The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-13 00:00:00

ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY
CHURCELYA RD.

BY A VILLAGE lIYGEIST.

" Gentlemen of the Jury, these quacks call themselves Hygcists.
Here is a full-length portrait of their great founder, nhich is placed
as a frontispiece to their pamphlet. Here he is, gentlemen, resting
on the monument of one of his own pktients ! No doubt every
church-yard in the country might be able to furnish evidence against
the Hygeists."—[ Vide bergeant Wilde's Speech at the Trial of
" Morrison v. Harmer," in The Sun of Saturday.]

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The gathering clouds frown darkly overhead,
Tir'd nature sleeps, while I, to thought a prey,
Hold my sad vigil by the abundant dead.
How frail is life I when, six years last July,
I came to practise in this hamlet lone,
'Twas populous as a bright, frosty sky,
And now, full half its population's gone
Surely the heavens their curses on it shower,
For, 'stead of lusty Life's blythe laugh and shout,
Death's sullen bell goes tolling every hour,
'Till rope and elapper aro alike worn out !
'Tis scarce two years since one inured to slaughters,
A soldier, famed for deeds of valour done,
Came here with four fine marriageable daughters,
And eight moons after—left with only one !
Here too there came a sportsman frank and free,
And how lie 'seeped the spot's infectious ills,
IR, I confess, a miracle to me,
Particularly as he took no pills V

'Neath yonder yew the villas*; barber lica,
Calm as undreamincr, childhood in its cat,
He called me in, and, ranch to my surprize,
Just one brief fortnight after, he was not !
Next him, reclines full-length his eldest sister,
A spinster, sapless as an old park paling,
But, dry albeit and tough, one morn WC missed her—
Sad miss for me, for she was always ailing.
Hard by, sleeps one was once the han.let's pride,
A buxom, merry lass—her name was Nancy—
But she caught cold, was dosed, and how she died,
I leave to kind and delicate souls to fancy.
Scarce was she earthed, when to 1 upon the brink
Of the same dull, dead, Acherontic lake,
Stood a pale tailor ; but, I rather think,
I gave him brick-dust powders by mistake 1
They bore him to his grave in solemn state,
Eight men in whom health's ruddiest colours shone,
But ere the next spring came, those physicked eight,
Like Peel's fond hopes of place, were past and gone !
But bark, e'en while I moralize, a sound
Comes from the barber's last, long resting-place!
It heaves—it yawns—and froth the abyss profound
A spectre starts, and stares me in the face.
Hal 1 it approaches, grimmer far to see
Than Hogarth's ghost that haunts the church of Chiswick ;
" Nay, never shake thy grisly locks at me,
Thou can'st not say I did it".—'twas the physick !
The phantom heeds me not, but from each bier
Summons its ghastly tenant ; see, they rise,
The Dead ! and howl in my distracted ear
With vulgar glee, " let's Burke him, d—n his eyes I"
Hands off, ye fiends—vain prayer, with mightiest force
They grasp my throat:; I pinch—_l scratch—l scream—
Kick right and left as vicious as a horse ;
Then waking cry—Thank heaven, 'tis but a dream !

* Morison's pills, of course.

THE SUN EXPRESS.

IRISH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BILL.

Lieutenant-Colonel Yorke is desired by the Lord Lieu-
tenant to thank Messrs. Johnstone and Co., for their obliging
attention in forwarding to his Excellency the Express Edi-
tion of The Sun Newspaper, containing the whole of Lord
John Russell's speech, on introducing the Irish Municipal
Corporation Bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday even-
ing last.
Dublin Castle, Feb. 9, 1837.
THE DEBATE.—We are indebted to our Ne*s-agents,
Messrs. Johnston, of Eden-quay, for an Express Edition of
The Sun, containing a full report of Lord John Russell's
speech. The effort is highly creditable to the Editor of The
Sun, and has been most promptly and judiciously followed up
by our agents in Dublin.—Eublin Evening Post.
SUN EXPRESS.--For the ample report of the speech of Lord
John Russell, which we publish this day, we are indebted to
the enterprising proprietor of The Sun. We received the
express copy of that journal at an early hour yesterday morn-
ing.—Freentan's Journal

-We feel indebted to Messrs. Johnston and Co. for an Ex-
press Second Edition of The Sun : although we received a
copy of the Second Edition of that journal in our own parcel,
yet we are not the less obliged to them for their indefatigable
exertions upon all occasions.—Cork Standard.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TIIIS DAY.)

