The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-14 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ECCLES HILL RACES, FRIDAY, Ocr. B.
A Silver Cup,.valuo 30gs.—The best two miles.
Mr. Walker's Sherwood - . - - 2 1 I
Mr. Pedder's Sareb . - . - 1 2 3
Mr. Lancaster's Deuce . - - - 3 3 2
The foot race for 10gs, between James NVilsou and Thomas
Holiday, was won by Wilson. .

ROYAL CALEDONIAN HUNT, AND KELSO
AUTUMN Al EETINti, SATURDAY, OCT. 9. 1
MArcu.—Mr. Carnegie's b. c. The Nick, by Fitrorville,
against Lord Kennedy's b. c. Skiff, by Paruvan. One mile
and a half, fist. Five hundred sovereigns each, h. ft. Von
cleverly by The Nick. Even betting before starting, and a
great deal of money won and lost.
Ext.Soi SATURDAY NICUIT.—There was not much com-
pany at the race to-day, and the stand was very thinly attend-
ed. During the afternoon, however. there were a considerable
number of arrivals, and if we may judge from the preparations
making in the town, and in the hospitable mansions of Ole stir_
rounding Nobility and Gentry, a great influx of fash:on
company is expected. There are to he four assemblies during
the week, and the ball room in the Cross Keys and tie Iwge
banqueting ball which has recently been added, have been flt.
test up for this occasion in a veiy tasteful and splentin manner.
Much sport is of course expected, and this afternoon a good
deal of betting took place. Lord KelbUrne's Filho da Puta colt
is the favourite for the King's Hundred on Monday, and b to 4
against Negociator for the same race was given several times
over. Even betting on Sir J. 11. Maxwell's fair Helen and Mr.
Carnegie's The Nick, for the Caledonian Cup, on Thursday.
The following are among the horses that have arrived :
Marquis of Tweeddale's Champion l Lord Kennedy's Nego..
tiator, Skiff; Lord Kelburne's Filho da Puto, colt ; Sir J.I.
Maxwell's Fair Helen ; Sir D. Moncrieffe's Ferdinand, Pan-
Inure, Stratherne, Shuffier ;* Sir Alexander Don's Zerbino ; Sir
Wm. Maxwell's Ben Leoi; Mr. Fargiliarson's Figaro ; Mr.
Carnegie's The Nick ; Mr. liaird's Robin Hood, b. c. by Prime
Minister ; Mr. Johnston's Sir Thomas; Mr. Tarleton's Gipsy ;
Major Hay's Neil Oow, &c. &c.

HUNTING.
The Cheshire Foi Hounds will meet on Saturday, Oct. 16,
at Baddeley-hall; Monday, 10, at Alvanley ; iVednestlay, 20,
at Dunham ; Thursday, 21, at do.; Saturday, 23, at Abbey-
field; Monday, 25, at Beeston-hall ; Wednesday, 27, at Nor-
ton ; Thursday, 118, at Ashton Orange; and Saturday, 30, at
Fox and Barrel.—Each day at 10 o'clock.

DEAT 11-WAII It AN IS.

