The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-05 00:00:00

any eruption of the moral contagion, the
pretended existence of which was put forth
as a feeble justification of one of the most
iniquitous and unprovoked outrages ever in-
flicted on an independent and unoffending
people. To the proposition of keeping up an
Army of Observation, however, instead of resor
big to the dreadful alternative of war,
haughtily replied, that France would neither
submit to the expence of a long-continued pre-
cautionary measure of this nature, nor would she
condescend to remain in a posture of defence
against the consequences of those internal coin-
motions which, as she alleged, had existence in a
neighbouring state, and which she possessed the
power of at once quelling by the exertion of her
military superiority ! We were told that it was
even a duty which France owed to humanity, to
send her arms across the Pyrennees, for the pur-
pose of putting an end to the calamities which de-
solated the soil of Spain, and of reconciling
those contending parties of Spaniards who were
occupied in staining it with the blood of each
other, spilt in the petty conflicts of party Corn-
motions and of civil war !—The Bidussoa, there-
fore, was passed. The French army, touching
the coasts of Gallicia and of Catalonia, and of
Valencia and the confines of Portugal, with its
wings, and pushing its advance from the Pyrenees
toSeville, Cadiz, Tnritia, Malaga, and Carthagena,
has overrun all Spain,—has overthrown the Consti-
tutional Government and all the institutions to
which it had given birth,—and has placed Fmt.
DINAND VIE. on an arbitrary throne, where,
being solely supported by the bayonets of France,
he can only be considered as the puppet of
her will, whatever may be pretended to the
contrary by French finesse. And having accom-
plished all this,—having succeeded in completing
the work of demolition and destruction,—in ef-
fecting all that mere violence and brute force can
perpetrate, how stands the account at the close
of that career of aggression, which has' obtained
for a French Bourbon Prince, from his flatterers,
the appellations of "the Hero, the Liberator, and
the Pacificator of Spain !" Thousands of the best
and bravest Spaniards have been slain in the de-
fence of their country against the foreign violence
and domestic treason by which it was assailed,—
thousands have been thrown into dungeons
to glut the vengeance of their fanatic and
blood-thirsty oppressori,—rind thousands more
have been driven from their homes, and forced
to seek an ayslurn in foreign lands ! French phi-
lanthronj has proved a most pestilential curse for
unhappy Spain, which is even less tranquil than
during any one period in the progress of the
Revolution ! And, as for France herself, she
is still obliged, after all the enormous expences
and sacrifices of a successful campaign,—
qfter having obtained possession of all the places
of strength in Spain,—she is still obliged, after
all this, to keep an Array qf Observation on
her PNrennean frontier,—to endure the ex-
pense of guarding against a moral contagion which
she boasted her power to eradicate,—and to sub-
mit to the humiliation of protecting herself against
the consequences of a re-action from that very
nation upon which she has trampled, and wliich
she vainly hoped she might be able permanently
to enslave !

CITY, One o'Ciock.—Consols opened this
morning at 841-1-, at which price they remain
steady up to this hour.—We do not hear as yet
of any Express having arrived from Paris, which
is supposed to be owing to the late boisterous
weather. We have no news or reports in the
City. The public attention is mostly engaged
with the, trials at Hertford.

FottmoN MA►zxE'.—Very little it doing this
,morning in the above Market, except in Spankh
Bonds, rf hich opened at 264 to .27. In all other
Foreign Securities scarce a bargain has been
done.

THE ltoyat, FAMILY.--Yeaterday the Prin.
is SOPHIA visited the KING At Carlton Palace

The Duke of CLARENCE, after accompanying his
MAJ Esry to Covent-garden Theatre on Wednes.
day night, left town for Bushy Park. The
Duke of YORK arrived in town yesterday morn-

ing, from a visit to the Earl of VERULAM, at his
seat in Hertfordshire, where his Royal Highness
had been since Monday, with a shooting party of
distinguished personages. The Royal Duke
transacted military business with his MAJ Y
yesterday after his arrival in London.
Yesterday the Lout) CHANCELLOa and the
Earl of LIVERPOOL had audiences of the KING.
Ibis highness Prince ESTERHAZY, the Austrian
Ambassador, it is said, will be removed from the
Court of London to that of Paris.
A more fierce gale than that which prevailed
during the whole of yesterday morning, has rarely
been experienced, and we dread to hear of its
consequences on the coast. In various parts of
the Metropolis considerable damage has been
done to buildings, but happily we have not heard
of any fatal personal accidents. In the. Green
I:athe large tree, near the fountain, at the
of the basalt, was blown down ; and in
,e rsk t
end
St. James's Park some of the trees were stripped
of their larger branches.

