The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-10 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND,

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the Eth day
of September, 1858:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued £31,772,280 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3459,90
Gold C.:An & Bullion 17,297,280
Silver Bullion

£31,772,250

£31,772,280

BANKING n:
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-

,EPARTMENT.

Government Secu-
rities ,including
Dead IN eightAn-

nutty) - £10,955,269
Other Securities 15,362,692
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin

missionera of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

742,285

counts) 7,535,733
Other Deposits 12,267,016
Seven Day and
other Bills ;770,477

£38,818,86(3,

M. 31
Dated the 9th day of Septem'

I £38,318,866
krARSITALL, Chief Cashier.
iber, 1858.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 19 11 19
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 40 25 45
Hamburgh -13 81 13 81
Paris
Masao s
3 Months. 25 40 25 45
arseille 25 25
Frankfort on Maine. -119 k 40 45
119,3/4
Vienna .. 10 11 10 14
10 13 10 16
48f
341
4935 k
49 ' 49
29 95 30 5
25 57i 25 621
40 41
1223/4- 123
1221 1231
52 521
521 523/4

Trieste
Petersburgh —
Madrid
Cadiz —
Leghorn —
Genoa —
Naples
Palermo —
Messina —
Lisbon 1 —
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York —

E.I. Co.'s bis. House bis 60 d.
Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 24
Bombay ditto
Madras ditto — 26 24
East India Company's Bills drawn from the 24th ult. to

the Bth inst

Bengal
Madras
Bombay

. £1,201 5 0
.. 0 0 0
.. 0 0 0

£1,201 5 0

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 06 of

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

RAILWAY FARES AND COMPETITION.

A meeting of directors and other representatives
of railway companies was held yesterday at the
Euston Hotel; Mr. H. S. Thompson, chairman of
the North Eastern Railway Company, in the chair.
The following companies were thus represented :
London and North-Western, by the Marquis of
Chandos, chairman ; Mr. Total, and Mr. Stewart.
Midland, by Mr. Beale, chairman ; Mr. Hutchin-
son, deputy-chairman ; Mr. Allport and Mr. New-
combe.

North Eastern, by Mr. Thompson, chairman ;
and Mr. Leeman, deputy-chairman.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, by Mr. Stuart, vice-
chairman ; the Mayor of Liverpool, Mr. Wilson,
Mr. Anderton, and Mr. Hargreave.
Great Western, by Mr. Williams and Captain
Bulkeley.

Great Northern, by Mr. Denison, M.P., chair-
man ; Mr. Walker, and Mr. Seymour Clarke.
East Lancashire, by Mr. Dugdale, chairman ;
and Mr. Riley, deputy-chairman.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, by Mr.
Gamble and Mr. Lees.

North British, by Mr. Hodgson, chairman, and
Mr. Rowbotham.
Lancaster and Carlisle, by Colonel Maclean and
Mr. Bolden.

Glasgow and South Western, by Mr. Orr and
Mr. Playfair.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, by Mr.
Fenton, chairman ; Mr. Watkin, and Mr. Sherriff.

South Yorkshire, by the Right Hon. John Par-
ker.

Stockton and Darlington, by Mr. Meynell, chair-
man.

Shrewsbury and Hereford, by Mr. Williams.
Birkenhead, by Mr. Salisbury, M.P.
St. Helen's, by Mr. Holland, vice-chairman, and
Mr. Sinclair.

Carlisle and Silloth, by Mr. Irving.
The CHAIRMAN stated that he had received as-
sents to the resolutions passed at last meeting from
18 companies, representing an amount of capital
exceeding £150,000,000.
The following resolutions were then moved :
"1. That the rates and fares on the several railways of
the kingdom should be so fixed as to realise the largest
amount of net profits, due regard being had to the interests
of the public."
Carried (one company dissenting).

" 2. That'whero any two or more companies interested
in any particular traffic fail to agree among themselves as
to the rates and fares to be charged, the points in dispute
shall be referred to arbitration."