The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-09 00:00:00

Plt0:110TION.

Commander Louis Augustus Robinson (1837), to the
rank of captain on the red rod list.
THE ARCTIC EIIIEDITION.—The Assistance and Re-
solute sailing vessels have 'been newly painted inside.
and have now nearly the whole of their rigging put up.
The screw steam-vessels Pioneer and Intrepid are also
in a forward state. Although statements have been
made that the vessels of o,aptain Sir Edward Belcher's
expedition are still short ,of officers and men, we have
the best authority for stating that there is not a single
vacancy remaining to be tilled up. After sending a
number of seamen who had applied to be entered in the
ships at Woolwich to Ch•atham, to enter in the North
Star, upwards of forty other applications had to be re-
fused. Out of upwards of •ninety applications from offi-
cers to serve in the Arctic 'Expedition in 1852, it must
have taken some time for Edward Belcher to choosy
the most eligible for this service,.._ but he has completed
his choice, although the nt trees of all have not been offi -
cially given. As an ins ts.nce, it may be stated that
Assistant-Surgeon John :Bernard Rwillicards (1847), at
be assistant-
present serving in the Rodney, got
surgeon of the Pioneer sce ew-steamer.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 8.--The Dauntless, screw steam-
frigate, Captain E. P. llal,Ft.ed, arrived in the Sound this
morning from QuPenstow n, She has brought all the
supernumerary officers or the western squadron from
Queenstown, which she left on the 3d instant. She will
no's'
refit, take in stores and provisions, he peid
end return to Quoenstoa le The Hogue, GO, Cpp'":;,"l
WDoue all and Leander, 501 Captain S. C aier(Ss,
are
full of defects, and they a lust go to a dockyard port t

tos_ini,,,Prjs-ce, arriv€ d
refit.
The East India ship
E s
tVi7;nt tddiseosr,,,
eCaavp,
yesterday from the ,
the
g it"laras on
3d of October; Mauritius, 21 of December; and tale Cane the
of Good Rope 9th of 'la anaryrn.
oTrehfeavuotiti;4irils:
frontik- were reported to , SI ear a
and 13,000 head of cattle k.ad lieu captured i .e 4''l3ectr,
and and Colonel Ey7te„ I.
...no Wind '4 G.Lvrai
Falmouth previous to her arrival here, and sent on her
sor touched at
dispatches to London,
The Vesuvius, steam. ,s,loop, Lieutenant-Commander
Bernard, sails to-day for Lisbon, instead of for Queens-
town, as previously repor le d.
The Happy Return, of F
came in this
morning t. )tFalmouth, Captain Gilbert,
~. 'allyln
dismasted. She experi-
enced very severe
Falmouth. Vie4tile'' n the Channel alter she left

