The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-22 00:00:00

VA.RIE7IES.

(From Fun.)
LINES WRITTEN ON SEVERAL WINDOW
PANES IN A COUNTRY INN.
BY SHENSTONE

I have found out a fact, I declare,
I have found out a secret indeed,
But let me divulging forbear,
Some will say 'Us a barbarous deed;
I have found—open widely your eyes,
I have found—to be startled prepare—
That the country is—now for surprise—
A swindle, a sham, and a snare.

As indulging the sweetest of dreams,
I recline on this soft shady bank,
For valleys and hedgerows and streams,
You bountiful nature, I thank I
How peaceful the prospect around,
How tuneful the wind through the trees
But chitch-oo I—so damp is the ground,
At-choo-ski I—that seems like a sneeze.
How pleasant 'mid flowers and plants,
One's limbs on the verdure to sprawl,
But not when a number of ants
Up your trousers capriciously crawl.
You inhale the warm breath of the south,
You look up to the bluest of skies,
When filling your eyes and your mouth,
Comes a swarm of the smallest of flies.

That rustic—that innocent lad,
Simplicity here take a hint,
(Whose every third word is so bad,
I should blush to record it in print—)
Must be free from the vices of town,
Though the language ho uses is queer :
What I knocked his old grandfather down ?
Good gracious I and kicked him I oh ! dear.

Where yon smoke has so gracefully curled,
O'er the roof which the ivy has crowned,
You say if there's peace in this world,
That is just where it ought to be found.
That porch with its rases trained o'er,
There enters nor anger nor strife—
Shrill tones and a slam of the door
The man has a vixen for wife.

But twilight will bring it. repose,
Oh! will it ? when moths, or instead
Great earwigs creep into your clothes,
And crawl all about you in bed.
The country, indeed, would be right,
For quiet as long as you stay,
If dogs didn't bark all the night
And children squall all through the day.

Away to the lamp-lighted town,
Away to society's charms,
No more I despairingly down
Shall sit in the " bluggleton Arms."
No more shall 1 list to their din,
And discussion of local affairs,
I shall take my true ease at my inn,
In my chambers up five pair of stairs.

Oh I ye in the autumn who fly,
To rurality's depths for relief,
Bo warned when these lines you espy,
Like me lest you come unto grief.
If you must take your " holiday out,"
Pray take it where some one you know,
For alone going walking about,
You'll find is uncommonly " slow."

CONTRI)3tTION FROM DARNLBY.—WIIy is a woman
deformed when ahe is mending stockings f—Because her
hands are where her feet ought to be.

Why are the Northerners and Southerners likely soon to
become friends again F—Because, at the rate they are going
on, they will soon come to the Union (workhouse),
A NATURAL SEQUITUR.—As the Lord Mayor elect is a
Rose, his talk will of course be flowery I People, in ad-
dressing him; will have to say, "By your lordship's
leaves!"

POLITICAL CHESS.—In expectation of a revolt of the
negroes, Lincoln declares the emancipation of the slaves.

" Black to move," but he don't. " Check!"
TAKING A LIBERTY WITH FREEDOM.--Lincoln candidly
states that he only emancipates the niggers as "a measure
for the preservation of the United States Government."
We should have thought it had black-guards enough for

its preservation already.
IMPORTANT TO LITERARY MEN.—Authors, for the
future, are to burn " composition" candles I
Why is a professed joker like a publican f—Because he's
a licensed wit-teller

A GREAT PITY, INDEED.—The Emperor Napoleon is
sometimes called the " Man of December." What a pity it
is for Italy that he doesn't change himself into the "Man
of March I"

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.—A man may "beat

time" for years, but time is sure to beat him at last,—[Not
from the Musical World.]
NEW APPOINTMENT.—As guardian of the peace in the
parks—Rain vice Mayne.

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.—The total attend-
ance at the building yesterday only amounted to 48,538
a lower number by at least some 25,000 than was confi-
dently looked for by the executive. Of this number ,o„.,
were admitted by season tickets, 824 by tickets for shilling4oi
days, and 43,377 by payment at the doors.
DOINGS OF THE 290.— LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY
Information received here to-day states that the Alabama
(290), Captain Semmes, has destroyed three American
ships, the Brilliant, from London, the brig Echo, and
13
an-
other vessel. The 290 also reports having destroyed
other ships, 10 of which were whalers.
following
FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY AT BONNY._Thefrom a
letter re-
(says the Liverpool Mercury) m Captain John
ceived by a gentleman in Liverpool
from
of the horrible
Finlay, of the ship Faith, which at the time
Bonny
river
occurrence below detailed waslying
.., iast week ; one of the
"We had a fearful tragedy
here last
(that is a man
is an extract
natives killed what they call.ales'
and who was
who lives some eight or tent mthi
e creekman are farmers in, a
at Bonny selling yams,
should kill him. But ' first
agreedu eotr ilhd
enaxi wantedm t. o killW When
ns nthaetivrae,ananhdeaatrad
passed upon him he shut himself
way). The Bonny
and small, then dug a trench
cametcehtinygouitr
all his slaves, wives and •
children,
in his house with
Things remained in this
loaded all his guns,
and filled it with small k
round and about, .
whasare' is an
egS of gunpowder,
uthpatsentence of deathlarsvgaes
state for two or three days, nobody daring to venture near
the house with hostile intentions. At last the chiefs
and set the chiefs at defiance.
offered two puncheons of oil to any one who would fire his
house. A slave took the offer, fired thehouse to windward,
and the sparks falling upon the house of the besieged soon
set it on fire. When the murderer of the creekman saw
this he gathered all his slaves, wives, and bairns within
the trench, applied the match, and in a second more nothing
was to be seen but mangled bodies amid the ruins of their
former home. There were 35 in number altogether. They
lay exposed for three days, then were put into sacks and
DEATH FROM DRINKING Rum.
thrown into the river."
—An inquest was
held on Monday night at the Green Man, Poplar, on the
body of Frederick Towers, aged 30, who was found dead on
board the Caroline Woodyear, in the West India Docks, on
Saturday morning last, He was watchman on board the
Sabine, an American ship, and went on board it sober at 6
o'clock on Friday night, but was not noticed till found
dead next morning as stated. The Caroline Woodyear had
just arrived from India with a cargo of rum, and as at the
post mortem examination the man's brain, liver, and
stomach smelt strongly of rum, there was no doubt he had
gone on board and drank the rum till he poisoned himself.
Verdict accouAgly, Deemed was a:strog, healthy u 043,

THIRD EDI HON:

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

SPORTING-THIS DAY.

GLOUCESTER RACES.-THIS DAY.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
CORPORATION PLATE.
Colonel Crockett
/
Yorkshire Miss
Shepherdess 3
Six ran.
GLOUCESTER CUP STAKES.

Brilliant
Ledbury
Vidal 2
3

Six ran.
BADMINSTER STAKES.

Barmaid
......
Paresseuse
2
Knightsbridge): ................

Six ran.
NURSERY HANDICAP.

Pearl colt
................... 1
Jesuista
His Excellency
Eight ran.
SELLING PLATE.

Eryt colt
Vesper
Six ran.
HURDLE RACE.

Pot Pourri
Jacob

Five ran.