There is scarcely anypopular opinion more erro-
neous than that which has obtained almost univer-
sally relating to the mode in which the order is
made for the execution of criminals who are sen-
tenced to death at the Old Bailey• Sessions. It
is generally believed, that on these sad occa-
sions it is necessary that the King should affix
his sign-manual to a death-warrant, as it is
usually termed : this is not the fact. Those
who are better informed as to the laws of their
country are aware that no such invidious duty de-
volves on the Sovereign—he sigas pardons, `hut
not death-warrants ; in truth, there is no such
thing as a death-warant, in the common' accep-
tation of.the term. The law of the land Swards
the punishment of death upon those who'sfrall be
guilty of certain crimes ; and it is well known
that no report is made to the king of
prison-
ers capitally convicted at the Assizes, unless
the Judge thinks tit to do so. In London .and
Middlesex it is otherwise, except on convictions
for murder; and then the order of the Court is
sufficient warrant to'the Sheriffs to execute. At
a certain period after the termination of the Old
Bailey Sessions, it is the duty orate Recorder of
London to submit to the Lard Chancellor a re-
port of the capital convicts,which is subsequently
laid before the King in Council, and there
the respective cases are discussed and decid-
ed upon : the result is communicated imtne.
diately to the Sheriffq, in an order signed by
the Recorder, and sealed with black wax, setting
forth the names of all the prisoners, and order-
ing the execution of certain individual, and ex-
pressing that the rest are respited during his Ma-
jesty's pleasure. Thus, in point of fact, the report
is made for the benevolent purpose of affe'rtling
the Sovereign an opportunity of ascertaining how
many :of the lives of the wretched convicts can be
saved,'Consistently with the duty which he owes tit
the welfare of society ; and not for the. purpose
of his ordering what number of them shall suffer
death. There have been occasions wherein
the personal feelings of the King would have
inclined him to spare the life of an indivi-
dual, but the general sentiment of the Privy
Council has been so decidedly adverse, as to
discourage the interposition of •the Royal cle-
mency. An instance occurred since the acces.
sion of his present Majesty, when exertions
almost without parallel were made on behalf
of a person under sentence of death for for-
gery, 'hose previous character had been ex-
emplary, and whose family and connexions
were highly respectable. Noblemen and gentle-
men of rank put forth their utmost powers of in-
tercession. Mr. , a much respected Member
of Parliament, obtained a private interview with
the King, to whom his Majesty observed, that
he had never witnessed such interest as had been,
made in the case referred to, and that he was
cordially disposed to save the unhappy man from
an ignominious death, but it could not be ef-
fected, for there was not a single hand in the
Council held up in his favour ; thus the law was
left to take its course. His Majesty, under such
circumstances, however humane his -feelings,could
not, as a Constitutional King, consistently 'exer-
cise his prerogative of mercy in direct opposition
to the unanimous opinion of his legal advisers.

THE LONDON JOUItNALS.

DAILY

Extracts from the Morning Papers, Oct. 14.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The retaliatory proclamation of the Lord High
Commissioner of the lonian Islands, which we
gave yesterday, has excited a, violent controversy
amongst our contemporaries. We deeply regret that
.the English Governtrent has felt itself compelled
to assume a hostile attitude towards. the Greeks;
but before we join in the hasty and sweepiug
condemnation pronounced by .some Journals
against the measures adopted in, defence of the
'•British mariners navigating the, Mediterranean,
let us see' what are the facts of the case. Some
British vessels have been at different times, and
,are now, chartered for the Turkish service, The
Provisional Government of Greece considered
;these engagements as violations of the neutrti.
lity professed by the English Government, and
therefore issued a Proclamation, in which they
declare expressly, that 66 these vessels, as well
as their crews, shall be considered as not be-
longing to neutral nations, but shall be treated
as, enemies', and as such they shall be attacked,
burnt, or destroyed, with their crews, by the
Greek fleet, or by any other armed force which
may meet them." The Lord High Commissioner
was instructed to remonstrate with the Greek
Government, and require the revocation of this
proclamation, as " contrary to the laws of nations
and all the principles of humanity.'' The Greek
Government refused to revoke their proclama.
tion, and the Lord High CommissionerOhere.
fore, issued, a' retaliatory proclamation for the
capture of all armed Greek vessels, until the
original offensive proclamation shall be revoked.
The question is, whether the English Government,
hi giving these orders to its navy for the protec.
tion of our mercantile marine in the Archipelago,
has done more than its duty imperatively re-
quired ? An outcry is raised, as if, without pro-
vocation or necessity, the English Government had
taken part with the Turks to destroy the Greeks.
The principle on which the English Government'
has acted, with respect to this contest, has been
that of strict neutrality. No objection has been
raised as to the fact, that the Greeks are not a
power recognised by any authority in the world.
'All the benefits of an acknowledged political ex-
istence have been cheerfully granted to them,
and the British agents have been instructed to
treat them as an independent state. British sub-
jects have keen freely allowed to take part with
the Greeks, and supply them with all the mate-
rials of warfare. On the other hand, it was not
to be supposed that a similar liberty should not
be granted, to such Englishmen as might choose
to enter into contracts with the Turkish Govern-
MOW. These parties, whether for the Greeks or
the Turks, have mixed in the contest at their own
risk. Every one of theta has clearly commit-
ted a breach of neutrality, and must suffer
the consequences in the forfeiture of his pro-
perty. Either of the 'belligerents has an un-
doubted right to capture and condemn Bri-
tish vessels in the service of the other ; and the
English Government would not have been justi-
fied to interfere In defence of the property of such
of its subjects as chose to depart from the limits
of neutrality. But, the Greek Government has
not denounced against those violators of neu.
trallty the penalties to which, by the law of
nations, they are liable : it has not threatened
them simply with confiscation, but actually with
personal destruction ; and every Greek vessel,
" or other armed force which may meet them,"
is authorised 44 to attack, burn, or destroy them,
with their crews." The custom with respect to
neutrals, suspected of giving their aid to the
belligerents, is to detain them, and after a care-
ful, and sometimes even tedious, investigation,
in which the parties concerned are fully heard
hi their defence, to pronounce judgment of con.
demnation or acquittal. But the Greeks have
issued a license to their cruisers to burn, sink,
and destroy every British ship they meet, cargo
and crew, without any inquiry or condemnation at
all ! Under these circumstances, it certainly ap-
pears to us that the English Government was
bound to defend its subjects from the dangers,
by whictohey were menaced, from the unwar-
rentable proclamation of the Greeks. rt is
manifest, that, with such extensive, powers con-
fided to every cruixer that might hoist the Greek
flag, no British vessel could have navigated the
Mediterranean in safety. This proud and power-
ful kingdom, which has never brooked an insult
from any nation on earth, could Hot lank on
tamely while its merchantment were burned and
destro.yed for alleged breaches or neutrality,
merely because the perpetrators of 'these ban-

