The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-05 00:00:00

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When the storm began to blow
Rough and wild, long years ago,
And the transatlantic sky
Scowled on faction's tyranny,
Poor old Granny Tory crazed
By the storm herself had raised,
In the midst of her alarms
Snatched young Burdett to her arms,
Pressed him to her shrivelled breast,
And thus sung the babe to rest :
" Sleep, my darling boy, while I
Hymn a parent's prophecy :
Time shall be when, young and mulish,
And (like youth) uncommon foolish,
Duped by every patriot zany,
You shall cut your poor old Granny;
Swear in, would-be just, dispraise
Of her quaint, old-fashioned ways ;
Call her faction's pliant tool—
Tyrant—bigot—knave—and fool ;
Thwart her justest, fondest wishes,
Rob her of her loaves and fishes ;
Keep her—oh, you young deceiver !
In a constant state of fever ;
And so grossly misbehave
As almost to dig her grave !
" Such, while manhood lasts, shall be
Your conduct, naughty boy, to me ;
But when, gone your summer's hot age,
Dawns your wintry sun of dotage,
Then, grown somewhat wise at last,
You shall well redeem the past—
Every principle forswear,
Every meanness bravely dare ;
Every tie of honour break,
Every trusty friend forsake,
For your injured Granny's sake ;
Roundly swear that black is white,
Night is day, and day is night ;
Swear, tho' sunk your honour's flame,
Still it brightly burns the same ;
While the world stares wild to see
All thy Grandmother in thee ! !"

Captain Wood, the new Member for Middlesex, is
a Captain in the first battalion of the Grenadier Guards, com-
manded by Colonel Grant, and now quartered in Dublin. The
gallant officer is nephew to the Marquis of Londonderry and
Lady Emily Hardinge, and cousin to Sir Walter James, Bart.,
the new Member for Hull. The gallant officer is the eldest
surviving son of Colonel Wood, his elder brother, Captain
Charles Henry Wood, of the 10th Royal Hussars, having died
some time ago at the seat of Lord Enniskillen, in Fermanagh.
A missal is exhibited at the window of a pawn-
broker's shop in Holborn, upon which a placard is laid, which
says, " This very curious missal, very old, with wood-cuts from
the designs of Hans Holbein, only 255." How Holbein could
have designed the subjects for the wood cuts, when the missal
was printed at least twenty years before he was born, is cer-
tainly a curious matter, which perhaps the intelligent pawn-
broker might be able to explain.
MACHINE FOR TAKING LIKENESSES.—" Ah,"
said the old lady, " painters always make ladies out prettier
than they are, or they wouldn't get any custom, child. The
man that invented the;machine for taking likenesses might have
known that would never succeed ; it's a deal too honest—a
deal," said the old lady, laughing very heartily at her own
acuteness.—" Boz," in Bentley's Miscellany for August.
The declaration of the numbers of the poll at the
Middlesex Election will be made by the Sheriffs on Monday
next at Brantford. Mr. Hume will attend on that occasion,
and it is expected that a strong muster of the Reformers will
then take place.
On the 21st ult. a carrier pigeon alighted on the
roof of a barn at Croixdalle, five leagues from Dieppe. The
left wing of the bird was marked with the number 23, and to
one of the feathers of the tail was fastened a piece of paper
bearing these words ; " Spanish, 19 ; Portuguese, 40 ; Con-
sols, 924- i.—London, 20 July." The bird was killed by one
of the farm.servants, who afterwards deposited it at the sous-
prefecture of Neufchatel.
Between one and two o'clock yesterday morning, a
fire broke out in the lower part of the extensive premises of
Mr. Clarkson, a corn-merchant, High-street, Poplar, oppo-
site the Town Hall, which raged with such fury that the
neighbourhood was in considerable alarm. The parish engines,
quickly followed by others from the Docks, were soon on the
spot; but, notwithstanding this powerful assistance, before
two o'clock Mr. Clarkson's premises were one immense body
of na.,,c, and u Nrn completely destroyed. We are happy to
add that Mr. Clarkson and all his fkoony escaped safely to the
house of a neighbour, and that he is amply covered for his loss
by an insurance in the Sun Fire-office. At present no cause
can be assigned as to the origin of the fire.
A woman of colour is about to make her appearance
at one of the Paris theatres. The papers speak of her as a
negress. Her name is Cecily. She was educated under the
care of a lady of fortune at Guadeloupe, at whose death she
was left quite destitute, and resolved to try her fortune on the
stage. She was attached for some time to the French theatre
at New Orleans, where she appears to have been extremely
popular. A gentleman who saw her there engaged her, on
the speculation of her exciting the curiosity of the Parisian
public to a high degree, and since his arrival in Paris arrange-
ments have been made for the appearance of his protege at the
Gymnaso. Cecily is 28 years of age, and is said, in her style
of acting, to bear some resemblance to Mademoiselle Mars.
A piece is writing for her first appearance.
On Friday evening last, after the Hope London
coach had left Huddersfield for Halifax, when near Eggerton
Toll-gate, a person attempted to get on the coach as it was
going, when his foot slipped and he fell under the wheel,
which passed over his head. He was taken up and carried to
the Infirmary, but never spoke afterwards. On Sunday his
name was ascertained to be Mr. John Tempest, of Rneen's
Head, between Halifax and Bradrord. He has left a wife
and three young children to lament his fate.—. Bradford Ob-
server.
It is rumoured that Mr. George Lane Fox will re-
sign his seat at Beverley, in order to allow of Sir John Beckett
being returned.
Captain Laurens de Choisv, Governor of French
Guiana, has sent to the minister of the marine and colonies two
barrels of the flesh of the Lamantin, an amphibious animal,
of the seal species, found in the great rivers of America and
Africa; and although it lives mostly under water, feeds entirely
upon the vegetable productions it finds upon the banks. The na-
tives of the shoresof the Oyapock, the Oronoko, the Amazon, and
the Mississippi have long made it their principle food. The
samples sent by Captain de Choisy were salted, and on their
arrival at Havre were opened, and examined, on Thursday
last, by M. Denois, the commissary-general, in the presence
of a committee of civil and naval officers. The meat, if i t

