The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-02 00:00:00

MERCANTILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, Nov. I.—Wind W. by N.—Arrived the four-masted
ship Columbus, M'Kellar, from Quebec; Brixton,
from ditto; John, Lovell, from Jamaica; Restoration, Stolle,
from Troruose; Alert, Rainer, from Cadiz. Came down front
the River and remain the Ludy Mackworth, Capes, for lion-
, dome; Alexander, Richardson, for Ceylon; and Cleopatra,
Eddy, for Rio Janeiro.
PORTSMOTYTH, Nov. 1.--Wind W.—Arrived his Ma-
jesty's ship Pandora, from the Mediterranean; Stately, Edgar,
from the Downs, for Jamaica 'Briscoe,
Coriolanus, Briscoe ditto, for
Cape Coast Castle ,• Chieftain, Pattison, ditto, for St. Vincents ;
and the Isabella, Thomson, ditto, for Jamaica.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Wind W.—Arrived the Eliza-
beth, Moon, from St. John's, N. 8., in 32 days, with muck
damage from the late gales; Magnet, Taylor, from Alicant, 11l
days. Arrived yesterday the Rover, —, from Malaga,
11 days; Happy Return, M'Woolock, from ditto;
and Amelia, Jones, St. John's, N. B. ; George and Mary,
Trail, from London, for Gibraltar; and Burleigh, Chandler,
from ditto, for Sierra Leone. Sailed the Cato, ' Sadler for
Sierra Leone ; and Johanna, Duke, for Seville. Off the Port
the Jane, , from Alexandria, for Lorrdon.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Wind W.—Sailed the Sandwich
packet for Lisbon ; and Annabella, Hilliard, for Jersey.
Coax, OCT. 29.—Sailed the Asia, Stead, with convicts for
New South Wales, and his Majesty's ship Pelfirus for .

The Charles,--.--, from Antwerp to Lisbon and (;ibraltar„
sprung a•leak and sunk the 2d ult. in lat. 1. 41. long. 10. ; crow'
saved.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT
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FORD, AND 5A1,01,, OM 184.

The almost continued rains, from the begin-
ning to nearly the niiddie of. this month, has prevented the
ploughing of the Wheat land, and has considerably injured
the latter crops of Oats and Beans in the cold parts of these
counties ; those farmers who were active, and sowed their crops
early will now be well remunerated for their trouble, and fed
themselves easier in their circuniatances than they have been
for some years.—The high price of fine malting Barley has set
the thresher at work, and much beautiful Grain has been pro..
diced from the dry and early parts. We hope the price now
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ferior Barley is kept. back, anti only the fine sorts purchased,
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A smuggling vessel was captured butt week in the Claftnel
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THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts from the illorning Papers, Nov. 2.

[THE TIMES.]
The statement of the important victory 'gained
by Bolivar in Pern, which "we 'have extracted
from the New York Papers, hai received corro-
boration by the letters brought yesterday by the
Lion cutter from Carthagena, dated the Hith of
September. These mention accounts having ar-
rived from Bogota, dated the `29th of August, at
which time a report was current in that capital
that a battle had been fought between Bolivar
and Cantetac, With a decisive result in favour of
the forther. The date assigned for this battle is
the 10th of July, and it is said that General Cor-
dova and Colonel Sucre fell in the engagement.
There is, however, as yet no official account, nor
any further details on the subject : the letters
from Carthagena refer to those to be sent off by
the next post from Bogota for additional informa-
tion. As the Lion has made a very quick voyage
ttorn Carthagena, some time must elapse before
this is obtained. In an article under the head of
South America, which appears in another column,
will be found the latest accounts of the condition
of the ,Royalist force in Peru, by consulting
which, a judgment may be best formed of the
probability of Bolivar's having effected the libe-
ration of Peru.

