The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON`, THlTnsn TIRCENMER ,?(1

ing enthusiasm —no loyal devotion to the
House of Orleans. Guarded by the presence
of 100,000 men under arms, his MAJESTY pro-
ceeded in silence from the Palace till he found him-
self in the midst of the National Representatives
who, it was observed, were more than usually taci-
turn. This so affected the KING, that in reading
the speech his voice, which is usually clear and
sonorous, was frequently inaudible. The QUEEN,
Madame ADELAIDE, the KING'S sister, the
Duchess of ORLEANS, and the Princess CLE..

AIENTINE were present, as well as the Dukes of

ORLEANS, MONTPENSIER, and AUMA LE. The
reception of her MAJESTY, who is as popular with
all classes as the KING is the reverse, was very

enthusiastic.

There is very little news of any interest in
the Paris Papers. As the Chamber of Deputies
will not be regularly constituted before Monday or
Tuesday next, at the earliest, several days must
elapse before the commencement of the " tug of
war" in that Assembly.

The Minister of Marine has just ordered a general
levy of sailors in the whole extent of the five maritime
arrondissements. This rigorous levy is to include all
sailors on shore and in the arsenals.
Those who are on board merchantmen nho have not
yet served in vessels of the Royal navy, or those who
may have been there for more than a year, shall be
landed and sent to the division of seamen of the line to
be put on board the vessels armed or arming in the port
of Toulon.

By this measure it is intended to complete the crews
of cur men-of-war, which the Minister orders to be got
ready ;or sea with all possible despatch.

The Phare de Bayonne of the 2lst instant says :
" We are informed by a letter from the frontiers of
Catalonia that a correspondence is going on between the
Carlist Junta at Berge, and the Governor of Puycerda.
The latter offers to the Junta the conditions of the
treaty of Bergara, which he seems inclined to adopt ; but
with a modification to the effect that the Carlists, on
submitting to the Queen's government, should retain
their arms, and form themselves garrisons in the country
which they occupy.

BOURSE.—PARIS, MGNDAY, Dgn. 23.
brat .Highest Lowest Last
Price _Price. Price. Price,
French 5 per Cents ll2 10 ... IN 15... 111 95 ... 1 2
4 per Cents lO2 50 ... 1(1' 50 ... 102 50 ... 102 50
3 per Cents BO 55 ... 80 h 0 ... 80 40 ... 80 45
Bank of trance :299J ...3000 ....990 .—S0:10
Laltitte Back 1,0001: Sh lOBO ...1080 _1077 50 ...I, 77 50
5,000 f. Sh 5227 50 —.5227 50 ...5225 ...5227 50
Belgian 5 per Cents 1011.; ... 1013 i .., 10,% ... 101%
3 per Cents 7l 90 ... 71 90 .... 71 90 ••• 71 99
Bank 832 59
... 850'
... 832 50 ... 815
Spanish Acive 25% ... 25,. ... 2514 ... 25%
Passive 6% ... 6% ... 6% ... 6%
Don Miguel
Neapolitan
Roman
RAILWAY 101%
SHARES
, ... 101 ... 19/ hi
Versailles, R. B 5OO ... 500 ... 492 50 ... 492 5(1
L. B 325 ... 325 ... 322 50 ... 322 50
Havre
Strasburg to Bale 3io ... 320 .. 317 50 ... 320
ASPHALTES AND BITUAENS.
Yarn (Maberly's)

- --- -
BELGIAN 1, UNDS—BILUSeELS, DEC. 24,
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent ICU
%
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent fa%
3 per Cent.
Lorin of City, 1832,4 per Cent 145
Society of Commerce, 4N,per Cent ll4
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent BO
National Society . —
Exchange on London (short)
—Brussels Papers, Dec. 24.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Dac. 1 .*
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Fier per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares .................. .. .............. ..
—Altgemeixe Zeitung, Dec 21.

