The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-17 00:00:00

THE POST-OFFICE.

The following correspondence took place on Saturdlif
between the Lord Mayor and Colonel Maberly
" The Lord Mayor presents his compliments to Colonel
Maberly. From the very great excitement existing in 1,01/6
City upon the subject of some reported alteration in 'l'-
1-'ost-office with regard to the delivery of letters on Sun'
days, his Lordship would feel obliged if the Colonel could
afford him any information that would enable him to anal
the public feeling."

His Lordship received the following answer :
" General Post-office, Dec. 15,1838. "
Lieutenant-Colonel Maberly presents his complimePtg,
to the Lord Mayor, and has the honour to acquaint bith
in reply to his inquiry, that there is no proposition before
the Postmaster-General for a delivery of letters on Sur
days, and that no measure would be adopted except on the
most mature deliberation.

" The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor," &c.
His Lordship read this correspondence in the Justice',
room publicly, and said that he considered himself bout''
to sanction the publication of letters on a subject whicb btr,
excited so very strong a feeling throughout the rib°
country.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(7`IIIS DO')

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DEAL, DEL 15 AND 16.—Wine, E., moderate.--, 0
the Jane, Clarke, Stephenson, from Newcastle. Arrived fro ,
the River, and sailed the Rhoda, !Nixon, for Hobart Toe",
Maria, Black, Bombay; Countess Wilton, Hanseville, Corfu'
Mari Edmonds, Gibraltar; Milford, Owen, Dublin.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC.IS AND 16. Wind E., film— Arr.`
the Majesty's'ship Partridge from Sherness; Alexande.?, Greg'
from Youghal; Triumph, Green, and Siren, Wake, from
don for Bombay. Off port the Britannia, Lesante, Quebec'
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 16.—Wind E.—Arrived the Pore°,l.lL
J'.
Davies, from Galway, for London, with loss of bulwarks,Jl
boom, &c., and cargo shifted ; Friends, Tomkins, ShIP:
Eight, Mettal, Quebec, with loss of bulwarks;
M`Carthy, Cork; Grenadier, Chevant, Nantes; Eugoely'
Eliza, do. Sailed the Adelaide, Adamson, for Havannah ;
mouth, Robbins, New York ; Bella Aritona, London.
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FALMOUTH, DEC. 15.—Wind E. to E. N. E., fresh brew`
—Arrived the Mutine packet, from Rio Janeiro--sailed 2'Bo
October ; William and Alfred, Culverwell, Antigua; 044 r,
giana, Scott, Berbice; Arne, New Orleans; Thames stestee„
Dublin ; Shannon steamer, Pynn, London. Sailed the ..lefir;
Matilda, for the Canaries; Jebris, Haraison, Malts ;
Teesdale, Liverpool ; Accidente, Grass, Rio 'Janet;
The Ward, Class, from Quebec, having experienced /leo
lent gales, became waterlogged on the 27th ult . ; the cj is
took to the tops, from whence they were taken
vo the 294'00
lat. 4., long. 36, except a boy, who fell overboard, and 'Lea
drowned, by the Prince George, Friend, from Quebec, sP°
with by the Mutine packet.
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RAMSGATE, DEC. 26.—Arrived the: Ruby, from Re°e
Jane Daily, Cardiff. Sailed Myverhe;.d, Lieven, Liven: 00'4
DOVER, DEC. 16.—Arrived the nßrotherick, HeAllao;
from Honfleur ; Helen Reid, R.ourn, Jane, Johnsen,
Cumberland, Hastie, Gotteubw.g. • Put back, the u°-
Klien, for Hamburg.
OFF THE LAND'S RXIN Dec. 15.—The Einuloug, free)
Pugwash ; Chio, MiramirAL
OWES, DEC. 16.—';rind E. S. E.—Arrived the New y°#'
from New York, for Bremen.
TORBAY, DEC. -15.—Sailed the Pallas, Martin,
LiSbOS•
DARTMOUTH., DEC. 16.—Arrived the Adelphi 0,401.
Faversham, -with loss of topmast; Pomona, Steeple, rad
Sailed the Leopold, Valandez, and Emilies, Cadiz. •
jor
BREXTIAM, DEC. 15 —A scudding sail, nearly new, Int aad
name T. C. Gibson, South Shields, has been picked up
landed here. Gar
Jeteszy, DEC. 13.—Arrived the Bransburg, Pillatt ;
tava, Wredman, from Konigsberg.
fls,
CLYDE, Die. 14.—Arrived the Calypso, Melville,
merara.

