The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-18 00:00:00

POETRY.

LINES ADDRESSED TO AN UNBELIEVER.
By Dr. BOOKER.
If Revelation be, as you suppose,
An empty fiction, whence delusion flows,
The fabled error with no evil teems,
But charms me waking, and delights my dreams ;
With tongue of seraph bids life's troubles cease,
And points to paths of pleasantness and peace ;
Nor will its comforts fail, when fails my breath,
But like an angel bless me ev'n in death !
And should the pleasing hopes its voice inspires
Delusive prove when aged time expires,
The fond delusion, from all mischief free,
Hereafter will not, cannot injure me;
But think, if its tremendous threats prove true,
0 think, what then,' Sir, will become of you!

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

COURSING.

Exton Coursing Meeting commenced on the 7th inst. and
will be continued fortnightly during the season.
Monday se'nnight the Redeastle Coursing Meeting took place
on the north banks of the Lunan Water. The sport, which
began at eleven o'clock, was mast excellent ; and as the dogs
were very good, ten hares were killed before three o'clock.
The company then sat down to a most sumptuous dinner, in
Mr. Smith's lnn, i.i Inverkeillor ; and after spending the even-
ing with the greatest sociality and good humour, retired at an
early hour. Among the Gentlemen present were—The Hon.
Win. Maule, Sir James Carnegie, Captains Lindsay, Carnegie,
Dowbiggen, Douglas and Ramsey ; David Carnegie, James
Cruickshank, Jc;in Furquhar, and David Scott, Emirs.

lIUNTING INTELLIGENCE.
MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WEEK.
The Hampshire Hounds, on Tuesday, at Tichborne Park ;
Thursday, at Smither's Barn ; and on Saturday, at Nutly
Church.

The Hambledon Hounds, on Wednesday, at 'Winter's 111111
Common ; and on Friday, at Corhampton Down.
Mr. Shard's Hounds, on Wednesday, at Wilbury Park ; and 1
on Friday, at Penton.
The Lambton Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at Great Stainton ;
Thursday, at Whin Houses ; and on Saturday, at Bradbury
Bridge.
The Northumberland Fox-Hounds, on Wednesday, at Gos-
forth ; and on Friday, at Belsay.
The Earl of Scarborough Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at
Aughton Bar ; Friday, at Bramley ; and on Saturday at Bos-
sington Bridge.
The Earl of Harewood's Fox-bounds, on Wednesday, at
Spofforth ; and on Friday, at Paper Mill Bar.
The Badsworth Fox-hound 4, on Tuesday, at Moss Village ;
Thursday, at Ilemsworth ; and on Saturday, at Hickleton.

A Gentleman of this county, whose connec-
tions in India are of the first rank and consequence, has favour-
ed us with the following extract from a letter, dated from Cal-
cutta, 15th April last, and written by a Gentleman enjoying
the friendship and confidence of the Governor-General:—
" Interested, as I know you to be, in India and its affairs, you
will have great pleasure in learning the general tranquillity
and consequently the augmented comfort of every corner of
this vast Empire. The management of Lord Hastings, as he
himself believes and hopes, is about to cease. If he has suc-
ceeded in meliorating the condition, as well as promoting,
the interests of his employers--and there is no well-in-
formed person here who doubts the fact—this desirable end
has been effected without burdening or embarassing the
Company : for on the close of the last official year, the Go-
vernor has cash accumulated in the Treasury, beyond what
he set out with, more than sufficient to discharge every os-
tensible addition made to the debt during his Administra-
tion. But to have employed this fund in -the liquidation of
the debt, would have been worse than idle ; and the distress that
would have been entailed upon the community by such an
operation, may be judged of from the fact that the Government
6 per cent. annuities (interest paid in India only) have recently
borne a premium of 20 per cent. Yet when the Marquis of
Hastings !arrived lin India, the same description of stock was
purchaseable at a discount of 12 per cent. From these facts, it
is obvious that the Governor's account with his employers will
not stand amiss; and I may farther add, that since the 30th
April, 1814, the close of the official year, the average of the an-
nual supplies from India to England has very near quintupled
the average of the twenty years preceding." —( Dumfries
Courier.)
Mr. MATTHEW'S took leave of the theatrical
public at Baltimore (14th ult.) in a farewell Be-
nefit,
which produced upwards of 1,000 dollars,
the house being crowded to overflow.
Whilst Mr. KRAN was recently phiying Rich-
ard the Third, at Carlisle, he was unfortunately
cut near the eye with his own foil, when fencing
with Richmond, and the mark still remains.
A rich old Gentleman constantly calculated
the state of his health by the rise and fall of the
mercenary attentions of pretended friends and
relatives. Some little time before he died, his
physicians would have persuaded him that he
was,much better; it would not do; he had just
discovered he had six fatal symptoms in his case,
—three presents and three visits in one day from
his dear friend Mr. 11.
Some Gentlemen were lately conversing on the
ill effects of hard drinking on the constitution,
when one adduced a very old Gentleman of their
acquaintance, who drank, very hard from his
youth, and still continued the practice, declaring
that he lived by it. cc It is impossible, Sir,"
• said another, " he lives in spite of it ; no one
lives by bad habits." " Pardon me," observed
a third, " you forget old clothes men."

THE ARMY.

THE DECCAN CAUSE.

The further proceedings in this most important cause, in the
ultimate decision of which almost the whole of the Army in
India feel so deep an interest, stand adjourned to the 10th of

December next.