THE ARMY.
The following rewards have been conferred, since Pee
estiaaetes of 1851-2 were isssued, on sergeants in the
Cavalry and Lno rugidie-les7,- exclusive of tile rewordo
given to non-commissioned fficere of the Royal Regi-
ment of Artillery, leaving only 60L unappropriated of
he 2,0001. a year distributed in compliance with her
Majesty's warrant of July 1, 1848, as rewards for dis-
tingni,hed or meritorious services:-
Ist Dragoon Guards-Sergeant-Major Jno, Stepson, 2e/.
2,-.1 Dragoon Guards-Sergeant-Major R. Newsome, 20/.
3d Dragoon Guards-Troop Serg.-Major W. Ryan, 10/.
4th Dragoon Guards-Troop Serg.-Major R. -Butt, 20/.
sth Dragoon Guards Serge Major T. Flood, 15/.
6th Dragoon Guards-Sl,rgeaut-M.jor Robert Holt. 201.
7th Dragoon Guards-Sergeant John Hamilton. 20/,
Ist Dragoons-Troop Serge-Major S. Woolley, 20/.
3d Dragoons-Sergeant-Major John Dodd, 204
6th Dragoons-Sergeant-Major Archibald Weir, 10/.
Bth Hussars--Troop Sergeant-Major Daniel Luck, 15/.
9th Dragoons-Serga Major Patrick Cunningham, 204
12th Lancers-Sergeant-'Major Robert Knight, 15/.
16th Lancers-Serg.-Major Robert Wilson, 151.
Coldstream Guards-Quartermaster-Serg. J. Taylor,
20Z
Coldstream Guards-SergeMajor Win. Loomes, 201.
Scots Fusileer Guards-Colour-Sergeant D. Folly, 15/.
Ist Foot, Ist bat.-Quartermaster-Sergeant J. 151,‘A.1-
pine, 20Z
Ist Foot, 2d bat.-Sergeant-Major John Wilson, 101.
Is Foot, 2d bat.-Drum-Major George Morgason, 151.
2d Foot-Sergeant-Major William Wenn, 10/.
2d Foot-Colour-Sergeant Stephen Preston, 10/.
3d Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Robert Elliott, 151.
6th Foot-Colour-Sergeant James Sowrey, 201.
7th Foot-Colour-Sergeant William Ponton, 151. 7th Foot-Sergeant-Major John Liptrott, 15/.
Bth Foot-Sergeant-Major John Beatty, 15/.
9th Foot-Colour-Sergeant George Godfrey, 15/.
9th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Jas. Lightening, 154 9th Foot-Sergeant-Major George Curnsons, 10/.
9th Foot-Colour. Sergeant Samuel Hargreaves, 201.
11th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Peter Gavin, 20/.
12th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeaut James Porter, 151.
13th Foot-Sergeant-Major Michael Brown, 20/.
13th Foot-Colour-Sergeant James Smith, 20/.
14th Foot-Sergeant-Major Hugh Smith, 10/.
15th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant B. Stratford, 15/. I
15th Foot-Sergeant-Major John Coupe, 15/.
17th Foot-Sergeant-Major John Wing, 201.
17th Foot-Sergeant-Major Henry Wearing, 10/.
19th Foot-Sergeant-Major John Whitlow, 15/.
20th Foot-Sergeant-Major Thomas M`Mullen, 10/,
22d Foot-Sergeant William Kelly, 20/.
22d Foot-Colour-Sergeant William Roe, 101.
23d Foot-Colour-Sergeant Allan Johnstone, 15/.
24th Foot-Colour-Sergeant William Delaney, 151.
24th Foot-Sergeant Thomas Neill, 204
25th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Bryhurst, 201.
26th Foot-Colour-Sergeant James Scarson, 20/.
27th Foot-Sergeant-Major John Weir, 15/.
29th Foot-Sergeant John Bampton, 15/.
30th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant John Wood, 20/.
30th Foot-Colour-Sergeant John Scanlan, 15/.
31st Foot-Schoolmaster-Sergeant Patrick French, 151.
32d Foot-Sergeant-MajorJoseph Dowell, 20/.
33d Foot-Colour-Sergeant Robert Wilson, 15/.
34th Foot-Colour-Sergeant Patrick M`Cawley, 10/.