GUERNSEY, DEC. 13. Sailed the Clugas, Purdy, Feslislir
buco ; Ann and Eliza, Pontsoy, St. Übe's.
PADSTOW, DEC. 15.--Sailed I;the Ellen, Brown, Corruitlia
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15 AND 16. Wind S. S. E.—Arriy(
Roscius, Collens, from New York; Resolution, Al delis,
Richebucto; Duncan, Rutters, St. John's, N. B. , Cer clfo,
Newfoundland ; Monkey, Mediterranean. Put back the'
v*ipi
lags, for Havannab, with loss of bead and bulwarks, lII' „tor,
been in contact with a steamer. Sailed the Helen, Tls st,
Rio Janeiro; Lucy, Wallace, do. ; Revel, Maranhsre- ;mod,
George, Rio Grande; Romulus, Head, Demerara; grej,loll
Appleby, Trinidad ; Lydia, Smith Havannah ; Flu 14
Johnson, New Orleans; Garrick, Palmer, New York ; Top
Norrie, St. Michael's; Teazer, Outh, ; Hebe, Mr/
Alexandria ; Clementina, Brand, Naples; Enterpr'ase,
grave, Leghorn; Berwick-on-Tweed, Hebbury, Odessa;
riette, Virginia.
DUBLIN, DEC. 14.—Arrived the Hugh, from .."13idoe'
Legget, Demerara ; George Lawrence, L „
er)'
Voluntaria, St. Übe's : Duke of Cam.bvidge, (stes
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London. Sailed the Hart, Fletcher, for Hobart Tevol•
GLOSTER, DEC 13.—Arrived the Eli.sabeth and Mary,
ner, from Miramichi.

CARDIFF, DEC. 13.—Sailed the supply, for Oporto. •ce
A brigantine, understood to L..le the George, front Fdrisen
Edward's Island to Bristol, wit!a loss of foremast, bea
mizen-masts, and deck swept was seen on the 3d 410. Pe'
A bpi understood understood to be the Severn, from Quebec t° 00
derland, with loss of foremast, bowsprit, bulwarks, 35"
seen by the Roberts,on, Neil, arrived at Liverpool.
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The Amity, loound to Bahia, has put back to Live-0
after being or:, shore.
Tine Evergreen, from St. John's, was on shore Ia
Mersey yesterday.

Mr. Ellice,
Canada,
J u
and n M.P., ~ arrived in town th.
is1130;01,
log
had an interview with Sir 1-7
The following adds anr
at the Colonial-office.
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curring instances of tide danger ; • —° 'B
men allowing the' and impropriety of dal'
Jther to the almost ci', rto'
diversion is ovp a- guns to remain loaded after the at 0
neighbour's 1".
Two gentlemen had been shootief were
~ at nn great distance from this city, slung to
returniorr home together in "
the d ''
.ashboard. Suddenly one of the guns went off, le if
07, is supposed, by a jerk received by the gig from t-viere
evenness of the road, and the contents of the barrel the
lodged in the neck of the horse of a gentleman rid•teglbtYbere
side !—The latter, fortunately, escaped unhurt, allu,b-, e°
are hopes that the poor animal may recover, althilefaa•
may be supposed, frightfully wounded.—Worcester ,r
GALICIA, DEC. I.—The new Commissien?rsvestr
pointed by the Protecting Powers to prosecute the ilreadi
, gation relative to the late murder at Cracow, bavertaowskrf;
I arrived in that city. They are Messrs. Zajones -ky,
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not reach Swansea, until half past ten at night, being re:of
five hours later than the appointed time, in consequenioo
the prevalence of a very dense fog. The extreme dn'er from
of the night rendered it necessary to lead the be:rsee set
Neath to Swansea. The Llanelly mail coacY, wasruS,-'•
a mile out of town, but no serio-usacciden'c occur
Cambrian.
A great improvement has been lately .0 the
made ' or
London Dock, by the erection of a maunificent jettY',o,eo
ported on massive piles,
quay, eight hundred feet across the large basin. ffivoircl•
a quay frontage on bOt!ia sides for the loading of out.,i3th,
bound ships of 1,60 P., feet. The jetty is 62 feet in "wide,
e'xtendinc, from the soutbrdiag
and three le.ty sheds, each 208 feet long by 48 feet.,,orte'
for the reception of goods and merchandize for e%.rtate-
oo.ses is already
htion, are in the course of erection ; one of these e of
seven feet clear. on each side of the warehouses. „melt
erection of the jetty is said to have cost the London -',,,rest
completed. There will be a sPeevoe
afford "'soh'
Company not less than 60,000/, and it will
accommodation to the sh • . and articularly to tbe 'de
Town 1"1ng,13 eight lii',
ney and Hobart ships. There are now city
vessels bound to those places lying alongside the nellatherf
They
. will all carry out a great number of emigrar.sts.. s•-tite
is sufficient depth of water for the largest sEips '
water'jetty, and at spring tides there is twenty-three, feet ef", err
The whole work reflects great credit on the, skill ' it
terprise of the respectable commercial body by vib°b0i eso
was designed. A capital of one million sterling bald inv
expended during the last twelve years in enlarging an
of the
proving the London Dock, including the excavation 01 or
eastern basin and entrance, and we understand furt.her the
orovements are in contempl .tion. The dock, With ifOS
various rows of lofty warehouses and Vaults, it' the
establishment of the kind in the world.