The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-07 00:00:00

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Lisbon — 521

Oporto
Rio Janeiro — ... -- ...
New York

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

&ustralla and New Zealand. via Southampton Nov. 7.
Ditto, via Yr ......N0v 30
Ditto, via Pak ama ••• Nov 28,
Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Nov. 4.
Ditto, by I'renoh paoket • • • Nev. 22.
Cape Verde, by Brazil paoket
Cape of Good live. Ascension, and St. ilelena....Nov. n.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.. Nov. 7.
Gibraltar, via Southampton
India,via Southampton ..... . Nov. 7.
unto, via Marseilles
Malta, Egypt, &c. Nov.7.
Ditto, Marseilles.. Nov.
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
douthams ton
Ditto. Marseilles ~ Nov. H.
Newfoundlanc ...... Nov 4
rortugal Nov. 4.
United States, t_ anada, California, &c., by British

packet .....N0v 7
Ditto, by Canadian paoket Nov 6
Ditto, by L Litcd States packet
Ditto ditt( (Baltimore)
West Indies and Pazitic (except Mexico and Baha-

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mas)
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe.
Falkland Islands Nov. 4.
Cuba and Vlexioo
Bahamas, via New York
Bermuda, via Halifax .......

THE GALATEA.

PLYMOUTH, Friday, 10 a.m.

The screw steam frigate Galatea, 2G, Captain
H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, having had her
broken forefoot repaired, was this morning towed
by two tugs from Hamoaze into the Sound. She
will probably sail on Monday morning for Madeira
and the Cape.

OUTWARD INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRA-

LIAN MAILS.

GIBRALTAR, Nov. 5.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Ceylon, fro-m. Southampton, Oct. 31, arrived
to-day at 1 a.m., and left at 10 a.m. for Alexandria
All well. She experienced fine weather.

THEATRE.—The brilliant drama of
" Monte Cristo" is now established firmly in popular
favour, the theatre being fully and most fashionably at-
tended every evening. Their Royal Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Wales honoured the performance
with a second visit on Thursday night, accompanied by
her Royal Highness the Princess Mary and Prince Tack,
and attended by Lord Alfred Paget, Major Grey and suito.
SUDDEN DEATH OF A GRAVEDIGGER.—On Tues-
dity afternoon, while the gravediggers usually employed
in the Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh, were filling in a grave,
the company around the tomb were startled by one of the
labourers dropping into the half-filled grave Immediate
assistance was rendered, but life was found to be extinct.
His name is Thomas Pringle, a married man about 50
years of ago, residing in Hamilton's-entry, Potter-row.
Ile had been for some time complaining of heart disease.

THE CLYDE PORTS.—The amount of Customs
duties collected at the two principal Clyde ports—Glas-
gow and Greenock —in October was as follows :
gow, £124,623, as compared with £121,242 in October
1867, and £33,437 in October, 1866 ; Greenock, £122,214
as compared with £137,917 in October, 1867, and £112,675
in October, 1866.

PILCHARDS.—Upwards of 4,300 hogsheads of
pilchards have been secured from the seines at St. lye's
which had such large takes towards the close of last week.
Great success has also been experienced by most of the
Cornish fishermen this week, and on Tuesday and Wed-
nesday fine pilchards were retailed in the county at from
le. 9d. tQ 4. per 120.