36th Foot-Sergeant Luke Dunne, 20/.
37th Foot-Sergeant-Major Joseph Newbold, 201.
39th Foot-Quartermaster-Serg. Maurice Delton, 20/,
40th Foot-Sergeant-Major John Wilson, 101.
40th Foot-Colour-Sergeant John Jeffries, 10/.
41st Foot-Sergeant Jeremiah Kean, 15/.
41st Foot-Sergeaut-Major John Kyle, 15/.
42d Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Robt. Robertson 15/.
43d Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Michael Costeloe,
201.
44th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant John Adams, 101.
44th Foot-Colour-Sergeant Robert Looney, 15/.
45th Foot-Colour-Sergeant George Longland, 15/.
45th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Geo. Churchill, 15/.
47th Foot-Quartermaster Sergeant J. Leonard, 15/.
49th Foot-Sergeant-Major Thomas Lewis Sands, 204
49th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Jas. Birchby, 151.
50th Foot-Sergeant-Major Wellington White, 201.
50th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Edward Burke, 15/.
521 Foot-Colour-Sergeant George Noldrett, 20/.
52d Foot-Sergeant-Major George Elliott, 15/.
53d Foot-Sergeant-Major George Felstead, 15/.
54th Foot-Colour-Sergeant Thomas Walker, 15/.
55th Foot-Sergeant-Major John Davison, 15/.
56th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Win. Orme, 151.
58th Foot-Colour-Sergeant Joseph Sims, 10/.
59th Foot-Sergeant-Major James Wood, 151.
60th Foot, Ist battalion-Serg.-ilajor Ewd. Hindle, 201.
62d Foot-Sergeant George McColclough, 10/.
64th Foot-Sergeant-Major George Perkins, 20/.
64th Foot-Qearterrnaster-Sergeant Patrick Hayes, 15/.
65th Foot-Sergeant-Major Benjamin Lewis, 204
66th Foot-Colour-Sergeant Patrick Hogan, 15/.
66th Foot-Sergeant-Major Michael McDermot, 201.
67th Foot-Colour-Sergeant Thomas Owens, 201.
68th Foot-Sergeant-Major John Ellis, 204
69th Feot-Sergaant-Major William Phillips, 20/.
70th Foot-Sergeant-Major Henry Watkins, 15/,
721 Fout-S-tgeant-Major William Home, 151.
73d hoot-Colour-Sergeant John Riley, 15/.
75'h Foot-S,Tgeant.Major Robert Forsyth, 151.
76th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Wm, Thornton, 201.
79th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant R. Stephens, 15/.
80th Foot-Sergeant James Irwin, 15/.
82d Foot-Sergeant-Major John Bell, 207.
834 Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Alex. Berber, 204
85th Foot-Sergeant-Major John Rooke, 20/.
87th Foot-Colour-Sergeant John Maguire, 15/.
88th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant Christ. O'Brien, 15/.
89th Foot-Colour-Sergeant Matthew Dinnen, 20/.
90th Foot-Sergeant-Major David Dickson, 104
91st Foot-Co!our-S9rgoant John Murphy, 20/.
916 t Foot-Colour-Sergeant William Gilmour, 10/,
921 Foot-Quartermester-Sergeant Dan, Morrison, 15/.
95th Foot-Sergeant-Major Thomas Williams, 15/.
97th Foot-Sergeant-Major Thomas Quaney. 20L
97th Foot-Colour-Sergeant John Joynt, 151.
98th Foot-Quartermaster-Sergeant John Spencer, 151.
99th Foot-Sergeant-Major William Brown, 10/.
Rifle Brigade, Ist bat.-Quartermaster-Sergeant Forster
He wison, 15/.
Rifle Brigade, 2d bat.-Quartermaster-Sergeant Robert
Cook, 15/.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment-Sergeant-Major
William Smith, 20/.
Royal Melia Fencibles-Colour-Serg. G. Quiritano, 10/.
War-office, otal 1,940/.
Feb.b 11, 1852.

