The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-08 00:00:00

POST-OFFICE NOTICE.

OPTIONAL PAYMENT OF LETTERS FOR SARDINIA.
AI the R9gula:iono, announced in June last, with
respect to the optional payment of the postage on letters
addressed to Sardinia, appear to be not generally known,
it has become necessary to give further notice, that
let'ers f. r Sardinia may now be forwarded by way of
France, either unpaid or wholly paid to destination, at
the lollowieg rate • of postage, VIZ :
Weighing under # Oz.—British, 51, foreign, Bd.—to-

tal,
Wvighing Oz. and not exceeding Oz.—British, 51,
foreign, 1, 4d.--toud, Is. 9,1,
Exceeding Oz. and under a Oz.—British, 10d., foreign,

23.—toitd, 23. 10J.
Weighing Oz. and nut .-xceeding 1 Oz—British, 10d.,
foreign, its. BJ.—total, 31. 6d.
Exceeding 1 Ox and under 1k Oz.—British, 13. BJ.,
foreign, 3s. 4d.—total, ss.
and so on, the British Postage increasing according to
the scale in operation for charging Inland Letters, and
the Foreign Postage increasing one rate for each Tiarter
of au ounce.
It must be clearly understood by those parties who
wish to pay the postage on their letters, that they must
pay the whole postage to destination. If only a portion
of the proper postage be paid, the letters will be sent
forward as unpaid letters, and treated as if no portion of
the postage had been paid upon them.

LONDON,

viously transmitted, so that each proprietor may have
ample time to consider the measure, and give his
opinion thereon, either by personal attendance or by
a written communication to the directors, who are
most anxious to consult in this, as they have done in
every other instance, the real interests of the great
body of shareholders."
The further consideration of the report was then
postponed to the 27th February next, and H. Brown,
Esq., M.P., and General Sir J. F. Fitzgerald having
been elected directors, the meeting adjourned.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
VIE ROYAL COMMISSION.
CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 6.—The Vice-Chancellor having
received from her Majesty's Commissioners for inquir-
ing into the State, Discipline, Studies, and Revenues of
the University of Cambridge a letter containing certain
queries respecting the revenues of the University, and,
considering the circumstances in which be is thereby
placed unusual, and very deeply affecting the interests
of the University, the following grace will be offered to
the Senate at the Congregation on Wednesday, De- 1
cember 10:-
1. To authorize the Vice-Chancellor to answer in his
own name the queries of the Royal Commissioners re-
specting the revenues of the University.
Also, on the recommendation of the Press Syndi-
cate :-
2. To authorize the syndics of the press to return
such answers as they may think fit to the queries ad-
dressed to them by the Royal Commissioners.
The queries of the Royal Commissioners and the opi-
nion of counsel upon the Royal Commission will lie at
the office of the University Registracy on Monday next,
between the hours of ten A.M. and two P.M.. and on
Tuesday next, between the hours of ten A.m. and twelve
at noon, for the inspection of members of the Senate.
Au application was made by our correspondent to be
allowed to copy the questions alluded to above, for the
information of the non-resident members of the Senate,
but the Vice-ChaLeellor courteously declined to accede
to his request.

ROYAL _HUMANE SOCIETY.
Yesterday morning a sermon in aid of the funds of
this valuable institution was preached at St. Philip's
Church, Regent-street, by the Rev. F. Heasey,
the presence of B. Hawes, Esq., sen., the treasurer, and
several of the supporters of the society, as also Lady
Otwey, Sir T. Cochrane, &c., &c. The Rev. Gentle-
man took his text from 16th chapter of St. Matthew
and 27th verse—" For the Son of man shall come in
the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he
shall reward every man according to his works." He
commenced by stating that he should have occasion to
appeal to the congregation on behalf of one of the noblest
and most useful of the many metropolitan societies. In
his opinion there was no period of the year more fitting
for such an appeal as the present, fur in a short period
the basins of ornamental waters in the Royal parks
would probably be covered with ice, and many persons
who ventured thereon would be in danger of losing their
lives suddenly. There was, however, a society which
had for nearly a century been actively engaged
in preventing such calamities with the most sig-
nal success, and that was the Royal Humane
Society for the recovery of persons apparently drowned
stead. After alluding to the vast numbers who
resorted to the Serpentine for the purpose of bathing or
skating, according to the season, the Rev. Gentleman
eulogised the prompt and energetic measures which the
society, at considerable expense, invariably adopted to
prevent accidents, in addition to those fur the restoration
of suspended animation. As a proof of their great
success in prevention, out of no less than 200,000
bathers this season there had been but 24 accidents, and
of these, from the prompt attention and medical skill,
but one fatal, while no fewer than 18 persons who had
attempted suicide had been rescued. He exhorted each
of the congregation to feel as though some one of those
who had been saved were their nearest and best friend or
relative, who might be exposed to danger, and he felt as-
sured they would not hesitve to contribute to their funds.
But it by withholding suck support the society should
be compelled to contract the sphere of its usefulness, and
a single life of any friend should be thereby lost, the
omission to contribute would doubtless be an endless
source of regret. The eloquence of the rev. minister
produced a liberal collection.