The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-02 00:00:00

parts. It must be gratifying also in no ordinary
degree to Mr. WALLACE himself to find that he is attain-
ing his meritorious object. His success has not been ra-
pid—that he could not expect—but if more gradual than
he wished, or than the good of the country required, it is to
be recollected that he has had difficulties to contend against
which would have induced most men to give up the con-
test in despair.
The Hon. Member last night called the attention of the
House to a Post-office return of last session, from which it
appeared that in the course of the last eight years, property
to the amount of 600,0001. had been abstracted from let-
ters or lost in passing through the Post-office. He
also alluded, in strong terms, to the violation of
private confidence, which so frequently takes place in
country Post Offices, and which made people prefer send-
ing a letter, wrapped up in brown paper, as a parcel, at
five times the cost, to passing it through the Post Office.
Where such practices prevail, he concluded there were
faults in the system, which required correction. After chew-
ing that the inconvenience—of which he lately complained—
attending the Post Office communication between London
and Scotland, bad not been removed by the dispatch of an
additional mail coach, as both coaches started from Lon-
don at the same time, Mr. WALLACE concluded by
giving notice that he -would ask leave to bring in a
Bill for the establishment of an Office for the Re-
gistration of Letters passing through the Post Office.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, and in-
ferred that, as no public complaint had been made—as he
conceived there must have been, about the loss of so
large a sum as 600,0001.—the return was incorrect. It is,
however, not easy to reconcile this explanation with
the fact that Lord LICHFIELD stated the other night in
the House of Lords, that 400,0001. of the sum abstracted
had been recovered. The Right Hon. Gentleman defended
the country post-offices from the charge of opening
letters. Letters, he said, were often found open,
by reason of the accidental breaking of an imperfect
seal. This, we are aware, takes place when wax, without
a wafer underneath, is used, and whin the letter is sealed
in a hurry. In such cases a very small portion, if any, of
the wax gets between the foldir of the paper, and the seal
cracks even by a slight bending of the letter. We think
it is but fair to:give the Post Office theibenefit of this care-
lessness, on the part of those who commit their letters to
its charge. However, the Right Hon. Gentleman con-
fessed that there was great room for amendment, and
stated his intention to bring in a Bill for the Reform of the
Post Office, in which provhion would be made for the re-
gistration of letters. Mr. WALLACE having gained the
object he had in view, withdrew his motion.

The unanimity with which all parties in the House of
Commons last night supported the principle of a Poor-law
for Ireland is most gratifying. For ourselves we trust that
no time will be lost in carrying the Bill, so auspiciously
introduced by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, through the remaining
stages, in order to provide against the possibility of further
delay in the settlement of this great question. It is one
of those measures in which Whigs, Tories, and Radicals,
are equally interested, and we shall be delighted to find
all parties uniting for the common object of improving its
provisions. We have a long article on the subject in type,
which want of space compels us to make stand over till
Monday.

Matters are rapidly progressing from bad to worse in
Lower Canada. On the 7th ult., a public meeting of the
Liberals, presided over by M. PUPINEAU, was dispersed by
the military, in the execution of which duty some blows
were given and received by the assailants and the assailed.
This is a ba.d beginning of a system of pacification, and
our forebodings of the result are very gloomy.

The Paris Journals of Thursday have all been received,
but their contents are of very little importance. The
question of the reduction of the Five per Cents. continues
to divide public attention with the expulsion of the Arch-
bishop of Cologne. The latest advices from Madrid are
of the 22d ult., but they are of no political interest. A
change of Ministers was spoken of as an inevitable event.
Nothing can be conceived more wretched than the present
condition of the Peninsula. Hordes of rebels, or rather
brigands, are overrunning Lower Arragon, Valencia, and
Estemadura with all but perfect impunity. In the Basques
the operations of the QUEEN'S army since the arrival of
ESPARTERO are rather of a defensive than of an aggressive
character. The old system of procrastination is once more
the order of the day. In the mean time the Government
wants money, and the troops, terrible only to their officers,
want clothing and military stores. Annexed are extracts
from the Journals : _ _ .

A letter from Perpignan of the 23d, gives some detail of the con-
tinuation of the siege of Puycerda by the Carlists. In the night
of the 22d, there was a heavy fire of artillery andmusketry between
the besiegers and the besieged on the side towards the gate of
Spain. The Carlists had just pushed a reconnoissance to the vici-
nity of the place, and bravely supported the fire for half an hour.
They had brought several pieces of artillery on mules to the village
of Alfa, where they have collected a large quantity of cannon-balls,
&c. Meantime Brigadier-General Carbo is advancing towards
Puycerda, in order to force the Carlists to raise the siege.
The Prefect of Tolosa has just arrested an agent of Don Carlos.
This is the same Cebat who was employed by M. Toreno at the
Custom-house of Barcelona. This is a very important capture.—
Le Commerce. _ _ . .

The Polish refugees celebrated on Wednesday last, at Paris, the
seventh anniversary of the Polish revolution of 1830. At half after
eleven they assembled in great numbers in the Church of St. Ger-
main des Pres, to be present at the Divine Service performed near
the tomb of John Casimir, King of Poland, who died in France,
and was buried in that Church. The Polish Literary Society also
held an extraordinary sitting, at which Prince Adam Czartoryski
presided, and upon which occasion speeches analagous to the solemn
anniversary were delivered.
Letters from Constantinople mention the arrival of the French
steam-packet from Alexandria, with the important intelligence that
the Eyptian army in the Urdjaz, after having experienced an unin-
terrupted series of disasters, had been completely routed, and its
Commandar-in-Chief killed.
FRENCH FUNDS. —Emus, Nev. 30.
Five per Cents., 10;f. 4.';c.
Four per t cuts.,
Three per Cents., RE 45c. 35c. tsc.
Rents de Naples, 100 f. sc. Wf. 95c.
Roman Five per Cents., 100 X.
Spanish Actives, 2031%.
Spanish Passives, 431.
Brussels Society, I,foof.
Belgian Bank, 1,53'1f. 1,527 f. 5Cc.
Portugue.se Three per Cents., 19%X.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One menth, paper, 25f. 42%c.; money, 25f. 40c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 27%c.; money, 25f. 273%c.
—fours Authentiaue.
LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents. 10-f. 40c.
Three per Cents., li g. 55c.
Romans, 100 X.
Belgian Bank, 1,527 f. Pc.
Brussels Society, 1,6A1:
Portuguese Three per Cents., 1914.
Spanish Actives, 2054.
Spanish Passives, 414.