The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-06 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

A SEn toe s Joxr.—Two young men, named John and
Thomas Flynn, underwent an examination 'enteral/ before
Mr. Alderman &HOLLY upon a charge of felony, under the
following circumstances
A journeyman carpenter, named Johnson, engaged in making
some alterations at Messrs. 0 ildart and Palmer's,paper-stainers.
Old Fish-street, on entering the premises early on Tuesday
morning, threw his great coat across a counting-house stool in
a corner of' the warehouse below, while he went to commence
his work in one of the upper ittories. Ile saw it lying safe when
he went to breakfast, but upon his return it had disappeared.
There are four or five and twenty men and boys employed
about the premises, anti on the alarm being given by Johnsoa,
they mostly joined him making a general search from the roof
to the basement of the house. At length the desired object was
discovered Concealed under a heap of paper shaving, in the cel-
lar, and it was deemed advisable to leave it in the state it was
found, with a view to detect the party who had placed It there.
Mr. Dever, the clerk, having observed that John walked up to
the warehouse,and looked towards the upper part, when a large
blue paper was immediately lowered from a window by a long
string, and taken possession of by him. Mr. Dever requested
the assistance ore watchman. butthe refused to follow hint, and
he therefore by himself seized' John and the bundle, which he
I immediately discovered to be the carpenter's coat ; called
again for the assistance .of the watchman (which, how.
ever, he did not obtain), and ultimately, with the aid of a
neighbour, who is a constable, secured both prisoners in the
Compter.
Thomas Flynn, In his defence, declared he only hid the coat
by way of joke.
John Flynn said his brother culled an him in the course
of the day, and represented that he was going to purchase
a great-coat, and asked hint to come anti meet him at nine
o'clock. Ile went to Mr. Oildart's accordingly, looked up
to see it' his brother had none work, saw the parcel lowered,
was surprised, and was looking at it, when he was mired by
the clerk.
The carpenter identified the coat, and the Alderman, in com-
mitting the prisoners for trial, observed, that however much
their story, their appearance, and the circumstance of their
both being in good employ, weighed in their favour in his
mind, he still thought it was a case which he must send to a
Jury. The watchman's conduct must be represented to the
Deputy of the Ward.—Committed.

The following whimsical pllcard has ben
published by a vary uttelbl. if not very exalted, class of our
tellaw,ci tizenn Jan. A. No Extortion.. The Con tertoungern.
Dustmen, &e., of the metropolis, have resolved that they will
forbear drinking gin till the reduction of duty by tiovertunent
thin day of An. per gallon la allowed by the gin-spinners to the
public. Signed by order, Bob Parker, See.—Tartattillb.ntreet,
Clerkenwell."

Oii tiortday last, the lit inst., two fine bay
nw,cart.°4l)alecne cfrailled"sohehi:nrei:
11: iiirsVit; f ina .gyet'irkil:;ltLt.invittnitnedmiloilifiingniici
nosey, near Watton, in Norfolk. ,A handsome reward has been
teem' for the discovery of the thieves, but they have hitherto
eakeoped detection.

FRENCH PAPERS.

( From the Journal des Debuts of Tuesdoy, Jam )
Aunseuu GU, DEC. 29.--( Extract of a Private
Letter.)—The Emperor Alexander had, twice
before he died, to write a letter with his own
baud to his brother, the Grand Duke CUSlStith•
tine, containing various exphuations respecting
his last , will. It i.:said that this is the letter
whith the Grand Duke :1/idled has taken in
persOn to St. Pett.rtburgh, to deliver it to the
Empress Mother, as well as a letter from Con.
stentine himself.—We are extremely impatient
for the publication of the contents of these letters.
The journey to the Crimea made the Emperor
Alexander acquainted with the little reel pro-
gress that has been made by the new Colonies,
and the other establishments formed by his or.
ders. The vexation which this circumstance
-,caused hint, and his ex treme 'activity in investi-
'gating the obstacles to the civilisation of the
Critnea, had placed the Emperor in u state of
mind which contributed to aid the progress of
his disorder.
'il a funds have experienced great fluctuation
at Frankfort end Vienna. It was said that
Prince Metternich was extremely uneasy at re-
ceivitig 110 coMmunication from the new Empe-
ror Constantine ; that the Prince was gone to
liessarabla to inspect the army of the south, and
that that army had intreated him to march to the
aid, of the Greeks ; a measure to which he is
supposed to be well inclined. These apprehen-
sions have been in some measure allayed by the
news which has been circulated with a sort of
emphasis, that Constuntine had written to the
Emperor of Austria, " That he would follow in
,every respect the last will of Alexander 1." But
these vague assurances, which, at the beginning
of a reign would he only mere forms of etiquette,
have not even been given. Since the news of the
abdication of this Prince was circulated, it is
vice(' whether he has not reserved for himself, or
for the Grand Duke Michael, the throne of
Poland. All is uncertainty and agitation.

