The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-20 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

JEM WARD'S BENEFIT.
Jetn Ward took his benefit at the Tennis Court yesteiday, and
in point of numbers, and, we apprehend, profits, had a decided
advantage over Dick Curtis, in a similar venture on Tuesday
week. The Court was thronged to excess, and although all had
standing room, many had difficulty in getting room for a peep at
the " goings on." To the strong iuterest excited towards the
approaching fight between Ward and Crawley, which is, in some
measure, to decide the title of Ward to the Championship, this
strong muster of the " Fancy," may he ascribed. All were anxi.
pus to see how Ward looked, so as to guide their judgment in
their betting, and it would seem that his condition fully justified
their expectations. lie is inexcellent 'health and spirits, end to
all "outward and visible chew," possesses the full requirites for
iesuring victory. 'lt is added by Isis friends, that "he means
winning ;" and this assurance, combined with his superior style
of fighting, as compared with Crawley, places him the favourite
'at 6 to 4.
The Sparring, upon the whole, was satisfactory, and drew
down lots of approbation.
Among the competitors for fame, were Murphy. and Latham ;
Young Stockman and Saunders; Jack the Painter and Baines;
Jetu Burns and Tom Cannon ; Ned O'Neal and Tom Gaynor ;
White-headed Bob and Reuben Martin ; Roadie and Dodd, from
Deptford (an excellent display ); and Ism Ward and Tom
Oliver.--Jetn, of course, did nut do his bast; but ha showed
that all his muscular powers were in full activity. Crawley was
not prevent.

In the course of the " play," Jetn Burns ehillenged Tons
Cannon to fight for 100/, a side; an invitation which Cannon
said he should certainly accept; and a meeting is to take plies
on the subject to-morrow evening, when the preliminaries will be
adjusted.

After the Sparring, there was an excellent dinner at the Castle
Tavern, in Holborn, given in celebration of making the lima de-
posit for the "Great. Fight," as that between Ward and Crawley
is now called.
The "ring" was well kept, and the "seta to," of the firer or-
der. Those who could not be eatistled must have been fastidi-
ous indeed; but all bore testimony to the good qualified of the
host, who never catered with more success for the appetites of
his guests.
At ten o'clock " time was called," and M. a-aide, making
the total stakes of 400/., wits forthwith placed in the hands of
the stakeholder, who gave the usual toast—" May
the best matt
win," which was drunk with enthusiasm. This ti itnda of both
men slid honour to the tout, and there was am t
* brisk betting
6 to 4 oa Ward.

The fight will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 2, but nothipg has
yet been determined on as to the place.
Peter Crawley will have the honour Of meeting his friends at
the Tennis Court, on Turiday nett, when he will probablysttratt
AA Many of the as, &valued M'atd with their prewar*,
and for the name reason.
There will be a sang display of the balk att at the Craven
head, morriaor, this evening, for the benefit of Latham.

CORN.EXCHANGE.—(Tuts DA Y. )
iii„uppliza received this week present a formidable appearance,
especially of Oats and Flour, and the weather continual, mild,
flute is na disposition on the part of our buyers -to nuke irp..
44,/ci, of Corn to-day, and every article may be reported as ins
drooping condition. Flour is also very beery.

ARRIVALS.

Wiglish
Irish
Foreign

Wheat. Barley. pats, • . flour.
2,650 qrs. 6,000 qrs. Sett gri. 14450.4.•
MO ".'rt 100 ~.,100.

Onait_N.--..T hisinstrument came fro* Greece ; it
is very ancient, since Archimedes and Vitravitis spoke of it, The
first which were seen in France were brought.hy Xing Pepin, in
the year-i3s, by the Awbossdort of the' EMperor Cons ‘tine,
There are hydraulic organs, the invention of. whiaxisettsibuteti
to Clesihitils who lived under Ptoloray Evergetee. (Everpetes is a
surname signifying benefactor, —Rowbothatn't French Grammer,