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unary outdates were long oppressed su-
fferfirss to whose emancipation oboe have cot-
'lributetl more liberally or effectually tkan
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our own, countrymen. We wish welt to the
Greeks ; but we cannot therefore agreeYthat
they shall issue licences to burn and destroy our
commercial marine, on prete”ces which may la.
'false; nor even can we consent, that if some
Englishmen have thought fit to charter their yes.
hela for the Turkish Government, these violators
of our neutrality should be put to death as pi-
rates. As a neutral nation, we must pursue the
same strict course towards both Greeks and

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Turks ; and as we are sure all England would
rise simultaneQusly, and, with one voice of in-
dignation, demand the signal chastisement of the
Turks, if they were to threaten our seamen with
&gab for carrying money or arms to. the Greeks,
so are ,we bound in justice to prevent the Greeks
also from offering us a like indignity, or inflict-
lug upon is a like injury.

MORNING- posT.)
The French 'Capers to the 12th inst., and the
Male and Pilate of Tuesday, which arrived last
Yti ht, timiongcv is rise in the price of the. Funds,
and asirll4o4 cauie to
.4 belief that a new plan
was in contemplation to reduce the interest,of the
National D,ftht. Thi? Pilate, holever, is the only
Journal
speaks confidently on the suh.
jectt and as of all the Papers it is the one which
is least jo the ,confidence of. the Ministers, its
authority CatinOt,. be .considered decisive. But
even if it were, the obscurity of 'the explaua.;

tion which it pretends to give of the intended
measure is such, that it would be impossible to
. form a correct idea of its nature. The only in-
telligible part of it is, that the reduction would
not be imperative upon all Stock-holders, in order
probably to obviate the objection raised against
the former plan, and to prevent compassion for the
poor Rentiers from inducing the Chamber of
Peers a second time to reject the proposed law.
That something of a financial nature was in agi-
tation is clear from the advance in the Funds.,—
They passed 103 f. after the market, and it was an-
ticipated that they would speedily reach 105. The
Eloile, which towards the close of the last reign
became on .a sudden most friendly to the Greeks,
and since the opening of the present, has grown
enthusiastic in their cause, contains many-inter-
esting details of the successes which they have
gained, and which it is not now attempted, even by
the Journals published 'under Turkish influence,
to deny. They'confirm the important fact that after
the repeated defeats experienced by the Captain
Pacha, the wild hordes. assembled at 'Scale
Nova by the hope of plunder, rather than by
I obedience to the Sultan's mandate, dispersed in
all directions, a few of them only rallying when
they reached Carina. Italso appears that doubts
began to be entertained by the Divan of the fide-
lity of the Pacha of Egypt: not that it was sup-
posed he would join the Greeks, but it was
feared that he had availed himself of the
pretence of aiding the Sultan, only to be allow-
ed to set a mighty armament on foot without ex-
citing untimely suspicions, and that his real in.
tention was to make events serve his own inte-
rests. His fleet, however, was said to have suf-
fered considerable loss, and to lie scattered round
Candia after a violent tempest, by which it had
been completely dispersed. Thirty transports,
filled with troops, are even stated to have fallen
into the hands of the Greek Admiral Miaulis,
by Whom they had been neither sunk nor de.
stroyed, notwithstanding the interpretation given
to the Decree pf the Greek Government. The
Captain Pacha had fled for aid towards the
Egyptian fleet, and was reported by a French
ship to have joined it at Stanchio, whilst Miaulis
with the Greek squadron had taken post before.
Patens. Thus, should no other Power interfere,
the fate of the naval campaign, which was to de
stroy the.last dopes of Greece, may be consider-
ed as decided in her favour, with no other aid
than the heroism of her sons, and the protection
of her God,