(From the Qaoadiemse.)
PARIS, JAN. 2.-I'6 news of the death of
the Emperor Alexander having reached the head-
quarters of the Russian army of the west, at
Mohilow, the Count of Osten Sackers, General.
in-Chief, caused all the corps of the army to
tuke the oath of -fidelity to the Emperor Con-
•ltantine.

A striking ceremony took place this morning
in the Christian Greek Church, In the Rue des
Dinettes. Count Pozzo di Borgo assembled the
subjects of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia,
belonging to hid legation, and received their oath
of fidelity to the Emperor Constantine.

(J rom the Courier Fraucah.)
PAOls, JAN. 3.—A report has been spread
that the object of the Grand Duke Michael's
mission to St. Petersburg!' is to make the follow.
'big proposals :—That Constantine shall renounce
the throne of Russia, on condition that he shall
remain King of Poland, which kingdom shall be-
entr. independent, and that the provinces sepa.
taied from it under the reign of Catherine 11.,
sii:111 be reunited with it ; that a Principality
shall be formed of the Crimea, end the establish-
metals on the Black Sea to be given to the Grand
Duke Michael, This would be a kind of di....
membering of Russia, to which, indeed, so vast
en empire has a natural tendency.

(From the Conetitirtionnel.)
PAnts, J. 3.--Wa are informed that the
process instituted against M. ‘Vurtz, Vicar of
Saint Nozier, will be immediately tried by the
Correctional Tributtal of Lyons. We are further
informed, that the accused, far from attempting
to exculpate himself, has confessed in a written
document, signed by himself, " that he had the
intention of attacking the liberties of the Galli-
van Church, in the sense understood of these
perties, by the f.ur propositions of the Assembly
of 1682." IW. Wurtz is thus prosecuted as pro.
vokinolisobedienre to the laws of the State.
Mental, DEC. is said that the Arch.
bishops of Toledo and Valencia, and the Bishops
of Murcia and Palencia, are to form part of the
stew Council of State, as well as some other Pre.
fates, known for the exalted nature of their opi.
lions and their entire devotion to the Court of
Rome. Count d'Ofalia, and all who, like him,
tend toward, moderation, are to be turned out,
that their influence may not render the wishes
of the other party [memory.

FRIotcH VoYAos of DiscovertY.—The Paris
Academy of Sciences, in its sitting on Monday,
received a letter from the Minister of the Ma.
vino, announcing that the corvette !'Astrolabe,
Captain Dumont do Durville, was about to sail
on a voyage of discovery, and requesting the
Academy to' appoint a Commission to prepare
such instructions as might he judged expedient.
The object of this expedition is to explore certain
pat ts of tha globes which are not yet sufficiently
oil known; and particularly the coasts of
New Guinea and those of New Zealand. A
cr4ornission,vonskting of Messrs. Cuvier, A rago,
Delaplace, Desfonains, Dulong, and Aubrone
Rosily!, waft appointed in consequence.—(Gulip
nerd's lifeuenger.) 1

INFANTIctng.----Yesterilay artormnon en In.
,quest was held at the Rodney's Head, public.housei Lime.
.hettae, on the body of a new horn male infant, which W4ti
supposed to have been intirderial by Its mother. It appear-
ad that on Friday Lot, a young woman named Kitty Dillon
vent into the service of a Mr. Thompson, of Saint Anne-
street, Limehouse. On Sunday morning- she was unable
to get up at the usual hour to perform her household-
wwk, and she sent down a little boy who slept in the
woe room, to inform Mr. Thompson that she was very bad
with a stitch in her side. As she continued-very unwell in the
course of that day, she loft the house to return home. On
Tuesday the child was found in the water-closet. One of Mr.
,Thompson's children, widalept in the same room with the ser-
vant, said, that, on Saturday night or Sunday morning, she
heard Kitty Dillon groan very much, and said once or twice
the Lord relieve me I" In a few minutes afterwards he
heard the cries of an infant,proceeti from her bed. It also ap-
peared, that on die morning when the child was found, Kitty
)illon's mother came to Mr. Thompson's house, and apolo-
livil fur the unpleasant bittiation in which her daughter had
eft the bed, and which, she said, was occasioned by a violent
temterrhage to which he daughter was subject, on account of a ,
sealant lout she had received. Alr. Thompson said that hie
•VP rt.l was lammed of this circuitiStance before, and it had in-
&seed him not to notice the state of the bed. The Surgeons
wholrsd examined the body were unable to state whether the
child was born alive. To give time for further inquiry, the in-
wit was adjourned.

PARLIAMENT.

Yeeterdtty both Houses of Parliament re-apettiblal, the
period of prorogation having expired. Soon after two o'clock
Lords ST. HELENS, MONTItOSK, and STOWICLL, entered the
House of Peers.

The Duke of 3lontrose (the Lord Chamberlain) acted for the
Lord Chancellor, who was absent on amount of continued in-
disposition. The Duke of Montrose took his seat on the Wool-
sack in front of the Throne. On hi 4 right hand appeared Lord
St. Helen's, and on his left .Lord Stowell (the Lord Chan-
cellor's brother). . '

The Duke of MowT no SE then directed the Yeoman Usher
of the Black Rod (Mr. Quarne), to summon the attandance of
the Commons in the House of Peers to hear his Majesty's
Commission read.

