The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-09 00:00:00

MEETING AT THE CITY HALL.

A great meeting of the merchants and citizens was held
yesterday at the Supreme Court Room, City Hall, to take
into consideration the best means to relieve the mercantile
community, and the sufferers generally, from the distress
occasioned by the late conflagration.
His Honour the Mayor presided, assisted by thirteen vice
presidents, and twelve secretaries were appointed.
James G. King, Dudley Selden, James Munroe, and
James 8.. Murray addressed the meeting.
On the motion of J. G. King, Esq.
Resolved, That while the citizens of New York. lament
over the ruin that has left desolate the most valuable part
of this city, and deeply sympathize with the numerous suf-
ferers, it becomes them, not to repine, but to unite in a vi-
gorous exertion to repair the loss ; that the extent of her
commerce, the number, wealth and enterprize of her citi-
zens, justifies, under the blessings of Divine Providence, a
primary reliance upon her own resources.
Resolved, That we consider it the duty of our citizens
and moneyed institutions, who stand in the relation of cre-
ditors to those who have directly or indirectly suffered by
the late fire, to extend to them the utmost forbearance and
lenity.
Oa the motion of Dudley Beldest,,Rsei,:::ll,fir.,,L
Resolved, that a committee consisting of the Mayor
and one hundred and twenty-five citizens be appointed to
ascertain the extent and probable value of property de-
stroyed, and how far the sufferers are protected by insu-
rance. Also with power to make application to Congress
for relief, by an extension of credit for debts due the
United States, and a return or remission of duties on
goods -destroyed. And also, to ask such other aid from
the general state and city governments as may be
deemed expedient. Also, to ascertain the origin and cause
of the fire, and what change, if any, should be made either
in the regulating of streets, the -erection of buildings, or
the arrangements of the fire department, to prevent a recur-
rence of similar calamities, and to take such other mea-
sures as the emergency may demand.
Resolved,—That the Committee to be appointed, take
the earliest and most effectual measures to ascertain and
relieve the urgent necessities of all those who have been
reduced to want by the recent unfortunate event.
On the motion of Colonel Murray,
Resolved,—That the thanks of this meeting be, and they
are hereby tendered to the citizens of Philadelphia, Brook-
lyn, and Newark, for the spontaneous expression of their
sympathy in our misfortunes, and that they he especially
tendered to the firemen of those cities, who, with a promp-
titude and kindness unexampled, have left their homes at
this inclement season to offer their services, and which
they are now rendering at the scene of the calamity.
Resolved,—That the members of the Two Boards of
Common Council be members (ex officio) of the Committee.
We are happy to state that the general opinion of
the people of New York, as conveyed to us in the
Journals to the 22d inclusive, was favourable to a
cordial reconciliation between France and the United
States.

We have received the whole of the Paris Journals of
Thursday, together with a condensed report of the
proceedings in the Chamber of Peers on Wednesday.
The Address in answer to the Speech from the
.Throne
was carried without a single amendment on a division
in which the numbers were—Majority, ninety-n►ne
Minority, eight. It will be seen from the debate that
followed that the fate of Poland will not be overlooked
during the present Session of the Chambers. On this
question we find the following important article, evi-
dently from of a Member of the Cabinet, in the
Journal des DeGats

" Now that questions of foreign policy are no longer
mingled with questions of internal revolution,.. France, mis-
tress of herself; and the Chambers that we present her, will
bestow a freer attention upon them. Already it may be
foreseen that foreign politics will kohl an important place in
the commencing session. The Chamber of Peers has this
day opened these high and serious diseuss:c,ns. M. de Tas-
cher 'troth' have had the Chamber express, in its
.achlress
in reply to the speech from the Crown, the formal wish of
seeing France, in Concert with her allies, insist upon the
maintenance of the treaties of Vienna in respect to Poland.
He energetically sketched the misfintuncs of that nation,
and the spirit of successive invasion that directs the policy
of the St. Pete' rz.burgh Cabinet. If the wish of M. de
Tascher; backed by M. de Monteiambert, and by an elo-
quent extempore oration of M. Villcniain, has- not given
rise to amodification of the projected addresS, at least the
sentiments expressed by.the noble orators have met with
the unanimous approbation of the Chamber.
" It must not be thought that these have been vain and
sterile words, because no immediate effect has followed
them. The Chamber has deemed that it behoved it to
confide in the wisdom of Government. A great reserve of
language may be imposed upon Government itself, which
menaces only when it has resolved to strike ; it is not the
less expedient that even isolated voices should not suffer a
prescription of treaties, but incessantly protest against their
violation. Russia may assume a conquering tone ; Europe
acknowledges no other right than those she derives from
the treaties of Vienna, and as long as there shall be a king-
dom of Poland for Europe, there shall be one for Russia.
Her usurpation shall not be a tranquil one ; the recollec-
tion of violated treaties will, in her own eyes, leave her right
in suspense ; the irritation itself of her language will show
the anxiety of her conscience ; the moral existence of Polish
nationality will uphold her material existence, in despite of
all the efforts of violence to annihilate it. Bound together
as all the nations of Europe now are, they feel that their
deeds, to he lawful, require to be sanctioned by the con-
sent of the other Powers. Russia did not alone make the
Treaties of Vienna ; she shall not destroy them by her sole
authority.

