The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-30 00:00:00

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.
Australia and New Zealand, via Bouthampton.......Feb.
Ditto, via Marseilles
Brazil and Cape Verds. by British packet, 4.
Ditto, by French packet
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 27.
China. Penang. and SingBpure, via Southampton—Feb 2.
Ditto, via Marseilles jam 21
Falkland Islands

Gibraltar, via Southampton ' Jan. 28 •
india (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Jan. 28
Ditto, via Marseilles
India (Bombay), via Southampton. Jan 28
Ditto, via Marseilles ... Jan. 27
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 24.
Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 27.
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseillei ..Feb. '3
Newfoundland .... Feb. 13.

Portugal
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon...
United btatei and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet. ... Jut 30,

..Feb. 4

Ditto, by United 'States packet, via Southamp-
ton
Ditto, via Ci.,ric
Ditto, oy Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Jan •
West Coat,t of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .... Feb. 3
West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and
Honduras) Jan 28
Bahama, via New York. Feb 7'
Cuba and Mexic0..,....-. Jan. 28
Bermuda, via Halifax

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—A few days ago a
young man named Reed, son of a farmer near Bonito,,'
Devon, was out walking with his father in the fields. Sud-
denly the gun, which he carried in his pocket, went off,
and wounded him so dreadfully that in a few hours after
wards he expired.
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN SHIPS. The Tills
asks how the fact is to be explained that, Willie
the American ships are managed so much better
than our own, we are nevertheless appropli3ti
ing the trade, and driving the Americans out
the market. The result must depend upon a genera
balance of advantages. The carrying trade will
belong to those who perform it best for the leas
t
money. Cheapness, as working-men of all trades
should remember, is what brings custom, and cheap'
ness in the merchant service means cheap ships a 5
well as cheap seamen. Certain rates of freight
If
will only afford certain rates of wages, and
freights were raised beyond a certain point, the ,
trade might be lost. The Americans are compelled
by the value of labour in America to
give more than
we do in the form of sailors' wages ; but that they
always did, and yet, until now, they could cony
pete with us on very fair terms. The truth is, the/
are now made to pay too much for their ships. The
heavy taxation and the protective duties levied In
America, together with the high wages of the ship'
wrights, have made ships excessively dear, and the
consequence is the sacrifice—first, of the shire
building trade, and then of the carrying trade.
Americans treat their seamen so much better 01
we do that they have the pick of our market, an,
can take off our best hands. Nor do we doubt that
in this respect the outlay would repay itself, alld,
prove a good investment ; but, on the other /Ina
our wiser commercial policy enables us to bni
ships more cheaply than the Americans ; and til111:0
by the aid of our cheap ships, we carry awayt
trade from them, notwithstanding our mistakes
the treatment of our seamen. But there are t 0
classes who should take a lesson from this storyo
Our shipwrights should observe that wages 313°;
a certain standard may cost them all their trade
and our shipowners should feel that it is unsafe
to
allow other nations a permanent superiority in the
important element of seamen.

Births. 010
ATTLER—On the 28th inst., at Rose Mill, Dorkfvg,
wifo of John Attler, of a daughter.
wife 12i
BROWN—On the 27th inst., at 26, Wilton-place, the -
Major Francis Brown, of a son,
INNES—On the 26th inst., at Southsea, the wife of -vi";;,lS,
W. Innes, C. 8., Deputy Inspector-General of 1108 P"
of a daughter. rt
WESTMACOTT—On the 29th inst., at 29, Hertford-8
Mayfair, the wife of A. F. Westmacott, of a son.
Marriages. 000°
THOMSON —BIRDWOOD—On the 26th inst. at AlarY"iclol
,„. Church, Captain David Thomson, R.A.,to Emily „.-`s11:0
eldest daughter of Brigadier-Gen. Birilwood, of
Indian Army.
WERE—WILsoN—On the 26th inst. at at St. James's ore'
Notting-hill, Charles Were, Esq., late of Norlancl-641!;s0
to Ann Rossiter, widow of the late Thos. Wilsov,
Grecian Villa, Cockermouth.
Deaths.
C:ls°
CASTLEMAINE —On the 27th inst., at Moydrut°
Athlone, the Lady CaStlentaine.
G.OWER —On the 28th inst., at Nova Scotia House,
Charles P. Gower, Esq., aged 59. vateir
ILusEs— On the 28th inst., at Wilton House,
square, Mr. George Haines, agod 69. r•
HunLocK—On the 27th inst., at Lansdowne-place,
ton, F. Cranstouu llurlock, Esq., aged 27.
JERSEY—On the 26th hist at 38, Berkeley-sq"'
il
Countess Dowager of Jersey. T. F.
METCALF—On the 26th inst.. the wifo of Char--le °
Metcalf, Esq., of Cannington, near Bridgwater. t tracer
MIDDLETON—On the 29th inst., at 14, Chester;,ed
Regent's-park, Capt. John D. Middleton, ILN,
the 28th inst., at Dalston, Mr. Thonvo
of Mincing-lane, aged 88. t
,ett
PETERS —On the 27th inst., at Wouldham Hall,

Peters, Esq., aged 74. 1)
WARN—On the 25th inst., at 17, Dawson-stra4
after a short illness, Mr. Richard Warn, aged

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