The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-07 00:00:00

His complexion was swarthy, his eyes were large and
black, very prominent, and wide apart. He had, during
the whole course of his trial, exhibited extraordinary firm-
ness ; and at the moment to which we are now alluding he
maintained with consistency his calmness and indifference.
He entered into a variety of details, persisted in the charges
he had made against his fellow prisoner, and repeated his
disclosures. His statement excited the greatest indigna-
tion against both the prisoners. Don Juan Morales was of
a middling stature, and his physiognomy was delicate and
pleasing. He had the character of being of an obliging dis-
position and affable manners. Until the moment of his
trial bis reputation was spotless, and his impeachment had
consequently caused general astonishment. Nevertheless,
there were certain suspicious circumstances, which he was
unable to explain, though he persisted in denying any
participation in the crime. He declared the charge against
him was false and calumnious.

At two o'clock, A.M., on the 2d of November, the Pre-
sident of the Council, Don Fernand Alcocer, directed that
the Council, the Fiscal, the prisoners, and their counsel,
should proceed to the spot where the crime had been com-
mitted, and, lighted by torches, which cast a mournful glare
around, they set out for this purpose. accompanied by a
vast multitude of curious persons. La Rosa, without the
slightest emotion, pointed out the different places where, as
he asserted, Morales had spoken to him, and showed the
road they went after quitting the Plaza de la Constitution,
where they had stopped. The tribunal then deliberated
upon their verdict, and at five o'clock in the morning deli-
vered their judgment, of which the following is a literal
translation :

" Verdict,—Considering his Excellency the Captain-
General's despatch, dated the 30th of October last, direct-
ing proceedings to be instituted against Jose la Rosa and
Don Juan Morales, inhabitants of this city, charged with
the commission of a murder on the person of Don Jose
Rando y Soule, also an inhabitant of this city, and having
under our eyes all the evidence, and, moreover, feeling a
legal and dreadful conviction, produced by important proofs
elicited in our presence—viz., the confrontations of the pri-
soners, and the replies made by them in presence of the
corpse of the victim, brought for that purpose into the hall
of the tribunal, the information obtained by the tribunal
in presence of the accused, while listening to the defence of
the prisoners, and their mutual accusations in the Plaza de

la Constitution, and on the spot where the crime was com-
mitted, the Council unanimously condemn the said Jose
de la Rosa and Don Juan Morales to be shot in presence
of the corpse.
" FERNANDO ALCOCER.
" JOSE M. DE VIANA.
• " ISIDORO DEL BARRIO.
" JOSE M. DALY.
" JOAQUIM SEGURA.
" CRISTOBEL BERMUDEZ.
" ANTONIO PINTO.

" Malaga, Nov. 2, 1838."
This sentence was transmitted by the Auditor of the
Captaincy-General, Don Pedro de Egana, to the Captain-
General Palarea, who fully ratified it, and directed it to be
carried into execution.

At ten o'clock in the morning Jose la Rosa and Don
Juan Morales were placed en la Capilla.* The latter was
in a state of absolute despondency and feverish delirium.
La Rosa, on the contrary, remained completely unmoved.
At three o'clock in the afternoon they left the convent
of San Felippe, where the Council had been held, and
where the Capilla was situated. There was an immense
multitude assembled to behold them; for not only the
62,000 inhabitants of Malaga, but the whole population of
the environs, had collected to witness the conclusion of this
bloody drama ; and nothing was heard from the commoner
sort of people but that they wanted to see if equal justice
would be done to both the prisoners.
La Rosa took the lead, walking with a firm step, sur-
rounded by a picket of soldiers. Don Juan Morales, down-
cast but resigned, followed, receiving religious consolation
from a couple of priests. He saluted his friends, and ac-
quaintances. During the passage from the Capilla to the
place of execution La Rosa turned his head round several
times to see if Don Juan Morales was being led after him ;
he seemed to be apprehensive lest pardon should be granted
to the caballero, and even expressed his fears on this head.
When they reached Martiricos, the place appointed for
their execution, where the body of the unfortunate Rando
had been already carried, La Rosa, after the troops had
formed a square, persisting in his statements, addressed the
following words to the people :—" Senores, I die the victim
of a wretch, who is about to die with me. For the sake of
my soul, say a Salve to Nuestra Senora de los Dolores,
another to the Virgin del Carmen, and a Credo to Almighty
God. His confessor here observed that his words were in-
sulting to his accomplice, and that when he stood on the
verge of eternity he should retain no hatred, and direct his
thoughts solely to the salvation of his soul. La Rosa, im-
mediately exclaimed, " I pardon with all my heart Don
Juan Morales. Pray for me I"
When the two prisoners were fastened to the fatal post,
La Rosa leant towards Don Juan Morales, and said to
him, in a tone of irony, " Behold the good fortune you pro-
' wised me !" Morales then turned towards his confessor—
" Good God !" he exclaimed, " let not this man kill me
before the time." His last thoughts were devoted to his
family and relations.
At four o'clock a discharge of musketry was heard ; Mo-
rales and La Rosa had ceased to exist. The body of the
former was removed by the Society of Advocates ; the body
of the latter owed its burial to charity.
The widow of Rando and her female servant are ar-
rested, and a new investigation is about to commence re-
specting their conduct.
* The chapl in which persons under sentence of death are kep
until execution.

