The Sun. — London, England, 1824-07-13 00:00:00

THE THE/I.MM. DRURY,-LANL—AI it is more gratifying to us to notice acts of benevolence than to enter into formal criticisms on Plays and Performers, we feel pleasure in stating that the liberal and enter prizing Lessee of this Theatre opened it last night for the benefit of the Widow and Children of the late Nlr.Oximutsr. It was by no means equally successful.with that for the family of poor EMERY, but it was productive of what may sooth the sorrows of those for whom • its advantages were intended. Mr. OxaxititY was not only a good actor in his province, but possessed literary taste and talents, and he was a cheerful and nnoffending individual in private life. The dramatic allurements on the occasion, besides the impule of benignity, excited a respectable, if not a numerous auditory. The representations were The Wags of Windsor, the Farce of Monsieur Torreon, and the Melo-drame of The Miller's Maid. As those who assisted on this benevolent occasion will be more pleased with a record of their humanity than a panegyric on their performance, we shall only mention the tiIIMPS of Wzun,'HARLEY, GATTIv.,• KNIGHT, REEVES, SHERWIN, YOUNGE, Mrs. SALMON, and Miss S. Boont, who all exerted them selves with as much zeal as if the night had been devoted to their own respective advantage. We ought to add,.for the honour of the Manager and the Proprietors of the Theatre, that they all contributed liberally to the noble cause which so laudably animated their feelings on this interest log occasion. EmGtt Hu OPERA llOUSE.—The.chief attraction at this Theatre, last night, was the appearance of Mr. Bit n Ass, for the firSt time, as Harry Bertram, in the Opera of Guy Mannering, aud of Miss No EL in that of Lucy Bertram. The former was received with the applause due to his high musical powers, which have been so often exerted in the 'same charactei as not to require any additional notice. Miss NOEL, we understand, came from the Bath Theatre, which has provided many excellent Performers for the London Stage. Miss Nom. may fairly be included among the number : she is young, and her person is genteel. Her . manners are easy, and her voice clear and well toned, if slot very powerful. She is a pupil of Mr. WArrsom,a respectable musical Professor,nnd the skill with which she sang proved the value of his instructions. She was well received. There was feeling as well as good sense in her perform ance, and some of her songs were encored, as well• as those of Mr. BRAIIAM. Mrs. EGERTON, the first and best Meg Merrilies, appeared in that part last night, and supported it with her accustomed spirit and energy. RATNER was a good Dandy Dinmont, T. P. Cooicit a terrific Dirk Bal. teriek, and TATLEURE sufficiently ludicrous in Dominic Sampson. The Opera had also the sup port of Miss POVEY in Julia Mannering, and altogether went off with spirited effect. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING, 1024. MONDAY, JULY 12. Mr. Wortley's Girouette, sister to Gabrielle, Bst. M. heat Mr. Prendergast's f. by Soothsayer, out of sister to Hospitality, list. lit,. T.Y.C. 100, h. ft.-2 to 1 agst Girouettc. The first year of a renewal of the July Stakes of 50 soy. each, .30 ft. colts, Bst. Ott. and fillies, Bst. 31b. The New T.Y.C. Ld Exeter's b. e. itedtrauntlet, by Scud, out of Dulcinea 1 D. of Grafton's cll. f. Gavot, by Election, out of Coquette 2 Ten started—Nine pd—The Judge placed but two. Won easy.-10 to 1 agst Redgatnlet-2 to 1 agst Gavot. Ld Orford's Addy, beat Col. Wilson's c. by Partisan, out of Trimbush, Bct. each, T.Y.C. 100 sov.-5 to 4 on Addy. Mr. Molony's Cinder, Ost. 21b. beat Col. Wilson's 1. by Soothsayer, out of Tippitywitchet, 7st. 71b. D. 31. 100, h. ft. —5 to 4 on Cinder. Mr. Cooper's ch. c. Remnant, by Castrel, out of Dimity, 3 yrs old, 7st. 7th. agst Mr. King 's b. f. Mistake, by Phantom, dam by Zodiac, 2 yrs old, tist. 71b. T.Y.C. 2L soy. Off by consent., TOTNESS RACES. riner DAY.-WEDNICSDAY, JULY 7. A Cold Cup, value 100 guineas, the gift of the inhabitants of the town of Totness, free for all ages ' • three mile heats. Mr. Worth's ch. m. Prosody, 6 ' yrs tist.lllb - 1 1 .31r. King's gr. g. Gaged, Grimace, list. 131 b. . 2dr Mr. Taunton's b. h. Momentus,s yrs, Bst. 101 b. broke down. A Sweepstakes of Is soy, each, 10 added, for horses not thorough bred, two mile heats. Capt. Carthew's b. f. Englantine, 4 yrs. 9st. 1 lb. Mr. IVorth's bay g. Enniskillin, lOst. 11b. Mr. gr. g. Wirnace, lOst. 1 lb. 