The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-28 00:00:00

MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA.

General Post-office, Dec. 1855.
Subject to a notice of discontinuance on the re-estab-
lishment of regular steam communication, arrangements
have been made for the conveyance of mails to Australia,
twice in every month during the ensuing year, by clipper
ships, from Liverpool, the owners of which have entered
into a contract with the Postmaster-General for the per-
formance of this service in a. stated number of days.
Unless a further notice be issued, the mails for Aus-
tralia will be made up in London, on the evening of the
undermentioned days, viz. :
January 7th July sth
9 t 2lst 2lst
.
February 6th
August 4th
21st „ l9th
6th September 4th
22d ~ 2oth
sth October... 4th
21st „ 2oth
sth November. 4th
19th „ l9th
4th December 4th
.19th „ 2oth
The packets will, in each case, leave Liverpool on the
following day.
All letters and newspapers for New South Wales,
Victoria, South Australia, Van Diemen's Land, and
New Zealand, will be forwarded by these packets, un •
less directed to be sent by some other ship.
Those postmasters whose instructions direct them to
forward letters to Liverpool by cross post, will send in
the same manner, letters, &c., posted at their offices
addressed to Australia, &c.

March

April ...

May.
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June .

ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge,
the Princess Mary, and the Duke of Cambridge, dined
with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, on
Christmas•day, at Gloucester House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge gave
a ball to the members of her establishment, at Kew, on
Wednesday night, to which their relatives and friends,
numbering nearly seventy persons, were invited. The
festivities commenced at nine o'clock, and were kept up
with great spirit until midnight, when a handsome
supper was partaken of by the company. The Duchess
and the Princess Mary condescended to honour the ball-
r,.oom with their presence during the evening.
His R-)yal lli,ghness the Prince de Joinville returned
to Claremont, at the close of last week, from visiting
the Countess de Neuilly in Sardinia.
Lori Panniure arrived in town yesterday, from visit.
ing her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
The new monster steamship Per; belonging to the
Peninsular and Oriei.tal Company, cost 96,000/.
The Paris c rrespondent of the Morning Post says the
Emperor of the French is not the author of the peace
pamphlets.
Tee Directors of the Bank of France have declared a
dividend of 100 f, for the second half of 1855, payable on
the 2,1 of January next.
BERLIN, Dec. 26.- A Te Deum was sung last Sunday
i i the chapel of the Russian Embassy here in honour
of the surrender of Kars.
MARSEILLES, Dec. 25.—Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons,
who has been expected for the last three days here, on
his return from the Black Sea, has not yet arrived.
The following notice was issuel from the General
Post-office yesterday, viz. :—The Gambia was expected
to sail on the 25th inst., with all letters, &c., for the
West Coast of Africa, and which arrived, or were posted
in Plymouth up to the afternoon of that day inc'usive.
A letter from Bourg-Madame (Pyrenees Orientates)
states that o❑ the 21.4 sixteen men belonging to the
band of Tristany succeeded in reaching that village
from Spain. These fugitives, among whom are three or
four chiefs, only owed their safety to their perfect know-
ledge of the country.
Piedmont has just lost one of her me t distinguished
statesmen in the person of Count Charles Berand3 de
Pralormo, Knight of the Order of the Annunciado, ex-
Minister, &c., who expired last week at Turin after a
short illness.

The DI oniteur de l'Arinee states that within the last
few months upwards of 20,000 soldiers, whose time of
service was expired, had re-entered the army, in conse-
quence of the advantages held out by the new military
law of the 26th April, 1854.
DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM WYNN.—We have to an-
nouL ce the death of Major S►r W. Wynn, Captain of
Sandown Castle, Isle of Wight. The gallant officer died
on Sunday, at the venerable age of 85 years. He was
gaztt'ed as lieutenant in 1794, and 1810 was made cap•
t ►in, and in the same year was knighted, and made
Commandant of Sandown Fort, an appointment which
is now extinct.
THE GALLANT DEFENDER OF KARS.—Major-General
William the gallant defender of Kars, although con-
nected with several northern families, has no immediate
relatives in England. Hie family are now resident in
America. General Williams was for many years con-
nected with the Royal Artillery. Colonel Teesdale, also
a captive, is of the Royal Artillery, and is son to Colo-
nel Teesdale of the same corps, now stationed at Wool-
wich.

THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Dec 27 The Peni-
nsular and Oriental Company's
steam-ship. Madrid,.— Capt.
N. Cook, sailed this afternoon with the
usual mails for
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IRONMASTERS' MEETING.—DUDLEY, Dec. 27.—The
attendance of ironmasters at the preliminary meeting
held in this town to-day st ti, unusually numerous. For
nriny years past, in comparison with the present, the
numbers were scanty. Mr. Philip Williams occupied
the chair, and it was unanimously resolved upon the
motion of the gentleman who manages the British Iron
Company, that present prices should be maintained for
the ensuing quarter. A conversation afterwards occurred
with regard to the expenses incurred by an opposition
to a clause in the late West Bromwich Improvement
Act, by which parties were compelled to consume their
own smoke. The expenses of this opposition were im•
mediAte;y defrayed,