The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-24 00:00:00

RAILWAY BILLS.

Yesterday before Mr. Smith, at Westminster, the
following bills passed standing orders :—Wensum
Valley, Somerset and Dorset and the North West-
ern and Charing-cross ; in the case of the Bristol
Harbour Junction and Wharf Depot, the standing
orders were not complied with.
Before Mr. Frere the only bill for hearing was the
East Strathmore, which was adjourned till Monday.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.
Mlles Opened. Recielpts.
Railways. ,A..._...,,........._
1860. 1865. 1866 1865

X G
Belfast and N, Counties . 94 991 1,705 1,622
Belfast and County Down.... 441 4' 560 687
Blyth and Tyne . 30 36 1,970 1,721
Brecon and Merthyr .. ...... 61 61 1,101 911
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1216 5,411 4,962
Caledonian, Scottish Central ll5l 408 25,377 23,823
Cambrian I3U 121 2,0,4 1,830
Cocliermouth K & Penrlth
Cockermouth and Workin
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 341 322
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l f 6 145 ltB
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 656 651 1,476 1.338
Beeside . 17 17 235 269
Do Extension - 156 156 82 76
... ,••• • - - -

Dublin & Be'fast J unction 63 63 1,260 1.230
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,552 1,429
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 911 2,657 2,285
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, &c 5O 5) 3,805 2,808
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union - 7 271 663 3i,011 29,762
Great Northern 404 401 33,-19 31,703
Great North of Scotland 5B 53 1,486 1,410
Do Branches 42 42 1,067 906
Gt, Northn. & Wcstn. (Irel.) B3 711 670 413
It.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3871 381 7,023 7.316
Great Western 1292 1270 63,314 60,31 t
Hull & Hornsea
Highland
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,613 1,459
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 40,842 35,235
Limerick and Ennis... 241 244 155 )75
Limerick and loynes 261 1. 112 100
Llanelly_ 461 161 1)3 51.(
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 2571 15,951 14,182
London, Chatham, & Dover; 1134 127 1 7,705 5,931
all Metropolitan Extension 112 11/ 1 1,855 1,345
Do. Kent Coast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Sheflield,& Lincolnsh
Manch. S.Jun.ec Altrincham 9l 94 1,423 1,175
traryport and Carlisle
DietroPolitan
Midland (inch N.-Western) 6774 6511 48,212 44,035
Midland GLWestn. of I rind 2601 2601 1,63,5 4,3, 8
nonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,810 2,620
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee . as} 6561 22,206 20.589
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12071 11601 61,631 56,4 6
North London ll 9 4,424 2,950
North Staffordshire 258 258 7,795 6,717
Pembroke and Tenby lll 111 105 37
Rhymney l9l 191 1,065 913
Scottish North-Eastern 135 138 -
Somerset and Dorset 66
66 1,148 738
South Devon ... .. 98 79/ 3.438 3,080
South-Eastern 315 308 17,713 15,553
Taff Vale 6l 61 5,468 5,196
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 477 620
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,155 1,005
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10, 0,,1 559
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL,
Austrian B2B 828 30,697 27,708
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern J unction 284 201 351 Sip
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 1851 10,817 4,393
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 4,693 3,511
Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 6,391 5, .do
Eastern of France
Eastern Bengal
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 22,831 20,654
Great Central of Belgium 285 261 6,193 6,402
Great Indian Peninsula 590 553 3.7,744 15,202
Great Luxembourg 134 134 6,219 4,102
Great Southern of India ...• " 79 604 517
Great Western of Canada 345 315 12,357 10,018
Madras
Madrid, Sara,gossa &Alicant 778 713 16,728 12,959
Northern of Canada .......•
Northern of France
44 616 602
Norwegian Trunk ....... .
481 181 107 5i4
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 2006 1974 138,8;9 124,953
Paris and Orleans ... .
Recife and San Francisco. &c. 77/
04 2,3 2 1,941
Sc.nde... ~ . ............... 1(5 1 5 2,507 8,7
Do. Punjab, ... .............. 2.53 45 2,351 3- 8
South Austrian, ac ........
Southern of Dance 863 823 15,894 14,995
Victoria .................... 251 251 14,896 12,331
Welland ........ .
West &N- Wn. of France
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THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S BENEFICES.—The
annual return of proceedings under Lord Westbury's Act
of 18G3 shows that 70 of the poorer and seven of the
richer livings in the gift of the Lord Chancellor have been
sold since the act came into operation, producing £141,809.
In the last twelvemonth sales have been effected of ten
of the poor livings, and the purchase-money paid over to
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners —Laleham, Church
Lench, Earls Barton, llyson green, Grandborough, Ileanor,
Ansley, Ditchling, Middleton, and St. Nicholas, Notting-
ham. The income of nearly all those livings is returned as
under £2OO ; they will now be augmented. Sales of four
of the richer livings were effected within the last twelve-
month—Lenton, Elvington, Harston, and Malmesbury.
The amount received from the sale of the richer livings
has now reached £23,050, and of this sum £11,500 has
been applied in augmentation of the income of poorer
benefices in the Lord Chancellor's gift, leaving a balance
of £11,550 unappropriated.

The Americans are expecting the Marquis of
Lorn, eldest son of the Duke of Argyll, to make an ex-
tended tour through their country, accompanied by two.
other English noblemen. The party is now in Jamaica.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE-This Day.

WINDSOR RACES.—THIS DAY.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,
GRAND MILITARY STEEPLECHASE.
Meerschaum (Capt. Tempest) 1
Iropsides (Capt. Johnstone) 2
Hungerford (Mr. Atkins) 3
Sir Stephen (Mr Atkins) 0
Betting-5 to 4 agst lrousides, 4to 1 agst Meerschaum,
4 to lagst Hungerford.
Won by 20 lengths.
CASTLE STEEPLECHASE PLATE.
Banker (Mr. Barry) 1
Agnes (Boyce) 2
The following also ran :—Rochester, Strike, Douglass,
Rosalie, and Simpleton.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Rosalie, 3to I agst Banker, sto 1
agst Agnes. Won by 10 lengths.
MATCH.

Bravo (Capt. Shaw) 1
Arrow (Capt. Tempest) 2
WINDSOR OPEN HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE.
Bristles (Mr. Owen) 1
Doubloon (B. Land) 2
Navarino (Mr. Barry) 3

Old Squire, Oscar, Dewdrop, and Scrub also ran.

Betting-7 to 2 agst Navarino, 6to 1 agst Bristles.
Won by a neck ; a length between second and third.

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins DAY.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
9to 1 agst Mistake (taken)
10 to 1 agst Cortolvin (taken)
11 to 1 agst Laura (taken)
12 to 1 agst Creole (taken)
14 to 1 agst Alcibiade (taken freely)
22 to 1 agst Merrimac (taken)
30 to 1 agst Effenburg (taken)
30 to 1 agst Real Jam (taken)
30 to 1 agst Agag (taken)
30 to 1 agst Innellan (taken)
30 to 1 agst Thomastown (taken)
30 to 1 agst Garotter (taken freely)
30 to 1 agst King of Hearts (taken)
40 to 1 agst Philosopher (taken)
20 to 1 agst Seward's lot (offered)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
2400 to 200 agst Janitor (taken)