The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-04 00:00:00

SEABORNE MAILS.

(N signifies that the mails are sent Prim the General Post-of ee
by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.)

Daywhen made up From what When
COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in
Office, London.* Dispatched. Englam I.
America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Each Mon
America (by United Sts.
packet) ..........N Jan. 15 .......... Liverpool ... Jan. 7
America (by U. States
packet) ..........N Jan. 17 .. .• Southampto; !Dec. 25
Australia (via South-
ampton) .....• Jan. 4 ...• ..•..... Southampton Feb. 4
Ditto (via Marseilles) N Jan, 8..
Ditto (via Cape of Good
Hope) ...... • • ..N Feb. 4 .. .• Liverpool ... Uncertain.
Africa (West Coast) .. N 13d of the month .. Plymouth .. Dec. 2$
Alexandria.......... N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover ...... Jan. 16
Alexandria.... 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Jan. 4
Bahamas .. --Id 17th of the month Southampton Jan. 1
Belgium ............N Dover ...... Daily
Brazil M 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 15
Buenos Ayres 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 15 -
Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. -Arrived
Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month. Southampton
Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the month.. Plymouth .. iJan. I
Ceylon (see India)
Ceylon .......• ......N 14th of the month Plymouth ..!Arrived
Channel Isles ........N Mon., Wed.,&Frid. Southampton ITILT
Ch111................M 2d& 17th of month SeuthaliiptouJan. I
China (see India)
Constantinople ......N 7,13;17,21,&27*0fm. Dover .... Jan. 10
Constantinople .... •• • • 4th is 20th of mon. South ampto. 'Jan. 4
Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ......'Twit edgily
Egypt (see India)
France ........ M& N Twice daily.... Dover Twie,edally
Gibraltar .. —ld 4,7, 17,20, 27 ofm. Southampton/Arrived
Greece (see India)
GreytoWn ....M ;Ind & 17th of mon. SouthamptonlJan.
Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ..,..I
liavannah ........M 2nd of the month Southampton Jan.
Holland Daily.. 1... Dover 'Daily
Honduras 17th of the month. Southampton Va., i
India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Jan. 21
India (via Marsellies)4Bth&2lth of month Dover
lonian Isles (see Indla)l7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover.. ....
Ireland ........M & NiTwice daily ...... Holyhead ..Twleieilitily
Lisbon 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton 'Jan. 116
Madeira ........ 51 9th of the month Southampton Jan. 116
Madeira ............ N 23d of month •... Plymouth ..'Dec. 10)
Malta (see India) ll
Malta .......'.......N 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. Dover .. 241
Mauritius (see India)
Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth ..lArrive I
Mexico 2nd of the month.. SouthamptonlJan.
........N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover Jan. 2
New Granada ......M 2d & 17th pf month Sonthampton'Jan .1
New Zea1and........ By privat6 ship .. Various ports tUncert:.aln
Papal States N sthlsth2sthohnon. Dover ...... Jan. 2
Peninsula ...., M 7th 17th28 thotinon. Southampton 'Arrive d
Peru 7d & 27th of mon. Southampton !Jan. 1
Port Natal N 14th of the month Plymouth .. !Arrive d
Sicily N sthlsth2sthofmon, Dover ...... Jan. 2
Tuscany sthlsth2stholinon.
Venezuela 2d & 17th of month Southampton Jan. 1
Van Diem en's Land (see
Australia) ..........
West Indies 24 SG 17th 01 month Southampton Jan. 1

