The Sun.
London, England, 1821-09-10 00:00:00

SAILING OF .TIJE S'---.'n—PANISH4RO6I,'S FROM ST'
AuGusTl . _

Board of the Net\England Coffee-house, Sept. 10.

[Extract of a Letter from Philadelphia, Aug. 10.]
" At length I am happy to inform you that
the fleet with the Spanish troops sailed from St.
Augustine for the Ilavannah on the 17th July ;
it consisted of ten sail of vessels : the number of
troops on board was nearly 500, and the num'
her of Civil Oflictrs and persons attached to Go-
vernment, including their families, was nearly
two hundred."

[Extract of a Letter from Port au Prince, July 25.]
" This market never offered better prospects
to the American merchants ; the country is lite-
rally parched up with the drought, and the in'
habitants nearly dependent on American pro-
duce for subsistence. Notwithstanding the large
importations of flour and rice, those articles
maintain their prices, and, except tobacco, of
which we have a sufficient supply for the pre'
sent, every other article is on the rise."

We really know not which to admire most,'
the absurdity or the malignity of some of the,
Opposition Writers of this morning. One of
these Worthies, in an article, artfully contrived
to inflame the passions and mislead the judgment
of the Coroner's Jury, inquiring into the death
of HONEY, has the shameless effrontery, finding
that the evidence relating to Lieutenant GoRE
has entirely failed, to tell them, nevertheless,
" that some one should be brought to trial, is of
the utmost importance !"—To use a favourite
phrase of the Opposition Writers, when they
speak of the soldiers, this is displaying an " ala-
crity for blood," with a vengeance !—What can
be more monstrous, than in plain terms not only
to tell the Jury that their verdict should be
C& murder," but to add, that that verdict should
be against some one particular individual !--S°
matter whether it is against Lieutenant Gong,
or Lieutenant HALL, or a Coporal or a Private,---
no matter whether you have any doubts as to the
shot which killed HONEY having been fired by
Lieutenant GORE,—no matter even if "you are,
satisfied that GORE was not the officer who fired
the fatal shot—be sure to remember that it is Of
the greatest importance that some one, guilty or
innocent, should be brought to trial,—whether
the conduct of the military was justifiable or, not,
—and, even supposing their conduct to have ;been
unjustifiable, whether the evidence has failed or
has not failed against any particular individual ,
What does this madman mean by saying, that it
is of the greatest importance, that, under such
circumstances, some person should be brought t°
trial. It cannot be for the interests of Justice
for Justice requires that the guilty only should
be made to answer for their crimes ; and it is in
itself an act of injustice to place the character
and the life of an innocent man in jeopardy, by
charging him with an offence which he has not
committed. It cannot be for the sake of huma-
nity; for humanity shudders at the bare possi-
bility of the innocent being confounded with the
guilty, even when strong circumstances of suspi-
cion render that danger unavoidable. The mo-
tive and the object are in this case both too pal:
pahle to be concealed. It is of the " greatest,
importance," not for the sake of justice or 01
humanity, but for the purpose of intimidating the
soldiers, and preventing them from doing
their
better'
duty in future, that " some one of them" should be
" brought to trial ! "—lf an Officer, all the
The private men will be the more alarmed !---
" We know, or at least we believe, that the in-
dividual, against whom we advise you to return
your verdict, will be subsequently acquitted
?:
but never mind that. The placing his life ",
danger will alone be something. The soldiers
will not be very eager to run that risk,on filter?
occasions. And, if he should chance to be lzangtl'iti
of which there is a possibility, our triumph will
be complete ! The spirit of our injured QuEE-
-1
will be appeased ; and the power of our 0P"
pressors destroyed ! ! ! "—We put it to the coo!:
mon sense of every man in the country, if this 2 :
not the 'plain and obvious meaning of the via'
lanous recommendation which, in these times, a
dangerous hireling of faction has ventured pub-
licly to address to a British Jury.

Letters from Monte Video, dated the ISth of
June, were received -on Saturday, which state
that the Union, Portuguese frigate, and Venus
corvette, both from Rio de Janeiro, had arrived
there for the purpose of bringing away the d re
giment of infantry and a squadron of cavai'll
which, it was.understood, would be embarked
and sail by the end of the month. In conse-
quence of King John having sworn to the Gen'
stitution, all the prisoners from Monte Vide°
and the surrounding districts, who were continsea
in the Ilha das Cobras (a fortified island in tte
Bay of Rio Janeiro), have been set at liherv•
a,t
but they were obliged to find a passage helm,' z-
their own expellee, as will as they could, not
withstanding their applications to the Prince Be'
gent. By the before mentioned ships of war, the
Commander in Chief at Monte Video .had
rc-
ceived orders to take the necessary measures for
the meeting of a Congress of Deputies, legally
and freely elected by the inhabitants, for the
purpose of ascertaining the sort of Government
they desired. The Commander in Chief was - •
structed, in the event that they should choose to
be incorporated with the Brazils, to remain With
his troops, for the protection of the town and •
territory ; but otherwise, to retreat with all
forces within the limits of the Brazils. The qua-
lifications of the Electors and Deputies were al-
ready settled, and circulars preparing; but a:
soon as the business became public, some persons
began to have recourse to intrigues, in. order o
turn this. affair to their own purpose; on wl;ich
it,
the Commander in Chief, when informed
immediately suspended the execution of the
Royal order, under the pretence that the present
moment was not fit to take a step of so much im-
portance with the freedom, and impartiality re-
commended. his

burgh.—The recent tumults at Madrid are far
from appeased. Gen. Mount.° has demanded
to be tried by a Council of War, and it is said
his application has been complied with.
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