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The Paris- Papers of Sunday, the 17th iitst.,,aiid
the Eta* of Mondays date, which arrived yester(ay.,
present their due offering of news and opinions on thp.•
important measures now adopted by this country. They.
contain comments on the state of affairs in the British
capital on Thursday last ; whet), though the King of
France's speech had been received, yet the public feel-
ing upon that and other documents 4iad not beensuf-
ficiently developed among us, to allow of an exact eSti,
mete of it. The French will now, we trust, have well
learned, that we have no other than the most peaceful
sentiments and the kiudheat regards towards them,
though we have been obliged to stop the current of in-
: pouring in upon the country of our faithful ally.
the . French Minister cannot long delay--perhaps,
' while we are writing this, he may now be—addressing
the ChaMber of Deputies on the affairs of the Penin-
sula. He cannot deviate from the tenor of his Ittiyal
Master's :Speech already published, that he is striving,
in conjunction with his faithful allies, to preserve peace
iii the Peninsula. He cannot approve of the conduct
of the. Spanish Government, which he has already re-
:
probated, and threatened to punish by the recall of the
:Freneli troops. He cannot, therefore, blame the in,-
.
Me osition of England to repress those outrages of
'Spain by farce, which France, the friend of Spain, bad
r. :pre to the. aggressor as unjustifiable, and not
to beiborn by us. Thus far M. Villele, and his friend
Mr. Canning, must be in accord with each other: and
iS, after this, the latter be thought to have too little
. subjected his observations to the restraints of frigid
rudenee,--to have expatiated with too much freedom
in the field of polities,—M. Villele *ill recollect the
impetuous ature and unmanageable force of the
~Speaker's eloquence; it is like the horse broke loose
in
• obi abruptie fugit preesepia unmake
Tandem liher equus, cempoque potitue vertu;
'Apt ills in pasha armentsque tendit quer= ;
Ant assuttne aqua perfundi amine noto
Emicat, arrectieque (remit cerviviltue (110
Luxuriant, lutiuntque juhre per rolls, per Amos."
M. %little will not too literally interpret expressions
uttered in the ardour of excited feeling, and calculated
to invert swell and dignity to elocution. No protest
ngi4o • Mr. Canning 's speech is neceseary. The
King 'a France is made to vaunt the , bravery of
his subjects, and with reason. England has no
-occasion to be ashamed of her power, or the
:prowess of her inhabitants. The speeches of a Mi-
- meter are a manufacture for the home market ; it is
only when sent abroad that they offend the taste and
disturb the bile. We insert the translation of an article
(perhaps from-the pen of; M. •Chateaubriand) frens
the Journal dei Debuts,' oft the subject on which We
havt, tiikikeit above., for two reasons ;--first, becanse
the .sentiments- it contains coincide with and corro-
borate our own; and next, .to correct a most singular
mistake,or rather to enlighten an instance of the ,
darkest ignorance, in sortie of our contemporaries.
How they could have called such a paper an Ultra
journal, ,we cannot conceive, on any. other supposition
than that they have never seen it. The extract which
• we have nude to-day corrects the error, 'and shows the
just and rational politics of the Journal des Debals.
• Neither can we close thia article Without paying
our homage of respect to the Memory of the cele-
brated Malte Brun, one of thewriters in the Journal
des Debuts, lately deceased.-- limes,
l,f there be any truth iu a Oaten esirt, which appears
in a letter from Ancona, in the New Times of yester.
day, the Cerman Federation is as likely to be mealy-