• When any of these dates tall 01 a Sunday, the malls vtl.ll be
dispatched on the following day. with the exception of the India via
Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be dispatched. the
day preceding.
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DREADFUL MURDER.--We deeply regret to hare to
record that blood has stained the soil of our quiet and
orderly county—blood shed by hand of the murderer,
prompted, as it would appear, solely by the thirst for
money. The unfortunate occurrence took place early on
the night of Friday, the 23d inst., and the victims were
Thomas Ball and his wife, who resided in a small cabin
on the roadside at Rylands, near Clohamon, in the ba-
rony of Scarawalsh. They were dealers in apples, oats,
and other small commodities, and invariably kept a
stand in Newtonbarry on Saturdays. The dreadful fate
of the unhappy couple was not known until the afternoon
of Saturday, when a man named Curran, brother to the
woman, missing them from their usual stand in the mar-
ket, went to the house about three o'clock in the after-
noon. He found the door shut, and all silent. He then
went to another relative, and both returned to the cabin
and raised the door of its hinges, when the appalling
spectacle of the lifeless bodies of the man and wife met
their sight, their heads being literally beaten to atoms
The weapons used by the murderers (for there were evi-
dently more than one engaged in the horrid brutality)
were a spade, a pair of ,tongs, and a blunt billhook,
which belonged to the house, and were found in it
covered with blood. The spade appears to have been
the instrument with which the man's skull was first
cloven, and breaking, the handle -was then often used,
The woman was found dreadfully battered about the
head, and the floor covered with clotted gore. The
object of the murderers was to possess themselves o
money, about 701., which Ball was known to have, and
which his wife was in the habit of carrying in a kind of
purse ,with a string round her neck. That they gained
their unhallowed end is too certain, for the broken
string was still round her neck. They also rum-
maged the house, for a broken box in the bedroom,
the only one in the cabin, a shirt stained by the bloody
hand of one of the murderers was found. The mur-
ders were perpetrated at an early hour. before the couple
had retired to bed, perhaps just as they were preparing,
for Ball had his shoes and his wife her cap off. About
9 o'clock a neighbour had seen them at their fire, the
wife plucking a goose, which was found on the table, as
if laid aside when finished. The murderers on going
away locked the door, so that the cabin being closed so
long in the day did not create any suspicion, the owners
being supposed to be, as usual,•at market, until Curran,
as mentioned, went to inquire about their absence. The
Lord-Lieutenant has offered a reward of 1001. for the
discovery of the perpetrators of these brutal murders.—
Wexford Independent.
THE FRENCH IN RO3IE.—On Easter Sunday I observed
what must have been to the Romans most galling. In
their own city and their own cathedral preference was
given to the French ladies, for whom the best seats in
the church were reserved. The balconies over the co-
lonnade were restricted to them alone. I also noticed
that in addition to the troops drawn up in battle array
on. the . piazza, large numbers, in knots of eight or ten,
so distributed themselves amongst the people that no
part of that vast concourse was free from them. They
acted like casual spectators, but to us, who observed
them from above, they appeared far too skilfully and
uniformly located to leave a doubt that they were there
by command, so as to be ready, in case of disturbance,
to co-operate with the troops outside the crowd. The
French army is in the highest state of discipline ; their
patrols, at every point; their drums and trumpets re-
sounding at all hours. To a casual observer, there ap-
pears no disposition to revolt, for the multitude seem as
if they thought that, however bad their present condi-
tion, it might be worse. French rule is better than
Austrian, and the Romans are happier than the Tuscans.
The city that once ruled the world is contented so long
as others are under a heavier yoke than themselves.—
The Porn in and the Vatican, by Newman Hail.

BIRTHS.
OF A BON.

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On the 30th ult., at Worthing, the wife of James D
O'Burn, Esq.
On the Ist inst., at Ilyde-park-gardens, the wife of
Thomas Dent, Esq.

OF A DAUGHTER.
On the Ist inst„ the wife of the Rev. John Ingle, M.A.,
Head Master of Ely Grammar School.
On the 31st ult., at Teignmonth, the lady of Herbert
Taylor, EQq.

MARRIED.
On the 28th ult., at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Glas.
gow, the Rev. John Sherwen, M.A., Bolton, Cumberland,
to Agnes, daughter of the late John Edward Hill, Esq.,
Hutton-hall, Dumfriesshire.
On the 31st ult.' Win. Parker Griffin, Esq., merchant of
St. Domingo, and New York, U.S., to Mary Anne Coven-
try, only surviving daughter of George Linley, the com-
poser, and granddaughter of Dr. John Borthwick Gil-
christ, H.E.I.C.S.

AUSTRIAN FlNANCES.—According to the German
papers the Austrian Budget for 1854 will show a deficit
of 45,000,000 florins (4,500.0001.) on the ordinary ser-
vice, and 50,000,000 florins (5,000,0001.) on the extra-
ordinary—a result that may lead to a serious catastrophe,
and fully accounts for the refusal ofthe eminent bankers
at home and abroad to enter on a contract for a new
loan with the Austrian Government. '
WHO WILL CUT THE TIGER'S NAILS Valiance
appeared at the police-court, Hull, last week, and called
the attention of the sitting magistrates to the miserable
condition of the tiger at the Hull Zoological Gardens.
He said that it had for some time suffered much in con-
sequence of its nails growing and cutting its flesh, the
poor animal being almost unable to put its feet to the
ground. He understood it was considered dangerous to
do anything to the nails, but he nevertheless thought it
a proper case for investigation by the magistrates, and
he wished to know whom he could summon ? Mr.
M‘Manus suggested that chloroform should be adrni- --
nistered to the animal, under the influence of which he LONDON : Printed and Published by MUBDO YOUNG,
thought its nails could be cut without danger. The i of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Ere Sun 04ce, Np. 112,
magistrates said they had no power to interfere in the Strand, in the Precinct cf Vie Savoy, in the county of
matter.--Hull Paper. Middlesex, Wednesday, January 4,1854.