The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-16 00:00:00

KENT ASSIZES.

The calendar at Maidstone contains a catalogue of upwards
of a hundred prisoners, many of Tehom are charged with capital,
offences. Amongst the latter is the case of a man named Raid.
Hartley, who stands indicted under Lord Ellenborough's Act,
for maliciously stabbing Captain Owen, of the Bellerophon,
convict-ship, at Sheerness, on the 29th of August, where the
prisoner was confined AS a transport lifter hairing been convicted
of a capital offence. He had obtained a commutation of the
punishment of death to. that of transportation for life, under
pretence of giving some important information respecting the
murder of the late Mrs. rronatty.

SOUTHAMI7OM.--OR 7,Mondavight the:streets and shops
were left in darkness,, by the gas, goir.g.ottt, from a de.
ficieticy of gas.' The Theatre, • rom the same cause, was .
nearly in the same .stale.r.,-eandles were placed-in front of the
stage, whose faint glittimprin, showed the vast superiority of
the gas lights.
LraanxaTox.- On Thursday abObt ten o'clock, as
the Misses-roomer (who reside: at, Gatos-cottage, near this
town,) were piing to bed, theiperceive4 the back wall of their
room parting frOm the fret 4 titZpinimetliltely ran do-wn stairs,
and had just made Ateit escape bttlps frotre.doort when nearly
the whole of the house fell to the ground.

i'o.ll.tr6Z!'t iNThIILtGENCE.

"is tibinet :C6iii-e't -from
1114i144., -arrive4l yester4yevenm.g at the Jest.
..Zeoce:af-, the •Spanish...•ErnJ)Ms.say.,-. Be left that
on thy` :- 4th ins:tab t;- -.ltis • .departure
`iiiiil vas'` iiet:ret tlyefra • the
he
his. Catrrier his route met -many•others:on their.
way to Mad titl, :amongst whom- *ay tC,Rtissiart
•Coariei:;: iyieh-eittiatkanary

