The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-22 00:00:00

WRESTLING AND SINGLE STICK.

Yesterday these 'sports were renewed at the
Eagle Tavern, City-road, and according to the
pledge given the twenty-four standards were made.
In the list of double players for the prizes, at wrest-
ling, appear the names of James Rook of Cornwall,
and Archer, the new crack man from Devon, with
Steer, Copp, and other known good men.
At single-stick, Stone, sen. and jun. from Somer-
set, Lavis, Woodfield, of the Guards, &c. will come
in contact. George Rook, who yesterday held out
with Archer and Steer, was thrown in the single
play, by a Devonshire stripling, named Mills, much
to the astonishment of the amateurs, and apparently
without a chance.

In the course of the evening, a young man named
Strike, whose single-stick play last season was
greatly admired, but who did not now arrive until
the standards were all made, entered the ring, and
said, that having heard the general challenge which
had been recently given by Stone, junior, from So-
merset, and being informed that he was then pre-
sent, he, Strike, would play him instanter for a
sovereign. Stone's hat and blunt were in the ring
in an instant, and it being the general wish, the turn
was allowed to be played.
Strike was all confidence, and played very skil-
fully, but did not appear to be of the least use to
his antagonist, whose tremendous power of hitting
put all guard aside, and in the third bout Strike was
floored as if shot, and on recovering his legs the
blood streamed in torrents from a very ugly cut on
the top of his head. Medical assistance was pro-
cured, and the wound was dressed, but it was pro-
nounced not dangerous. The turn lasted about four
minutes only, and at its conclusion Stone said he
would play any man in the world for 1001. when
and where he pleased. The play will, weather
favourable, be concluded this day. Not less than
from 1000 to 1200 persons were on the ground
during the afternoon.

.NSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, APRIL 21

Matthew Arnot Stewart, Esq., formerly Cornet,
and DOW Lieutenant of the 2d Dragoons, on half-
pay, came to be heard on his petition, when his dis•
charge was opposed by Mr. COOKE on behalf of
Messrs. Stoltz and several others, and by Mr. DUN.
BAR, on the part of the assignees of one Haldison.
The insolvent, in his examination by Mr. COOKE,
stated that he was arrested on the lst of February,

1827, and committed to pi ison on the 3d, at which
time he had four valuable horses and a phaeton, two
of which were in the following April taken in exe-
cution, at the suit of a Mr. Weymouth. One of the
remaining two was taken by a Mr. Ordell, of whom
he purchased it, and the other, with the phaeton,
he gave to a Mr. Henderson, of Berkeley-square, in
liquidation of his debt. In December, 1827, he
pledged his sword and gun for seven pounds.—
Shortly after his arrest he endeavoured to make a
composition with his detaining creditors, whose
debts were upwards of 2,0001., by offering them
10s. in the pound; but sonic refusing, he applied to
petition this Court. He had considerable property
near Lockwood, in Edinburgh, which was, in
1822, valued at 33,0001., and in 1825 he began
mortgaging it very heavily. John Collingwood
Trailton, late of Collingwood Hall, Northampton-
shire, had a mortgage for 13,0001. on the estates
for money advanced. His debts amounted to
upwards of 78,000/., and his general and special
expences, including his losses at gaming, on the
Turf, (and from 1822 to 1828 he had lost about
15,0001.) amounted to about 10,000/. a year. He
betted largely. In 1822 be entered the Army, at
which time his estate was free from all incurn-
brances ; he shortly afterwards purchased his Lieu-
tenantcy, and had, since April, 1826, been on the
unattached half-pay list. In 1825 Mr. Trailton
lent him 5,0001., for which he gave him his bond,
which was duly registered and recorded in Scot-
and. In February, 1827, he also gave Mr. Trail-
ton another bond for 8,0001., for money previously
advanced and paid on his account.

Mr. COOKE asked whether the latter was not es-
treated after his imprisonment ? To which the in-
solvent answered in the affirmative. The Learned
Counsel then referred to the affidavit in which the
insolvent obtained leave to petition, and on perceiv-
ing no notice of his having given the last bond, con-
tended that the affidavit was insufficient, for the in-

solvent was bound.in that to give a full disclosure of
his affairs; and not having done so, he submitted
the petition could not be received.
Mr. HEATH, on the part Of the insolvent, thought
the objection a technical one, and observed that in
the general sense of the word the affidavit was
sufficient.

