The Sun.
London, England, 1834-08-11 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1834.

POST OFFICE PACKETS.

Return of the Names and Descriptions of all the Packet Ves-
sels that have been lost since the transfer of the Packet
Establishment to the Admiralty; with the number of Per-
sons on board Id the time of their leaving the last Port, .and
the circumstances attending such loss, whether by founder-
ing or otherwise, as far as the same may be known :
Cynthia, a purchased packet, 32 persons on board, wrecked
on the island of Barbadoes, on the 6th June, 1827, by acci-
dent, in moderate weather. All on board saved. 11
Hearty, packet brig, 35 persons on board, left Falmouth on
the 12th September, 1827, for Jamaica. Was heard of in the
N. E. Trades, within a few days' sail of Barbadoes, but did
not reach that island. Supposed to have been accidentally
burned, the Master being in the habit of reading in his bed.
Redpole, ditto, number of persons on board not known ; left
Rio Janeiro, homeward bound, on the 10th August, 1828, and
was attacked and sunk off Cape Frio, by the Congress, a pira-
tical vessel of 18 guns, belonging to Buenos Ayres, after an
engagement of an hour and a quarter, as stated in a deposition
made by one of the crew of the Congress.
Ariel, ditto, 34 persons on board, left Falmouth on the 10th
of November, 1828, for Halifax, was seen standing direct for
Sable Island in December, by a trading schooner of Halifax,
which had tacked in 17 fathoms water. Mr. Dulen, the mas-
ter of the said schooner, endeavoured to warn her off without
success, and she is supposed.to have run on shore within two
hours after.
Myrtle, ditto, 29 persons on board, wrecked on the coast of
Nova Scotia, on the 3d of April, 1829, by accident, in mode-
rate weather. All on board saved.
Calypso, ditto, number of persons on board not known,
.kift
Halifax on die 29th of January, 1833; was seen surrounded
by icebergs, on the day after she sailed, by a fishing vessel,
which could not approach her on account of the ice. Slie was
evidently in distress, and firing guns for assistance.
Thais, ditto, 35 person's on board, left Falmouth on the
12th of December, 1833, for Halifax, during the constant
westerly gales which then prevailed ; and by a-letter to Capt.
King, dated on the 24th, was then in lat. 50 deg. long. 16 deg.
8 mm. standing to the northward ; wind to the westward and
W. N. W. Her launch, part of the deck, and some other por-
tions of the wreck, have been found on the north-west coast of
Ireland.

inforced by troops that are on their march for that town."
The Gazette also contains a Royal Decree suppressing the
Courts Martial, which henceforth will only have cognizance of
military offences. All other cases will be tried before the
ordinary tribunals.
Extract of a letter from Madrid, dated the 30th ultimo:—
" Couriers are more numerous than events. Some are sent
off almost daily. The aspect of affairs has not changed since
yesterday, and I have no new fact to communicate, except the
nomination of the Address Committee by the Chamber of
Procuradores. It cannot be concealed that the arrival of Don
Carlos has increased the forces of the insurgents. But this
augmentation, which would be very dangerous in the plains of
Castile, adds scarcely any strength to Zumalacarreguy, whose
ground will not admit of his keeping any numerous body
united. It is positively asserted that the Marquis de las Arne-
Hiles will be appointed President of the Chamber of Proceres
in the room of General Castagnon, who has declined it on ac-
count of his advanced age. The double prosecutions com-
menced against the assassins of July 17th, and the conspira-
tors of the 24th are going on in their regular course. It has
been said that General Palafox is at liberty, but this is not
correct."

In the sitting of the Chamber of Procuradores at Madrid
on the 99th ult., a letter from M. de Romorate, Procurador
for the province of Biscay, was read, announcing that, being
charged with the command of the naval forces on the coast of
Bilboa, to second the operations of the land forces, he could
not quit his post till another commander should be appointed
in his place. Another letter, from Don Antonio Maria
Montenegro, Procurador of Pontevedra, was read, in which
he alleged, as a reason for non-attendance, that he was
C6t.lmandf.u. of.,the provincial military of that district, but
would take his seat as soon as he should be superseded.
A letter from the Minister of Grace and Justice was read, an-
nouncing that, out of the list of five candidates for the presi-
dency, laid before the Queen, her Majesty had chosen the
Count Almodovar to be President, and Don Diego Medrano
to be Vice-President. Bishop Posadas, the temporary Pre-
sident then resigned the chair to the Count d'Almodovar, and,
in an appropriate speech, took leave of the Chamber, as he had
been created a member of the Proceres. A Committee was
then appointed to draw up the Address in answer to the Speech
from the Throne, after which the Chamber adjourned.