DEAL, FEB. 11.--Wind S. S. W., blowing hard in squalls,
with rain, throughout the day.—Arrived the Camilla, West,
from Newport to Ostend. The Pilot, from Bremen to Balti-
more, lost anchor and cable, and proceeded to Margate; others
have been sent after her. The Patriot, for the Mauritius,
Carshalton, Park, for Jamaica, Westminster, for New York,
and Andromeda, for Sierra Leone, drove during the day, but
brought up again and remain, apparently all well. FEB. 12—
Wind W. S. W., moderate. Sailed the Westminster, for
New York ; Ann, Griffiths, for Bombay ; and Verada,
for Madeira.
PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 12. —lt blew a heavy gale all Friday
night and yesterday from S.W. to W. S. NV., but moderated
in the evening.—A French chasse maree, salt laden, was
wrecked yesterday, near Chale Bay, at the back of the Isle of
Wight—two of the crew drowned. His Majesty's ship Fair
Rosamond, came into harbour from Spithead. Sailed on the
1 I th.— Sailed the Mary and Elizabeth, —, for Sunderland ;
John, Kidd, for ditto ; Economy, , for ditto ; and John,
—, for London.
TORBAY, FEB. H.-Arrived the Perseverance, Adams,
from Cadiz.
PLYMOUTH, FEB. I.—Arrived the Bene Fico,
Alexandria.
Eti.mouTri, FEB. 1 I.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Espoir,
—, from Lisbon—sailed sth inst. ; Hope, packet, from Vera
Cruz—sailed Dec. 23, and from Havannah Jan. II
BRISTOL, Fall. 11.—Arrived the Aquillar, Alluard, from
Oporto.
Mii.vorto, Fen. —Arrived the City of Londonderry,
from Dublin, with pumps choked, bound to London ; and the
Francis, Smith, fr,m 'Cardin; leaky, &c., bound to London.
MARGATE, FEB. 12.—Arrived the Bromley, Knox, from
Berbice ; Aristides, Hart, from Oporto ; Apollo, Nlunden,
from Waterford ; Three Sisters, from Waterford ; and Me_
grie, Sutherland, from West Port.
RANisGATE, FEB. 12. -_Arrived the Pelican, Duheaume,
from Seville.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. S. S. W., very fresh.—Ar-
rived the Huddersfield, Ilall, from Bombay ; Waverley, Phil.
lips, from New Orleans ; St. Mark, Homes, from Savannah ;
and Messenger, Ballune, from Trieste.

DUBLIN, FEB. to.—Arrived the Hope, Wade, from St. Mi-
chael's ; George and Henry, from Oporto ; and Richard and
Ann, Way, from London.
CORK, FEB. 10.—Arrived the Kate, Hancock, from Halifax.
Off port the Tory, Reed, from Bombay.
CA lIMA RTHES, FEB. 9.—The Bristol packet, in leaving the
river yesterday missed stays, went on the rocks at Blackpool,
and fell over, but afterwards righted, -and has put back to
charge.
DUNGARVAN, FEB. B.2—The Jane. from Newport to Water-
ford, was stranded at the entrance of the harbour, with loss of
rudder, and six feet water in the hold.
SCARVIOROUGH, FEB. 4. —The Three Brothers, from Hartle-
pool to Whitby, was abandoned in a sinking state off Huntcliff
the Alert, of Stockton, and had her stern stove
bPooarrtd.
of
Obtyh _The Champion, from Stockton, was run on
in the ground in the harbour.
NlAuvronT, FEB. 11.—The St. George, of Dublin, in at-
tempting this harbour yesterday got on shore, but has been
got off, and into the harbour, without any material damage.

The Henrietta, from Liverpool to Antwwp, is on shore at
the entrance of the Scheldt. The Jane, Wakatn from New-
port to Waterford, is on shore near Dungarvan. The Au
m of Whitchaven, is on shore near Workington, with loss
of foremast,
The Steamer Scurr, from Dublin, is on
shore
The Spanish packet Wootton, from Genoa to Liverpool
t n'
near 'ltt &r ey. port.
struck on the Black Rock on the coast of Wexford 9th inst.,
and went to pieces—only the mate and one man saved.
Matches, and the Ocean, '
Dublin, harerrY' Thompson, both from
lost an anchor each.

We have sincere satisfactionlnbeing enabled to an-
nounce that the Lord Lieutenancy of the county of Fife is to
be conferred on Mr. Ferguson, of Raid', who now represents
East Lothian or Iladdingtonshire. This appointment affords
a renewed proof that the present Government arc determined,
without reference to other considerations, to bestow important
situations on those best fitted, from their knowledge, experi-
ence, and habits, efficiently to discharge their duties. On
this occasion they have most properly disregarded the practice,
which has too long prevailed, of placing at the head of the
counties any individual who acts with the Government, merely
because he is a Peer.
We have great pleasure in stating that a pension cf
one hundred pounds a-year has been conferred on Mrs: Pond,
widow of the late Astronomer Royal ; and that a like pension
of one hundred pounds a-year has been conferred on Mrs.
APerie, widow of Dr. M‘Crie, author of the Life of Knox.
At Windsor, last week, an even bet of five hundred
pounds was made, that at the next general election, the coun-
ties of Berks and Bucks, which are at present represented by
Conservatives, will return four Liberal Members out of tho.
six. The gentleman who made the bet on the Liberal side
will himself be a candidate for Berkshire. We have no doubt
the best is safe, and that these counties will endeavour to re-
deem their characters the first opportunity.—Aylesbury News.