ecl in war es ourselves Colonel Ileydeck (it is
there said), a Bavarian officer, left' here (Ancona)
• • about a month ago, with .16 other officers, provided
with ample funds to . live independent of the. Greek
Government. They have also, as I hear, left a chest
here. • From this Colonel and his companions some-
thinganay indeed be expected. Protected as they are
'.by their Sovereign, they have to look forward to their
remuneration at home and- as: their reward will be in
propcalion to their services, some efforts may be hoped
for from them."—We must say that we have always
understood from Germans that this expeditioh is at
the eXpence of the King of Bavaria. Now the King
of Bavaria is the Sovereign of between three tole four
millions of people, and Bavaria forms besides a State
of the German Federation, the different Governments
of which: are bound to protect each other, and are an
swerable for each other. The Turks are not much
'skilled in European diplomacy ; and, therefore, they
may not be aware of the cause of quarrel which the
Sovereign of Bavaria (who bears a high character) has
,given to them.„ !At the same time, it certainly does
stein, on the-part of this King, a
,very strong nice-
sure to compromise thus, not only his own. kingdoM,
but the rest of the members of the federation, with-
out the least, eommunication, and without sanction
obtained.-e-Morning Chronicle.
`Thou la we snake very light of the threats held out
by Mr. canning to the Legitimate Governments of.
urope, believing that, .at the present time little aid
could be derived by us, front • the disaffected in any,
cenntry, not exceptnig even Italy, where the presence
or the Austriens forms so strong a cause of excitement,
Ott are.ready to admit that the consequences of a war
. might, ere long, materially change the relationa he-
Wien Governments and their subjects, For instance,
e hold it to .be an axiom, that, so long as a nation
ie;toierably proaperouts and enjoys the protection of
,person and property, mere diasatisfation with the form
of Government,;or particular iiistitutions,' never
lead to (Ten resistance to the GovernMent., The
French (soy • ,
eminent possesses, at tins time, that de-
gree of security which a growing industry and
ff.pros-
rity and legal protection are calculated to
There are causes,of. considerable irritation constantly
at.work.
For _ustanee, the .endeavours of the Priests
ja.regain an influence. Which is irreconcilable with the
, degree of mental cultivation of the greater-part of the
nation, has caused, and continues to causei a great
deal of irritatinn. But the natural ,;ent• of this irrita-.
• ' tion' is newspaper paragraphs, toroesui.„,
and even
. portly.volomes—ancl not insurrection.. .BLkt: should;
. .Franoa.go:to.war with England, one of: the iirit (On!
• -sequences of which would he severe injury :to, its ui_
duatry and commerce, and the involving mnitinides fat
aratrafat the.CiOYernment might find itself. placed in a
'eery different ,situation.. The Bourbons have eon_
Tiered the repugnance of the great body of the nation,'
through favourable eirounistances, end. unfavourable
circumstances,-may soon array against them as great
diseontent .as that which has subsided. In vain
will they then 'cling to the 44ractiuna with which the
aesuits,and'ilriesta now amuse them, as the only sup,
port of thrones. They may rest .aseured that the chain')
forged by, the Priests for holding: the minds of time
people in thraidoin, would snap 'like thread the inc!
ment 0 &
1 real aims agitated the passions of the nas
tion. The only real security for Governments, we re-
, peat, is to be found in the finding vent for the enter
prise, of the people, in the pursuits of industry and
commerce( in the feeding them with hopes of wealth.

