The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-27 00:00:00

charge of receiving, and Robinson upon three, and Davis
upon five charges of buro.lary.
Samuel Glass, conductor of Price's omnibus, running
from Chelsea to Islington, was charged before 2SI.
Rawlinson, at Marylebone, with having conducted him-
self in a shameful and outrageous manner towards Mr.
David Landsberg, a gentleman residing at 131, George'
place, St. John street-road, Clerkenwell. Mr. Ravain-
son sentenced the defendant to two months' imprison-
ment with hard labour in the House of Correction.
In the Court of Excise Samuel Massey Gilbert,
keeper- of refreshment-rooms, No. 6, New Basing"
hall- street, City, was charged with selling spirit°
without a license. There were four informations again.°
the defendant, and the penalties were laid at 4001.
The Court commented on the injustice done to the
licensed victualler by the proceedings of the defendant,
and inflicted two fines of 101. each. Two other informs'
tions were withdrawn.

At Marlborough-street, Thomas Sergeant, a person
holding a confidential situation in the employ of Messrs.
Tucker and Co., the extensive tallow and wax chandlers,
in South Molton-street, was brought before Mr. Hard-
wick for final examination, charged with having carried
on a system of embezzlement for a considerable period.
It was arranged, with consent of counsel -on both sides,
that the prisoner should be fully committed on all the
charges, but should be remanded pro
_forma for a day or
two before the sessions commenced, in order to afford
him additional facilities for meeting his trial.

COVET --P.A.SIZIONABLE.
Her Majesty and the Court are expected to alril'e At
Buckingham Palace on Wednesday next, the day pl•
ceding the meeting of Parliament, from Windsor Castle'
Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, according to pre-
sent arrangements, will remain in town until to-money
se'nnight, and then return to the Castle. A visit to the
Royal Pavilion, at Brighton, early in the ensuing month,
by the Court, is spoken of in the Court circles, previous
to her Majesty coming to town for the season.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort intend to leaire
Badminton on Monday next for Town.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Sligo and the La'
dies Brown arrived in Mansfield-street, Portland-pleee'
in the preceeding week from the Isle of Wight.
The Duke of Grafton is passing the winter at Euston
Hall in improved health.
The Earl and Countess Grosvenor and Lady Elizabeth
Grosvenor are expected in Grosvenor-square in the 01.
suing week from the Marquis of Westminster's, r,a,. too
Hall, en route to Motcombe House, Dorset, until after
Eater. His Lordship's birthday will be celebrated at
Eaton to-day, with the usual festiyities.
The Earl of Cawdor is expected at South Audio'''
street, on 'Wednesday next, from Stackpole Court, near
Pembroke, where the Countess and the junior branches
of the family intend to remain till the middle of August.
- Lord and Lady Ashburton and the Hon. Misses Bar'
ing were expected to arrive at Bath House, Bolton-
street, at the end of April, from Naples, where they an
passing the winter.
The Earl of Radnor has passed through London, frous
his estates at Folkestone, in Kent.
Viscount Duncannon and the Hon. Miss Ponsonby are
expected at the family mansion in Cavendish-square, 0.11
Tuesday, from Woburn Abbey, where a large politic'
party is now assembled.

_
Lord Brougham has left town for Roehampton.
Colonel and Lady Alice Peel will take possession 0
their new mansion in Park-place, formerly occupied by
the Duke of Beaufort, on the return of her Ladyship
from Paris, at the close of the ensuing month.
ATISCELLANEOTTS.
It is confidently stated that a new writ for Dahl
will be moved for immediately on the opening of the or
suing session, and the Anti-Corn-law Lague are actively
preparing for a canvass. -

-A
correspondent of the Times says—lt is generallf
believed that Mr. Sotheron will be solicited to fill the
vacancy in the representation of Wiltshire, caused
the death of Sir Francis Burdett. Should he consent to
du so, his success is considered certain. Mr. Ludlow
Bruges, of Seend, near Devizes, is expected to fill the
vacancy in that borough in the event of Mr. Sotheroa
vacating it for the county.
The Cour de la Premiere Instance of Paris pronounc44
a judgment on Saturday last, confirming the paten"'.,
taken in that country by Messrs. Elkington and 10
Ruolz for the electro process of depositing the vitriol!
metals. This, with the verdict of the Cour Royale
July last, confirms the whole of the claims made P 1
our countrymen for these discoveries."
Most of the influential gentlemen and farmers in the
neighbourhood of Lewes have determined on attentoug
the meeting at Steyning next Monday. As the dal ale;
proaches, the subject of the corn-laws nearly engross
all conversation.

