The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-04 00:00:00

PRESENT sTArE OF NEWOATE.

Rlales. Females,
CunTiets under sentence of Death
• Vanspintation for Life—. 14 17
_
----r--! Transportation tor 14 Years 2 ti
---. transportation fut. 7 Years 84 31
Respited•dnring pleasure ...., 4
Prisoners under sentence of Imprisonment
for Misdemeanours • • •. 3B 20
Prisoner who sl ands convicted, hut OH Whom
the Judgment of the Court has been re-
spited
Prisoners fur Trial, ttc • • 4 147
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Tot al

-
St ,

110

Of those untlot sentence Of Death Ode are--•one of 14
years oh!, One of t 5, ieven of 17, foltr of I , eight of 19,
jive Of 20, sixteen of 40 to 30, and ten front 30 to 45.

SCOTCH BA NK RU PTS.

Olcs.

Novell)her 22. Julia gephorn of Wel'sly, parish of Arad--
dale, horse:-dealer—Creditors meet in Temittit's Inn, Strath-
oven, 4th and 180 beta:tither, at 1.
P.XAMINATION'i. .130:IDENDS.
Creditors of Jitaies and llunter and Co. same lime
intr.:haws, Port filasgoW, meet in the Prince of Sale Tii7
vern, (llasgow, I:2lhDeretuher, at 1.2.
Creditors of Itoliert Shiets, nicrehant, Glasgow, !nee in
the Othce-of James Kerr, accountant there, 19th DeeeirCiert
at V:L •
States or the affairs of .Tames ..and William Richardson,
wool-toerchatits and mannfacturers, it:stick, lie With An-
drew Lout;, writer, Selliirh, the trustee.
Alexauder Black, linen-printer at Meadowside, near Par-
tic?:, and Alierdein, NlAehatie, and Cu. maurchantss
tel.), Lave applied for discharges.

THE SUN.

SOLEV QCtii 1114.:ERE F.ILSUM AMMAT ?

LONDON,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1817.

This morning tve received Charleston Papers to
the 29th of October, which contain the follovring

Proclamations :

THE SUPREME JUNTA OF THE FLORIDAS TO THE

INa IBITANTN OF AMELIA.

" A' horrid plot had.thteatened to ruin in its
hifancy our rising Republic ; discord, ever ready
to spread its baneful alarms, had put us on the
brink of a Civil War ; fortunately, we still pre-
served among us respect for the Liberty and the
Cause %ve defend ; we have discovered the secret

machinations of a despotic Government, and we
have saved ourselves from ruin, into which Spa-
nish pet fidy mis on the eve of plunging
us. Yes, Citizens, ate terrible blow that
threatened us, proceeded from the intrigues of
our cowardly enemy ; we have the most certain
conviction of it ; only cast a look upon the pro-
moters and leaders of the borrilole scenes that have
taken place.: Is there among them one of the
brave men ivho so valiantly and so gloriously de-
fended this place against forces ten times more
numerous ? No, the eye searches in vain for tote
of them. Whenever it perceives a leader, it bc-
hol(ls a person who abandoned you in the hour of
danger ; it beholds men, who, guided by their
own self-interest, trifle with the shedding of the
-blood of the pilaw defenders of liberty; provided
they accomplish.their:object, their views are ac-
complished. It is you, brave Seamen, who have
made so many sacrifices; it is your valour they
wish to set forWarrrfor the perpetration of deeds
so execrable ; they create a huge phantom, when
in reality it is but a chimera.

" kVkat would have been the results had we

uctiortunrely been compelled to come to extremi-
ties, and sent off those who it is said were to be

se.ntotT By corning to extremities, a most cruel
butchery ; by sending them off, deprive this
Infant Republic of the succour of valiant men,
who have fought with you until notv, and will
never abandon you.in the hour of (hanger. Ilicl
this happened, you, gallant Sea nen, would most
assuredly have followed the rout dicatecl by
honour ; but, weakened by it, you have fallen a
sacrifice to treachery and individual views ; and
the few remaining would have found them-

selves compelled to abandon this plate, and
fulfilled the wishes of our implacable enemies,
who have no other means of destroying the germs
of liberty, but by dissention among its defenders,,
This would ty)thave been the only evil; a greater
one for yourselves would have ensued. Remorse,
despair, would have attended your consciences
to the graVe, when cool reflection and. calmness-
had told you that you had stained your hands
with the blood of Patriots who long defended the
cause we Dave embraced, and that by Castilian

iLltrlcgties.

" Brave and Gallant Seamen,—Let us return
thanks to that Divine Providence ►s Lich hovers
and watches, with a careful eye, over this infant
Republic, for having saved us frow tile perpetra-
tion of such direful deeds ! Let us be united, and
let this example for the future serve us as a lesson

to lie upon our guard against seduction !

" L. AURY, Commander-in-Chief.

(S;;ned)
" Fernatidia, Oct. 14, 1817."

PROCLAMATION.

fg It .I►,ls been res►►lved by the Supreme Junta

of Cot:Heil of State,

" Ist. That any person or persons who shall
be convicted of persuading any slave or slaves to
run away from the'United States, or any other

place whatsoever, shall oil conviction of the same,
torfeit and pay for the first offence 100 dollars,
and be imprisoned for a term not exceeding 30
days ; and for the second offence forfeit and pay
300 .dollars, and be,banished_froth the country.

" 2. That any fugitive slave or slaves taken up,
shall be. kept in jail until released by his, her, or
their' ownurs.

"3. That all slaves coming to this city for em-
ployrr►ent shall have a written permit from their
owner s.