THE MJNIE RIFLE.
ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH, MARCH B.—The prac-
tice carried on with this new arm on baturday last was
at 500 yards, and very satisfactory. The officers and
non-commissioned officers on the same day proceeded to
the Marshes end fired a number of rounds at 800
yards range. The practice at that distance gave a result
of one in every five balls fired striking the target, and
they all went the entire length of the range. To-day
the practice was again carried on at the Royal Arsenal,
at 500 yards range, and the practice was remarkably
good. Major Brownrigg, of the Grenadier Guards,
who has the command and instruction of the officers rind
non-commissioned officers in the use of the Minie rifle,
has a thorough knowledge of that efficient arm, and is
an excellent marksman, as in a number of rounds he
fired to-day he hit the target at 500 yards range with
five out of six balli,. At the conclusion of the practice
for to-day, at 500 yards, the non. commisioned
officers were marched to a station within 200 yards
of the target, to ascertain their efficiency when
file firing without any support (the firing hi-
therto having taken place from a rifle stand
for resting the piece upon). The file firing proved
very good, 116 balls out of 185 fired having struck the
target, which is about six feet square. None of the balls
were wido of the targat, and the velocity with which
they struck the earth of the mound behind the target
must have been great, as was shown by the quantity of
earth thrown up by a ball ef ten to llb. weight. A
deputation of the Hanover-park Rifle Corps were pre- !
sent to witness the practice of the Minie rifle, and were
so Beatified of its advantages and efficiency that they in-
tend adopting in their corps rifles of the same bore as
of
sbe
weneadopted
ibysshownGovernment.on a
Dpularningsutbnihreietteddabyys
last
Lord Ranelagb, and some very good practice made with
it at 600 yards range. It is much thicker in the barrel,
and about a foot shorter than the Minie rifle, and the
,BayndLothrde
mode of taking the sight very differ:nut:red
Ranelagh's plan a graduated slide is pushed forward
front of
according to the degree of elevation re
slide and its frame being both formed of a segment of a
circle, or resembling a crescent, the slide, when
o'clock
,rucldslolicekd forwardp.m ~
tix.,,i part to the necessary degree of elevation, up the
1,000 yards. The piece was minutely eoxnTathmoeintrtheuleinn.eboeyymil
number of the officers who have been present daily- to
ya is, witnesstn n ethe
officerspractice
marchw ith
fromt heMt intl.! eg rifle,arr
i 8
long after
tlaheftoeere three or four
Arsenal
seldom
n the at half-pastgarrison
which being o'clock A.M.,
o'clock, the time the non-commissioned officers of the
Royal Artillery have their dinners hot°, thh(e)usrerogfeatnwteslvoef
the line, in order to have a comfortable hot meal atter their
day's practice, have been obliged to discontiune messing
in the Royal Artillery Barracks, and mess in the canteen.
The change, of course, is '
have only ls. ltd, a day, not
bo
economical
to
them,
wilko-
but justice, consideringatdaatanytdii
of corporal only Is. sd,
a special and important duty, two or three of the ran
eylthawvoeuhledenbes, therefore,
at a distance from their
respective corps, to make them some allowance for their
extra outlay. The selection of the non-commissioned
gmusteod .
thaverap
ebree7
andm en
adewthithusgreat care, us they appear all
emym urne itentarhtnei v etModii stphoesiirt i
know-
ledge of Minis rifle, and, by thaceqivuireipnegnnaessandethe
ive
be
nonfrgpsreaint service when
when
brother
non-commissioned officers and men an acquaint-
ance with the use 01 the new arm. The officers are
also zealous in acquiring a knowledge cf the U 36 of the
Minis rifle. _