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 dist THURSDAY. For the Ladies' Cup. Two-mile heats. Mr. Crapp's b. g. Viscount, 4 yrs, 9st. 10Ib. - 2 1 1 Capt. Carthew's ch. m. Irony, 4 yrs, 9st. 41b. - 1 2 2 Capt. Acland's b. f. 3 yrs, 7st. 111 b. - - 3 dr A Sweepstakes of 5 soy. each, 10 added. Two mile heats. Mr. Worth's b. g. Enniskillen, 12st. - - 1 2 1 Mr. Spring's ch. g. Cameron, 3 yrs, Ilst. 111 b. 2 I 2 The Stewards for the next year are Buller, Esq. of Lup ton, and Fortescue, Esq. of Buckland Ferris. THE START FROM DOVER TO LONDON. After a fortnight's training, Mr. 0. Webb, the pedestrian, started a short distance from Dover, at six o'clock on Sunday afternoon, to go to Fleet-market, 70 miles in l 5 hours, for 200 sovereigns. The pedestrian reached the village of Bridge, 15 ratites, at half-past eight o'clock, and threw oft the greatest part of his apparel; to avoid curiosity, he passed through Canter bury, the back way, and reached the village 'of Preston, 24 miles in four hours; there he refreshed himself with India fowl. He did the next seven miles to Sittingbourne within an hour, and he reached Chatham, 41 miles, at two o'clock in the morn ing, and took half an hour's rest. He started to do the remain ing 2V miles in six hours anti a half, and he kept on at the rate of something less than five miles an hour, and reached Dartford, 15 miles from home, at 20 minutes past five o'clock. He reached his destination in ten minutes within the given time, nine o'clock. lie was accompanied by Alessrs. H ar dy an d Lee, in a post-chaise, as umpires. The task is 4 miles, 5 fur longs, and 13 poles per hour. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT—elfin Ds:O.-- Edward Jennings came up to claim his discharge. )lc was not opposed.—Mr. SPENCER, the Keeper of the New Debtors' Prison, said that the insolvent had been for a length of time in custody at the suit of one creditor, who had sent him his dis xliarge immediately on the eve of his application to the Court for relief. The insolvent still re .unained his prisoner, as the plaintiff had not paid the gate fees.--Mr. Commissioner Bow EN said that it was doubtless a fraudulent discharge, and done with a view to harass the insolvent, but, as he still remained in custody, he was entitled to the benefit for which he prayed, and ordered him to be discharged forthwith. Lord GEORGE SEYMOUR, Chairman of the Board of Excise, London, arrived here from Ire land on Monday. His Lordship is busy exa mining the mode of conducting the Excise busi ness, and visiting the principal distilleries and breweries, to see if there can be any improve ments mad© in the mode of surveying, and to re port accordingly.—(Glasgow Chronicle.) FASHIONABLE CHANGES . Lord and 14;dYi..1:flo;;;;Tit :their house in Albemarle street,. from the Isle of Wight ; bir George Sitwell, Bart. at the Pultaney Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Paris; Lord Dy nevor, for lus seat in South Wales ; Lord and Lady Chet wynd, for Woodstock, Oxfordshire ; Sir George Wombwell, Bart. for his seat in Suffolk; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Coven try, for their seat, Foot's Cray, Kent ; the Ladies Beauclerk, for the seat of Sir Gilbert East, Bart., Hall Place, Berks ; the Hon. P. Stourton, at Fenton's lintel, St. James-street, for his seat in Yorkshire ; Robert Cripps, Esq. from ditto, for his seat, near Southampton ; Count and Countess Lieven, the seat of Thomas Hope, bsq., Deepdene, Surrey; Lord and Lady Anson, from the Clarendon Hotel, Bond -street, for their seat in Staffordshire ; Lady Fielding, from ditto, on a tour Lord Cranley, from ditto, for his seat in Surrey; Lord and Lady Cremorne and family, from the Hyde-park Hotel, Hyde park-place, for Oxford ; Sir E. Harvey, M.P., la►dy Louisa, and the Alisses Harvey, from ditto, for their seat, Rolls Park ; Mr. and. Mrs. Johnson, from ditto, for Tunbridge-wells ; J. Hyde, Esq., from ditto, for Oxford. MR. GREENWOOD'S ENTERTAINMENTS, At. Brompton.park, on Sunday evening, commenced with a dinner to a party of 20 personages in high life, among whom were —Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia Matilda, Earl of Chesterfield, Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, Lady Isabella Thynne, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stanhope, Gen. Upton, Lady . Georgina Bathurst, General Dalton.—The banquet was given in the very fine room next the Lawn. In the evening, the Circle was joined by. his Royal Highness the Prince Leopold and Sir Robert Gardiner, Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies Lennox, Duchess of Leeds and lody Osborne, General and Ludy Matilda Wynyard, Mar chioness of Winchester and the Ladies Paulet. At ten o'clock a Concert commenced, of vocal and instrumental music, led by Sir George Smart. The usual professional per sons assisted. Miss Goodall sung several English airs with great sweetness, and Master Listz played on the piano-forte with wonderful taste and execution. The Saloon, and the principal Drawing-room were occupied by the corn pany.—The Melange ceased at midnight—Glees were also sung. GRAND DINNERS. YESTERDAY—The Earl of 'Westmoreland, Sir John Cop ley, Earl of Manvers, Mr. Angerstein, Countess of Cork and Orrery, Lord \Valsinghani, Lord Alvanley, A. Stanhope, Esq. Lord Carrington. SUNDAY—The Earl of Limerick, Earl of Westmorland, and lady Trollope. Si it W. CU RTIS.