may be so called, was perfectly sweet, and on Friday part of
it was dressed, and found to be as tender and nutritious as the
best pork.
About half-past five o'clock yesterday afternoon, as
two labourers, both of whom were much intoxicated, were
passing down Lincoln's Inn-fields, one of them, who was car-
rying a small bag filled with quick lime, dropped the mouth of
it, and spilt the whole of its contents on the foot pavement.
His companion, who was carrying a number of plasterer's
tools, was so enraged at the loss of the materials, that he
seized hold of the bag and struck his comrade with it repeat-
edly across the face. The consequence was that the lime got
into his eyes, and caused torture so acute as to sober the poor
fellow instantly, and make him roar with pain. At first the
author of the mischief seemed much pleased with his feat,
but finding that his companion was in earnest, he, too, be-
came greatly alarmed. A number of persons collected, some
of whom assisted the sufferer to his lodgings, in the neigh-
bourhood of Clare-market. One of his eyes he could not open
at all, and the other looked greatly inflamed. It is feared he
will lose the sight of at least one of his eyes.
MURDER.—No person has yet been apprehended
to whom the perpetration of the late murder in Anderston has
been brought home. On Saturday the whole of the turn-out
cotton• spinners' committee were apprehended and taken to the
Police-office, and 14 of them arc at present in custody in the
prison of Bridewell. Their books have also been seized.
Another person has also been apprehended, and lodged in the
Gorbals Poliee-office. We understand that on Monday the
whole of these parties underwent an examination before the
Sheriff, and that they have been remanded for farther exami-
nation.—Scots Times.
It is important for the public to know that from
this time no interment can take place unless a certificate of the
death be procured from the Registrar, and presented to the
officiating minister.
About half-past twelve yesterday, a tremendous ex-
plosion, as if from the discharge of some pieces of ordnance,
alarmed the inhabitants of Old-street, St. Luke's, and was
found to have proceeded from the house, No. 1, Bishop's_
court, where a man, named John Smith, who occupies the
lower room, carried on the business of lucifer match-making.
Brannan, a police constable, 206 G, and others of the police
immediately repaired to the spot, around which several hun-
dred persons assembled in the course of a few minntes. The
place was then filled with thick smoke and an almost overpow-
ering sulphurous smell, and it was soon ascertained that a boy
employed by Smith having been engaged in grinding and com-
pounding the various substances used in the manufacture, the
friction had caused the explosion of the dangerous mixture.
The boy having been thrown down by the force of the explo-
sion, crawled out of the apartment upon his hands and knees,
beneath the dense vapour which filled the upper part of the
room. His hands were burnt, and his face blackened aad
scorched, but he did not appear to have sustained any other
injury of a serious ❑ature. Smith (his employer), who was
ti,e room at the t.rnc, cscaf::,(l,,sithout any actual injury, but
was found lying on the stairs in a fainting state, having appa-
rently beau thrown there by the shock.