The Sun.
London, England, 1821-05-30 00:00:00

SPARRING.

The distinguished artist at "Mooring" and " painting" had
his Annial Benefit at the Fives Court yesterday, and a very
handsome tribute was paid to him by a full attendance of ama,
tours. The sets-to afforded much of quantity -and more of
quality.
Cribb and Oliver made an excellent set-io • but' although
against the veteran champion, in justice to Oliver he had ft.:-
cidecily. the best. of it, and drew f;ribb's claret. Oliver has
been taking,very careful training for his combat with Gas on
the 12th of June. -

Ben Burn and Harry Harmer shewcd off a batch of•science
and rush which gave much satisfaction. •
Sampson and Basher made an entertaining set-to, or it was
rather ;t fight in reality with the gloves. Sampson made no ef-
forts to hit in the first two rounds,. but he parried.too well to
get hit. In the third round he changed his system, and let loose
with his left hand until Rasher's head nodded abbut like a
Chinese image as seen in the streets, and 4e had all .the best of
the. set-to. •

Spencer and Burke also had a good turn, as -hail the zu:v
Gas-man and Mason, but the former is too heavy a Hitter for
the latter. -
Randal and Ttirner,These heroes, first and- secend of the
light weights, *hewed off very fine science, and their parries
drew forth much applause. In fact it was but little-else, for
they are such adepts that hits are very scapee with .thein;
Belcher shewed off uppn Bitton's 'head, and Turner returned
thanks, and made his boW.

Most of the fancy left to be present at another s:t-to•at but_
tack and tirloins at Belcher's, Where the whole of the money
was made good for the fight between Oliver and Gas, making
the deposit of £6O, £lOO a side.

The beauties of the front of the new Summer
Theatre, in the Ifaymarket, now more than be-
gin to develope themselves. The handsome Per-
tieo, which rises above the windows of the-lobby-
of the first tier of boxes, is highly• creditable to
the classical taste of the artist ; and the •six Co..
rinthian columns certainly vie in just proportions
with any work in that line of Art.

The arrival of the Earl of TALBOT from Ire-
land, the recent union of his Excellency's daugh-
ter with the Earl of DARTMOUTH, and the em-
bodying of the militia, of which the latter Noble
Earl is Colonel, renders the town of Stafford very-
gay at this time.
Air. Rossi is now employing his scientific
chisel on the marble statue of the venerable Pre-
sident of the Royal Academy, which-is to be
placed, when finished, in the Cathedral Church
of St. Paul.
THE MARTIN.—The usefulness of this bird to
human comfort is rarely estimated as it deserves.
Birds in general are known to devour more
food than other animals, in proportion to their
size; and those creatures which use most exertion
stand in need of the greatest portion. What
thousands of insects then must be devoured by
these little creatures in the course of a- summer'
when they are so constantly engaged in the pur-
suit ! These, if suffered to live and multiply,
would break in very considerably on human en-
joyment.

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY EITRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS,

May 30.

[MORNING -POST.]

The objects for which the Allied Monarchs
had assembled having been attained by the
prompt submission of Naples and Piedmont, the
labours of the Congress have been closed, and
the Congress itself dissolved in the early part of
the present month. On that occasion the_Courts
of ~.klistria,.Russia, and Prussia, issued a new
Declaration.. This document, though inferior 'in
importance to the Circular publiShed at their first
meeting, possesses Considerable interest. The for-
mer .contained an exposition of their views and ire-
teption.s. ;-the present explains how these views
haveteeti realised, and those intentions carried into
effect; It gives a rapid sketch of the late event's,
re-asserts the -principles of moderation on which
their proceedings have been founded, and renews
the assurance that they are determined never to
depart from those principles, and never to suffer
the tranquillity of Europe to be disturbed.
Whatever difference of opinion there may' be
ith respect to the interference of the Allied
Powers on those occasions, it must in candour be
allowed on all hands, that the manner in -which
that interference has been exerted, has been so
inoffensive, and above all, so disinterested, as to
refute all the calumnies that have been lavished
on them by the Revolutionists. " A plan of
general subyersion," they assure us, " had been
traced out," ;nit whilst they 46 saw the dangers
of the conspiracy ,in their full extent, they pene-
trated at. the same time the real weakness of
the _conspirators through the veil of appearances
and declamations." From this it may be assumed
that had the late attempts to establish free
Constitutions been really the work of the.peo,
pie in those countries where they took place,
the Allies would have f€lt less inclination to in-
terpose. But they were possessed of the details
of the whole plot. They knew the numbers by
s hich it. was to be supported, and they also knew
that they did .not form the hundredth part of the.
population.- Under these circtimstatices, it is not
surprising that they should have thought it their
duty to prevent the few from misleading the
many.. What they anticipated has come to pass.
—lnstead of rising to defend their new constitu-
tions, the people have every where maintained a
most chilling neutrality. The conspirators alone
have taken up arms ; and that only to be com-
pelled-to lay them down again. A great political
question has thus been decided, and it has been
found that in all•continental States the wish for in-
novation was confined to the intriguing and the am-
bitious. This discovery is sufficient ground in
itself to create gratitude towards the Allied So-
ver2igns, whO have besides, in all they have done,
most faithfully kept their promise of acting for
the general:good, without any views of personal
interest and aagrandisement: The Circulars of
the Ministers of- the Allies are in the same lauda-
ble spirit.- They reiterate the determination of
the Allied SoVereigns religiously to abide by the
treaties they have formed for the general security
of Europe ; and afford a fresh assurance that the
Emperor of Russia never entertained the re-
motest intention of interfering in the affairs of
Turkey. These documents are altogether very
important, and will be read with high interest.