—No sooner was the arrival of Sir W. CURTIS, in his schooner, known to the people of Ramsgate, than every preparation was made to receive him with the highest marks of public respect; and the moment he received permission to land from quarantine, every thing put on an air of gaiety and hilarity. Boughs of trees and flags were festooned across the streets, and the inhabitants dresse4 their best array, linked three and three, formed a procession to meet the worthy Baronet, who landed amidst the firing of can. non and the cheerings of the populace. This was the sponta neous effusion of public feeling—this was the reward of that undeviating course of constitutional conduct which Sir W.Curtis at all times, and under all circumstances, has manifested; and it is now that the people are practically satisfied of the excel. lence of that system of which Sir William has been the unvary ing supporter, that they are free and ready to afford those gra tifying . testimonials of approbation of the public conduct of public individuals ; but to this must be added, as a claim on the part of Sir W. Curtis, his private worth, his kindness and liberality, and all those ot her good qualities which have secured him a host of friends. FUNERAI4 OF THE QUEEN OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS Yesterday morning nt a very early boor, in pursuance of previous arrangements, and with the concurrence of his MAJESTY, the remains of the late Queen of the SA ND. WICII IsLANDs were deposited in a vault under the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. In the course of Sunday the leaden coffin, in which the body had been placed, was put into the outer case, which was of uncommon magnificence. It was elevated about four feet from the ground by trends. On each side were wax candles placed at equal distances, and around were suspended the hem mane, or war cloaks, which were very beautiful and composed of red and yellow feathers, curiously wrought. At the head of the coffin were placed her -hiAJEST Y'S cloak the kaili, or fan plume, and on the lid, the rei ale mew, or head and neck ornaments of the deceased. Bouquets of flowers were arranged on each side, and the floor strewed with rose leaves. The body is not embalmed by the usual process, but merely wrapped tightly in waxed linen, which is sufficient for its preservation. It is soldered in a leaden coffin, which is deposited in one of oak, covered with rich crimson Genoa vel vet ; the handles and mountings are of plated Britannia metal. In the centre of the lid is a large brass plate, on . which it en graven the following inscription : TAMEH A3IALU No Na :tine o awahi 22 Makaiki Taitu London 8 Kemahoe o ke Maikaiki Underneath was the following English translation : TAMEHAMALU, Queen of the Sandwich islands, Departed this life in London, on the Bth July, 1824, Aged 22 years. On each side of the cofhn stood the Lady companion of the deceased Queen, the Governor, Treasurer, and two others of the suite, and the Interpreter at the foot. They all looked wistfully at the depository of the mortal remains of their late Royal Mistress, with countenances which bespoke their inward grief. When the Governor asked the King s pleasure as to the ceremonial in honour of the deceased, the only special di rection given by his Majesty was, to hang the war cloaks round the coffin. Every assistance and convenience would have been afforded in the celebration of any peculiar rite; but, on the contrary, though the persons of the suite were uninfluenced in their arrangements by the advice or assistance of any one, no ceremonial unusual to this country, with the exception of the display of the war insignia, was observed. It was the wish of the King that she should be deposited in the vaults of one of our churches until he was abli to return to his dominions, which lie declares shall be the case as soon as ever his health is restored. The form adopted in depositing the body was as simple as possible. The hearse was drawn by six horses, decorated with the usual mournful plumes, and was followed by three mourning -coaches, drawn by four horses, in the first of which were the gait of his Majesty, including 11ogi, the Governor; Tournerbara, the Treasurer; .lassin lie Reme, the Interpreter; and Captain Starbach, who brought the King to this country. The remaining two carriages were empty, the Hon. Mr. Ilyng having gone forward to the church to make the necessary arrangements for the reception of the body. On reaching the church the coffin was carried into the vault prepared for its reception, and there left without any ceremony ; the customary forms pursued on such occasions by the Royal Family of the Sandwich Islands being reserved until the arrival of the body on its native soil. We regret to state the King still remains in a precarious state, and that his medical attendants have but faint hopes of his recovery. It is known that their Majesties have been converted to Christianity, and when the melancholy intelligence of his consort's death was communicated, his Majesty was for a few moments deeply affected ; he thee looked upwards, and said, " she is gone to Heaven." After a pause he added, " I know that every thing that skill and care could do has been done. I ant grateful