is, besides, " In this question of Poland there
thing more sacred still than treaties—it is the rights of
outraged humanity. Were the treaties of Vienna not in
existence, Europe, in the name of the common interest of
civilized nations, in the name of justice and of her own
glory, would Ai have a right to protest against a policy
which tends to nothing less than the extirpation from the
earth of a great people. There exists, thank God, amongst
all the nations of Europe, a common tin of civilization,
justice, and humanity. Nations and their Governments

are in this respect dependent upon each other. \\len hu-
manity and justice are anywhere outrageon..lv viclated, hu-
manity and justice everywhere ,feathe blow. If even ,the,,
treaties of Vienna did not oblige Rassia to respect the.in-
tegrity of the kingdom of Poland if the last insurrection
could have authorized Russia to withdraw or suspend the
-Constitution given to. Poland, humanity would Oblige her
to respect, to spare, a vanquished people ; nothing could
have authorized her to exterminate, methodicnily, a whole
kople, a generous people, under the eyes of Europe. If
Russia chooses to bc included in the number of civilized na-
tions, she must submit to the law of civilization,
" For our part, we thank the noble orators that have
this day so well upheld this holy cause. If public opi-
nion persist in its remonstrances, they will, at length,: be
listened to. It is a force to which everything gives way
—and there is not
,in Europe a single Goya:n:lent, that
can long stand its accusation. Even at Moscow its voice is
attended to."

It is easy to gather from the above the opinions en-
tertained by the head of the French Government with
respect to the nationality of Poland. The Journal
Iles. Debats expresses the sentiments of the influential
pottion of the. Cabinet ; for in point of fact, it never
was more a Ministerial Journal than since it pro-
claimed its freedom from all _Ministerial control.

There is no other intelligence of any importance. in
these Journals.

PARIS, JAN. 0.--The
,134rcelona Jqnrnals of the 2Sth
and 29th December, inform Us that Aril* .icim men cod his
operations on the 23d, by occupying Without striking a
blow San Lorenie-de Peteris, Where'ilM'Carlists of Cata-
lonia had their principal place of refuge and depot. The
rebels retreated into the fortified chapel of La Vierga del
Host, against which the fire was opened on the ?;id in the
morning. On that day eight or ten bombs were thrown
into the building, the belfry of which was thrown down.
In the evening the Carlists;Withoiiiiiudicating any intention
of surrendering, shod' ieveral prisciners, which has exaspe-
rated the besiegers, who will give no quarter to the rebels
if they succeed in their attack.
PARIS, JAN. 7.—We'saicl that on the invitation of the
Committee of the Address, the President of the Council
was to g 9 to-day to give the explanations 'asked of him re-
specting the American treaty ; but M. de Broglie has sent
word that his presence being necessary in the Chamber of
Peers, he could not make till to-morrew the communica-
tions promised by the Government.- This circumstance will
delay the presentation of the Address for one day at least.
Notwithstanding the reserve of the Members of the Com-
mittee, we have reason to believe that very animated dis-
cussions have taken place. To-day the Committee sat till
half-past six o'clock.
The letters from Brest, whiCh we have published from
time to time, and those which have arrived to-day, an-
nounce that the naval armaments, and the assembling of
seamen for the crews of 'the vessels already armed, and
those which are prepa.ring'tO be so, are not relaxed ; it is
the same at Toulon: _ _ _

Our correspondent at. St. Sebastian writes on the 3d of
January that Guetaria was taken by the Carlists on the Ist ;
that the Queen's troops had to the last behaved in the
most scandalous manner, committing all kinds of excesses
in the town. The National Guard, who had done their duty,
had arrived at St. Sebastian by sea.—illessager, Jan. 7.

