The Sun.
London, England, 1825-11-24 00:00:00

POETRY.

TO " lONOTUS."
Though, Stranger, thy counsel I cannot obey,
Yet turn not, I pray thee, in anger away-
-1 have lov'd ! oh ! how well ! though that love still has been,
A cloud that has darken'd fond youth's fairy scene ;
it has brought me, alas ! tears of sorrow and blight,
But they were not the tears, or of wrong, or of si4nit—
A heart that's less true, and less constant than mine,
An " Idol" quite hopeless would quickly resign ;
A heart with such feelings so proud and so deep,
A cold faithless " Idol" could ne'er strive to keep.
Still then let me wear not unwilling the chain,
Whilst I know that His breast heaves with yet keener pain,
Still precious to me, whilst I feel and I know
There lives in one bosom a fond " kindred glow."
But ah ! painful thought should that glow cease to be,
At the very same moment the change I shall see,
The spell will then burst—and my heart will be free !
Wednesday, N0v.123. GERTRUDE.

DESTRUCTION OF A GAMING-TABLE IN DUBLIN.
_On Sunday 26 persons of various occupations—private gen-
tlemen, attorneys, working- tradesmen, and waiters out of place
—were brought before Major Sirr (the sitting Magistrate),
charged by 111 r. Farrell, chief officer of police, with being
found in the gaming-house of Edward Reynolds, in Temple-
line, playing at the game of Hazard, at one o'clock in the
morning. informations had been lodged, and a warrant
directed to Mr. Farrell, on Saturday. At the hour mentioned,
he proceeded, accompanied by a numerous train of peace-offi-
cers, and some of the horse police, in coloured clothes, under
the care of Mr. Bell. armed with sled.res and crow-bars. Hay-
f ig demanded admittance, which, as is usual was refused, a
signal was given, and, in a few minutes, the door gave way
before the well-applied blows of the sledges. Some of the corn-
piny were in the dining-room, where there was a large oval
table, at which they sat ; many got cut on the roof, but they
were followed and brought back by the peace-officers, Harley,
Jones, and Holland ; three escaped into the yard of a whole-
sale
house in Eustace-street, forced through the kitchen win-
dow, and out into the street, where their retreat was cut off by
peace-officer Cox, who had been stationed there for the pur-
pose. Being asked by Major Sirr what they had to say, many
of them admitted their having gone there to play ; others said
they went there to see persons who owed them money ; there
never was a more wretched-looking group inside the office.—
They were ordered to pay a fine of 405., and in default will
be committed to Newgate. No exertion is sufficient to put
down this most destructive vice. It appears that a-klinner was
given to at least 40,select gamblers and swindlers on Thursday,
the 10th instant, at which a veteran, who has realized a con-
siderable fortune by gaming presided.—(Dublin Morning Post.)

Ihrir.y.—lt is a fact that at thy time it was
mentioned in the papers that honey in London fetched the
price of fresh butter, it was hawked about the streets at Diss in
pails, and though offered at 6d. per pound, a great deal was
carried home unsold.—(Bury Gazette.)

Bur,r, BAITING.—The attention of the Univer-1
sity of Oxford has been drawn to the subject ofi
hull-baiting, in consequence of the late baiting
which took place within a few miles of that City,
when a monster in human shape, tare from the
root the tongue of his pitiable victim, and hand-
ed it: about the ring. In consequence of this
barbarity, we are told, that a petition to Parlia-
ment is now in preparation, praying, that bear-
baiting, badger-baiting, dog-fighting, and similar
cruel sports, may be prohibited, under suitable
penalties.

EXTR AORDIN APPLE.—Saturday last was
taken from a tree in the garden of a gentleman
near Hereford, an apple called the Germaine,
which measured 12 i►►ches and a half round one
way, and 12 inches and three quarters another,
and weighed 15 ounces. This was one of a
second crop from the same tree, the first of vs Bich
was an abundant one, and was gathered in July,
and the tree again partially blossomed, and pro-
duced 17 very fine apples.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT AND MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.
—Yesterday morning, at about seven o'clock,
the front part of the provision and grocery shop
occupied by Mr. Nossop,at the corner of Edmund-
street, Oldhall-street, fell down with an awful and
tremendous crash. The family, we are informed,
had not come down stairs at the moment when the
alarming occurrence took place ; but as they were
accustomed to sleep in a part of the premises
rather detached from the shop, they happily
escaped injury. The catastrophe appears to have
been caused by the natural decay of the beams
and joists, which are evidently incapable of sup-
porting the weight of the building, and not by an
accumulation of weight in the upper rooms, which
has in some instances been the cause of similar
occurrences. Mr. Mossop's premises are usually
filled with customers on Saturday evening, and
had the accident happened but a few hours ear-
lier, it would, we fear, have been attended by
the sacrifice of many lives. From the present
appearance of the ruins, we should suppose that
the mortar which been originally used must have
been mixed wits► sea-sand, or some other bad
material, for it is literally reduced to dust.—
( Liverpool Paper, Nov. 11.)

Letters from Greenock announce the arrival of
vessels from Miramichi, the masters of which
state, that previously to their sailing there had
been heavy rains and a fall of snow, which had
effectually put a stop to the further ravages of the
conflagration in the woods.
A FRACAS took place yesterday afternoon on
the Royal Exchange, between a celebrated South
American Loan Contractor, and a member of the
Stock Exchange. The language made use of was
of a very coarse nature, and the South American
Loan Contractor was threatened by his adversary
with a pulling by the nose, which threat, no
doubt, would have been put in execution, but
for the intervention of a mutual friend. The
cause of the dispute, it is said, related to some
Stock Exchange transactions. The fracas cauQed
considerable laughter, and was the subject of ge-
neral conversation. The Loan Contractor is a
member of the Hebrew persuasion.
On Friday and Saturday, upwards of one hun-
dred sail of vessels of different denominations,
went out of Ramsgate harbour, bound to the
westward.
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