The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-17 00:00:00

SEABORNE MAILS.

(N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-ogiCe
by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.]

Day when made up From what Won
COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due iII
Office, London.* Dispatched.
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A merica(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday Liverpool ... Ea
America (by United Sts.
packet) ........ •• N Oct. 18 .......... Liverpool ... Oct. 26
America (by U. States
packet) .... •••• • •N Oct. 26 ...• Southampton Nov. 3*
Australia (via South-
ampton) N0v.4.. .. Southampton Oct. 21
Ditto (via Marseilles) N Jov. 8 ... Dover Oct. 11
Ditto (via Cape of coed
Hope) ...... ••• • • • N,Dec. 4 •• Plymouth Uncar.""
Africa (West Coast) ..Nl‘.3d of the month .. Plymouth .. Nov. 12
Alexandria .....• • • . • N 'B, 9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover Oct.
Alexandra.. .• 31,4 th & 20th of mon. Southampton Oct. 20
Bahamas ........• • • M .17th of the month Southampton Nov
Belgium .... • • .... Dover ...... Daily,,
Brazil M 9th of the month.. Southampton Nov.
Buenos Ayres.. ...• • • M ,9th of the month.. Southampton Nov*. r
Cape of Good Hope ..N ,14th of the month Plymouth .. Oct. n
Cape of Good Hope ..N 114th of the month. Southampton Oct. 16
Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the month. Plymouth Oct. 26
Ceylon (see India)
Ceylon.... ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Oct. 26 01
Channel 151e5...... • • N Mon ~Wed.,&Ft id. Southampton Ta. 11:"
Chili— M 2d & 17th of month Southampton Nov
China (see India)
0 Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24,&27 of m. Dover Oct.-,
Constantinople .... • • • • 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Oct. 2!,41
cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover Torlev"-
Egypt (see India)
France ........ M& N Twice daily Dover Twic
Gibraltar ..........M 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of in. Southampton Oct. 26
Greece (see India)
Greytown ..........Ml2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Nov. la.
Hamburgh .••• . • NI Tuesday & Friday London
„„ Dies. '"
1
Havarnah ........ M 2nd of the month Southampton N0v.„,,,p,
Flollard ..
M; Wednesday & Sat. London Mon.+;
Honduras of the month.iSouthampton Nov.
India (vlaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon.lSouthampton;Oct. 2,
India (via Marseilles)M Bth& 24th of month Dover 'Nog.
lonian Isles (see India); Oct. 2......'0
Ireland ........M & NlTwice daily ..,Holyhead Tvitc„6
• • • • • • IVl'7, 9, 17, & 28 of m.l Southampton Oct. mi 6
Madeira ............51 9th of the tuonth I Southampton Nov'. :I
Madeira ...... ....N 9th of month ;Plymouth ..Nov
Malta (see India)
Malta .N 17,17,19,28, 30 of m.'Dover .. Oct. 16
Mauritius (see India)
Mauritius .. ....NI 14th of the month 'Plymouth .. Oct •21
Mexico ...• 2nd of the mnnth r-,nthan-,ntnri Noire

Malta (see India)
Malta
Mauritius (see India)
:Mauritius ....N I 14th of the month
Mexico of the month..
Naples . - • • • • • ...N
,hth sth2sthof mon.
New Granada 2d & th of month
New Zeliand.....• • • . ;11.iy private ship
Papal States ,sth I 5.-12Stbotinon.. Peninsula .. • . ..... M 7th 17 i-)2Bthofmon.!
Peru ... & 27th of mon.
Port Natal o: the month;
tcilY sth' s;'l2silionnon,'
fu 5 thls.h2stholinon.'
Venezuela ......"M:2d & 17th of month'
Van Diemen's Land (°eeil
Au-tralia) ........
kif.st indies 23 A: Ilth 0. month

Plymouth Oct. 16
Southampton NOY',S
Dover Oct. •
Southampton NO' tltl
Various ports Unceo
Dover ...... Oct'
ISoutbampton Oct.
,Southampton Nov'
Plymouth .. Oct' 0
Dover Oct' qj
Dover Oct' -1
Southampton NO'
1
'Southampton Sof.

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When any of these dates la.' o 1 it Sunday, the mails 1,(i:
dispatched on the following day with the exception of the It.'
Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be dispatw"
,lay preceding.

