The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-07 00:00:00

SEABORNE MAILS.

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(N signifies that the mails are sent front the General rost•-oeffo
by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] /

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Day wtien made up From what Vibeillo
COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port aue
Office, London.° Dispatched.
Hacil )1°
America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .. .. Liverpool
America (by United Sts.
packet) .... •.....N March 30 ........ Liverpool Arrirat
America (by U. States
packet) ..........N April 5 ........ Southampton •Pr ilB
Australia (via South-
ampton) ..........M 4th of May .. .... Southampton pril4
Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of May ...... Dover pril
Ditto (via Cape of Good
30
Hope) ............N 2d of April ... ... Plymouth ,,h
Allica (West Coast)..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth April lZ
AlemLandria..........N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover Pni4
Alexandria.— M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton • Pr , „,011
Bahamas ...........M 2nll of the month Southampton .
Belgium ............N Daily... ... Dover • • D~ii 16
Brazil ............ 9th of the month.. Southampton P 1 16
Buenos Ayres . M 9th of the month.. Southampton AP 26
Cape of Good hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth . • April
month.
PlymouthPlymou 111Aparriro
Hope
Ceylon (see India)
Cape
ee
of Good
GV?eordd ..14N 21n4t hd ofof April.....,t
h the
N 14th of the month Plymouth pril 28s
Ceylon
ttoonn TuApr.Tilbl.
Chill Channelhannel i.s.l.e.s:::::: 31241°&ThWtheda &mFornithd. SSoouutthhaammpp
China (see India)
Constantinople 7,8,17,24,&27 oft*. Dover ....' March 30,'
Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton pril 4
~4
Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover Twiced!tw
Egypt (see India)
France ........ M & N Twice dai1y...... Dover Twig
Gibraltar ..........M 4,7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. Southampton APSU
Greece (see India)
Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton April 06
Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London Tues.
Havannah 34 2nd of the month Southampton April ,100
Holland ............M Wednesday & Sat. London Mon.ro
Honduras 17th of the month. Southampton • PI 4
India (viaSoutbampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton • Pr!
India (via Marseilles)M Bth&2ltb of month Dover Ap=il
lonian Isles (see India)
111
Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead ..• fwd 40
Lisbon-- .• • • • ...M 7,9, 17, & 28 of m. Southampton Aft; 16
Madeira ............M 9th of the month Southampton AP12,2
Madeira ...... • ..... N 23rd of the month Plymouth AP.'" Malta (see India)
,
Malta ...... • • 7,17,19,28, 30 (*fin. Dover arch 99'
Mauritius (see India)
6 „.
Mauritius April ....N 14th of the month Plymouth
,„f
ow,-
Mexico ..... ••• • • ..M 2nd of the month.. Southampton
Naples..... ........N sthlstla2sthofmon. Dover .... • • • PAL' ; New Granada ......M 2d & 17th of month Southampton AP' -c,llO
New Zealand..
ports tinc
Papal States ........N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...... April b
Peninsula ..........M 7thl7th2Bthofinon Southampton APT,
Peru..... ........ M Id & 28th of mon. Southampton AP,
6
Port Natal .......... N 14th of the month Plymouth April :
Sicily ...... ........ N sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover AO;
Tuscany sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...... APrj;
Venezuela ..........M 2d & 17th of month Southampton • PI"
Van Diemen's Land (see
Australia) ..
West Indies ..
........Mi2d& 17th of month Southampton —P 1

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April t
Tues. ON
April I 00
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April 1 -

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* When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails t(l°
dispatched on the following day, with the exception of the 1015 {!if
Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will. be dispatched
day preceding.

