The Sun.
London, England, 1836-03-22 00:00:00

lARTS and LONDON POST-OFFICES

r4tus, NlAacti 17.—The negotiations between the
total Post Offices of Paris and London have at length
ell a
mutual agreement with regard to the articles left
nut 4 numb the Convention of 1833. Those articles, four in
t,a.rnher, had been at the time proposed by the French and
late,lted hY the English Post Office authorities, and re-
& te the faculty of paying at once the whole postage
(a °° the departure or on the arrival of the letter
1 Ttranchissenicnt facultatif), to the security of money
o
teb ers,
to the diminution of the rate of postage, andt
ot f
circulation of French newspapers in England, and
A--"sh newspapers in France, quite free of postage. The
ili,etttel3re,Parliament relative to the Post Office, which has been
t 0 exist till 1834, gave no authority to the. English
streaster-Gencral to agree to the four articles above
ailed General to, and thence the cause of their being left out of
4e?nv ention signed in 1833. That Act of Parliament
4vi'. "%Fever, repealed in 1834, with the express view of
arrn
the Postmaster-General at liberty to enter into any
tiroangernent with foreign post-offices which might seem to
pow "nducive to public utility. Lord Granville received
Parisrsto sign a new convention, and Mr. Freeling came to
tict t 0 conduct the negotiations. The parties are, in
tile agreed now on every point, and yet it is impossible forr
roar greed
sign a new convention, for this very strange and
in
tie4able reason. In the English Post-Office Act, passed e
) it is very absurdly provided, that the Postmaster-G
inaY, in virtue of an agreement with a foreign State,
.4 Ina +l,
1 newspapers of that foreign State free of postage
such part of Great Britain, on its being shown that
poste are allowed to circulate by post free of
and
Postage in the country in which they are printed
Dos Published. Now, the French newspapers do pay a
Pratage, in order to be allowed to circulate by post in
(notnee:' it is, to be sure, a mere trifle, of four centimes
of tiacitlitte a halfpenny). This charge is made on account
Which low rate of the stamp duty on French newspapers,
Points is five centimes (one halfpenny.) Mr. Freeling
hand to this clause of the English Act, which ties his
l'een:'l,nd says to the French authorities that the only
discottstr' Which the matter may be settled at once is by their
I, rating the charge of postage on French newspapers
to si ranee. The French Post-office authorities are ready
%Tle : a new convention, but they declare it shall be only
toeiatterein all the points which have been lately under ne-
anetlll" are included. They are determined not to sign
Pest eft' Partial agreement. The Director of the French
Pon he engages that when the new convention is agreed
of four e fix five o'clock as the hour of closing, in lieu
venietl' winch is now the latest hour, to the immense incon-
eorre," and prejudice of all persons carrying on frequent
Lond,l3nndenee on matters of business between Paris and
"n--Correspondence of a Contemporary.

. oir Robert Peel's dinner on Saturday evening was
von to the following Members :—Lord Pollington, Sir John I:ll4seocrt,e,Tid Captain Gordon, Mr. T. Gladstone, Captain
orooL '
r. Palmer, Mr. A. Lefroy, Lieut.-Colonel Rusili-
e,.., .mr. Finch, Major-General O'Neill, Mr. Dottin, IN r.
kr-111'ng Bruce, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Packe, Mr. Mackinnon,
,rCodrington Mr. Sheppard, and Mr. East. . The
Rov l'Palace at Brighton will continue to be
l'peeinqieddurlnag the Spring months by Viscount and Viscountess
half and
beet family, Sir Henry healthhavin recommended
and strength of
the
saline
es as conducive to the .
agtepildren of his Lordship, who retains a suite
Nil etlt°n's Hotel, when his Lordship arrives in 0
of atpwarntmferonmts
114sor Castle, or Brighton.
and essrs• Wallace, Clive, O'Connell, M. O'Connell,
viewabout fifteen other Members of Parliament, hadd an inter-
%, With the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesteron the
Dublin and
1,0',1,2_,et of a proposed communication between
tlit2eBo4 via Portdynllaen in twelve hours.
ire7eral Papers have stated the fortune left by M,,,-,.
Letitia Bonaparte to amount to 5,000,000 francs.
be ',,v..:
videtttitfirto that it does not exceed 2,000,000 francs, to
which
ul
7iiki betWeeb six heirs. we have before us letters
it
.U.'ritloll7,:f a doubt as to what we advance.—Gaze e des
tt, Atkletter from Arnheim of the 14th inst. says, that
pr,itela
rl Ist of this month M. A. Brummelkamp (dismissed
131.,,,nue ) and some inhabitants of Hattern, Oldebrock, and
fine forn had been brought to trial and condemned to pay a
213 holding unauthorized religious meetings of more than
--....tjuttsc°lll, sio,
_contrary to articles 291 and 294 of the penal code.
A. , a 4-uper.
tho d. °
.nd of robbers, in number 120, is now ravaging
,4
oAsteriets of Canischa, in Hungary, under the command of
teivede ron half-pay. A lady of great wealth recently. re-
oa p,i an an
letter from the Chief, commanding her,
to p en of assassination and the destruction of her property,
the Pare a repast for 80 persons of distinction. Terrifiedt at
Sppoio ace, she complied with the requisition, and at the hour
lowed tiled his
chief of the band arrived, and was speedily o -
t4keti by
nlB tnarauding companions. After they. pta.re-
alielitest da "Pions meal they retired without izimrnlttlng h
4tnage.