for it." His demeanour on that afflicting occasion, and his resignation since, are forcible and interesting proofs of religious faith. Though very ill, he daily made an effort to pen disp-Jelies to Crime Cao, his favourite Minister, whom lie fami liarly calls IVilliam Pitt, and who is invested with the exe cutive authority. These dispatches were on Sunday sent to Gravesend, for conveyance by the 0811, Capt. Staners, which sailed yesterday. Oar own King is much concerned at the calamitous visitations which his Sandwich Majesty has expe rienced since his arrival in England, and sir Henry Halford daily reports to him his state. An official report is also daily sent to Mr. Canning. The Right lion. Gentleman called on Sunday. The King knew of his intention to visit him, anti gave orders (though he is recommended by his medical ad visers to forbear receiving any one until a favourable change may take place) for him to be conducted to his bed-side. Mr. Canning expressed his concern, and hoped his Majesty would not suffer his feelings to aggravate his illness. The King said he was most gratefully sensible of the kindness and attention which he had received, and that he would.. strive to endure the trial with fortitude. His Majesty is remarkable for the mild ness and affability of his demeanour. lie was particularly at tentive to the Ladies who have visited him, and never re sumed his seat, until they departed. Fears were entertained that the Admiral's illness would alive have proved fatal, but he is better. POET It T. ATHENS. A POEM, which obtained the CLIANCELLOR'S MEDAL, at the CAMBRIDGE COMMENCEMENT, July MN. By WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAEDi of Trinity College. " High towers, fair temples, goodly theatres, Strong walls, rich porches, princely palaces, Large streets, brave houses, sacred sepulchres, Sure gates, sweet gardens, stately galleries, Wrought with fair pillars and fine imageries,— All these, (0 pity !) now are turned to dust, And overgrown with black oblivion's rug." SrassEa. Muse of old ATHENS ! strike thine ancient lute ! Are the strings broken ? is the music mute? Hest thou no tears to gush, no pray'rs to flow, 'Wails for her fate, or curses for her foe ? If still, within some dark and drear recess, Clothed with sad pomp and spectral loveliness, Though pale thy cheek, and torn thy flowing hair, And reft the loses passion worshipped there, Thou lingerest, lone, beneath thy laurel bough, Glad in the incense of a poet's vow, Bear me, oh ! bear me, to the vine-clad hill, Where Nature smiles, and Beauty blushes still, And Memory blends her tale of other years, With earnest hopes, deep sighs, and bitter tears ! Desolate Atheas ! though thy Gods are fled, Thy temples silent, and thy glory dead, Though all thou had'st of beautiful and brave Sleep in the tomb, or moulder in the wave, Though power and praise forsake thee and forget, Desolate Athena, thou art lovely yet! Around thy walls, in every wood and vale, Thine own sweet bird, the lonely Nightingale, Still makes her home; and, when the moonlight hour Flings its soft magic o'er the brake and bower, Murmurs her sorrows from her ivy shrine, Or the thick foliage of the deathless vine. Where erst Megiera chose her fearful crown, The bright Narcissus hangs his clusters down ; And the gay Crocus decks with glittering dew The yellow radiance of his golden hue. Still thine own olive haunts its native earth, Green, as when Pallas smil'd upon its birth ; And still Cephisus pours his sleepless tide. So clear and calm, along the meadow side, That you may gaze long hours upon the stream, And dream at last the poet's witching dream, That the sweet Muses, in the neighbouring bowers, Sweep their wild harps, and wreath their odorours flowers. And laughing Venus o'er the level plains - Waves her light lash, and shakes her gilded reins. How terrible is Time ! his solemn years, The tombs of all our hopes and all our fears, In silent horror roll !—the gorgeous throne, The pillar'd arch, the monumental stone Melt in sure ruin; and of mighty climes, Where Fame told tales of virtues and of crimes, Where Wisdom taught, and Valour woke to strife, And Art's creations breathed their mimic life, And the young Poet, when the stars shone high, Drank the deep rapture of the quiet sky, Nought now remains, but Nature's placid scene, Ileavon's deathless blue, and Earth's eternal green, The showers that fall on palaces and graves, The suns that shine for freemen and for slaves : • Science may sleep in ruin, man in shame, But Nature lives still lovely, still the same I The rock, the river,—these have no decay'. The city and its masters,- 7 where are they ?, Go forth, and wander through the cold remains Of fallen statues and of tottering farms, Seek 'the loved haunts of poet and of sage,' The gay paleestra, and the gaudy stage ! What signs are there ? a solitary stone, A shattered capital with grass o'ergrown, A mouldering frieze half-hid in ancient dust, A thistle springing o'er a nameless bust, Yet this was Athens ! still a holy spell Breathes