The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-08 00:00:00

THE MAILS.

MAILS DUE.
Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South-
ampton) .. Aug. 18.
Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 12.
Brazil and Cape Verds .. Sept. 3.
Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c..
Cuba and Mexico .. .. Aug. 13.
Canada, &c. (via L'derry)
Cape of Good Hope, &c. Sept. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Aug. 18.
Do * (via Marseilles) Aug. 12.
Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. Aug. 10.
India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Aug. 18.
Do. (via Marseilles) Aug. 12.
India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Aug. 10.
Do. (via Marseilles) .. Overdue.
Lisbon .. .. Aug. 11.
Malta, Egypt, and Men (via Southampton) Aug. 10.
Do. (via Marseilles) .. Overdue.
Vigo, and Oporto .. .. Aug. 11.
United States, California, &c. .. Aug. 15.
Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe Aug. 10.
West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Aug. 13.

LIBRARIAN OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.—A vacancy
occurs in the office of Chief Librarian to the House of Lords
by the decease of Mr. Leary, who filled the appointment for
so many years with exemplary ability and urbanity.
LIBERALITY OF THE CITY COMPANIES.—A few
days since we announced that the Grocers had given £25 to
the London Society for the Protection of Young Females,
in whose school at Tottenham 66 children are educated
and trained for domestic service. We have now the plea-
sure to state that the Goldsmiths have given to the same
society £25 and the Drapers 20 guineas.
BLONDIN AT CLIFTON.—On Monday evening
Blondin made an ascent at the Zoological Gardens, Clifton.
The performances were the same as those on his first ap-
pearance at the Crystal Palace, and were given on a rope
200 feet in length, the elevation being between 60 and 70
feet. About 13,000 persons were present in the gardens
the receipts being a little over £7OO, but the number of
spectators who were able to get a view from the downs
outside must have considerably exceeded that of those who
paid to witness the exhibition. Excursion trains from
Exeter and Birmingham and the intermediate stations
brought large numbers of visitors to Bristol.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN
RAlLWAY.—Yesterday morning one of the guards, named
Robertson or Robinson, lost his life while attempting to
close the door of one of the carriages which he observed to
have burst open. This was at a short distance from the
Ealing station, where some passengers had been taken in.
The unfortunate man attempted to cross from his break to
the carriage in order to close the door, and in so doing he
slipped between the carriages and fell upon the metals, and
before the accident became known to the engine-driver the
wheels of the carriages passed over him, cutting one leg off
and splitting his head in two. As soon as the guard was
missed by the engine-driver the train was put back, and his
mutilated remains were picked up and removed to the nearest
house to await a coroner's inquest. The unfortunate man
had been in the army, and wore two medals. He has left a
widow and three children to lament his loss.
BURNING OF A CORSICAN FOREST.—In the forest
of Tartaggine, in Corsica, a fire broke out five days back
with great violence, and as the wind was high, spread with
extraordinary rapidity. The tocsin having been rung, the
inhabitants and gendarmes of the neighbouring villages as-
sembled, but the conflagration had attained such a height
that they saw that all attempts to extinguish it would be
vain, and therefore confined themselves to cutting down and
removing the brushwood, and taking other measures to
prevent it [from extending to the forests of Melaia and
Montegrosso. In that object they succeeded, but the fire,
after nightfall, reached a mountain called the Pedro, and
entirely consumed the shrubs and young trees growing
there. At one time the whole mountain was a mass of
flame, and presented a magnificent spectacle. The fire did
not die out until the forest of Tartaggine, which is two
leagues long, and of considerable width, was entirely con-
sumed. The damage done is estimated at 1,500,000 fr.
There is reason to believe that the fire was wilfully occa-
sioned, and some Italian workmen have be arrested on 6UE3•
piciol of having lighted it up,