The CHIEF COMMISSIONER observed, that it was

essentially necessary for the interests of the credi-
tors, that they should know the state of the incum-
brances on the insolvent's estate, although the last
one of 8,0001. was not worth one farthing.
The COURT being of opinion that the objection
was fatal to the petition, ordered it to be dismissed.

According to the usual mode of reckoning
Popes, his Holiness, the lately deceased Pope Lso XII., is
the two hundred and fifty-second since PETER the Apostle :
of these 208 were Italians, 14 Frenchmen, 11 Greeks,
eight Syrians and Dalmatians, five Germans, three Spa-
niards, two North Africans, and one Englishman.

Extract of a letter from Lisbon, in Galig-
nani's Messenger:—" The day after Don Mmuxt.'s at-
tempt against the life of his sister, a dead body was found
in the Palace, upon which several Magistrates proceeded
thither, upon the pretext of making a judicial inquiry.
The Infanta Donna ISABELLA MARIA is still under con-
finement in the Palace of Queluz. To extenuate his con-
duct, Don Mtcurr, Las set afloat a rumour that the Prin-
cess gave herself up to a course of conduct so immoral,
that he, as head of the family, was bound to adopt a se-
vere measure towards her. This report, however, is a
base calumny. Apprehensions having arisen, that the
great number of dismissed officers and deserters would be-
come a point d'appui for the malcontents, Don Mrauxt.
has published an act of amnesty in their favour. Hence
all the persons of this class who arc under detention will
be set at liberty. Don MiGuEL .-ecently sent a costly pre-
sent of diamonds to the Duke of WELLINGTON, but it is

questionable whether it will be accepted by. his Grace,

possible, beyond the unhappy limits cf Portu-
gal, to form even an idea of such horrors,—of a
devastation so complete. Imagination could not
invent any thing farther to torment a nation, and
either an end must be put to the present state of
things, or this small kingdom must cease to exist.
Since the sailing of the last packet disastrous
events have accumulated so much, that I know
not where to begin in giving you an account of

them. Let us begin by the republican assignats
of this Robespierre monarch. As I foretold von
in my last letter of the 3d instant, the circulation
of these assignats has been forced de facto,
although it has not.yet been ordered de jure.
Every private individual, every merchant, every
shopkeeper, who refuses to take this paper, is ac=
cused of being a revolutionist, and arrested
without any farther evidence. It is enough to
say " I have no change," to expose a man to be
seized immediately by the Royalist volunteers or
the myrmidons of the police, and hurried off to
prison. The emissaries of this same police, and
the agents of Government, never cease from going
about to make purchases with this Government
paper. They enter with it into shops, and de-
mand change under a threat of Government
vengeance. Even Don Miguel, whose object
now seems to be to lay his hand on the small
quantity of specie which still remains in circula-
tion, sends his servants to change this paper to
the houses of all the bankers, money-changeis,
and merchants, who, at the sight of the palace
livery, dare not resist his extortion. To show
more strikingly the scandalous plunder effected
in this way, no fiscal department receives these
Government bonds in payment of duty, notwith-
standing the engagements to this effect which
were made at their creation. In a few weeks, if
this continues, there will not be found in Lisbon
circulation a single crown-piece. They will
either be hoarded or collected into the coffers of
Queluz.
Arrests continue without interruption. The
condition of the prisoners in the gaols and for-
tresses has become horrible, and is almost incre-
dible to those who have not seen it. As there
was in the gaols of this city many rich indivi-
duals, who charitably supported their poorer fel-
low-prisoners, the paternal Don Miguel ordered
to be sent hence all the persons who had any
means of living, and commanded them to be
immured in the fortresses of San Julian, of Be-
lem, and Bugio, that those whom they left be-
hind might be exposed to die of hunger, with-
out danger of receiving any succour. I send you
enclosed the copy of a representation which a
multitude of the fathers, husbands, children, and
other relations of the prisoners in the tower of
St. Julian, addressed to the Government, be-
seeching its merciful interference against the hor-
rors inflicted by the Governor, Telles Jordao.
The hair stands on end at reading such a paper,
and at observing the fertile imagination of that
monster, in inventing daily new tortures for his
victims, and new gratifications for the rancour
of his execrable mind. Neither the members of
families nor their servants are allowed to see the
prisoners, or to converse with them, or to com-
municate with them in any way, either by writing
or otherwise. It is believed that many of them
are dead, either from having succumbed under
their miseries, from having been poisoned, or
from some other act of violence. No rank, no
character, no age is respected. Even the epis-
copal character, venerated at all times, meets with
no regard. An unfortunate Spanish Bishop,
venerable for his years and virtues, who lived
here in obscurity, but who was accused of be-
ing a member of the Spanish Cortes in 1812,
was seized some time ago, and treated in such
a horrible manner, that he expired in four days
after he was thrust into a dungeon. In spite of
all the entreaties of the priest who attended him
in his last moments, and who on his knees be-
fore this Telles Jordao, besought with tears that
the victim might be interred as a Christian pre-
late, such a decency could not be obtained.
The sanguinary hypocrite replied, that Freema-
sons did not deserve Christian burial ; and thus
a prelate of the church was interred on the espla-
nade of the castle like a dog. I heard this
statement from the parish priest himself, who
could not help shedding tears of affliction and
indignation during the recital. The unfortunate
bishop died like an apostle of Christ, invoking
pardon for his assassins from the God of mercy.
Similar scenes of horror are occurring in the
provinces. Unfortunate victims arc transferred
from dungeon to dungeon. Some days ago a
body of prisoners were sent from Viana to Coim-
bra, for the purpose of being treated with greater
severity. The city of Oporto is suffering from
a tempest, which makes us shudder. Twenty-
six persons, the most distinguished for lineage,
for property, or letters, have been condemned to
death.

