The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-27 00:00:00

THE STORM.-MAILS-(THIS DAY

Many of the mail coaches due at the General Pest-
office yesterday, did not arrive until late in the day,
and the following, viz., the Dover, Hastings, Brighton,
Chester, Edinburgh—also, the Liverpool and Leeds
evening mails, had not reached London at 12 o'clock
to-day ; and none of the mail coaches due this day,
except those from Portsmouth, Ipswich, and Poole,
has arrived at that hour.

The Brighton mail from London last night reached
Crawley, but was compelled to return. The Dover
mail also returned, not being able to proceed further
than Gravesend. The bags of letters for the places
beyond Crawley and Gravesend were left at those
towns respectively.
The proprietors of stage-coaches decided not to
dispatch them from London last night, until it was
known that the mail coaches would make the attempt.
The whole of the establishment of the Post-office
will be in attendance throughout the day, to arrange
for the delivery of the letters that may arrive, and pro-
vide for any emergency.
_ _

It is supposed the mails will not be 'dispatched
this evening, as the contractors for horsing the
mails decline sending their horses in the present
dangerous and almost impassable state of the roads.
TWO O'CLOCK.
ARRIVAL OF MAILS, 27TH DEC.
1. Edinburgh-two due.
2. Glasgow-one ditto.
3. Boston-one ditto.
4. Chester-two ditto.
5. Dover-one due ; part of yesterday's arrived.
6. Liverpool-one clue.
7. Leeds-one due.
8. Manchester-one due.
9. Portsmouth--one ditto.
10. Exeter and Falmouth--one ditto.
11. Hastings-two due.
12. Brighton-two ditto.
13. Poole-arrived 10h. 30m.
14. Norwich-1 due.
15. Holyhead & Dublin-1 due, i-yesterday's due
16. Worcester-one due.
17. Gloucester-one ditto.
18. Bristol-one ditto.
19. Bath-One ditto.
20. Ipswich-Arrived 11h. 45m.
91. Birmingham-One due.
22. Lincoln and Hull-1 ditto.
23. Stroud-1 ditto.
24. Devonport-1 ditto.
25. Lynn-two ditto.
26. Halifax-one ditto.
27. Waterford-one ditto.
28. Donaghadee-1 ditto.
29. Guernsey-1 ditto.
30. Jersey-1 ditto.
HALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK.

A further part of the Kent Road Mail is arrived,
viz., the Chatham and Rochester bags. The snow
below these towns is stated to be of excessive depth.

FOREIGN MAILS.

Arrived. Due
0 1
• 0 1
. 0 2
. 0 1
• 0 3

Malta
Hamburgh
Flanders
Holland
French

Meetings have been held at Malmesbury, De-
vizes, and other towns, to memorialize the Government
against the intended introduction of a rural police.
CHRISTENINGS AND BURIALS.—A general bill
of the christenings andiburials within the city of London and
bills of mortality, from December 15, 1835, to December
13, 1836

Chris. Buried.
In the 97 parishes within the walls 859 854
In the 17 parishes without the walls 4,359 3,045
In the 24 out-parishes in Middlesex
and Surrey 18,364 12,159
In the 10 parishes in the city and liber-
ties of Westminster
Christened.—Malesl3,o24 Females, 13,231. Total, 26,255
Buried.—Males ... 9,202 Females, 9,027. Total, 18,22 g.
—Decrease in the burials reported this year, 3,186.
Among the carnal curiosities exhibited in Salisbury
during the past week, was a shoulder of mutton of the
very moderate weight of 411bs 70z., and a goose weighing
221bs.—Salisbury Herald of Saturday.
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.—During the pre-
sent festive season there is nothing throughout Europe that
can compete in splendour or elegance with the details of
such mansions as Burghley, Belvoir, Alnwick, Grunsthorpe,
Eaton, Wentworth, Beaudesert, Raby, Holkham, Gorham-
bury, Panshanger, Cottesmore, Knowsley, Welbeck, Strath-
fieldsaye, Warwick Castle, and others. A foreigner, on
arriving during the Christmas holidays at Hatfield, or the
Deepdene Belvoir, or Burghley, finds himself at once sur-
rounded by all the comfort and refinement of the metropolis,
united with the frank and cordial hospitality of the country.
The mansion itself is filled to overflowing with a circle of
well-assorted guests, and the union of these suffices to form
an audience for the private theatre, the concert, or the ball
room. Music may be heard in perfection, and character
and tableaux are enacted with a degree of finesse scarcely
to be expected out of France, among the younger branches
of the assembled party, while an occasional ball mingles the
belles of the town with the beauties of the country, to their
mutual advantage.
FATAL CRIM. CON.—There is a rumour in town,
that a gentleman of the highest rank, on entering his bed-
room, found his wife in the embraces of another, and stabbed
the adulterer to the heart. If the rumour be well founded,
and we have some reason to think it is, the names of the
individuals cannot long remain a secret.—Freeman'sJou7nal.
It is rumoured that the parties are a Noble Lord and an
officer in the army.