-
The mercantile ndvices from Vienne, afatn a strong
impression that a new attempt to restore public credit was
in contemplation. The plan, it was apprehended, would
consist in requiring the payment from all holders of property
of a direct per eentage.suffictentto enable the Government to
addition
sterlingtoth°el ordtt:ary notes of tte
State paper which is
cnaonwc eiln theci r
cuiati twentyon
in
Bank. Every palliative having thus far proved ineffectual,
and the possibility of a loan being out of the question, it is
asserted that this measure has been 3erioutiv entertained as
the only possible mode of extrication from the existing diffi-
culties. The mere rumour of its probability bad, however,
caused much disquiet among all the commercial classes, since
its inevitable result would be monetary crisis. Enterpri,e
of every kind had, theretore experienced a further check, and
s much as
manufactures had limited a possible their pur-
chases of raw mater l. The rate of exchange and the pre-
mium on gold and silver remained without much alteration.
A reduction had been made on the Ist of March in the scale
of telegraph charges, and the price for a message of twenty
words from Vienna to London was now about 28s.

FRENCH PLAYS.
L.Tnitre. alias Fred, tic thP ,;ret, —Jade his re-

1 . .e.:./11 Casar de Bazan.
I
appenrauLt i s• .ventrig-
Ibis licii.::s';uaioa ia So Nell ;:;,,,vvil and appreciated
that any critical corninent would be altogether super-
fluous. We know of nothing so thoroughly artistic
as Lernaitre's Don Cm3ar. The raged, debauched,
reckless, brave, degage, gentlemanly vagabond, has
been well sustained ;.;Li the Englih stage by Wallack
and Webster, but Lemaitre is the man for the part.
He came out in full force last night, as easy, fresh,
and finished as ever—a great study for actors. Madlle.
Clarisse played Maritana delightfully, her passion and
her pathos being alike exquisite. These two bright
stars were, of course, hailed with the most cordial
enthusiasm. Previous to Don Cesar de Bazan a rew
vaudeville was enacted, entitled La Corde Sensible.
It is founded on the niaiseries of a brace of lovers,
each
of whom wins the lady of. his love by an appeal
to la corde sensible. The vaudeville was gracefully
acted by MAL Villot and Thiron, and Mdlies. Villot
and Cauvin. The play of Don Cesar will be re-
peated on Wednesday • and r'n Friday we are pro-
mised Paliasse Frederick's last creation, which, under
the name of :Belphegor the Mountebank, or some
variation thereof, was recentlygiven at almost all the
minor theatres in London. g

STRAND
piece has been brought
THEATRE.
Captain. The hero,
captain Kidd, is persoe-
out here, called My
LoAs •
r new
th,
cp
al
ot euds by
expedition,. . lto
andrs,who rushesc h a ni
ng -,lir
and
8 costume with marvel-
Poiriaidith. and
_gaining
out of a -cupboard
in a frantic manner for the rather cloudily
made out, of hoodwinking an
the hand of his niece. He is assisted
bis efforts to
amuse the audience by a score of charint
waiting-maid, and a policeman, with de ors, a pert
wnasowfir.st well-
established joke of the rabbit-pie, which
in-
troduced to theatrical audiences by Flezinore, in the
late pantomime at the Princess's Theatre.Lover
the Captain was favourably received, but Myis
not
equal to very many of the novelties produced by the
spirited and indefatigable manager of Punch's Play_
lay_
house.

SAVINGS BANKS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Parliament are now calling for further re-
turns from the trustees of savings banks. The object
of those institutions, as set forth in the law applicable
to them, is, "for the safe _custody and increase of
small savings belonging to the industrious classes,"
evidently intending the working classes.
Now, it is " a great fact", that scarcely one half
(if one half) of the investments in banks for savings
belongs to this description of persons, and, conse-
quently, the object aimed at by the Legislature is
abused, and, in part, defeated by trustees and ma-
nagers of many institutions permitting such indi-
viduals to invest who it was never intended by the
lawgiver should do. A remedy for the evil, and 1
beli.ve a growing evil, ought to be at once applied.
Bth March, 1852. A LOOKER-ON.