Mr. Ley, the third Clerk of the table at the Commons, ac-
companied by the Yeoman Usher, and several Clerks and Offi-
cers of the Commons, attended at their Lordships' liar. There
Was not one Member of the House of Con:mons present.
Mr. Currie, the Clerk at their Lordships' table, then read his
Majesty's Commission; appointing the Commissioners to act in
the King's name, and on his behalf, &c. After which
The Duke.of 'lllo2ernosic addressed the Parliament to the
following effect:—

" My Lords, and Gentlemen of the House of Commons,
" By virtue of his Alajesty's Commission under the Great
Seal, to us and other Lords directed, and now just read, we do,
acting in his Majesty's name, and in obedience to his Majesty's
command, prorgue this Parliament to Tuesday, the :Id of Fe-
bruary next, to be then here holden. And this Parliament is
accordingly prorogued to Thursday the 2d of February next."
The Commons' Officers and Representatives, and the Lords
Commissioners then severally retired, as did the several " stran.
gers" collected within the outer bar to view the ceremony of
proroguing Parliament by Commission, and the splendid
throne, which is always uncurtained when the King is supposed
to be present.

[Owing to the vast alteratioas going forward in front of the
Houses of Parliament, Macadamizing Palace yard, &c. front.
ing Henry the Seventh's Chapel, fencing, ridges of stone being
broken, hillocks of rubbish, &c. had blocked up the approaches
to the House of Peers, so that even a carriage could not ap-
proaches to the doors on Monday and Tuesday. By yesterday
noon there was obliged to be a temporary and partial clearance
to enable the Lords Commissioners' carriages to get near to the
House.]

t
PosT.OFPICE REGULATIONS AT LIVERPOOL

The following letter has been received by the
Mayor of Liverpool fromil Mr. IIUSXIa3ON, rela-
tive to the memorial of some of the merchants of
that town, that the letters !night not be delivered
from the Post-office till the morning after their
arrival :

Eastham, Jan, 1, IBM.
Dear Sir-1 have the honour to transmit te you a copy of an
answer, which the Secretary of the Post-office, by direction of the
Pcamatter.General, has made to my letter, recommending to hiS
Lordship's favourable consideration. the memorial which you
forwarded tome respecting the delivery of letters an the arrival
of the London mail in the evening at Liverpool. I apprehend
the late crisis in the money market may have rendered that
early delivery a matter of more importance to the merchants
and bankers than it is likely to be in ordinary time. This is
a convenience which must be weighed apinst the inconveni.
once stated -in- the memorial; but I further apprehend that
the observation at the doie of Mr. Freeling's letter it decisive
on this subject, as I cannot but concur with than, that the
mail arriving within, those hours at which letters are delivered
at other places, and which are considered hours of Post.oflice
business, the Postmaster-General would not be justified in
withholding them front delivery-till the next morning.
I remain, dear Sir, yours, -very faithfully,
%I'M. HUSKISsON.
To the Mayor of Liverpool, &c. &c.

Copy of* Letter dated General Post-office, 30th Dec. 1823'. My Dear Sir—Having laid before my Lord the Postmaster-
General the letter addressed to you by the Mayor of Liverpool,
with a memorial from certain of the inhabitants of that place,
praying his Lordship to reconsider the recent arrangement
for the delivery at' letters on the evening of their arrival,
and to issue an order that letters by the mail front London
,hould not on any account be given out of the office until
the following morning, I ant commanded to inform you,
shat the acceleration of the mail coach to Liverpool affords
to the correspondence of that place tile virtual gain of a day
in cases of emergency. That having afforded tile same
advantages to Leeds, Machester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, &c.
which had been thankfully received, it was his Lordship's
duty to extend it to Liverpool, and that his Lordship is of opi.
nion he could not be justified in retaining letters for so many
hours after their arrival at Liverpool, and in declining to deli-
ver them to any persons who might apply within these hours
tor the delivery of letters from the post-office.
I havw the honour to be, my dear sir,
To the Right Hon. W. Huskiss Your faithul, &c.
on. F. FR.EELING.

ANGLO-MEXICAN MINING' ASSOCIATION.
THE DIRECTORS of the ASSOCIATION
-a- for ASSISTING in 'WORKING the MINES in
M EXICO, and other parts of SPANISH AMERICA, having,
under the powers vested in them by the DEED, made a CALI.
of FIVE POUNDS on each of the ' lARES of the AS-
SOCIATION, forminf the Eighth In Iment, the Pro-
prietors.are requested to pay the same on the tunottnt of their
respective Shares to Messrs. BARCLAY, TRITTON, BE-
VA N, and .Co. Lombard-street, on or before the 9th day of
January next.

JOSEPH LOWE, Secretary.
7, St. Helen's-place, Dec. :A, 1825.