The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-14 00:00:00

We perceive by the Paris Papers that an at

tempt is making there to throw all the blame of
the delay in the proposed arrangement for a daily
Post-office communication between the two coun-
tries on the Duke of RICHMOND. We believe
it is true that the persons whom the Duke is in
the habit of consulting on post-office matters,
have thrown some obstacles in the way of the

Proposed arrangement, but the whole blame is
not fairly attributable to him or them. The
heads of the post-office in France must in vain
endeavour to convince us that there are 00 ob-
stacles in their own department, until they can
Prove that a person holding an influential pos
in the French post-office does not derive a large
Portion of his income from the supply of news-
papers in the non-estafette days. We ask
the Director of the French post-office whe-
ther some persons in that department do not,
In conjunction with an English agent in Paris,
use the facilities of the office for the transmission
of expresses to this country at an expense not
exceeding one-fifth of what a private individual
would have to pay, and whether the establish-
T ent of a daily estafette would not destroy tha
inonopoly ? Is it or is it not a fact that a constant
Communication by express on the non-estafette
days has been kept up with the Tory papers in
London, by means of their agent in Paris, and
under the pretended cover of the British Ambas-
sador ? And if this has been the case, has it not
been with the knowledge and concurrence of
some person connected with the French post-
office, who has received a portion of the gain
arising from it ?
It is necessary to explain that there are two
Modes of forwarding expresses in France ; the one
Is a private courier, who has to take a horse for
himself, and another for a postillion, at each
Post, which is attended with an outlay of five
francs per post ; and, adding to this the charge
for the courier himself, and the expense of his
return by coach, each express from Paris to
Calais costs from 121. to 141. ; the other is
by means of a single postillion, from post to
Post, in the same way as military estafettes are
Performed here. The cost of this is only three
francs per post, which includes every charge;
Consequently, the expense of such an express
from Paris to Calais does not exceed 41. The
Government despatches are thus forwarded, and
foreign Ambassadors are allowed to enjoy the
Privilege of sending despatches in the same way.
Now, if it be true, as we are assured it is, that
an English agent in Paris, and a clerk of the
French post-office, avail themselves of a real
Or pretended authority from the British Ambas-
sador in that capital, to forward French newspa-
Pers and letters at this cheap rate on the non-
estafette days, we may fairly conclude, that ob-
stacles to the proposed arrangement, by which
this monopoly would be destroyed, exist in Paris
as well as here.

We shall be very willing to correct our state-
ent if it should appear that we have been mis-
Wormed, but the source from which we have
received our information is such, that we enter-
tain no doubt of its truth. If the two Govern-
ments, therefore, are as anxious to bring about
all arrangement by which the interests of com-
merce would be promoted, as they pretend to
i i
)e, they will not hesitate to institute an n-
quiry into the circumstances which we have
mentioned, and to put an end to the abuse.
It is an admitted fact, that the salaries of
30Me of the clerks in the post-offices of Lon-
'on and Paris are much too low for the extent
Of duty performed, and they have been conse-
qnently permitted to add to their increase by
privileges such as that in question. We should
be sorry to see them deprived of their present
a°.larees of income without compensation ; but it
will be really scandalous if the interests of the
Public at large are to be set aside for the ac-
cinmodation of a few monopolists, who ought
1° he amply remunerated by salary, and not by
emoluments which are attended with public in-
convenience. The present system is not a good
ei‘ne at any rate ; and with all our respect for the
Duke of RICHMOND, we must say, that as far

as he is concerned, he is much to blame for
having suffered it to exist so long.

It was asserted in the City this morning that
an extraordinary despatch had been received
from Antwerp, announcing that the Dutch
troops had made a grand sortie from the citadel,
and completely driven the French from the
trenches.

German Papers mention the renewal of hos-
tilities between the Pacha of EGYPT and the
PORTE, under circumstances favourable to the

former.

No official accounts have yet been received by
the Agents of Don PEDRO in this country,
from Oporto ; but private letters to Merchants
in the City, up to the 29th ult., state that
the entrance of the Douro was blockaded by
Don MIGUEL having erected a battery, so
as to prevent the entrance of any vessels.
A grand sortie, under the command of Gen.
Sir J. M. DOYLE, was daily expected to be
made, so as to dislodge the troops of the usurper
from their position, and destroy the batteries.
The army of Don PEDRO, notwithstanding their
difficult position, was in excellent spirits ; and
the rumours circulated yesterday on 'Change, of
a revolt having taken place, is disbelieved, as
nothing to that effect is mentioned in the dif-
ferent letters which have reached town ; for it'
such an event had occurred, it would have been
made public.

The troops of Don MIGUEL were still at
Villa Nova, but nothing is mentioned of the
usurper himself.

A vessel will leave in a few days for Oporto,
with reinforcements ; on board of which, a fo-
reign General of distinction, with his Staff, goes
out ; and should the Douro still be blockaded,
they will make an attempt to land during the night.

GENERAL ELECTION.

(THIS DAY.)

GREENWICH.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF TUE FOLL.