and advancement. When men have something to
hope under obedience, and something. to lose from the
interruption of tranquillity, a Government may consi-
der- itself secure. There is no other, valid Security,
Though, therefore, Mr; Canning might call long
enough on the'Liberals of Europe before they svonld
obey his summons, the security which the Govern,
ments now possess might give place to a very different
state of things. If the Governments can under Stand
this, well and good ; but we do not see how, if they
do net understand it, the ',possible consequences, of
their folly can be any security to us against a struggle,
in which We could not avail ourselves of any. existing
discontent, but Could only look to insurrection as a
remote consetlitenCe.--Ibid.
Now that the armed interference' of England, in sup
port of the existing Government of Portugal, is placed
be ond all doubt, some of the French Papers, which
affected to deprecate all insurrectionary 'movements
before, disclose the genuine sentiments of their patrons.
The Quotidienne, from which we gave extracts yester-
day, arraigns Mr. Canning of " clumsy- finesse" and
bad faith, because ho has accused Spain of having
suported and acted hi concert with the rebel soldiers
of. Portugal. The same Paper states that Mr. Can-
ning at first declared that the British Government
'would not meddle with the different parties in that
country, and that the clpthsite language which he now
holds " reminds one of ,the old and bad faith of British
Ministers, which is so celebrated in diplomacy, and of
those arbitrary interpretations which the English Go-
vernment gives to its words, its promises, . and its
treaties." These moral sentiments are, undoubtedly,
much to he admired, as coming from a class of poli-
ticians who pride themselves more on their capacity for
intrigue than on any adherence to the dictates of truth
and hon Our, Indeed the latter words never seem to
be in their mouths but when they are acting in studied
violation of the principles which they, imply—carefully
observing,' as they do, that Maxim of their school, that
" language was given to man to conceal his thoughts."
A lecture on political economy coming from such high
authority must have great force, particularly when we
open the " History of France," for the purpose: of giv-
ing-a clear explanation of its meaning. In, a very re-
cent page of that " History," we read thatthe most so-
lemn assurances were given by the French Government
to the English Ministry, a short time before the invasion
of Spain, that no hostile proceedings. on the,, part of
France were to take place, and that, the " Sanitary
Cordan" was merely to prevent, as its name implied,
the spreading of a contagious distemper beyond the
frontiers, and nut to facilitate the sudden irruption 'of
an army across the Pyrenees. Bysuch assurances the
English Government were lulled while the French
were collecting a great body. of troops, with all the
equipments of war, in the neighbourhood of Bayonne ;
and, , when the project was ripe for execution, the
" Sanitary Cordon" : was, by one of those political Me-
tatnarphoses which excel any trick that the wand of
Harlequin, performs -on the stage, converted into a:
tremendous invading force; and it was scarcely known
that the standard of war was unfurled when it was
planted on the soil of Spain—just before declared to
be sacred It is surely modest, then, of that party
who were the occasion of putting such an ,act of
" righteous policy" on. record against France, to des-
cant so tenderly as they. do on the <, bad' faith" of the
British Ministry., We would uot, however, excivie a
breach of faith eonimitked ,by Mr. Canning, or any of
our Ministers, on the.grotnid that the first example of
treachery% wait' given by `tllo','Vectieficl'or we abhor
treachery, and all who practise ,it, too intich to hold
;any man justified who pleads in his own excuse the
baseness of another. Now, if Mr. Canning said
that he would not intermeddle between the parties
in Portugal; it
,must 1414' been connected with the
.conditioit that others did not. intermeddle with thern,
fur surely Mr. Canning could never have used words,
the meaning of which would go to abrogate the
solemn engagements of treaties which had been
entered into • between England and Portugal, with
all due form, • and in the face of Europe. By
those iteaties England, as the French Ministers well
-know, was bound to give assistance to the existing
Government of Portugal, if it should ever be assailed
by a foreign power. Vkie are not now considering the
wisdom of those. treaties, but as England did not anise
to have them dissolved while Portugal was at peace
with all the world, it would have been very bad faith
indeed to have beaked out of the Treaties the moment
'a foreign power threatened the independence of Por-
tugal. This " expedient" policy, we know, the Jesuit-
masters of the pliable Villele could easily reconcile to
their code of morals, but we trust that England will
never be distinguished 'for that convenient interpreta,
lion Of Treaties which would destroy all confidence in
the pledged honour of her most solemn engaigements.
,'Then that it is a foreign aggression which has been
made upon Portugal no one can for an instant doubt,
and the :French .Ministers would laugh at our States-
men as egregious fools if they believed the Portuguese
rebels could have been organised and equipped in
without the countenance and encouragement
pi the Spanish Government, which is under the im-
mediate contrail' of the French Cabinet, and is actually
within the grasp of its military force. Aud, indeed,
the Quotittienne lets out, in its chagrin, the truth which
US prudence would have concealed. It endeavours to
console itself with the reflection, that before the British
troops can arrive in the Tagus, " the Government of
the Cortes:will be overturned, and 'the monarchical
Government restored." ‘• It will remain, then; to be
seen (it goes on to say) whether time British Cabinet
Will 'undertake to overturn an order of things which
will be supported by the unanimous consent of the
Portuguese, ' This passage requires no comment,
because it shows, as 'clearly as the light of noon-day,
that when the French 'Ambassador at Madrid pro-
moted the views of the rebel troops who were prepar.i.
log to reenter their country
,with. fire and sword, he
only obeyed the Wishes of that party of which the
qiiotidienne is the : organ..--4 party hostile to the
peace of Europe, and destined to be fatal to France--7
a party that at the same time possess the influence
and riches of the altar, and usurp the majesty of the
t o

