The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-02 00:00:00

IRELAND.

The following Documents respecting- the Cr-
eulation of Newspapers, which we have extracted
from The Dublin Evening Post, are highly honour-
able to the Postmasters-General, and are so itn-
portant to the Public, that we deem , it our duty
to insert them. We presume that similar regula-
tions have been transmitted to all the Surveyors
and Deputy Postmasters it) this Country :
To all Surveyors and Deputy Postmasters.
NEWSPAPERS.

"'Tie Postmasters-General find, with great con-
cern, not withstanding the repeated orders which
have been issued to their Deputies, respecting News-
papers, and the arrangements which they have
from time to time made to secure their punctual
dispatch from hence, that the Editors of Public
Prints have reason to complain of the irregular
delivery and suppression of them. Whether such
failure is attributable to the persons entrusted by
the Editors to bring their papers to this Office—
whether it can be justly brought in charge against
Deputy• Post masters, or ascribed to any persons
connected with them, who from unjustifiable cu-
riosity open and mislay Public Prints, or whether
with or without permission from their owners, they
Suffer persons to have access to their Offices, and
tamper), read, or take them away, either for their own
use,or for the alleged purpose of delivering the prints
to the'Stibscribers, to whom they maybe addressed,
the Postmasters-General cannot with certainty de-
termine but they consider it to be their impera-
tive duty to establish the strictest regulations to
guard against the repetition of an evil which,
from numerous complaints, it is evident must exist
to a great degree. A Newspaper once confided to
the Post-Office, is.as sacred, in the eyes of the
Postmasters-General, as a Letter, and it cannot
be purloined, tampered with, or abused, without
violating the solemn obligation which every per-
son, entrusted with the Public Correspondence,
is bound by. Although Newspapers do not yield
Postage, their uninterrupted circulation is imme-
diately connected with the Privilege of Parlia-
L•tent, and while they contribute largely to the
Finances of the Cout►iry, through another branch
of Revent'►e, the Stamp Office, the Postmas-
ters-General are not unmindful that the Property
thus contributing to the State belongs to Indivi-
duals, whose interest cannot be infringed upon
without lessening the Public Revenue. The
Postmasters-General therefore desire, from hence-
forth—

" lst.—That where a Postmaster, on opening his Mail,
shall find that any Paper which he thinks should have reached
-his Office has not arrived, he will, by Letter, acquaint the
Secretary with the circumstance, and the name of the Sub-
sct ibei whose Paper may appear to Le missing.
" 2d.—No Paper is to be delivered but to the Subscriber,
or to his Nlessenger or Servant, known to be such.
" 3.=That under no pretence, either with or without the
consent of a subscriber,
paper, previous to its bein4 delivered to the Owner, and, of
course, from under his official care. If Subscribers are wil-
ling that Postmasters should have the beitefit of reading their
Papers, it must be after, not while they have official custody of
them.

" 41-11.—That no Deputy will, under any authority either
'written or verbal, permit any Paper to be opened', and read
by anv Person but the Subscriber to whom it is addressed.
If Subscribers arc willing to permit Persons to read their
Paper, it must be after the Pmt-Office has discharged its
4t;lty in delivering it to themselves or their Mcssenger, known
tc, be such. Post-Offices must not be converted into Reading
Smith a practice, while it must add to, if not create,
the very evil 4complained of, affords the same advantages with
Subscrilrers to Persons who therehycontrihute nothing either
to the Post Office, the Stamp-Office, or the Editor. Deputy
Postmasters must nut be agents in acts which have a direct
tendency to injure one branch of the public Revenue, and by
curtailing the circulation of Newspapers, interfere with the
interest of the Press.

" By command.
** General Post Office, EDWARD S. LEES, Sec.'
" Nue. 24, 1817." •

" General Post-Office, Nov. 26, 1817.

. .
SIR,—In addition to the Regulations directed
by the Postmasters-General to be established, as
set forth in the printed Letter herewith sent, for
the more secure delivery of Newspapers, I beg to
acquaint you, that orders have been issued, that
an Officer shall ascertain, each evening, in pre-
sence of the Messengers from the different Print-
ing-offices, the number actually received, and shall
sign and return an account of them, and for this
purpose I request your Editor will send a Card
each evening with your papers, with the precise
-number entered thereon.

" I am, Sir, your faithful servant,
" EDWARD S. LEES, See."

ROYAL ACADEMY.—The subject of the Lecture
last night given by Mr. CARLISLE was the appli-
cation of the principles of Anatomical Knowledge
to the Art of Painting. We cannot enter into a
detail of the subject, but it is but justice to the
learned Professor to say, that he gave a clear and
distinct discourse, which must have been highly
sisrful to the Students in Painting►, illustrating all
be said by a reference to the human skeleton, and
incidental remarks on the formation of other ani-
mals. There was a very numerous attendance of
TisitOrs, who were loud in applause.
THE THEATRE.—The once popular play of The
Castle Spectre was the attraction at Drury-lane
Theatre last night,•if, indeed, it were not more
reasonable to ascribe the attraction chiefly to the
appearance of Mrs. ROBINSON in Angela. We
were afraid that the part demanded a greater ex-
ertion of power than this interesting actress pos-
sessed, but we were Mistaken. She displayed
great feeling and discrimination throughout, and
the beauty of her person might well account for
the passion of Osmond, without a consideration of
the other motives, which induced him to wish to
compel her into marriage. RAE'S Osmond was an
animated and forcible perfor-mance. HARLEY was
prominently ludicrous in Motley. GATTIE, a re-
spectable and attentive actor, acquitted him-
self more than tolerably in Father Philip, and
Mrs. SPARES gave a good portrait of gossipping
superstition in Alice.

. There are at present two rooks' nests in the
plantation near the Hon. WILLIAM NOEL'S house
at Ketton, both of which hai,'e several young
birds, receiving the same attention from the old
ones as in the Spring.
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A nosegay was shown on Saturday, in Covent-
Garden market, Composed ofprovince roses, stocks,
gilliflowers, polyanthuses, ten week stocks, mig-
t►ionette, pinks, rocket, sweetwilliam, and cow-
slips, 14 liicb grew in an open garden.