The Sun.
London, England, 1835-03-12 00:00:00

Whitehall Treastiry Chambers, 6th March, 1835.

Copy of TREASURY MINUTE, dated 19th August, 1834:
Viscount Melbourne and the Chancellor of -the Exchequer state
to the Board, that his Majesty's Government having bad under
consideration the various representations recently made in Parlia-
ment in regard to the arrangements of the General Post-office,
both as they relate to expedition and facility in transmitting letters,
newspapers, and other printed papers to the various parts of the
United Kingdom, and the amount charged for their conveyar.ce
and delivery, are of opinion that it is expedient to inquire whether
the mode of conducting the business of that depaKtment, with
which the trade and commerce, as well as all the relations and
transactions of the community, are intimately connected, may not
admit of improvement'and increased accommodation, and whether
increased accommodation may not be afforded to the public without
imposing any additional charge on the Post-office Revenue. With
a view to assist the Government in forming a correct judgment on
the complaints made in Parliament, that the recommendations of
the Parliamentary Commissioners of Inquiry had not been suffi-
ciently attended An, and for the purpose of introducing such an
amelioration of the system as it may possibly admit, Lord Mel=
bourne and the Chancellor of the Exchequer suggest that the
Postmaster-General should be requested to consider the subject, in
co-operation with the Earl of Mulgrave and a Member of this
Board, and they propose that Mr. Vernor Sinith be requested to
associate himself with the Earl of Mulgrave and the Postmaster-
General in the inquiry.
My Lords concur in the suggession of Viscount Melbourne and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and are pleased to desire that a
copy of this Minute be transmitted to the Postmaster-General and
to the Earl of Mulgrave, requesting them to undertake the in-
quiry, in co-operation with Mr. Vernon Smith, who has expressed
his readiness to join their Lordships.

Copy of TREASURY MINUTE, dated 17th Feb., 1835.
Read a Report, dated the 15th December last, from the Mar-
quis of Conyngham, the Earl of Mulgrave, and Mr. Vernon '
Smith, who were appointed by a Minute of this Board of the 19th
August last, to inquire into the mode of conducting t'he business of
the Post-office department, in which report the Commissioners ex-
plain the plan upon which they intended to proceed in the inquiry,
and offer some observations and suggestions on the subject.
Read also a letter from the same Commissioners, dated 15th De-
cember last, stating that as the Commission which this Board ap-
pointed to inquire into the Post-office emanated from Lord Mel-
bourne and the late Chancellor of the Excheque=r, as expressed in
the Minute communicated to them, they have thought proper, upon
the change of Government, to put an end to the investigation in
which they were occupied.
In that letter the late Commissioners express their satisfaction
with the unremitting attention, clearness, and ability with which
Colonel Yorke performed the dutics of Secretary to their Commis-
sion, and recommend that he should receive the sum of two hun-
dred pouncg, as a remuneration for his services, and for the ex-
penses to which he was subject in consequence of changing his resi-
dence to the metropolis.
Sir Robert Peel refers the Board to the objects which the Trea-
sury had in view when this Commission was formed, as they ap-
pear on their Lordships' Minute, and recommends that the in-
quiry should proceed ; and Sir Robert Peel having communicated
with the Earl of Roslyn, Viscount Lowther, and Viscount Stor-
mont, proposes that a letter should be written to their Lordships,
requesting them to continue this inquiry.
My Lords concur in the suggestion of Sir Robert Peel, and de-
sire that a letter may be written to the Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Low-
ther, and Lord Stormont, requesting them to proceed with the in-
quiry, and acquainting them that My Lords will direct a copy of
the Minute of 19th August last to be sent to their Lordships, toge-
ther with the Report of the late Commissioners, and all the papers
which accompanied that Repert ; and My Lords request to be made
acquainted with the name of the gentleman whom they wish to em-
ploy a> their Secretary.
Let the copy of the Minute and the other papers, be sent ac-
cordingly.
Let an Extract of this Minute, be sent to the Postmaster-
General.

HINTS FOR MR. HUME ON THE

NAVY. ESTIMATES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

I see the Navy Estimates are to be brought forward on.
Friday next, permit me through the medium of your Journal, to
draw the attention of the able and indefatigable Member for Mid-
dlesex, to the following abstract of the number of Officers belonging
to that branch of the Service, on the Ist July, 1815, Just at the close of
the last great To ICY WA F., when we had 4112 Sail in Commission, out
of a Total of 871 Sail ; and at the present period, on the Ist
January last, after twenty years of profound peace ; in order, by
comparing the two, that we may see what progress has been made
in reducing the public expenditure; particularly in the most useless
branch—the Dead Weight :