Between six and seven o'clock on Tuesday evening
some thieves entered the house of a lady named Chiffley
No. 14, Kent-terrace, Park-road, Regent's-park, and while
the family were at dinner rifled the apartments of four 21.
notes, 20 sovereigns, and a quantity. of jewellery, and other
valuables. The depredators having reached the roof of an
empty house adjoining, from thence effected their entrance
through the trap-door of Mrs. Chifiley's house ; and, it ap-
pears, that while at their work of plunder they were dis-
turbed, and fled with such precipitation that they left two
gold watches and other valuable property behind them on
the roof. The police are in search of the depredators.
We have pleasure in being enabled to state that the
example set by the Company of Mercers has been fol-
lowed by the Worshipful the Company of Drapers, who
have just presented a donation of 201. to the London
Society for the Protection of Young Females and Preven-
tion of Juvenile Prostitution, in whose asylum, in Lady
Lake's-grove, Mile-end, there are now fourteen females
under fifteen years of age, who are instructed in every re-
ligious, moral, and domestic duty. We understand that
ladies are admitted to inspect the asylum every day, except
Sunday, between Twelve and Three.

A VENERABLE SAILOR.—There is now in the
Gainsborough Union Workhouse, an old man who has
served nearly the whole of his life in the naval service,
who was present at nearly the whole of the important en-
gagements in which Nelson fought, and on board the same
ship with that hero. How different this poor fellow's fate
to that of the officers engaged in those victories ! How
heartily this man might respond to the prayer of the sailor,
who begged of Dame Fortune to dispose of the shot at the
same rate she disposed of the honours and prize-money.
Poor Dibdin lost a pension for alluding to what is a notori-
ous fact, viz :

" So many young midshipmen walked over the head of poor

Jack;
That to see his white scalp is no wonder."
We believe those were the words which gave such mighty
offence to the old corrupt Tory Ministry, yet how palpably
true ! He is eependent on casual contributions for a sup-
ply of that which is peculiarly the solace of the ancient ma-
riner in the decay of his constitution !—Sheffield
HEALTH AND LONGEVITY.-The hints of the
6' Commentator" in the Bristol Mercury are invariably
useful and cleverly composed. Speaking of Drinks he writes
_-To drink too much is to weaken the activity of the di-
but to drink moderately with food is found
foundve powers ;
to be of great service in assisting digestion. A case is given
in Robinson's 4' Dissertation on Food," of a young man
who, in consequence of not having for some time drunk
with his meat, contracted a florid complexion and scorbutic
eruption ; a state which showed that there was too great a
proportion of the red part of the blood to the serum, and
from which he was freed by merely drinking with his
meals. With respect to the quantity of drink, three pints
a-day is considered to be sufficient for boxers who are
in training ; but this quantity would not be enough for men
engaged in hard labour, or for the inhabitants of hot coun-
tries. '‘ It is recommended," says Sir John Sinclair, "as
a good general rule, to drink when one is thirsty, as thirst
denotes the want of liquid nourishment ; but it is a much
better system, unless in very particular circumstances, to
drink only with solid food, and never on an empty stomach,
or after long fasting."
The prevalence of south-west winds, and the quan-
tity of rain that has fallen within the last ten days, have
caused the tide to rise to a much greater height than usual.
On Monday and Tuesday the River had greatly over-
flowed its banks, causing much damage in the yards of
shipwrights and others whose premises arc adjacent to the
water-side.

On Tuesday afternoon a female of the name of
Elizabeth Merriott, about fifty years of age, the wife of 4
labouring man, residing in Boar's Head-yard, New Brent-
ford, why had for some time been afflicted with a cough,
was suddenly seized with a fit of coughidg, during a pa-
roxysm of which she unfortunately broke a bloodwessel,
and before medical assistance could be procured breathed
hpr last from epeasive hemorrilaie,