[MORNING HERALD.]
Constantinople seems to present a horrid scene
of massacre of every creature, Greek or Frank,
from the highest to the lowest. The Morea,
once the seat of the memorable and melancholy
Peloponnesian War, is once more in arms ; and,
if we may credit the accounts, the Isthmus of
Corinth has been seized by the Greeks. The
feter of insurrection has communicated to Attica
herself ; and the descendants, if such they may
be called, of the favoured people of Minerva are
once more en:harking their women, children, and
old men, for Salamis—the robust part remaining
behind, as we are told, " to conquer or die."
The chief intelligence from Naples is, that the
miracle of liquefying the blood of St. Januarius
went off in " the most gratifying manner," upon
which the Archbishop read a triumphant lec-
ture to the " impious Sophists who attempt to
practise delusions on the people ! !"

[I3RITISH PRESS.]
The representations (vide the Declaration in
the SUN of yesterday) made by the Allied Courts
confirm a statement which has already been
given to the world, that in the opinion of the
Sovereigns the several revolutions in Spain, Por-
tugal, Naples, a►xi Piedmont, were not the iso-
lated acts of certain persons within the respective
countries, but that they all proceeded from one
grand conspiracy, comprehending the active par-
tisans of revolution in the several countries, and
governing the actions of the various parts of the
system by a reference to the probability of gene-
ral success. If the Sovereigns be really im-
pressed with the truth of this representation,
they have not acted consistently in suffering the
conspirators to maintain their acquisitions in
Spain and Portugal, and to set at proud deficnce
the resolution taken by the Allied Sovereigns to
suppress conspiracies. It would puzzle their
Majesties to draw any valid distinction between
the revolution in Spain and that in Naples, and
it is quite evident from their own words that the
events in Spain and Portugal. are not absent from
their minds while they speak of the disorders
that menaced the general peace—of the plan that
was formed for a geiteral subversion—and of the
uniform spirit that directed these baneful revolu-
tions. Their Majesties, therefore, in suffering
the triumph of the Spaniards and Portuguese to
pass unpunished, debar themselves of the right
to boast of their success in suppressing conspi-
racies, or to speak about the uniformity of the
principle which they represent as governing their
general conduct. Their proceedings prove only
one principle, which is the safe one, of tramp-
ling upon the weak and venerating the powerful,
and to this principle they have adhered, even
though it permitted in the cases of Spain and
Portugal the triumph of those generous senti-
ments of freedom which are so utterly hostile to
their notions, of good government. No man in

the world can doubt that if Spain and Portugal
were as accessible to the troops of Austria and
Russia as were Naples and Piedmont, or offered
an equal promise of successful aggression, those
'countries should have experienced the same mea-
sure of vengeance as we have seen poured upon
the•lesS fortunate nations of'

[NEW TIMES.]
We desire no better proof of the utility of the
CONSTITUTIONAL. ASSOCIATIO-N than the cla-
mour which is raised against it by the whole
.Yea'itious Press. Every
.reasonable man knows
how to estimate the character which a delinquent
gives of his prosecutor. We are not disposed
however to leave the subject on the ground of
mere general presumption. Let us look a little
into the detail of benefits which the community
has already experienced from the labours of this
excellent institution. We need hardly remind
our Readers of that alarmin-, state of the public
mind which prevailed in December last, when
this Society was first founded. W need hardly
observe, that at that period a licentious Press
lorded it over all the powers of the State ; im-
moral, profane, libellous, and treasonable publi-
cations deluged the land ; and a seditious con-
tempt and hatred of the Sovereign himself was
instilled into the minds of labourers and chil-
dren by those indecent and odious caricatures,
which swarmed in every street and alley of the
Metropolis. Such a state of things could
.not
have long continued without plunging the king-
dom into the abyss of a Revolution.

