The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-02 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ROYAL STAG HUNT IN HONOU} OF DON

MIGVEL.

i.eidooti-rcteliithdiloeiabfnvyiing been annoWiced that the day following the ar-
rival of Don Miguel his Majesty's t'tag Hounds would
(beet, to afford his Royal Highness an opportiinh7' of par-
ticipating in that old English sport, and Salthill haviii
been harried. to the plaCe of meeting, considerable expecta Is
-
tion was excited among the lithahitanti of Windior and its
vicinity. This morning, at an early Cornmenced
raining steadily and unintermittingly, and the general cpi,:
nion entertained was, that the hunt would be postponed;
but at eleven o'clock all doubts were dispelled by the ap-
pearade the cataleade. One of his Majesty's Foresters,
in full livery of Lindolti led tliv. van, followed by
Don Miguel, having the Master et the stag Hounds on
his right, and his illustrious brother the COMittandet-
olifiashelle6cftlefpUta:!thyttibeocKettweeraiiinfogl'lrs7ll4'edeelot inya'n-aparntidctilSte:r:
in state liveries; one of his Majesty's Carriages,
drawn by four horses, followed, containing his suite, and
the rear was closed by another party of attendants. The
aortiCgit proceeded throUgh IViiitisof at a foot-pace, and his
Royal Highness (who was habited like an );nglish sports.;
man, wearing a scarlet coat with round hat tied by a biack
ribbon) repeatedly acknoWledged the Salutations of the
spectators. On his arriV;il at Salthill, Ilia: Royal Highness
and retinue dismounted and partook of refreithrnents at the
Windmill Inn, after which the field again proceeded. The
numerous pedestrians whom the spectacle had attracted
being likely to impede the commencement of the day'
sport, Lord Maryborough directed the stag to be taken to a
field near Farnham Royal, tit() Miles distant, where the
sportstfien speedily Congregated. A finer field, considefing
at once the numbers etbd the respectability of those
assembled, has not been witnessed sinee the visit of
the Allied Sovereigns in 1614, and the tout enitittble,
despite the weather, was brilliant in the extreme: A
fine. stag, expresly selected for the occasion, was
turned out a fete minutes before tWelVe, and *Vent steadily
away in a north-east direction. The features and per,.
son of Don Miguel have been already described; but it will
not be superfluous to state, that; as the moment approached
when the actual business of the chase Was to commence, the
anxiously keen eye, the tightened rein, and the exploring
view of country as far as sight allowed, gave convincing
proofs that his Royal Highness determined to show himself
worthy of sharing the field with British sportsmen. The
customary law having been allowed, the hounds were laid
on, and gave beautifully-mellowed tongue, followed by the
whole field, Don Miguel, Prince Esterhazy, and the Duke
of Wellington, taking the lead. The stag took towards
Stoke Park, doubled by Baylis, the seat of the late Earl of
Chesterfield, ran down the high road from Slough to
Windsor, and, frightened by some men at a farm, by Wil-
lowbrook Place, turned for Datchet, a short distance be-
yond which, after a severe, though not long run, lie was
safely taken. His Royal Highness expressed himself much
delighted at the day's sport.

BURTON-UPON-TRENT COURSING MEETING.
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.
The Cup was won by Mr. Hassan's f. and w. b. by
Hercules. This famous Greyhound has been purchased of
Mr. Hassall by Sir Bellingham Graham and Mr. Best,
Members of the Mahon Society, for 50 guineas; he is
the winner of three Cups and one Goblet, two sets of
stakes, and divided another with Hamlet, his own bro-
ther, and has only been beaten five Courses out of thirty-
four that he has run at the Meetings of established Cours-
ing Societies.
The Goblet was won by Mr. Nixon's blue and w. b.
Matilda (out of his Pert, by Mr. Hopkin's Squib).
The Gresley Puppy Stakes were won by Mr. Worthing-
ton's blk. b. Wildfire, by Hercules (Mr. Smith's Intruder
second).
The Anglesea Stakes were won by Mr. D. Smith's blk.
b. Negress (Mr. Smith's Isis second).
The Burton Stakes, by Mr. D. Smith's blk. b. Swallow
(Mr. Nixon's Ambo, lame, second).
The All-age Bye Stakes, by Mr. Moore's blk. p. Violet,
by Hercules (Mr. Hassall's Harlequin second).
The Puppy Bye Stakes, by Mr. Smith's w. b. Isabella,
by Hercules (Mr. Hoskins's Albion, by Hercules, second).
Several interesting snatches were run, and the sport on
the whole was excellent.

