The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-10 00:00:00

FOREIGN MAIL _PACKET _UST.

MAILS DUE.
Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Jan, 18.
via Marseilles Jan. 12.
Brazil and Cape yards, by British packet. Feb. 3.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena., Feb. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Jan. 18.
Falkland Islands via, Marseilles
—Jan. 12.
Feb. 3.
Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan. 10.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 18.
via Jan. 12.
India (Bombay), via Southampton Marseilles
Jan. 10.
via Marseilles Jan. 39.
Lisbon
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 10.
via Marseilles Jan. 120.
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Jan. IG.
by U.S. packet
b. .
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tey Canadian packet. Jneriffe anan. 8
10.
Bahamas, via New York Jan. 166.
Mexico
.... Jan. 28.
All parts of West Indies, including chili, Peru, I 13.
Jan.
California, and British Columbia..

CRUELTY ON TIIE HIGH SEAS.—A most dreadful
case of brutality on the part of a Russian ship captain is
reported from Hull. A Russian ship arrived in dock at that
port, and by accident it was ascertained that a boy on board
had been brutally treated by the master. The authorities
interfered, and found the report was true. The boy, who
was only H years old, was discovered to be a mass of bruises
and disfiguration, caused by the captain's ill-usage ; and
the worst part of the case is that there is no remedy against
the master in consequence of the injuries being inflicted on
the high seas. The Russian Ambassador in London has•
been communicated with.

GEORGE CANNING AND HIS MoTnER.--It is riaiu
a little curious that the " Peerages" make no mention of
this lady by name, the editors contenting themselves with
the remark that the future Premier's feaer, by an impru-
dent marriage, incurred the displeaslare of his parents and
the penalty of disinheritance. T'no name of the lady in
question was Costello. Aftev,: the marriage her husband
entered as a student at the Temple ; but, borne down by
the neglect and oppressior of his family—who boasted to
have been settled at Polcote in 'Worcestershire from a fabu-
lously remote period--ho soon died in almost destitute cir-
cumstances. After his death, his widow married Mr.
Reddish, of CrJvent Garden Theatre, and being again left a
widow,
tonic as her third husband Mr. Hun, by whom she
had tw.", daughters. It is most honourable to the memory
of P.:kat great statesman that when, on retiring from office,
ne became entitled to a pension, he settled it on his poor
relations instead of pocketing it himself. It is still more
creditable to him that, amidst all his struggles for political
advancement and the warfare of party strife, he never for-
got his duty to his mother. He duly corresponded with
her to the last, never omitting to writs to her on a Sunday,
which day ho always made it a rule ',o set aside for that
purpose. So invariably punctual was ho in this respect,
that even during his special mission to Portugal, though
not able to forward his letters regularly, he still continued
to write every Sunday, and sent sometimes two and even
three letters by the same packet from Lisbon.—Once 4
Week.

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