The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-12 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, June 12.—Wind this day at noon, S. to S.W. ;
fresh breeze and squally.
PORTSMOUTH, June 11.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—
Arrived—Zebra (s. tpt.), from the Crimea ; Imperador
(s. tpt.), Constantinople. Sailed—H.M.S.'s Arrogant, Cos-
sack, and Tartar, for Halifax; American Eagle, New
York. Off the port - Palestine, from New York.
FALMOUTH, June 11.—Wind S.W.—Off the port—
Willem Daniel, from Bata►ia, for Amsterdam ; Emma-
nuel, Bahia ; Abraham, Cuba ; Johannesberg, New Or-
leans, for Havre ; Graham Polley, Now York, for Ant-
werp.

(PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRA.PII.I
SouruAmProNAThursday Morning.
Arrived—Halcyon, from Plymouth ; Wave, London ;
Hannnonia, screw-steamer, Marseilles ; Atlas, Swansea.
The steam-transport Ripon passed Hurst, for Ports-
mouth, at 7.17 a.m.
Sailed—Roman, for Cardiff.
LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning.
Wind S.
Arrived—Mary Campbell, from St. Domingo; Lorenzo,
New Orleans ; Doro, Lisbon ; Betsy and Isabella, Bor-
deaux ; Dido, Galway ; Annapolis, Baltimore; Tiber,
screw-steamer, Palermo ; Marion, St. Domingo ; Ailed
Dolphin, Bahia; American Union and Dreadnought, New
York.

QUEENSTOWN, June 10.

Wind W.
Arrived—Sarah Ann, flora Santantlar ; Helen ➢i'Gaw,
New Orleans.

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WATERFORD, June 10.
Arrived—Wordsyemens, from Marseilles.
Sailed—Maria Stewart, for Havre.
(BY dIIBMABINt AND BRUM TELEGRAM.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.35 a.m.
Wind, S.W. ; tide, one and a half hour's obb; fine.
Arrived—Canata, from Demerara ; Ann Elizabeth,
Nassau ; Electra, St. Vincent ; Stephani, Trinidad d
Cuba ; Dispatch, Barbadoes ; Azores (p), Antigua.
Sailed—Shannon, for Calcutta ; Cadiz, Cadiz.
DEAL, Thursday, 10.5 a.m.

Wind S.W. ; moderate.
Passed.—King Alfred, from Antigua ; Zebra,
s. 211 tpt ), Constantinople ; Felicity, Cuba—all for Lon-
don.
Passed outside of Goodwin Sands.—Nile, from London,
for Madras.
Anchored—Mary Lyon, from London, for Ferrol ; Der.
went (s.s.), London, for Malta; Margaret Thompson,
London, for Barbadoes.
The brig Bywater, from Porto Rico, for London, 45
days out, all well reports :—June 4, spoke the Hamburg
brig Betty and Johanna, No. 197, from Newcastle, for
Rio Janeiro, lat. 41.30 N., long. 12.30 N., 14 days out.

ESTABLISHMENT OF A LINE OF CANADIAN MAIL
PACKETS.—The Government of Canada has established,
under contract, a line of mail packets to run between
Liverpool and Quebec during the summer, and between
Liverpool and Portland during the winter. A packet
will sail from Liverpool on Wednesday, the 4th June
next, and thenceforward on every alternate Wednesday
during the period that the river St. Lawrence may be
open, and once a month when the navigation of the
St. Lawrence shall be closed. Mails will be made up
for conveyance by these packets, and such correspond-
ence will be forwarded by them as may be specially ad-
dressed "By Canadian Mail Packet." The postage
upon letters thus sent will be—For a letter not exceed.
ing half an ounce in weight, 6d. ; for a letter exceeding
half an ounce and not exceeding one ounce, Is. ; and so
on, according to the scale for charging inland letters ;
and such letters may be paid in advance or forwarded
unpaid, at the option of the sender. Upon books, the
usual rate of postage of—For a packet not exceeding
half a pound in weight, 6d. ; for a packet exceeding
half a pound and not exceeding One pound, ls., and
so on, will be chargeable. Newspapers will be liable
to a
well
ios w as ta
penny each. Books and newspapers,
as
glee of onetters,intended to be sent by these vessels,
must be specially addressed "By Canadian Mail
Packet."—By command of the Postmaster-General,
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.—General post•office, Juno
2 1! f.