We gave it aw our opinion, several weeks ago, that
if France, Spain, and the other .Continental Powers,
who took an interest in putting down the Portuguese
Constitution, would have the good sense to-leave that
People to themselves, they would either make no use
'A' the Charter or: soon resign -it -to the hands from
which they received it. From all credible accounts
that have yet come to hand, there does not appear
among the people the least enthusiasm for the new
state of thinss ; there is, on the contrary, among. a
,great part of the population, the most violent hostility
against it, and We are trite convinced that unless the
Luglish troor Perform a miracle,_ we shall have all
the battle to ght ourselves. The Portuguese people
know not what a Constitution means. heir priests,
however, endeavour, and we fear but too success-
fully, to instil into their minds their
own opinions of

it—that it is damnable and heretical ; that it comes
from the hands of ifefetibi, and will work ihile-
structfon of all who obey it. There cannot, be' •a
,
more hopeless or preposterous attempt than tO-for,ce,
on an ignorant, bigotted people, any plan of re-
form in opposition to :the wishes and self-interest
of the clergy, ':who hold supreme rule over them,
This we are convinced will be verified in 'Portugal,
as it frequently has been in other countries. All that
we ought to do—and now that we have thrown the
firebrand among them we are bound to do it—is to
prevent the one party from tearing the other to pieces.
If the Constitutionalists will, not fight for the Charter,
what' matter is it to us ? If the other isthe stronger
party, certainly it is not the duty, ,or the interest of
England, merely because she is an ancient and faith 7
fill ally o( Portugal, to spend her treasures in forcing
them to accept it. Let Don Pedro see to this. We
are afraid he is quite forgotten in that country, and will
find but a small number to • defend his cause. Don
Miguel,: the legitimate and absolute, is now the Only
object of enthusiasm. The last revolution at Lisbon
might have convinced any Ministers that the people
were not yet fit for any other Government but of
an absolute monarchy. Another attempt, however,
has been made, and as yet it has been most unfortu-
nate. The Miguelites have been traversing the coun-
try, almost without opposition, and in Many places are
welcomed 4. the people with shouts of joy: -It is not at
all improbable that they may have possession of Lisbon
and Oporto by the time our troops, reach the coast of
Portugal. The mind shudders-at time thouOt of the
excesses which a bigotted- and furious multitude may

