The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-14 00:00:00

APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN

HIGH LIFE.

Lord Norreys, the son of the Earl of Avendon, is
about to be married to Mies Townley, the daught r of
Lady Caroline Townley.
A marriage is on the Lapis between Miss VerQker,
daughter of Lord Gort, and Mr. Bassett, of Prince's•
gate.
A matrimonial alliance is arranged between Colonel
Carew and a sister of the Marquis of Sligo.
The marriage of the Marquis of Sligo with Miss
Nugent will take place at the end of July or beginning
of August.
Lord Worsley's marriage with Lady Victoria Aleaan•
drilla Hare takes place at the end of Jul y.—Court
Journal.

BERLIN, June 13.—Accounts from Belgrade, dated
the 11th, at 11 p.m., state that in the course of the day
some Nizams (Turkish troops of the line) attacked the
house of the British consul, but were driven off by the
Servians who were on guard. The Servian troops still
protect the British consulate. The Turkish population
of Servia is in a state of great agitation.
LIVERPOOL, June 12.—The Cunard steamer Persia,
Captain Judkins, sailed to-day for New York, with 130
passengers and the usual mails. Among the passengers
was Lord R. Grosvenor (son of the Marquis of West-
minster), Lord F. Cavendish (son of the Duke of Devon-
shire), Baron Welterstedt, and the ion. Mr. Ashley.
On Wednesday next the steamship Anglo-Saxon will
sail hence for Quebec and Montreal, with the Canadian
mails. Letters will be received at the Liverpool post-
office until 10.45 a.m., with late fee until 11.15, and on
the landing-stage until 12 at noon.
THE MAILS, &C.—SOLJTHAMETON, June 12.—The
Royal Mail Company's steamer Teviot, Captain Wool-
ward, took her departure to-day for Malta and Alexan-
dria, with the mails for the Australian and New Zea-
land colonies, 31 passengers (including Lieut.-Colonel
Broughton), jewellery of the value of 4,0001., and a mo-
derate cargo. Letters from the Mauritius announce
the arrival there of the European and American Com-
pany's screw steamer Indiana on the morning of the 31
of May, and her departure for Galls on the 6th ; all
well on board. Sunday.—The Indian Empire steam-
ship, Captain Courtenay, sailed hence at noon for Gal-
way, which port she leaves on the 13th inst. for New
York, via Halifax.
MAILS FOR INDIA.—The Director-General of the
Post-offices in India having specially called attention to
the difficulty which attends the conveyance from Bom-
bay to Calcutta of the heavy portion of the correspond-
encs for the East Indies, forwarded from this country
via Southampton and Bombay, and having represented
that, in consequence of these obstacles, the correspond-
ence would frequently reach its desination earlier if it
were forwarded by the succeeding mail packet on the
line between Suez and Calcuttta, letters and newspapers
for the Madras and Lower Bengal Presidencies, ad-
dressed via Southampton, or prepaid at the rate charge.
able for that route, will I of in future be forwarded via
Bombay, but will always be sent in the mails made up
for transmission by the Calcutta packet on the 4th and
20th of each montb.—By command of the Postmaster-
General, Rowland Hill, Secretary. General Post-office,
June 15.

THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL CONTRACT. LIVERPOOL,
June 12.—We believe that the statement with reference
to the Cunard Company having taken the Australian
Mail contract is premature, although, in the event of
certain conditions being fulfilled, the cmpany have
made arrangements with the shareholders of the Euro-
pean and Australian Company for carrying on the ser-
vice. Upon certain circumstances not yet determined
the establishment of the line depends, and it would be
unwise, therefore, to anticipate the result. The hope,
however, that Liverpool, being the centre of trade with
those colonies for England, Ireland, and Scotland, will
be made the port of departure for the line ; and, if our
hope is fulfilled, we anticipate the best results, feeling
assured from the precedents of the Cunard Company
that the business will not be entered upon unless, in all
human probability, success. is certain. The bare an-
nouncement that such an alliance is probable will, we
have no doubt, be hailed with the greatest satisfaction
by all classes at the antipodes,
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN ROAD.—The
number of patients relieved at tLis hospital during the
week ending June 12, 1858, was 2,138, of whick 859
were new oases.