The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-23 00:00:00

POETRY.

A JOHNIAN TRIANGLE,
CONSTRUCTED IN HALL, .
At the Examination in Trigonometry, Dee. 17, 1822
The Cosine of A is a horrible bore,
Of it's Cousin of 2 A, I know little more,—
So pray, Mr. ll—, spare me Secants and Sines,
But give me due credit for elegant Lines.

Old Spherics, they say, is an excellent hand,
Give me, for clear reasons, more excellent Bland:,
'Would he, to my wantings, add Complements trim,
I'd ennoble my subject, and compliment him.
Farewell to Chords, Tangents, and Radii too ;
I'm oft' in a Tangent, as shortly you'll view •
All Rads I detest, from the depth of my soul,—
May cords bind their necks, rings my whiskey punoh bow:
No matter to me, if the matter be lase,
Whether Areas or Angles be found from the place,
The Area of Nature is most my delight,
And faith I would angle from morning till night.
If I must seek for Arcs,—lit it be on the Waves,
Where Camus wide circling his willow-bank laves ;
If I must seek for Centres,—my Mary, I true,
All the Force of Attraction lies center'd in you!
So adieu, for a time to all plane Trigonometry,
Too plainly a mount in the plains of Geometry ;
Away from its summits how gladly I run,
To yield my wholt mind up to frolic and fun.

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Consumption.

Ca nzin idge.

SEEK Al:4' D SEE.

TRADE MTH FRANCE,

:MPORTATION OF GUM SENEGAL THROUGH
FRANCE.

The following are Copies of two official Letters, forbidding
the Importation of Gum Senegal through France for Home

" Treasury Chambers, Oct. 3,.4112.

GENTLEMEN—I am commanded by the Lords Coliarnis-.
sioners of His Majesty's Treasury, to transmit to you for your
information, copy of a letter from Mr. Lack, of the 20th ult.
on an application requesting that Gum Senegal may not bel3er-
mitted to be imported from 'France; I am at the same time to
acquaint you, that my Lords entirely concur in the opinion ex-
pressed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for
Trade on this subject.
(Signed)
" Commissioners of Customs."

" GEORGE HARR SON.

" Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade,
" Whitehall, Sept. 20, 1822.
" SlR—Having laid before the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade, copy of a letter, praying that the arti-
cle of Gum-Senegal may not be imported from France, I am
directed to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Com-
missioners of his Majesty's Treasury, that upon a full considera-
tion of all the circumstances of the question respecting Gum-Se-
negal, the Lords of this Committee are of opinion, that (with the
exception perhaps of cargoes proved to have been ordered prior
to the passing of the Act of last Session) it would not be expe-
dient to allow the indirect importation of Gum-Senegal through
France fbr home consumption. Such a permission could only
operate as al bonus upon the French trade in that article,
to the serious prejudice of that which British merchants are now
endavouring to establish ; the success of which attempt their
Lordships conceive to he of great importance, not only to those
branches of our _Manufactures, in which gum Senegal is used,
but generally to the British Trade with Africa, and the exten-
sion of civilization in that country.
(Signed) " THOMAS LACK.
" S. R. Lushington, Esq.

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IMPORTATION - OF - A NATTO FROM FRANCE'
PERMITTED.
" Treasury Chambers, Sept. 13, 1822.
" GENTLEMEN—I am commanded by the Lord's COmmis-
sioners of his Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, that con-
sidering the difficulty of procuring the qualities of Anatto, re-
wired for the manufactures of this country, in consequence of
Cayenne (the principal place of its growth) being no longer
open to British vessels ; my Lords desire that you will permit
the importation of that article from France, in British vessels,
for two years, by which an opportunity will be afforded of as-
certaining whether a sufficient supply of that article can.be ob-
tained from any other source.
(Signed) " S. R. LUSHINGTON.
" Commissioners of Customs, Six."

THE ARMY.

The following are the Stations of the Fifth ,
Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Artillery,
with the Names of the Captains Commanding the
different Companies.

