The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-02 00:00:00

THE- S UN.

soLEnt OUTS incEnE FA7.SU3I AUDEAT

LONDON,
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 18'24.

CITY, ONE O'CLOCK.

The Money Markets continue in a gloomy
state, in consequence of the renewal of rumours
respecting a change in the French Ministry, and
of the resignation of M. in Vut.r.r.c. By
well-informed persons, however, these rumours,
are entirely discredited. Colombian Gazettes
have been received in town this morning.—
Their contents are said to be favourable.—
There are renewed reports of BOLIVAR hav-
ing been signally defeated in Peru; and com-
pelled to undertake .a long and difficult retreat.
Consols opened at 951- for the Account, but have
declined to 951.—Mexican and Colombian Scrip
are depressed,—the former being at par, and the
latter at only premium.

The Colonel BourtNE (as be calls himself)
lately arrested in Mexico, on suspicion of being
a spy for Pronnine, is the Gentleman wlatook
out the Contracts for the Anglo Mexican Mining
Company. He, in conjunction with a M2i OL•1
LAR, an American, planned, ' contracts.

believe he has no right to tne title of Colonel,
which he assumes ; though we acquit him of the
suspicion he labours under of being a spy, occa-
sioned solely by his own imprudence.

We have received the Paris Papers of Tues-
day and the Muffle and Piiotc of Wednesday,
and have given extracts from them in a pre.
ceding column.

A meeting of the Colonist', has been held ut
Trinidad, on the subject of the innovations pro-
posed by Government in the condition and treat-
inent of the Slaves. The Meeting agreed to
petition to the Governor. of the Island, express-
ing the sincere desire of the Planters to ;pacer
in, and adopt every practicable and safe proposi.
sion for the improvement of the Negroes, but at
the same time respectfully stating the opinion,
that the full execution of the Order in Council
would prove most injurious to'the Negroes them-
selves, and would place the lives and property,
of the Whites and of the free people of colour
in imminent peril, and therefore praying the Go-
vernor to suspend the promulgation of the Order
in Council, until a sufficient opportunity shall
have been, afforded for endeavouring to effect a
change in the views and intentions of the Go-
vernment at borne. We have inserted the peti-
tion in another column. It is drawn up in be-
coming language, and is remarkable for the
seeming sincerity as well as propriety of the
spirit by which it has been dictated. We con-
fess that we are inclined to pay great attention
to the representations of the West India Planters
on a subject respecting the true merits of which
they are -unquestionably the best informed, and
which we are far from thinking it to be their in.
terest to misrepresent. If they have a deep
stake in preserving their right of property in
their slaves unimpaired, they have also a deep
stake in keeping the slave population in a state
of health, comfort, and contentment, and even in
imbuing them with such moral and religious
knowledge and sentiments as may counteract the
disposition to revolt, and even divest insurrec-
tion or insubordination of its ferocity if it should
hereafter break out. Notwithstanding the sup-