The Sun.
London, England, 1822-07-24 00:00:00

POETRY.

TO 'MATILDA WITH A ROSE BUD.
Accept of this rose bud ! Nor heat of the day
Nor chill of the night, hath yet injur'd its bloom,
Nor canker, nor mildew, hath caus'd its decay,
Nor bee hath yet revell'd amongst its perfume.
And as I present it with friendship mast pure,
I would it may prove a fit emblem of thee,
From the world and its direful contagion secure,
From its follies, and vices, preserv'd may'st thou be.

When grief shall assail thee, may that soothing voice,
Which alone can dispel the dark shadows of pain,
Speak peace to thy bosom, and bid thee rejoice,
In what shall conspire for thine heavenly gain.
When thy prospects in life wear a radiant glow,
When all thou desir'st to thy wishes are given,
When largely possess'd of each comfort below,
Forget not the bountiful donor in heaven.

The bard lays down his harp—and feels proud to behold
His rose-bud so carefully placed in thy breast :
May God—when in death thou art silent and cold,
Raise thee, thus unsullied, to mansions of rest. E.

FAITHFUL SERVANTS.—The following inscrip-
tion appears on a plain marble flag place on the North side,
and within the Church of Hornsey, Middlesex. Such a memo-
rial is honourable to the persons who placed it there, as well as
to the deceased, and may tend to operate as an inaentive to do-
mestic fidelity :
Elected to the memory of MARY PARSONS, the diligent,
faithful, and affectionate Servant of one Family, during a pe-
riod of fifty-seven years.—She died 22d of November, 1806,
aged 85 years.
Also to the memory of ELIZABETH DECKER, the Friend
and Companion of the above, who, after an exemplary service
of forty-seven years in the same Family died the 3d of Febru-
ary, 1809, aged 75 years.
Their remains, at their mutual request, were interred in the
same grave.

GIL BLAS.—A Musical Drama of three acts,
derived from the admirable novel of this name, is,
it seems, expected from the pen of Mr. PEAKE,
jun., to whom the public are indebted for Ama-
teurs and Actors, and other successful pieces.—
A play with this title was represented many years
ago at Drury-Lane Theatre, written by Mr.
Moo RE, the author of the tragedy of The Gamester,
and of Fablesfor the Female Sex,and the conductor
also of an admirable periodical paper, in the
manner of The Spectator, which first appeared in
1753, entitled The World, and which was support-
ed by Lord CHESTERFIELD, OWEN CAMBRIDGE,
Esq., Mr. WHITEHEAD, the Poet Laureat, II o-
RACE WALroLE, and, indeed, all the chief wits
of the time, and which will be a standard work
as long as genuine humour and literary taste
exist in this country. Mr. MOORE was himself
one of the principal writers in that work. His
Comedy of Gil Bias, however, did not succeed,
though it was protected by all the Nobility of
the time, as well as supported by the unrivalled
acting of Mr. GARRICK. Mr. PEAKE has displayed
so much comic power by his several dramatic
sketches, and his composition for MATHcws's
recent recitation, that we hope to see the Spa-
nish hero make a distinguished figure on the
English Stage. The play is, of course, to come
forth at that prolific mine of dramatic humour,
THE ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.

Gloucester Theatre opened on Monday, under
the management of Messrs. ABBOTT and FARLEY,
from Covent-garden, both well known and long
admired on the metropolitan stage.

MR. WALTER and MR. BARRY O'MEARA.

In Mr. OtMEARA's Work, " A Voice from St.
Helena," there is the following passage:-
1 "In 1814, the Editor of The 'Hl*** newspaper was paid.
about three thousand pounds of your money, besides having a
great number of copies taken. I told you before that I found
his receipt among Blacas' papers, on my return from Elba.
Ido not know if he is in their pay now. In that year, also, a
great number of pamphlets were printed in London against the
Bourbons, and copies of each sent over to them, with a threat
of publication if they were not paid. The Bourbons were
greatly frightened, and greedily bought them up. - There was
one pamphlet in particular, a terrible libel against the late
Queen of France, which it cost them a large sum of money to
suppress."
The passage is copied into The Times of the 15th inst., and
commented on in the following terms :—" It will be observed,
that the enormity of the lie is very cautiously compensated by
the obscurity, above noticed, in which it is worded." Whom
does Mr. O'Meara expect to put confidence his account of
Bonaparte ? The politicians of this country ? But we 'lava,
had dealings with most of. them ; and they must know from
their own experience that he lies if he charges us with venality.
They must know the above story to be an invention, if we are
meant ; and who can be meant but us ? And if a man invents
one lie, of course he will invent a thousand. Such is the con-
duct due to Mr. o‘3leara's book." Mr. O'Meara, conceiving
himself grossly outraged by the above remarks, in which he is
directly charged with being the inventor of. a lie, applied, as
we understand, without success to Mr. Walter, for explana-
tion or apology. Having fallen in with Mr. Walter, yesterday
afternoon between five and six o'clock, shortly after his leaving
the Stratford Club-house, Stratford Mews, we understand, he
proceeded very unceremoniously to apply a horse-whip to him
in presence of several spectators. In stating the transaction we
have deemed it necessary to mention also the circumstances
which gave rise to it.—(llfcrning Chronicle, July 23, 1822.)
It is stated in a morning paper of yesterday that Mr. Walter,
of Printing-house-square, had been assaulted on Monday after-
noon by Mr. Barry O'Meara, in consequence of some obser-
vations on his book which had lately appeared in The Times
journal. The statement is utterly false as regards Mr. Walter,
though Mr. ,Barry O'Meara may enjoy all the glory of having
bren the King's peace, and will doubtless attain the unen-
vied satisfaction of bearing the consequences. The fact is,
that Mr. Walter, at the time the outrage happened, was 40
miles from London, where he had been for some weeks ; and
that the Duke of Wellington,l or Mr. Wilberforce, might have
been assaulted with equal propriety as the Gentleman who was
the object of the outrage.—( 7'he Times, July 24. 1822.)
We have received a letter from Mr. William Walter, Devon-
shire-place, calling upon us to insert the following paragraph':—
" We have authority to state that the Gentleman alluded to
in The Morning•C'hronicle of yesterday, as having been assault.
ed by Mr. O'3leara, near Stratford-place, has no connexion
with The Times Newspaper, directly nor indirectly. As the
matter will be the subject of a legal investigation, it is not
thought necessary to make any further observation."-9forn-
ing Chronicle, July 24, 1822.)