The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-27 00:00:00

STANZAS

SUGGESTED BY SEEING WATKINS' PORTRAIT or ELIZA COOK

SITTING UNDER SIIARSPERN'S CLIFT, DOTER, ACCOMrANIED

BY DER FAVOURITE DOG.
True faith in beauty keeps the heart from fainting,
And keeps it, too, from premature decay;
Then turn we here to poetry and painting,
For children of the Beautiful are they

The poet's mission and the prenter's art
Alike in aim and in result unite,
Like two bright stars which shine in heaven apart,
And shed on earth one universal light.

0 doubly welcome when the hand can trace
On senseless canvas, with a magic spell,
The tender lines of some familiar face
That we have loved, yet never loved so well

And such is here! for she who sings at will,
And makes our spirit buoyant as a bird's,
Might well employ the painter's rarest skill
To paint the form which breathes such glowing words.
Proud England! it is well for thine and thee,
That Nature gave thee this delightful place,
Where Dover's Cliff stands beetling o'er the sea,
And Shakspere's name is traced from brow to base.

Hera sits the maiden patriot alone,
Yet not alone the soul that stirs within,
That by its universal love has grown
To be with Shakspere's glorious spirit twin.

Yet not alone 1 for nothing can deter
The dumb companion, at her feet reclined,
From being ever near and true to her,
As she is true to nature and mankind.

I greet thee, maiden! with a brother's greeting,
If not unworthy now that greeting take,
We ne'er have met, and never may be meeting,
But still I thank thee for thy muse's sake.

If bards should make this human world divine,
By filling hearts with love and homes with beauty,
There glows, methinks. no truer soul than thine
To strike the lyre, and do a poet's duty.

If bards should offer up at Freedom's shrine
The simple lay or more romatic story,
There beats, methinks, no braver heart than thine
To strike the lyre, and win a poet's glory.
We cannot lose the loved and loving trace
Of forms which woke our first and deepest glee,

For day by day some old familiar face
Comes smiling back into the world with thee.

I pray thee, maiden, sit and think the same,
Muse in the shade which Dover's Cliff supplies,
And know the presence of a Shakspere's name
Is radiant with a light that never dies !
E. 11. BURRINGTON.

PANORAMA OF THE NILE.
Thin moat intcrcoting exhibition at the Egyptian
Hall has closed for a month. We visited it on
Tuesday last, and, in company with a numerous group
of spectators, enjoyed a delightful sail up Father Nile
from Cairo to the second Cataract, and returned
through the Desert to the mighty Pyramids. The
temples, towns, and towering rocks that crown the
ancient and mysterious stream are depicted with
wonderful accuracy, and the sultry glow of an Egyp-
tian summer, diversified by an occasional moonlit
night scene, is most true to nature. For perfection
of drawing, as well as for an uninterrupted succession
of objects of admiration and interest, it is superior to
any panorama within our recollection. A full and
graphic description given by the exhibitor enhances
the pleasure of every stage of the mimic journey,
which few who have taken will not be anxious to
repeat at the re opening of the Panorama for the
winter.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFORD, SEPT. 25.—Term commences on the 10th
of October.
Tho different Colleges and Halls will meet on the fol-
lowing days:—
Magdalene College, October 7.
St. Edmund Hall, October 12.
Baliol, Exeter, Lincoln, Christ Church, Trinity, Wad
ham, Pembroke, Worcester, October 13.
University, Queen's, St. Alban Hall, October 14.
Magdalene Hall, October 19.
Merton, Oriel, New, Brasenose, Corpus, St. John's,
Jesus, St. Mary Hall, New Inn Hall, October 20.
All Souls, October 23.
LINCOLN COLLEGE. _

The Bishop of Lincoln, who is, ex officio, visitor of
Lincoln College has appointed Mr. .gichard Jeston
Ogle, 8.A., Exhibitioner of Lincoln, to be a Fellaw of
the same society, in the room of the Rev. C. J. Mere-
dith, 13. D., who has been promoted to the rectory of
Waddington, Lincolnshire. Mr. Ogle is the ion of Dr.
Ogle, Clinical Professor.

COURT CIRCULAR.
BALMORAL, SEPT. 24,

liar Majesty and the Prince went out this morning to
the Forest in a pony carriage.
The Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Birch, rode to
Lochnager.
Lord and Lady Portman and the Hon. Miss Portman
will have the honour of dining with her Majesty this
evening.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governors of the North American
Colonies.

HER MAJESTY'S ARRIVAL IN

_
EDINBURGH.
We understand that the secretary of the North
British Railway Company received a communication
yesterday morning from Colonel Anson, of her Ma-
jesty's suite, intimating that the Queen and the
members of the Royal Family would leave Perth at
eight o'clock on Thursday morning, by special train
on the Scottish Central Railway, and might be ex-
pected to arrive in Edinburgh about ten o'clock. It
was added that it was not her Majesty's intention to
leave the Royal carriage while in Edinburgh, and
that consequently, her stay in the metropolis would
be limited to the change of engine.
The Lord Provost has not yet received any an-
swer to the communication he addressed some days
ago to her Majesty's officials at Balmoral, requesting
to know the Royal pleasure regarding the nature of
the arrangements to be made for her Majesty's re-
ception.

DEATH or THE Hopi. AND REV. HENRY WATSON.
—This gentleman expired at Canterbury on the 23d
instant, from the effects of an apoplectic attack. The
deceased was born in 1796, being third son of the se-
cond Lord Sondes, and consequently brother to the
present Peer. He was rector of Kettering,. Northampton.
The living is of the value of 786/. per annum, and is in
the gift of Lord Sondes.
We have advises from Labuan to the 25th of July.
On the night of the 21st a boat had arrived with intel-
ligence that the Meander, Captain Keppel (the vessel
whose crew had lately effected the release of Mr. Sum-
mers from prison at Macao), had struck on a coral reef,
near the island of
' Banguey. She got off, however, on
the following day by heaving overboard her main deck
guns, which were subsequently recovered, and she ar-
rived at Labuan on the 25th without having sustained
any damage. The south-west monsoon was increasing,
and there were a good many cases of intermittent fever
among the natives. Sir James Brook was still at Sara-
wak. It was believed that some reductions would soon
take place in the official staff, its present scale being
altogether beyond the requirements of the colony. As
a coaling station the advantages of the place were daily
becoming more apparent. By the last accounts from
Singapore, coal was so scarce at that settlement that
the Peninsular and Oriental Coorpany had been com-
pelled to procure 2,000 tons from Calcutta at a freight
of 7i dollars per ton. The Government coal depot was
empty, and the Semiramis steamer, which had just
landed a , supply, had been ordered to sail over to La-
buan for an additional quantity. These difficulties
would be obviated upon the Eastern Archipelago Coln-
pany's col mines being brought 1.149 active °penile%