SPIRIT 'TM PUBLIC JOURNALS.

His Majesty might seem to have a right to enjoy
that repose or harmless festivity which is conceded
to the humblest of his subjects during Christmas,
and so we believe he has said ; though what person
in his elevated efation can divest himself of the
artifices duties which that station imposes, or sus-
pend the public. calls upon his attention ? After
Christmas, however, and at intervals, probably,
during Don Miguere visit, some consolidation of
iiiiiilsterial plans and acquisition of Ministerial adhe-
rents will ;le' honoured by the Royal sanction. It is
thought that one noble Lord's accession to office will
influence certain poweani Whig families whose sup-
port must be useful, and lehei have hitherto been
indecisive. Another accession fse Ministerial func-
dens has also been rumoured, but it is of one who,
though favourable to the Catholics, is yet of less
deelared character between Whigs and Tories. Foe
these, W they are advanced, way must be made by
some who oppose 'an enlightened and liberal syStemrs
of policy.—Tinzes.
The President's Message to the Congress of the
United States, on the opening of their session, will
be found in this day's journal. Though it presents
but few objects of novel interest, yet such a dam-
i-ients supplying as it does a portion in the history
of a gteet nation, ought to be read with steady at-
tention. .fudging most impartially in a case, where,
in truth, there is no motive to judge otherwise, we
should say that the message (a singular term
by the way) which we have just read, represents
the affairs of the Union as neither brilliant, nor.
dark; neither good, nor bad; but middling, or
what the Freneli call parrable. The " revenue
of the present year does not equal that of the
last, which had itself been less then that of the pre-
ceding year." Yet it has a captivating sound Nvitfm
it, to tiqtraCtiSed ears, to hear of a Government
paying all its orp'enees, and gradually liquidating its
national debt, fro:el its imposts on foreign coin-
mette, which expenditure and imposts amount an-
nually to about 25 millions' of dollars. With respect
to the discussions with England, all seem to be in
a fair way of compromise, except the interminable
one of the method by which the trade with our
West India Islands shall be regulated: This seems
to remain in the state in which Mr. Canning's last
paperleft it. There ere, however, some points con-
nected with the Treaty of Ghent, to which we shall
take another opportunity of alluding.-e--/bid.
We refer our readers to another part of our
Paper, for the Message of the President of the
United States, at the commencement of the first
Session of the Twentieth Congress. It is a plain
statesmanlike document, embracing all those pointe
in the foreign and domestic policy of the people, tee
specting which they are entitled to expect informa-
tion from the persons whom they depute to the ma-
nagement of their affairs, Government is a very
simple affair in the United &tees, As there are
many persons in this country
who require the infor-
mation, we shall repeat Mr. Quincy Adams's no-
tions, with respect to the purposes .for which Go-
vernment is instituted. "To preserve, :nand to perpetuate the sources, and to direct .I'l their
most effective channels the streams which eon:-ri-
bute to the public weal, are the purposes for svi`'.
Government was instituted." Now, no person Le
extracting
st
withha
ee h Atlantic,us ,m
purposese
froma wouldn
th thate withi evernmdetGire
eethrvyaseicr,
oeinernin
cetdreamtehaeri.vh community,i o c fhc
supplieso nn
Government,e e connecting
ga
this country, or indeed in any country on this sitk
particular caste or class with colourable pretexts for
the separate benefit of the particular caste or class,
as much as can be taken from that community, with-
out putting its patience to so severe a trial as might
endanger the safety of the takers. Government, in
the American sense of the word, is a very simple
affair indeed, and is totally free from mysteries ;
because any man can undertand whether . money
is expended for preserving, improving, and
perpetuating the sources, and directing, in their
most effective channels, the streams which
contribute to the public weal. But Govern-
ment, in the European sense, is a very different
