The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-23 00:00:00

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

Her Majesty's stag lids., Tues., Chobham Common;
Thurs., Maidenhead Thicket; Sat., Iver Heath-11.
Pytchley hds., Tue=., BonLitton House, near Ketter-
ing; Wed., Winwiek Village; Fri., Cransley; Sat.,
Brockhall-101.
Earl Fitzwilliam hds., Tues., Kennel; Thurs., Barn-
well Wold-10.

Duke of Rutland's hds., Tues., Cold harbour; Wed.,
Staunton Hall; Fri , Bloxholrn-101.

SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 22.—The American steamer
United States, Captain W. G. Hackstaff, arrived off
Havre on Wednesday night, the 20th inst., after a pas-
sage of 141 days from New York. She had constant
head winds during her passage. The cargo consisted of
554 bales of cotton, 333 tierces of rice, 186 bundles of
whalebone, some barrels of apples, and 37 packages of
specie, 24,0001. sterling. She will load for New York,
and is to leave Havre for that port on the 31st, calling at
Southampton on the Ist of January. The Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Paella,
Captain John Weeks, with the Spanish and Portuguese
mails, is expected here on Saturday or Sunday. The
Indus, Captain Soy, with the heavy portion of the East
Indian mail, may also be expected to reach Southampton
by Sunday, the 24th inst. The Erin, Captain Rumll,
is looked for writ week from Constantinople, which port
she was to leave shortly after the arrival of the Tagus,
Captain Evans, sent out from Southampton to relieve
her. The Jupiter, Captain Meehan, sails cn the 27th
inst., with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz,
and Gibraltar; and the Sultan, Captain Brooks, on the
29th, for Gibraltar, Malta, and Constantinople. The
Royal Mail Steam-packet Company's ship Severn, Capt.
Vincent, is to take out the West India mails of the 2d
proximo. The Dutch barque Latalie, Captain Neilson,
54 days from Surinam, with sugar and coffee; the
American barque Chancellor, Captain Walker, 54 days
from Buenos Ayres, windbound ; and the English
schooner Pegasns, 30 days from Patras, with currants,
windbound, arrived off Cowes this morning.
LIB CITY KITCHEN.-011 Thursday a meeting of
the committee appointed to carry into effect the bene-
volent intentions of the subscribers to this excel-
lent charity, was held at their rooms in Friars-
street, Blackfriars, for the purpose of making
arrangement for the distribution of coals and pota-
toes to the poor, whose numbers are very great, and
whose claims upon the aid of the supporters of the in-
stitution are undeniable. Alderman Wilson was in the
chair. It was determined that two dozen tickets should
be issued to each of the subscribers, and that the first
issue should be made on the Ist of January, when each
subscriber should be supplied with one dozen of tickets,
and that the second issue, which was to close the distri-
bution, should take place in a more advanced period of
the season.

THE KOH-I•NOOR.—This famous diamond (the
largest and most precious in the world), forfeited by the
treachery of the sovereign at Lahore, and now under the
security of British bayonets at the fortress of Goind-
ghur, it is hoped will, ere long, as one of the splendid
trophiec of our military valour, be brought to England
in attestation of the glory ot our arms in India. The
mischievous superstition attaching to the possession of
this unique and invaluable diamond might be utterly
crushed by this retributive consignment, and our august
Queen, herself the brightest example of female sove-
reignty in the annals ot England, would be appropri-
ately adorned with a jewel of analogous value to that of
the loyal estimation so universally assigned to her in the
hearts of her subjects.—Delhi Gazette.
RATES OF POSTAGE TO A AIERICA.—The Gazette
of yesterday contai.s the flicial antiourcpment of the
reduction of 'io rates ot p. stake between Great Britbill
aid the 1:,,itt241 Styete Ali letter= are in future t,,
free from the cost of tralismiss:on across the Atlantic,
and will only be chargeable at the rates due from the
port at which they reach either country.