The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-22 00:00:00

BY A TORY.

Hence, ye twin-born fiends accurst,
Hope and Joy, by Folly nurst ;
Hence, with all your dreams of glory !
I'm a sour, desponding Tory,
With eternal Spleen, I trow,
Stereotyped upon my brow.
Sure never, since the days of Priam,
Lived so sheer a wretch as I am !
Doomed to pine (oh sad condition)
In Siberian OppositiOn ;
Doomed for aye, to bid good bye
To the public Treasury ;
And, worse, to sit and sulk o'nights,
At the Carlton Club,.or White's,
Afraid to call e'en for a tater
Least the damu'd, suspicious waiter
(Such vulgar dogs at nothing stick)
Should hint that " Master gives no tick !"
Come then, birds of Tory feather,
Come, and let us croak together!
What's the use of looking sunny,
When we've neither place nor money ?
We've no prospect, and no hope,
Save from arsenic or a rope,
Let us, then, 'mid tears and sighs,
Dole out dismal prophecies ;
England's ruined, or if she
Be not, at least she ought to be ;
Ere another year has pass'd,
Mother Church shall breathe her last ; .
Down shall go the Funds, and down
With them, go the Monarch's crown;
While Rapine, in the shape of Dan,
Shall summon his Destructive clan,
To fleece the wealthy with their shears,
Destroy the poor dear House of Peers,
And in a deluge of ablution,
Drown our once glorious Constitution 1

Billy Holmes's Kay of pronouncing the word " potatoe."

KING'S BENCH-(THIS D AN).

There were two Special Jury cases on the list for trial,
both of which were arranged at the sitting of the Court.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY.)

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CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
Our arrivals this morning are two French and two Ostend
mails. We have also several arrivals of ship letters from the
Eastward. _ .

The Journal du Commerce of Antwerp of yesterday gives
the prices of the Dutch Funds of the 19th of Feb.:—Two
and a Half per Cents. 55i 56 ; Five per Cents., 103{ ; Ar-
doin's Loan, 48k.
The same paper states, that Austria has proposed to Prussia
to join her in preventing the differences on the eve of break-
ing out between England and Russia ; but Prussia has refused
to comply ; and Austria has decided to conduct herself ac-
cordingly ; and has sent special instructions on the subject to
her Ambassadors.
Cape of Good Hope Papers to the 20th December, have
been received at the North and South American Coffee
House. We subjoin the following extracts:—
" Our intelligence from the frontier this week is scanty.
The country, as far as the Kei, is said to be tranquil, and a
treaty, offensive and defensive, has been ratified with a chief of
the Tambookies, named Massassa. The basis of this treaty,
however, we do not pretend to understand. He is said to be
received within the limits of the Colonial Territory, as now
defined. Defined by whom ?—and by what right ? These
questions must be answered in a satisfactory manner to the
British Government."
" WITENHAGE, DEC. 12.—0 n Saturday last his Excellency
the Governor arrived here, from Perth Elizabeth ; and yes-
terday left for Cape Town. Plans of batteries have been
struck out upon two eminences adjacent to the town, which
are to be mounted with cannon. The news from the frontier
announces all quiet.
" A meeting of the Caffre Chiefs took place on the 12th of
December, at the residence of Colonel Smith, at which the
Tmocano Tayah and Unhale were invested with badges of
Chief Magistrates of their own districts, having previously
taken the oath of allegiance as subjects of the King of Eng-
land. Colonel Smith addressed the Chiefs, calling upon them
to exert their influence in putting down murder, witchcraft,
and theft; and to induce Creeli and Boaku to return by the
Ist of January, 25,000 bullocks and 100 horses, which they
were bound by treaty to fulfil; but which they hesitated to
perform."