ENEW TIMES.]
13y the arrival of the Brazen sloop of war from
the coast of Brazil, letters were received yester-
day from Pernambuco, which communicate (what
our last ndvices from Rio Janeiro led us to ex-
pect) the submission of that place to the im-
perial Authorities. This event took place on
the 17th of that month, and on the following day
the Emperor's troops marched in without oppo-
sition—Don Manuel de Carvalho, the late Go-
vernor, having previously sought refuge on board
his Majesty's ship Tweed, where he met with
attention and protection. The British merchants
considered that this change would tend to restore
public confidence and revive commerce, which
hnd been completely suspended by the measures
of the ruling faction.

There was much business transacted yesterday
In the Foreign securities upon the
.Royal Ex-
change, more particularly those of South America,
from the intelligence received from that quarter
in the course of the day, and which produced an
advance of several percent. in most Stocks. Mexi-
can Bonds reached 67, and closed at 664. Co-
lombian advanced from 83 to 85, and closed at
Brazilian Script advanced to 3 premium
from the surrender of Pernambuco. There was
also much business done in Alliance Shares,
and in those of the New Marine Company,
at the premiums of Saturday. Shares in this New
Establishment will be offered to the original sub.
scribers to the Alliance Company ; and, like
that, its capital will be to the extent of five mil-
lions sterling, divided into shares of Fifty Pounds
each. The whole will be under the direction
stall management of Mr. Rothschild. The assent
of the parties to become Proprietors in the Marine
Assurance Company is to be signified in writing,
for which purpose circulars will he forwarded,
end are to be returned by the 10th inst.—(P)/(4)

[intrust! mess.]
Several reports were current yesterday in the
City, respecting a decisive victory said to be
gained by Bolivar over Canterac. These ru-
mours had their origin in some letters from Bo-
gota, stating the news was in circulation there,
but it could not be traced to any authentic source.
We have had so many unfounded reports of Boli.
veers successes in Peru, that we cannot, under
these circumstances, be expected to place impli-
cit reliance on the truth of this intelligence.—
Among the versions of this affair that were,
given yesterday, some detailed the particulars
with precision,whilst others only pretended tostate
the general result. The 'army of Bolivar was
swollen to a force of seventeen thousand, and
that of his antagonist reduced to seven thousand
and some cavalry. The attack was said to have
been made by the'Colombians, from three dif-
ferent points, and the victory is represented to
have been complete. The loss of the Spaniards
was very great, and that of the Colombians con-
siderable. A general officer, Cordova, and se-
veral Colonels, are among the killed. A letter
from Buenos Ayres, dated the 96th of August,
announced the entry of General Miller into Lima
at the head of 4,000 tnets but whether previous
or subsequent to the battle, or in consequence of
any battle all, could not be learned from this
communication. We earnestly hope the news of
this victory may be officially confirmed by the
next arrival, but at present we must rather hope
than believe it. We have no doubt bow the con•
test must end, but we are not therefore to give
credit to every rumour agreeable to our wishes,
or even to our expectations.

[MORNING HERALD.]
Saturday's Paris Papers arrived last night.
One of them throws out rather a singular clad-
Jenge to Englishmen : it is, whether they can
instance in the history of their country so fine
an interment as that of Louis the Eighteenth.
Some rather questionable sullies of loyal entliu.
siasm are detailed also. One is stated to have
deciered, that he " buried his curiosity " with
the Monarch at Saint Denis; and he should not
see sights or ask questions again. We dOubt
the fact of a Frenchman—or; if it be true, it Is
pity that at least half Paris, and even France,
did not attend the interment—as some abatement
of French curiosity would be a great relief to
strangers and travellers. The second anecdote is
still more extraordinary. A Peasant declared that
now he had prayed to God in the church where
K ing was hurled, he should die content. The
most sublime bounce of all, however, is in the
funeral
Buona.parto," sermon of the' Abbe Frayssinous :
sayi ihe'Abbe,
who is 0180 a Bi-
shop and Minister of State,,w. who, in spite of
all obstacles, ;reached the top of grandeur and
power, took fright . at. the very name of Louis
! !" It is 100 common with the French,

in their avidity for effect, to stride into the bur-
lesque, of which this is a pleasant specimen. There
are some accounts from Greece, in which fresh
successes are stated to have been obtained over
the Turks at the memorable pass of Thermopylae.