(Signed) " W. YOUNG, Sec
" Government-House, Fcru:u

October 3, 1817."

(From the Chary tort Courier of Oct. 21.)

A Gentleman, who left Fernandia on the 16th
inst., inforn:s us, that the Floridayatricits had
beets in a state of g+ cat contusion for some days
before he left the Island, and it was not expected
that matters`would he settled immediately. The
French party under the Commodore, with his
troops, on one side, and Governor Sheriff HUB-
: BARD, with all the Americans, and the greatest
part of the seatnen,on the other, are at open War,
and it was the general expectation that blood
would be shed before the Commotion ended ; such
was the instability of the Government, that new
Councils were formed every two or three days. On
the 15th, an arrangement was entered into
which excluded the Military - entirely from
power, and there was no doubt that the Go-
vernment would be overturned soon by the
Military, who in their turn would exclude the Ci
vilians of this rising empire from all participation
in the Administration. For the last 3 days the
parties were actually in arms against each other ;
and it is next to impossible, even on the spot, to
conjecture what a week or a day may bring forth.
Strong reinforcements were hourly expected by
both sides, and should Commodore CHAPLIAN
join in, who was off St. Mary's Bar with 3 or 4
sail of vessels, the American party is expected to
carry the day ; if not, Commodore AURY, with,
his veterans, will probably keep the upper band.

We have had no arrival of Paris Papers this
morning. Two days Journals are doe. •

We reprint an article which appeared in
part of our impression yesterday, but which
we find was sent to us as a hoax. It came
under an olcial seal, and we thought that we
knew the hand-writing; but we conceive it Co
nave been " a weak invention of the linepy,"
particularly as the latter part of it, which we
omitted, seems to be a❑ insidious compliment to
Sliuisters, for the purpose of more effectually im-
posing upon us.

" We have received a communication from a Correspon-
dent. who states, that the arrangements for the retirement of
his Royal Highness the Duhe of YORK from the oflice of Coin
mander-in-Chief are nearly completed. Ills Royal Highness
will carry with him into retirement from the active duties of
this situation, a consciousness of a most independent and
useful discharge of them, and will be accompanied by the ap-
plause and good wishes of all classes.
" The functions of Commander-in-Chief will devolve (as
is usual in time of peace) on the Secretary at War, who will
conduct the same under the centroul of his Majesty's Mi-
nisters.

" That most active and excellent public servant, Sir HENRY'
TORRENS, Kill, on the retirement,of his Royal Master, succeed
;o thi-. appointment of Adjutant,Gtneral, in the room of Sir
H. CALVERT, who has so ably filled that situation for many
years, and who will retire upon a handsome private fortune,
and the provision of his Regiment of two battalions."

We have made inquiry, and find that the Army
and the Empire are in no danger of losing ate
best Commander-in-Chief that we ever possessed.

" The DEPUTY of the Government of the Pro-
vinces of Venezuela, in South America," as be
styles himself, has addressed a Letter to the Edi-
tor of The Morning Post, which appears in that
Paper of this day, whet ein he declares that " no
Officer, Soldier, or any other Subject, has ever
been invited, enlisted, or ensnared by him."—
Ele, however, takes care to inform English Offi-
cers who may have gone, and, of course, who may
be disposed to go, to the South American Colonies,
that they will there ‘‘ be favourably received and
rewarded, with due regard to their services."—
We may be permitted to ask this said Deputy,
it he does'not come for the purpose of engaging
British Officers in the service of the Government
which he represents, for what purpose does he
remain-in this country ? lie must know that the
British Government cannot recognize a Govern-
ment in rebelli•.,a against a State with which this
country is in alliance. Indeed, we are surprised
CIA Ministers should tolerate his continuance here,
in any assumed representative character from a
a Government founded on usurpation. We say
this without taking any part in the question be-
tween Spain and her revolted Colonies, but for the
sake of the consistency and dignity of the British
Government, which, atter its recent Proclamation,
ought not, directly or indirectly., to suffer any per-
son, professing to represent a Government in op-
position to our Ally, to remain in this country
in any other than a private character. We won-

der indeed that. the Spanish Ambassador to our
Court, if he has heard of this same Deputy, has
not remonstrated against his continuance in this
Country, under that capacity, and if he has not
heard, he may be thought to have not been suf-
ficiently vigilant on his post, by the Government
of which he is the representative.

Extract of a Letter front Messrs. MAGNum and
KoTHIN, of Marseilles, dated 31st Oct. 1817,
addressed to Messrs. TOTTIE and COMPTON,

London.

" The Journal des Debats, of the 25th instant,
contains a paragraph, stating, that the crew of a
S►vedish vessel had been murdered by the Alge-
rines, and that the Captain had been lashed down
to the deck. These rumours cannot but be the
fabrication of some wickedly -disposed people,
particularly as we can most confidently assure you
that they are totally unfounded, and void of
truth. We have communications of very late
date, both from Algiers and Spain, giving the
Most satisfactory account of a perfectly good and
friendly understanding between Sweden and the
Regency." •

The indecent and irreverent language held
by the Baptist Preacher at St. Neott's, on
the funeral day.of our beloved Princess, calls
for louder reprobation than we have heart or
voice to give it. We ask—and we ask slprdder-
ingly—was it fit language to be uttered in a
Christian country ? And is it fit language to go
unnoticed by Christian laws ? Whether there is
no authority, secular or ecclesiastical, competent
to the restraint of such disgraceful outrage, we
leave to the Government to answer : and we
leave also to the friends of spiritual freedom and
unlimited toleration to answer, whether it ought
to be tolerated.