The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-20 00:00:00

RUSSIA (P ItIVATI: CORIIESPONDKNCE,)

The Arittarchxs, a French journal, gives the
following account of the manner in the
prohibition of private correspondence from Russia
to Foreign Countries is evaded :

" In Russia all persons are prohibited, as well strangers as
natives, front privately transmitting a settled letter beyond the
limits of the empire,—even the couriers dispatched by Foreign
Ambassadors are liable to be arrested if any auch letters should
he round in their possession. Certain individuals of the
Hebrew persuasion have, however, discovered the mesas of
evading this rigorous prohibition. Linder very important circum-
stances a dispatch it written in Hebrew or Chaldean, upon conse-
cutive leaves in the form of a book, and transmitted to a cor.
respondent at Alittau, in Courland. On arriving in that city,
they are annexed to some religious book in Hebrew,
and then delivered to one bf the Jewish smugglers—men
totally ignorant of the ancient languages, and consequently
not aware of the importance of what is thus confined to their
care. . fly these men who are versed in entire arts and tricks of
smuggling the book is conveyed across the Niemen, and finally
to its destination at Konigsberg or Dantzic. A similar mode
of correspondence is adopted between Moscow and Warsaw.—
The dispatch is transmitted from that City 'to the Oder, and
finally to Thorn or Dresden, whence it is forwarded to Frank-
fort, Paris, or London."

The Post this morning, we regret to say,
brought us the following Letter, dated

NEWCABTLE.UPON-TYNE, JAN. 10:
I deeply lament that I have' toitabrin you of .a truly melon.
choly accident which happened, et nn early hour this morning,
at Jarrow.colliery, in the county Durham, the' proprietors
of which are the highly respectable firm of Tllo3lAll and
llonttur Molex, Es9uwes, London. The lower seam of this
colliery, which hi designated the Bensham Seam, is known
to abound in hydrogen gas, and consequently the workmen
are perfectly aware of the strict necessity there is of paying
every attention to their proc,cedings, while at work in this seam.
At present it is not known what occasioned the explosion,which has, it is feared, proved so fatal to such a num-
ber of lives: nineteen men. and boys. it is already, as•
certained, are the victims of this sad mishap ; and as
there were in all 42 men and boys at work in the seam where
the explosion took place ; great apprehensions arc entertained
for the safety of the remaining 23. humanity really shudders
at the many serious accidents that have happened in the coal.
mines in this district within the last ten or twelve years. Some-
thing, if it were possible, should be attempted beyond Sir IL
DAv v's safety-lamp, to guard those poor miners from the
sad fate that every now and then overtakes them, as it would
appear the lump alluded to is insufficient. The head viewer,
or director of the mine, at Jarrow, is universally acknowledged
to be a gentleman of lint-rate abilities and of great scientific
attainment; and no doubt, therefore, every thing was properly
attended to on his part. 'But still, as these lamentable events
seem rather increasing than diminishing, it is a duty incum-
bent on men of talent to try to hit upon some more effectual
preventive than any thing we are yet acquainted with.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the
Foreign Office from Paris.
The Tiger, arrived at Cowes, has brought let.
tors from the Cape of Good Hope to the Ist ult.
,
fney state as a matter on which no doubt re-
mined, that Lord CHARLES SOMERSET would
certainly to Englund on the arrival of General
BOURKE, who has gone out, as our readers are
aware, as Lieutenant-Governor to the Cape. ills
Lordship is to bring with him Mr. BRINK, who
was Deputy Colonial Secretary under Col. Binh,
and on the evidence of this man, as the letters
state, Lord CHARLES marry depends for assist-
ance in the investigation which awaits him, but
particularly as regards the testimony which is
expected from Colonel Elate himself.—(Times.)
The Emperor NICHOLAS I. will soon have his
Court graced by half the Princes of Europe. The
Prince of Orange is on his way from the Nether.
lands, and Prince William of Prussia from Berlin.
Nearly all the commercial letters from St.
Petersburg!) to this country are sent open—a cir-
cumstance arising, doubtless, from the vigilance
exercised by the Russian Government to prevent
any communications being forwarded unfavoura.
ble to the wishes or the feelings of the ruling
power.—( Edinburgh Observer)