The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-07 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND BANK.

The directors of this bank have directed a dividend of
£1 10s. per share (£5O paid) for the half-year ending De-
cember 31.

SOUTH KENSINGTON HOTEL,

The second half-yearly meeting of this company was held
yesterday at the hotel; Mr. T. Vaughan in the chair.
The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The
Sun, was taken as read. The profits for the short time the
hotel was open prior to the 31st of December last amounted
to £l2l.

On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Wood,
the report was,adopted.
A resolution was also passed declaring that for the future
the advertisements of the company's meetings in the Times
should be considered a legal notice, the Chairman stating
that the directors would send a notice round to the share-
holders as usual.

The remuneration of the directors for the past year was
fixed at £3OO, and that of the auditor at £lO, and they
were all re-elected.

A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TAT TERSALL'S-T HURSDAT.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.

20 to 1 agst Arbury (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Emblem (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Real Jam (taken and offered)
22 to 1 agst Tony Lumpkins (taken)
25 to 1 agst Czar (taken)
25 to 1 agst Morocco (taken)
25 to 1 agst Shropshire (taken)
30 to 1 agst Freshman (taken)
30 to 1 agst Flyfisher (taken)
30 to 1 agst Merrimac (taken)
33 to 1 agst Meanwood (taken)
40 to 1 agst Creole (taken)

1000 to 25 agst Market Gardener (taken)
TWO THOUSAND.
Bto 1 on the field (offered)

9to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken freely)
9to 1 agst Zambezi (taken)
10 to 1 agst Liddington (taken)l
12 to 1 agst Rifle (taken)
100 to 8 agst Archimedes (taken)
100 to 7 agst Bedminster (taken)
20 to 1 agst Koenig (taken)

CHESTER CtiP.
20 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken and offered)
33 to 1 agst Harcourt (taken)
33 to 1 agst Lion (taken)
33 to 1 agst Clown (taken)
33 to 1 agst Balham (taken)
33 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken)
THE DERBY.
11 to 2 agst Liddington (taken)
9to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken)
18 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken)
12 to -1 agst Duke (offered)

100 to 6 agst Bedminster (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Archimedes (taken)
22 to 1 agst Broomielaw (taken)
25 to 1 agst Rifle (taken)
33 to 1 agst Zambesi (taken freely)
40 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken)
40 to 1 agst Long-down (taken)
50 to 1 agst Friday (taken freely)
66 lo_ 1 agst Farewell (taken)

RACING FIXT

FEBR

Birmingham l4
Lincoln Spring 2l

MARI
Derby Spring 2
West Drayton
Liverpool Spring 7
Shrewsbury Spring lO
Doncaster Spring l4
Vincennes

AP
Vincennes
Northampton 4
Croxton Park
Newmarket Craven l7
Durham

Newmarket Ist Spring 1
Chester 9 I
York Spring • l6
Salisbury lB
JU
Vincennes
Chelmsford' 7
Manchester Summer
Ascot l3
Beverley l4
Liverpool
Alexandra P: rk 2O
Jt
Newmarket July
Carlisle
Worcester
Abingdon
Stamford l3
Winchester lB

AUG
Brighton 1
Brighton Club
Lewes 4
Huntingdon
Wolverhampton
Heading
Egham
Royal "Windsor

SEPTE:

Leicester ..................... .
Doncaster .................. 12
8rec0n........................ 18
Richmond .................. 19
OCTO

Northallerton 5
Newmarket 2d Oct 9
Vincennes

ROVE:
Liverpool Autumn

Shrewsbury

STEEPLECHASE F

KTURES FOR 1865,

MARCH.
Liverpool .................. 8 Chertsey 16, 17
S
Shcarborou gh rewsbury ............... 10 Grand Mil. (Rugby) 24, 25
............ 16, 17 Torquay2B

AP
West Somerset

I Abergavenny 20, 21

THE SAFFRON-HILL MUMMER.—Yesterday the
Sheriffs of London, Alderman Dakin and Alderman Besley,
appointed Wednesday fortnight, the 22d inst., for carrying
into execution the sentence of death passed on the Italian
Polioni, at the Central Criminal Court on Friday last.
THE COALPIT CATASTROPHE IN BELGIUM.—Since
the occurrence of the frightful explosion in the coal
mine at Dour, in Belgium, by which so many lives were
sacrificed, subscriptions in aid of the families of the suffer-
ers have poured in from all parts of the country, and the
charitable stream still flaws onwards. A goodly sum has
been raised by a musical society belonging to a coal-mining
district in a rernoto part of the country, the members of
which have visited Brussels in their quaint costume and
have given entertainments in aid of the cause.