The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-21 00:00:00

ACCELERATION OF At AILS TO AND FROM

IRELAND.

On the Ist of October, and thenceforward, a day mail
will be despatched to Ireland, Sundays excepted, by a train
leaving Euston-station at 7.20 a.m., and will be due in
Dublin in time for a late delivery the same evening, and in
time to admit of correspondence for the provincial towns in
Ireland being forwarded by the night mails out of Dublin
the same evening. This mail will be in lieu of that now
forwarded by the 5 p.m. train from Euston-station. A day
mail will leave Dublin at 6.30 a.m., and will be due in Lon-
don, Sundays excepted, in time for the last evening deli-
very, and in time for the night mails out of London. The
mail which now leaves Dublin at 1.30 p.m. will be discon-
tinued.

The night mail to Ireland will be despatched from the
Euston•station by a train at 8.30 p.m., and will be due in
Dublin in time for an early morning delivery instead of for
a min-day delivery as at present, and in time also for the
day mails out of Dublin. The evening mail, which leaves
Dublin at 7.0 p.m., will also be accelerated so as to be due
in London in time for an earlier delivery on the following
morning, and in time for the day mails out of London.
The following will be the hours for posting letters, news-
papers, &c., for the day mail to Ireland :
At any pf the ordinary town receiving offices, up to
9

o'clock the previous evening.
At the district offices and at the branch offices at Charing-
cross and Lombard-street, as well as at the pillar letter-
boxes in the town districts, up to 5 o'clock on the morning
of despatch.
At the chief office, St. Martin's-le. Grand, up to 6.30 a.m
At the post-office in the London and North-Western
Railway Station, Euston-square, up to 7 a.m.

There will be no alteration in the present time of posting
for the night mail, except that the box at Euston Station
for the receipt of late letters and newspapers (with an addi-
tional fee of 6d. paid in stamps), will be closed at 8.15 p.m.
—By command of the Postmaster-General,
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Post Office, Sept., 1860.

THE 4TH MIDDLESEX RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.—
On Thursday a grand instrumental concert was given by
the band of the above corps, at the Middleton Hall, Isling-
ton, to an audience which comprised many of the most in-
fluential inhabitants of the district, and several members
of the local rifle volunteers. Considerable celebrity having
already been achieved by this splendid band, which, unlike
any other connected with the volunteer force, is composed
of 40 of the most talented performers in London, there
were also present many well known musical professorrs
and amateurs, all of whom were very desirous and curi-
ous to hear a band formed, as this is, of the elite of
the Instrumentalists of the metropolis. The concert
must be pronounced a complete success. The Overtiur,
Operatic Selections, &c., were rendered with a precision
and an effect that afforded evidence of the-Band being one
of extraordinary excellence. In the overture "Guillaume
Tell," the obligate parts of Oboe, Flute, and Bassoon were
played in the most artistic style by Messrs. Crozier, Berry,
and Snelling, who were equally successful in their respec-
tive solo• in the subsequent pieces of the Programme.
Other features of the Concert aro deserving of special
notice. Mr. Levy, whose reputation as a great soloist
upon the Cornet-a-Piston is now established, performed
two pieces with admirable effect, which were encored. A
Fantasia on Swiss airs, by Bender, displayed the
capabilities of the soloists of the Band to the
best advantage; the elaborate and difficult variations in
this composition were faultlessly executed. At the conclu-
sion of the concert the applause amounted almost to an ova-
tion, and it must have been exceedingly gratifying to the
able conductor, Mr. E. Hanson, and to all the members of
the band, to find their admirable performance so thoroughly
appreciated. This magnificent band, we understand, has
been organised under the auspices of Lord Truro, the corn-
mandant of. the 4th Middlesex Rifles, whose principal and
earnest wish in connexion with it is stated to be, that of
affording to the members of the corps under his command,
and the inhabitants of Islington, opportunities of hearing
the music of the best composers performed by a band not
inferior to the best continental band of the day,