The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-31 00:00:00

FEBRUARY.
Birmingham. l4 Nottingham Spring 2B
Lincoln Spring 2l I

MARCH.
Derby Spring 2
West Drayton . 2
Liverpool Spring 7
Shrewsbury Spring lO
Doncaster Spring
Vincennes ..........

Warwick -Spring
Vincennes
Chelmsford Spring 2B
Grand National Hunt
Bail tun - 3 0
Lewes Spring 3O
RIL.

Vincennes ...
9
Northampton
Croston Park 4
7
Newmarket Craven l7
Durham

!1 1 Canterbury. Spring
~. Abergavenuy 2O
Thirsk Ol
Cardiff. -
-.0
E 116011.1 . Bpring
J
41-,

Newmarket Ist Spring... 1
Chester
York Spring
Salisbury lB

Bath 23
littrpemku
Epsom

Vincennes
Chelmsford
Manchester Summer

Hampton..
Newton
Newcastle
Odiham
Bidbury
Stockbridge

27

Ascot l3
Beverley l4
Liverpool
Alexandra Park 2O

Newmarket July
Carlisle
Worcester
Abingdon
Stamford l3
Winchester lB

Nottingham
Southampton . 19
Chesterfield
Goodwood
Down Royal Corp

AUGUST.
Brighton 1 I York
Brighton Club
Lewes 4 Lichfield 2B
Huntingdon
Wolverhampton
Reading
Egham l5 Baden 3l
Royal Windsor l7 Stockton —
SEPTEMBER. -

Leicester 7 I Monmouth 2l
Doncaster
Brecon lB 1 Newmarket Ist Oct 2G
Richmond
OCTOBER.

Northallerton 5 Newmarket Ho. M
Newmarket 2d Oct ... 9 I Vincennes
Vincennes

NOTE:

HER.

Liverpool Autumn

Shrewsbury

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1865.

FEBRUARY.
Harrow
I Carmarthenshire 7, 9 Datchct l6 17

CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day).

(Before the Recorder.)
POST-OFFICE ILOBBERY.

Charles White, aged 49, described as a gasfitter, of Red
Lion-passage, was indicted for feloniously receiving the
contents of a post letter containing a money order, the
property of the Postmaster-General, well knowing it to
have been stolen.

The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended
him to mercy on account of his previous good character.
Mr. Metcalfe, for the prosecution, suggested that it might
further the ends of justice if sentence was deferred.
Sentence deferred.
STEALING POST-OFFICE LETTERS.

A man named Tyron, who pleaded guilty to stealing let-
ters containing cheques was sentenced to five years' penal
servitude.

Foreign Mail Packet List.
-
Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 18.
Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 12.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British pac .et Fe b. 3.
Ditto, by British packet
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and :Lt. Helena Feb. 19.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou hampton Feb 1.
LDitto, via Marseilles . • Feb. 12.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Feb. 2.
Ditto, via Marseilles & • ...•••.Feb• 12.
India (B.mbay), via Southampton Feb. 11.
Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 5.
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseil e Feb. 5.
Newfoundland Feb. 13.
Portugal
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon...
Un:tEd states and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet Feb. 1.
Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp-
tcn ...... .. ; .... .
Ditto, via C,rk
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Fc b
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Temeriffe Feb. 10.
West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba,
and Mexico Feb. 28.
Bahamas, via New York. Feb. 9.
Bermuda, ditto.... • Feb. 13.
Cuba and Mexico Jan. 18.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC AND. THE DIVIDENDS.—The
dividends which have been declared up to the pre-
sent time afford very gratifying indications of the sound-
ness and general prosperity of railway property throughout
the country. In the face of the steady growth of tho
manufacturing, commercial, and shipping interest, it is
not surprising that railways should enjoy a large share of
the improvement manifested in all other branches of

industry and enterprise. The increased business of the
country has told with unusually good effect on the earn-
ings during the half year ending December, 1864, of all
these lines which traverse. the manufacturing and mineral
districts. Thus the Cumberland lines—the Maryport, and
Carlisle, and the Whitehaven junction show receipts aug-
mented by not less than 13 per cent., and the Furness 12
per cent. The Great Northern has an increase of 111 per
cent. in its traffic, the North Eastern 104, and the Midland
10 ; the London and North Western shows au increase of
8 per cent. upon its already enormous traffic ; the Man-
chester and Sheffield 71, and had it not been for the strike
in the South Yorkshire coalfield, the per centage would
have been still greater ; so much so, indeed, that, accord-
ing to the statement of Mr. Watkin at the meeting held on
Wednesday, the Company would have been enabled to pay
a dividend of 31- instead of 21 per cent. The Lancashire
and Yorkshire, despite the difficulties under which the
cotton manufacturing industry is carried on, still obtained
an accession of traffic over the corresponding half year to
the amount of 71 per cent. ; the Blythe and Tyne, and the
Whitehaven and Cleator, each have added 7 per cont. to
prosperity of
their traffics ; the Cockermouth and Work:
pngerteeen,n6t.i
The
West Hartlepool, 5 ; and the North Stafford,
generalextut those in
tShoeutchoeurnntlines
t though ha also
notshared to
The result of six
the northern and midland districts.
is
to
show a total
months' working of the Princil93lleinveesr the gross increase of receipts a £1,368,000
. So earnings
al of 1863. far as the divi-
dendsof the corresponding half_ year
concerned, they tiwinstunthea
already announced are
been
earned
the augmented receiptswithout any cur-
tile
responding increase inworking expanses, thus afford-
of greater attention to the ingevidenceitems of expendi-
ture the partthe companies.
on of managers of The
Man-
chester and Sheffield has, for instance, earned in the last
half year £35,273, at an increased cost of only 21 per cent.,
se that the additional 71 per cent. of gross traffic has yielded
not less than 79 per cent. of net profit. We have reason to
believe that the accounts yet to be issued by the companies
above named will also show considerable improvement in
the important matter of working expenses.—Railway 24-en's.
At the half -yearly meeting to-day of shareholders
of the London and South-Western Bank the report
which was presented stated that, after making
ample provision for bad and doubtful debts, the
gross profits, including the sum of £2,541 10s. id.
curried forward from last account; amount to
£20,391 12s. Id., and that after deducting all
charges for expenses, interest to customers, &c.,
there remains a disposable balance of £7,533 18s.
2d. The directors recommend that £3,770 16s. Bd.
be appropriated to the payment of a dividend at the
rate of 6 per cent. per annum free of income-tax ;
that the sum of £5OO be written off preliminary
expenses ; that £5OO be added to the reserve fund,
and £1,102 Bs. 2d. be set aside on account of rebate
of bills not matured, leaving the balance of. £1,660
13s. 4d. to be carried forward to profit and loss
new account.