The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-16 00:00:00

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.
Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. . .Dec. 19-
via Marseilles .. Dec. 13.
Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. .. Jan. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena., Jan. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Suuthampton.Dec. 19.
via Marseilles ...Doc. 13.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Dec. 19.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 19.
via Marseilles Dec. 13.
India (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. 26.
via Marseilles Dec. 20.
Lisbon
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 19.
via Marseilles Dec. 19,.
Newfoundland ...Dm 2o•
Dec. 21.
Oporto and Vigo .......
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Dec. 19.
by U.S. packet
by Canadian packet. Dec. 18.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 10.
Bahamas, via New York
Mexico
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Dec. 14.
California,and British Columbia.

BAILIVAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

Miles Opened. Receipts.
Railways. ~..-...--. ~.-.-A-----•
1861. 1860. 1861. 1860.
.-----
....
£ X
Ballymena and Port Rush - - -
Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 1,957 1,190
Belfast and County Down 49 391 565 1
Birkd., Lane., & Ches. Juno - - -
Blyth and Tyne 2O 20 1,550 1,500
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian 2101961 12514
155:518322 1540
Cockermoutli& Workington 8/ - /274
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 397 --
Cork, Blackrock, &Passage 6l 61 186 214
Cork and Youghal 26 23 182 18_3,
Cornwall 531 534 1,021 j,O"
Deeside l7 17 295 281
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,500 1,15
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Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,745 ..
Dub. &Wicklow(in.Kingst ) 481 401 2,2213 ,5„°,1
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 652 ea
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,038 1,
East Anglian 671 671 946 vau
E.Counties,Nrik.,&E.Union 499 499 24,353 22,871
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 3,258 3,21"
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness 3l 31 1,238 1.183
Glasgow & South-Western 1831 183/ 7,550 8,21-3
Great Northern 330 330 24,971 24,777
1 Great North of Scotland
Gtf.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) 329 329 7,626 7,1512.
Great Western 7831 76'# 45,151 43,72,0
Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 55 55 858 8„1",,
Irish South-Eastern 25 25 331 2,1
Lancashire & Yorkshire 3951 3951 32,11d313 35,105145
Leominster and Kington
Limerick and Ennis.
Limerick and Foynes 2 2 151 137
Llanelly 46 4f 436 440
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 51 1,104 1,412
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2411 2234 15,579 13,698
London, Chatham, & Dover 721 291 .1,518 771
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 42 40 904 805
Man.,Shellield,& Lincolnsh 23t 2311 14,924 15,270
Manch. S. J un.& Al trin chant, 9 91 1,071 4 "A,
Maryport and Carlisle ' 28 28 1,155 1;4-
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6141 6141 39,770 40,400
Midland ot. Westn. of I rind 192/ 1921 5,180 4,619
i 626
Monkland 56 56 1,673 ~,,„,
Aronmouthsli. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,299 z0.,..'''.;
Newcastle and Carlisle 75 78 3,406 3,)2'
North British (incL Selkirk
and Galashiels)
North Devon 35 35 431 395'
N-E as tern(Bedale &Leybrn) 789 764 36,281 37,107
North London , 9 9 2,30 2,252
North Staffordshire ' 246 246 7,231 8,063
Os westry and Newton 3O 20 504 165
Rhymney l9l 191 712 657
1,818
St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 1,539
Scottish Central 531 531 3,387 3,1.11
Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,834 3,64'
Shrewsbury & Birmingham - - -
Shrewsbury and Chester - _-
Shrewsbury & Hereford
Shropshire Union 291 291 786 1,0
.. ~,:
South Devon .... 751 724 3,146 2,50;
South-Eastern 306 306 16,723 17,13;
South Wales l7ll 1711 6.755 6,623
S. Yorkshire and River Dun 118 118 -
Stockton and Darlington
Tait Vale 5l 54 5,204 4,622
Ulster 5l 51 1,791 1,930
Ulverstone and Lancaster
Vale of Clwyd.
Vale Of Neath 36 36 1,634 1,032
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 370 352
Waterford and Limerick
271 271 1,500
1,3°
West Cornwall 6ll 531
W.Hartlepoolllarbr.&Rail 39 39 4,423 4,15,,4
West Midland... - - - ,
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 372 440
Whitehaven Junction l2 12 630 639
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 601 631
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 970 97E1
Austrian B2B 673 46,436 43,937
Belgian Eastern Junction 265 264 279 V!5
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 4,239 3,288
Dutch Rhenish lOB4 1081 2,823 2,869,
Eastorn of France 1032 1006 52,898 48,302
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 970 970 18,516 16,114
Great Indian Peninsula... • 4371 2971 4,971 4,60
Great Luxembourg l2B 128 3,539 3,0.92
Great Western of Canada 345 345 9,474 8,942
Lyons and Geneva 142 142 4,852 5.115
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 301 284 12,732 12,351
Northern of Canada ... 94 94 2,273 1,602
Northern of France 691 623 54,269 51,745
Norwegian Trunk 44 44 938 1,140
Paris, Lyons, & Meditcrrn 879 840 102,273 90,726
Paris and Orleans 922 922 51,312 52,136
Pernambuco 361 - 563 -
Royal Danish 69 69 456 569
Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,281 1,060
South Austrian
Southern of France . 777 773 30,275 22,596
Welland .• 25 25 865 292
West Flanders .. 75 75 811 781
W. and N.W. of France.... 750 750 43,909 34,744

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BIRTHS.

COMBER.—On the 11th inst., at Whitehaven, Cumberland,
tho wifo of Commander Henry Wandesforde Comber,
11..1‘T of a son.

FALCONER.—On tho 12th inst., at St. Leonard's Forest,
Horsham, the Hon. Mrs. Keith Falconer, of a son.
MANSFIELD.—On the 12th inst., at St. John's-wood, tho
wife of George Mansfield, jun., Esq., of a son.

6,099
396
37,101
2,252
8,068
465
657
1,813
3,168
3,63?, •

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292
788
34,744