The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-17 00:00:00

FOBTNIGEITbY AUSTRALIAN MAIL.

The continued irregularity of the arrival of the
Australian mail, and the consequent disarrange-
ment of commercial correspondence, is seriously de-
ti imental to all persons connected with these im-
portant colonies, and more especially to the mer-
cantile community. In due course the September
mail aught to have been delivered in London, via
Marseilles, November the 2d, yet we are still with-
out advices. The outward mail, via Southampton,
left on the 12th, and the letters, via Marseilles,.
must be posted on the 16th (Monday), so that there
is no possibility of re,,lying to the heavy portion of
the September mail, and it is quite possible that
even the Marseilles bags will be despatched before
letters come to hand even by that route; thus a
fall month's loss of time will ensue in alt matters
of business. The cause of the delay on the present
occasion is said to be the striking of the Emeu
steamer on a coral reef in the Red Sea, and
cannot, therefore, be chargeable to want
of proper arrangement on the part of the
Australian Mail Company, for it appears she
left Sydney at her appointed date, and arrived
at Aden in due course. The heavy accumulative
penalties which the Government has the power to
levy must be destructive to the company if enforced
on occasions produced by casualties and dangers of
such a long sea voyage. Hence it is apparent that
no foresight or care can secure an uninterrupted
course of postal communication with these distant
settlements ; therefore, the question naturally sug-
gests itself, whether any supplemental means can
be found to lessen, if not to obviate, any temporary
delay which may arise from similar disasters. A
ready response to the query will be found, we con-
sider, in the fact that as it is the intention of the
Government to establish weekly intercourse with
our East Indian territories, an adjunct plan might
he easily effected for running steamers between
Point de Galle and the nearest point on the Aus-
tralian coast, say Nepean Bay, for the conveyance
solely to and fro of the mails and passengers. By
this short voyage a fortnightly transmission of let-
ters would be secured, and the expense of carrying
out this most desirable arrangement would be com-
paratively insignificant. If it is necessary to esta-
blish weekly communication with the East Indies,
surely the enormous trade of Australia with the
mother country, and which, moreover, is so rapidly
increasing, demands something more than a monthly
mail, and that, moreover, by the. long unbroken
sea voyage to Suez, which experience shows renders
the steamers liable to accident and delay. The
eagerness with which the arrival of each vessel from
Australia is now looked for in respect of her frei.tht
of gold alone is unmistakeable evidence of the im-
portance which the monetary world attaches to the
expansion of the produce of these colonies in this
particular, so that increased facility of communica
tion renders it evidently of as much moment to the
mother country as it is to the colonies themselves.
Surely such a boon is ouch more legitimately due
to the fostering of trade and civilisation than as
the consequence of revolt and tumult, which has
brought about this change for India in her postal
arrangements.-11firsing Journal of Nov. 14.

The Winter Assizes for 1857 have been fixed by the 1
Secretary of State to be held at the following places : 1
Liverpool, for Lancashire, Mr. Justice Wiegman. 1
York, for Yorkshire, Mr. Justice Williams. Chester, t
Stafford, Derby, Mr. Justice Crompton. Kent, Haute, 1
Somerset, Devon, Mr. Justice Willes. Warwick, Wor-
cester, Glocester, Glamorgan, Mr. Baron Martin.
Northampton, Nottingham, Lincoln, Durham, North.
umberland, Mr. Baron Channell. The judges will fix
the time for opening the commission in the several towns
appointed. It will range between the Term and the
Christmas holydays.
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