The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-29 00:00:00

TBZ NEW PACIFIC MAIL ROUTE.

(r,4011 A COIRIBPOSDFXT.)
The Pacific mail steaMthip raga about W be
established between Sydney and Panama will not
only give us as additional mail communication with
Australia, but will more intimately connect that
portion of the globe with the American °anti'
neat ; and also this country with the fertile islands of
the PaciEc, now pawing into great importance through the
Free& settlements there. The Pacific mail route has bees
chiefly desired by Eastern Australia and New Zealand. All
other puts of Australia prefer the Indian route. The
Peninsular end Oriental Gummy have offered to convey
an additional mail to Australia from Ceylon at a empire-
tively smell sam, sod most probably Victoria and South
and Vest Australia will accept that offer, which would
make the nail communication with our antipodean colonies

tri-monthly. Steam communication with the most distant
porta of the world sr* int:reorder in number by means of oar
own and foreign omen mail lines, and our own
are diminishing in expense to the nation. The English
and French lines give as a mail oni2lllltl6lol4klo with India
live times a month ; with China, Brazil, the River Plato,
and some part of the West Indies, three times a mouth
and with Mexico tyke a mouth. And we have by English
and German lines a communication with the United States
ten times monthly. Owing to the increase of traffic with
the West Indies and the Cape of Good Hope the new on-
tracks for conveying mails to these places lines bees entered
into at reduced subsidies. Notwithstanding the French
Oriental Mail line, the Peninsular and Oriental Company
have ais much traffic as they can manage, and as the go-
vernment have determined on sending troops to and from
India mid China by the Red Sea, it is probable that print''.
stomas will be hired to do the work, and this will cense
the establishment—ol another Oriental mail steam
line. In a few years the large sum of nearly
a million sterling a year now paid by this coun-
try for the conveyance of ocean mails will probably
be reduced one half. The commerce of the East, through
the advancing prosperity of India and the opening up of the
trade with China and Japan, is enriching the Oriental
steam packet companies, both French and English. The
development of the resources of Central America, South-
Western America, California, and British Columbia, is
rapidly increasing the profits of the Royal Mail Company, and
the traffic between New Zeeland and ►ustralia with Panama
will still further income it. Steamers are now running
profitably between Liverpool and the Isthmus of Panama
without a mail contract, and German and English steam
linos convey mails between the United States and this
country wKb regularity and despatch for merely a portion
of the postage paid on the correspondence in such mails.

ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL —The Bishop of London
has a 'clod the following Runtimes to preach in the
Cethadenl on Sunday mornings in the month of January :
&today, Jan. 3, Rev. William Josiah Dose, D.D., of
Quiree's College, Oxford, vicar of Holy Trinity, Broropton ;
Sunday, Jan. 10, Rev. James Luptou, hL A., of Christ
Chunk, Oxford. rector of St. Micheal Queoakithe, and
inheor arson of Westminster ; Sunday, Jan.l7, Rev. Wil-
lhun Sparrow Simpsoo. M.A., of Queen's College, Cam-
bridge, rector of St. Matthew, Friday street, and Lord
Lice's chaplain ; Sunday, Jan. 24, Rev. Dement Cole-
ridge, M.A., of St. Jobn's College, Cambridge, principal of
St. Mark's College, Chelsea ; Sunday, Jan. 31, Rev. Jams
Harriman Hamilton, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge,
perpetual curate of St. Michael's Church, Chesteroquare.
YRDISTRILNIBM. —A very large concourse of
spectators assembled at the Week Lesdon Cricket Ground
yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of 'vitamin's' a five-
mile walking match between James Miles, of Brixton, and
William Halley, of the City, for 254 a side. The men
started st 12 miontes put 4 o'clock, Halley completing the
first quarter of a mile in 1 min. 44 sec, with a load of about
2 yards. The first mile was finished in 7 min. 45 sec.,
Halley still in the same panties. On the completion of
the second mile (time 16 min. 9 sea). Halley broke away
from his opponent, bat they again amid together, sod so
continued until they entered the straight to complete the
third mile, when Miles pined the poet with a lead of •
dozen yards (time 24 mie. 37 see.). Halley struggled or,
but could sever get within 50 yards of Miles, and at the
conclusioe of the fourth mile gave up the contest. The four
miles were duos in 33 min. 8 sec., no time being taken for
the last one.

PCNIKHED FOR LIVING TOO LONG.—A pan per in
the Ucklield Union, named William Novice, aged 82, was
charged before the magistrates wttlt refusing to work. The
poor old man, who had lived twelve years beyond the three-
score years and ten allotted to mail. said he was unable to
work, but their worships thought differently, and sentenced
bias to 21 days' hard labour.—Brighfon Examiner.