[MORNING CHRONICLE:]

The Sovereigns of Austria,- Russia, and Prus-
sia,, have, at the breaking up of the Congress of
Laybach, thought proper to refresh .the world
with a new edition of their politiCal doctrines.—
The advice which Lord Liverpool gave these eu
lightened Rulers, in the House of Lords on the
2d of March last, has not, we see, been altoge-
ther thrown away on them. " Never," said his
Lordship, " did Russia, Austria, and Prussia, do
a more unwise and ill-advised act, than when
they put forth that Declaration. Till then, it
might be doubted whether there were two extreme
principles in action. But that Declaration fully set
forth one extreme principle, the disposition to
crush all Revolutions, without reference to tine,
to circumstances, to causes, or to the situa-
tions of the nations in which they arose." The
extreme principle to which his Lordship there al-
ludes, called by themselves; and so well known
by the name of the monarchical principle, is now
stated with a less offensive ,distinctness.- They
now talk of the 44 Resolution taken by the Al-
lied Sovereigns, of extinguishing conspiracies and
putting an end to the troubles which menaced
that general peace, the re-establishment of which
cost so many efforts and so many sacrifices." This
is more in the Castlereagh or Londonderry
style ; and though their actions have spoken
for themselves, and we know but too well
what they mean by extinguishing conspiracies,
yet the language (and this is something) ad-
mits of a double construction. ,As the partisans
of the two principles understand one another
perfectly well, we do not deem it necessary ,at
this time to bandy arguments with the great Po-
tentates, or to enter into any examination of this
Document. We are forced to agree with the
framers of it in one thing, that's the resistance
which legitimate authority met with was nothing ;"
and therefore we suppose we must also allow with
them for the present, that the Revolutions of
Naples and Piedmont were odious Rebellions,
that the authors of these Revolutions were moved
by false doctrines, and founded their hopes on
criminal associations ; and that the determination
of the Allies to put them down was a generous
determination. We cannot, hdileVer, help owning
that we are glad their generosity did not extend
to Spain and Portugal, and that, in this respect,
the Monks and other serviles of Spain, and their
friends in this country have been not a little dis-
appointed. We are aware that the Monarchical
principle required the presence of the Huns and
Cossacks in Spain, and that the reason why the
principle was not attempted to be carried into
execution there is involved in mystery. Be it
so—we shall not attempt to draw aside the veil.
Whatever the impeding cause, we are thankful
for it. It is enough for us that another principle
than the Monarchical is now iu existence in Spain
and Portugal, as well as in the New World.

•
[THE TIMES.]
The Budget, it appears, is to be brought for-
ward on Friday ; and the preliminary discussions
on the expences of the country have pretty well
opened the eyes of the public as to the manner
in which our resources are bestowed—that there
is never an item of necessary expenditure that is
not well garnished with a few unnecessary and
unjustifiable appendages : and though the amount
of each of these latter is small, the aggregate of
them all, when added• to the vast weight of
taxation which it is in truth our duty to sustain,
constitutes that sum the access of which weighs
us down, and the removal of which would
still leave us heavily burdened, but yet able
to stand upright. The country rang with the
distresses of the agricultural interest at the be-
ginning of the session. These we must sup-
pose to have been imaginary, for nothing has
been done for their alleviation. The modes of
relief were only two; and of these, one was na-
turally and the other ministerially impossible.—
To remove the burdens from the farmers and
landholders to the other classes of society
was naturally impossible, the other classes
being already more heavily burdened than they
could bear : and to reduce the expences of
the nation generally, by which the burdens
of all would have been sensibly diminished
(a measure very practicable in itself), was
yet ministerially impossible ; that is, Ministers
would not suffer a measure of this nature, so in-
jurious to themselves and many of their most
worthy friends and disinterested supporters, to
pass. Lord Londonderry was, we believe, out-
voted on some occasions in the Agricultural
Committee. There are, or have been, Minis-
ters, who would not have borne such an indig-
nity : but his Lordship judged more wisely ;
for he saw very clearly that his being oat-

voted in the Committee could do the country
no (Yob()7 whilst the HoUse was Meanwhile sane-.
b
tioning all those (Mints:. of expense which,
being sanctioned, could not be maintained but
with money, Money, therefore, . he. knew. he
must have ; and the agricultural interest conse-
quently continues without any relief, whatever
the proceedings of the ComMittee might be. His
Lordship's Generals Were winning a- great
battle while a mere skirmish of posts was car-
ried against him : and the fate of the country
would be decided by the more important ac-
tion. There is now a stir made abdut the.
agricultural horse tax, as if the removal of
that petty impost would produce any bene-
ficial effect upon the farmers ! If the. farmers
had conceived that all their representations of
distress, and their applications for relief, would
have produced no more favourable a result than
this---that the Agricultural Horse Tax should be
relinquished—would they have so met, and
drunk in despair, and spoken, and written, and
signed petitions No ;on the contrary, they had
very different expectations; and their county mem-
bers, more especially those attached to 'Ministers,
endeavoured to inspire them with the hopes of a
different result. To "- promise a play, and
dwindle to a farce"- is one of the sneers. with
which Dryden treats his ,contemporary charlatans
in poetry ; and it is thus that the dabblers in
ministerial politics have ,fulfilled their engage-
ment .to their needy expectants. -