The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-03 00:00:00

singly and "separately to the utmost height off' its
caprice; but it must ever truckle to the mob, be
the mob military or otherwise, and so must it

on:Ate with .the imbecile Government of Turkey,
should the apprehensions or the policy of the
Sultan and his Divan lead them to embrace a
line of conduct which it might not please the
rabble to pursue. The wishes of the troops and
of the people of Turkey have, under similar cir-
cumstances, been usually expressed in a manner
equally rapid and explicit. The Sultan and his
Vizier are knocked on the head, and of\er the
ordinary course of murder and pillage, the reins
of government are committed to some new pup-
pets, upon whom the conduct of their predeces-
sors with respect to the particular measure in
contemplation is expected to operate as a nega-
tive example.

[MORNING HERALD:I
THE FUNDS.—Yesterday the Market opened
at 744.. Immense sales by some principal brokers
were effected at that price ; a temporary de-
pression was the consequence ; and at twelve
o'clock Consols were reduced about 4 per. cent.
After that the Bulls rallied and continued to
purchase largely till one, when a re-action took
place, 'and Consols reached 75, with a s Or'
market. The House are considered Bears to a
large amount, and what is rather in favour of
improvement, there is no continuation to the pre-
sent Account. There were, no foreign arrivals,
nor any reports worthy of attention upon 'Change.
The Russian declaration of hostilities against the
Porte, so confidently reported by the Bears,
vanished into air without answering the purpose
of the fabricators. From the present aspect of
the market, Stock may be considered as gene-
rally improving. The French Funds, it is rather
singular, are something better in the face of a
lean.—Prices yesterday ,at four o'clock

Consols 74A to i 75
Reduced - d 4
Four per Cent- 944 i
Five per Cent.
Consols for Account ' 741 to 754

[THE TIMES.]
ORDNAI,ICE.—We think it worth while to call
the attention of the public to the following state-
ment sent to us from Sheerness, which we give
implicit-confidence to,. as an instance of what is
to be expected in the way of retrenchment.—
All the officers, even those of but a few years'
service, are to be put on half-pay, whilst the
greater part of the men, after a whole life spent
in the service, are turned off without considera-
tion : and it has been particularly observed that
every man who gave. evidence in the late inquiry.
on the conduct of the storekeeper and other
officers respecting the peculation of public coals,
wood, &c. have been selected .and punished.in
that way, perhaps for telling the truth :
" SHEERNESS, AUGUST 1, 1821.—The Ordnance Depart-
ment at Sheerness is broken up ; the officers and clerks (all
freemen of Queenborough) are put on half pay, and the foreman'
and workmen, some of whom have been bet Ween 20 and 30
years in that service, discharged without a shilling, or an hour's
notice to obtain employ.—lt is not three years since Mr. Wm.
Akid, the storekeeper at this station, was superannuated on
5001. per annum, and a general promotion in consequence took
place in this office, as also the appointment, for the first time,
(in any office under Government), of one of the clerks, Mr.
James Batchelor, now, put on half pay. Query—Could not
this establishment have been broken up at that time as well as
at present ? The amount of the superannuation to the store-
keeper alluded to above, and the half pay to the others, is from
1,2001. to 1,3001. per annum."

rmo R.NING CHRONICLE.]

We are told by the advocates of the Bridge-
street Association, that " if the Association he
strong to prosecute, the law is far stronger for
the just protection of the accused ; and so long as
the ordeal of Grand and Petty Juries is to be
gone through, and the integrity of the Bench re-
mains as a shield to the defendant, we must look
upon this objection as a mere pretext—the impo-
tent reclamation of conscious and trembling guilt
against the energy which would assist in bringing
it to merited punishment."—lt is very true the
ordeal of Grand and Petty Juries is to be gone
-through, and the integrity of the Bench remains
as a shield to the defendant; but a defendant
may, notwithstanding this protection, be ruined
by the efforts of such an Association, even before
a Jury has pronounced upon his guilt or in-
nocence. Of this we have a proof in the
case of Benbow, lately the subject of so much
triumph in the Ministerial Journals. BenboYs
guilt or innocence has not yet been declared by a
Jury of his countrymen, but, he was compelled to
shut up shop, and go to prison,- from inability to
find the sort of bail required by one of the Six
Acts. But putting the inability to find bail
out of the question, the successful issue of a pro-
secution does not indemnify the defendant
for the expence Nwhich it occasions. Now, a
combination like the Bridge-street Association,
may involve any writer or publisher in the
most complete ruin, by a series of prosecu-
tions, in all of which his innocence has been
pronounced by Juries of his Countrymen. But
to appreciate the sort of ordeal which a Special
Jury is, our Readers have only to attend to the
Report of the Committee of the Common Council,
on the State of the Special jury List of the City
of London. In that great City only 485 persons
were found fit for Special Juries, and in a number
of Sittings 274 only were summoned, while the
mass of business was done by less than 100 per-
sons. Of so small a body as this, the sentiments
of each individual may easily be known ; and
the Master of the Crown Office can, if he
please, on every occasion, pack such a Jury as
shall convict whomsoever it is wished to convict.
The result of every Special Jury Trial may,
therefore, be said to be altogether dependent ou
the disposition of that Officer, who is placed be-
yond all control or responsibility.

The Mary and Elizabeth packet, employed in
the carrying of salmon between Beauly and
Montrose, sailed from the latter place on the
16th instant, and, while in the river at Beauly,
her boat drifted, when the master, Mr. JOAN
JAMIE, stripped himself, and jumped into the
water, to recover it, but unfortunately sunk,
never to rise more.