The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-21 00:00:00

extracts :

Robert Sutton, Esq.
High Sheriff of the county of Hertford.

I _
Norwich, Jan. 15.
Sea-1 embrace the opportunity which Mr. Thurtell has
given me to repeat the assurance of the great consolation which
your letter has afforded him and his family—as did one ad-
dressed to him by Mr. Franklin. You, Sir, most probably
know nothing of Mr. Thurtell but from reports—and although
the public press is not always to be relied on ; in their report
of his character they have been most just. I have known Mr.
'rhartell intimately for many years,, and during that time I
never knew him guilty of a dishonourable act, or a mean one.
To many, such an assertion may appear doubtful ; but I can
assure you, Sir, that he possesses a very high notion of honour
and integrity—and it affords me great satisfaction in addressing
you at this time, that you might know you had not bestowed
your humane attentions on a worthless object.
Mr. Thurtell does not know of my writing—perhaps it is 1
unnecessary that he should. He lives about a mile and a half i
from this city, and his letter was sent to me to be franked.
This has given me an opportunity of doing an act of grateful
justioe. He has received letters and visits of condnience from
persons of the first respectability as to rank and character
(many names were here mentioned).
It may appear to some that he has not acted with sufficient
kindness and feeling towards his unhappy son • but you may
be assured, Sir, there is no part of his conduct which cannot be
satisfactorily explained. He has acted generally under the
advice of Mr. Unthank—a respectable Solicitor of this city;
myself and others. There are many actions in a man's life of
which no correct opinion can be formed without knowing the
motives by which they have been influenced.
(Signed) N. BOLINGBRozz.
To the High Sheriff of the County of Hertford.

( From the &tail: of yesterday.)
PARIS, JAN. 19.—The King heard Mass in hi%
apartments. The King did not go out.
The Rentes got up to 94, 95, owing to a re-
port that a project is in agitation to get up the
Rentes to par, in order to reduce the interest to
4 or 3 per cent.

The Moniteur, in its non-official page, gives,
in French and Spanish, the Convention which
has,been concluded between France and Spain,
relative to the maritime prizes taken in 1823.
CONVENTION concluded between the ANZASSA'
DOR Of his CHRISTIAN MAJESTY, and the
MINISTER of STATE of his Gaza°Lie Me-
JEST r, relative to the Maritime Prizes taken
in the course of the sear l 89.3.

In order to regulate the manner by which
French and Spanish Ship-owners are to be in•-
demnified and re-imbursed for their ships captured
during the preceding year, the undersigned have
agreed to the following articles :—Article 1. Spa..
nish vessels captured by the ships of his Most
Christian Majesty, as well as their cargoes, having
been estimated to an approximate value, equal to
prizes taken by Spanish privateers from French
commerce, it is agreed that for the reciprocal
prizes taken and conducted into the ports of the
Powers to which they belong, there shall be given
an acquittal to the two Go►ernments, and that
the differences shall be regulated whet
THOMAS THIJF.TELL. j venient.

Then follow four other articles of no grw:t

consequence, and the signatures:,

MADRID, JAN. B.—(Prioate Correspondence.)
—Nothing new has taken place in this Capital
since my last letter. The priests have come to a
determination to return to their dioceses. The
correspondence between our Cabinet and that of

the Tuileries is very active, and they speak of
a very energetic note which has been sent to oar
Government by the Marquis de Team. It is
thought here by every person that things cannot
remain long in the present state between France
and Spain. The communications of our Cabinet
with that of St. Petersburgh are also very active.
TOLOSA, JAN. 11.—A great calamity menaces'
Guipuscoa and A lava. It is generally known
that the produce of the iron mines, with which
these provinces abound, was shipped to different
parts of our South American possessions but