.• speed. ; • • •
. During -the.,..lwst three.days the arrival of -Coo-
riers -from London, .Verona,-* and Madrid; antf
.06r departUrefor those 'lplaCes.,.bave been Very,
ireipent. ..There.is no doubt that impotiant-re,'
.• -.7 solutions have just..been communicated- to several
Crabinets. (Gazette deTranee.). ' • • • - •
rumoured 'that..it treaty of alliance.
• liasl'been conclnded.:.between Spain and Portkal.
The Arective'bf thePortuguesearmy is 11,00,7
• tnen. • -It appears, thatin.Case of "Theed:POrttigal
will setttl -4,000. Men into Span,.- • •' • • •
• • 'The43ishopof Orleans died•on the-9th fastant,
• *---after an illness of fice-montlis...-'r‘
• The'/Iforriteur . contains the. following article,
• Cafierl -from -the Etoile of the ..preceding eVening':
j-^' the Etcglish Courier, -a journal behtin.-jdat
has, like 1111.-the journals of :Europe,
used -cations arinments, respeCting the political
- chance's: of -:pTesettt period ; .but we. are
have Considered- a war
bet Weed Franceland'Spain as: inevitablethat it
• should
.have. announced the measure as absolutely
resolved:o'4olkt ,it should have appeared to
expect, and -.eiten.to invite, the commencement
..'•NV:e have often been led to believe
• that'the.::.Courier_derived the materials of which
it. -made:- use:. (TOM . very high sources ; but ire
• cannot. help-suspecting • that on this occasion its
information". has 'been less, felicitously obtained.
Iry effect, the men-who in England take,part in
great affairs, and. tO 4hom.there are -no :political
. -sticiets,-knOw that. nothing is more uncertain than
the question-of war. between France and Spain,
..and ,that; WithOnt-coMprOmising the honour and
dignitir,Ol-the country, the friends of -monarchy
• • in..Fr-aline-May • hope that-peace will not be inter-
• •
• The IfOniteitr.afterivards-rnalces the following
observation 1-7" TheEnglish.Courier of the 9th
. of-December Whicli'arrived this day at Paris by an
• -ex-traordinary conveyance, contains the following
article ::(he 0,40 .‘Oll.-tematk the extreme -dif-
-,ference that 'exiits.- between this article and
-those.whiclatir some-time past have appeared in
the
.saine:jOurnal, and, which we have taken.'pains
to miert
_cOrreCtly.,' '•
[Fferelollows-the translation from the Courier
of. the Orli, of ,the article alluded to by L'Etozle.]
• A letter from Perpignan, dated the 3d instant,
-gives the following- detaiNls :—" In consequence
of the, affair., which took place on the 29th ult.,
• 1,400 of the army of Baron d'Eroles arrived on
-the -Ist inefi. at - Prades. They -appeared to he
. under the coinmand,of Romanillo. To-night they
• rest at. IVs, and-to-morrow at Thuir, two leagues
-frorir From 1;400 to -1,500 men,. who-have
,the:;sarrse destinatioa, are expected to7day at
•--Trattes ; it appears that they will enter Spain by
way of. St. Laurent de .-Cerda. The artillery
-daily practice firing. Four hundred horses are
-hourly expected- for the train service.".
PAitts;.DEC.l3.—The Duke of Wellington on
Thursday..lia:d an interview of half an hour (simile
,papers 'say .three-qUarters) with the King His
-Grace afterwards dined with the Master 'of the
.Itoy.aLHousetiold.. ,His Grace dines on Saturday
••with- .the. Baton- Rothschild; 'and immediately
_ afterwards will set out for London. .
• The. Emperor:Alexander. has conferred the
order of -St: Wladimiron -the brothers Solomon
and *fairies ,ll,OthsChild, 'in 'consideration of their
important services- -to the RusSian nation.-on se-
veral occasions.
We, (Journal des Debats) have received a let-
-ter from Verona, dated the 4th of December ; it
contains thefollowing facts, the authenticittof
whiCh We 'think may be relied on . ,
. " The. result.of,the strict inquiries which have
taken place•retpectin the present state. of Pied-
Mont 'mid', the kingdom of Naples has been
',favourable: It appears that these two-countries.,
thanks tol
he,wisdomand the firmness 0f..-their
•IVion4roclis, enjOy a state ,of tranquillity Which
'ihencifortli nothing can disturb. •It.may tbere-
.-foreAfe rAied,opon.that the Austrian, roops :will
evactiate*Tiamont by .thirds„ The .first.. third
will be put in motion to return to the Austrian
' '-the first 'of Tatiiiart,ni;Xt ; the
second, third will depart on the ist.olAptil,i and
• the:last ;third on the Ist of thus;PiedmOnt'
• will be free from foreign trooiis'in'skiiirill-ths---,
In the kingdom of Naples,-where the insurrec-
tion continued; longer without, however, taking
deep ront,'.the.nurnber of Aistrian troops 'will he
considerably reauced.,,and what more ad,
Van-tageous lo•-theprosperity of that 'fine country,.
rhe,pectiii!aq :imposts and the subsidies Otevery
kind- necessarily attendant. upon armed occupa._
:Corks, will be immediately, and in a great degree,
This Is a. fresh and glOrions proof •
of the disinterestedness-and magnanimity .of the
SOrereigtis who compose the Holy Alliance, • tr
judgeAlt.necessary for the.general interests
'of civilization,to •arni their subjects against anar-
chy, .0p- 0. usurpation,, they withdraw their armies
. upon, there-appearance-of order and legitimacy
••• (From the-Journal:4ler D:lol#l4.'
The .preservation,of - peace between France aria Spain now
• ippeArs:tobe certain. We congatolite ourselves on having no
longer -to.cialuide*O right of, interventlad,:-not .;the ,lehanCes'
which might have aecorapaniod its exercise. -The severe truths
which we bit,4 aPeken on these questions do longer need be re-
peated, for all enlightened Royalists have adopted them ; and
the petty tactitinaf -which shall TejCCt theta Will doubt-
Mess consider .4.proi)er tO cease cries which arc made in vain.
We have n'ow- a different duty to perform: WW have to make.
f. • • • • .
**the SPilnia*N" nti#ro4ntrtli!ii;:ppsitiesitv:itli respect tc France,i
- pacific but not disarmed—with- respect to Europe, which is no.
longer immediately. alarmed the Spanish revolution, but',