in the dome, and wanders in the dell, And vanished times and wondrous forms appear, And sudden echoes charm the waking ear : Decay itself is Brest in glory's gloom, For-every hillock is a hero's tomb, And every breeze to fancy's slumber brings The mighty rushing of a spirit's wings. Oh yes ! where glory such as thine high been, Wisdom and Sorrow linger round the scene ; And where the hues of faded splendour sleep, Age kneels to moralize, and youth to weep ! E'en now, methinks, before the eve of day, The night of ages rolls its mist away, And the cold dead, the wise, and fair, and proud, Start from the urn, and rend the tranquil shroud. Here the wild Muse bath seized her maddening lyre, With grasp of passion, and with glance of fire, And called the visions of her awful reign From death anti gloom, to light and life again. Bark ! the huge Titan on his frozen rock Scoffs at Heaven's King, and braves the lightning-shock, The Colchian sorceress drains her last brief bliss, The thrilling rapture of a mother's kiss, And the grey Theban raises to the skies His hueless features, and his rayless eyes. There blue-eyed Pallas guides the willing feet Of her loved sages to her calm retreat, Anti lights the radiance of her glittering torch In the rich garden, and the quiet porch : Lo ! the thronged arches, and the nodding trees, Where Truth and Wisdom strayed with Socrates. Where round sweet Xenophon wrapt myriads hung, And liquid honey dropped from Plato's tongue Oh ! thou Wert glorious then ! thy sway and sword On earth and sea were dreaded and adored, And Satraps knelt, anti Sovereigns tribute paid, ,And prostrate cities trembled and obeyed : 'Tile grins Laconian when he saw thee sighed, And frowned the venom of his hate and pride ; And the pale Persian dismal vigils kep t , . if Rumour whispered Athens 1' where lie slept. And Mighty ocean, fur thy royal ma, Hushed the loud wave, and stilled the stormy gale; Anil to thy sons Olympian Jove h a d given A briglither ether, and a purer heaven. Those sons of thine were not a mingled host, From various fathers born, from every coast, And driven from shore to shore, from to i l to sou, • To shun a despot, or to seek a spoil ; Oh no I they drew their unpolluted race Up from the earth which was their dwelling-place: And the warm blood, whose blitshieg streams hati run, Ceaseless and stainless, down from sire to son, - Went clear and brilliant through its hundred rills, Pure as thy breeze, eternal as thy hills ! Alas ! how soon that day of splendor past, That bright, brief day, too beautiful to last Let other lips tell o'er the oft-told tale ; How art succeeds, when spear and falchion fail, How tierce d6sensinn, impotent distrust, Caprice, that made it treason to be just, • ' And crime in Some, and listlessness in all, Shook the great city to her fate and,fall, Till gold at last mule plaits the tyrant's wa y, And bent all hearts in bondage and decay ! I loathe the teak ; let other lyres record The might and metes , of the Roman sword, The aimless struggle, and the fruitless wile, The victor's vengeance, and the patron's smile. • 'Yet, in the gloom of that long, cheerless There gleams one ray to %mien and delight ; One spot of rapture courts the Muse's eye, In the dull waste of shame and apathy, Here, where wild Fancy wondrous fictions draw, And knelt to worship, till she thought them true, — Hero, in the paths which beauteous Error trod, The great Apostle preached the UIinCSOWN GOD ! Silent the crowd were hushed ; for his the eye Which power controls not, sin cannot defy ; His the tall stature, and the lifted hand, And the fixed countenance of grave command ; And his the ♦oice, which, heard but once, will sink So deep into the hearts of those that think, That they may live till years and years are gone, And never lose one echo of its tone. Yet when the voice had ceased, a clamour rose, And mingled tumult rang from friends and foes ; The threat was muttered, and the galling gibe, By each pale Sophist and his paltry tribe ; The haughty Stoic passed in gloomy state, The heartless Cynic scowled his grovelling hate, And the soft Garden's rose encircled child Smiled unbelief, and shuddered as he smiled.— Tranquil he stood ; for he had heard,—could hear, Blame and reproach with an untroubled ear ; O'er his broad forehead visibly were wrought The dark deep lines of courage and of thought ; And if the colour front his cheek was fled, Its paleness spoke no passion,—and no dread. The meek endurance, and the stedfast will, The patient nerve, that suffers, and is still, The humble faith, that bends to meet the rod, And the strong hope, that turns from man to God, — All these were his; and his firm heart was set And knew the hour must come,—but was not yet. Again long years of darkness and of p a in, The Moslem scymetar, the Moslem chitin ; Where Phidias toiled, the turbaned spoilers brood, And the Mosque glitters, where the Temple stood. Alas! how well the slaves their fetters wear, Proud in disgrace, and cheerful in despair ! While the glad music of the boatman 'it song On the still air floats happily along, The light Calque goes bouniling on its way Through the bright ripples of Pirsus' bay ; And when the stars slime down and twinkling feet In the gay measure blithely part and meet, The dark-eyed Maiden scatters through the grove Her tones of fondness, and her looks of love Oh ! sweet the lute, the dance ! but bondage flings Grief on the steps, and discord on the strings. Yet thus, degraded, sunken as thou art, Still thou art dear to many a boyish heart; And many a poet, full of fervour, goes, To read deep l e ssons, Athens, in thy woes. And such was he, the long-lamented one, England's fair hope, sad Granta's cherished son, 111-fated TWEDDELL !