The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-08 00:00:00

Peterabargh had received orders to equip
a fleet of ships of the line and frigates in the
spring with a considerable number of transports,
for the purpose of repairing to a Spanish port
and sailing thence to South America, and that
a corps of Russian troops was to be embarked
on board that squadron to form part of the army
Which the- King of Spain intended to send at
the same period to his late colonies."
Upon this article the Journal des Debats makes
the following- remarks:—

" This piece of news appears to be a pure invention of gulli-
bility. It ought to be known that the insurrection of Spanish
America was at first directed against theintrusive king, Joseph
;Buonaparte, and afterwards again;t the Cortes of Cadiz. The
Spaniards of America had not, like the :Anglo-Americans, a
decided tendency to independence,nor did the complete elettents
Of a Republic exist among them. Peru and Mexico are essen-
tially Monarchical and Catholic. The invasions of Peru, sue-
velsively attempted, have not yet obtained a decisive result;
the five or six Governments tried in Mexico, have not be;en able
to maintain themselves. Park;uay Proper, the liavannah,-
and Porto-Rico, continue unconnected with the party for
Independence.

" In this state of things, the news of the restoration of Fer-
dinand VII, to his throne may produce fresh vacillations among-
the chiefs men possessing in general little ability, and as little
-firl...Vs--who govern the vast provinces of America, under the
vain name of Republican Congresses. Several of those chiefs
have not always been the partisans of separation. Iturbide
fought under the Viceroy Coneja for the cause of Ferdinand.
,The clergy are everywhere opposed to innovations in civil and
religious legislation—innovations which the truly Republican
Party demands, and must obtain, under pain of being
obliged to succumb. The fate of Spanish ,America is, there-
fore, not yet completely decided. The Spanish character, as
singular in America as in Europe, cannot be red iced to ordi-
nary calculations. -

• " Why, then, should not Spain, and still more her allies,
await.the effects.. which the present state of affairs,. the disap-
pearance of the power of the Cortes, and some ItidiciO.is conci-
liatory ideas, may produce?

" Why attribute gratuitously to the allies of Spain a project
which, without saying any thing of the perils to be incurred in
the execution, still presents the absurdity of rendering uselesi
the measures of pacification which will doubtless be attempted ?
" There are many chances with regard to Spanish America.
Even in the case of a partial separation, there are means of
bringing the new states (should they ultimately acquire a defi-
nite existence) into another system of alliance than that in
which the Anglo-American policy is endeavouring to engage
•hem.

The King of France has granted out of his civil list 195,000
francs, to be applied in augracntztion of the pay of the inferior
officers of the Guards.

FRENCH Fuzins.—PAß Is, JAN. S.—rive per Cents. opened
at 94. 2to. ; closed at 94. Bank Stock, 1,615. Neapolitan Five
per Cents., 79i. Itente 264.

ciTY, Twelve o'Clock.—Consols opened this
morning at 881 to 36, went down to is -12, 88, and
up to this hour they are 888 to Y. In the earlie_t
part of the morning a great deal of business was
doing. The sudden rise which took place yes-
terday afternoon, towards the close of the Mar-
ket, was owing to a great failure of an eminent
Banker, of the Stock Exchange, and in conse-
quence of which the parties to whom he was in.
debted were obliged to bring in their account.
understand his draftswere returned from his banker
to a considerable amount. The Market at this mo-
tuent appears very heavy. One Broker has sold
I'Pwards of 200,000!. Consols. I d'o not hear as
:vet of any Expresses from Paris having arrived.
report prevails that the Russian Cabinet does
not appear friendly to our Government.
FoaEt M.taivr.—The most business doing
this morning in the above Market was in Spanish
and Austrian Bonds. The former opened at 251
° 25. i, and the latter at 471 to 45. In all other
3 FOlej
gn Securities very little is doing.
in a S

second Edition last night, we published
the conclusion
verdic of the trial at Hertford, by the
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as a --t th eJury finding John Muriel' guilty
principal of the M
JoieMurder of Mr. WEAREI and
ph Hunt guilty, as an accessary before the
fact, of the same atrocious crime. In our pre-
se
the !
of
z of that part of yesterday's proceed:.
which followed the delivery of Thurtell's
defence, down to the awful sentence pronounced
upon the prisoners, and their removal to the con-
demned cells of the prison. The execution of
nur-
will take Place to-morrow morning. That of
quirt,according to the usage of Assize, will not be
inflicted for fourteen days, even if the application
to the Crown for mercy, on the ground of the
wretched
man's confession having led to the dis-
covery of the murdered body, should prove inef-
fectual.. It is, however
that altho , very generally believed,
ugh it is much to be regretted that any
of the Panie.s to the shocking barbarity perpetrated
upon Wr..tat should escape the vengeance of the
law, that the life of s Mad will notwithstanding be
pared, in consideratifm of the important service
4
rived from his confession to the case for the
Prosecution, and on account of the revolting ne-
cessity which unfortunately exists for inducing ac-
llioe°4lplices, especially in cases of murder, to aid in
crimp,
)ng their confederates in crime to justice.
In .
reviewing all the
most sava circumstances of this foul and
uP° Savage murder, as detailed in the evidence
u the trial, we abstain, from motives of sin-
cere
l compassion for the agonized feeligs of
t 4filicted family and other resi,ectablen con-