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]
The rumours that have prevailed for some time,
of the triumph of the Independent cause in Peru,
have assumed, at last, something of a consistent
character. It was stated yesterday, with the
greatest confidence, that intelligence had been
received of the defeat of the Royalists, under
Gen. Canterac, and that news to the same effect
had reached M. Hurtado, the Colombian Envoy.
The engagement is stated to have taken place on
the 12th July, and, to have been decisive ; though
the Colombians are said to have purchased the
victory dearly, having lost one, and, according
to another version, two Generals on the occasion.
The account, however, though bearing an appear-
ance of probability, does not, we are bound to
say, present itself with a claim to implicit credit ;
fOr it omits the place of engagement, and the de-
tails are too meagre for an event of such import-
ance. In the mean time, though it has not the
stamp of certainty, it evidently approaches to
that quality, being derived from two different
sources ; and it is unquestionably a strong pre-
sumption in favour of its accuracy, that it is
mentioned in some of the advises, brought by
the ' Lion in forty-two days from Carthagena,
and also it. the New York Papers, which ar-
rived yesterday to the 9th ult. The latter men-
tion the arrival of a vessel at Philadelphia, from
Sante Martha, which place she left on the 12th
of September ; and add, that before she sailed,
intelligence had been received there from Bogota,
concurring in substance with what we have al-
ready stated, respecting the entire defeat of the
Royalists. In the New York account it is men-
tioned that General Cordova fell on the side of
die Colombians; and, whilst we admit the force
of this concurring testimony, we have still to re-
gret the absence of a number of particulars, which
are considered requisite in any statement, on
which on could pin his faith. Our wishes, we
need not add, are in favour of the report ; but
these are not a guide, that can he wholly de-
pended upon, in instances of this kind.

[MORNING POST.]
If the statement in Mr. Fauntleroy's defence be
Correct—end if false they may be proved so by a
proper examination of the books of Messrs. Marsh
and Co.'s Banking-house for the last 10 or 12 years
they afford the best illustration of the gross injus-
tice of a practice at which some of, our contempo.
raries are perfectly adepts—we mean that of pur-
veying scandal to feed a vicious, vulgar curiosity,
prevalent among certain portions of the public.—
Upon the supposition here premised, more numer-
ous,gra tuitous, and infamous fa Isehoods,were never
invented and circulated respecting mortal, than
those published relative to this unfortunate cri-
minal shortly after his apprehension. We may',
in passing observe, too, that if it be true that the
necessities (arising from heavy losses) of the
Bank in Berners•street tempted Mr. Eauntleroy,
so early as 1816, to commit forgeries to the
amount of 170,0001., there is little difficulty in
accounting, on ordinary grounds, for the vast
extent of his subsequent frauds. The payments
of the dividends upon the 170,0001. alone, for
ten years, would amount to half that sum,
and the dividends upon the sums subsequently
drawn from the Bank by means of other forgeries,
must hive absorbed a further enormous, and still
increasing muss of capital. Such a career of crime
having been once begun, it must have proceeded
with desperate acceleration, either till finally all
funds within its reach were exhausted, or it was
stopped by detection. Mr. Fauntleroy's case is,
not, therefore, one where the imagination is set'
to work by the mysterious expenditure of a large
property. Upon the first blush it was proved that
ten or twelve years back he had forged powers
of attorney for the transference of immense sums
to himself, and that ever since he lied punctually
paid the interest on them. The latter, how-
ever, was never noticed at all even as a possible
mode by which any of the money may have been
disposed of ; while a common-place tale of
vicious dissipation was fabricated, and the
whole amount thus romantically and interest-
hlly accounted for. And may we ask for
what public purpose this piece of vile in.
veution was put forth, except to gratify
popular curiosity respecting the private life
of a man who had forfeited his existence to the
violated laws of his country ? Was the question
tried at the Old Bailey on Saturday last, why Mr.
Fauntleroy committed forgery, or how he squan-
dered the sums thus obtained ? No such thing.—
The Learned Judge, on the contrary, informed
the prisoner that, in alluding to those matters
in his defence he had travelled out of the subject
before the Court, and was allowed to do so mere.
ly in consequence of the injury presumed to have
been done him by the reports recently circulated
respecting his conduct. It is to be wished that
the Press, with a view to its owu respectability,
would come to some general understanding to
withhold those irrelevant details from publica-
tion ; but the understanding, to be salutary,
must be general, or otherwise the evil will con.
tioue. One man cannot be expected, in common
phrase, to hold a candle for another to make a
fortune, while he himself thereby sacrifices the
profits of fair trading. The consideration that
no man, whatever be his opportunities of infor-
mation, can do justice to any other whose secret
motives and their ostensible consequences he un-
dertakes to narrate,* ought, in our opinion, of
itself to effect the object we have in view.