Reg' Quarters, Woolwich. .
Lieutenant-General Francis Laye, Colonel Conimandant.
Ist Company, Major Blaney Walsh, Captain—lrriand.
2d, Ditto, Alajor Frederick Campbell, CaptainWititfeith.
3d Ditto, Major Ediard P. Wilgreis, Captain—OppeolGoad
Hope...
4th Ditto, Major Richard J. J. Lacy, Captain—lonian Isles.
sth Ditto, Major --
Wm. Roberts, Captain Northern District.
•6 th Dit to,Major the Hon. H eibert Gardner, Captai n-- Woolwich.
7th Ditto, Major Richard Jones, Captain—Mauritius.
Bth Ditto, Lieut.-Colonel Francis Power, Captain—Canzda.

PROMOTIONS.
War-Office, December 20.

Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Corporal Major Andrew
Heartley, to be Quartermaster, vice Thomas Varley, who
retires.
10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain Lord Thomas
Cecil, from half-pay of the 76th Foot, to be Captain, vice Wil-
liam Cartwright, who exchanges, receiving the difference be-
tween a full-pay Company and a Troop.
llth Ditto—Brevet Major Robert Darie, from half-pay 24th
Light Dragoons, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Binny,
deceased.
sth Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John Pollock to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Bennet, who retires : Ensign
Frederick Adolphus Robinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Pollock ; Gentleman Cadet James Henry England, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Robinson.
31st Ditto—Lieut. George Beamish to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Dowdall, deceased ; Ensign John Edwards to be
Lieutenant, vice Beamish; Gentleman Cadet George Farwell,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Edwards.
33d Ditto—Lieutenant Edward Clabon to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Slade, who retires • Ensign William Kelly to be'
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice dahon ; Edward Barrett Cur-
reis, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kelly.
40th Ditto—Lieuenant Serjeantson, from half-pay
25th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Hemsley, who ex-
changes, receiving the difference;
42d Ditto—Lieutenant Hugh Andrew Fraser to be Captain,
without purchase, vice M'Laine, deceased • Ensign John
Leslie to be Lieutenant, vice Fraser ; Normanlyttleton Mae-
leod, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Leslie.
53d Ditto—Lieutenant John Fraser, to be Adjutant, vice
Booth, promoted.
72d Ditto—Lieutenant Charles Shockburgh, from half-pay
40th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice James Huson Atkinson, who
exchanges, receiving the difference.
79th Ditto—Lieutenant William Leaper, to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Malcolm Fraser, deceased ; Ensign
William Cartan to be Lieutenant, vice Leaper; John Dawson
Rawdon, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Cartan.
91st Ditto—Ensign Andrew Smith to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Evans, deceased ; George Adam Barnes, Gent.
to be Ensign, vice Smith.
Ist West India Regiment—Major James Cassidy to be Liu-
tenant Colonel, by purchase, vice Whitby, who retires ;
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Fitz-Clarence, from the
14th Light Dragoons, to be Major, by purchase, vice Cassidy.
Cape Corps (Infantry)—Lieut. Sir Thomas Ormsby, Bart.
from the 85th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Carpet:,
ter, who retires.
BRE V ET—Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Walker, Governor of
St. Helena, to have the rank of Brigadier-General in that
Island only ; Lieutenant and Adjutant E. P. White of the
Royal Staff Corps, to have the rank of Cap•ain in the. Army.
HOSPITAL-STAFF.—TO be Hospital-Assistants to the
Forces—Hospital-Assistant Neil Gow, from half-pay ; Hos-
pital-Assistant Garrett Barry, N. D. facm half-pay ; Hos 7
pital-Assistant Wm. Du Heaume, from half-pay.
GARRISONS—Lieut. John Black, on the Retired List of the
3d Royal Veteran Battalion, to be Fort-Major at Kinsale,
vice Dennis, deceased.

DlyntiN, DEC. 19.—A party of the 93d Highlanders, Prim
Cabirconlish, have replaced the County of Limerick Staff at
Abington.—The party of the 93d regiment stationed at Rox-
borough marched through Limerick on Monday, to join head-
quarters at Ennis, being relieved by a party of the 42d regi-
ment.---Sligo and Longford, which have been for years occupied
as Cavalry Quarters, have been discontinued as such, in conse-
quence of the late reduction of the dragoons.—Twenty-six of
the Staff of the Clare Militia were discharged on Friday last.—
Thirty-seven of the Roscommon Militia Staff were reduced on
Saturday.