The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-28 00:00:00

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Aug. 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 13.
Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet ..... Aug. 5.
Ditto, by French packet . Aug. 22
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. _Aug. 21.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou ihampton..Aug 3.
Ditto, *via Marseilles July 28
l'aikland Islands

Gibraltar, via southacopton July 28.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton... Aug. 3.
Ditto, via Marseilles
India (Bombay), via Southampton. July -28
Ditto, via Ramillies Aug. 6
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton .. July.2B.
Ditto, via Marseilles July 28.
Mauritius, via Southampton
Ditto, via Marseilles Aug 13
Newfoundland •... ..... Aug. 1.
Portugal .. ....,Aug 5.
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon...
United States and British North America, by Bri-
tish packet Aug. 1.
Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp-
ton.

Ditto, via Cork

Ditto, ay Canadian packet, via Londonderry ...July 27.
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tcneriffe ..Aug. 10,
West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and
. .

Honduras) July 30
Cuba and Illexioo
Bermuda, vla Halifax .Aug. 1.
Bahamas, via New York Aug 15.

,A PARALLEL.—For the following capital skit on
the Reform League Deputation (a jeu d'esprit very
much in the style of the Owl) we are indebted to the Pall
Mall Gazette of last evening : —Consequent on the recep-
tion of the deputation from the Reform League which
recently waited on the Home Secretary, an influential body
of gentlemen representing the principal burglars working
in and near the metropolis sought an interview yesterday
with the right hon. gentleman. The interview was readily
accorded, although no appointment had been previously
made. The deputation was most affably received, and pro-
ceeded to explain that their feelings were much outraged by
the presence of police on duty in the various thoroughfares,
and that if they were permitted to ply their trade without in-
terference all risk of a collision would be avoided and a very
great diminution would be at once apparent in the number of
annual convictions. The right hon. gentleman said in reply
that he felt the force of the argument, and would bring the
question to the notice of the Cabinet whether it would not
be expedient to withdraw the police force entirely. The
question of the disbandment of the force and the substitu-
tion of the parties represented by the deputation must re-
main for future consideration. One of the deputation said
that they were much interested in the fate of some of the
" lambs" who had been convicted on the evidence of
the police of various alleged offences on the nights of
the 23d and 24th inst., and who, having been sentenced
to imprisonment without the alternative of a fine, were now
undergoing their sentence. The right hon. gentleman,
with tears in his eyes, at once said that he would move her
most gracious Majesty, whose sympathies with the cause
of order and with misfortune were well known, to grant
her gracious pardon to all these ill-used individuals, and
volunteered to consult the law officers of the Crown whe-
ther the police, on whose evidence they were condemned,
could not be imprisoned in their stead. In reply to another
inquiry he said that he doubted whether any avetion_awonue,ls
lie against the surgeon who dressed Sir Y
wounds. The deputation then withdrew, satisfied with
the result of their interview and the courtesy of their re-
ception.
The Connecticut House of Representatives on the
27th ult. concurred with the Senate in the ratification of
the Constitutional Amendment. The citizens fired a hun-
ched guns in honour of the occasion.