The Sun.
London, England, 1825-04-11 00:00:00

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.).

Last night-we received a series of the-Madrid
Gazette to the 29th nit. inclusive, but they merely
contain the copy of a dispatch from, the late
Viceroy of Peru, dated Cuzco, the iiith of
October, besides some loose rumours, faviiura,
We of course to the Spanish arms, However, the
place from which the Viceroy's dispatch is dated,.
must have stunned the good and loyal people
of the " heroic" City, particularly after having
been told shortly before that the Colombian Army
had been annihilated, and that Bolivar had
escaped the fate of his troops only by the fleet-
ness of his horse. We observe that this General,
whenever his name is mentioned, is uniformly de-
signated as a Rebel, which- is a good- test of the
politic
,and conciliatory character of the Spanish
Government. We-. have not thought it worth
while to insert the article at length as it refers

to periods preceding the great battle, which
decided the fate of Peru, and extinguished for
ever the sovereignty of Spain over that tine coun-
try. As the Spanish Court must have been ap.
prized of this, when it ordered the publication of
La. Serna's dispatch, we cannot conceive any other
motive _ for publishing it, but that of leading the
public mind astray, which had probably learned
more than was altogether agreeable to its legitimate
guides. How long the latter will continue in this
crooked course we are somewhat anxious to know,
particularly as to remain t here is disgraceful and ra-
ther dangerous; whilst there irray be also some risk.
in quittirv, it. Prostrate as the public mind is
io Spain, it might not be wholly safe to lay be-
fore it the true state of things in South America.
In the mean. time, the longer it is kept, in the
dark, the greater will be its indignation against

a GovernMent which has recourse to the basest
arts to cover the dishonour which its imbecility
has inflicted on the Spanish► name, It is impos-

sibie that the present prostration of feeling can

last much longer; and the overwhelming, reverses
sustained in Peru may accelerate an► event which
every thing is preparing.

[MORNINC.3 II EItALD.TI
The• proposed increase of salary to the Police
Magistrates seems to meet with general concur-
rence. Indeed it is but reasonable that persons
who have arduous and responsible duties to per-
form, such as devolve upon these gentlemen,
should at least be as well paid as the Clerks and
Secretaries in Public offices ; hut which they still
will not be. At the 'same time, we cannot help
thinking that while the Magistrates are thus
taken care of, it would be as well if the public,
oat of whose pockets the whole expense comes,-
bad a little done for them likewise, in a some.;
What increased facility of access to the different
Police Offices. The Home Secretary surely can-
not be ,aware what sort of places the. majority of
these offices are, or he would not suffer them to
conAione SO. Can he know, for instance, that a
person might alrnostas:well resort to a night cellar'
in St.Giles's,,as to the. Marlborough-street Or flat-
ton-gardenOfficeS ,A,s. the Bow-street Office-is
about to.:be removed (not a very judicious mea-
sure, we think), it is' to be' hoped that the
new' Office will. be erected upon a scale of
accommodation very different from the present
one vand that it will be the forerunner 'of, ntak-
ing the other Offices befferfittod than they
are tia the purposes' For which they are. designed.
Now we are upon this subject, we cannot avoid
saying,a word or two as tattle intention which-is
expressed of appointing none but Barristers to
this,oKce; opoo which we think. that too much
st.sliss-, has been laid. It is part- of the it
a thlv; .iresent day to talk ,of.- the .'c learned
sentienme;; as the FeaJljr.,Rekili
aißtibingy; Ail the, world did,noi—knOw
that, to become ,aitarriiter no*-a-days' only
necessary to dine so many times in'the Hall of

DIED.
Ott Th4rsdar, the 7th .• in t at Ham-common, Henry
ins
t.,
Egg:.- - . _ .
I.'oesda3t.,,,ths 6th inst., at his residence at %Vickwar, in
dui county of Cloucester, Mr. Siiminers, of New Bond-street,
Lando:n-130d • : . • - ,
Ya Peixnrati last; on•board of his' ilTejesty's ship Beaver, on
tit& Jamaica. station,. Lieutenant -George Edward Western,
Second son of the- Rest-Adiniral Ilrestern, of 'rattingstone,
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Qry the gthrilOtii.-Bartlet GC)eariell, Z4(1., 'of .Sailing-grove,
in the county of Eisex, in the nd year "of his age.