re FRENCH AND ENGLISH NAVAL FORCES.--In aA- dig
official statement we find the number of seamen in -00
French navy put down as 24,264. The number of nibs
and boys at present serving in the Royal navy raq.
correctly estimated at 30,000, including our force
of
our foreign stations, and 500 kroomen on the cenB,o-0
Africa. Take away the men at the latter station, 9/0
the men at the East Indies, 2,000 ; Cape, 500 'oe
Brazils, 1,200, we shall then have only about the
number of seamen and boys in our ships afloat 0,5 Der
French have, including in our number the men in
c 1
Majesty's ships in the East Indies, Brazils, Pacific, a,o
Mediterranean. In addition- to our seamen afloat, o
have 6,500 marines in our ships, and some 4,51/olie
shore, and also about 3,000 coast-guard men; but 000
French, in addition to their marines, have above 40,,erg
picked men serving on the coasts, rivers, and freetltto
—some thousands of which force are employed in
sof
coast guard service of France ; they are prime fell°o
well trained, and are efficiently armed.—Plo47
Mail.
THE NEW ACT ON CORRUPT PRACTICES AT ELE,.
--The New Act on Corrupt Practices at Elections 7_ 0
shortly be put into operation, the House of Conuat,,
on Tuesday night having ordered commissions of ineVe,
The act was passed in June last. By the new law.vo
Majesty may appoint commissioners, who are on oath
make a searching inquiry into the existence of aller.4-.
corrupt practices at the places named. The repel.;
to
tThheeaetxtepnednasnesceofa tnhde
tchoememxips
es commissions are
o:dia
when made are to be laid before parliament. It is 135
vided by the act that persons who are examined on o,nto
dwabissyeihe Treasury. There are several provil'i-i4' •
and make a faithful disclosure are to be indemnified, vc,
erßespecting an indemnity on account of /1;1)0;
ns
that may be made of
vided
eol
the
srtoe.h actwse
that the witnesses are not to be inderoP efS,
corrupt practices, 11 404
and such certificate is not to be given unless
unless they obtain a certificate from the commission 10'
sures are made on oath before them. It is expected Wof
meetings will shortly be held under the commissions
full disc. 0
inquiry.
[ADVERTISEMENT.] -- The Earl of Aldborough a.
Holloway's Pills.—An astounding cure by this miry e,
lows medicine after every other means had failed.
o
extract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messo e
I beg to acquaint you tt..,
Leghorn, Feb. 21,
184 h To Professor Holloway. Six
at your pills have effected a tst
of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the of
eminent of the faculty at home and all over the tontine
had not been able to effect—nay, not even the water
Carlsbad or Marienbad. (R; At A
.tiLDsoßotTaffifer
These wonderful pills will cure any disorder of the
ro.
or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's ointment) at p
fessor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, Lone
and by all medicine vendorsthroughont the world.

BIRTHS.
OP A SON.
e of
if
On the 22d of January last, at Shanghai, the w
Edward Langley, Esq.
of
On the 12th of February; at Penang, the wife of
C. M. Maclean.

OP A DAUGHTER.
o°'
On the 2d inst., at Randolph-cliff, Edinburgh,
Carrie. ---

MARRIED.
,Aos,
On the sth inst., at Clapham Church, Samuel Toro'ltet
Esq., of Albert-road, Regent's-pork, to Eliza, third damg
of iloseph, Prest wich, Esq., of Clapham-common;
On the sth inst., at St. Mark's Hamilton-terraces s Jt.
John's-wood, James Worthington, eldest son of Jail 0,
Maude, Esq., of 8, St. Andrew's place, Regent's-par 1,00
Louisa, eldest daughter of the late F. Truefitt, Esq.'
Mrs. Truefitt, of Clifton-villa, Abbey-wood. .

DIED.
„At
On tho 31st ult., at Walpole-villa, Fairfield, LiverPu-
Mr. Peter Molloy, railway i contractor, aged 58. °a. On the Ist., James Roche, Esq., J.P. Cork, aged '-;.
On the 4th inst., at 17, Queen's-crescent, Glasgow) v
surviving daughter of the late Robert Knox, Esq.
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