The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-11 00:00:00

TILE CHURCH.

BOMBAY, APRIL. 23.—The Lord Bishop of
Calcutta arrived at the Presidency, from Surat, on Thursday
last. He consecrated the. new Church on the 17th, which has
been denominated Christ's Church. His Lordship preached an
excellent and highly appropriate sermon on the occasion, from
Gen. chap.. 28, v. 16, 17.
MADRAS, ,11Ar►Cx 31.—T0-morrow being Good Friday,
there will be divine service at St. George's Church in the morn-
ing and afternoon ; and on Sunday ne:zt, being Easter-day, the
usual collections will be made in the Churches at the Presidency
in aid of the Public Charities. _

The Rev. J. Allport, late Curp,te of Chippenham, Wilts, has
been licensed to the perpetual Curacy of Atherstone, in this
county.—(Birmingham Journal.)

WORCESTER, OCT. 8.--J. Dent, Esq. Mayor elect of
Worcester, gave a munificent and elegant entertainment at the
Guildhall. 'The company was unusually numerous, con-
sisting of 297 persons. Mr. V. Ridler, of the Guildhall Coffee-
house, provided the dinner, which included 30 .tureens of
turtle soup, twenty dishes of turbot and other fish, two
haunches and nine necks of venison, 30 dishes of game (grouse,
black c,ocks,"partridges, and hares), 10 venison pasties, &c.

ANOTHER NEW BRIDGE.—The thirst 'for im-
provement of capital has led to a new project, namely, the erec-
tion of a stone bridge over the Thames, from the Horse Ferry,
Westminster, to Lambeth. Considerable sums, it is said, have
been subscribed to promote this undertaking. There can be no
doubt of the utility of such a bridge. It would afford a better
communication between Westminster and Surrey, than either
Westminster or Vauxhall Bridges can afford, and it might
greatly improve the narrow confined avenues to the Archbishop
of CANTERBURY'S Palace. The project is, however, sub-
ject to one objection, which might have some weight with
Parliament. It is generally known that the watermen plying
on the River' Thames form a class from which men have been
taken in time of war to serve in the Navy. They have made
excellent seamen, and it would be bad policy to destroy a
source from which so much public benefit may 'always be
derived. The formation of bridgett over the Thames must
have a tendency to deprive the watermen of their bread. They
have already felt the effect upon their industry produced by
Waterloo and Vauxhall Bridges, and another new bridge from
Westminster might take from them
.all employ. Many water-
men have declined taking appentices, in-consequence of the de-
crease in the demand for their labour, and the general opinion
among them is, that modein improvements and-bridges will
soon render their calling quite unnecessary. In the -event of the
disappearance of watermen,- a good-nursery for seamen would
be destroyed, and in that view of the question, a bridge would
be objectionable. It would materially injure the watermen,
iwho, as members of a trade or calling, have a right to be heard
by Counsel against a Bill to accomplish such an undertak-
ing.—( Morning Post.) •

POETRY.
Os the DISAPPEARANCE of a FEMALE CHILD.
She's gone from the hall—she's gone from the bower.
As flits.the viewless wand, 4 •
That breathes tbeitiveots of every flower, ,
And leaves no trace.ischind
E'en as a shadow. 4 noon day__
A. moment seen, then flits away..:
She passed, unheard her last farewell ; •
But where—nor earth nor ocean tell !
They missed her when the evening dew

•Was wept o'er lawn and lea,—.;
They mined her when the twilight drew
It veils o'er earth and sea!— •
But every voice of her is mute,—
No traces of her little foot,
So light, the flowers might scarcely feel,
Her path—her parting steps reveal.

They sought her in.the valley lone,—
They sought her. in the wood,__
They sought her where the stream steals on
In silence to the flood ;
They sought her by the dizzy. height,
Where ocean climbs the rock of night,—
They saw but blackening:seaand sky,
They heard but wild-bird's moaning cry.
Could heart and hand all ruthless be,
To harm so fair a thing ?
To plUck 'the blOssom from-the tree,
And keep it withering ?
In woe and wandering lives she still ?
The voices of the rock and hill,
Grove, glen, and cavern of the main,
Have called on her—but called in vain ?

A mother's tears ne'er pass away,
'Her Sorrows ne'er depart;
Her dream by night-7her thought by day,

This lost one of her heart ! -
No balm can sootlt the deep despair;
That dwells like deadly nightshade there ;
Till from her burning brain at last,
Shall death or madness blat the past.
- 77-7-

AN EC DOT Ei, &c 2

THE PROUD DUNE or SOMERiET.--ThiS Noble.
man, whose pride was proveybial, was the
,father
Of ELIZA BETH, Duchess of INORTUUMBERLAND,
and uncle to a former Earl of EGItEmoNt. He sent
for,hii nephew one day, and told him that he had
divided his fortune between Win and bis own
daughter, and asked him whether 14 had made
Choice of any lady for his wife. Tbe nepbew
answered in the, negative.—" Then," said the
puke, pulling out a pocket-book, " here is a list
of all the noble families of England, in which
there have been the Era and Insanity; only
guard against chusing a wife from one of these,
and please yourself." The nephew afterwards
married a daughter of Lord CARPENTER.