—if the flush of youth, The light of genius, and the glow of truth, If all that fondness honours and adores, Hall that grief remembers and deplores, Could bid the spoiler turn his scythe away, Or snatch one flower from darkness and decay, Thou burst not marked, fair city, his decline, Nor, reared the marble in thy silent shrine— The cold, ungrieving marble,—to declare How many hopes lie desolated there. We will not mourn fur him ere human ill Could blight one bliss, or make one feeling chill, In Learning's pure embrace he sunk to rest, Like a tired child upon his mother's breast : Peace to his hallowed shade ! his ashes dwell In that sweet spot he loved in life so well, And the sad Nurse who watched his early bloom, From this his home, points proudly to his tomb. But oft, when twilight sleeps on earth and sea, Bviutiful Athens, we will weep for thee : For thee, and for thine offspring they bear The dreary burthen of their own despair, Till nature yields, and sense and life depart From the torn sinews and the trampled heart ? Oh ! by the mighty shades that dimly glide Where Victory beams upon the turf or tide, By those who sleep at Marathon in bliss, By those who fell at glorious Salamis, By every laurelled brow and holy name, By every thought of freedom and of fame, By all ye bear, by all that ye have borne, The blow of anger, and the glance of scorn, The fruitless labour, and the broken rest, The bitter torture, and the bitterer jest, By your sweet infants' unavailing cry, Your sister's blush, your mother's stifled sigh, By all the tears that ye have wept and weep,— Break, Sons of Athens, break your weary sleep ! Yea! it is broken !—llark, the sudden shock Rolls on from wave to wave, from rod, to rock ; Up, for the Cross and Freedom ! far and near Forth starts the sword, and gleams the patriot spear, And bursts the echo of the battle song, Cheering and swift, the banded hosts along. On, Sons of Athens! let your wrongs and woes Burnish the blades, and nerve the whistling bows; Green be the laurel , ever blest the meed Of him that shines to-day in martial deed, And sweet his sleep beneath the dewy sod, Who falls for fame, his country, and his God ! The hoary sire has lielmed his locks of gray, Scorned the safe hearth, and tottered to the fray The beardless boy has left his gilt guitar, And bared his arm for manhood's holiest war. the weak girl has mailed her bosom there, Clasped the rude helmet on her auburn hair, Changed love's own smile for valour's fiery glance, Mirth for the field, the distaff for the lance. Yes, she was beauteous, that Athenian maid, 'When erst she sate within her myrtle shade, Without a passion, and without a thought, Save those which innocence and childhood wrought, Delicious hopes, and dreams of life and love, Young}, flowers below, an d cloudless skies above.i But oh, how fair, how more titan doubly fair, Thus, with the laurel twined around her hair,— While at her feet her country's chiefs assemble, And those soft tones amid the war.cry tremble, As sonic sweet lute creeps eloquently in, Breaking the tempest of the trumpet's din,— Iler corselet fastened with a golden clasp,_. Her falchion buckled to her tender grasp,— And quivering lip, flushed cheek, and flaghing eye All breathing fire, all speaking L IBERTY Firm has that struggle been ! but is there none To hymn the triumph, when the fight is won ? Oh for the harp which once—but through the strings, Far o'er the sea, the dismal night-wind sings ; Where is the hand that swept it ?—cold and mute, The lifeless master, and the voiceless lute ! The crowded hall, the murmur anti the gaze, The look of envy, and the voice of praise, And friendship's smile, and passion's treasured vow, — All these are nothing,—life is nothing now ! But the hushed triumph, and the garb of gloom, The sorrow, deep, but mute, around the tomb, The soldier's silence, and the matron's tear, — Theme arc the trappings of the sable bier, Which time corrupts not, falsehood cannot hide, Nor folly scorn, nor calumny deride. And what is writ, is writ l'—the guilt and shame, All eyes have seen them, and all lips may blame; Where is the record of the wrong that stung, The charm that tempted, and the grief that wrung? Let feeble hands, iniquitously just, /take up the reliques of the sinful dust, Let Ignorance mock the pang it cannot fee), And Malice brand, what Mercy would