The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-11 00:00:00

FOREIGN MAIL PAGIET L 187:

MAILS DUE.
19'
Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Oct' ,3,
via Marseilles .. Oct. '4,
Airazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Nov.
„,,, 1.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena...o°v of
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southarnpton.Oct.
via Marseilles ...Oct. I.
.. Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Oct. is.
via Marseilles... • Oct* 15,
India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. .-
9.
via Marseilles Oct. 4,
Lisbon Nov;s.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct- '9,
via Marseilles ...... O Oct. 15,
Newfoundland

Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet... • s'e-'
by U.S. packet ... • ~ O.
by Canadian packet.oo.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe 23'
Bahamas, via New York
•Oct. 49,
Mexico..
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Oct. I¢'California, and British Columbia..

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DANGER OF JESTING IN BUSINESS MATTEB-4 ;
A letter from Prague, of the sth, mentions a curious 01''
which proves that jesting in matters of business naaY s°
the
times cost dear. About a fortnight ago a hop. dealer o'
de
neighbourhood entered the counting-house of a ifler;l
merchant at Prague, with whom he had had contraer;ilg
relations. The latter asked him how business NVa°g°ost
on, when he replied, " I amdoing so little that I am,.ini
inclined to enter your service as clerk."—" What soil-000
should you require ?" asked the merchant.—" 0;119 i'at
florins a year," replied the other, laughing. The nieregia•
shook hands with him, saying, " Then it is a boxg,Trelt
After a little further conversation the hop-dealer re, ''of
and neither one nor the other appeared to thial
able
more of the matter. Six days after a collaiderepo
rise began to take place in hops, and the o'er to
went to Saaz, the largest market in Bahen:Atbat
make purchases, and, to his annoyance, few:0_100 1
the dealer had got the start of him, and purchased 7,,aat
could find. Meeting the dealer in the street, the toeru'icar
asked him what hops he had purchased, and tho 00
" That is my affair," was the reply. " What do Y°ll7erlft
by your affair? You forgot, then, that you are raY fair
and that I have a right to inquire what business you
act on my account. You are free to cancel your envio
ment hereafter, but for the present you act for me.
dealer went to consult an advocate, who told him thay.tiici
engagement was valid, and that in any case a trials o
be a tedious affair. He then went to the merchant'ol.)
after a long discussion agreed to
re
pay 4,000 florins, (10,°
damages for cancelling his engagement in order to op
for his own account the profitable speculation he had de'
When the money had teen paid, the Prague merchall, 04,
dared that he would not keep a farthing of it, and do
buted it among some poor relations of the dealer.

BIRTHS. ...volt ..
DUPUIS.—On the 9th inst., at the Vicarage, iticw-„
surrey, the wife of the Rev. H. Dupuis, of a B°',.)steaof
NEAVV.—On the 9th inst., at Oair-hill House, 119133'
the wd© of Sheffield Neave, Esq.,
of a daughter ' v
ORD.—On the 2th inst., at Streatham-hill, Sarre the
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wife of George Rice Ord,
OrrLEß.—On the 9th inst., at 31, Arundel-sqaar° -
the wife of Adolph Oppler,
RAWLINS—WILTONOI‘.Ie—AO
rOlto. Esq., of a daughter. north,
nRlItAh.
eG E9tSll
Esq., of a daughter.
'St
r 4, fir 1
Hanover-square,
George Rawlins, Esq, e
toVilliam, eldest
e.._IL, the OP
daughter of Lieut.-C? Wilton.rlotte Ata lia Si'
Vil ,... J at p
TOMPKINS --WINCKWORTII.— On the 9th i.„,--olagio-i
inst., atsoS.t.or. s-°,,.)lttes
John the Baptist's, Kentish-town,William E. -1- the Odes
Esq., of the War-office, Pall-mall, to Eliza, _4O
daughter of Henry Winckwortb, Esq., of sproaa
Lodge, Camden New-town.
DEATHS.
-II c attert°ll
CH ins.,
ATTERTON.—On the 10th inst., James l'' of
Esq., M.R.C.S., of Kingston-on-Thames. wife
CEAL.—On the Bth inst., at Sunbury, Eliza Aire,
Owen Ceal, aged 49. perbl'bity
GOLDSTEIN.—On the 7th inst., at Matlock,
~, j3OOl
the Rev. Dr. Goldstein, Chaplain of Sholapor' , .
Presidency. ea, S. l'
ii-PL'-' firC,
LEVY.—On the 9th inst., at St. Leonard's-0 a,..fiqa
Portia
Levy, Esq., of 16, Gloucester-piace, of
aged 80. aIY se* s•
MoJLRIs.—On the 10th inst., Marcus Virilliara, , BigloP
Mrs. Grace Morris, of the White gart gotel,
gate-street, RC, E._,.__._._,ged 0.
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