S UN-OFFIC E, Two o'CLocK.

HERTFORD.-.--(THIS DAY, TwEI.vE o'CLocs

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(BY tXPit FAS.)

This morning,. at five o'clock, Thu:Yell ith

Ilunt were removrd frotit the gaol to the Cour

They were both in irons, and appeared very corn.

posed and collected.

The Court is so extremely small, that hundreds
,vho endeavoured to gala admission could not.
Shortly after eight o'clock, Mr. Justice PARK
entered the Court, which, before six in the morn-
ing, was crowded to excess.
As soon as his Lordship had taken his seat, the
prisoners were placed at the bar in the following
order :—Hunt, dressed in a suit of black ; I'ro.
bent next, also in black ; and Thurtell, in a blue
surtout coat. Hunt and Thurtell seemed re-
markably firm, and appeared to possess more
confidence than Probert, who stared about him,
and was evidently much agitated.
Probert was arraigned on the Coroner's In-
quest, as an accessary, although he is admitted a
witness. On the Clerk of the'Court putting the
plea to Hunt, he replied, loud and distinctly,
Not Guilty, my Lord."----Thurtell calmly
said, 44 I am Not Guilty," and answered the
second question in the usual manner.----Hunt said
" I will be tried by Cod and by my Country
my Lord."

They were first arraigned on the Coroner's
Inquest, and then, with the exception of Probert,
on the bill of indictment.
Mr. ANDREWS then said he had a motion to
make, founded on some affidavits which he re-
quested to be read.
The affidavits of Mr. Fenton, Mr. Jay, and
other Solicitors for the prisoners, which were of
great length, were then read. They commenced
by complaining that, in the first instance, the
prisoners had been deprived of the benefit of
their legal adviser, Mr. Williams, by that Gen-
tleman's arrest, althouglka bail bond bud been of-
fered for the amount of the debt ; secondly, that
the whole of their advisers, except one, had been
refused admission to them until mandamus had
been obtained iu the Court of King's Bench, coin-
pelling the Magistrates to admit them; that from the
great odium cast upon them from the statements
in the public prints, it was , impossible they
could expect a fair trial ; that The Times and
Chronicle bad teemed with statements (which
were read at full length) purporting to he cor-
rect, relative to the murder of Mr. Weare,
particularly that relating to ilunt's confession;
that the late horrid transaction had been a sub-
ject of dramatic representation performed at the
Garrey Theatre, fOr which a criminal information
had been issued against the Manager : the affi-
davits then at length adverted to the sale of
the papers publishing such statements ; and,
after adverting to the state of the publiC mind,
prayed that the trial of the prisoners might be
postponed.

Mr. A.snacws, for the prisoners, then rose,
and called the attention of their Lordships to the
matter contained in the a (lid!' vits and publications
read, and put it to him, as an impartial, just, and
enlightened British Judge whether the unfortu-
nate men at the bar could have a fair trial in the
county of Hertford et this moment. It was very
improbable, nay, it was impossible, considering
all the circumstances, after what had been
said and published, connecting the prison-
ers with the murder of Mr. Wean., that It
men of the County could be found who would
be wholly unbiassed and unprejudiced against
the prisoners. The fact of their professional
litdvisers being denied admission to them, to

make the necessary arrangements for their de-
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fenoe, was in itself a strong argument in favour
of the postponement. Ile did not mean to
impugn the character of the Magistracy of
Hertford, for of them he knew nettling, and he
would suppose that they of course had good and
efficient reasons for denying the Gentlemen ;
still the legal advisers were denied their
privilege, until a mandamus arrived which com-
pelled them to .do that which was before sought.
lie hoped that he had shewn sufficient cause why
the trial of these unhappy men should be post.
honed.

Mr. Justice PAnK.--Till when ?

Mr. ANDREWS said, he hoped his Lordship
would not think it too long to postpone it until
the next Assizes; but if n►ot until Own, a shorter

[e might be uppointed.

When our Express left Hertford, Mr. Ax-
nnEws was still speaking. Mr. Pumr.ips Was to
follow on the same side. The discussion will

last the entire clay.
Counsel for the Prisoners—Messrs. ANDREWS, PLATT,
Tiltsl6En, PRILLIN, and another.
For the Prosecution—Messrs. (iv ant r, liota.Asai, and
others.