The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-25 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

Mr? Enuron--A. Meeting Was held this day at
...onr News-room, for the purpose of proposing to.
'discontinue Old-Times Newspaper, and to intro-
:duce, in lieu thereof, additional New Times and
Morning Post, which was carried by a majority
6f 55 to 9_l: " Otte Gentleman, a Mr. JOHN,
,Cit_tpmAN, jun. delivered, a long. speech against
the proposal,-but his.truly Ciceronian eloquence
'seenied to haVe 416 erect:
Leeds, Dec. 23, 1220.. VERITAS.

• MS MAJESTY had signified his gracious inten-
tion of receiving the Address of the loyal inhabi-
,tanis of. EghaM, Staines,. and Chertsey,_ on Fri-
day last, at his Cottage, in Windsor Park. ; but
owing to tire inconvenient-precedent which might
have been -establiShed by such a proceeding, the
intention was abandoned. A most gracious corn-
" munication to this effect has been made by Sir B.
BLOOMFIELD to Sir J. GIBBONS; Bart. the Chair-
: man of the Meeting.
Private *letters from Dublin, received in town
On, Saturday,-state, that d very desperate action-
took place' in the beginning of last week on the
western coast of Ireland, between his Majesty's
stna-rgli n g preventive brig-stationed off Sligo, and a
''stnuggling vessel. The latter opposed a desperate
resistance, and was assisted by the people 'on the
exiA, but the brig succeeded in effecting her
Capture; 'made good the seizure. In this
rencontre, we regret to say, the brig had
.several
of her crew wounded. There were 'several
killed and wounded on the part of her oppo-
' nents.—(Morning Post.)
Sir GEorwE SHEE, Receiver-General of the
Revenue, in Ireland, has been recently- superan-
.nuated, and is. succeeded in that• office by Colo-
nel CLEM ENT,;, 011 C of the late Lords of the Irish
Treasury. We understand that a-great reduction
of officers will shortly be effected in tire depart-
inent of the Irish Customs. A like retrenchment
is expected in the CUstoMs of Great Britain, in
pursnance of the recommendation of the Com-
mittee of the house of Commons..-- (.11rdisA
Press.)
Yesterday forenoon a Spanish Messenger ar-
-ived at the residence of his Excellency the Duke
tts FIiIAS, ill Portland-place, with dispatches
froo the Court of Madrid. his Excellency is
recaliA. and is to leave England in March next,
and wJ be succeeded by the Marquis de LuccA,
as Aliffisbr Plenipotentiary.
On SatuKlay forenoon an Austrian Messenger
arrived at, ciandos House, the residence of his
Serene Ilighne;s Prince EsTEanAzy, with dis-
patches from Trb,pau. The Messenger, by or-
ders, passed throu[h Vienna, on .his way from
.Troppau, and was , the bearer of letters from
Lord STEWART, whora he left at Vienna, and
Prince Paul EstErtmiz-v, father of his Serene
"Highness. •

is now certain that Baron BEE.-
GAMI proceeded to- France on the invitation of
her MAJESTY'S Counsel, Who expected every
moment they might be obliged to require his tes-'.
itimony in. the course•of the triaL The •Bill had
been withdrawn when the Baron Bergami arrived
at Paris, not by- the way of OrleanS, as stated,
but ,by the Bourbonnais.- Either on .account of
*the season being too rigorous to pass the Alps, or
of the particular care which he. bestows on the
education of his daughter, he has determined to
pass the winter at 'a distance from his own coun-
try, and he hag hired a country house in the en-
virons of Paris, •to enjoy the pleasures of the
chace.--(Paris Paper.)
On Thursday his Majesty's ship Favorite,
Captain H•Eucul;ES ItnolNsoN, arrived at Ports-
mouth' from •the Newfoundland stationi•last from
Gibraltar and Cadiz. She left Gibraltar on the
29th ult. and Cadiz on the 11th inst.. There was
not a single ship of war at • either place. The
• Wolf, Captain: YEOMAN (which had been cruising
off Cape St, Vincent, to inform all British vessels
that the yelloW fever was prevailing at Cadiz),
sailed on the same day the Favourite did, to re-
turn to the Cork station.
Mr. KEAN.---We have already stated the arri-
val of Mr. Kean- at , New York. The following
extract of a letter is a proof of the interest excited
by his visit to the United States :,--
4. New YoRK, Nov. 29, TEN AT Ni-Hr.—The Ann Maria
was to have sailed this morning, but her departure is put off
tilt four to-morrow morning., All the passengers are gone to
the Theatre -to see your Mr. Kean. There has been a treat
s, eculat ion to tidies to-day, the managers having given no-
tice that nu more would be, sold than would Lilt the house."