We have received Madrid Papers of the 17th
inst. The Eco del Conzmercio of that date states
that ESPARTERO'S letter threw the Cabinet
into great confusion ; that they first tendered their
resignations, which being refused, they held a
Council, which sat for three hours, at the conclu-
sion of which despatches were sent to the head-
quarters of ESPARTERO, conveying to that General
the displeasure with which the Cabinet had perused
his letter, and ordering the dismissal of Senor
LINAGE, his Chief Secretary whose name was ap-
pended to it. If this statement be correct, we may
expect to see a speedy contest between ESPARTERO
and the Cabinet ; for most assuredly he will not
obey the order for the dismissal of an officer acting
by his direction. But, unless the General-in-
Chi of be rash enough to throw up his command
the struggle will be a short one. As the
avowed champion of the Constitution, Es-
PARTERO will not have the slightest difficulty in
driving the Ministers, with ignominy, out of office,
in spite of the REGENT, should her MAJESTY
be rash enough to persist in supporting them.

OF THE

ON THE 10Th JANUARY.

ling per single rate ; and if conveyed by private ship,
at the rate of eightpence per single rate, in what-
-
ever po rt. of the United Kingdom they may be posted
.
or delivered.

Letters between the Unitru Kingdom and Fo-
reign Countries (those passing to, pr from, or
through France excepted) to be charged a 9 i;4l-
-

lows :-

If conveyed by packet, and posted at the port of
departure, or delivered at the port of arrival within
the United Kingdom, the present packet rates. If
posted or delivered in
per
single
other
iey
rate part of the U
, inadditiontonited
the
piCreinsgendtopma,c2kedt. rates, unless where a lower charge
shall now exist, in which case such lower charge to

continue.

If conveyed by private ship, Bd. per single rate in
whatever part of the United Kingdom they may be
posted or delivered.
With regard to foreign letters to and from France,
or passing through France, my Lords consider that
pending such modifications as may be introduced
into the Treaty with that country, the maximum of
the charge for packet and inland postage should
not exceed that rate which is now chargeable on a
letter to and from London, no alteration being
made in cases where the charge under the present
Treaty shall be less than such before-mentioned
rate.

The preceding reductions do not apply to letters
passing via France, between the United Kingdom
and the Mediterranean, Egypt, and the East Indies,
which will continue to be charged as at present.
Letters between the United Kingdom and
foreign countries will continue to be subject to the
same regulations with regard to pre-payment as at

rula
Lordso snergv ice
are pleased to direct
that from and
iresent.
Lord Melbourne states to the Board her Ma.
jesty's desire that such measures may he taken
with reference to her Majesty's privilege of frank-
ing as my Lords may consider advisable for the
public
, and in conformity with the other
AN OVER-gATT 0 7
egti
ED X.—On A ednesday even- franks.
which they may lay down with regard to
ing, a fine ox, which was intended to be exhibited for a My
prize at the Chippenham Cattle Show, died shortly after
being driven into the town. The distance it had walked after the 10th Jacuary next, the privilege of frank-
was three quQxters of a mile, which exertion, it appears, ing, both Parliamentary and official, shall cease.
proved too great ; 144,.4eath having been occasioned by The printed Votes and Proceedings of the impe-
tbe rupture of a blood-vessej..,Oxford Chronicle. rial Parliament, or of the Colonial Legislatures of
b
The Dowager Lady Craves accompanied by
either of her Majesty
.l 's colonies, if sent in the
14,,4,0a
and the Hon. Frederick Craven, arrived
• -ay sailing, from Wilt ;panne". now required by law, to be charged as fol-

