The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-28 00:00:00

THE FOREIGN MAILS.

'ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING MONTH.
The following notice of the postal arrangements for the
departure of the foreign mails fur the ensuing month has
been issued at the chief office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :
The Indian Mails.—Mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece,
lonian Islands, Egypt, Ceylon, India, China, &c., rid South-
ampton, will be dispatched from hence on the mornings of the
3d and 20th of February.
The Achilles, fur the above mails, on the morning of the 3d
of February, which will sail from Southampton.
India, &c., rid Marseilles.—Mails for the Mediterranean,
Egypt, India, China, &c., via Marseilles, will be dispatched
from hence on the evening of the Bth and 24th of February.
The Peninsular Mails.—Mails fur Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon,
Cadiz, Madeira, Gibraltar, &c., will be dispatched from hence
on the mornings of Feb. 8, 17, and 27.

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The Queen ior the above mails, on the morning of the Bth
of February, which will sail from Southampton.
-Madeira Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c.—Mails for Madeira,
Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c., will be dispatched from hence
on the evening of the 4th of February. (From August to
January inclusive, the packet touches at Pernambuco and
Bahia on her outword voage to Rio Janeiro, and the other
six months on her homeward.)
Her Majesty's brig Swift for the above mails of the even-
ing of the 4th of February, which will sail from Falmouth.
Sydney, New South Wales, &c.—Mails for Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia, &e., will be dispatched from hence
on the evening of the Ist of February.
The Glentauner for the above mails of the evening of the
Ist February, which will sail from Gravesend.
The American Mails.—Mails for British North America,
Bermuda, and the United States, will be dispatched from
hence on the evening of the 3d of February.
The Cambria for the above mails of the evening of the 3d
of February, which will sail for Liverpool.
The W, st India, &c., Mail.—Mails for the British and
foreign colonies in the West Indies, Venezuela, Madeira,
&c., will be dispatched from hence on the mornings of the 2d
an 17th of February.
Mexico, Honduras, and Havannah will be included in
the above, of the morning of the 2d of February only, and
not in the 17th.

Bermuda, San Juan de Nicaragua, New Granada, Chartres,
Chili, and Peru, will be included in the above of the morning
of the lith only, and not in the 2d.
The Avon for the above mails of the 2d of February,
which will sail from Southampton.
France.—Mails for France, rid Dover and Calais, will be
dispatched from hence daily (Sundays excepted).
Belgium, &c.—Mails for Belgium, &c., via Dover and
Ostend, will be dispatched from hence daily (Sundays ex-
cepted).
Holland.—Mails from Holland will be dispatched from
hence every Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
Hamburg.—Mails fur llamburg, &c., will be dispatched
from hence every Tuesday and Friday.

WednesdaylE
H.
Lord Sidmouth, committed suicide at his father's residence
IcmElaOstr theTl ren. stEco.urAt DADdidNiGngTt°oNn,7on°,l)l
at Albury, near Guildford. It appears that the unfortunate
young man (whose age is only 24 years) had for some timepast been labouring under mental aberration, his malady
being considered to be the result of a fever caught in the
island of Corfu while on military service. On the 9th inst.,
by the recommendation of his medical attendants, he was
placed under the surveillance of a keeper. The coroner for
West Surrey (Mr. J. C. Woods) held an inquest on the body
on Friday, at the Drummond Arms, Albury. From the evi-
dence of George Collins, the keeper referred to, it appeared
that on the morning of Wednesday, while shaving the de-
ceased, he earnestly solicited to let him take the razor and
shave himself, which of course was retwed. Some time after-
wards deceased proceeded to his bedroom, the keeper watch-
ing him, but not following him. Entering, however, shortly
afterwards, he saw deceased suspended to the bedstead by a
black silk neckerchief. Notwithstanding prompt assistance
deceased never rallied. The jury returned a verdict of " In-
sanity."—Sussex Advertiser.

EXTENSIVE FAILURES IN BIRMINGHAM AND WOL-
II
VERIIAMPTON.-13IRMINGIIAM, TUESDAY.—A house in this
town, very extensively engaged in the continental, but more
especially in the Spanish trade, has just suspended payment.
Its engagements are yet unknown, but they are, by the most
likely to be well informed upon the subject, supposed to be to
a large amount. A composition has been offered, but has
been declined by many of the creditors. The firm is one of
the oldest, if not the oldest, in Birmingham, and held the
agency for the Copper Company. Henderson's house, of
Wolverhampton, largely engaged in the tin plate manufac-
ture, has also closed. Its liabilities are said to exceed
30,0001.
PAINLESS SURGICAL OPERATIONS.—The establish-
ment of the fact that surgical operations may be performed
without pain, has been properly described as " good news for
traveller* by railway,—Punch.