The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-20 00:00:00

REDUCTION OF POSTAGE TO THE WEST

COAST O.F AFRICA.

On the let April next and thenceforward, the postage
of letters addressed to any of the following places, and
conveyed by the British mail packets, will be reduced
to the uniform rate of 6d. the half-ounce, increasing
according to the usual scale, viz :—Goree, Lagos, Fen
❑ando Po, Cameroens, Old Calabar, Bonny, Badagry,
and Wydah ; or any other foreign port or place on the
West Coast of Africa.

NEN6PAPERO.—Newspapers addressed to any of the
above places, and posted in conformity with the usual
regulations, will be chargeable with a postage of one
penny each.
BOOK PACKETS.—Book packets may be forwarded to
tho3e places at the following reduced rates, viz. :—Not
exceeding 4 ov , 3J. ; above 4 0Z3., and not exceeding
3/4 lb., 6d. ; above lb., and not exceeding 1 lb., ls. ;
above 1 lb., and not exceeding lb., is. dd. ; above
'and not exceeding 2 lbs., 25., and so on, according to the
usual scale.
A book packet may contain any number of separate
bocks or other publications, prints, or maps, and any
quantity of paper, parchment or vellum ; and the books
other publications may be either printed, written or
plain, or any mixture of the three. Farther, all legiti-
mate binding, mounting, or covering of a book, publica-
tion, &c., or of a portion theroof, will' be allowed,
whether such binding be loose or attached ; as also
rollers in the case of prints or maps, markers (whether
of paper or otherwise) in the case of books ; and, in
short, whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of
literary or artistic matter, or usually appertains thereto;
but no patterns or books of patterns (unless consisting
merely of paper) will be allowed.
The following regulations must be observed-
1, Every packet must be sent either without a cater,
or in a cover open at the ends or tides.

2. A. book packet most not contain any written letter,
closed or open, nor any enclosure, sealed or otherwise
cl•)sed against inspection ; nor must there be any letter,
or any communication of the nature of a letter, writteu
in any such packet, or in or upon its cover.
3 No book packet must exceed two feet in length,
width, or depth.
The postage, whether for letters, newspapers, or book
packets, must be paid in advance.
By command of the Postmaster-General,
ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.
General Poet-office, 19th March, 1858.

ACCIDENT TO SIR J. TROLLOPS.--The Right 11012
Sir J. Trollope, while out on Monday with the Attee-
more hounds, met with a fall, occasioned by his horse
fouling a gate. Sir John sustained some slight injuries,
but gallantly remounted and pursued the hunt. ti
HOLYHEAD NEW MAIL SERYICE.—The new paeke""
to be provided for the improved mail service between
Holyhead and Dublin are to be four in number,
and
each vessel is not to be less than 300 feet in length, and
of 1,700 tons measurement. The contract has actually
been taken for vessels of 2000 tons, and 700 borsl-
po,ver, the speed to be superior to that of the Qa."
yacht, the Victoria and Albert-17i knots an hour.
The voyages are to be four daily, viz., two from eacrl
port. Messrs. Laird, of Liverpool build two, and Mr.
Samuda, of Blackwa 1, the other two ; and it is ;
rected that the communication between London and
Dublin will be reduced to 11 hours.
ARREST OF AN ENGLISHMAN IN PARIS.—WB
under'
that one of the sous of Mr. Alderman Birkiu, on
a recent visit to Paris, was placed under arrest or the
surveillance of the police, as a suspected political refu-
gee, and that he did not regain complete freedom Of
iction until a telegraphic communication bad taken
lace with Nottingham, making inqu;ries respecting
him. Ne ttingha2n Journal.
A letter from Nice says that the King of Prussia bag
abandoned the intention of taking up his residence in,
the vicinity of that place, and that the functionaries of
the royal household who had been bent to prepare a
house for his Majesty have been recalled.