The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-29 00:00:00

country may proudly compare . their
.condition with
that of the inhabitants of cities. No doubt early esso-

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4iation.is every thing, and those who have always lived
towns may see nothing but dulness in a family circle,
4ound a blazing fire, relating to each other the little ad-
V,entures which have occurred since they last met. Such a
ticene would, to their apprehension, be a poor substi-
tute for the splendour of a London Theatre, and for
all the other amusements which this Imperial City
affords to those who can purchase them.

We yesterday mentioned the death of Mr. Binc,
who was killed in a duel at Dublin on Monday last.
The expression applied by him to his political enemy
was certainly unjustifiable, but full dearly► has he paid
for it. We may revert to the subject again, though we
have frequently expressed our detestation of those absurd
laws of honour, but at present we shall only state our
intention of keeping an accurate list during the en-
suing year, of the human victims which may be
offered during its course to satisfy that bloody deity
—Honour.

Wagccs to a very large amount have been kid at Lloyd's rela-
tive to the occupation of Oporto.
It was stated last evening that accounts from Lisbon to the
12th inst. had been received by the Blessing, a merchant vessel,
which had arrived in the River; but upon enquiry we found that
the Blessing left the Tagus on the 10th, the date of the last des.;
patches from Lisbou.

We have perused several commercial letters from different parts
of the Continent, tending to show, in a very remarkable degree,
how erroneous a notion has been entertained, till recently, of the
real power and resources of England, and hoW completely it has
been removed by the vigour and promptitude of our late conduct
with regard to Portugal. The extraordinary event* which have
occurred here within the last twelve months have been the basis of
'an opinion, even among well-informed men, highly' unfavourable
to us as a nation. It has been seen that public credit, from ap-
parently slight causes, has been exposed to a very severe shock,
from which it has only been rescued by the interference of the
Bank, which, by the very act of--lending its assistance, was itself
placed iu a state of extreme jeopardy. Our merchants, previously
in high credit, were seen to fall on all sides, and no bills on Eng-
land could be negoeiated without difficulty for a long period. Even
our manufactures, the source of our national prosperity, were de-
clared to be in a state of ruin, while the tranquillity of the coun-
try was threatened by the multitude of artisans deprived from that
cause of the means of subsistence. Persons who have observed
and who have reasoned upon these events, have been struck with
astonishment at the expedition to Portugal, on its way thither in
twenty-four hours after the resolution to send it had been taken,
and at the Npeech of Mr. Canning, with its just exposition of our
power to the rest of Europe. In this view of the case, therefore,
should uo other result follow it, England has gained incalculably
in point of character by the late events, and that opinion may in
the end prove the best security against any more general warfare
in the course of their development.— Times.

We are grieved to state that th© health of his Roya:
Highness the Duke of YORK has not undergone an)
favourable change, and that the most alarming appre-
hensions on his account are entertained to-day.