We have received Lisbon papers to the 29th of
December. The marriage of the Queen of PORTU-
GAL with Prince FERDINAND AUGUSTUS of Saxe
Coburg, was to be celebrated by proxy, on New Year's
Day ; the Duke of TERCEIRA having been appointed
to represent the PRINCE. The same ceremonies will
take place as did on the occasion of the QUEEN'S for-
mer marriage. There was a rumour in circulation to
the effect that the QUEEN meditated a change of
Ministry.

We have received Montreal Papers to the 11th
December. They mention that among the proceedings
of the Legislative Council, Mr. Moffat moved the
appointment of a special Committee to consider the
state of the trade of the province ; and instructions
have accordingly been given on the subject of the
lumber trade. These papers also give an account of
a 'Constitutional meeting held, and say :—" We are
enabled this day to give an outline of the speeches de-
livered at the Constitutional Meeting of Monday last.
To the determined nature of those addresSes,'we would
particulary direct the attention of our readers at a dis-
tance, as indicative of the strong and excited state of
the public feeling in the'city, and of the opinion enter-
tained by a highly influential, wealthy, and numerous
portion of our Community,"in relation to the present
prospect of our political affairs.
"Me can assure our friends at a distance, that the
members of the Constitutional. Association are fully
resolved to resist the encroachments of their enemies ;
that they are prepared to- resist the collection of any
taxes laid upon the people of the. Colony, who are de-
nied a share'of the representation, and whose views
and opinions are daily insulted ; that, however un-
pleasant may be the task, they are determined to refuse
obedience to every law which is passed by an assembly
within whose walls their voice cannot be heard:" The
outline of the speeches are too long to be given—they
consist of five columns.

S HIPPING.

(THIS DAY.)

(FROM LLOYD'S.)
DEAL, JAN. B.—Wind S. S. E.—Arrived the John M‘Lel-
lan, 'l‘l'.llonald, from Calcutta: and George, Marsden, from
Quebce. Arrived from the river the Africa, Skelton, from
Mauritius ; Challenger, Alexander, and Swift, Cocks, from
Constantinople. The Brilliant, --, for New Orleans, turned
away this morning. The rest of the outward-bound remain.
PORT3MOUTH, JAN. B.—Wind S. S. E., fine.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Airicci the Trusty, Wills, from. New-
foundland.

FALMOUTH, JAN. 7.—Wind S. to S. S. E., fine.—Arrived
the Angerona, Gillard, from Newfoundland. Off port the
James, from St. Michael's.
Cowan, JAN. B. Arrived the Agnes, Broadfoot, Matanzas.
BRISTOL, JAN. B,—Arrived the Swan, --, from Mira-
miehi Alarm, Warren, and Reliance, —, from Zante.
ISLE OF WIOII r, JAN. ,B.—Arrived off port the Toronto,
Griswald, front New York ; and Pilot,---, South Seas.
LIVERPOOL. jAN. 7.—Arrived the Good Intent, Silk, from
Messina. OfFport the Imogene, —, from Madras ; Monte-
zuma, —, from Charleston ; and Sir P. Burton, ,
from Africa.

The Frances, Spai.,fflit, flora St. John's, New Brunswick, to
Limerick, upset the Sth ult. in lat. 4G. long. 43., and filled
with water.

The Seraph, Croft, from St. Kitts to Newhaven, was lost
inside Montang Point the 6th ult.
The Abeona, from Ndw York to Newfoundland, was lost at
Scutari the 12th ult.
_ _

The Ethelbert, Ashton, from St. Andrew's to Belfast, put
into Eastfort with considerable damage, having been on shore.
• The Merlin, Atkinson, from Quebec, was on shore on Green
Island the 3d ult., with 4 feet water in her bold.
'The Endeavour, from Quebec, was abandoned in the ice of
Cncona the tld ult.

