The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-11 00:00:00

P 0 E T It Y.

The following lir stm, written by the Rev. Dr. BOOKER, was,
last Sunday, sung in Sulmouth Church, after a Sermon
preaChed by him, for the Benefit of the Charity Schools at that

place :
When, after foundering on the Main,
And long by stormy billows tost,
We, from the shore, behold with pain,
A gallant vessel wreck'd and lost,—

With out-streteli'd hands and pitying hearts,
We wish the suffering crew to save ;.
And, oh ! what joy the deed imparts,
If we can snatch them from the 'Wave

A fate like this was once our own,—
Expos'd to Vice's dangerous sea,
Till your Compassion heard our moan,
And said, From wretchedness be free !"

Oh ! may that God who taught your souls
To pity us in our distress,— .
Whose pow'r the rage of Fate controuls,
Your. every day with comfort gloss !

And, when the awful hour shall come,
When He who gave—reclaims your breath,
May lie, with smiles, unbar the tomb,
And take away the sting of death !

An'd v;hen'the-viriaccid from their graves,
Appall'd with terror shall arise,
May ye, with those your goodness saves,
Ascend triumphant to the skies !

SPORTING I NTELLIG ENCE.

BETTING-ROOM, JAN. 10.

.-STATE OF THE ODDS.

DERBY.
9to 1 agst c. out of Sycorax 16 to I agst c. out olLandscape
oto 4 agst arcellus 20 to 1 agst any other.
[0 to 1 agst Stamford

OAKS.

9 to 2 agst Parasol f. I 6 to 1 agst Meteora f.
to 2 agst f. out of Reserve 10 to 1 agst Cat.
DONCASTBIt ST. LEGER.
9to 1 agst Marion fl2to 1 agst Swapp •
19 to 1 apt Ajax I 15 to 1 agst Acaruti.

NEWMARKET STAKES.
3 to 1 agst Stag.
lIIRDLEsWORTH.
4 to 1 agst Plover.

HUNTING INTELLIGENCE.
MEETINGS FOR ENSUING WEEK

The Ludlow • Subscription Fox-hounds, on Tuesday; • at
Whitbatch; and on Friday, at Stanway Gorst.
The Croxton Hounds, on MOnday, at Haley Wood ; Wed-
nesday, at Brampton Wood ; and on Friday, at (iiiirags.• •
The East Essex and Thurlow Fox-hounds, on .31.qiday, at
Birdbrook Hail • Tuesday, at Great Notthey ; Thursday,
at Boric), and Ba\sham; and on Saturday, at Marks.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDINARY.

RESUSCITATION OF COLONEL. THORNTON.

Extract of a .Letter written by Colonel Thornton to his friend
George Hankins, Esq. in answer to a letter of condolence ad-
dressed to Mrs. Thornton, on the supposed death of her
husband

".Paris, Rue de la Pais, Dec. 25, 1821.
" My honest Brother Sportsman—This is Christmas Day,
dedicated by me from my youth to gaiety and reasonable hos-
pitality, endeavouring to make all happy according to the situa-
tion in which .Providence has placed me.
" In health no man can be more hearty, but not quite stout in
my knees and feet ; stomach • invincible ; always an appetite ;
eat three times a day—tea, muffins, and grated hung beef at
nine ; at two, roasted game, or 'cockscombs, and about a pint of
the finest white Burgundy ; dinner at five, and then a bottle of
wine, about three or four glasses of spirits and water, rather
weak ; then to bed sleep better than I ever did in my life.—
Pretty 'well, you will say, for a dead man: Rise at eight. break-
fastat nine; so we go on. Every night the finest dreams.
expect some wild boar ; if it comes our friend B. may be sure of
a part.
"P. S. Dec. 26.-1 find by the rapers, that I died after a
short illness, much lamented, &c. &c. at Paris. However that
may be, I gave a dinner yesterday to a dozen sportsmen ; we
had roast beef, plum pudding, Yorkshire goose pie, and sat up
singing most gaily till two this morning. At twelve wehad two
broiled fowls, gizzards, &c. and finished a bottle of old runs in
punch. No intoxication ; for I went to bed well, and never
ruse better.