affair indeed. If those for whose sakes the money
is raised could take it directly, then government
might be sufficiently simple; but then it is neces-
sary that there should be colourable pretexts for ob-
taining the money. It is necessary that certain ap-
pearances should be kept—that the public should
appear to consent to all that is done—that nume-
rous bodies, representing the public, should be
made instrumental in various ways to the movement
of the political machinery, all of which machinery
must be constantly oiled in its minutest joints, to
prevent the hazard from friction. To show the
difficulty of preserving this %complicated machinery-
in full play, it is only necessary to observe, that
one little Cornish Borough may be intimately COA..-
nected with the perpetuation of the disputes in Ca=
nada, the misgovernment in Ireland, the discontent
at the Cape of Good Hope, and may thus be feli in
every part of the habitable world. For instance.,
those who influence the Cornish Borough must be
provided for, otherwise that part of the machinery
might gave way. Some of these are wafted to the
Cape, some to Canada, some to other quarters. Let
us see the working in Canada. If the people were
left to themselves, they would, like the new Eng-
landers, their neighbours,when first planted in the wil-
derness, apply themselves to the cultivation of their
lands, and lay their heads together, how best to pro-
vide instruction for old and young, to open communi-
cations with each other, and with strangers, so that
the industry of all might be exercised more benefi-
cially. But this simple mode of government, under
which the people might grow tip to strength and
power, in peace and tranquillity, would not be an.
cilliary to the preservation of the machinery at home.
Grants of lands to persons connected with the work-
ing of the machinery, interposed between the pro-
perties of the actual cultivators, and rendering these
properties of no value by preventing all communi-
cation, from want of roads ; the setting apart one-
seventl of the wilderness as reserves for an eccle-
siastical establishment, for a people of all religions
except that which is established, which reserves, in
like manner, prevent all internal improvement by
cutting up communications—these, and a variety of
contrivances of the same sort for pauperising the
people, necessarily create bad blood and animosity,
and even disaffection, and these again render neces-
sary the presence of large civil and military establish-
ments to watch and controul the people; and thus
d making the half million
means are ingeniously provided for quartering our
raisedan
Cornish
f borough
the
interests of the separate class in England, and the
retarding the improvement of the Colony at one
necessities
men,
of Canada, available for the
and the same time. Mr. Adams enters on an account
of the relations of the American Government with
various countries) and details at some length the
Proceedings between that Government and our own.
He observes, that the " commercial intercourse be-
tween the two countries is greater in magnitude and
amount than between any other two nations of the
Globe ;" and that " it is for all purposes of benefit
or advantage to both, as precious, and, in all proba;-
eility, far more extensive, than if the parties were
still constituent parts of one and the same nation."
We have reason to thank God that the obstinacy-or
our Government forced a separation in time, because
the increasing strength of the Colonies would have
called forth a proportionate jealousy in this country,
and we should have impoverished ourselves in a fruit-
less endeavour to prevent our Colonies from grow-
ing rich. There seems no hope of the re-establish-
ment of a direct trade between America and our co-
lonies, "Itis in the mean time (says Mr. Adams)
satisfactory to chew, that apart from the inconveni-
ences resulting from a disturbance of the usual chan-
nels of trade, no loss has been sustained by the com-
merce, the navigation, or the revenue of the United
States; and none of magnitude is to be apprehended
horn this existing state of mutual interdict." In
fact, the only effect of the interdict is, we be-
lieve, to add to the charges of cultivation of
the West • India Planter. The Treasury Re-
ceipts form an aggregate of 21,400,000 dollars, and