The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-20 00:00:00

Unted States Postal Arrangements.

Mails for the United States aro 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 posted
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Mails from the United States are due in London on
Mondays and Thursdays of each week. afnoldlo
Periodical works not of daily publication, issued in the
shape of pamphlets, may be sent to the United States,
California, and Oregon, by packet, at the following rates :
—Not exceeding 2 oz., id. ; 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
the postage must be prepatd. Other printed papers or
books (except those specified above), addressed to the
places above named, are liable to letter rate of postage.
There must be no writing, ' or other marks upon such
periodical works, pamphlets, &C., or upon the covers, ex-
cept 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 are sent and the names and addresses of the senders.
Any other writing, &0., will render the packets liable to
letter rates of postage.

hiniegf as yet failed to act upon
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LIGHTHOUSES ON THE SOUTHERN COAST.-7n
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very little progress has been made in the work of re-
establishing lighthouses on the Southern coast. There
are yet upwards of eighty lighthouses and boats along the
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coast from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to the coast
of Texas that need to be put in working order. Many of
the houses and boats are only partially damaged. and
would require very little time and expense to thoroughly
repair them, while again some of the most extensive
works have been ent!rely destroyed. As soon as Congress
makes an appropriation for this purpose the work will
commence in earnest.

A New York paper, speaking of the ceremonies
attending tho inauguration of the Governor of New Jersey
on Tuesday, says they included the formal restoration of
that Sta:e to tho Union.

The Boston (Massachusetts) Herald says that
about low: mouths ago Mr. Lewis Fisher, a fresco painter,
while engaged in his occupation on the oiling of a church
in. Chelsea, accidentally fell from a staging to the pews be-
neath, a dis;:anee of twenty-five feet, breaking several of
his ribs and receiving cerious internal inju• ies which w"I
disable him for life, and from which he is now confined to
his house. A few weeks since the`unfortunate man had a
b 11 pre,:ented to him by the trustees of the church for re-
F.iring the pews on which he fell, amounting to the sum
of $7.60, and he paid it.