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT GARI
There was a moderate supply to
was somewiut brisk at nearly last

)EN MARKET.
this day's market, and the trade
week's prices :

s. d. tors. tl.
Potatoes (cwt.)
Ca'Anges' White (12) f.) 0 3 fi
Ditto Lied i 0 4 6

)). d. to s d.
Spinsch (half-sieve) 6 1') 1 3
Apples 1 6 5 6
) Years 9 0 7 0
Cablmge lettuces 1 6 2 0
111u4hrooins 1 6 3-0
Horse ltadish(bund'e) 1 6 2 61 Onwli

Ditto Savoy
Endive 1 0 2 6

Celery : 1 6

Carrots Nbaneheb)... 5 0 • 7 0
Turnips 3 6 4 6
Colewortsor Greens... 3 6 5 0

Sweet Oranges (100) .. 5 0 12 0
Se6lleOranges 8 0 15 0

Lemons - 5 0 , 12, C

Asparagus 15 U 2.) 0
Walnuts

Lcek s 1 0 2 0

Pine Apples (lb.)
Fiw.Grapes(perlb.) 0 10 .2 (;
English, Forced I 6 4 (I
Filberts 1 3 1 6

Spaii,;Cliesnnts (peck) 4 0 6 6
French ditto
Spanish tiazlenets 4 0 6 0
,Ifrazillail Nuts 2 U 4 0

NO ADDRESS TO THE DUKE OF

WELLINGtON!

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

TORY TRICKERY AT STANIFORD DEFEATED.
Stamford, Friday, Jan. 8; 1836.
Sta,—You are aware that the: unconstitutional inter-
ference of a certain Nobleman has inflicted upon this bo-
rough 'a majority of his corrupt Tory retainers !as Town
Councillors, and that but four Liberals—Messrs.-Ashby,
Butt, Newcomb, and Hatfield—are members of the. Coun-
cil. It is also known to you that the. Duke of Wellington
has this week been on a visit at Belton House, the seat of
Earl Brownlow ; and to-morrow his Grace is to dine with
the Marquis of Exeter, at Burghley House. Last night we
had a Charitable Ball here, at which the Marquis was pre-
sent ; and his wish being communicated that a complimen-
tary Address to the Duke of Wellington from the new
Town Council should be presented, the Mayor (Dr. Hop-
kinson)—a thick-and-thin Tory—this morning issued a cir-
cular to the members of the Council, to assemble at three
o'clock this afternoon for that purpose.* His Worship,
• however, " reckoned without his host," for the Liberals—
disgusted at this attempt to give a political character to the
new Corporation, and that, too, by voting an Address to a
strenuous opponent of all Reform—were promptly at their
posts ; and Mr. Newcomb, after deprecating the political
objects of the promoters of the meeting, showed that the
whole proceeding was informal, for by the 69th section
of the Municipal Reform Act, three clear days' notice
of any meeting of the Council shall be given to each
member of that body. There was a strong muster
of " men upon whom my Lord can rely," and there
is no doubt that, but for this "exposition of the law,"
they would have belied the reiterated professions of the new
Mayor, "that party politics ought to be discarded from
civic duties"—and have voted an address to the Tory
Duke. As it was, his Worship, I hear, repudiated all po-
litical motives in the course he had adopted—avowed his
ignorance of the section of the Act referred to—and re-
gretted that he had been guilty of - such an irregularity in
convening the meeting.
Unhappily; having a Tory majority on the Council, we
have no " open Courts" here ;.- and, therefore, I am unable
to communicate more fully the details of what his Grace of
Wellington will call an " untoward event :" but the truth
will ooze out even through closed doors, and upon the main
facts of this stafement ytm may rely.
The Liberals here-have•a hard battle to fight, and need-
all the help which the Liberal Press—amongst whom The
Sun is honourably distinguished—can afford to them. I
trust, therefore, you will promptly give the aid of your ex-
tensive circulation in promulgating these facts, as an encou
ragement to Liberal Ministers similarly circumstanced not,
to 'flinch • from their duty through despair of success.

Your's, in haste, •
A STAMFORDIAN.

* To-morrow we elect three more Councillors here ; and I
confidently trust the proceedings of to-day will have a happy
influence on that election, by promoting an addition to the
snlall but determined phalanx of Liberals in the body.

