The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-27 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.

DEAL, OCT. 26, A.m.—Wind S. W., squally; P.M., Wind
W. N. W., moderate.—Arrived and proceeded for the River,
the Roxburgh Castle, and Indiana, Gillett, from India; Ed-
ward Barnett, from Odessa. Put back, the outward bound
which sailed yesterday, the wind having shifted during the
night to S.W., blowing fresh, and thick weather. The Per-
sia, Stevens, bound to Ceylon, has put back with damage,
having been in contact with the Everton, Archer, from New-
castle to Constantinople; the latter has put into Ramsgate,
with loss of bowsprit, figure-hi ad, cutwater, &c.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 26.—Wind S. W. to W. N. W., fresh
breezes and fine.—Arrived the John White, Sands, from Arch-
angel ; Johanna, Ahrens, from Ostend. Mem.—Her Majes-
ty's ship Champion, reported yesterday as having sailed for
Plymouth, got on shore in the West Channel, last night got
off again, and went out at the East End this morning for her
destination.

PLYMOUTH, OCT- 25.—Wind S. W. to W., a gale.—Ar-
rived the Hor3ford, Warnock, from Malta; Livonia, Poole,
from Patras ; Ibis, Harper, from Oporto.
BRISTOL, OCT. 26.—Arrived Catherine, Forrester, Nevis.
CLYDE, OCT. 24.—Arrived the Canada, Allen, Qeebec.

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DUBLIN, OCT. 25—Arrived the Jane, Hudson, Quebec.
Coitit, OCT. 24.—Arrived the Gulielmo, Godfrey, from
Rio Janeiro ; Jane Smith, from St. Domingo ; Dominica,
Bowman, from Quebec ; Hercules, steamer, from London.
HULL, OCT. 25.—Arrived the Dido, Tranmer, from St.
Petersburgh ; William Ward, Morrison, from Pugwash ; Llan
Runnay, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick.
ALDBOROUGH, OCT. 25.—Arrived off port the Gottenburg,
Walgang, from Gottenburg.
CORK, OCT. 24.—The Vesper, Fraser, arrived here from
Valparaiso, experienced dreadful weather off Cape Horn, du-
ring which her decks were swept, bulwarks carried away, and
about sixty tons of the cargo were obliged to be thrown over-
board.

FALMOUTH, OCT. 25.—Wind S. S. W., strong gales, with
rain and thick weather.—Arrived the Bragila, Richards, from
Quebec; Eliza, Thomas, and Favourite, Harvey, from Rouen.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 26.—Wind W. N. W., fresh.—Arrived
the Appleton, Evans, from Jamaica • Laura Ann, Casely, from
Lisbon ; Hercules, of Halifax, and John Lees. Off port,
the George Washington, from New York; Cicely, from Per-
nambuco; Victoria, from Paraiba; Mischief, from Cepha-
lonia. Sailed the Sceptre, Bartlett, for Alexandria ; Medi.
terranean, Childs, for Africa; 29th May, Tessier, for Rio
Janeiro. The Gheria, for Havannah, did not sail yesterday.
STANGATE CREEK, OCT. 26.•—Arrived the Black Cat,
Chesser, from Smyrna.
MARGATE, OCT. 26.—Arrived off, the Richard and Ann,
Kentish, from Quebec.

RAMIGATE, OCT. 26.—Arrived the Clmrles Hanbury, from
Cork. The Verwachting, from Amsterdam, put in here
leaky, much strained.
HULL, OCT. 26.—The wind last night got to the S. S.W.,
and has since blown very strong. The Dido, Tranmer, which
arrived yesterday from St. Pctersburgh, had a very heavy
passage.

WAartEN POINT, OCT. 24.—The Rapid, Roberts, ha% been
assisted into Newcastle, with loss of rudder, &c. She will
proceed to Belfast when the damage is repaired.

The Elizabeth, Betty, from Cardiff, put into Milford, leaky,
and must diseharge—bound to London.
The Hesperia, Davis, arrived in the River, spoke the
Monkey, hound to Alicant, Bth inst., off the Burlings.
The Commercium, bound to Copenhagen, has put back to
Liverpool leaky, rudder damaged, Ste.
The Gle =tier, from tin. Isle of Man to Workington, was on
hor, near the latter port on the 201.1 i instant.
The Wave, :M•Gregor, from London to Liverpool, sunk
off Arklow Bank on the 17th instant—crew saved.
The Enterprize, of Hull (stone laden), is wrecked near Lydd.

SUDDEN DEATH OF LIEUT.-GEN. SIR CHARLES
PRATT, K. C. B.—This distinguished officer who commanded
the sth Regiment in several general engagements during the
late Peninsular war, was hunting in the neighbourhood of
Brighton, on Wednesday last, and ordered his horse to be
ready at an early hour on the following morning for the same
pp „ when, after waiting some time, at his door, and a
:bravec
t,, that eff, et having been sent to his room, ho was
a it,.o s
foul,tl ing; ti4it,l: on ?Lot-, to: 1, <in „
provcd laud in the cuurw.! of 16 day: Sir Coil les
Was one of the gallant sons of Erin, and about sixty years of
age. By his death a regiment becomes vane,.

