The Sun.
London, England, 1801-02-04 00:00:00

RUSSIAN POETRY.

A POEM has lately appeared at Petersburzh,
which, if the Critics of Russia are to be be.
lieved,. may rival the produCtions of the Muse in
more temperate climates. It is the Work of
MicitAtA LomoNossow, the Professor of Che.
mistry, and Member of the AeadeMy at Peters.
Lurgh, and is addressed to His Excellency Ju.o
IwArrowyrz CuouVALOW, as an Epistle. The
Subied of it is, the Utility of
'l he Poet describes this
.as " the Wedlock of
Fire and of Nature, anxious to produce a child
worthy of them both." Man, condemned to
sufferings, seizes the prize; entrusts to it the pre.
cious deposit of juices extraCted from different
vegetables, and which are destined to restore
health to him when in sickness.
From this useful employment of it, he soon
diverts it to joyous and festive purposes ; at his
table it gives energy to-his hospitality ;on his
toilet it enables him to appear with more elegance
and dignity ii forms the ornament of the Fair,
rounded into beads : it serves as a fence between
Man and the inclement atmosphere, while it allows
him to feel all the pleasures ollight.
But its transparency is not merely to assist
him in steing.what is at hand. He soon employs
it to bring before his eyes what is.removed to a
very great distance from mortal ken, and by
means of it, explores the mechanism of the
Heavens. Pushing his application of glass still
farther, he robs the
.Sun of a spark of its heat,
and conveys it to himself by the elettric cylinder.
From this sketch it will be seen that Low).
Nossow has taken a widelield, and he has, if, as
we have' already observed, out authority may
be depended upon, treated it in a very able man.
Der. The conquest of the New World, the fable

cif Prometheus, Sze. form Episodes. The Poem
is said to have all the splendour of its subjeCi,
without its fragility.

1 ONDON Printed by
At the Stit4.9vvlcti, IS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SrlAr.

SIR,

Irr 179 t, soon after the death of the late ye-
nerable Mr. John Wesley, the Writer of the fol-
lowing Letter published a short history of that
great Man, in which he represented him in co-
lours niost unfavourable and most false. How..
ever, the Author has lately felt that compunaion
of mind for his conduit, and that candid ac-
kdowledgment of his guilt, which make some
amends tO the Public for his past conduct ; and
have induced him to address to use the under-
written, entirely unsought for.
I should not, Sir, have published his Letter at
all, if two Letters, given to the Public in his His*
tory, and declared by him to be written origi-
nally by Mr. Wesley, had not been republished
in several of the London and Provincial Papers,
and also in many periodical publications, which
'two Letters are referred to in his Postscript, and
exceedingly refleaeil on the life and character of
my late most esteemed and venerable friend.
I am, Sir,
Your humble Servant,
New Chatd, City-Raz', . COKE.
y.th. 30, 1801.

TO TUE REV. DR. COKE.
Saturday :Morning, 24th inn. ►S; x.

REV. SIR)

As the ,Author of a silly Pamphlet, published
some years'ago, entitled, " An I/vizi-tier Review
g( of the Life and•Writingt of the Rev...7.0411g,"
I have taken the liberty of 'addressing yotl on that
subjea, for the purpose of disbuithening my mind
in some degree of that intolerable weight with
which it has been oppressed; in consequence of
the folly and wicked tendency of such publica-
tion: and I now candidly declare to you, and to
the world, that most of the pretended fads therein
mentioned are groundless; the charge sometimes
false, and the characters, as delineated therein,
both of the Rev. Mr.NAT. and others; are generally
unjust, and untaupicned even by my OWN opinion.
At the same time, I flatter myself you will have
candour to believe, that my motives in the publi-.
cation were influenced rather by folly and wan.
tonnefs; than deliberate wickedness; more espe-
cially if it be taken into consideration, that, at
that time, I entertained sentiments somewhat
different to what I do at present*.
I expect from your known liberality, that no
undue advantage will be taken of this candid de-
claration now- made (though you are at liberty, if
you think proper, to make it public.) Wishing
you in the mean time all imaginable prosperity in
the great work in which you are so usefully and
zealously engaged, I beg leave to subscribe myself,
Reverend Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
No. 9, Church.:ww, J. 'COLLET.
Pallero.4 Mi4itikteX•

P. S. I forgot to say, that the two infamous
Letters in the Pamphlet, attributed to Mr. Wesley,
are fitlitious, being the invention of my own dis-
ordered imagination. J. C.

* It may be necessary to apprise the Reader. that
Collet has not the slightest cohnedtion with the late :Nir.
Wesley's Society.

COUNTRY NEWS,

NEWCASTI.2) JAN. 31.

On Saturday morning, about six o'clock, a fire
broke out in the Printing-office occupied by Mt.
John Taylor, in Church.strect, Berwick-upon.
Tweed, which raged with great violence for a
considerable time, a part of- the premises being
covered with thatch ; and' notwithstanding the
prompt assistance of the fire.engincs belonging to
the Town.and Garrison, the building was entire-
ly destroyed, together with the stock in trade,
and implements contained in the sin 4.
A most daring robbery was committed about
two o'clock on Thursday,. week in the morning.
At' that hour five ruffians, armed with pistols, a'
bayonet and bludgeons, their faces painted, and
wearing masks, entered the house of Mr. John
Burgess, in Rusholme, near Manchester, and
rushing up stairs with lighted candles, ordered
the-family to, lie still in bed on pain of instant
death. They then broke open several drawers,
from which, and the pockets of the family, they
took 2001. in cash, a receipt of, Messrs. Jones
and Co. for 34.31. 18s. Bd. a bill for 121. tgs. a
silver watch, a man's hat, a silk handkerchief,
four silver teaspoons, a pair of plated tea-tongs,
and two bottles of common gin. They were
about twenty minutes in the house, and on going
out locked tpe door.
Peter Anderson, and Lauchlan Love, lately
convitted before the High Court of Justiciary of,
shop.breaking, and ordained to be hanged on the
11th February next, but afterwards respited dur-
ing His Majesty's pleasure, have received'a re.
mission of their sentence ; Anderson, on condi--
tion of being transported beyond the seas during
life, and Love for seven years.