The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-02 00:00:00

DEPARTURE OF THE FOREIGN
MAILS DURING SEPTEMBER.
The following notice was issued on Saturday,. at the
General Post-office, St. Martin's-le:Grand, giving the
dates on which the foreign mails will be made up at the
chief office, London ; also when the return packets are
due at Southampton, Liverpool, and Falmouth :
INDIA —The mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the
and China, will be made up on the mornings of the 3d
and 21st, to be forwarded via Southampton. The
Oriental Company's steam packet Erin will convey the
mails of the morning of the 3d. By the fortnightly over-
land closed mail to the Mediterranean, Egypt. India, &c.,
via Marseilles, on the evenings of the 7th and 24th.
PENINSULA.—The mails for Corunna, Vigo, Oporto,
Lisbon, Madeira, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, will be made up
on the mornings of the 7th, 17th, and 27th, to be for-
warded via Southampton. The Queen steamer will
convey the mails of the morning of the 7th. Next
packet due, the Pacha steamer, on the sth. The Penin-
sular steam-packets will not call at Corunna, either on
their outward or homeward voyage, during the winter
months of November, December, January, and February
next, commencing from the I7th November next.
THE WEST INDIES, &c.—The mails for the British
and foreign colonies in the West Indies (except Ha•
vannah), Venezuela, Madeira, &c., on the mornings of
the 2d and 17th ; Mexico, Honduras, and Havannah, on
the morning of the 2d only, and Bermuda, San Juan de
Nicaragua, New Granada, Chili, and Peru, on the morn-
ing of the 17th only. The mails of the morning of the
2d will be conveyed by the Trent steamer via South-
ampton. Next packet due from the West Indies,
Mexico, Honduras, Havannab, Bermuda, San Juan de
Nicaragua, New Granada, Chili, and Peru, on the 7th, at
Southampton.
BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, &O.—The mails for Bri•
tish North America, Bermuda, and the United States,
will be made up on the evenings of the 3d and 18th, to
be forwarded, via Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston. The
Cambria steamer will convey the mails of the evening of
the 3d. Next packet due the Caledonia steamer on the
15th, at Liverpool.
MADEIRA, BRAZILS, &c.—The mails for Madeira,
Brazils, Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c., will be made
up on the evening of the 4th, to be orwarded, vra
Falmouth, by her Majesty's brig Crane. Next packet
due her Majesty's brig Express, now overdue since the
28th instant.
Henceforward the mails for the Brazils, Buenos
Ayres, Monte Video, &c., will be made up in Londot,
on the evening of the 4th of every month. When tiva
4th falls on a Sunday, the mails will be made up ir.
London on the following evening. From August t
January inclusive the packet touches at Pernambuci.
and Bahia on her outward passage to Rio de Janeiro,
and the other six months on her homeward.
NEW SOUTH WALES, &c.—The mails for Sydney.
New South Wales, South Australia, Van Diemen 's
Land, and Newfoundland, will be made up on the even-
ing of the 3d of September, to be forwarded vie,
Gravesend.
The Walmer Castle will convey the mails of this
month. Letters and newspapers in time this evening,
the 31st instant.
FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, HANBURGIC,
The mails fur Calais and Ostend are made up every
evening except Sundays; due daily. Forwarded by steam-
packets via Dover.
HOLLAND on Wednesdays and Saturday mornings ;
due Mondays and Thursdays. Hamburg on Tuesday
and Friday evenings ; due Tuesdays and Saturdays—
forwarded by steam-packets from the Thames.
NOTICE.—A mail will be made up for the Island,'
Ascension, to be forwarded by her Majesty's ship Hound
All letters intended to be so forwarded must be addressed
by " her Majesty's ship Hound," and will be liable to a
packet rate of postage of Is. if not exceeding half an
ounce, and so on in proportion. No charge will be
made upon newspapers. The Hound will sail from
Portsmouth on the 3d September.
NEW YORS.—The Great Britain steamer will sail
from Liverpool on the 22d of September, with a letter-
bag for New York. Letters and newspapers in time of
c. evening of 21st.

BINGLEY.—CONSERV ATISM AT A DISCOUNT.—The
Conservatives are at a diecount in this parish, not one ob-
jection having been served upon the Liberal party. The
bills for the last election, upwards of five years since, are
not paid, which amount to several hundred pound:,, and
until such bills are discharged no Conservative candidate
will be supported. The Liberals have served 21 objections.
The Brariji)rd Gazette of Thursday calls upon the Conserva-
tives to be up and stirring to fight the battle of the constitu-
tion, and to be bent on obtaining the glories and the laurels
of another " well-fought field." If the editor of that paper
would advocate common honesty, and wish his party to im-
mediately discharge all the debts contracted at the last elec-
tion, he would be well employed. A man of small stature
ions and serving them on the Liberals, was
employed for a number of years
week by a good and long-tried friend to reform,
objections would be made on the Liberals? He
who has been
tone ; they won't pay their bills. We have
d
years and cannot get paid. Blues stink in
butasihe:vxookwcfirel
worked
exclaimed
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objections
the town." Si' much for Conservatives in this rolling dis-
trict. —Leeds Mercury.
"IA LARGE RAT.—While Sergeant Bennett and police.
man Jones were on their beat in High-street, • on Monday
night, they observeda.rat of a large size, and ferocious ap-
pearance. On receiving a blow from the officer's club it
"showed fight," making several attempts to jump at
him. It was killed by a few additional blows. On being
weighed, it was found to be nearly four pounds, and
measured 18 inches from the snout to the tip of the tail.—
The Cambrian.