A COUNTRY COURT-HOUSE.
The mass of heads and faces packed into the space
without the railing would have afforded an interesting
study to the phrenologist or physiognomist. It is a
curious fact that almost the only portion of the " public"
that takes such interest in the proceedings of the courts
of law as to induce them to attend there as spectators of
their great lessons, are those who are themselves always
hovering on the borders of crime. Ten to one but you
see some of those identical parsonages who are now
without the rail, to-morrow stendiug within it. Have
the lessons taught them anything but familiarity with
crime? Who ever dreams or going to learn virtue in a
criminal court ? Look at those heads mostly
shaggy and unkempt, rough, and large ; some
of them bullet-heads, protuberant, and massive ;
others " with foreheads villainously low," exhibiting
in the regions of Us moral feelings and intellect
the very minimum of development. The faces are
mostly unwashed; perspiration bedews them; some are
red and fleshy, open-mouthed, large-nostrilled, and large
eared. Others are pallid and sh:!rpeneti, as if by want;
and they exhibit a keenness of look, watching every word
which falls from the bench, as if their own life and
liberty were the thing at stake. When any more than
ordinarily severe remark falls from seine magistrate
" determined to do his duty," murmurs rise from the
heated crowd, and a commotion stirs them from side
to side, which is stilled by the loud cry of the police-
man within the bar, of " Order in the Court! Silence!"
On the day in question, the crowd without the
rails seemed more than usually interested in the proceed-
ings; there were some smock-frocked men among
then—evidently labourers out of employment, who
had come there because they had nothing else to do, or
perhaps because they felt some anxious interest in the
fate of the prisoner at the bar. You might also here and
there catch glimpse of a shaggy fellow in a fustian or
velveteen shooting-jecket—beltring en his face the marks
of exposure to rough weather—scarred and blurred,
tanned by the sun and the wind,—and through which
you could detect but little indication of the workings of
the soul within. Only the eye, which sometimes glared
with a kind of savage light, and at other times drooped
below thelashes with an expression of subdued cunning,
gave evidences that human passions and feelings worked
within. These you had little difficulty in recognizing as
poachers, who swarmed in the neighbourhood, both in
the town of Mudley and the surrounding villages.—Eliza
Cook's Journal.

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—The 79th anni-
versary of this society was held yesterday at the Albion
Tavern, Aldersgate-street, when the annual oration was de-
livered by Mr. Edwin Canton to a numerous meeting of
the Fellows.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON A CHANCERY PRI-
SONE:R.—On Friday a writ de luncttieo ,inquirendo was
executed at the Southwark Literary Institution, Borough-
road, Southwark, befo.e Mr. Commissioner Winslow, and
18 special jurors, respecting the state of mind of John Price,
Esq., aged 84, totally blind, late of Margate, in the county of
Kent, but now an inmate of the Queen's Prison, confined for
contempt of the Court of Chancery, a gentleman possessed of
property of the value of 80,0001. The commission had been
issued by Mr. John Wild Price, the only son of the unfortu-
nate gentleman, with a view to his liberation. The jury re-
turned a verdict—That John Price. is now of unsound mind,
and incapable of managing himself and his affairs, and has
been so since the let of October, 1843.

PORT OF FOLKESTONE.—The Lords of the Trea-
sury have nominated an assistant landing surveyor, and also
an additional searcher and landing waiter, at the port of
Folkestone. For some time past the iicreasing business in
the impart trade of silk goods and general merchandise from
France has rendered it necessary to have two of the London
officers stationed at the port of Folkestone, in order to pro-
tect the interests of the revenue, and prevent delay and in-
convenience to trade, until arrangements could be made,
which have now been effected, for permanently increasing the
establishment of the port by the appointment of two extra
othcers to the place for that purpose.

