The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-05 00:00:00

their especial abhorrence of assassination. Besides,
their Lordships " baying no fears" for themselves, are
happily in a situation which admits of the expression
of their feelings. In their interrogatories we find only
additional proofs of their judicial zeal in all that re-
lates to the safety of the Royal Family. The by-
standers, however, must have had difficulty in repressing
a smile, when PASQUIER commenced the examination
of his MAJESTY respecting the abodes of such
worthies as MEUNIER, ALIBEAUD, FIESCHI, and
their wicked accomplices.

The whole of the Paris Journals of Monday and
Tuesday have been received, together with letters from
Santander of the 28th, Bilboa of the 25th, San Se-
bastian of the 23d, and Bayonne of the 30th ult. In
all except the letters from San Sebastian, we find addi-
ditional accounts of the raising of the seige of Bilboa
by General ESPARTERO. On the evening of the
23d, the fourth Regiment of the British Le-
gion--about four hundred strong—embarked on
board the Isabella 11. to join ESPARTERO in a gene-
ral attack upon the Carlists ; but unfortunately they
arrived too late. Bilboa was relieved before they
reached Portugalete, so they returned without effecting
anything. The following is the official report, pub-
lished in the Moniteur.

" The deliverance of Bilboa is certain ; the enemy have
lost about 1,000 men and a part of their artillery."
The Carlists lost the whole of their artillery, with the
exception of one mortar, which they succeeded in
dragging along with them. Their loss in men is also
considerably more than is here stated, though the
exact number is not yet known. But what con-
tributes most to the discomfiture of Don CARLOS
is the desertion of his army—hundreds of whom
are returning daily to their respective homes.
It was stated in Paris on Monday that ALAIX, at the
head of his division, had entered Durango, from
whence Don CARLOS had fled to Villafranca.

There is no other news of any interest in the Paris
Papers of Monday and Tuesday, except what relates
to the addresses to the KING, of which we have spoken
elsewhere.

Brussels and German papers have been received.
The plague had made its appearance on the frontiers
of Servia. On New-year's Day King LEoroLD re-
ceived the felicitations of the Belgian Chambers, and
other public bodies.

New York papers to the 9th ult., with a file of jour-
nals from Upper and Lower Canada, have just reached
us. We have pleasure in stating that the health of
President JACKSON is improved. For extracts from
these journals we refer our readers to another part of
The Sun.

A slight thaw prevailed on Saturday afternoon in
Edinburgh, but it was of short duration, as an intense
frost set in at nightfall, which still continues. All the mails,
except those from London and Carlisle, are arriving about
their regular time.

The exportation of gold and silver coin and bullion
from the port of London, during the past week, is as
follows :—Gold bars to Hamburg, 175 oz. ; gold coin to
Cape of Good Hope, 3,750 oz. ; silver coin to Madeira,
1,000 oz. ; silver coin to Gibraltar, 10,000 oz.
ELGlN.—lnfluenza, which has been so universally
prevalent throughout the country for some time past, has at
length made its appearance here within the last four days ;
and we speak within bounds when we say, that nearly one-
third of the population of the town has been already affected

by it.
The Hull Observer of Tuesday last inculpates the
post-dice management of the borough. With a ciew to
obtain a remedy for the abuses pointed out by a Con-
temporary, he suggests that the matter should be placed "in
the hands of a Member of the House of Commons, who,
by a judicious order for returns of the sums irregularly drawn
horn the public through post-office agency, may collect a
mass of facts so conclusive in their character as to lead to
the total abolition of the privilege of taxing the inhabitants
of towns without consent of Parliament."

