The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-22 00:00:00

NEW POST-OFFICE

Mr. ihßvEY;tovet for a return of all the
egreeratrils eiltered into under the new he:, with
those having property in St. Martin's-le-Grand,
distinguishing those that were founded on the va-
luations of the city surveyor, and ‘th•ose arising
from references and verdicts of Juries. . His:ob-
ject W a.. 3 to show that the surveyor estimated pro,
pery tar below its value, ) and thus gave occasion
to enormous expences in references and summon-
ing of Juries. A surveyor ought to he appointed
who should value property at its full price.
Mr. Davies said, that the valuations were suf-
ficiently accurate, though they
.never came up to
the extravagant ideas of such proprietors.
The COMMON SERJEANT stated, on Friday last,
:a Jury had given 5401. where the Surveyor had
only valued 3001.; but the property was only a
good will, and the party had estimated this inde-
'finable property at 2,4411. •
After some farthe'r discussion, the motion mas
withdrawn, and notice given for a future day:

THE OLD COURT 'OF SPAlN.—Arcounts from
Romestate, that' the old Court Of Spain is very
.melancholy. The King, the Queen, and- the Prince
of Peace, have each their separate table., Thislast
ha's.
.made a purchase of the villa Mattei, formerly
occupied by the Archduchess Marianne. „The
Qtieeti of Etruria visits her parents only from -eti-
quette, though she loves them tenderly. But slie
wishes to avoid Don Manatl Godoy, whom she
abhors from the bottom of her heart. The young
Prince, her son, continues to justify the most
sanguine hopes. The King and Queen of Spain
always defend, , against every one, the Prince of
Peace.—" No one -in Europe," they both say,
" knows better than we do his loy.:1 and disinte-
rested. intentions. It was not his fault,. not only
that Spain has not taken her proper .station., • brit
also that.the blackest of crimes were not avoided
during the French Revolution. The Prince of
PeaCe hid the idea of proptising to the Natioeal
Convention the cession of Florida, in order to ob-
tain the removal of Louis XVI." •

.SEA-BATHlNG.—(Southsea, Plants.)—We 'have
remarked that whether. it be owing tu, the gre:;t
heat. which lately prevailed, or to, the superior. ac-
cotutuodations which are now found at this place,
but so it is, that the number of bathers on Swill:-
Sea beach this year, exceeds that of most former
years. Indeed the fineness of the beach, the pu-
rity of the water, which rushes in direct from the
Channel, unadnlrerated by any river water—the
Southern aspect of the shore—the sheltered situa-
tion of Portsea hiand—the variety of sequestered
walks along the sea-side, as far as Fort Cumber-
land, and round the villages of Fratton, Kingston,
Milton, &c. togetherwith the conveniences of the
new Subscriptionßooms,and the quiet state of these
towns in Peace, cannot but attract a considerable
number of the neighbouring invalids in the summer
season, to Sovhsea and the vicinity of the,beacb.
In all England there is not a More healthy spot
than that on which Portsmouth ,Portsea,and Soutla-
sea stands. And round the whole circumference of
Great Britain, there is not a more eligible
lion for sea-bathing. •