[TLIE TIMES.]

The French Ministers are said to have deter•

mined on two measures or no small importance,
one respecting their foreign, and the other their
domestic policy. The first is the reduction of

their army in Spain ; the last the relinquishment,
or at least the procrastination of M. Villele's fa-
vourite, and we should think useful proposition,
of lowering the interest on the national debt. The
hesettina evil of France at present is her unjust
invasion of the Peninsula ; and we know that she
sees no way of extricating herself from that
iniquity and its consequences. She wants
111011 Pg ; the King would wish to indemnify
the emigrants ; the intended reduction of the

llenteg had a view to that object ; the measure
failvd, and is to ht deferred. The diminution or
the army, then, is the only plausible succedaneum.

But how to effect that object when so large a
force is kept up on a foreign territory ? A part
of that force is to:be withdrawn but what will
become of the rest ? It is to be removed to the
strong places : the
,troops so !stationed, will ere
long after the.departu re of the main body, be be-
sieged. Let France recollect, that when she
sent her troops into Spairi Ferdinand, notwith-
standing his crimes, was treated with the homage
due to a King. 'JIe was safe' even in the 'hart&
of his injured•subjectw. If he,should he less safe
On the retiretnetit of the French forces, then will
the expedition have 'effected this object—that it
Will have brought the Spanish King, whom it was
tent to project, into greater jeopardy ; and will
have iirevented him fromeffecting a reconciliation
~citll his subjects, and'inTanging with them the
system of a CenstitutiOnal`Govefnment.—The
reduclion of the Rentes, it is_ now said, will be
deferred for two years. The desire of . the new
King, as the measure is unpqatar, may have sof-
tette'd the resolutiOn of the Minister in this re-
'spect. ,

[NEW
Yeiterday the arrival of the expresses from
Paris, announcing the French Funds to have con-
siLlerably improved,, prolduced a similar effect
upon the British Funded Securities. The price
of the rcntes at Paris, at 3 o'clock on Monday,

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.are quoted at 102 f. 95c. but they are stated to
have been done at 403 f. 25c. :for the Account.—
Consols, within the lastlivo—days have advanced
one per reut,,having been done yesterday at 97,
though they Closed at 991-1- for the Account.--'--
The same parties, wlio have been so long pre-
dicting the gradual itnprovement in price 'of all
real securities-, still continue .of that opinion, and
olds have been given thatConsols wilt reach par
before the end of the present year. The Euro-
peen Securities in common with the British ad-
vanced materially; Austrian Bonds 'to 984 ; itusi;
sian were one per cent. higher, and Neapolitan
support their priCe of 93. For purchaSes in the
French Five per Cents. the unusually high
price (considering the recent dedtiction of the
half year's dividend) of 103 f. 50c. ; and the
Script, at an advance of one per cent., lOf
premium. The South AMerican Securities were
lower ; it was reported that private intelligence
from Liverpool had • been received, which was
stated to be unfavourable, although the particu-
lar's did not transpire (luting the hours of busi-
ness. Mexican Bonds, which had been at 61,
closed at 604 discount ; Colombian Scrip 64 dis-
count ; Brazilian Scrip advanced to a per cent.
premium.