The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-17 00:00:00

UNITED STATES POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

Mails for the United States are made up in London every
Saturday evening, Wednesday morning, and Wednesday
evening. Letters for the Saturday and Wednesday evening
mails must reach the General Post-office by 6 o'clock
p.m., and those of the Wednesday morning mails by 6
o'clock a.m. that day. Newspapers must always be pn_asw,a
half an hour earlier. The Wednesday and Saturday 5
mails are taken up at Queenstown, on the followingd,
by the Liverpool steamers. The Wednesday morning
mails are taken by the Southampton steamers•
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the postage
(except those specified above), addressed to the
booksabove named, are liable to letter rate of
.postage.
Piro er se must be no writing, or other marks upon such
pamphlets must always be
periodical works, pamphlets, &c., or upon the covers, ex-
eept the names and addresses of the persons to whom they
are sent; nor upon the covers must there be any printing,
except the names and addresses of the persons to whom
they aro sent and the names and addresses of the senders
Any other writing, &c., will render the packetsliable to
letter rates of postage.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Nov. 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles Dec. .4.
Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet ..... • • Dee. 4.
Ditto, by French packet
............ Nov. 2;.
Cape of Good lope, Ascension, and St Ilelena..•.Nov. z 8
China, Penang, and Sing spore, via Soullampton..Nov. 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles ................... Nov. 27
Falkland Islands ..................................
Gibraltar, via Southampton ........ . ........... Nov. 19.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Nov. 19
Ditto, via Marseilles
..... . ....Nov. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton. ................ Nov. 22 Litt o, via II arse) lies ......... ....N0v. 22 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Nov. 19
Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. 22
A

sensation trial is going on at Antwerp. Some
XIC since there was buried at a Roman Catholic
cemetery in Essex a coffin, which was said to con-
tain the remains of a Frenchman named Vidal
Douat, but which, on being opened, was found to
be empty. It was then proved that Douat (who

had insured his life for a large sum in a Paris office)
came to this country, bought a ready-made coffin,
which he had lined with lead so as to be as
heavy as if a corpse were within, took it by
train to the cemetery, represented that it
contained the remains of Vidal Douat (him-
self), followed it to the grave, and thus
obtained a certificate of interment. This certifi-
cate was presented by his wife in support of her
claim to the insurance money, but suspicions being
excited, inquiries were made, and Douat was even-
tually arrested on the Continent, and is now taking
his trial at Antwerp. There are about fifty witnesses
to be examined.