The Sun.
London, England, 1822-09-12 00:00:00

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SONNET. • '`!c'2r;
Watching its ev'ry motion, 'her soft eye
Met Mine and stink beneath it : nor bereft
Me yet of all its beauty, while it left
On her fair cheek suffus'd the sun set dye
Of Hope and ProMise. Still 1 turn'd away
My eager glances ; for to give her pain
Ev'n for a moment, oh ! it were to pay
Too dear for an Elysium. When again
(After the weary penance of a minute,)
I look"d ; the blush was yielding to the ray
-Of a most glorious smile, which seem'd to say—
For there was something more than pardon in it—
" I know your gentle purpose in.that trial,
And would reward you for your self-denial."

THE POET.
(From " The Vale of Chamoulii ;" by the Author of
" Rome."
How pants the bard to rend this cumbrous clay,
And cast it, like a beggar'S weeds, away!
To quit, as martyrs spurn an earthly crown,
The flesh that'weighs his glorious spirit down
To tear that sweet, blue spangled robe of night,
And pierce the regions of celestial light, •
From earth's dark bosom burst in flowery bloom.
And rise to splendour from Cimmerian, gloom,
As springs exulting from the,mournful care
To living light the Rhone's impetuous wave!
Frail man, alternate sport of hopes and fears,
Poor shivering tenant of a vale-of tears,
Looks.to the starry orbs, that ,round him roll,
From this dull flesh, the dungeon of the soul.
And, tlear7d from all an earthly world's alloy,
Anticipates the immaterial joy. • -
O ! for, the thrilling harp-of him, who gave
Voice to the bleeding myrtle; .frblit the grave
Of cold.beow'd Tartarus, and Stygian gloom, -
From PlUto's realms, the monarch of the tomb,
Summon'cl the hoary sire, with wizard charms,
And clasped the shade within the warrior's arms;
Or him, whose wand along the blasted heath
Of Fores rous'd the wrinkled bags of death,

Or on the lonely isle, in cloud and storm,
Charm'd from the gloom sweet Ariel% fairy form ;
Or that pure style, that genius only gives,
That classic elegance, that breathes and lives
In rich, harmonious Akenside, whose lay,
Thro' bright imagination's flowery way,
Led to_the dome of wisdom and of taste,
In numbers flowing, splendid, warm, and chaste,
Monient of composition ! moment blest
With all that charms the bard's tumultuous breast,
Brighter than all the glorious light that plays
On conquering helms amidst the battles blaze.
One ray of genius, warm, sublime, and clear,
Outshines the splendour of the starry sphere ;
No chaits of sceptred Autocrat can bind
The wings of fancy, or the power of mind
The bard victorious wins the envied goal,
Conquest immortal ! triumph of the soul!
Rouses the spell-bound forms nom iron sleep,
Spirits from air, the monster from the deep,
And tho' wild forms his piercing orb'evade,
He thro' Cimmerian darkness grasps the flying shade.

Tin THEATRE.—The new Opera of Morning,
Noon, and Night, or The Romance of a Day,
which we noticed after its first appearance at the
Haymarket Theatre on Monday, was last night
represented for the third time, and such curtail-
ments and alterations have been since made as
considerably improve the piece altogether. The
curtailments have chiefly taken place in the choral
part of the music. The two prominent charac-
ters, as we before observed, are Lord Scribbleton
and Shark. They are well contrasted by the Au-
thor, and the difference is admirably kept up by the
acting of LISTON and TERRY. These characters in
our opinion could not be represented with better
effect. LISTON, by the easy carelessness of his
manner in the scribbling Lord chews that if he
had turned his attention to genteel comedy as
much as he has done to the grotesque and the
ludicrous, he would most probably have been ad-
mired in that province of the drama. As to
TERRY, his variety has deservedly rendered him
a popular actor, and his expression of the rough
repentance of Shark is characteristic and strik-
i lag. The public are much indebted to the Pro-
prietor of this Theatre for tempting Miss PATON
to quit the Concert line of her profession, and to
venture on the Stage. Her merit as a singer
is high indeed, but it was hardly possible to
anticipate the ability which she displays as an
Actress. The Performers in general are now so
well settled in their respective:parts that the
piece passes off with suitable- correctness and
spirit.—We now find that the report which as-
signed this piece to Mr. T.• DIBDIN is well
founded, and, considering the great number of his
lyrical and dramatic compositions, it is evident
that he possesses no small, share of hereditary
fertility.—The House was ,very well attended
last night.

