,084
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 16,805 17,016
Great Southern and "Western of Ireland 8,688 10,233
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Glasgow and South-Western
Great Western of Canada ..
These ref urns are of a very satisfactory charac-
ter. On the Great Northern there is an increase
of £4,254, on the Great Eastern of £1,580, on the
North Western of £7,685, on the South 'Western
of £4,716, on the South Eastern of £5,004, on
the Midland of £3,345, on the Brighton of £3,859,
on the North Eastern of £1,758, and on the Great
Western of Canada of £543. The Lancashire and
Yorkshire, however, exhibits a decrease of 15,250,
and the Great Southern and Western of Ireland of
£1,545.

A meeting of the Scinde Railway Company,
which includes the Indus Steam Flotilla, and Pun-
jaub and Delhi Rai; ways, is convened for to-day,
when a report detailing the operations of the com-
pany will be presented. The directors state that
the Scinde Railway being now open to Kotree on
the Indus, an efficient bi-moathiy communication
is established by steamer from thence to Mooltan.
On the Panjaub Railway, in addition to the Lahore
and Muritsur section, several portions of the Lahore
and Mooltan line will be ready for traffic before the
cloise of the year, and the Punjaub Railway, it is
confidently expected, will be opened throughout in
1863. With regard to the Delhi Railway, it is
stated that the line is about 280 miles in length,
and will form the connecting link between Mu-
ritsur, the upper terminus of the Punjaub Railway,
and Delhi, the northern terminus of the East Indian
Railway, and complete the great chain of steam
communication which will connect the opposite
sides of the Peninsula, having Calcutta for its
eastern and Kul ruche° for its western or European
port.

Two O'CLOCK.

Business in the market for Public Securities con-
tinues dull, and the variations are unimpor 'ant.
The dealings to-day have been very limited, and
Consols are 937, 1 for transfer, and 931 a for the
Bth proximo, being rather flatter. The New 3 per
Cents. are flat at 91k 921; Reduced, 92 g; Exche-
quer Bills, June, remain at 20s. to 235. prem. ;
ditto, March, 17s. prem. ; India 5 per Cent. Loan
has receded to 1081 a.
Foreign Securities have been well supported,
and an average amount of business has been nego-
tiated. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are firm, at
851 86; ditto, 1858, at 671 68; the New Scrip is
14 1 die., and the Consolides are 37 I ; Mexican are
maintained at 3q, a ; Portuguese Scrip is 21 1
prem.; Sardinian are heavy, at 83; Spanish Pas-
sive are 21-7,- e ; Italian. 701; Egyptian are 89190 ;
and the Scrip, 2d issue, 5/ prem.
In the Railway Share Market business has con.
tinned very inactive, and prices have remained
w ithout change of importance. Caledonians have
reocded about ss. and Great Northerns 10s. ;
Great Westerns, and South Easterns have improved
Ss, ; and South Westerns, 10s.
The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained
dull at about previous quotations, South Austrian
and Lombardo-Venetian realise 221; East Indian,
106 to 1061 1; Great Indian Peninsula, 1041 ;
and Eastern Bengals, 1041 105.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares show
no change of importance in values. Bank of Egypt
realise 251; London Chartered of Australia, 271 ;
Crystal Palace Stock, 34:3,-. The shares of the Cam-
brian Gold Mining Co. remain steady at 1-, to a prem.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 92b 2
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 a li
5 per Cent. Annuities lll. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 22
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent,
Ditto Enfaced Pa
per, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent .
Omsols for Account lO4l
, Oct. 8 . 93}
March. Tun 9.
Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Ct. .. 23 20 17
Ditto £5OO : 2O
Ditto Small 2O

- .
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian, 5 per Cent _
Ditto 4I per Cent., 1852-58-60
Egyptian, 7 per Cent., Scrip
Ditto, Second Issue, £4O pd -
Mexican, 3 per Cent

Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 —
Ditto Scrip, £l5 1:)d
rln4sian 5 per Cent. 1822 £ St —
Ditto 3 pet Cent., 1859
Sardinian 5 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 ner Cent —
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive .
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854
_Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 (Scrip), £5O paid If
Ditto, Paid up Scrip 661 i 1
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian 5 per Cent SSI
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. . . —
Ditto Account
C°Dnsit'tloB92l I‘cle°o TWO O'CLOCK.
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A report from Chester states that the city has
been of late SO
citizens have orgainfested with burglars, that many of the
nised a night watch, either to supersede
or to assist the police, One Lured on Tuesda of the gang of thieves was cap-
y morning after a protracted struggle, in
which he twice succeeded in escaping out of custody.
Among the articles of produce Which have expe-
rienced a rapid rise lately is the petroleum or American
rock oil. About four months back the quotation was £9 per
tun, and it is now between £l6 and £lB. This is attributed
partly to the rapid increase of its use as an illuminator, and
early to the value of the turpentine extracted from it. Pre-
sent prices, it is said, are ample to attract a steady supply,
and in the course of the present month the facilities for
its
transportation will be greatly augmented by the comple-
tion of a branch of the Atlantic and Great Western Rail-
'Way to the centre of the principal district of production,
Whence it will then be possible to send it to New York
direct with,,ut any break of communication.
ST
THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE NEW-STREET
or kTION
BIRMINGHAM.—The inquest was resumed on
afternoon before Dr. B. Davis, and a great deal of
'
,'uttional evidence was taken. Amongst other witnesses
7,d tonal
Graham Holmes, who erected the scaffold, was ella-
-33440d, but the inquiry wag adjourned.