The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-11 00:00:00

P 0 E T It V.

EPITAPH ON AN INFANT.
[TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN.]
BY STOCKDALE HARDY, ESQ. OF LEICESTER.
Adieu ! sweet Babe, thy sleep enjoy,
While zephyrs round thee gently play ;
Completely free from Earth's alloy,
Thy heav'nly soul was call'd away !
Aurora's car shall bear it on,
To scenes of bliss above the skies ; •
And Seraphs, as they taste the morn,
Shall chaunt its triumph as they rise !

EAST INDIA HOUSF.—Yesterday a Ballot was
taken at the East India House for the election of
six Directors, in the room of
R. Chicheley Plowden, Esq. W. Stanley Clarke, Esq.
John Hudleston, Esq. John Thornhill, sq.
G.Abererombießobinson,Esq. George Raikes, Esq.
who go out by rotation.

At six o'clock the glasses were closed, and de-
livered to the Scrutineers, who reported at half-
past seven o'clock, that the election had fallen
on—

William Astell, Esq. Charles Elton Prescott, Esq.
Charles Grant, Esq. George Smith, Esq.
Campbell Marjoribanks, Esq. , Sweny Toone, Esq.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at
the East India House, when the Thanks of the Court were
voted unanimously to THOMAS REID, Esq., and JAMES
PATTISON, Esq., the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, for
their zeal and attention to the Company's interest during the
ast year.

ELECTON OF A. RECORDER.—Yesterday the
LORD MAYOR held a Special Court of Alder-
men, at Guildhall, for the purpose of electing a
Recorder in the room of the late Sir JOHN
VESTER, Baronet, which was fully attended, his
Lordship, twenty Aldermen, and the Sheriffs
being present. The thanks of the Court were
unanimously voted to the Bishop -of LANDAFF
and the Rev. Dr. GODDARD for their excellent
Sermons preached at Christ-church, Newgate-
street, before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Governors of the several Royal Hospitals, on
Monday and Tuesday last. The Court then
proceeded to the Special Business of the day,
when NEWMAN KNOWLES, Esq. Common Ser-
jeant, was unanimously elected Recorder, and
being sent for, he attended, and took the usual
oath. The Lord Mayor declared the vacancy of
Steward of Southwark, in the room of Sir J.
SILVESTER, and the next Court was appointed
to fill up the same.

ST. PAUL, COVEN T -GARDEN.—Yesterday the polling was
again, resumed by the friends of the respective candidates,
Messrs. Yockney. and ItVetherfield, with much warmth, and at
the final close of the Poll at four o'clock, the numbers were—
For Mr. Yockney - - - 200
For Mr. Wethertield - - - IC4
Majority in favour of Mr. Yockney —36
who was declared duly elected.

INCREASE OF DUTY ON FIRE INSURANCE paid
by the different Offices,on an average of the last
five years—i. e. the difference between the pay-
ments for 1817 and 1821, extracted from the
Stamp-Office Returns. The Offices which have
not itxreased are not quoted :
County
Union
Atlas -
Norwich Union (now dissolved)
Hand in Hand
Hope -
Royal Exchange
Sun

- £9,85614 6
- 5,424 3 8
- 4,785 1 2
- 3,567 2 9
- 876 9 7
- 653 15 8
- 506 8 5
- 174 10 0

The Dividends now due commenced paying
yesterday.

Upon the subject of the reported intended
marriage of the KING with the Princess Royal
of DENMARK, the last Paris Papers contain the
following article, dated Copenhagen, March
25 :—" All the letters which reach-us from Eng-
land and Holland are filled with details con-
cerning the projected marriage of the King of
ENGLAND and our Princess CAROLINE. Here
we know nothing positively about it ; but it is
certain that Mr. FOSTER, the English Envoy to
the Court of Copenhagen, who was absent upon
leave till July next, will embark instantly on
board a frigate to return to Copenhagen.".
SHOCKING Ac CIbENT s.—Tuesday evening, a dreadful ac-
cident occurred at Stepney Fair to a mechanic, about sixty
years of age, in consequence of his having imprudently yen-
tured into one of the swings, out of which, when at its full
height, he was hurled into the air, and on his alighting on
the ground, he was picked up a corpse, without any ostensible
marks of injury. On the same evening, a young woman had
her jaw-bone broken, and her nose nearly torn off her face by
blow from a swing ; and a boy having been rode over by a
donkey, had his thigh fractured, and was otherwise much in-
jured.