conceal; It matters not ! he died as all would die ; Greece had his earliest song, his latest sigh ; And o'er the shrine, in which that cold heart sleeps, Glory looks dim, anti joyous conquest weeps. The maids of Athens to the spot shall bring The freshest roses of the new-born spring, And Spartan boys their first-won wreath shall bear, To bloom round BYtION'a urn, or droop in sadness there ! Farewell sweet ATittcws ! thou "halt be again The seeptred Queen of all thine own domain, Again be blest in all thy varied charms Of loveliness anti valour, arts and arms. Forget not then, that, in thine hour of dread, While the weak battled, and the guiltless bled, Though Kings and Courts stood gazing on thy fate, The bad, to scoff s —the better, to debate, peee, where the soul of youth remembers yet i The smiles and tears which manhood must forget, I In a far land, the honest and the free F Had lips to pray, and hearts to feel, for thee NOTE.—Several images in the early part of thepoem are se lected from passages in the Greek Tragedian*; particularly from the two well-known Chorusses •in the Cgdipus'Coloneus for the sending in of the exercise*; and the Alludes. , .. . The death of Lord Byron took place after the day appointed and the :dilution to it ha s of c ourse been introduced subsequent to the adjudica tion of the Pri ze ' - •,. • ' 0 1 We regret that we had not an opportunity of g ivin g an earlier insertion to dais beautiful Poem. The tribute to the Memory a of Lord BrYltON is 'onet.of the best monuments that rciesy can rsise::- MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-(Tim DAY.) ASSAULT AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT. J. Bartlett and J. Green, two of the parochial officers of the Parish of St. Giles, were pot to the bar, charged by a person who gave his name W. Leviss; 'with a most violent outrage ott . the 25th of October last, in Lacelles-court, Broad street, on his person, and also with falsely im prisoning him for three days. The circumstances of this case were, that on ~ the day in question the gentlemen of the Poro chial Board were sitting at the poor house. Two women, who had been farmed out, came to the Committee-room in a state of intoxication, and behaved in the most violent manner. The defendants were ordered to remove them, and while in the act of so doing, the prosecutor interfered, and the consequence was that Mr. ,Leviss was taken into custody, and con veyed before Mr. Dyer, at Marlborough-street, where he was ordered to find bail, and to give '.2-1 hours notice of the same. The wife of the prosecutor in this case, however, applied, to the defendants, and having implored them to forgive him, they consented to any bail being taken. On the part of the prosecution, it was at• tempted to prove that the most gross outrage had been committed ; but this was met by the testimony of a number of respectable witnesses, who swore diametrically opposite to those called in support of the prosecution. The worthy CIiAIRMAN summed up the evi dence on both sides, and the Jury found a yer. dict for the plaintiff. The verdict was received with marked surprise. The Court sentenced them to pay a fine of 51. each. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, CLrnicENwELL, JULY it Tut KING V. JOSEPH BRAND. Mr. ALLEY . stated this to he a prosecution at the instance of the Paving Committee of St. Martin's Parish against the defendant, for assaulting and obstructing John Pask, one of the beadles of that parish, in the exercise of his office. It ap peared that the inhabitants of Upper St. Martin's-lane have bean much annoyed of late with a number of costermongerf, jockies, Ate. who assemble outside " A ldridge's Repository" for the purpose of selling their horses. In the present ease Pask had merely requested a boy to move off a cart with two hoists from narrow part of the carriage-way, with which the latter complied ; when the defendant and his brother came up and grossly abused the prosecutor, and the defendant assaulted him, by spitting in his face, &c.—The defendant called a man mauled Wnght, who so grossly prevaricated, that he was ordered out of Court. The Jury found the defendant Guilty ; and he was sten. :enced to O NE MONTH'S imprisonment and hard labour in the !louse of Correction. MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, JULY 12.--Wind S.W.--Arrived the Promise, Thrusgrove, from Ilavannah ; Karen Elise, Jansen, from. Longsound ; Sophia, Arbo, from Dram ; and Vw. Etta, Roben, from Amsterdam. Came down from the River, and remain with the rest of the outward-bound, the Sir Charles M'Carthy, Friend, for Demerara; Ileart of Oak, Robertson. for Quebec; Resignation, S3unders, for Buenos Ayres ; and Scandinavian, Schteur, for Alicant. PORTSMOUTH, Juts 12.—Wind W.S.W.----Arrived the Pilchard, Pocock, frobn Cape Coast Castle, in 39 days, with loss of anchor and cable. bailed the Mangles, Cogill, for New South \Vales. _ _ PLYMOUTN, Jut 11.—Wind W.