Mr.YATES, the actor, who met with so unfor-
tunate an accident in Vauxhall Gardens; is now
able to perform at Brighton,-in a kind of enter-
tainment like that of Mathews 'at Home.

It is somewhat curious that taking off one
part of the life of Gil Blos at the English Opera
House, has given new life to the piece.
Lord BY RoN's forthcoming new Tragedy is said
to be founded on a Swedish story. Mrs. COCKLE,
a Lady of well-known poetical talents, wrote a
tragedy on the same subject a few years ago,
which was accepted, and even under rehearsal at
the late Drury Lane Theatre, but the fire at that
place prevented its representation.
Several of the Performers of the King's Theatre
are, it seems, engaged to perform II Turco in
Italia at Edinburgh, but DE BEGRES and his
beautiful wife are to give single airs and duets at
Doncaster, on their journey.
The foundation is laid out for the new Union Club House,
on the north-side of Cockspur.street, nearly opposite Spring
Gardens. It will have a grand front with pillars.—The Col--
lege of Physicians is to be on the south side of Pall-Mall East,
at the hack of the Union Club. Both the above buildings will
have a front that will face the east, so as to form one side of a
street to run from Cockspur-street to Pall-Mall East.—The
Union University Club, at the corner of Suffolk-street, is pro-
ceeding very rapidly.
The Cork Paper of Saturday last says—" Por-
ter was yesterday reduced to three-pence per
pot." -

VIE A RIVLY4

b„,; . • MILITARY RECORDS. r.
RECORDS OF THE *SERVICES OF REGIMENTS.

.HIRECTED BY ORDER OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

his MAJESTY has been pleased to command,
that with a view of preserVing a remembrance of the particu-
lar services and achievmentw of the British:Army, a National
Military Record of 41 the Battles and Actions in which Regi-
ments have been, or may be engaged, shall be prepared by
the Inspector. of Regimental Colours, and deposited in the
office of the Adjutant-General ; and that this Record shall con-
tain the following particulars; viz. :=

Ist. An Account of all the Battles or Actions in which the
Troops have been, or maybe engaged as aforesaid.
2d Paintings of the Colours and Trophies captured in the
several engagements.
3d. The Names of the Officers killed, or wounded, in each
action.

4th. The Names of those Officers, who, in consideration of
their, gallant services, and meritorious conduct. in the said en-
gagements, either have been, or may be distinguished and re-
warded with titleS, • medals, or other marks of his Majesty's
gracious favour ; together with the. Names of all such Non-
commissioned Officers and Privates as may has 4 especially
signalized themselves.
sth. A List of the Corps engaged in each action, to ;*ether
with Paintings of such' liadgcs.and Distinc,tions as his Ma-
jesty may have been graciously pleased to authorise to
.be
borne on their standards, col Ours, and appointments, in com-
memoration of their distinguished conduct and signal intre-
pidity.

It is understood that Lord Edward Somerset will be ap-
pointed Colonel of the 17th Light Dragoons, vice General De-
lancey deceased.
Major-General Sir Denis Pack, K.C.8., is to succeed to the
Colonelcy of 'the 84th Regiment, vice Lieut.:General Walker,
appointed to the 12d Light Infantry.
It is also understood that, Lord Hill will be appointed Lieu-
tenant-General of the Ordnance, vice tDa late Lieutenant-
General Oakes. • - • •

It is reported that the. Royal stables are-to be converted into
barracks.

On Monday next, the MI-inst. a detachment of the Yagers,
under the command of Captain Bessell, of the" Hon. Artillery
' Company, will match at an early hour, from their head-quar-
ters near Finsbury-square, and proceeded to the new Practice
Ground of the Royal Artillery, near Pluinstead, about a mile
beyond Woolwich, where the whole of the day will be em-
ployed in the necessary practice of ball-firing.
Two Ceurt-martials are ordered to assemble immediately;
one for the trial of" an old Officer of a most distinguished regi-
ment of cavalry, the other for a Field Officer of the Guards.
The body of Highlanders from Sutherlandshire, who formed
the guard of Lord F. L..Gower in Edinburgh, arrived in safety
at Dunrobin Castle last week.