Though we do nut suspect Ferdinand or his Mi-
nisters of devoting much time to the perusal ofEnglish
newspapers' yet the, opinions' on which they act are
piobably influenced not a little by the vague notions
transmitted to thern :concerning the state of England,
her views,-and bee, capacity of action. These notions-
can scarcely', fail to be, derived in'. a considerable de-
gree from our newspapers ; and we confess, that, in
•our eyes, the insane conduCt of Ferdinand loses much
of its extravagance, when we look at the unprincipled
and ignorant attempts, which for some months have
been sySteMatically made by the corrupt and vulgar
part of the daily press, to degrade the character of
this country. They have been most assiduous in
telling Ferdinand, that, let him play what tricks he
pleased,. England was in too miserable a plight to
dare to. interfere with him. , Why, then, should
they be , surprised, that he should at length take
their hundred times repeated hint, and dire to act,
'as if England bad now only a voice to implore, and
nut an arm to strike? For several. mouths some of our
Journals have availed 'themselves to the utmost of the
popular craving for cornplaint and longing after an
unattainahle, degree of ideal prosperity ; and,aware: of
the-Much higher interest whichis excited by anticipa-
tions of downfal, and pictures of progressive ruin, than
any calm representation of the truth can create, they
have pampered and stimulated , and catered for this
diseased appetite. England has been exhibited as in
the last stage of 41ft:4, Famine, forsooth, was wait-
ing at our gates ; our manufactures were Sinking under
the successful rivalry of foreigners ; the revenue of the
State was gone ; tottering on the verge. of national
bankruptcy, the slightest impulse from abroad would
suffice to hurl us to the bottom ; nay; the very at-
tempt to take arms: into, our hands would subvert -our
and roll us over the precipice. ,Such was
the England WWII a treacherous Press told Ferdinend
he had to 'deal with. There is a public mischief in
these distorted representations of the consequences of
of every fluctuation in our -internal State, which some
of our Journals,: ;from party spirit, and others, who
have no principle or party, from' the more contempti-
ble motive of individual profit, disseminate through
the world. At home, they do little harm. They may
produce, a petulant speech at a meeting .of the Corn.
mon Council, or supply Waithman or Hume with
materials
..for an -harangue to :which nobody listens.
This is the minoit, of their power among ourselves.
Abroad, they are not equally•innocent ; fOr they tend
to degrade the character of England in the eyes of
foreigners ; amid to a nation, as well as to an indivi-
dual, a diminution of reputation is a loss of influence
and strength. :Our triumphs in war, our superiority
its the arts. of peace, our opulence, our liberty,
Our moral empire over the opinions' and feelings• of
the world, make us an object of envy to surrounding
nations, who are glad to find a pretext for reducing us
more nearly to a level with themselves'; and foreigners
can say, plausibly :enough, that they are not likely to
do us any injustice, if they believe only half the evil
which we tell concerning ourselves. Unfortunately,
they have only to look into the lucubrations of some
of our-contemporaries, in order to find every fact, and
every principle, either ao perverted, or so misunder-
stood, as, to
.afrord them grounds for thinking of us
and our rulers as lowly and as contemptibly:as their
jealousy or dislike may require. The adirisers of Fer-
dinand must have been 'actuated by a persuasion that
England wouldilot, atpresent. go beyond remonstrance
and complaint ; and we know nothing so likely to begei,
rt,flrm persuasion to that' effect, 'as the absurdities and
lies which have been propagated of late by our radical
press, if hat press, we scruple not to say, is in a great
measure answerable for the necessity in which Eng-
land bu been placed, of *hewing by her acts
:that her
strength is not gone from her, nor her old habit altered,
of protecting, at every risk, those who put their faith in
treaties of allianie wftliter.,,New. Thurs.

WONDERS WILL' NEVER CEASE.--A. contempo-
rary, who occasionally boasts of superior circulation, especially
when hie numbers are visibly on the decline, in noticing Lord
Archibald Hamilton, and his petition from certain places in Scot-
relative to the distress in these districts, which is attributed
in part to the influx of Irish, Rays, "They,. the Irish, come over
in swarms---in steam.bostly in "empty" pork barrels and potato.
'sacks." Defend us from such a calamity We have heard of a
man searching on the first of April for a cheese,in au empty rack;
but we never before beard of an Irishman being found in an empty
pork barrel, or even in an empty potato. sack, --Macclesfield
Herald.

• CURIOUS LOVE LETTiR.—A young woman had
lived servant at a respectable farm-house, at the village of
in I!4°rthlinTWoehire, whose sweetheart. was VI. honest...rustic of
the ape place, hut whom cruel fate, had destined to remove to it
distant part
.of the country,' which, instead ef,diminiehing, only
soebrvligeed to .d.to74carvieeile!sothret to espn(t
irmetoitruralreogerettp
but Th
alas!eyve hv was
e .atliow of ett)htrreis
tee,
he carried on for,PerMarycoold not write. But it wits not long before
she received aletter fruni William, in which It:declared the increased
ardour of his love, and implored her to 'marry. . She yap non,
compelled to have recourse to a confidential female friend to assist
her in reeding the letter, and who readily offered to write an answer.
But, no ; Mary could not even. to her friend. impart the main se-
cret, and declined the pmffered service-, yet, as true love is seldom et
a loss for the means of invention, ,Mary,Bll,°Pted, the following
concise method ;.,—lfaving procured weat of writing. paper,
with the end of a burnt stick from off the hearth she formed the
little' top i, and inclosed a small piece of sweep's wool, which
comprised Mary's significant answer, ." I wool." Her friend
wrote the superscription, and the letter was sent: off, -post haste;
it was well understood, and received with as much pleasure as any
belles hare could hats been. .Benno were soon after published,
and they were married with as little delay as pnesible......./Voc-
clegttleld Herald.