- - SUPPLY OF SPIRITS TO THE BLUE COAT Boy.
Information having been given to Alderman Kelly,the
highly respected head of the ward of Farrin don Within, in
which Christ's Hospital stands, that certain
some of the
gpublicans within
with ardent
in
spirits,
haanbdit of
thatsupplying
, great evil was likely
The alderman immediately directed
the practice
every licensecdopy of the section of the
Acthohicsitrljedousrfureilhrstdav,i
rfellttoijon amm en t t o
immediately consulted his bre-
thren upon the subject.
that the town clerk sheuld send a
victualler in the ward,
together with the assurance that the
penalties should be en-
forced ,and that any
complaints should be particularly at-
tended to on licensing da
punishment than the lawy' with the view to more severe
following is the part of the enactment
for its violation. The
enactment alluded to, 2d and 3d
Victoria, cap. 94, sec. 27
proving the Police in 27, entitled "An Act for further Im-
it further enacted, and near the Metropolis:"--" And be
that every person licensed to deal in excis-
able
liquor to knowingly supply any sort of distilled
age of 16 any boy or girl, apparently under the
liable years, to be drunk the '4es, shall be
to a penalty of upon prenie_
con-
viction of a third - and upon
ird offence shall be liable to a penalty of not
more than 51."
LAUNCH OF S A
TEAMED. FOR THE AUSTRALIAN
Roy •
~I. MAIL SCREW COMPANY.—Yesterday (Friday), at
high water, the first of four splendidscrew-steamers, building
by the same firm, for Messrs. Burns, was launched from the
ship-building yard of Messrs. William Denny and Brothers.
She wes named the Australian, and is an iron screw propeller
steam-ship, of about 1,500 tons burden, and 360 horsepower,
the principal divisions being:—Length of keel and forerake,
216 feet; breadth of beam, 34 feet; depth of hold from main
deck, 18 feet ; ditto from spar deck, 25 feet. The engines
are made by Messrs. Tulloch and Denny, and are side levers
of the most improved construction. The Australian is to be
employed by the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation
Company, under contract with Government for the convey-
ance of her Majesty's mails between Great Britain and Aus-
tralia. A similar vessel is building, and in a forward state,
by the same parties, named the Sydney, and will be ready
to be launched in about three weeks- Within a few hours of
being launched, the first part of the heavy machinery was
put on board, and within six weeks the Australian will bet
ready for sea, and on her station. The model of the Austra-
lian was very much admired by those competent to judge of
the qualities essential for a good sea-going craft, combined
with quick sailing and large stowage. The cabin accommo-
dations are most extensive, and will berth upwards of 24.?0
passengers. The cabins for the officers will be on deck, but
the crew will be stowed below in comfortable quarters. She
is to be full ship-rigged with three masts, each carrying
square sails.—North British Daily Mail, Saturday.
INCREASE OF BUSINESS AT THE GENERAL POST-
OFFICE.—During the last week the business at the General
Post-office has materially increased in consequence of the
great facilities now afforded to publishers of priuted books
(works of every description), magazines, reviews, prints,
map, &c., and to the public at large, to forward them to
and from every part of the United Kingdom through the
post at the following reduced rates of postage, Vie. :—For
packets not exceeding llb. ind c
weight. 6(1.; up to 2lb , Is. -
fi
and not exceeding Sibs , Is. . ; and so on, ee. bein h '
arged
complete pound or fraction .
for every c No packet
must exceed two feet in length (ner contain any letter open
or sealed), and the postage must Le prepaid in fall by
ailizi,g the proper number of stamps outside One of the
great advantages of this new arreingeoent is that prints and
aps can be sent through the Post- effiee on rollers, and
markers for books, or whatever is -
transmission
of literary works and
obiectsof
requisite for the safe
art. The same
may also be forwarded to Ceylon (either
by the monthly India toads t 4 , British or foreign)
at the rate of Is. pe • lb. B, iir 'sm leeothampton via Egypt
5., ~rites current, commercial
lists, See, may be now tree':
iselititu by packets or private
ships direct to Denmark at
periodical works at 2d. the rate of nee penny each, and
A box is about to be per ounce up to sixteen ounces.
en at St. Martin's••le-Grand
special y for book-parcels, so
they would make in thethe confusion
s, so as to prevent
and
The advantages of the
facilities letter-boxes
be the
cause newspapers,of
will
great increase in the circulationperiodical works, which
hitherto of
hitherto could not be
sent through the post-office except at
rae• It
a heavy'
is stated that fand a new ourpenny six-
penny stamp is shortly
to be issued from the Stamp-ofeee,
which will save much trouble in the number of stamps re..
quired to be of on parcels.'