Mr. FISHER, the Returning-officer of this borough,
having appointed ten o'clock this morning for officidly
announcing the state of the poll, long before that period
the whole town was in commotion, and thousands had col-
lected round the hustings, wearing the colours of their re-
spective favourite candidates. Shortly after ten o'clock
the Returning-officer announced the state of the poll to be
as follows:
Captain Dundas
Mr. Barnard
Mr. Angerstcin
Hammond
Mr. FISHER then declared the election to have fallen on
Captain Dundas and Mr. Barnard.—(Loud cheering.)
Captain DUNDAS then came forward amid loud cheer-
ing. The electors had placed him in the proudest situa-
tion in which any man could be placed, and he trusted
that he should acquit himself in the House of Commons
to the satisfaction of the electors of Greenwich, and the
electors at large.—(Cheers.) He went there with ade •
termination to reform all abuses, and to do all in his

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power fur the good of his country.—(Cheers.) He should
be always most ready to give the reasons for his vote, and
trusted that neither his constituents or himself would
have to be ashamed of the course he adopted.—(Cheers.)
The returning officer had just reminded him that
the day was short, and be should therefore not
detain the electors further ; but be must say, that
as he was going to a county election to morrow, he
would state there how peaceable the election at Green-
wich had b en conducted, and hold it up to them as an
example worthy of being followed.—(Cheers.)
Mr. BARNARD on coming forward was loudly cheered.
He stood be ore the electors of Greenwich the fruit of the
Reform Bill, elected by the unbiassed votes of the electors,
and by the powerful voice of the people.—(Cheers.) He
was overpowered by the gratitude he felt for what the
electors had done for him. Wherever lie went, nothing
but blessings had been showered around him, and
if he was asked when he could pay the debt of
gratitude he owed to the electors, he should say, never
but with life's last expiring sigh, as his spirit passed
away to that Being who gave it.—(Loud cheering.)
As some persons had asked him questions relative to his
future conduct and views, he begged to say, if he saw a
necessity for it, he should certainly advocate the ballot
bolus.—(Laughter.) If that was not sufficient, there
was another very searching medicine in political phar-
macy, called the triennial carthatic medicine,—(Loud
cheers)—the giving of which he should be a friend to ;
and be should also recommend the taking off the assessed
taxes. In short, it was his wish to work the country's ship
fairly, that she might not be too much upon a wind. The
ship was a good one, and wanted no such club-hauling—
(Loud cheers)—and if she was not baulked, she would
sail well —(Cheers.) The laurel wreath which the
electors of Greenwich had placed upon his brow, pressed
it tightly, but it would remind him of his duty; and if
he failed in that duty, he trusted it would be torn from
him ; but if he won it by his exertions, he hoped he
ahou'd be allowed long to wear it. —(Cheers.)
Mr. Pea IiSON came forward to say a few words in de-
fence of Mr. Angerstein.—(Hisses and cheers.) He could
not but regret that the neighbour and friend of the electors
of Greenwich had been rejected ; but, at the same time,
be felt gratitude at seeing two such worthy candidates sent
to the House of Commons to represent Greenwich inParlia-
ment; that gratitude was increased by the declaration which
one in particular had made, that he should support vote
by ballot, triennial Parliament., and the repeal of the as-
sessed taxes. He was convinced that without ballot no
independent elector could be had.—(Cheers.) And the
assessed taxes pressed most heavy on the p ople.—
(Cheers.) Without attempting to say any thing at all offen-
sive to the worthy Member (Captain Dundas), lie must say
that he considered him as a nominee of the present
Government, of which he (Mr. P.) was a staunch sup-
porter ; but if the Government was changed, the conse-
quence would be, that the Government, and not the
people of Greenwich, would choose their representatives.
—(Cries of " No, no," and " Yes, yes.) It was upon
the ground of the independence of the borough that he
had been chosen ; the electors should have chosen a Mem-
ber from among themselves.—(Cheers.) O❑ that ground
be had proposed Mr. Angerstein, knowing him to be a
truly independent man, and the true friend of the people.
—(Cheers, and cries of " Off, off, he was brought for-
ward by a Tory.) He would ask the electors whether a
person not connected with Government, and being among
them, was not more likely to be their true repre-
sentative than Isis gallant friend, who was looking
to Government for his future advancement. He
was extremely glad that Mr. Barnard had been elected,
and in the name of Mr. Angerstein he begged to thank the
electors for the support they had given him, although he
had ❑ot had the good fortune to be returned.—(Cheers.)
Captain DUNDAS, with great warmth, and in the
strongest terms, denied being a Government nominee.—
(Cheers.) During the whole canvass be had canvassed
for the character of a sailor, and by that he would stand or
fall.—(Cheers.) He was above the censure of any man,
and he scorned his praise.—(Loud cheering.)

Mr. A. YouNG congratulated the electors on the peace-
able manner in which the election had been carried on.

Mr- PENN then came forward amidst loud cheering.
As the contest was now over, he hoped all differences would
be forgotten, and every support Riven to the Members who
had bee❑ returned in the performance of their duty.
He had no doubt whatever of the private worth of Capt.
Dundas ; he had been told by many gentlemen of the
county where he resided, that a better man did not exist—
(cheers)—but he was in the ray of the Government, and
if the Duke of Wellington became Minister to-morrow,
the captain must vote for his measures.—(Hisses and
Cheers.) He by no means meant to s 1 that the Gallant
Captain was in favour of the Duke, he knew he was not.
—(Cheers.) When the Gallant Captain called upon
him, he (Mr. P.) frankly told him that he hail two
objections to him, first, that he might be abroad when he
was wanted at Westminster, and next, that he was in the
pay of the Government. The first objection the Gallant
Captain had satisfactorily answered. The other he could
not, and he (Mr. P.) then observed to him that he would
never be one of those who would put a rat in the cup-
board to take care of the cheese,—(Great laughter. )
On the motion of Mr. DUNDAS, a vote of thanks was

unanimously carried to the Returning officer, for his im.
partial conduct.

Mr. FISHER returned thanks, and the newly elected
Members immediately left Greenwich, preceded by bands
of music and followed by 30 or 40 carriages, accompanied
by splendid banners.