SERVICE of PLATE to SIR FRANCIS

FREELING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sta,—l observe that the Clerks in the General Post
Office have presented Sir Francis Freeling with a service
of Plate to the value of 1,2001. Nothing can be more na-
tural, nothing more just than this return on their part for
being maintained in profuse salaries and extravagant com-
pensations, accompanied by the most uncompromising atten-
tion to their personal ease and bodily comforts.
The Clerks in the London Post Office are indebted to
the erroneous and antiquated system maintained under Sir
Francis Freeling's long reign, for a degree of indulgence
happily unknown in any other Post Office in the three
Kingdoms, not even known in that Post Office lately
held up to such public execration—namely, that of Dublin.
The Clerks in the London Post Office not only do no night
duty, but have the department so arranged as to get their
morning's work over before the usual hour of a comfortable
breakfast ; and the remainder of their duty is so managed
as to be also over in time for the fashionable hour of going
to dinner in London ; after which, like lords and other gen-
tlemen, they may enjoy their " otium cum dignitate " for
the night. Therefore I entirely approve of their presenting
the service of plate, and earnestly hope it has been appro-
priately and boldly emblazoned with all the various allego-
rical designs of hot rolls and buttered toast on one side, and
the requisites of a well stored dinner-table on the other.
Bqt let it be asked how the people of England, Ireland,
and Scotland have fared in consequence of all this ease and
luxury to their Clerkships, and their superior Officials in
the London -Post Office ? The true answer is, that they
have had palmed on them the most monstrous injustice ever
heard of ;- for it appears evident to all the uninitiated that
to accommodate the Officials, high and low, in the London
Post Office, it has cost the entire Empire, London excepted,
the ACTUAL STOPPAGE FOR TWELVE HOURS DAILY, and
FORTY-EIGHT. HOURS, between Saturday and Mon-
day, EVERY WEEK IN LONDON, not only of the whole cor-
respondence of this country, but that also from every, part
of the world. Think of the injustice done to all the com-
mercial and manufacturing interests of England, Ireland,
and. Scotland, by the advantage thus added to the many
others already enjoyed -by the citizens of London over the
rest of the-Country—namely, a start of twelve hours daily
to buy and sell in every market, domestic and foreign, and
forty-eight hours weekly, which last is still more injurious ;
and, marvellous though it be, yet it is true, that to this
degrading- and -unjust system the people are not only sub-
jected at this very moment, but are compelled to witness
the clerks in the General Post-office of London wallowinc, in
Wealth, drawn from their pockets, in the name of salaries, fees,
perquisites, emoluments, and compensations;without any CON-
STITUTIONAL sanction or controul, and glorying in the means
they are thus possessed of, to an extent unknown in any other
Post-office, to 'reward their chief; and ,that of the system, in
order to throw dust in men's eyes,.and, thereby maintain a
monopoly of wealth and indulgence„., no less odious in its
nature and effects,. than it is disgusting to.- every liberal
mind, and 'to every man who duly appreciates the benefits
of equal rights and privileges being extended freely and
fully over the whole of the commercial and manufacturing
interests of this industi•ious and enterprising 'nation. Who,
let it be asked, ever expected to see in these days of pro-
fessed economy and retrenchment, so barefaced an act as
this plate-giving by the officers of the London Post-office ?
I ask again, where is the other public office whose subaltern
officers have such profusion of pay and allowances, and per-
quisites, and fees, and so forth, as would enable them to
think for a moment of investinc, their means in services of
plate to give away.? These clerks have outwitted them-
selves, I suspect, and so have their superiors, who have
encouraged or permitted this ostentatious display.
The Report by the Commissioners of Inquiry into the
Management of the Post-office will now soon be before
Parliament, and it will be seen whether the officials in the
London Post-office will be authorised by it to discontinue
their duties, while others are at work, and thereby stop
the correspondence of the world ; or by being placed under
the control and management of a Board of Commissioners,
bred up to businoss, and to be solely occupied with it, and
who will therefore know how to repress such profusion in
pay and ebullitions of the fancy in future.
Now is the proper time for the people to instruct their
Representatives how to act regarding the future and better
management of the Post-office. Mails running into and
out of London by day, as well as by night, and clerks ready
to work, as they do every where else, is the true and only
remedy, and will at once put an end to the unnecessary
stpppage of our correspondence, and to that profusion of
pay which induces services of plate being given by subaltern
officers, paid out of the postage of letters, wrung most
tyrannically and extravagantly, and most unwisely too, from
the very poorest and most wretched among the people.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Kelly, Jan. 1, 1836. ROBERT WALLACE.