The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-31 00:00:00

OXFORD ELECTION.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
STATE OF THE POLL—THIS DAY, 12 o'cLocii
Sir 11. Dashwood
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Colonel Fane
Majority for Dashwood . . . • -99

SPORTING INTELLIGENC E.

TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY.

A scant attendance, and nothing doing. Mr. Cartwright
looked in during the afternoon, and directed Penarth to be
struck out of the Grand National Steeplechase at Liverpool
at 4 p.ro,

CITY BETTING—THIS DAY.
GRAND NATIONAL STBELECHASE.
100 to 7 agat The Dane (taken)
100 to 5 agat Brunette (taken)
100 to 5 agat Tippler (taken)
100 to 5 agst Jealousy (taken)

The Princess Adalbertioe at Ai
of
Bavaria,urh Infanta of
Spain, has given birth to a vrn e
THE SUMTER.—The Cunard steamship Morocco,
which arrived at Liverpool yesterday (Thursdy after a
rapid passage of less than five days from Gibraltar,a), reports
that the Confederate privateer Sumter was in port
The
Morocco brings no report of the alleged naval engagement
between the Sumter and another vessel in the
Mediter-
ranean.
SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE FINE
An'rs.—Last evening Mr. Montague Davis delivered a lec-
ture entitled the "Divine Whisperings in Art." The sub-
ject was handled in a masterly manner, and to the entire
satisfaction of the audience.
SCOTCH LEGAL APPOINTMENTS _Her Majesty's
raeasare having now been taken, Mr. Robert Macfarlane
will take his seat on the tench as soon as the usual formali-
ties are completed. Mr. Macfarlane was called to the bar
in 1838, but had practised as a W.S. since 1827. He has
thus, and by the various character of his practice as an
adiocate, been made conversant with almost all the depart-
ments of law. Tlie sheriffship of Renfrewshire, vacated by
Mr. Macfarlane's elevation, will be filled by Mr. Patrick
Fraser, and Mr. Fraser's office of standing counsel for the
Exchequer by Mr, Andrew nutherfurd Clark.--050eSniff2d.

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Paid. Leasing Closing' Business
Railways.
1 -
Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W
Birkenhead
Bucldngh ,•n.q".iire. .
Chester &II olyhead.. 100 iDo ... 53i 54 •
Do. 5i per cent 100 ' Do.
Do. 5 „ 100 I Do.
Clydesdale Junction 100 iCaledon. 101 103
Colchester, Stour Val. 100 I E.U.&E.O
E. Lincolnsh. g pr c. 100 Gt. North. 135 138
E.Union,llarwicliShs all E,Counts. 4 4*
Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • • • •
Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Cale.clon • • • •
Do. new
Gloster&DeanForestl all Gt. West. .. ..
Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113
Do. halves
Do. quarters
Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 201 204
Lon. and Chat. Ext. B
6 per cent
Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Do
London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64
Do. Preferen le
Lon.,Tilb.&S._,.•thend 100 Peto &Co B2 64
Lowestoft gua. * p c.. 100 oriolk
Do 6 pier cent lOO Do.
Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M .3
'4l
Mid. Bradford I
Prefer-
5 Prefer-
ence stock
5.
6 E Counts.ooMidland 95 9:7
Newmarkt, BuryEx
gua. 5 per cent... •P
Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do.
Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do.
Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do.
N. Eastn—Elartlepool 100 N. E. Ber. .. ..
North Western
L&N.W
Preston and Wyre, f all &L. yk. i 44 46
Do, i shares A. all ,Do. ••• • .. ..
RoyO'n.Hitch.&, Shen. 100 )Gtastortn. 13i 1:17
Shrews`,7 & Hereford 100 'T Brassey 120 122 121
Do. 'o.
South Staffordqhire
Wilts and Someroet lOO (.4t. West. 91 93
Wimbledn t Croydon. all L.&Brgtn 8i 9i