The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-26 00:00:00

Bank of England...
Private Banks .. . ..
Joint-stock Banks..

Total in England.
Scotland... .......
Ireland ..............

United King-dom.

40,016,760 40,323,759! 276,991

And as compared with the month ending the 24th of
Juno, 1865,
the above returns show an increase of
£3,940,253 in the circulation of notes in England, and an
increase of £3,482,873 in the circulation of the United
Kingdom.

On comparing the above With the fixed issues of the
several banks the following is the state of the circulation:—
The English private banks are below their
fixed issue
. £1,445,53'
The English joinr-stock-banks.a"re below their
fixed issue

985,832

Total below fixed issue in England £2,
431,363
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 1,801,253
The Irish banks are above their fixed issue ... 1,042,484
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the 20th
of June was .£13,622,688, being an increase of £910,970
as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of
£2,387,233 when compared with the same peiiod last year.
The following are the amounts of specie held by the
Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 23d
of June :
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks X 2,572,693
Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,104,500

Being a decrease X 4,677,193
TlOllB return, and an increase of £110,043 when compared
of X 18,965 as compared with the pre-
cious
the corresponding Period last year.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.

LONDON, July 26,
—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; moderate breeze and
line weather, but rather
cloudy.
LIVEREOOL, July 25,--Wind S.W.—Arrived—Carthage,
from Rangoon.
OrP Lrimnpoor.,, July 25.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—
Damascus, steamer, from Quebec,
CLYDE, July
" WiildW. S,W.—stisrived—Thomas
Drake, from Trinidad.

IW ELECTIIIC TELEGRAPH.
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, July 25—Fregerieke,
from Quebec.
Arrived, July 26—Parga, from Jamaica; Forest Queen,
from Fugwash, from Malmo; Active,
sailed—Northumberland, for Xurraehee ; Courier, for
Cape Coast Castle; Offor, for Buenos Ayres; Helen, screw
steamer, for Malta ; Beta? steamer, for Oporto,
from London, for Pieppe;
DP-A; Thursday Morning.
from Boston,
;u
Helen, screw steamer, from
for London; Arah, from
1
Anchored—Courier, from London, for Cape Coast Castle.
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The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under

Great Western ........................ 1866. 1865............. 80,351 75,595
North Western ................................. 127,668 123,946
South Western .................................... 81,462 31,938
Brighton ...................................... . ... 25,562 24,897
Midland .......................................... 51,262 49,893
South Eastern .................................... 29,28 I 28,431
Great Northern ....... ......................... 39,958 88,975
Lancaster and Yorkshire .................... 49,422 45,404
Bristol and Exeter .............................. 7,596 7,847
North Eastern' .................................... 72,443 70,193
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln . . ....... 21,705 20,693
Great Eastern .................................... 38,245 38,641
London and Chatham and Dover .......... 13,972 12,988
These returns, when compared with those of the
corresponding period of last year, generally show
some satisfactory results. On the Great Western
there is an increase of £4,756 ; on the North-
Western of £3,722 ; on the Brighton of £665 ; on
the Midland of £1,369 ; on the South-Eastern of
£853 ; on the Great Northern of £978 ; on the
0f£4,018 ; on the
on the Manchester,
on the London,
while the ;Chatham,sheffi North-Eastern Lancashireeldaanndacin:Di
onofcYvoeol
irnr
2koo,s2fhf Yorkshire
91;
,8041
2;
South-
westernan3d96
Exeter showsof
a decrease of £476 ; the Bristol
f £251
and the Great Eastern of
i

ALARMING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday
the train from hfalton to Whitby ran into six cows which
were crossing the line near Norton, killing two, and throw-
ing the middle carriage off the line. The passengers were
haken, bnt none Were inP-recl,