The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-14 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Viscount Melbourne has recovered from his recent indis-
position. Earl Spencer and Mr. Poulett Thomson had in-
terviews with his Lordship.

Baron de Moncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, visited
Viscount Palmerston on Saturday, at the Foreign-office.
Mr. Hume, M.P., and Mr. Burnley, had interviews on
Saturday with Lord Glenelg at the Colonial-office.
The Right Hon. T. Spring Rice entertained M. Van de
Weyer, the Belgic Minister, Mr. Vail, Charge d'Affaires of
the United States, Lord Stanley, Lord Strafford, Sir John
Macdonald, and Mr. Shaw Lefevre, at dinner on Saturday
evening at his residence at Dulwich.
A Messenger arrived at the Colonial-office on Saturday
from Ancona, with despatches from Sir Howard Douglas,
Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands.
Despatches from Brussels were received yesterday at the
Foreign-office.

THE GENERAL POST LETTER-

CARRIERS.

At a meeting of the above held at the General Post
Office on Friday last, Dec. 10, 1833, in consequence of the
Post Office authorities arbitrarily refusing to admit Thomas
Goodfellow, a letter carrier, an adjournment was moved to
the Paul's Head in Cateaton-street, to hear the result of
the interview of Thomas Goodfellow with the Under Secre-
tary, G. H. Freeling, Esq., and to adopt legal and proper
means of again addressing the Earl of Lichfield, his Majesty's
Post Master General, upon the great privations and distress
the letter carriers arc now labouring under (many of whoni
are now in a state of starvation) in consequence of: the loss
of their privileges occasioned by the late extension, of time
allowed to the public for the reception of letters. Resolu-
tions were moved and carried, and a petition founded thereon
(including a copy of the petition sent - to the Post Master
General in June last) humbly praying his Lordship to take
their case into his serious consideration, to alleviate the
great distress and privations the letter carriers are now la-
bouring under.
On the evening of the above meeting a document wag
received at the Post Office from the Earl of Lichfield, hid
Majesty's Post Master General, and ordered to be react
immediately to the letter carriers, informing them that he,
the Post Master General, had received with pain and
sorrow a report from the Inspector of letter carriers of
great insubordination amongst the letter carriers, and for
the better prevention of the like occurrence lie had ordered
Thomas Goodfellow to beimmetliately dismissed as a warn-
ing to others—that he, the Earl of Lichfield, was not to be
dictated to by those whose sole duty was to obey, nor should
he give them an encouragement of the speedy redress of
their supposed grievances, as he, the Post Master Gene-
ral, did not see any at present the letter carriers had to
complain of—and that the Earl of Lichfield could get hun-
dreds of them who would be glad to accept the situations at
the reduced rate of salary—and any one, or all, who were
dissatisfied, had the privilege of resigT.ing their situations.

NEW BRIDGE AT Bow.--On Saturday an inte-
resting ceremony took place at Bow, on the occasion of
laying the first stone of a new bridge over the river Lea,
which there divides the counties of Essex and Middlesex.
The old bridge, which was built in the year 1110, and was
supposed to be the first bridge of stone built. in England,
had long been inadequate and unsafe.
FRENCH OrznA.—The following operas are an-
nounced as in course of rehearsal at the Grand Opera at
Paris :—Meyerbeer's St. Barthelemy ; Notre Dame de
Paris, by Mdlle. Berton ; Stradella, by M. NiedermaY-er ;
Count Julian, by M. Gomez ; and also a new opera by
Berlioz.

The Siege of Rochelle and The Jewess cannot be
played many more nights together, owing to the prepa-
rations for the Christmas novelties. The receipts. of
these attractions the last week have exceeded those of the
preceding one.
EXTRAORDINARY PRODUCTION.—There has
been produced this year, from a field of three and a half
acres, in the occupation of. Mr. James Manley, of Tipton
Mills, Ottery. St. Mary, the following extraordinary crop--
31 hogsheads of cider, 153 bushels of barley, and 81 bags
of potatoes ; the bags of these being of eight score weight
each. In order to a perfect understanding of this, it should
be stated that the apple-trees grow in the border, or con-
tiguous to the inner part of the fence or hedge of the
inclosure, and the potatoes underneath and around them ;
the barley grew in the central, or principal part of the
field; and this (probably) unparalleled instance of success-
ful farming can he authenticated by many gentlemen of Ot-
tery.—Exeter Flying Post.
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE
STAR BREWERY, OXFORD-STRERT.—Friday:evening an in-
quest was held in the Board Room of Middlesex Hospital,
before Mr. Stirling, on view of the body of George Davies,
aged 53, who was killed on Wednesday last, at the Star
brewery, Oxford-street, under the following dreadful circum-
stances :—Charles Cox, of No. 26, Queen-street, Seven
Dials, deposed that he was in the employ of Messrs. Wil-
liamson and Marsden, of the Star brewery. The deceased
was in the same service. On Wednesday evening last, wit-
ness, the deceased, and another man, named Melville, were
engaged at the brewery in uncarting sacks of malt,iand car-
rying them into the bins in the upper flooring. The deceased
was walking along one of the planks, when his foot unfortu-
nately slipped, and he was precipitated into the stond'yard
beneath, a height of about 14 feet. He: pitched .upotfihis
head, and the blood flowed from his nose, moatN-o.4ners.
Witness and some of the other men ran to his hskiislance,
but the deceased groaned once or twice, and 411enWpired.
The Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental elithlollod
lie