The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-01 00:00:00

'these urchin felons, was desired, and as the lads
had already been five weeks in gaol, the extraor-
dinary moderation of this sentiment will be felt
in full force. The grave allegations were clearly
proved ; a witness was called, who had seen the
five apples stolen, and who spoke to the fact of
the offenders having been committed to gaol by
the Rev. Mr. Cowes (in such cases too much
publicity cannot be given to names) ; but, hi sum-
ming up, even the Chairman of the Middlesex Ses-
sions relaxed his accustomed severity,and intimated
to the Jury how serious a thing a conviction for fe-
lony would be to young boys. The Jury instantly
returned a verdict of—Not Guilty. This is the
beauty of our law. Here was an offence clearly
proved ; but the Jury, empannelled to ascertain
the fact, felt that the execution of their duty in
such a case would be productive of a grievous
cruelty, and, in despite of their oaths, they bring
in a verdict of acquittal, and are intitled to the
praise of humanity for having done so. It must
be confessed that the law has arrived at an ad-
mirable pass, when a breach of their duties on
the part of its Ministers becomes a virtue, and
promotes the ends of justice.,

NEW TIMES.
The English Funds of yesterday were very
steady the whole day, with but little business
doing in them. Consols for the Account, during
the early part of the morning, were 87i, but
at the close of the Market were' reported at
874i,.and 87Z-4- for money ; Exchequer Bills of
all descriptions were from ls. to ss. premium.—
Yesterday was Settling Day in ihe Foreign
Markets, consequently the Brokers and Jobbers
were more actively engaged in arranging and
settling their accounts than in entering into fresh
bargains. The settling of this account has not
excited that interest which has been manife-sted
on the, two or three last account days, as the dif-
ferences or fluctuations have not been to that ex-
tent. Greek Stock has certainly experienced the
most considerable depression, from 32 to 24,
which was the lowest quotation of yesterday ;
this makes a variation of 8 per cent. within about
a fortnight ; towards the close of the day it re-
covered 1 per cent., and left off at 25 ; Mexican
Scrip fluctuated near 3 per cent.: yesterday's
quotation was 84 dis.; Brazil Scrip) 81 dis.; Co-
lombian Bonds, 73÷; Guatemala Scrip, 51 dis.;
Peruvian Bonds, 604; Spanish Bonds, 178. The
speculations in this account did not give rise to
so much fear for the result as of late, for Greek
Bonds have experienced, as above shewn, the
greatest fluctuation ; and not being a Stock in
which many of the Jobbers or Brokers of late
have felt desirous of having transactions to any
amount, the differences upon them will not be
productive of any serious causes. The Share
Market continued in a very depressed state, par-
ticularly in the Minor Associations. It appears
that the Directors of some of the most esteemed
Mining Companies feel disposed to afford the
public full information as to the actual state of
their respective concerns.—We made the remark
some days since, that the causes of the deprecia-
tion in the value of the Real del Monte Shares,if
true, must have been known some months since,
and that there were no just grounds for the fall.
The Directors accordingly have felt it due to the
Shareholders that this depreciation shall not be
suffered-to continue without some just efforts on
their part to protect their property. The Direc-
tors also of the Anglo-Mexican Mines have con-
tradicted the injurious report of the Valenciana
Mine being filled with water ; instead of which
they state that it is actually at work, and paying
more than the current expences. It is no/ be-
lieved by many that these reports, so indus-
triously circulated, have been for the purpose of
lowering the Mine Shares in public estimation, so
as to induce the holders to part with them at a
very small premium. This would enable the cir-
culators and their friends to get possession of
the shares for a mere trifle, and eventually to
enjoy those benefits of which they now so stre-
nuously endeavour to deprive the public.—Real
del Monte Shares were yesterday 150 pm.;
Anglo-Mexican, 26 pm. ; Bolanos, which on Sa-
turday were at a premium of 70, declined yes-
terday to 50 pm. ; Bolivar, 14 pm.; Pasco Pe-
ruvian, 31 pm.; Tlalpuxhaua, 45 pm.; Alliance
British and Foreign, 34 pm. ; Ditto Marine,
pm.; British Rock and Patent Salt, 71 dis.

=TIiE TIMES.
We last night received Hamburgh papers to
the 25th, and Dutch to the 29th ult. It would
appear horn several paragraphs which they•con-
tlqat the weather has been as tempestuous
on the Continent as in this country, and that the
districts situated on the great rivers have been
threatened with calamities similar to those from
which they suffered so severely last year. The
Rhine had risen 9 feet in two days at Manheim,
in the Grand Duchy of Baden, while in other
places a fall of snow, had taken place, which broke
the trees still covered with foliage, and therefore
unprepared for the storm. It will be lamentable
if, while the States-General of the Netherlands
are employed in receiving reports on the means
of repairing the damage caused by the maritime
inundations of last year, they be overtaken by a
similar catastrophe from the great rivers by
which their territory is intersected. Two or more
of the Belgic papers contain a singular article,
porporting to be a petition addressed to Charles
X., suplicating him to remove the remains of
Buonaparte from St. Helena to Paris. The peti-
tioner is a M. De Chaumont Quetry, formerly a
flag officer in the French navy ; and his mo-
dest request is grounded on the two facts, that
the ex-Emperor had, in his last will, expressed
a desire to " repose on the banks of the Seine,
" in the midst of the French whom he so much
" loved," and that Louis XVIII.. had expressed
his esteem for those courtiers about his person
who appeared to lament the death of their for-
mer master. On this slender foundation, the
petitioner rests his appeals to Charles the Libe-
ral, in favour of a measure which would reverse
the sentence of banishment passed by the Holy
Alliance, which would bring the ashes of an
usurper from the Indian Ocean to mix with the
Capets whose throne he had profaned, and which
would convert the Abbey ofSt. Denis into a sanc-
tuary for inviting the pilgrimages of Jacobins