A meeting was held at Maidstone on Thursday for it's
purpose of forming an Association of the West gerlir
farmers, to resist the progress of the Anti-Corn' 1S
League. Lord Strangford was in the chair. About 6ov'
was collected before the meeting separated.

PROJECTED IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE POST-OFFICE.
The Lords of her Majesty's Treasury having decided;
in accordance with the recommendations of the Selee
Committee on Postage, to increase the public acconnn°i
dation by an extensive change in the administration
the Post-office department of the public service, har
intimated their intention of devoting the whole of the
surplus revenue in carrying out the remaining details 0
the penny postage measure.
Accordingly Lord Viscount Lowther, acting in con'
formity with these instructions, has caused to be estate
lished a permanent Board, consisting of the heads of On
executive departments, for the purpose of arranging
the working of the plan.
The following, we are informed, are among the pri.,ll:,
cipal propositions recommended for adoption as speech-17
as possible :
Prepayment in cases of all inland correspondence 11
the medium of stamps ; the institution of the more fre;
quent dispatch and delivery of London district Po
letters, and the abridgment of the letter-carriers' walks;
so as to facilitate both, and an increase in the number et
officers tantion..unt to the projected extension 0-
f the
duties of the office.
These preliminary measures, we hear, are to e°ll3e
into operation early in the spring. The April quarto.',
named, but the period is not yet definitively fixed.
Other, and still more important alterations have ue"„0
suggested, and will form part of the practice as soon "
the introductory portion above noticed has been intre.
duced, the chief of which, we understand, are the f l
•
lowing
The separation of the inland from the foreign Orra;
spondence, so as to secure simplicity in all the workitt:
arrangements, by obtaining a uniform and rapid de
very of all inland letters inward; the eventual consomd
dation of the two corps of letter-carriers—general 8.11,,,
twopenny •, the establishment of additional receict
houses in the metropolis ; the increase of arrivals fr°
the provinces by the morning mails, and the establishment
of post-offices throughout the United Kingdom in pro
portion to the density of the letter-writing population,
As it is manifest that the extensive alterations above
'
enumerated are calculated materially to affect the IT
comes of all officers connected with the department'ai4
whose salaries depend, in a great measure, upon /.10r
realisation of fees and gratuities from the public,
ea •
'what is/Tailed' the' t' early delivery," eve are inform,o
that it is-in.contemplation to substitute fixed salaries A
lieu of the present sliding scale of wages, proportion,
to the length of service and amount of duty perforral;
by each officer. It is estimated by Colonel Mshe„
that the carrying out of this propositionulone wiul-01
volve an additional outlay of 4,500 t per annum, 11_,„
that the adoption of the whole of the projected alter"'
tions will absorb the whole of the present net revenue.
[lt is high time certainly to project improvements.ill
the Post-office. We will give only one instance of Dn..'„
management, to show how sluggish the authorities are'
though all around them are moving at railroad speed
An inland mail, bringing letters from Ireland or anYlnlo .
of England, reaches London about one o'clock,
The letters remain at St. Martin's-k-Grand till three
those for for the West-end are transmitted to
Ore Charinre-
Post-office, where they remain another hour, and
not delivered till half-past four, thus occupying thre
hours and a half in the delivery, or about the time re;
Stuhi
quired to convey them 100 miles by railroad.—ED.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE'
ARRIVALS. gsri
Lord Cantalupe, in Upper Grosvenor-street, from k,
Delawarr's, Buckhurst, Sussex ; Sir J. and Lady I°La.,
land, in Pall mall ; Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Eden sp
ing, from Trafalgar Hou,e, Isle of Wight ; ClisDrs's-
Home Drummond, Esq., at Fenton's Hotel, St. James
street, from the North ; Burn, Esq , at ditto, Jr
ditto ; Sir Alexander and Lady Hood *and -- linon
the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from ComPnd
a Castle, Somerset ; L. Gwyn, Esq., Mrs. Powell,
Miss Butler, at ditto, from Paris ; Lieut.-Col. 111111,04
;0.
Ist Dragoon Guards, in South Auillepstreet, from s'
hampton.

The Right Hon. YatesDEPARTURES Peel, from. Fenton's Hotel, faro
Bonehill Cottage, near Tamworth ; Swift, Esfl„"„ifill.
the Burlington Hotel, for Liverpool ; Sir Wi"e— ;
M.P.,forhis seat, near
Joliffe, Bart.,
Rotel,
Col. and Mrs. Austin, from the Pulteney
Sevenoaks.