The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-19 00:00:00

EXTRACT OF A LETTER.

BOULOGNfi, JAN. 16.—DEAR SlR,—Your express ar-
rived here on Sunday. As no one was at our Office at
the time, half an hour was lost before it could be for-
warded. Measures were, however, immediately adopted
for its dispatch, and the courier enjoined to travel quickly.'..
It was not until after the express had been dispatched that
your letter of the 13th, advising us of its intended arrival,
came to hand. If this letter had reached us as it ought to
have done, the evening before, we should have had time to
have made the necessary preparation, and thus have pre-
vented the delay taking place. Blame ought to be attached
to the English Captain, who, on other occasions, has been
the cause of similar delay, by persisting in going to Calais
instead of coming to Boulogne. The mail of the 14th
arrived here yesterday (the 15th), and entered our port
without any difficulty ; and the Captain who had your let-
ter might, of course, have done the same, if he had not
thought proper to prefer going to Calais.—Your's faithfully,
* * *

By the kindnes3 of the conductors of the London jour-
nal, Tke Sun, we have been favoured with an express copy

of that journal published on Sunday morning, with an
account of the dinner at Glasgow, and the speech of
Sir R. Peel, which was dispatched to Paris by express.
This is not the first time the spirit and enterprise of

the proprietor of our London Contemporary has called
forth our acknowledgments, but the rapidity with which
this account was transmitted from Glasgow, and pub-
lished in The Sun, appears unexampled ; the distance of
that City from the British Metropolis amounting to 404
miles, and the speeches reported having been delivered,
many of them, at a late hour on Friday night. We regret
that the large portion of our columns already this morning
devoted to Sir R. Peel, being the report of his admirable
inauguration address as Lord Rector of the University,
compels us, in justice to the important intelligence which
at this moment presses upon us from many points, to
defer inserting the account of this Conservative ban-
quet until our next publication. The banquet hall erected
for the occasion appears from the description to be one

of the most magnificent temporary edifices ever raised in
so short a time. The company amounted to about 3,500
persons, Henry Monteith, Esq., in the Chair, supported by
nearly ail the distinguished Conservative Noblemen and
Gentlemen in North Britain. The speech of the Right.
Hon. Baronet was received with the utmost enthusiasm.

After a well-timed and graceful appeal to the national.
feelings of the company, he introduced the subject of Re—
form, the Ministry, and their supporters, against whom heo
called upon the loyalty of those around him to defend their
ancient institutions. The Right Hon. Baronet, ii con—
demning revolutions, quoted the noble passage in M.
Guizot's late address to the Institute, in which that States—
man described the morals of society in revolutionised France ;
and also quoted M. Tocqueville and other authorities, upon
the United States ; and, contrasting the proud pre-eminence,
of England with her ancient Constitution of King, Lords,.
and Commons, with the position of other countries, he con—
jured them to stand by their native land, their old establish—
ments, their ancient faith. This address was responded to
by long demonstrations of adhesion, which continued for

some time after the Right Hon. Baronet had resumed his
seat. Several other gentlemen afterwards addressed the
company, and a number of Conservative toasts were given,
after which thvompany separated.—Galignani's Messen-
ger of Jan. 17.

We yesterday received from the office of the London Sum,
a Sunday edition, published by the spirited proprie.-
tors of our liberal namesake—containing eight columns and
a half of the proceedings at Glasgow on Friday last, at the
complimentary dinner to Sir Robert Peel, as the newly-
elected Lord Rector of Glasgow University. The dinner
commenced at about half-past five, and if we consider the'
mastication to have occupied an hour and the speechifica-
tion five hours and a half, we shall bring our time account

to midnight of the 13th. Suppose the copy of the reporters
prepared in six hours, and that this copy left Glasgow at
6 a.m. on the 14th, on its journey of 404 miles to the Bri-
tish metropolis. When the intelligence reached The Sum
Office in London, it had to be composed, read, corrected,
and printed. This must have occupied at the lowest cal-
culation eight hours ; and as we received our copy of The
London Sun at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the express
can only have had 50 hours for its transmission of the re-
port 650 miles (from Glasgow, by London, Dover, and.
Boulogne, to Paris)—which is at the rate of 13 miles per
hour for the entire distance—delays, and accidents of every
description, inclusive. This needs no eomment ; and, least
of all, in a country where men, horses, and vehicles are
made for the roads, instead of the roads being made for
them. We subjoin the speech of the honoured guest ; and
hope we shall be considered fairly to have discharged our
duty as caterers for all tastes, in this arrangement of our
overflowing supply of interesting intelligence. After the
routine toasts had been disposed of with due honours, ver-
bal, musical, and vociferous, the Chairman (Henry Mon-
teith, Esq., of Carstairs) proposed the health of Sir Robert
Peel, which announcement was received with loud cheers,
which continued for several minutes.—Paris Sun of Jati. rt.

PARIS, JAN. 17.—We received an extraordinary num-
ber of The Sun published on Sunday morning, and sent
hitlicr by Express. It contains a full report of the pro-
ceedings, not only at the installation of Sir Robert Teel as
Lord Rector, but also at the banquet at which that States-
man was entertained at Glasgow on Friday evening.---
Journal du Commerce.

The promised express of The Sun newspaper, with the
speech of Sir Robert Peel at the Glasgow dinner, which
was expected in this city last night, did not arrive until this
day at 2 o'cloek. The bad state of the road over a dis-
tance of nearly GOO miles, has no doubt impeded our con-
temporary's arrangements. As it is, however, we may
consider it the most unprecedented despatch that has ever
occurred, and the proprietors of The Sun have in this in-
stance eclipsed themselves by their extraordinary exertions.
Owing to the arrival occurring as we were going to press,
it is impossible to give more than the following brief ac-
count of this glorious meeting.—Western Luminary.

We believe that The Sun was the only London paper of
Tuesday evening last that reached Jersey, with the' Brevet
Promotions" by Thursday's packet. In consequence of
which, the members of one of our reading rooms requested
the proprietor to accommodate them with that Journal in
future, instead of the Globe, or the Courier. For our own
parts, from an experience of several years, we are satisfied
that The Sun is decidedly the best of the Metropolitan eve-
ning papers, and it would appear, by the following an-
nouncement, that its spirited proprietors are determined to
maintain its high character for energetic despatch and
priority of intelligence. " During the Eventful Session now
at har4 The Sun will endeavour to outdo its former ext.
ertions, in giving the very latest and fullest Reports of Par-
liamentary Debates, up to the hour of post, and, when ne-
cessary, by express on all the great Lines of Road."---
Jqrsey Argus.

For no early copy of Sir R. Peel's Speech, we are its
debted to the spirited exertions of the proprietors of TN'
Sun. The speeCh was delivered in Glasgow on Fridiri
evening, and was published in London--a distance of 4040
miles, in an extraordinary edition of The Sun, soon after
midnight on Saturday! We are sure that exertions like
these cannot fail to be duly rewarded by the public—Ha"
lifax Express,