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Coi.‘IM.i.4.:NCENIEN'T

PENN POSTAGE,

COPY OF A TREASURY MINUTE,
DATED DEC. 26, 1839.
My Lords read the Minute of the 23d of
August, proposing to receive communications from
the public with reference to the Letter Stamps
named in the Act 2 and 3 Victoria, cap. 52, and
offering certain rewards for the same.
The communications (more than 2,600 in num-
ber) received, in consequence of this Minute, have,
for a long time, occupied the attention of their
Lordships. Many of them display much ingenuity.
They are highly satisfactory, as evincing the inte-
rest taken by men of science, and by the public in
general, in the measures now in progress for
the reduction of postage, and they have af-
forded much useful information with reference
to the details of the new arrangements ; upon full
deliberation, however, their Lordships do not think
it will be advisable to adopt any one of the specific
plans proposed, without modification and combina-
tion with other arrangements.
After the best consideration my Lords can give
the subject, and with the view of awarding most
faoitrly to betweengthe Lords have decided
n
specific sums my
sums mentioned in their
ivethe s
minute of 23d August, but have selected four com-
munications which are the most distinguished
either for originality or for completeness, and from
which my Lords have derived the greatest service,
and decided to award the sums of 1001. for each.
The authors of these four communications are as
follows, the names being arranged alphabetically,
viz.:—Messrs. Bogardus and Coffin (who have
acted together) ; Mr. Benjamin Chiverton ; Mr.
Henry Cole, and Mr. Charles Whiting.
My Lords next proceed to take into consideration
the several points enumerated in the Minute of the
23d of August, and the suggestions connected
therewith which occur in the communications
already referred. to.
Their Lordships, upon full consideration, have
decided to require that, as far as practicable, the
postage of letters shall be pre-paid, and to effect
such pre-payment by means of stamps. Their
Lordships are of opinion that the convenience of
the public will be consulted, more especially at first,
by issuing stamps of various kinds, in order that
every one may select that description of stamp
which is most suitable to his own peculiar circum-
stances ; and with a view of affording an ample
choice, their Lordships are pleased to direct that
the following stamps be prepared :
First, Stamped Covers—The stamp being struck
on pieces of paper of the size of half a sheet of 4to.
letter paper.
Second.—Stamped Envelopes.—The stamp
being struck on pieces of paper of a lozenge form,
of which the stationers and others may manufacture

envelopes.
Third.—Adhesive stamps, or stamps on small
pieces of paper with a glutinous wash at the back,
which may be attached to letters either before or
after they are witten. And
Fourth.—Stamps to be struck- on paper of any
description which the public may send to the
Stamp-office for that purpose.
The paper for the first, second, and third kinds
of stamps to be peculiar in its watermark, or some
other feature, but to be supplied to Government

by competition.
My Lords direct that the Commissioners of
Stamps and Taxes, and the Commissioners of
Excise, should receive the official directions to take
the necessary steps in conjunction with this Board
and with the Postmaster-General for the prepara-
tion of the stamps herein enumerated.
Although the necessary experiments and investi-
gations which have been conducted under the di-
rection of this Board are already far advanced,, my
Lords, fear that a considerable time will be,regoirecl
for the preparation of the dies, plates, and ma.
chinery (much of which is unavoidably of a nove
construction), necessary for the manufacture of
stamps ; and being desirous of affording to the pub-
lic, with the least possible delay, the full advan-
tage of the intended reduction in postage, their
Loidships propose at once to effect such reduction.
On the use of stamps, however, my Lords have
fully decided. They will be prepared with the
least possible delay, and, when ready, due notice
will be given of their introduction.
Having, therefore, communicated with the au-
thorities of the Post-office, my Lords are pleased
to direct that on the 10th day of January next, the
following arrangements shall come into operation :
The scale of weight already established for Ge-
neral Post letters to be extended to the London
district and other local post letters.
The charge on all letters passing between one
part of the United Kingdom and another, whether
by the General Post or the London district, or other
local post, to be one penny per single rate.
Such postage to be pre-paid--if not pre-paid to
be charged double on delivery.
Letters between the United Kingdom and the
Colonies to be charged, if conveyed by packet, and
not passing through France, at the rate of one shil-