—Off the Pert the. Circus, Dean, 39 days, from Sierra Leone, for London ; lett there the John, of Liverpool, sh reports that a packet had arrived from the Gold Coast, and that an engagement was daily expected ;—also the Dykzigt, Sckaa'r, from Batavia, for Han:- burgh ; Wilmington and Liverpool Packet, Briggs, 25 days from Virginia, for Bremen. Fa tmotrrit, JULY 11.—Wind \V.—Arrived the Union, Brock enshire, from London. Sailed the Fortitude, Dupen, for Corunna and Lisbon. LIVEItrOOL, JULY 11.—Arrived the Ulverstone, Carney, from Savannah ; Margaret, Creighton, from St. John's, N. B. William, Thomson, from St. Andrew's, N. B. ; and the Fairy Queen, from Quebec. Ills Majesty's ship Maidstone, Commodore Mullen, arrived at Sierra t.eone the 2nd of slay from Portsmouth, and sailed again on the sth, with his Majesty's ship Bann, for Cape Coast• SHIPWRECK Or THE BRIO JESSIE, AHD DREADFUL FATE OF THE CREIV.—It has never been our lot to record a more melancholy catastrophe than the loss of this vessel, on her homeward. passage to this port from the river St. Lawrence. The intelligence is brought by the Mary, Ford, which arrived here from Pictou, on Tuesday last. The Jessie, a fine new vessel of 310 lons burden_, commanded by Captain M'Alpine, a gentleman distinguished for his general talents, and particu larly for his skill as a seaman and a naval architect, Rail, d from Three Rivera, in Prince Edward's Island, on the 2211 of December last, a period of the year somewhat later than usual for an European voyage. Nothing was known of the vessel and crew for several months and it was so generally supposed that she would never again ' be beard of, that we understand a settlement was in contemplation by the underwriters with the Parties interested. It chanced, however, that on the 19th of May last, the master of the mail-boat from Prince Etlivard's Island to Pictou. discovered part of the wreck of a vessel stranded on the Isle of St. Paul's, a barren rock about half a Mile in circumference, 200 miles from Cape Breton, and 300 to 400 from Three Rivers. It was soon discovered to be the remains of the Jessie, but no living creature was to he seen [ near her. On landing, the boatman found a weather.beaten . temporary hut, and within it the awful apeCtucle of the'passen germ and crew of the Jessie, 22 in number, all dead. From Vie remants of barrels, and other appearances, it was evident that on being wrecked on this dreary inhospitable spot,they had succeed. ed in erecting the hut with such materials as hail been washed on shore from the wreck, and had saved some portion of the provi sions, but that, after the most dreadful sufferings from cold. owing to inadequate shelter, and want of food and fuel, they had perished under the united rigour of famine, and the storms of an almost polar winter. What their sufferings must have ' been, or how long the stoutest among them were doomed to be hold the pallid bodies of their companions while the finger of death pressed upon their own, there is now no tongue can - tell. There was amongst them, besides the lamented coinmander of the brig, Mr. Donald the owne.r of the vessel, and Mr. Forbes, of Illiratnichi ' a partner of Mr. Drinkwater, of this town. 'rho names of the other Officers and crew of the brig we have not been able to ascertain. On the intelligence of the catastrophe reaching. Prince Edward's Island; a small vessel was dispatched to bring the bodies for interment at that place ; but owing to the change in the atmosphere, they were red to be in such a state of decay, that it was necessare to per . omi the last sad duties of humanity on the spot where they p (Liverpool Mercury.) ertshed.— BOW-STREF.T—(TII IS UAL':)-7-TIT. driver of a hackney-coach, No. 07, ifilsl st . iirOcaurq before Mr. HALO, the presiding ,fingistrate, on a corn. plaint preferred by a Gentleman named 1.14161 e, for . refusing to take a fare, when ordered: so to do on the Stand. It was proved, h ew _ ever, that the coachman was afterwards.. Ob. served about the t own driving his coach, al . though in his defence he mated eitrema Illness and inability to drive the. COAO• 0011Chee ..was about to have the penalty inflicted 'upon Alm, when Mr. Hesse, in a very laudable and praise. wort hy manner, gave up the complaitit, OR the icoachman paying for the suMmons, and compen , sating a witness. GAILE.,---We learn that Came of every de ,scription is unusually. P l ent if u l On t h e moors.its the Highlands. The young moor-I / mine a l r eady on .the wing, and are fullv as strong and ,well grown as they were . six weeks after this time last year. The :young 11' l a re tHICOUP , Anonly numerous, and , tlte . .4rs sportsmanso may he an. ticipatift g, a season or esce ll en t amusement...- 1 (111Verne3S Courier.) .......;., . -,. • 4.0" • ti ...: 11:i .. , e .....("t,' ." '..1.4. : . rrA.;,` A ' t-',! ' re. • '44.1.:t 4, .-e:•;,-.t, ‘ , .- ..,,,-- .• ..g,4,., ......etria.. . ..,-- .. . 4,-.,. '''Sl • 'CP% ..; -1•-.: ~...,.i.: *. Ai,''c.- - ' -kr. Ne;ak - Fa.' or•=111-er..?:. s 9 P. 5-• ' `'" ~.. "q - ''.-4:',:.•.-71!..-:,:•c•—` + A. .. 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