The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-17 00:00:00

Foreign Mail Packet List.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton June 18.
Ditto, via Marseilles June:—.
Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pac.iet July 4.
Ditto, by French packet June 22.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St Helena June 22.
china. Penang. and Singapore, via Sou.hampton June IS,.
Ditto, via Marseilles June
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.— June 18.
Ditto, via Marseilles June —.
India (Bombay), via Southampton. Tune "z 5.
Ditto, via Marseilles June 19.
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via 3larseil:e 3. July O.
Newfoundland June 21.
Portugal
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon..
Unwed States and British North America, by Bri- .
tish packet
Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp-

ton
Ditto, via Cork
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. June 23.
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and T,neriffe . July 12.
West Indies and Pacific (except Ilahaa,as, Cuba,
and Mexico June —.
Bahamas, via New York. Juuc 29.
Bermuda, ditto July 5.
Cuba and Mexico June ..8

Sir James and Lady Edith lfcrgusson have left
town for Scotland.

Lady Campbell has arrived at the Queen's Hotel,
Upper Norwood.

A tight-rope dancer recently fell from her rope in
a New York theatre, and was fatally injured.

A love-sick boy, 16 years of age, recently com-
mitted suicide in Cincinnatti.

Ellen Riley, the woman who recently escaped from
a nunnery near Chelmsford, Essex, has been fined £5 or
one month's imprisonment for obtaining a situation by
means of a false character.

A few days ago, a shepherd at Strathdon saw a
cat engaged in a fight with an adder. Thinking that puss
would be fatally stung, the shepherd put an end to the
strange encounter by killing the adder with a stick.
CO3IING FROM TIIE DERBY.—It was not long be-
fore we were assailed with a shower of chaff and
peas. George was commanded for a hundredth time to
come Out, of his, hat. Miss Croucher was asked for a lock
of her hair, and frequent inquiries were made of Mr. Gandy
and myself if we didn't feel very well. This last being a
sarcastic allusion to the rigid gentility of our behaviour.
Miss Croucher laughed outright at a joke once, and was se-
verely reproved by Mrs. Gandy. She didn't laugh again for
two miles, no more did I, and the consequence was that the
jokers were more severe upon us than ever. " Was we so
werry ill ?" " Would we take a drop of summut to cheer
us up ?" " Had we lost heavy on Breadalbane, or what
was it ?" And when a van fell behind and caught us up
again, the people cried, " Slap bang ! here we are again !"
and sang, "So jolly, so jolly, oh !" in mockery. Even the
Mossoos, elated with the success of Gladiateur, chaffed us
in broken English. Dreading three more hours of this, I
came to a secret understanding with Miss Croucher. It was
that we were to smile privately at our assailants with the
view of conciliating them. This we did most elaborately,
grinning like Cheshire cats at all the jokes, and playfully,
in a kitten-like way, putting up our paws to ward off the
sportive peas. We winked also, and nodded our heads sig-
nificantly, as much as to say, "There's a stiff-backed old gal
here who won't allow us to lark ; but we're the right sort,
so don't be too hard upon us." This had some effect in
mitigating the violence of the dead set that was elsewhere
made against us, and we managed to reach Clapham with-
out coming in contact with either flour or oranges. Miss
Croucher was bound, in courtesy, to say that she had never
spent a pleasanter day in." her life ; and so was I ; but we
nudged each other and exchanged winks as wo said so ;
and, escorting Miss Croucher home afterwards, I told her
how I had once gone to the Derby in a van, and enjoyed
myself very much, and Miss Croucher was delighted with
the narration, and said if I would go that way next year,
she would put on a thick veil and accompany me on the sly.
—Dickens's "All the Year Round."
LAWILRS WHO ARE CANDIDATES !—Mr. D. D.
Keane, Q.C., has offered himself as a candidate for
Beverley on Liberal principles. Mr. Locock Webb, of the
Chancery Bar, is 'one of the Conservative candidates for
Bodmin. Mr. Paull offers himself for re-election at St.
Ives. Mr. Murray, solicitor, stands again for Newcastle-
under-Lyne. Sir Arthur Buller retires from Devouport
and offers himself for Liskeard. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., will
be returned for Exeter without opposition. Mr Bremridge,
solicitor, retires from Barnstaple. Mr. Powell, Q.C., re-
tires from Gloucester. Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., and Mr.
Russell Gurney, the Recorder of London, offer themselves
for Southampton.—The Law Times of to-daw. •

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