The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-23 00:00:00

THE MAILS.

Her Majesty's Government having found it necessary
to employ several of the contract packets belonging to
the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company, in the convey.
ance of troops to the seat of war, the Company will be
unable to provide vessels for the mails to Brazil, and the
River Plate on the 9th December next, or for those to
the West Indies on the 17th December next. No mails
for Brazil, the River Plate, or the West Indies, will
therefore be made up for despatch on the dates above
mentioned. The Mails for Brazil, and the River Plate,
which should be despatched frem Liverpool on the 24th
inst., will net be forwarded until the Jet proximo.
In consequence of her Majesty's Government re-
quiring the use of several of the British North American
contract packets to convey troops to the seat of war no
British packet can be despatched to America on Satur-
day next, the 25th inst.

The General Screw Steam-Shipping Company having
represented that they are unable, in compliance with
the terms of their contract, to provide a steam-vessel to
convey the mails to Australia in December next, the
Postmaster-General has consented to the transmission of
those mails by the sailing vessel James Baines, from
Liverpool ; but, as it stated that this ship cannot be
despatched before the 9th December, letters for Aus-
tralia will be in time to be sent by the next mail, if
posted or received in London on the evening of the Bth
proximo, or if posted or received in Liverpool on the
morning of the 9th proximo. Those postmasters whose
instructions direct them to forward letters to Liverpool
by cross post, will send in the same manner, on the
present occasion, letters posted at their offices addressed
to Australia.

LETTERS rnomAUSTRALIA.—The next India and China
mail, which *is due the latter end of this month, should
be accompanied by an Australian mail, with dates Syd-
ney, Sept. 20; Melbourne, 24; Adelaide, 27 ; and King
George's Sound, Nov. 3.
MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.-011 Saturday
morning last, the inhabitants of the quiet little village
of Hook, in the parish of Lydiard Tregoze, near Swin-
don, were greatly alarmed by the report that a smith,
named Wright, had murdered his wife by cutting her
throat, and had also cut his own, but ineffectually.
The report, unfortunately, proved too true.lshTienlhsdet:
cause assigned was jealousy. Al n inquest W-
against
Wright. a verdict of Wilful Mur(erretuurened
DEAH OP MISS FERRIER.— The Caledonian Mer-
cury of yesterday announces the death of Miss Fer-
rier, the authoress of Marriage, Inheritance, and Des-
tiny. She was born in 1782. For a considerable
time past, Miss Ferrier lived in comparative retire-
ment, gracing a circle which valued her virtues as a
friend,
ians
lteltiteerson_teDu
outer
N7vnfei o 'ldes C ou) .
admired.ier her accomplish-
THREE MORE PERSONS FOUND DROWNED.—Yester-
day information was forwarded to the different police-
stations that the body of a man, about 33, dark com-
plexion, and dressed like a mechanic, bad been found in
the Thames, off Greenwich, and removed to the dead-
house, at the Old Church, to be owned and for an in-
quest. Also that of a female, about 22, in the Surrey
Canal, Old Kent-road, dressed in a lilac-coloured gown
and drawn bonnet, trimmed with red ribbon ; it lies at
the Bridge house Tavern, Oil Kent road.
ad. A
that
of a female, about 50, Canal,lo
s
in the Regent'se
Mile-
end. The body is clad in half-mourning gown and
dark plush bonnet. It lies at the Fountain Tavern,
Mile end.
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