Sic G.oprazit, KNELLEtt AND MM. POPE.—
Mr. Pope relates the following anecdote of Sir
Godfrey, in illustration of his egregious vanity.
" As I was sitting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, one
day, whilst he was drawing. a picture, he stopped
aud said,' I, catt!t.do so Well as I should do un-
less you flatter we a little; pray flatter me, 'Jr.
PoPe, you know I love to be flattered.' I was
once willing to try how far his vanity would
entry him, and after considering a picture
which he 114(1 just finished, for a good while, very
attentively, 1 Ktid to hint in French, for we'had
been talking for some time before in that lan-
guage On lit dans les ;crib:rex-Sainte: flue
le bon Dieu jaisoit l'hompne apres son image
mats je voudroit faire'un claire a present
feroit l'imalre quo ' Sir
Godfrey turned round, and said, very gravely,
' Vous aver raison M. Pope par Dieu je le crois

"

Ot.n Mtctt.A CAMAS DAy.--This is Old Michael-
mas'my, still observed in many partsof 'England
us the.Quar_ter.day for, payment of rent, and the
end and beginoing of the year in regard to hiring
servants. This day :is also 'remarkable as the
anniversary of the discovery of Arnerica
by Ca-
luntbus in 1492,.at Saint Salvador or Guanibana;
of a robbery of Canterbury Palace, 177$'; and
of the defeat of the Dutch F!eet off Camperdoivn
in 1797 by Admiral Lord Duncan.

IR. Site:tun A.N.—Atitong instances of Mr. SITE.
n irwes inattention to letters, the following is mentioned.—
Going one day tO 'the banking-house, where he was Accustomed
to receive his salary, as Receiver of Cornwall, and where they
sometimes accommodated him with small sums before the regu-
lar time of payment, he asked, with all due humility, whether
they could oblige him with the loan of twenty pounds. "Cer-
tainly, Sir," said the clerk, " Would you like any more---fifty
or a hundred?" • Sheridan, all smiles and gratitude, answered
that a hundred pounds would be of the greatest convenience to
him. " Perhaps you would like to take two hundred or three ?"
said the clerk. At every increase of the shin, the surprise of
the borrower increased. 44 }Give not you then received our let-
ter?" said the clerk; on which it turned out, that in ethnic-
quence'of the falling in of some fine, a sutra of 1,2001. had been
lately placed to ),11c credit of the Receiver4;eneral, and that,
from not having opened :the , letter written to apprise him, he
bad beep left in ignorance of hia good luck.".....(Moore's Life
of Sheridan.)
NIAII OFFICERS OUTWITTED.--At a village
not more than 20 miles front Harwich, the Overseers had at-
tained considerable-reputation for the dexterity with, which they
had ridded•the parish of incumtrrances. Recently a ease oc-
curred which tried their sagacity. It was rumoured that Molly
was likely to puzzle the genealogists of the village as
to the parentage of a forthcoming son or daughter of Adam:—
The report soon found its way to the Oveiseers, who, after many
threats, extorted the confession that James R—_, of a neigh-
bouring parish, was the offender. Thither the active gentlemen
hastened, and after descanting on the offence, and the inconve-
niences of the tread-mill, and offering a bribe of a few pounds,
they prevailed on tle erring swain to marry the frail fair one :
and, in order to prevent all danger front delay, these wiseacres
Put the parish to the expence of a license. As soon as the mar-
riage ceremony was over, and the promised fee was paid, the
bridegroom put the -worthy officers in possession of a secret or
two which they heartily wished they had known before, viz._
that the young woman was not in the family way ; and that the
young man did not belong to a neighl-...:uring parish, burro their
own. •

FATITEIt'ADAM:--FATTIER ADAM was a Jesuit
of Lirnosin, who was silenced afterwards for preaching against
St. Austin. The 'Queen ,Mother, coming out after hearing one
of hiS sermons, asked a courtier who was 'near her, what he
thought of the discourse ? " illadam," replied the Gentleman,
"the sermon convinces me of the truth of the doctrine of Pre.
Adanaites." .'7 How so ?", says the Queen. 44 Becaukt,
dam, lam now certain 'that Pather Adam is not the first of
•

Some mischievous persons being ,locked
.i►►to
Kensington-gardens on
.Saturday ,night, thought
proper to make their escape 4y fo rci rtj a large
hole through the .wall, at 'the north eastern
trcmity of the grs.lens.