The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-29 00:00:00

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

On Sunday evening an accident occurred at the
Gorton station of the Manchester and Sheffield
Railway, by which an engine-driver lost his life.
Shortly after seven o'clock he was driving a ballast
engine belonging to his employer, (Mr. eaylor, the
contractor for the permanent way) into the engine-
works at Gorton, having come from Guidebridge, a
distance of about two miles and a-half. Finding
the signal off, and the signal-man absent from his
box, he ordered his fireman to hold the points
whilst ho crossed from the down to the up line
again, to enter the engine-shed lines, when nether
engine, proceeding from Ardwick to Guide-Was,
came into collision with the ballast-engine.
The second engine was thrown off the rails,
'hough not upset, and a few minutes afterwards
the driver of the ballast-engine was found lying
on the rails and breathing his last. The fireman
of the other engine, whose name is Gee, was also
found lying on the ground insensible, having sus-
ta ned concussion of the brain, but he is expected
to recover. The driver of this engine, John Rhodes,
was also injured slightly. The second engine Was
going to take a goods train from Guide-bridge to
Lincoln, and the driver of the ballast-engine had
no sight to cross in front of it, unless authorised
by the signal. His name was Holland, and he has
left a wife and four children. The signal-maep
Thomas Taylor, who had left his box without any
It.° in charge, to take a glass of beer in a public"
house, was taken into custody and brought
he tnagistrates. at the New Bailey, Salford, Yes"
terday. He was remanded pending the inquest on
Holland, which takes place this (Tuesday) after-
noon, at Gorton. before

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES IN WESTMINSTEIt ABBEY.
—We have reason to believe that the following will 10
found to be a correct list of the preachers at these ser-
vices during the month of January :—The first sermon,
on tl e 3d of January, wi 1 be preached by the Dean of
Westininstcr ; the second. on the 10th, by the sub-
Dean ; the third, on the 17th, by the Bishop of oxford ;
the fourth, on the 24. n, by the Dean of Canterbury ;
and the fifth, on the 31st, by the Rev. C. J. P. Eyre.
A POTEECARIEW-HALL. Names of gentlemen who
passed their examination in the science and practice of
medicine, and received certificates to practise, on
December 24 Watkin Edwards, Keston ;
Wm. Riddell Brunton, East Indies ; Shirley Edmonds,
Woolmer ; Thomas Diver, Hampstead ; George titer-
niaick, Guernsey ; George Farr White, Park-terrace,
liegent's-park ; George Parkinson, Grosvenor-street.!
John Harrison Gibraltar ; Edward Arthur Page, Be?
worth, Warwick ; Alfred William Keene, Guildfornt
Surrey.

MONEY MARKET

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, Two o'CLocE.
Letters from Live:pool mention that the Cotton
Market yesterday closed with an improving ten-
dency, and values of most descriptions were fully
maintained. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales,
of which 2,000 were taken by the speculators, and
1,000 by the exporters. The Railway Share
Market closed quietly, without any material altera-

tion in prices.
In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets
there is very little business, owing to the holidays,
but the few transactions concluded privately ex-
hibit no change of importance as regards quo-

tations.
The advices from America, which report a re-
sumption of specie payments by the banks, state
that on the 12th inst., the stock of specie in those
establishments exceeded $26,000,000, while the
circulation was only $348,000. The loans and dis-
counts amounted to $96,600,000. During the
year, up to that date, the shipments of specie from
the port of New York were about 8,300,0001.
There is a good demand for money to-day in
discount channels, but no pressure, and the appli-
cations are not greater than can be fully accounted
for by the usual arrangements at the termination
of the year. The terms charged in Lombard-street
are at least A per cent. below the minimum, and as
the supply is abundant, a further reduction of the
official rate is soon expected. Owing to the daily
receipts of gold at the Bank, the total of bullion
Will soon reach eleven millions and a quarter, and
if the greater part of the amount received by the
Suffolk and the America is sent in, the next two
balance-sheets will exhibit a material augmenta-
tion, besides a further marked improvement in the
notes and other securities.
During the week ending Dec. 11, the receipts on
the Great Western Railway of Canada were
10,9071. against 13,0751. in the corresponding
week of 1856, the falling off being 2,1681.
It is stated on the Stock Exchange that the
Bank of France have made a further reduction in
the rate of discount, viz,, to 5 per cent., but this
requires confirmation.
The English Funds have manifested renewed
buoyancy, the speculation for the rise being stimu-
lated by the general improvement of the Money
Market. It is thought that when the dividends
are paid, and the transfer books are re opened
numerous investments will be made, which
must have the effect of sustaining values.
Occasianally, however, the upward movement is
checked, and at the present moment the prices are
rather flat, in consequence of few sales. Consols
have been 9394, but they are now at the former
point. The New 3 per Cents. are marked 94±,
and the Reduced 941. Exchequer Bills are par
to 2s. premium, and India Bonds 255. discount.
In the Foreign Stock Market a fair amount of
business has been transacted, at rather higher
prices. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 97k and the
4 per Cents. 162 g ; Mexican 3 per Cents. are
20i ; Peruvian 4i per Cents. 77 ; Russian 4k per
Cents. 98k ; Spanish New Deferred, 261 I ; and
Milian 6 per Cents. 1021.
Tlae following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 6 ; Mexi-
can, 201 201 ; Peruvian 4k per Cents., 76
78 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 52 53 ; Portuguese 3 per
Ceara., 44k 45k ; Russian 5 per Cents, 106 108 ;
do. 4i per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents.,
41j141 ; ditto New Deferred, 26 261.
A rather active business has been done in the
Railway Share Market, and in most instances an
adviance of about 1 to 11 per cent. has been realised.
Lancashire and Yorkshire, North British, South-
-Eastern, and Midlands, improved 10s. ; Caledonian,
Great Northerns, North Westerns, North Eastern
(Berwick), and North Eastern (York), 1/. ; and
Eastern Counties, and Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln, 11. 10s. ; Great Westerns were rather
flat, and declined about 10s. ; and Brighton receded
1/. The other lines dealt in fully supported former
quotations.. the'Foreign lines the transactions
were limited, and prices ruled rather flatter. Paris
and Lyons and Northern of France receded about
5.. The Colonial undertakings have been exceed-
ingly active, particularly the Canadian. Grand
Trunk have advanced as much as 41., and Groat
Western, 1/. East Indian remained firm.
Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares have
been quiet, and little variation can be reported in
vakues. Canada Land advanced about 4/.

enITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'CLO;i%
(Pram the Official Liel:l
Busineesdcae.
8 Per Cott. Reduced Amenities
43 Per Cent. Console Inmates ... Shut
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 934. 4i
la Ma Bends, £IOOU .......... .....-- .....
r)itto, under £lOOO
%IA sois fur Amount ............ ... -•-
zohequer hills, 2td.
£IOOO
HO
2 3 p par

. 25 d
. 938 4

PRIORS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
Milian Bonds, 6 per Cent ...................... 102.,
Mexican 3 per Cent
Peruvian Bonds, 4t per Cent
77
Russian Bonds, 1822, E. St., 5 per Cont..—
Ditto, 44 per Cent.
11110Ani5h Bonds. 3 per Cent.
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per 26
Cent.
•Ditto Account .... ~, 261
Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent ... .
,Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO o'ol,ool, .
~. 931 x. d

Consols for account

Among the quickest passages of the sailing transports
to the East has been that of the Agamemnon, which left
Dartmouth on the 14th Aug. and arrived at Calcutta on
the 16th Nov. The Champion of the Seas and the James
Baines Pailed from Portsmouth on the 9th Aug., but di
not reach Calcutta until the 17th and 19th Novemberd

respectively.
REDUCTION OF TIE SHIP LITTER RATE OF POSTAGE.
—On the let January next and thenceforward, the Bri-
tish rate of postage upon letters
te despatched from any
r
port of the United Kingdom by a
steamer or sailing vessel, will be reduced
ship, whether
to 6d. the half-
ounce, in all cases whore it now exceeds that sum. The
*barge upon letters above half an ounce in weight
will increase according to the scale for charging inland
letters. Letters conveyed by private ship from this
tountry to France or Belgium will continue liable
to a combined British and foreign rate of foarpence
the half-ounce ; the letters conveyed by private ship to
Rolland, Hamburgb, or Bremen, will still be charged
With a combined British and foreign rate of eightpence
the half-ounce, as heretofore.—By command of the Post-
maater-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
DETERMINED SUICIDE IN THE LONDON FIELDS,
RAM/MT.—Yesterday morning information was issued
frotri the metropolitan police stations of a most deter- 1
mined suicide in the London Fields, Hackney, by a
weltdressed man about 28 years of age, who committed
self-destruction by shooting himself, under the
fellowiag circumstances :—lt appears the policeman
on duty in the London Fields heard the report of
fire arms. He immediately repaired to the spot whence
the sound proceeded, and discovered the deceased lying
.on the ground, blood issuing from the mouth, and ap-
parently lifeleps. The finger of the deceased's right
hand was partially bent, and within a few inches of a
pistol recently discharged. A shell was procured, and
the body taken to the dead house to be owned and the
inquest held.

ACCIDENT TO COMMANDER LAKE.— Commander Lake,
`R .N., inspecting commanderis rounds
fths ecoast-guard, Rams-
gate district, while on during a dark night
'last week, met with a very severe accident. He was
approaching one of the coast-guard stations near Deal,
when his horse, being frightened by some one running
out, threw him to the ground and broke his thigh.
THE IRONMASTERS OF YORKSHIRE.—The dispute be-
tween the masters and men at the Park-.:,ate Iron-works
and Midland Iron Company is at an end. The men re
turn to their work this day (Monday) at former prices.
The attempted reduction of 10 per cent. wifl, however,
take effect without further notice, should wages suffer
a corresponding reduction in tho Staffordshire districts,
Reductions of from 20 to 30 per cont. have been made
in the wages of those engaged in the iron trade of Wales
and the north of England.
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. —An extraordinary
meeting of the Caledonian Railway Cou pallury was held in
Glasgow, on Tuesday afternoon, fur the purpose of gun.
ranteeing in perpetuity fixed dividend at a rate not exeere-
ing 5 per cent, per annum, upon those of the Caledonian
Railway Granton shares in regard to which notice had teen
given by the holders thereof of their desire to receive
a fixed guaranteed dividend in perpetuity, in lieu cf
the proportion appertaining to the shares held by them
respectively, of the net profits arising from the
railways and works authorised by the Caledonian
Railway (Granton Branches) Act, 1857." Mr, William
Johnston, chairman of the company, occupied the chair,
and explained that the guarantee extended only to the
stock rained by the Caledonian CJnepany, and that the
Duke of Buccleuch's 30,0001. of stock was unguaranteed.
A resolution approving of the proposed guarantee was
unaohnowily carried.