The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-10 00:00:00

eouragement.
Frankfort en the Qatl, pre3otne..

Extract of a Letter from the A gilt to Lloyd
At
Chruntia, dated July 19 :0--
" Two Colombian privateers, a brig, and • a schooner, ‘rb°
cruire from Cape , Finister to Cape Ortegal. make daily capruni,
and we have here the crews of several Spanish vessels robbeJ bY
them. A Sardinian ;Choosier,' which sailed last week for Gibraltar°
was met in the Waters of Camosinas by the Colombian Ilebtul
who, without respecting her flag, searched her all over, an
robbed a Spaniel pasaenger, whom the crew stripped of every thiag°
and took 3000 dollars from the Sardinian master. An English,
schooner and it French brig, were boarded on the 17th inst., a 4'l
were obliged to submit to be despOticallyand forcibly acarchs3'
and visited. Near .Vigo end HavadeO many reads have been
also visited, and stripped of their cargoes'..

Extract of a letter, dated Peterhead, August 5 •
I am lorry to inform you that the Jean whaler, of this 174)r%;
Captain Munro, NVaii lo!t at Greenland, about the niddle of Art'
last, in a dreadful gale Of wind, after }saving SO or 40 tone of °tw.
oil on beard.. The crew were upon the wreck for six days'llZ
most miserable state, in which time sevaal of them
her boats, except two, .were destroyed ; and the survivors (s"
number) finding no relief, took 'to the boats, and made for lodesw
where they fortunately arrived atter...short pas.sge ; from tbtit;
they came-to Filietland, and :arrived- hem thouaktmoon.
theorew'have died, cod others hava:sinfaied from the saveril of
that:oat.
Some of our -Contemporaries, have pretendod .t"
sneer at tie announcement we made a few
dayii46 of
the ministerial' arrangements consequent upon the •
•
appointment of' the Duke of 'MANCHESTER to be
Post-Master-General. Because the infqruistion has
not been communicated to the Public 'through their
9olUnins, they were unwilling tb allow the correctoes'
of that which we possessed." They will, however, t;
tcliiract:m.esta‘nvecreesyat
dinottbatkenha,.l,arartdi6iefufrowmii:thubesrequei4
Eel
BATH unst will be the new Governor 'of Jatinlicl4
and some other arrangement be in contentP I tion
respect to' the•situation which his Lordship 1113)be tl~. e
on quitting the Colonial Department, it, will not
less true that his Lordship had accepted the Gpson' .
limo.
,Jamaica.
We understand it to be filially settled that the Earl
Of ABERDiEXN comes into the Ntinistrv. •

It is always with feelings of regret that we
to I.IIIY. Subject of an indelicate nature, our wish h'''v
to keep Our columns Pure `anal Uncontaminated by i;e
gross and indecent matter which too frequeatlY
the pages of newspapers, and that no report or obse7.
onatmu
v frc°lene kusO d:terasb;‘)e,r,.: s calculatedi:ll‘lll.,:o httic:eatruivor,etaalfrieseeset:onin:g;:boasps:l;:::,.,leyrf
Agile
hich
thoavet
hohseesiTiteccidt'teilAit'h
been lately published,
been infaniouslyoutraged by brutal violence; but.° .
duty as Journalists compels tia'ter• offer some relnirkfot'
on this subject, and upon the'preaent state 01'01013'
the punishment of such offences; in doing -which
shall endeavour, as much -as possible- to avoia Y
expression which may violate the rules (S tkct st
Every person
struck,
PerB reads the Daily Papers- iu.n.
-first, the .iiequeney ofthese
have b
fionous outrages ; and, secondly, with the infreVen7! ,
of the conviction of the. perpetrators
This bespeaks a bad state of sosc'ioy, and A "risld3
state of the laws, or the administration Of them ; 3,10
as.. te- former may h. 0034sioned, by. the latter; 'O.
whole of the evil inay lie in the law against the 'lei°
offence to which we allude.
It is an established maxim of justice,
sure •of punishment should be .in Proportion t(,)1‘...
crime. . People.are f.elslata rewardell to the 1'0b?..1,
tent of their merits, and ought not to be visited
punishment beyond theii transgressions. Ilia
worse
than 4"/"6 t° aPPOrtiojl punishment to ctiri
whichto
cand it isaneilieuvaelrlybelideixpeueciouttiesd
tftr,otinn•aiktse ictenrtatd:ictti
stances the test" ot guilt,: when this test is So v 404
as to be easily eluded, or so difficult as to be 4eLge,
.
the comprehension of the oily party whose •
necessary to ensure the conviction of the ofretitier''
a loose construction only athea,its a stimulant to iiegri,
lity, by holding out a chance of escape. While_ tbtPrii - •
is so severe, upon- the delinquent that his convire%
would ~entail the certain penalty -of death,. uliat
hesitate in their .conseience whether it„woOkl. or
be more charitable and just to acquit a. PiriWto
rather than convict him; because they ")"s'aer
punishment more than commensurate to the criale.ll4l,,x
is true: that juries have no right to cousida
mate effect of their verdict,- but to give it•
the evidence, yet we all know 'that they cannot to