The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-08 00:00:00

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, March B.—Wind this day at noon, North;
strong breeze, with alternate clouds and sunshine. There
wah a slight fall of snow this morning.
The Blessing, of and fr&m Sunderland for Bordeaux,was
struck by a sea and thrown on her beam ends on Feb 14, in
lat 0 N, long 47 E ; crew saved by the Nina, arrived at
Bordeaux.

PLYMOUTH, March 7.—Wind, N.E.—Sailed—Tha Dane
(ss), from Southampton for the Cape of Good Hope.
PORTSMOUTH, March 7.—Wind, N.W. to N.E.; blow-
ing hard.—Off port—Nugget, from London for Auckland,
New Zealand.

YARMOUTH, March 7.--The Waters (brig) of and from
Sunderland, for Rotterdam, was abandoned off the coast of
Holland on the sth inst., very leaky ; crew saved.
COWES, March 7.—Sailed—Fulton (steamor), for New
York.

CARDIFF, March 7.—Wind, E.N.E.—Arrived—Zetus,
From Rio Janeiro.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.
Wind N.
Arrived —Eagle, from Lynn; Dispatch, steamer, from
Jersey; Taurus, from Sunderland.
Sailed--Brilliant, for Jersey; Sultan, steamer, for
Lisbon; Havre, steamer, for Havre.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPIL)
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Wind N.N.W. ; tide first hour's flood • weather fins.
Arrived, March 7.—Anna Catharina, from Dantsic.
Arrived, March B.—Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp;
Earl of Auckland, steamer, from Rotterdam.
Sailed—Prince of W ales, for Shanghai.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
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Wind N.N.W., fresh.
Passed—Northfleet, from London, for Hong Kong.

CHANGE IN THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL ROUTE.—
Two or three months ago we called attention to the great
inconvenience that resulted to merchants and others from
the change made in the mail route from Suez to Australia
on the taking up of the new contract, by causing the
steamers to call at the Mauritius instead of Ceylon,
whereby all regularity of communication between these
colonies and India and China was put a stop to, so
much so that letters from China to this colony were
three months and more on the way before reaching
their 'destination. The announcement in The English Mail
therefore of a change in the mail route, by which the
steamers will call at Point de Galle as under the late con-
tract, will, no doubt, be received with satisfaction, parti-
cularly by those interested in the trade between India
and China and the Australian colonies. We learn that it
had beenfound that the combination of the Australian with
the Mauritius service materially hampered the operations of
the Peninsular and Oriental Company, the mail contractors
and as both the Australians and Mauritians were dissatisfied
with that arrangement, it has been decided, as a first result
of the negotiations opened between the Home Governmeit
and the company relative to the insufffliency of the subsidy
and other matters, that the routeof the Australian steamers
shill be altered from' Mauritius to Ceylon, and that the
postal service between Aden and the Mauritius shall be per-
formed by a separate line of vessels. " This change of
route," says The _English Mail, "will take effect outwards
with the steamer of the 12th of March from Southampton,
and homewards with that of the 14th of March from Syd.
ney."—Hobart Town Mercury.
In committee on Representation of the PeDple
(Ireland) Bill, Mr. Blake will move that £4 annual rating,
instead of £4, as proposed in clause 2, shall constitute the
qualification for any person to register and vote at any elec-
tion of a member or members to serve in Parliament for
any city, town, borough.