[MORNING CIIRONICLE4
The principle on which the Judges ground
their arguments against the publication of Police
Reports will be found equally applicable to the
generality of Law Reports. Wherever the
judgment of the Cotirt is not final, in all cases
which may admit of new trials, writs of er-
ror, or appeal, the defendants, adopting the
dicta of the Judges, may contend that the
publication of the first trial had a tendency
to prevent-a fair new trial, as it was calculated
to create a prejudice against them in the Minds

of those with whom the ultimate decision rests
Coniistency would, therefore, require that if
Police Reports are put down on the score of
their possible influence on future proceedings,
reports of trials which allow of review in any
form, should for the same reason also be prohibit-
ed ; or, indeed, that no reports should be per:
mitted to appear except those of finally decided
cases. This would reduce the public knowledge
of proceedings in our Courts of•Justtce to narrow
limits indeed ; but such is the scope of the dicta
of the Judges. We have little, however, to ap-
prehend from their consistency in this error_; the
absurdities consequent on the dogma are by far
too extravagant to be dangerous. It is manifest
that all the arguments hitherto urged against
the publication of Police Reports have their
foundation in a secret persuasion of the most
extraordinary incapacity in Juries ; they are
presumed so weak as not to be able to dis-
tinguish between established facts and idle ru-
mours, and are indirectly argued incapable of
confining their judgments to the legal evidence
submitted to the Court. Intellects of no mean
an order could never be entrusted with the irn-
portant duties of deciding on 'questions involving
the lives, liberties, and properties of men, with.
out infinite scandal to the administration of
justice. It may be questioned, indeed, whether
such feeble minds as are supposed here would
not be rather advantageously affected by po-
pular opinion, as they would be at least
as likely to come to a correct conclusion by the
suggestion of the public yoke, as when abandoned
to their own helpless imbecility.We should desire
such poor creatures to take any' sense but their
own, were we concerned in their deliberations.
In their vehement zeal to censure the Press, the
Judges have, in fact, somewhat rudely as-
sailed Juries. Let us hope that both attacks
are equally unmerited. Most cordially do we
agree with Mr. Justice Park, iii the opinion
which he uttered on the trial of Mr.' Feunt-
leroy, that 44 no man could be fit for the admi-
nistration of justice who allowed himself to be
influenced, or paid the least attention to any
reports he might have heard before a prisoner's
trial." Indisputably, no man capable of being
so warped is fit to take a part in the administra-
tion of justice—no matter whether he actually
receives the undue influence or not, that
may be matter of accident—but if he be so weak,
pliant, or corrupt, as to be capable of being
biassed by it, he is not a person fit 'to be
entrused with decision affecting the lives
and properties of his fellow-creatures. We
agree with Mr. Justice Park, that men who are
not proof against such influence ought not to sit
on Juries ; it follows then, that when Juries are
properly composed,they are composed of men not
to be swayed by the rumours of publications,
which have given the Judges such extraordinary
alarm. Juries properly constituted, as Mr. Justice
Park describes, are not to be influenced by them,
and from ill-constituted Juries, under any cir-
cumstances, what good can be expected ? Police
Reports then, after all, would not appear to have
that single mischievous tendency which has been
imputed to them, while it is ag►eed, we may say
on all hands, that they are attended with innu-
merable public benefits.