The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.
Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Feb. 18.
via Marseilles Feb. 13.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Feb. 3.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena March 3.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Feb. 1.
via Marseilles Feb. 13.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southanipton
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 1.
via Marseilles Feb. 13.
India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Feb. 10.
via Marseilles Feb. 4.
Lisbon
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 1.
via Marseilles Feb. 4.
Newfoundland . .Feb. 5
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Feb. 5,

by U.S.'packet

by Canadian packet. Jan. 29.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb. 10.
Bahamas, via New York Feb. 13.
Mexico
~..Jan. 28.
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, j Jan. 28.
California, and British Columbia..

The Swiss journals announce the death of Gen.
Dufour, at Monthey, in the canton of 'Valais. He com-
manded, in 1847, the forces directed against the Sunder-
bunt'.

Several of the Paris journals state that a party
of Mormons have recently come to Paris from London, and
purchased a building and some ground between Asnieres
and Courbevoie.

The Constitutionne/ states that M. Perrin has
been named director of the Opera Comiquo, in tho room of
M. Beaumont. The theatre will, the above-named journal
declares, remain closed for a few days.
A CONFEDERATE ARMY ORDER.--The following
order was found by Capt. C. 0. Boutelle, of the Vixen, in
the camp at Rockwell, on the North Edisto River, last
month:—" General Orders (No. 2). Headquarters, Coo-
sawhatchie, South Carolina, Nov. 27, 1861. 1. In conse-
quence of the general scarcity of ammunition the General
Commanding desires to impress upon the commanders of
regiments and corps the absolute necessity of economising
the supplies they have on hand to the utmost extent. To
this end the guards will not be allowed to load their pieces
unless in the actual presence of the enemy, or in danger of
surprise; and all hunting parties will be strictly forbidden
to use the public ammunition. Each soldier will be held
strictly accountable for the number of rounds issued to him,
and company officers are directed to make constant inspec-
tion of the cartridge boxes and their magazines, in order
to assure themselves that there is no improper wastage. 2.
The Commanding General has also learnt that the arms
issued to some of the regiments aro not of uniform calibre,
and consequently there has been some disproportion in the
corresponding ammunition. As this might not improbably
prove a fatal error, it is strictly enjoined upon all com-
manders to give a careful personal examination of all re-
quisitions for ammunition, and also to superintend the dis-
tribution of the same to the men. 3. The attention of the
troops in this department is called to the evil practice of
tearing down fences and other private property for firewood
and other purposes. All interference with the rights of
citizens is highly injurious in its tendency, and is strictly
forbidden. The General hopes that it will only be neces-
sary to remind the troops that they are citizens as well as
soldiers, and that, as they ..ake up arms to repel the enemy
from our soil, they should he still more careful to preserve
it from their own depredations. Prompt and severe punish-
ment will fellow all irregularities of this nature in future,
and it is strictly enjoined pon all officers to see to the literal
execution of this order. By order of General Lee—A.
Washington, Capt. and A.A.G.; D. Walker, A.A. Gen.—
Nato York Times.

NEW AMERICAN WORK.—Just published, Dr.
Darwin on the Extinction of Specie, dedicated to the
Secretary of the Treasury and the Bankers of New York.
—Punch,