The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-28 00:00:00

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The rates of postage will probably n xeeed
each letter from the United States ; sterlington,
letters forwarded from the United ,elem. •By ;1,4 _
arrangement, a letter mailed in a. lArr,e,e,f (31;43.- -
Britain or Ireland, and a shilling p Avg.& h, tßett;' at
will be delivered iu the United States c 141: e
the persons to whom it is directed. So 'di r
from the United Staten, by the paymen , tt
will be delivered free of charge in any pa o
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Ireland, or Scotland.
It is hoped that the above arrangement, with addi-
tional and cheap rates for newspapers, will soon he
adopted, for, as the case now stands, the number of
letters between the two countries has diminished won-
derfully, while the transmission of newspapers is sup-
posed to have been decreased at least nine-tenths.
On Wednesday night last the National Gallery in the
patent office at Washington was broken open, and thc
United States jewels stolen therefrom. These jewels
consist of presents made by foreign potentates 0-Ame-
rican officers or ministers at their courts, &c., but which
presents, according to the laws of the Republic, Ame-
rican officers or ministers are not allowed to retain indi-
vidually, but are directed to deposit them in the Patent-
office, or other office of the Merril Government. A
reward of 1,500 dollars has been offered by Mr. Burke,
Commissioner of Patents, for a recovery of the jewels
and the conviction of the robbm.
It is thought by many that the plunder has been sent
to Europe for sale, and, therefore, I inclose a list of the
articles stolen, the publication of which in your columns
might lead to their recovery:—Gold snuff-box set with
diamonds, gold scabbard belonging ro the sword presented
to Com. Biddle, gold medal struck by order of the Se-
nate of Hamburg at their centennial commemoration of
the establishment of their constitution; silver medal, du-
plicate of the same; gold medal, commemorative of the
delivery from assassination of General Bolivar; gold
medal, struck in Peru in 1821; ditto, struck in 1828;
ditto of Napoleon; silver medal of Napoleon; ditto of
Rio de la Plata, 1813; Roman gold coins; pint bottle of
otto of roses; pearl necklace; two extra pearls in the
gold snuff-box which was taken; 21 medals of copper •
and silver of Generals Wayne, Green, and other generals.
I regret to record that since your last accounts the
city of Brooklyn has been visited by two destructive
conflagrations; loss between 200,000 and 300,000 dolls.
At Pottsville, during the election, a body of Irish la-
bourers on the railroad attacked a portion of General
Taylor's friends, and one man was killed and several
wounded. In Mercer county, Pennsylvania, the Pitts-
burgh papers report that two Whigs were killed by a
man with pistols, who had quarrelled with them; but I
have seen no further details of this matter, and hope
that it may be untrue or exaggerated. Otherwise the
day of election went off peaceably, with the exception of
a few windows broken at the Patriot office, Baltimore,
and one or two small affrays in the Sixth Ward, New
York. The Indian troubles continue in Texas, and 26
Texans had been killed near Lavacca. The following
decree, just issued in Hayti, will be found of some im-
portance to merchants trading with that island. It is
sent to this country from Port-au-Prince:—
" Art. L Granted to the Government, the right of
establishing and controlling the monopolies of the whole
or part of the produce of the country.
" Art. 2. The use of this monopoly will be regulated •
by an ordinance of the Government, which will give on
that subject all necessary instruction.
" Art. 3. There will be named four brokers for mer-
chandise and goods in the capital; three for the city of
Cayo, L'Arge d'Hainault, Miragoane, and Port de Paix,
and one for each district of the Republic.
" Art. 4. The brokers are furnished with their com-
mission by the President of Hayti, and give their oaths
before entering into duty for the faithful discharge

thereof.
"Art. 5. The brokers of merchandise and goods have
alone the right to trade in specie, and goods, and mer-
chandize, and to rule the prices.
"Art. 6. The brokers will exercise their duty ac-
cording to the instructions they receive from the Govern-
ment.' _ _

Our advices from Mexico still speak of a probable
revolution in the northern provinces, and of our expected
invasion by the " Buffalo Hunters" and "On Owls,"
adding that " 100,000 dolls. are ready for the first body
of men that will appear off the bar of Tampico."
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