The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-28 00:00:00

POETRY.

DECEMBER-. -
Vircicome—ancient of the year !
Tho' thy face be pale and drear,
Tho' thine eye be veiled in night,
Tho' thy scattered locks be white,
Tho' thy feeble form be bowed
In the mantle of the cloud.
Yet, December, with thee come
All the old delights of home.
Lovelier never stole the hour
In the Summer's rosy bower,
Than around the social hearth,
When the few we love on earth,
With their hearts of holiday,
Meet to laugh the night away ;
Talking of the thousand things
That to time give swiftest wings :
Not unmixed with memories dear,
Such as, in a higher sphere,
Might bedim an angel's eye ;
Feelings of the days gone by ;
Of the friends who made a part
Of our early heart of heart;
Thoughts that still around us twine
With a chastened woe divine.
But, when all are wrapped in sleep,
Let me list the whirlwind's sweep
Rushing through the forest hoar .
Like a charging army's roar;
Or, with thoughts of riper age,
Wonder o'er some splendid page,
Writ as with the burning coal,
Transcript of the Grecian's soul.,
Or the ponderous tomes unhasp
Where a later spirit's grasp,
Summoned from a loftier band,
Spite of rack, and blade, and brand,
With the might of miracle
Rent the more than pagan veil,
And disclosed to mortal eyes
(lod's true pathway to the skies.
Every A mum!) leaf has fled,
But a nobler tree has shed
Nobler scions from its bough ;
Pale mortality ! 'tis thou
That halt flung them on the ground
In the year's mysterious round ;
Thou that bid'st the great " to come,"
Thing of terror, darkness, tomb !
Oh ! for some celestial one,
That has through the portals gone !
To pour upon cur cloudy eye
The vision—what it is—to die !
Yet no seraph traveller
Bends his starry pinion here ;
Since the birth of hoary time
All is silent, stern, sublime;
All unlimited—unknown !
Father, may thy will he done !
Bet me die, or let me live,
KING OF SPIRITS! but—forgive !.

NAPOLEON ox BoAari a Bttr•ris!' SHlP.—Capt.
Usher was astonished at the quantity of nau-
tical information which Napoleon evinced
during the voyage. One day he asked him
whether all the sails were set that the frigate
could carry, and on being answered. in the
affirmative, " Yet ('aid the Emperor) if you were
in chase of a French frigate, would you not
hoist one more ?"--" Yes, the sky-scraper."—
" Oui, oui, do let us have it up." Capt. Usher
complied with his desire. The strict discipline
kept up by Captain Usher was highly admired
by the Emperor, who complained that he had
in vain attempted to introduce it in the Fr/eh
Navy, "where (continued he) the Conunanoer
will laugh and joke with all the crew, even to
the cabin boy, and the sailors are suffered to
sprawl about the quarter deck, and play at cards,
backgammon, or what they please." lie asked
the Captain's opinion of the Toulon fleet ; who
replied, 'that in bad weather there was plenty of
confusion on board of it. Napoleon laughed
at this, and said he had never intended they
should risk an action. Captain Usher said, that
Napoleon was in good spirits the whole of the
voyage. lie one day . cnme up to the crew while
at dinner, and tasted their peas, and made him-
self very popular ►with the sailors by his familiar
manner ; he said, more than. once, " ces pauvres
Bourbons its ne resteront pas dix mois,'ils:ne
sauront par gouverner les Francais." He often
expressed the same idea to Colonel Campbell
while at Elba, but he always spoke quietly of
them.

AWFUL IS6TANCZ OF SI.T.DDENT DEATH.—Yes-
terday, between the hours of twelve and one
o'clock, as Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, an exten-
sive starch• manufacturer at Lambeth, was walk-
ing along in apparent good health, on his arrival
near the Stags, opposite the New Bethlem; he
soddenly fell down, and. instantly expired.- ha.
mediate assistance %vas rendered the unfortunate
gentleman, and the body carried to Dr. Morgan,
who pronounced the spark of life Lobe completely
extinct.

FRIGHTFUL - INUNDATION IN CARLOW.—On
Tuesday and Wednesday night the lower part
of the town was placed in a state of extreme dis-
tress. During the night_or Monday, and morning
of Tuesday, a heavy any' continued fall of snow.
had covered the distant lolls and neighbour-
ing country ; and subsequent and continuous
rain during Tuesday had dissolved all the snow
for many miles about this town into a
thousand streams. The river Barrow 'bad
in all directions stretched itself beyond its banks
across the low country for miles above and below
us ; and the Burrin, a mere streamlet, collecting
the accumulated waters from the 'south east,
threw an immense flood upon that division of the
town, and involved its inhabitants in extreme
peril. The river dividing at the break-water
above Burrin-bridge, flung one current towards
the Court-house, and the other traversed on the
south side of the bridge, swept Barrio-street,
with the depth of a canal, immersing the
lower apartments of all the houses in its bed.
Mr. Catnpion's cottage was surrounded by the
swell, which, from the suddenness of its aliproach
gave scarcely time to the inmates to escape with
their life • from the destructive element, and in
many instances the inhabitants were obliged
to retreat, from immediate danger, to the
drawing-room floors, and ultimately to escape
by ladders into carriages for removal to more
distant quarters. At nine o'clock, part of
Burrin-bridge, the usual passage for the day,
and mail-coaches, gave way ; and but for the
praiseworthy exertions of Capt. Battersby and
Messrs. Wallace and Dobbyn, much difficulty and
danger would have been encountered and perhaps
prove fatal.—(Curlow Morning Post.)
It is said that the earliest law enacted in any
country for the promotion, of anatomical know-
ledge, was one passed in 1540. It allowed the
United Companies of Barbers and Surgeons to
have yearly the bodies of four criminals to
dissect.

NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN

COFFEE HOUSE, Dec. 26.

Charleston Papers of the 2d December, and
Quebec of the 24th November, were received
this moritien.

QUEf EC, Nov. 24.—The brig William Johnson, hence the
16th instant for London, with wheat, has put back leaky, and
it is feared must discharge part of her cargo to repair. The
Thomas, which sailed for this port from Liverpool, has put
into St:John's, N. 8.. The Ontario, Wills, hence the 18th
instant for Bristol," discharged her pilot bclo a- Green Wand on
'Saturday.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 25.—i Arrived yesterday the ship Tal-
ly-ho, Fisher, from London in 38 days. On the 26th October,
30 leagues N.W. of Ushant, fell in with the Westmorelaal, of
Liverpool, full of water,.-part of her sails set, some of them
blown to pieces; passed close under her stern, but could not
discover any person on board, the water rushed out of the cabin
windows at intervals. Cleared the ship Beira:as, Marbury,
for Liverpool.
Nov....2B.—Arrived the ship Agricola (of New York), Wyer,
from Liverpool in 42 days.
DEAL, DEC. 27.—The Zenophon sailed last night for
Charleston, and the Mogul for New Orleans; the Delta sailed
this morning for Charleston; the Quebec Packet, Atkinson,
and Miriam and Jane, Bunley, from Quebec, put back to the
Downs this day, with loss of an anchor and chain each.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 26.—Wind, strong gale during last
night—this day more moderate.—A rrived the M ilo, Wood berry,
from Charleston • sailed 4th instant; Elizabeth, Nelson, from
Demerara ; sailed 22d October. The ship Richard, was to
sail in three or four days for this port; Thorntons, Brecon, from
Mirimichi; Idas, from Pictou ; Atlas, Clegg, from Asacati ;
sailed 20th November; John, King, from Newfoundland. The,
Agricolia, Meyer, for Charleston ; Africa, Cox, f ,or Wisseassett,
outward-bound, remain.
Co wxs, DEC. 26. —Wind N.—Arrived the Suffolk, Endicott,
American ship, sailed for Batavio ; James Maury, Woodberry,
ditto, for London ; Samuel, —, ditto brig, for New-York.

LFROIII LLOYD'S I
DEAL, DEc. S.W.—Put back the Quebec
Packet, for London, having lost an anchor in Margate Roads.
The Richards, John, Thetwood, Kingston,and Cameron, sailed
at 3 p. m., several vessels are passing from Ramsgate Harbour.
Arrived from the River and sailed, the Ceasor, for Sierra Leone ;
Zenophou, Fleming, for Charleston ; Catherine, Casen, for
Portugal; Eagle Grove, Falkner, for the West Indies; Delta,
Clarkson, for America; Henry and Sarah, Watt, for Malta ;
most of the outward bound have left the Downs. The Mary
Ann, and Jane, lienly, remain with loss of anchor and cable.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 27.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived from
the Downs, the Silvia, Mackie, for Rio Janeiro; Hassarn,
Gibson, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Auretta, Jusen for
Trinidad; and the Wellington, Allen, for Jamaiu... Sailed
his Majesty's ship Glasgow, for Lisbon; his Majesty's ship
Magnificent, for Jamaica ; Four Brothers, Foreman, for St.
Michael's; and the Two Friends, Worth, for Cork.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 26.--Wind N.--Arrived the Mile,
Woodberry, from Charleston, sailed the 4th inst. ; Atlas
Clegg, from Canara; Elizabeth, Nelson, from Demerara, sailed
the 22d ult. The Richard, for Liverpool, was to sail in 2or 3
days ; Thornton, Brown, and Idris, , from Miramichi -
John, Marsh, from Prince Edward's Island, and the Hannah,
Crowder, from Halifax.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Ann,
Mathewson, from Petersburgh. Sailed the Dove packet, for
the Leeward Islands.

Arrived off Dover the Ann, Wilson, from Miramichi ; and
the Apollo, Sieveright, from Cork.
On Wednesday 14th curt. the Janet and Betsey pilot-boat of
.Newhaven,fell in with a large galliot near the Bass, where both
the pilots were taken on board of the galliot, and their boat
made fast to her stern. They continued to beat up the Frith un-
til they were off Wemyss, when the gale became so violent, as to
threaten destruction to the pilot-boat, and yet rather than suffer
the boat to be dashed to pieces, one of the pilots in spite of
the remonstrances of his companion, left the galliot and corn.
mined himself to the mercy of the wind and waves. At this
time it was past four o'clock in the afternoon, and the storm
continuing to increase. After running for some distance be-
fore the wind, he left the helm in order to set up his sail, but
at that instant the boat broached to and was soon half full of
water. Both the oars were likewise washed out of the boat-
The pilot quickly bailed his boat, and took his seat at the helm
quite uncertain where he would run her ashore. Betwixt five
and six the thunder, the lightning, and the rain became so tre-
mendous that he lost all hope, and also all knowledge of the
place where he was, until, most fortunately, he discovered the
large granary on our quay, which he immediately recognized,
and steered for the harbour. About 6 o'clock, his boat, for
which he foolishly risked his own life, was in safety, and him-
self freed from the terrors of a watery grave.—( .Edinburgh
Pcper:)