The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1858.

LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT-
CIRCUS, OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT-
LAND-STREET.
NOW OPEN—AD3IISSION FREE.

M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.
LYCEUM THEATRE.
LAST NIGHT BUT ONE, ending posit:vely To-morrow,
SATURDAY, December 18th.—Fourth Appearance of Madame
ANNA BlSHOP.—Thirty-ninth Appearance of the celebrated
Violinist, M. WIENIAWSKI.—By desire, and for the last
time, the Grand Operatic Selection from "11 Trovatore."—
To-morrow, Last Night, and Last Appearance of Mad. Anna
Bishop and of M. Wieniawski, previous to their departure
with M. Jullien on his Annual Provincial Tour.

EVERY EVENING, AT EIGHT.
OHIO MINSTRELS.—ADELAIDE ROOMS,
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GREAT HIT of the PAS DE CRINOLINE.
The Ohio Minstrels, fifteen in number, whose surpassing
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and Families Half-price. The Nobilities' Soirees attended.—
Director, M. SCHMIDT. Day PerfOrmance WEDNESDAY
and SATURDAI,•at 3. - •

PUBLICATIONS.

Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 215., bound, .
MISS KAVANAGH'S NEW WORK, " A
SUMMER and WINTER in the TWO SICILIES."

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more."—John Bull.

" Every page exhibits the quick observer, the practised
novelist, and the more than clever litterateur."—Spectator.
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Nov ready, illustrated by Leech, price 55., bound,
SAM SLICK'S NATURE AND HUMAN
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EDITIONS OF POPULAR MODERN 'WORK., each
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Next week will be published,
WHAT WILL HE DO WITH _IT ?.
By PISTSTRATUS CAXTON,

• Author of "My Novel," &c.
Four Volumes, Post Octavo, price £2 2s.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh' And London.

Octavo, Ms.,
_
STUDIES AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE
"GREAT REBELLION." By JOHN LANGTON
SANFORD, of Lincoln's-inn. Barrister-at-Law. '
London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand.

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y F. B. COURTENAY, m.R:c.s. and formerly
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FEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858.
Part X., price 3d., was published on the Ist of
December. The Record, containing a complete calendar of
Sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland, in 1858, and nomi-
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AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

The following relates to the question as to the
mail service to be performed from Australia, pend-
ing the commencement on that side of the arrange-
ments under the new contract with the Peninsular
and Oriental Mail Company :

" London, Dec. 16.
" Sii,—By letters from Sydney, received yester-
day, it appears that the agent of the Royal West
India Mail Company had advertised in the news-
papers that the provisional postal service would
terminate with the despatch of the Emeu with the
November mails.

" It was distinctly understood here that Govern-
ment had arranged with the Royal West India
Mail Company to convey the mails from Sydney
up to February next, and that the _Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Company would commence from
that time.

" It. is of the greatest importance to all connected
with Australia to ascertain correctly whether the
months of December and January are to be
passed over without a steamer being despatched
via Suez, and perhaps the Royal West India
Mail Company will state through your columns,
whether any arrangements have been made to con-
tinue the service. The Emeu will be due here on filo
3d of January, and the first steamer under the new
contract will not be due till April; so that we shall
be three months without letters.—l am, sir, your
obedient servant, " J. W. K."

The reply to this is, that the temporary arrange-
ment made with.her Majesty's Government for the
conveyance of the Australian' mails was for six
months only, and that notice to that effect was ac-
cordingly given to Mr. Wetton, the agent of the
Royal Mail Company in the -colony. Subsequently,
however, the temporary arrangement was extended
(a circumstance of which Mr. - Wetton had not re-
ceived information at the date of his advertisement),
so that the mails will be despatched each month by
-thilloyal, Mail-Company -.bock-from England and
Sydney until the time arrives for.the service to be
performed by the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany under their contract.
The Government of -New South Wales have de-
puted an anent to visit England to confer with the
Colonial:nice, in conjunction with some represen-
tatives of the colony, already in this country, On
the best means for establishing a mail steam ser-
vice via Panama'.