The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-26 00:00:00

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.
Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Oct. 12'
via Marseilles
Oct.Jrazil and Cape "Verde, by British packet.
Oct. 4.4
Cape of Good Hope, Asceneion, and St. Helena Sept.?
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Oct. 'A‘,/
via Marseilles SePt• b .

Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Sept. '2s'
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct. 24,
via Marseilles Sept, ,',.
India (Bombay), via Southampton
via Marseilles Oct. 6.
Portugal.... Oct. 4',5,
slalta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 07 'l` r 5,
via Marseilles Sept. ,ta.
Newfoundland .. Sept.
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Sept.2B'
by U.S. packet.... ,o,
—. by Canadian p 0
acket.Sept.
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Sept. 25'
California. and British Columbia..

ETON COLLEGE.—Tbe vacancy in the Lovveti
School assistant-mastership, caused by the resignation ei
Mr R, H. Balls, has been filled up by the appointment
Mr Arthur C. James, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge°
fourth classic in the last honour list there. .
OUR LONDON COMPANIES.--Oat of the 82 oolrid
panies which still struggle to keep their heads abof°
water, there are only a few that may be termed wortie%
companies, or companies still possessing trade privileg,,ei:
There is the Goldsmiths' Company, which still posEess tm4
right of assaying all the gold and silver manufactured, an,
of stamping on these metals the hall mark; the APetrni
caries, who sell drugs in their hall, and possess the rigb":r
entering shops within their jurisdiction and testing'"
adulterations ; the Stationers, who claim a certain me'
intendence over the booksellers ; and the Painter-stainere,
company at the present moment exhibiting some spainOcSl
il
action in the way of an exhibition of works of their ors
ft
men ; and finally, the Gunsmiths, who possess the privilere
of trying all the London-made guns. Beyond these,
companies mainly maintain their existence on good dinner 9
loving cups, and the power of giving good things await 1:
eluding twelfth-night cakes to themselves annually, bathe
some fees for attendance, and certain old ceremonies irt
ll
manner of the election of their officers, which we elltio
allude to presently —healthy exercises these, calculated .
extend their longevity to an indefinite period. Of colt";
there are very few veritable tradesmen to be found 111°134
them ; for instance, the mercers, that stand first ate°o
the twelve great companies, cannot count a single nee°3"Dro
of the craft among its livery I What pretence the BoWIIO
and the Fletchers have had to call themselves a "Iwo;
except it be that of toy-makers, since the days of Qtleto
Bess, we caannot tell. About the beginning ef 400
Stuart period, perhaps the London coralitif
were in the most flourishing condition. Cerfawo
the entertainments they gave to princes were magal6Leflos
Their sideboards abounded with curious plate, their w:j
and gardens were on a scale of great magnificence,
they formed the centres of little communities, to
they diffused their bounty. Tho City halls had attavo
to them granaries, well stored, in case of a dearth of °,°o
in the City—a very common occurrence, as but little "00
grown in the country, and we had mainly to depend °P.,O,
that imported from abroad. The corn-metage
levied to this day, is a remnant of the privileges attaaw-ej
to these City granaries. Depots of coal were also attarbf
to the various halls, to be given in hard seasons to the Pp
—and, finally, the almshouses of the craft were ages Were
around them, in which dwelt their almsmen, wb° 011
called upon to swell the pageants of their companies 0° 00
grand occasions. The liveries of the crafts in early days Whood
so bright that they must have made a sight more like t-ntig
we read of in Italian history than such as we fled el!:01
Englishmen now-•a-days. . . . When the walls "'Ol
rebuilt—and it is wonderful with what alacrity this 01(
done, all the companies occupying their new houseethicl
going on as of old, within three years of the calamity
made a clean sweep of the City—it was done in the to
and formal style of the period ; and there is not ono el
now existing, in the many out-of-the-way corners 01
tl
City, that in way recalls the ancient glories of these falll
trading guilds.—Once a Week.tr
('ADVERTISEMENT.]—Holloway's Pills and OLO,„a etoo
A frequent cause of gout and rheumatism is the inflate,g
tory state of the blood, attended with bad digestion ;
general debility. A few doses of these pills, taken ill to
are an effectual preventive against gout and rheurastily
but anyone who has an attack of either should use Sh°iol
way's Ointment also, the powerful properties of sect
with the effect of the pills, must infallibly &eel,/
cure. These pills act directly on the blood, whieft_:ot
purify and improve. They also regulate the secretistift,il
give tone to the stomach, and thus the whole systeel is
vigorated, and put into a condition which enablees,
throw off disease or check its approach. Sold at fr°,:iicii
Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, and by all aw"
vendors throughout the civilised world.

London: Prin;.ed and PvlP.lshed bylVlLLlAgtl';,,j)plol
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tun SUN 0103`0,..0
Strand, in the Precinct of the :Savoy, in ille
Miclikoex.—lguaday, 'epteraDer 26,160