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LITERATURE.

AZ; PDE and E PIS ODE on the COCORONA TI G ‘ll.'
BF A BRITISH SITRJBCT.
S. Barbet, Guernsey, 1838.
We have met with many remarkable works in our time,-
and have noticed—we say it with honest pride—not a few -
such in the columns of The Sun ; but we know not that we •
ever met with a production so every way remarkable as the
one now before us. It is a poetic gem of the purest bril-
liancy, characterized by an originality of thought far sur-
passing that of Wordsworth ; and by a mellifluous charm or
rhythm to which Moore can make no pretensions. Some-
thing like its imagery we have detected in the rhymed en-
comiums—which daily delight and instruct a discerning
public—of Mr. Warren's blacking ; and something like the
structure of its verse, in the canticles of the Christmas
far
bell-
man ; but it is but justice to add that as a whole, it is a
superior effort of fancy ; indeed the author completely bears
away the bell from the bell-man, and as completely iakes
the shine out of Mr. Warren's poet-Laureate. As a spec: men
of his prose style, we subjoin his Dedication of this rentiaAt•
able outburst of poesy
The author dedicates the following spontaneous effusions;
to his fellow-countrymen ; trusting that they will accept what-
ever loyal, moral, and patriotic sentiments they may contain,
ascribing them to a Benign Influence, and overlook errors or
imperfections so common to human nature."
There is a lowly and diffident spirit breathing throughout
this Dedication, that impresse., us—for true genius is always
modest—with the most exalted opinion of the author's in-
tellect. Observe with what unfeign,,d humility he requests
his " fellow-countrymen" to attribute, vhatever they may
find pra'seworthy in his poem, to the inspiration of a " Be-
nign Influence"—that is, to the direct interpo.sition of Pro-
vidence ! It is no merit of his own that he has written am -
extraordinary Ode and Episode; be merely held :he Pea
for the Deity, who suggested every image and pointeccevery.
couplet, and to whom therefore all the merit mini. in
common fairness be ascribed. And most assuredly not wiSh''
out reason, for it is not to be supposed that mere mortalitYe
unaided by celestial intelligence, could ever have givo-
- to such a stanza as this. which commences what, the;
poet calls, his Coronation Ode
Welcome, the glorious, happy day
When great Victoria, noble Queen I
Shall wear the royal diadem,
And be proclaimed our Sovereign 1
Shout Britannia 1 Victoria rule the main 1—
Yea, reign our Queen, we'll shout again 1"
The poet continues shouting through four more such
stanzas as the above, when being, we conciude, seinewil3t
out of breath by the effort, he suddenly changes his -
toMne,
and invokes the followir, solemn benediction on her
jesty, and her Majesty's dominions :
" One boon encore we have to crave—
May our rich land abound with corn
And while we're blessed with fair free trade,
We'll love the realm where we were born;
Bless Victoria ! Victoria we will bless,
For we love truth and righteousness I"
There is infinite skill and sagacity—to say nothing .°l-
- beauty—in this attractive strophe. Mark, for in-
stance, with what consummate tact the author qualifies Ills
wrofession of love for his native country ! He wishes he
ell, no no man more so, but then it is only on the condition
that she act upon the principle of o fair free trade," or, t°
repeat his own more emphatic phraseology,
" While we're blest with fair free trade
We'll love the realm where we were born,"
but not an instant longer. The benediction on Victoria,
brief though it be, is truly impressive. The poet is net sag
tisfied with blessing her Majesty once, so he must nee of
bless her twice, in one line. which argues an intenseness.°
sensibility not to be thought of without emotion. Followl
on the licels of this splendid production, is an " Episode, °
Sequel to the Coronation Ode," which inchoates in this re-
markable manner—
" Thou prime of the Fair, oh, most august Queen!
May'st thou far excel all who eel. have been
At the head of the realm, in that high station
Where Dane, Saxon, Roman have held domination.
This passage, highly imaginative as we .allow it to be, ;
not a little cenigmatical, especially the first Uric-
what, is the " Fair," to which our loyal Lyrist aliu
first we thought it might be Greenwich Fair ; and then !ct.
conjectures ran in favour of Bartlemy Fair ; but after 1174
ing the line twice over, we have come to the conclusion tir f
it is expressly intended to have no meaning at all
" The secret is found, and quite nigh at hand
In Heaven's record, so spread in our land,
The Prince of all Princes has shown it quite plain,
So now let's unfold it, and fully explain." who,
or
It is deeply .to be lamented that the author does neti
vouchsafe to explain this secret, or even to hint to ttle
what nature it is. He leaves us wholly in the dark on t.
subject, while he starts off to institute a parallel between
Queen of Sheba and Queen Victoria, which is more to be
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jesty