The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-24 00:00:00

OCTOBER,

Carragh l6, 17 18
FRENCH RACING FIXTURES.
AUGUST.
Blois 26, 28 I Baden-Baden 3l

LONDON GAZETTE.—This Evening.

WHITEHALL, AliG. 22.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a
Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto Gustavus Frederick, Viscount Boyne, in that
part of the said United Kingdom called Ireland, and tho
heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name,
style, and title of Baron Braucepeth, of Brancepeth, in the
county palatine of Durham.
WAR .OFFICE, PALL-MALL, AUG. 24.
Chaplain's Department—The Rev. D. Robertson, M.A.,
Chaplain of the Second Class, to be Chaplain of the First
Class; the Rev. Thomas Gardner, Chaplain of the Third
Class, to be Chaplain of the Second Class.
ADMIRALTY, AUG. 21.
Mr. Alexander Reid has this day been promoted to the
rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of
16th August, 1866.

COURSE or raultariur.--This Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 18
Ditto 3 Months. 12 1
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 571
Brussels
Hamburg — 13 10
Paris
Ditto 3 Months. 25 50
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 1202
Vienna — 13 00
Trieste — 13 30
Petersburgu -28
Berlin
Madrid
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Cadiz
27 70
Leghorn
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Milan

11 19
12 11
12 1f
25 62i
25 621
13 10k
25 37i
25 55
25 57f

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13 40
13 45
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46
27 85
27 85

NITED STATES POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

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mails are IThe Wednesday n •
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mails taken by the Southampton steamers.
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by the Liverpool steamers.
duo in London on
Mondays and Thursdays of each week.
periodical works not of daily publication, issued in the
iimpo of pamphlets, may be sent to the United States,
Oahlornia, and Oregon, by packet, at the following rates :
—Not exceeding 2 oz., ld. ; above 2 oz., but not exceeding
3 oz., 6d.; above 3 oz., but not exceeding 4 oz., Bd. ; with an
addition of 2d. for every additional ounce up to 16
ounces, above which the privilege does not extend. At
the same rate of postage, any pamphlet not weighing more
than 8 oz (even though it be not a periodical publication)
may be sent to the United States, California, and Oregon.
This postage is only the British portion, a further sum
being charged on delivery. The periodical works
or pamphlets must always be sent in a cover open at the
ends (not more than one being sent in a single cover), and
like postage must be prepaid. Other printed papers or
books (except those specified above), addressed to the
places above named, are liable bo letter rate of postsar
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to whom hperiodical works, pamphlets, Sm., or upon thecoyer they,
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cept the names and addresses of the persons
one to whom
are sent; nor upon the covers must there be.
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A letter from Lucerne, in the Cologne Gazette,
says : —"Barely has SO wet a month of August been wit-
n eased in Switzerland. In the Bernese Oberland the snialles
stream has become a torrent from the heavy rain. The
Ithigi and Mount Pilate offer magnificent cascades, such as
aro not mentioned in any guide-book, and the tops of
these mountains are covered with snow as in the middle
of winter."