The state of agitation among all classes is
such, that if two Brazilian frigates approached
either Lisbon or Oporto, the revolution would
commence, and Don Miguel, if he did not run
away, would be arrested by the same populace,
who a year ago, on his arrival, vociferated in
their songs, " The King has come !"
Trade in this country is entirely at a stand.
The shopkeepers even shut up their shops ; no-
body buys their commodities, and bankruptcies
are numerous. At Oporto a celebrated house,
known to all the mercantile world, has failed.
Sequestrations are another of the plagues of
Egypt with which this devoted country is
scourged. According to the systein of justice
pursued by the Janissaries of Don Miguel, all
the magistrates and harpies of the law who arc
engaged in these sequestrations derive their emo-
luments from the sequestrated estates ; so that
they no sooner get into a house than they begin
to rob and plunder without restraint. The pro-
perty is sold to the friends of these people for
an inadequate price ; so that, though the indivi-
duals are ruined, the Government is not much
benefitted by this branch of public rapine.
An order has been issued to-day, prohibiting
the sailing of any vessel - for the Azores or Ma-
deira. The expedition which has been so long
preparing for these islands is still in the Tagus,
and contracts are not yet concluded for ships to
transport the troops.
The innocent child, whose evidence was used
in a trial against her father and mother (Mr. and
Madame Aurajo), was liberated to•day. . In
what country of the world would a child of five
years of age be imprisoned, kept in secret con-
finement, and tortured, to give evidence against
her own parents,—to be compelled to commit
parricide ?
The banks of the Tagus are still overflown,
and threaten to add famine to the other calami-
ties of Don Miguel, whose reign is said by some
to confer such happiness on the Portuguese
nation. The Portuguese people, wherever they
can make their voice heard, repel the calumny.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Messager des Chambres of April 19.)

FRONTIERS OF MOLDAVIA, MARCH 31.—Several
columns of Russian infantry are marching towards
Kalafat, to pass the Danube. Hostilities appear to
have already commenced upon the Balkan, and
Tchapan (Mott, whose cavalry has passed the win-
ter near Nicopolis, is gone to reinforce the army of
the Grand Vizier at Shumla.

The Grand Vizier, on his arrival at Adrianople,
immediately took measures to have the fortifications
repaired and strengthened.
On the other hand, the Russians at Bucharest
neglect nothing that can hasten their military opera-
tions. The new civil Governor shows the greatest
activity in the organization of the several branches
of the Administration.

It is said in the two Principalities, that the
Divan, in order to remedy the scarcity of money,
desires to issue a paper currency, and solicits for
this purpose the permission of the Russian Govern-
ment.

(From the Gazette de France of April 20.)

PARIS, APRIL I9.—A correspondent at Vienna
writes to us as follows :

" For some time past we have heard of the arrival
at Constantinople of a great number of English and
German officers, with a view to engage in the mili-
tary service of the Sultan. I have just been informed
from an authentic source, that in fact some German
officers have asked to be employed in the Turkish
army, but that they have been refused by the Sultan.
As for the English, not a single one has come to
Constantinople to ask to be employed; and at this
moment there is not in the Mussulmaa army any
officer who is a subject of his Britannic Majesty."