The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-05 00:00:00

BULLION, PER OZ.

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•ew Dollars
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THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE,

STRAND.
THIS EVENING will be performed

DER FREISCHUETZ ; OR THE SEVENTH BULLET.
Rudolph, Mr. Sapm; Caspar, Mr. H. Phillips;
Zamiel, Mr. 0. Smith.
Agnes, Miss Betts; Ann, Mrs. Keeley.
After which
THE SISTER OF CHARITY.
Col.Saxe,Mr. Baker; Capt. Wiemar, Mr. J. Vining;

,
Paulq, Mr. Keeley; Andrea, Mr. 0. Smith; Joseph, Mr. Ireikins.
St. Ursula, Miss Kelly; Nannetta, Miss H. Cawse.

To conclude with
HE LIES LIKE 'I RUTH.

Sir Charles Manly, Mr. Baker; Mr. Trupenny, Mr. W. Bennett;
Rattler, Mr. Wrench ; Clincher, Mr. Benson Hill.

Hairier, Miss Gray; Priscill, Mrs. Keeley.

To-morrow, The Robber's Bride, with Lying made Easy, and
Master's Rival ; Friday, The Sergeant's Wife, with Der Fres-
ehuetz, and Gretna Green ; Saturday, The Robber's Bride, with
The Sister of Charity, and The Waterman.

A,

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1829.

This day week the New Post Office will be
ready for the despatch of business. By reference
to an article in another part of The Sun, it will
be observed that with the opening of the New
Post Office several very important improvements
are to take place. This is as it should be. We
long ago pointed out the propriety, if not the
necessity, of making the alterations which are now
to be adopted. The Post Office is mainly for
the accommodation of the public, and the gene-
ral comfort in an establishment so peculiarly

public, ought to be considered rather than the
return to the revenue. Indeed we suspect that
if the public accommodation were mole looked
to in this respect, there would not be much
defalcation in the revenue of this department.
The Post Office is the grand medium of com-
munication in all the relations of life—business
--commerce—trade—adventure, in short, of
every thing. It is obvious, therefore, if the faci-
lities of this communication were increased, that
benefits dispensed through its wonderful agency
would be increased in proportion. The world,
notwithstanding its improvement in almost
all the departments of knowledge, is yet
but in its infancy, if we may judge
by the wonder-working changes produced by the
agency of steam and other manifest discoveries

in all the branches of science. Who then shall
dare to limit the march of mind in the glorious
path of improvement ? Were it not for the
prejudice against what is vulgarly termed inno-
vation, because it clashes with preconceived
notions, but what is in reality the regeneration
of mental energy, like the returning spring-tide,
the improvement of society would be much more
accelerated than it is. Men are wise in their
generation, and do not relish advice, or even
knowledge, if it be at the expense of their
vanity, because it implies that they ought to
be wiser. We admire the wonder, but doubt
the genius or prudence of the wonder worker.
It loses half its charms because another has the
merit of the invention.

We set out. pith praising the improvements
about to be introduced into the system of the
New Post Office. We return to the subject by

'.loping, as steam can be applied to travelling on

land as well as by sea, that in due season the
mail coaches may be propelled by its miraculous
agency. If in the infancy of the invention, as
applied to coaches with such decided success, a
vehicle can travel to Bath at the rate of eight
miles, and, in some instances, from Bath at the
rate of fifteen miles an hour, why may we not look
forward to a general application of the same
principle throughout the kingdom ? We shall
not be surprised yet to receive news from Etlin-