CHARITY.—To the credit of the provinces we may
state that we have scarcely seen a single country paper for
the last week, which does not contain the record of several
seasonable acts of Christmas liberality exercised in their
respective districts towards the poor.
According to general expectation, the thaw has oc-
casioned great distress amongst the poor residing in low
situations. In Tiers-street, Lambeth, the inhabitants were,
yesterday, seen removing their goods from several small
houses, the lower apartments in which were inundated by
the dissolving snow. Much distress and suffering was felt
in consequence of the calamity, which was not confined to
that spot. Other parts contiguous to the banks of the
Thames have been subject to the same misfortune, and
there is ground to believe, notwithstanding the gradual thaw,
that considerable losses will be sustained by the injury done
to property.
HAMBURG, DEC. 28.—The Elbe being full of
floating ice, the mails from Germany have come very late ;
those from Fraace and Belgium not at all. The English
mail is also due ; but if, as we suppose, the steam-boat has
arrived at Cuxhaven, the mail bag will probably be sent up
by land on the other side of the Elbe.
The body of a young woman of dissolute habits was
found yesterday morning among the snow, in one of the un-
finished roads between the Lothian-road and the Castle-
terrace. There were no marks of violence on the body ;it
is therefore supposed that, while in a state of intoxication,
she had fallen or lain down on the road, and died from
cold.—Edinburgh Courant.
In the course of this week there have been strewed
along the coast, in the vicinity of Berwick, a number of deck
planks, a pump 14 feet long, a chest, and various other
articles belonging to some vessel that is supposed to have
been wrecked in the offing. There were also washed
ashore, on the Magdalen Fields, a shirt, which is stated to
be marked with the letter C ; and at Holy Island, a dog-
house was found on the beach. From the length of the
pump, the unfortunate vessel must have been a brig or
schooner ; but nothing has hitherto cast up by which any
certain information may be traced respecting her.—Berwick
Warder.
The letters are conveyed daily from Canterbury to
Dover on sledges, drawn by three and four horses, tandem.
On Thursday morning they were forwarded by means of
" pack-horses ;" and on Sunday under the superintendence
of Mr. Godfrey, a post-office inspector, they were trans-
mitted on sledges, which returned with passengers, at a
charge of 2/. per head. Previous to this mod of con-
veyance being adopted they were sent round the coast
by a Government steamer. Very few vehicles are vi-
sible, excepting sledges, which glide silently through all our
thoroughfares, drawn by one or more horses, and giving a
mar-
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; but being Member for a county which was equally
divided, he had more claims
upon his gratitude than he
could handsomely satisfy. A. staunch friend requested Sir
John some trifling favour. Sir John was sorry that it was
not in his power to confer it. " You know, Sir John,"
urged the honest man, nettled by the refusal, " you know,
Sir John, that I am a man you could always depend upon."
" And that," replied Sir John, " my good friend, is the
reason ; I am compelled to provide so lavishly for those I
cannot depend upon, that I have not so much as a por-
ter's place to spare for those upon whom I can."—Leicester
Paper.
THE QUEEN REGENT OF SPAIN.—When Cala-
trava informed the Queen Regent that the Cortes required
the plan of her daughter's education, her Majesty replied
in the following terms :—" I am as much interested in my
daughter's education as the Cortes. If they by their vote
in the Chamber, confirming me in the appointment of
Queen Regent, have reposed all their confidence in me, I
am at a loss to understand their present demand. You may
state that, although the representatives of the nation had
not expressed their confidence in me, I would never submit
to the humiliation of laying before them the plan which I
have adopted regarding the education of my children. I
gave them my husband's will, as I wished them to know
that I was actuated by no sordid or interested feelings ;
but as a mother, and a Queen, I will not suffer a personal
insult."—Morning Paper.
An accident of a very distressing nature occurred at
Kingston-Port, Speymoutb, on Thursday week, by which a
fine child, between two and three years of age, was unfor-
tunately deprived of life. Mrs. Macdonald left the de-
ceased and an elder sister amusing themselves in the room,
while she went for a few minutes to the house of a neigh-
hour. During her short absence the clothes of the unwary
child caught fire, and when she returned, to her dismay,
she beheld her screaming infant completely enveloped in
flames. These were speedily extinguished, but the child
was so severely burned that it died on the evening of
Friday laat....Edinburgh Courant,