The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-06 00:00:00

E'rli I: TIMES.]

A rumour was spread in the city yesterday,
which we should think improbable ; but which,
nevertheless, obtained some belief from persons
well acquainted with the affairs of Spain. The
rumour was to this effect—that the French,
finding it impossible to instil any thing like a li-
beral policy into the Mind of Ferdinand, or to
obtain his formal consent to a Constitution with
proper checks and, balances, were endea-
vouring to prevail upon him to resign the
crown in favour of his- brother Don Carlos.—
For Our own parts, 016110 we are convinced
that no good would result from such a measure
towards tranquillizing the Peninsula, yet we
should' not, be sorry that the French should
adopt it. It would show to the world the de-
pendent condition of Spain : for what clearer act
ofsovereignty can one state exercise over another,
than that of changing its reigning King at will
This would be ala Butonaparte. The invaders,
having entered the country under the pretence
of supporting the legitimate Monarch against his
rebellions subjects, and by deposing this self-
same Mr. Legitimate, and putting up his brother
in stead : that is, they impose their own satraps
at pleasure. And then, what benefit, we ask, is
to arise from the new sovereign ?-7

Ask what good Don dado's can *do
Just as much as Don Fernando!
From every thing we have heard, the younger
brother is not one tittle more enlightened, more
liberal, or more humane than the elder. But we
Would seriously ask the Fiench, or rather their
governors, this one 'question—vii, whether their
inability to settle th 4 concert 4 of Spaiit does not
prove that they have no business there ? They
have-how been in -that country for nearly two,
years : the object of their visit, as they assured
the world, was au atilr that would be

settled 44 in no time :" It was only to li-
berate the King from a small party that
liad got possession of his ungainly person,
and restore him to the wishes of his people. .For
that purpose 44 the son of our love" was sent into
the Peninsula, which country he has quitted
',very much in the manner of Buonaparte, leaving
ten times greater confusion behind him than he
found on entering. Let the French, then, we
say, march out of the Peninsula : let them bar
their own kingdom against the entrance of
single Spaniard : let other nations then, also, if
they please, in due time and with proper' pre-
cautions, cast back the Spanish refugees upon
their native soil, and let Spaniards fight out or
negociate their own quarrels among themselVes.
They will sooner come to a solid concluSion of
their troubles, than if all the nations of Europe
were to interfere (which none has a right to do)
upon the pretence of pacifying Spain.

[MORNING HERA LD.I
In consequence, we suppose, of the effect
which some statement in Mr. Female roy's address
to the Jury have had upon the public, his,part-
ners have thought proper to insert an advertise-
ment in the papers, requesting " the public to
suspend their judgment as to them, until they
shall have passed their examination, upon oath,
before the Commissioners, which will take place
on the 18th of December." Now, with great
submission to these gentlemen and their legal
advisers, with whose privily, we presume, this
advertisement has been inserted, we beg leave
to say that nothing can be more unsatisfactory
or out of place than such a request as this.—
There are some situations in which it is said if
people hesitate they are lost ; and this seems to
us to be one of. them. If the public have any
thing to do with the matter, which this appeal
to them assumes that they have, then we contend
that the delay required is altogether unneces-
sary, and may be most fatal and injurious to the
person to whom the promised explanation must
principally relate. To postpone that information
to a period when the law may have taken its
course with regard to that individual, would, in
that respect, render it a nullity ; and to assume
that it is any way connected with the examina-
tion before the Commissioners of Bankrupt is, we
humbly conceive, altogether a delusion. The
final examination of bankrupts before the Corn.
.missioners, is, we believe, little more than a
formal detail of their affairs, generally reduced
into writing previously by the solicitor to the
commission. The creditors, it is true, may,
at the same time, ask any questions they plepe,
Thee.
world
and the bankrupts' answers, are taken down
as part of their examination ; but still the
whole is more in the nature of a private
than a public document ; and in no respect
one which ever goes forth to the world at
If these gentlemen were to say at once,
at large have nothing to do with
our concerns—it is sufficient for us if we satisfy
our creditors and the Commissioners," we should
understand them. But if they appeal to the
that the ground upon which
tune is altogether untenable. Mr.
they public,
ask then
far we say
Fauntleroy has said in his defence, that the
frauds which he is charged with having com-
mitted were for the benefit of his partners; and
the world, we presume, infer that, as the mat=
ter now stands, the partners were hound to in.
quire and to know whence the funds came with
which he is said to have SO. lung sustained the
tottering credit of the house. The partners
would have us believe (if we will take it for
granted) that they can contradict this. But
then they say, " give us till the 18th December
todoso.(" We say, " No. Public justice
demands and it is intitled to demand any thing)
that if you can do this at all, you should
do it at once. Truth and honour require no
delay or concealment. Your account with your
creditors is one thing ;--fors that you have
got till the 18th, of December to prepare
your formal statements ; but when the life
of a fellow-creature may depend—when your
own moral character may depend upon what
you can say in answer to what he has
asserted, not a moment should be lost in doing
that, the doing of which is of such infinite
importance both to him and to yourselves—and
which cannot in any way prejudice the account
you have to render under your commission."- -
'This is the way in which the matter strikes us ;
and it is a subject which occupies the thoughts
and conversation of half the world, we think it
due to all parties to express this opinion.