The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-28 00:00:00

Liverpool Spring
5
Chelmsford Spring l2
West Drayt0n....,....„ l9
Bromley2l

Epsom Spring 26
Lewes Spring 2B
Croxton Park 29

Northampton
2
Windsor Spring 4
Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6
Newmarket Craven ,. 8
Curragh

Thirsk
Durham .. 22
Newmarket Ist Spring 22
Catterick
Chester 3O

Chester (continued)
York Spring
Salisbury
Doncaster Spring
Bath

Ascot Summer 4
Windsor Summer
Manchester Summ,r
Hampton
Odihatn l7
Bantry Club lB

Carlisle 2
Newmarket July 2
Pontefract
Reading
Liverpool July lleetiog 10
Hungerford
Nottingham July

AU(
Goodwood (continued). 1
Ripon ..................... 5
Brighton
Brighton Club ............ 8
Lewos
Egham . l3
Wolverhampton l3
Stockton
Oxford ..... 15
Hastings

SEPT

Warwick
Margate
Curragh
Leicester
Abingdon 5
Doncaster
OCTI

Harpenden
Epsom Summer
21
Newton
29
Croydon
21)

'NE.
Stockbridge ............... 13
Chelmsford ............... 'A
NeWeastlo
s 23
Curragli
- 25
IWorcester Summer 27
Ipswich ..... 27
.1,1.

Down Royal Corporatn l7
Stamford
Huntingdon
Winchester
Southampton , 25
GJodwood

York August
Dover
West Drayton '22
Plymouth .... .
Canterbury
Lichfield .. 27
Derby Summer ...... 28
Weymouth
Tunbridge

MBER.
Richmond l7
Hendon l9
Monmouth
........... 19
Manchester Autumn 20
Newmarket Ist October 24,
Walsall 25
IBER.

Curragh .. . 15
Newmarket Houghton . 21.
Worcester Autumn ... 29

Northampton Autumn. 1
Edinburgh Autumn 2
Newmarket 2d October 7
Cheltenham l5
NOVEMBER.
Liverpool Autumn 5 Leamington Hunt,
Shrewsbury ll I

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867.

rANUARY.

Manchester ... .

FEBRUARY:
Carmarthen
Birmingham l2 I Derby
Windsor

MARCH.
Liverpool Spring
I Grand Military
Chertsey
Mahon .. .. 13 I

AP.
York l7
Sevenoaks

Jr.
Kildare Hunt

COURSING.

COURSING MEETINGS TO COME.
DECEMBER.

Name. Judge. Days of Running
Corrie, Lockerbie

JANUARY, 1867.
Huntingdon Club Mr. Warwick l, 2,
Lincolnshire, Holbeach Mr. Spafford
Coole, co. Cork (Open) -
Third S. Lancashire, (South-
port (Open) Mr. Westropp 9, 10, 11
Spelthorne Club Mr. Warwick
Border Union (Longtown)
Cumberland Mr. Warwick l5, 16
Barton-on-Humber, Lincoln. Mr. Spafford
Altcar Club, Lancashire
Wigtonsh. Club (Stranraer) Mr. Boulton
Little Crosby Mr. Welding
County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spafford
Ridgway Club, Lytham -- ...... 30, &c.
FEBRUARY.

Rufford, Lancashire -
Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick l4, 15
Waterloo, Lancashire - 2O, 21, (to
Tamworth, Staffordshire ... Mr. Warwick 26, dx.
MARCH.

Irish Grand National (Open),
county Louta
Ardrossan, Sharphtll
South Lancashire (South-

6, 7

7, &c.

port) Champion
Leinster (Open) Courtown... Mr. Springall l9, 20
Scottish Open, Lanarkshira - 26, &c.
SEPTEMBER

Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick
OCTOBER.
Ancaster and Willoughby,
inincolnehire Mr. Spafford ! l, 2

Bank of England Returns,•-Last Evening.

An Account, pursuant to 1
cap. 32, for the week ending
ISSUE DE]

the Act 7th and Bth Victoria
Wednesday, Dec. 26, 1466.
PARTMENT.

Notes Issued .....£33,307,880

Governmt. Debt..£11,015,100
Other Securities.. 3,984,900
Gold Coin and

Bullion
Silver Bullion ....

£33,307,880

£33,307,880

BANKING Ii
Proprietors'Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest 3,264,777
Public Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div

:PARTMENT.
Go vernmt. Secu-
rities(including
Dead Weight
Annuity) .... £13,011,222
Other Securities 20,241,256
Notes 11,374,515
Gold and Silver
Coin .„,. 939,079

Accounts) 8,706,361
Other Deposits 18,592,224
Seven Day and
other bills 450,610

£45,566,972

£45,566,972

UNITED STATES POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

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Following the coast of Australia, and at no great
distance from it—from 50 to 200 miles—•is the coast-
range ; from it rise rivers flowing directly into the sea, or
into the interior, where they are lost iu marshes, or else
evaporated in enormous chains of shallow lakes ; the one
exception to this last class of rivers is the Murray, fed by
its tributaries—the Murrumbidgee, Lachlan, and Darling
—which, having a perennial current, and a course of over
1,200 miles, has forced a passage into the sea in the colony
of South Australia. The south-eastern portion of this coast
range is composed of immense chains of mountains, rising
in places to the height of six and seven thousand feet.
Snow lies on their summits throughout the year—melting
rapidly in the northern slopes, but forming groat drifts on
the south side, which, slowly melting, feed the head waters
of the rivers of Twofold Bay and Gipp's Land. These
rivers aro permanent, and, flowing through tiers of ranges
to the coast, empty themselves either into immense lakes
communicating with the sea, or directly into the sea itself.
—Once a Week.

EQUINE SAGACITY.—A remarkable instance of
the docility of the horse may be seen almost any dayatthe
railway-station in Kepty-street. One of the horses attached
to a cab, usually awaiting the arrival of the trains, has ac-
quired such a thorough knowledge of the requirements of
his office that though drawn up at the east door waiting
for passengers by the up-train, due here at 7.45, on receiv-
ing a hint from driver that there is no faro, at once
walks across the street and turns westward for some dis-
tance, recrosses the street, and draws
again atwest
the
door to await the arrival of the next down train.
The
movement is executed with the utmost nicety, and often
Courier.
excites the surprise of a number of onlookers.—Dundee

- - -
Her Majesty's screw frigate Forte, 29, 2,364 tons,
400-horsepower (unarmoured), attached to the third
division of the Steam Reserve in the Medway, has
been removed down the harbour, and placed in the
Sheerness steam basin, where she is ordered to be
brought forward for commission. It is stated at
Chatham that shewill probablyrelieve the Curagoa,
23, 350-horse power, as commodore's ship on the
Australian station.