The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-11 00:00:00

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.

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MISCELLANEOUS.
25 19 Australian Agricalt. 30 32 31 304
10 all tustrain. Royal Mail
10 all Be .sin Water Works 5i 6 5i
50 40 Brit. American Land ..
100
,24 Canada :2B 132 131
St. nO C.Go.6p.c.Jan&:;nly 112 112:; 1121
St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug
St. 100 Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept ...
5 all Crystal Palace.. 2i 2$ 2,i
5 all Do. Preference 5 5,4
4 a. l Crystal Pal. of Franc,'
1 Duston Iron Ore
20 15N Eastern Steam
St. 100 Electric Telegraph.., 93 95 944
1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir.
5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 11 11
5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier
15 14 Gen. Steara Navigat. 274 1
16 all General Screw Steam .. 141
4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 4 4
2i. 10 Magdalena St. Navig
10 all Niediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 10
10 9 M'exicankS.A.mericu. 5 54
25 5 sat. Discount C 0..., 4 4d 4/1
1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuei
10 5 Netherlands Land IZ 21
20 all Do. Do.
5 2 Do. 8p c P iss at 1 d 4p 21
100 80 New R. dt N.S. Land 18 22
„. N.S.W. Gov. 6p.c. D.
1 all S. P. ts cralaman 4
30 15 Nrth.olEuropeSt:Nare
1 all Orlntal Gas l4 1 lf
1 ' 2s. Do. "New Shares" n $l3 pm
all Peel Rr. Ld. & Liinrl, 34 3$
5c all Peninsular& Oriental 68 69
5C 10 Do. New 44 5 111
tOO 60 Royal Mail Steam 70 72 71 70
1 Ali Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 1
1 Ditto New
25 an South Australiand 161 37 371
1 al: Sebmar. Tel. Scrip — 1 1
10 al 0, Registered — 11
2 l'rustds L. Co.U. Can ink
21 ilt,ap,,•. 16!

THE AUSTRALIAN POSTAL SERVICE.

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 10.

Thursday, the 12th inst., is the last day for the re-
ception by the Government of tenders for conveying the
Australian wails. The route and the size of the mail
packets have been definitively settled. There cannot be
a doubt but what the tenders that will be examined on
Thursday will lead to a practical result, and the only
subject for anxiety is when the contract can commence.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company would rather that
the Government had chosen the Panama route ; but the
Egtptian and Point de Galle route having been deter-
mined on, it will be the policy of that company to endea-
vour to obtain the contract if possible, because of the
danger of allowing a new company to run a rival line of
packets between England and Point de Galle. In fact,
the directors of the Oriental Company said as much, in
their half-yearly report just issued ; for they stated
there that they purposed tendering for the contract,
although they believed it would be an unprofitable one,
There is no company that can offer such favourable
terms to the Government as the Peninsular and Oriental
Directors, If any other persons obtain the contract, it
will be months, probably, before its execution can be
commenced ; whereas, if the Oriental Company obtain
it, they can commence immediately ; and this is a matter
of the greatest importance, considering the delay that
has taken place in establishing a steam-packet communi-
cation with Australia.

During this week Cslcutta, China, and Australian
news has reached England from Point de Galle, via
Trieste, in little more than twenty days. Now, the dis-
tance of Melbourne from Galle is 4,670 miles, and when
steamers of 2,200 tors burden, and of proportionate
speed, are put on between those two places, that dis-
tance can be traversed in 22 days, it we reckon ten
miles an hour for the speed of the packets. Thus we
should have news from Australia in 42 days via Trieste ;
and as the telegraphic wires are extended to Egypt
and Aden, that time would be diminished by
a fortnight. In Australia they have recently
been without news from England for 108 days ; and
two days ago later news arrived from Australia by way
of Point de Galle than has just arrived by the mail pac-
ket Mermaid, although the only communication between
Australia and Galla at present is by slow-sailing ships.
The firstonentior/ad fact shows the necessity of at once
establishing the steam-packet communication with Aus-
tralia ; and the secanel affords another proof of the pro-
priety of the selection of the Galle route. The Govern-
ment has put a stop to the endless dispute about the
routes to Australia, and virtually fixed the speed with
which the Australian mails shall be conveyed. It is
most unlikely that there will be the slightest occasion to
delay deciding who shall convey the Australian mails
beyond the next few days. There is not much doubt
but that the Peninsular and Oriental Company will get
the contract ; and if they do, the Governmeat should at
once releae the ships belonging to that company now
in the transport service, and let them commence at once
the Australian mail service. The Peninsular and
Oriental Csmpany have an immense fleet on the home
station and in the India and China seas, and they have
still agents and coal depots in Australia. If that com-
pany get the contract there can scarcely be any obstacle
to the Australian mail service commencing from Eng-
land next month ; and any long delay will cause the
greatest dissatisfaction amongst the colonists in Austra-
lia, and make all persons here in England who are in-
terested in a mail steam packet communication with
Australia believe that the present Government is unwil-
ling or incompetent to deal with the question. Let Sir
Henry Barkly, the new governor of Victoria, go out in
the first mail steamer, and half the difficulties of his
position will be overcome the moment ha lands in Mel-
bourne.