nectibns of the principal actor in the tragedy,
from dwelling upon the painful subject of his
conduct during his imprisonment and trial. To
the rising youth, however, of this country, his
dreadful fate presents a most awful warning, and
an instructive example of• the consequences of
entering into vicious and profligate associations.
With all the advantages of a good education,—of
opulent and respectable friendsl—of an eligible
introduction to life,—of uncommon strength both
of mind and of-body,--and, as has been she wn by
his defence, of talents of no mean consideration,—
he has, by venturing to expose himself to the
contamination of dissolute companions, been led,

step by step, from intemperance to crime,
from the dishonourable expedients of a needy
adventurer, to the perpetration of mu; der,
-from the billiard table to the gibbet

Not a shadow of doubt can exist •as to
his having* been guilty of the rout enormity.
that has ibrought his career to a premature
and ignominious end. The humane and enlight'
ened Judge before whom he was tried, afforded
him every facility for his defence, and even 'ma-
.nifested an anxiety to give him the advantage of
every thing that could be adduced in his favour.
That Learned Judge has himself been made the
object of misdirected ridicule,and even of calum-
nious libels, for having, with all the weight of his
'authority, reprobated the Newspaper Press for
the prejudice which it had\excited against Thur-
tell and his associates previous to the trial, and
for the sense of justice and humanity which
induced him to grant a postponement of the
trial from the Assizes to the present week,
in order that time might be afforded for that
prejudice to subside. It seems to us to be

impossible, a;though some of our contemporaries
still contend loudly for the publication of every
description of exparte statements previous to an
investigation before a Jury, not to be sensible,
with Mr. Justice PARK, of its inevitable ten.

dency to injure either the case for the defence
or that for the prosecution, and in either case
to prejudice the administration of the public
justice of the country. No man can believe
that, if the evidence against Thuile/1 had
been doubtful, he could have had that benefit

from the doubts which might have been raised
in his favour, to which he Was by the
beneficent spirit • of the law entitled.— in

every quarter it has been observed, (so strong
has been the public prepossession ajainst him))
that nothing less could have changed the feeling
of the people in his favour than the production of
positive proofs of his innocence. The Members of

the Jury must have entered upon the discharge of
their solemn duty with some share of that feeling
against the prisoners which was universally felt
by other persons, and must, in spite of themselves,
have been disposed to attend less toauy deficiency
of evidence for the prosecution, than to a defi-

cienty of evidence for the defence. Although
the Prosecutors had failed to prove the guilt
of the accused, they would insensibly have look-
ed to the accused for proofs, on their part, of
their innocence of the crime; and if the case
had been doubtful, not all the caution of the

Judge could have wholly averted the effects 01

such a disposition having been given to their
. .

minds.

Fortunately, in the awful ease now

under our consideration, the evidence of guil

s so dear and irresistible that no injury

can have possibly arisen even from the

universal prejudice which bad unquestionably
been excited. How far it, is necessary to erect

some barrier against the future occurrence of so

great an evil, is another matter, which calls loudly
for most serious consideration.

Advices from Bayonne bring the following in-
telligence respecting the proposed amnesty to be
granted by Ferdinand to his revolted subjects :

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" BAYONNE, DEC. 30.—We have letters from Madrid of
the 24th and 25th. They contain nothing very remarkable,
and we shall probably not hear much that is interesting till
after the publication of the Decree of Amnesty, which is said
to be in the press, the three principal articles of which are the
following exceptions to the Royal Pardon.-1. The officers of
the Isle of Leon of the rank of Captain and above.-2. All
persons who signed the deposition of the King at Seville.-
3. All the Municipalities which proclaimed the Constitution
before they were authorized by the King. This last article
will affect a great number of persons."

GREECE.—(Corfu, Nu v. 30.)--Messrs. Andrew
Louriotis, Orlandos, and Lydovistis, Deputies
from the Hellenic Congregs, have set sail from
this place for London. The welcome and the
fetes which have been given them in our island,
induce a belief that the object of their voyage ig
agreeable to the Government of his Britannic
Majesty, and a hope that their mission will at
last obtain the success which it deserves.—
(Journal des DZ.bats.)

Count LrEvEN had a long interview with Mr.
Secretary CANNING, at Gloucester Lodge, on
Sunday last. Mr. Rust', the American Minister,
was with the Right Hon. Gentleman on Monday,
and the French Ambassador on Tuesday. Baron
WERTHER and M. de NEUMANN had interviews
yesterday.