The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-11 00:00:00

SEABORNE MAILS.

(N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Pcst-office
by the night—and 24 by the morning—despatch.)

Day when made m. From what Whets
COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in
Oflics„London.. Dispatched.. England.
America(bylirit.pack)N Every Friday Liverpool
America (by United Sts. II
packet) ..........N ........ Liverpool . • July 12
America (by U. States
packet) ..........N Southampton
Australia (via South-
' • ampton) ..........M July 4 ..... Southampton/August 4
Ditto (via Marseillea) N ..... Dover
Ditto (via Cape of t-loedl
Hope) .....: ......N July 1
Africa (West Coast) ..Nl23d of the month Plymouth .. 'July 6
Alexandria-- ~... NlB, 9, 24, &30 of m Dover ....
Alexandria...—. ....11;4th & 20th of mon, Southampton
Bahamas ..... 51117th of the mcinV Southampton
Belgium .... .. NI Daily
Brazil, ..........Ml9th of the mouth Southampton July 16
Buenos Ayres ........M,9th of the mouth Southamstbn 'July 16
Cape of Good Hope ..Nll4th of the month Plymouth ..
Cape of Good Hope .N 14thI of the month. Southampton
Cape de Verde ......N,l4th of the month Southampton
Ceylon (see India) - I '
Ceylon ..............N,l4th of the month
,July 20
Channel Isles Mon ~Wed.,&Frid. Southampton ,Tu.'en.Sat.
.. 3/1 2d & 17th of month Southampton 'July 16
China (see India)
Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24,&27 ofm. Dover ..
Constantinople ,4th & 20th of mon. Southampton
Cont. of Europe M& N 'Twice daily
Egypt (see India)
France ........ M& N Twice daily—. Dover ...... ,Twicedally
Gibraltar .. ; M 4, 7,17, 20, 27 ofm. Southauptcm 'July 20
Greece (see India)
Greytown ..........M,2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton July 16
Etamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday Loudon
Havannah ..........M 2nd of the mouth Southampton Aug. 1
Holland
Honduras .. 34117th of the month Southampton 'July 16
India (viaSouthampt.)M ,4th & 20th of mon Plymouth .. July 20
India (via 3farseilles)M,Bth&24th of month Dover ......
lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver......
Ireland & N Twice daily
Li5b0n.......• ....M 7,9, 17, &270 f tn Southampton 'July 16
Madeira 9th of the month Southamptoe'July 16
Madeira 23d of month
Malta (see India)
Malta:• 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. Dover ...:..,July 20
Mauritius (see India)
Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month
Mexico ............31.2nd of the month Southampton ug. 1
Naples ..............N bth Isth2sthofmon. Dover ......
New Granada .... ..M 2d & 17th of month Southampton
New Zealand ........ By private ship Various ports Uncertain.
Papal States ........N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover .... •
Peninsula ..........M 7thl7th2Bthcifinon. Southampton
Peru ....... ..... 2d & 27th of mon. Southampton July 16 •
Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month, Plymouth ..
Sicily .... • .........N sthlsth2sthormon, Dover ......
Tuscany sthlsth2sthofmott. Dover Venezuela . ...,M 2d& 17th of month Southampton 'July 'July 16
Van Diemen's Land (see
Australia) .
West Indies „j. 2d & I 7tirot month,Southamptenkuly 16

When any.of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will he
despatched on the following day, with the exception of the India via
Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched the
Lop preceding.

SOUTH-WESTERN— SALISBURY AND YEOVIL RAIL•
WAYS.—Whatever becomes of the Salisbury and Yeovil
Bill, it is certain that the extraordinary privileges sought
at the expense of the South-Western are not to be con-
ceded. The chairman of the committee, at its rising
yesterday, recommended these parties to prepare an
amended clause for the preamble, so as to obviate the
insuperable objections to a claim, the rejection of which
the Salisbury and Yeovil has declared would make the
scheme useless. We sincerely trust that some arrange-
ment may be effected, so that the rejection of the pre-
amble, which we anticipate, may not be attributed to a
demand for running powers, but to the invalidity and
want of bona fides of the subscription contract, on which
the committee will have to make a special report to
the house.—Railway Times.
THE BAR.—The bar is undoubtedly deteriorating. If
we compare the present judges with the advocates who
are likely to be their successors, we shall,find that the
two classes stand in the relation of learned and illiterate
men. On the bench] we have senior wranglers and
high-class men ; just below it we have mere tradesman
lawyers. Of our present judges there are very few who
would not be rather more shocked at being detected in
a false quantity, than at having made a gross error in
law ; of the present leaders there are several who would
not know the meaning of the term. We doubt very
much whether the nation will benefit by the change, or
whether the success of a few Latinless individuals should
induce us to change the old system of building a legal
education upon a sub-stratum of Greek and Latin.
Without question, however, a lawyer has not the same
need of a critical knowledge of the learned languages
which a clergyman has, but he has need of a great deal,
whereof a clergyman may fairly be ignorant.—Ness
Quarterly Review for July.

BIRTIIS.
OF A SON.
On the 10th inst., at Blackheath, the wife of Mr. G. S.
Herbert.
On the Bth inst., at Lowndes-terrace, Knightsbridge,
Mrs. J. Nichols.

OE A DAUGHTER.
On the 10th inst., at Shrewsbury-honse, Brixton, Mu.
George Grant.
On the 7th inst., the wife of C. Monat, Esq., of Russia►-
row, ➢silk•street, Cheapside.