The Sun.
London, England, 1821-02-15 00:00:00

[TRICE SEVENPNCii.

FOR, THE SUN:

TWO P ENN Y POST-OFFICE

itLt. 1.!:.61To A:—Please .to inform Awircus,"
through the tnediUm of your columns, that the
Revenue would be divainished not increased,
should Newspapers be permitted, to pass free
throug-K the Twopenny - Post-offite ; as may be
proved from his assertion, made frem his 0U).11:
knowledge, of Papers being charged threepence
instead of. one penny ; and if he had made in-
quiry of those who had thus suffered, as he sup-
poses; he might have learnt that the full postage had
been levied, inconsequence of the party sending
the
..Newspapkq: havinglendeavoured to ciefratil
the Revenue by enclosing letters; writing,on the
Paper", or some other species of information; which.
rendered the Paper liable to'be charged as a let-
ter. if then an attempt is made to take ad van-
tage of the small charge at present levied plc
Newspapers, how much more extensive would
be the fraudS.,‘should these Papers be allowed-G.;
pass free of any postage ; for in an Office; as ex-
tensiVe as this is in its various operations, and
one whOse expedition is a grand requisite, it is
not always possible to discover every attempt at
fraud, as above
.described. As to the time at
which Newspapers "free of postage" could leave
London, AMICUS seems to understand but little
for free or not Newspapers for the country place
within the TWoPenny District could leave Lon-:
don only as they do now, namely, three times a-
day. Should these hints be thought worth corn,'
municating to the Public and Amicus,.you will
much oblige your obedient Servant and Readers
Feb. 13, 1621. DETECTOR..
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FOR 'llll,', SUN.

STATUE OF THE LATE KING.

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Mr. EDITOR-A Subscription is solicited
for
" Public Monument in honour of his late, Ma-
jesty, King George the Third," and this Monu-
ment is announced to " consist of a Statue, in
a Car, drawn by four horses, accompanied o‘i'l
figures of Fame and Victory." I wish to dircz
the attention of the Public to this very singu:ar
announcirment ; mot with a view of repressing sub-
scription, oropposing any laudable plan that may
be suggested to honour so excellent a Man, and
good a King, as his late Majesty was; but for
the purpose of requiring from the Committee
more explicit information than is given in their
prospectus.

First, has the design, now noticed, been mu,
(Idled by any eminent artist ? and has it been
maturely analysed and approved ? If so, .why
not -name the artist, and also " the Committee qf
Taste?" If the subject has not been thus ma-
tured, why trammel an artist with a specific corn,.
pasitibn and why, indeed, introduce an Enghs!':
Monarch in a Car, and why give to " airy nt.
thing" the personifications of Fame and Victory!
1 should like also to know, how the four horses
are to be placed ? But I cannot help conclud--
ing that the whole is to be a-la-Ro;nan, not a-ga:.
English, or, according to other pinaseology, clas-
sical, not vulgar. A Roman toga, with laurel
crown will, of course, ornament the Statue. If
these questions be answered satisfactorily, tha
Committee shall have my warm support, but if 6*
Committee persist in announcing the present
plan, they may expect to hear from one who
wishes to advocate a pure national style in otar
Sculpture, and all 'other branches of the Fine
Arts.
Fri). 11, 1851. • N. N.

YeEterday a Court of Directors was held at ,e
East India House, when General Sir ALEXANDER.
CAMPBELL, Bart. K.C.8.. was sworn in as Com-.
mander-in-Chief of the Company's Forces on the
Madras Establishment, and Member of Council
at that , Presidency. The General afterwards
dined with the Directors at the Albion'Tavern..
The following Commanders took leave of the
Court previous to departing for their respective
destinations, viz.:—Captain G. War...STEAD, (lie-
neral HAnn is, and Captain A. LINDSAY, Kel lie
Castle, for Madras and China.— Captain 11. Coins,
Kent, and, Captain 11. SCOTT, CHARLES GRANT,
for Lembay and China.
RADICAL AsEcnorrE.--MATHEWS, the cele-
brated Comedian, dining some weeks since in the
town of near • London, determined to
amuse himself and his friends at the expellee of
the Radicals of the village,; accordingly a report
was circulated that he intended to address the
inhabitants on Parliamentary Reform from the
window of the principal inn. Towards eveping,
a crowd having collected, he appeared at the
windOw and was received with loud Cheers.—
Mathews commenced a violent gesticulation, only
articulating at intervals, so as to be heard,
the words " Parliamentary Reform—National
Debt—the Queen—oppmssive taxation—Lord
Castlereagh," &c. These words were 'greeted
with loud huzzas by the mob, who, after remain-
ing some time, retired, expressing their admira-
tion at the eloquence of the patriot I.—"Provilzeial
Paper.)

JIATFIELD, the goldsmith, who fired at the late
KING, while.at Covent Garden Theatre, in the
year stiN conSned in Besthkm Hospital. He •
is in good health. _Lieut. DA vis,a Half-pay Officer,
who fired at, and wounded, Lord PALMERSTONE,
Secretary at War, about tw'o or thrco years ago;
also an unfortunate man, who some years ago, •-in
r. i•aroxysm of mental derangement, fired at Miss
KELLY at Drury-lane Theatre, are 'still under
confinement in Bethlem Irdspital.

_A :young Lady has been• cornn',itted to York
Cabtle, for refusing toanswer questions put to her
by the Commissioners, in a Can of bankruptcy.