The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-06 00:00:00

POST-OFFICE.

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF LETTERS, JAN. 5.
[The numbers given are in some degree the result of
estimate, more especially those previous to the reduction
in the rates.]
LETTERS SENT THROUGH THE LONDON GENERAL POST.
Year immediately preceding reduction, viz.,
that ending Dec. 4, 1839 (chargeable let-
ters only)
1840
1841

21,088,000
49,309,000
68,671,000

Increase in the last year's letters since 1840 19,362,000
Ditto since reduction 47,583,000

LETTERS SENT THROUGH THE LONDON DISTRICT POST.
Year imtnediately preceding reduction, viz.,
•_

that ending Dec. 4, 1839
1840

1841

Increase in the last year's letters since 1840 2,514,000
Ditto since reduction 9,542,000

LETTERS DELIVERED IN TIIE UNITED KINGDOM.

[The letters sent out of the United Kingdom are of
course excluded from this account.]
Year immediately preceding reduction, viz.,
that ending Dec. 4, 1839 (exclusive of
franks, which are estimated at 7,000,000) 75,469.000
1840
1841

Increase in the last year's letters since 1840 27,732,000
Ditto since reduction 121,031,000

A white. woodcock,
_was_ shot, a few days ago,
at Moldy, in LW Basses-Pyrenees.

MORNING SU'ST

SUNDAY TRAVELLING.
TO THE EDITOR OF, THE SUN.
" Est modus in rebus ; sunt certi denique fines,
Quos ultras citraque nequit consistere rectum.'?
Sin,—Differing as I do, in many points, from
your able Journal, I have all along admired its
unremitting hostility and successful exposure ofN
cant, humbug, and hypocrisy. I have therefo,.„oo
taken the liberty of inclosing to you -a documeniallz
signed by the Chief Magistrate of this cii.y,_and':;,z
extensively and gratuitously distributed through-
out this and the neighbouring towns. Of the., .1
good taste, Christian feeling,. and htimility dis-
play ed in this production, as well as the consi,-,;
deration evinced for the labouring manufacturingii;,
classes, you will be no incompetent—no inditre‘vt
rent judge. The proposed means for attaining
the desired end, are likewise not unworthy
observation.

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The object of this precious document, ema-
nating, as it does, from a f'action in the Kirk of
Scotland, who arc endeavouring, per fas ant
n(las, to obtain a domination for their priest- -
craft over our civil as well as religious liberty, lg.
to prevent any railway communication betwixt
Edinburgh and Glasgow, or the intermediate
places, on the Sabbath day. The means, yolks-':
will observe, by which this end is to be accom-
plished, are not by showing to the people of this ='
country, or to the directory or proprietors of the
railway, the heinous nature of the sin they are
about to sanction. No; these proprietors, vie..lo
are told, are chiefly English, and what can be
expected from them.? The mode which these
good Christians adopt for teaching religion to the
shareholders, for inculcating the observance of
the word of God unto them, is by an appeal
to their pockets. The proposal of these latter-
day saints, is that persons holding their doctrines,
should become members of a Sunday club, and
enter into a bond altogether to abstain from tra-
velling by the railroad, to avenge upon the share-
holders the difference of opinion which they may
dare to entertain from these bigoted and self-
elected judges of Christianity.
That is the mode by which Sunday travelling
is to be prevented by these conscientious and re--4.
ligious men; but what are the means by which_ 01
that mode is to be obtained. " Let it, (says .thii
Manifesto of those who profess to belieVe that
God can work out his own good end), let it, hoW.:I
ever, be particularly attended to, that, under-,
God, success depends on the amount of sign-
tures." The word " amount"- of signatures is;
you will perceive, in italics. Gracious Provi'
deuce I Rave these persons come to this, that )
the observance of what they consider, or affect
to consider, God's laws, is to depend on the
amount of signatures, to a matter of pounds, shil°,l',
_hugs, and pence, to a Railway Company?
If any one fancies that this precious Address,
coming, though it does, with the awful author,;;
rity of the Provost of Edinburgh at its back,
the true opinion or feelings of Scotchmen gene'
rally, they are wofully in error. It is the pro-
duction of a few bigots among the laity, and ty,-
rannical ministers, too common in the Scotch
Kirk, intended to procure for them the. meaes.'
of imposing cruel and unjust fetters on the rest','
of the people, especially the manufacturing'
classes. C. D •

Edinburgh, Jan. 1.
[The writer discusses this precious scheme
with much impartiality, but his letter'extends to
such a length, that we can find room for only $
portion of it.]