p P: e
THE PACKET QUESTION.—The members of the 10
ber of Commerce meet ou Tuesday next to mera°:jobt
the authorities on this question. There can be 1,2,r0t ofttA as to the superiority of the situation of this' •to that of Southampton as a packet st An' rti regretted there has hitherto been a oon much stll3eAirig
on the part of th JSO most deeply interesteds in proy's",,-;01
the necessary pier and dock accommodation for the
of the great company anxious to have made plyra?-1
the princ;p a place of rendezvous.—Plyinoutlt Ma
Saturday.
If!
NEWSPAPERS AND A DVERTISEMENTS.—From.IA-r
liams's late return to the House of Commons, it aPP
udf
that in 1851 the stamp duty on newspapers and ei41.1
tisements amounted to 362,2241. ; in 1852, to 396,u ,
and in 1853 (year ending the sth of January/'
594,1521.
[ADVERTISEMENT. I—A LIEUTENANT or n AO,
CURED •OF RHEUMATISM BY HOLLOWAY'S 0010,11
AND PILLS.—This officer, who is in the Dutch of
states that Holloway's Pills and Ointment have 4610)
him of rheumatism, which appeared to be incurables
neither sea-bathing, vapour-baths, nor preparationso 010'
as sure remedies, did him any good, and the treatul,
the doctor, after several months' trial, was without
cess. At this juncture he commenced taking these
and rubhing the Ointment into the complaining_,e
I
twice a day, which effectually cured him in the counii
six weeks. The truth of this statement can be vouch,
by Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Bois-le-Due.—Sold by
gists; and at Professor Holloway's establishment,
Strand, London.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—DARK DAYS AND
NIGHTS.—The necessity of having the most per/o'olo
sight and hearing, and bright and brilliant Vele,
Persons can be well suited at a distance, &o.—The.ytrA t
—39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. - Observe, opP°_„Bl
York Hotel.—Optical Improvements to enable per;ise
an advanced age to read with ease and to discri ri,
objects with perfect distinctness.—Messrs. S. 0110,
Solomons, opticians and oculists, have invented SPI, 0/11
Lenses, with panoptic frames to see over at a
while reading, writing, &c., of the greatest traultof
power. The valuable advantage derived from thisbot:i I
tion over the spectacles now in common use is,
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stead of vision becoming strained, heated, weaken/ „
in numerous cases seriously injured, it is preserve"
strengthened ; and very aged persons are enable 01,
ploy their sight at the most minute occupation ;
with those lenses of a much less magnifying power; Oil
that which is a matter of the greatest consequence i%fer„,
do not require the frequent changes to the dangele. ,ulsitirA,
of further powerful assistance. - The Royal Einl,"/
-A valuable, newly-invented, very small powerful,
coat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which
can be seen and known one mile and a half (list
they answer every purpose on the race-course, -,,
opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clesrvaf
asttallk2intog,ly4ainchitliens... They are invaluable for shootiutpOt
to sportsmen, gentlemen, gainelc.,7#ll
and tourists. felescopes—A new and most ins)
invention in telescopes, possessing such extra° lois
powers that some, 3i inches, with an extra eye-pig
show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, 4111,4
double stars ; with the same telescope, weighing "0,,
ounces, can be seen a person's countenance threeor l
and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 2°Fl
They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat' Ati 1
and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing PS
accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses, with svil
power; an object can be clearly seen, from 14 to 1.,i0
distant. Deafness—New Discovery—The Org.° 1
brator, an extraordinary powerful and newlY'll,4
instrument, for Deafness, entirely different newly
others, to surpass anything of the kind that hvoi
or probably ever can be, produced. Being di
same colour as the skin, it is not perceptible ; it ,go 4
deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at pulije,
semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing u°
the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the 04:
ance that possibly eould be desired.—S. and B. Solc°olo
Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street. rie
Observe, opposite the York Hotel.

BIRTHS.
OF A BON.
tO7
On the 13th inst., at Forton, the lady of Lieu
ito
Charles John Ellis, Royal Marine Forces.
On the 13th inst., at Bromley-common, Kent, the
of R. W. Townsend, Esq., of Dublin.
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OP A DAUGHTER.
On the 13th inst., at Glenorchard, near Glasgow, the d
of Colonel Slade, Inspecting Field-officer. ifir°
On the 14th inst., at 29, Chesham-street, the
Captain Gladitone, M.P.

MARRIED. 0
Doll°
On the 13th inst., at Doncaster, Henry Win, 101,14
Esq., Captain Royal Engineers, third son of the Jar juo
Barlow, Esq., and grandson of the late Admiral Si!.
Barlow, G.C.8., to Harriette Rebeccl Elizabeth, oral., 1
of John Wm. Sturges, Esq., of Beechfield, Dones9t4 pa(
On the 11th inst., at Greenock, Mr. Andrew Ditillslir
the Chronicle office, Kelso, to Elizabeth, youngest °
of the late John Brown, Esq., Park, Berwickshire' J

DIED. foci
On the 16th inst., at Crescent-place, Blaekfrir,4hrrEit d
orijer
Adkins Tibbitts, Esq., publisher of the
.31ornin0
eldest so. of John Tibbitts, Esq., of East Lodge,,,"" Jf
and only brother of Jarvis Tibbitts, Esq., aged 3';. 601'
On the 12th inst., at Clifton, in her 75th 1:1:,1/
Way, widow of the late Major-General Sir Gre.' oto
man Bromley Way, K.C.8., K.T.S.
of th°
On the 14th inst., Wm. Fleniy, eldest son
Lieutenant Sir Win. Aiming Hungate, Bart., •L''
32.
At St. Germain-en-Laye, Major Wm. Ed 0944
late Major in theservice of her Majesty, aged 71:):
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LONDON : Printed and Published by MURINJ 4O
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun OfnotiPi
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the
Aliddlents, 119nclay, oot9ber 17,1803.