The Sun.
London, England, 1822-10-25 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 24.—We understand that'Lord Harvey
and the Hon. Mr. Shore are now canvassing the University for
for the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. Smyth; and it
is is expected that Mr. Goulburn, Secretary to the Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland, and Sir John Copley, the Solicitor-General,
will also offer themselves as candidates.
At a Congregation of Wednesday last, the Right Hon. Lord
Stowell, I,L. D. of University College, Oxford, was admitted
ad eundem of this University.
At the same Congregation the Rev. Thos. Shelford, M.A.,
Fellow of Corpus Christi College, was appointed Deputy Re-
gistrary for the year ensuing.
The Rev. James Scholefield, M.A. Fellow of Trinity Col-
lege, and the Rev. Charles Smith, M.A., Fellow of St. Peter's
College, were on the same day elected Pro-Proctors.
On Wednesday last a grace passed the Senate, " To confirm
the Report of the Syndicate, dated Oct. 7, 1822 ; and to author-
ize the Syndicate to superintend, - on the part of the University,
the plan of drainage therein recommended."
The King has been pleased to recommend the Rev. William
Cockburn, M.A. formerly Fellow of St. John's College, and
Christian Advocate in this University, to be chosen into the
plau. of Dean of the Metropolitan Church of York, the same
being void by the death of Dr. George Markham.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING-ROOM, OCT. 24.-STATE OF THE ODDS.

3 to 1 agst Moses
7 to 2 agst Swap

CLARET STAKES.
I 4 to I agst Posthuma.

DERBY.

3to 1 agst Bro. to Moses IlBto 1 agst c. by Soothsayer
[4 to 1 agst c. out of Emily I2oto 1 agst any other.

OAKS.

Bto 1 agst Sister to Sailor 110 to 1 agst Sister to Sultan.
NEW MATCHES.—Mr. Charlton's Master Henry is matched
against Lord Foley's Sultan, three times for 500 guineas each;
at the Craven Meeting, the first Spring Meeting, and the Oc-
tober Meeting at Newmarket.

11ASSILDON HUNT RACES, Om 23.
The Hunters' Stakes of sgs each, with 20 added from the Club.
Heats, three miles ; weights, llst.
Mr. Harding's Pickle - - - - 5 1 1
Capt. Joy's gr. g. Plunder - . - 4 2 2
Mr. Bouverie's Lama - - - - 1 4 3
Mr. Bullock's Painter - - - - • 2 3 4
Mr. Dresden's Fortuino - - _ 3dr
Five others started, but had no places. Every heat was
well contested ; the winner the favourite.

Sweepstakes of sgs each, for horses not thorough-bred,
Mr. Udny's black mare -
M. Rounding's Minerva - -
Six started, but only two were placed.

The death of EDWARD MILLER MUNDY, Esq.
having occasioned a vacancy in the representa-
tion of Derbyshire, his highly respected kinsman,
FRANCIS Musuy, of Markeaton, Esq. has been
induced to offer himself as his successor. Sir
GEO. CREWE has also been solicited by his friends
to come forward on this occasion, but has declined
the invitation. _ _

A ►node has been proposed by Dr. THORNTON
of putting animals to death without pain, by
which the meat looks better, tastes better, keeps
better and salts better. These desiderata are
effected by means of fixed air.

ARCHBISHOP TILLOTSON.-Archdeacon Reeves
once paying a visit to Archbishop Tillotson, observed in
his Library one shelf of books of various forms and
sizes, the whole richly bound, and finely gilt and lettered ;
so he asked what extraordinary authoss they were, who were so
remarkably distinguished by his Grace. Those," said the
Archbishop, " are my own personal friends; and what is more,
whom I have myself made such—for they meant to be my ene-
mies—by the use I have made of those hints which their malice
had suggested to me, and from which I have derived more
profit than from the advice of my most loved and cordial
friends. I have, therefore, as you see, rewarded them accord-
ingly."
Owing to the repeated complaints that are laid
against fishermen using unlawful nets, the City have come to
the determination to prosecute to the utmost extent every indi-
dual so offending. The practice is to clear the Thames of fish
that are only serviceable to stock gentlemen's ponds, for which
the offending parties obtain a great price. Mr. NELSON, the
Deputy Water Bailiff, and his assistants, have received strict
orders to be constantly on the watch to secure all so offending
against the law.
On Wednesday last, died, at the London Hos-
pital, James Chignell, fireman to the London Assurance Cor-
poration. His death was caused by being buried in the ruins at
the late dreadful fire at Messrs. Constables starch-manufactory,
opposite Sir R. Wigrem's ship-yard, at Blackwall. His leg
(which has since been amputated), was broken in two places,
and his body very much bruised. He has left a widow and
four little children, the eldest not more than ten years of age.
He had the character of being an affectionate husband, an
indulgent father, and a good servant. He was universally
respected by his brother firemen. The widow and children re-
side in Love-lane, Rotherhithe-wall. It is a singular fatality,
that this is the third man belonging to the London Assurance
Office that has been busied in the ruins at fires, in the last
twelve months.

POETRY.

CARMINA WICCAMICA.

The EMOTIONS of a TRAVELLER LOOKING on
the GULPH of SALAMIS at SUN-SET.

BY J. Di- T.

Loves not the soul that more than earthly rest,
Which eve imparts unto the troubled breast,
That holy calm, when jarring passions cease.
And all within is harmony and peace ?
Whilst round us all creation seems to smile,
The care-worn heart forgets its griefs awhile,
And yielding to its influence, feels no more
The fest'ring pang that tortur'd it before :
0 ! there's a sweetness in that peaceful hour
Amongst the cares of life, 'tis like the flow'r
Which, flourishing amidst the lonely wild,
Rises where none have risen, and smiles where none have
smil'd.

Then the freed soul expands, and loves to cast
A look of pleasing sorrow on the past.

On such an eve, it was in Grwcia's land,
Musing I stood upon the sea-beak strand ;
I gaz'd upon the sea, whose waters kiss
Thy beauteous realm, unconquer'd SALAMIS.
The silver moon her full effulgence shed
Upon the tomb, where sleeps the mighty dead.
The night was calm, the waves had sunk to rest ;
Light breezes curl'd the ocean's rippling breast.
The Athenian Chief, his course of glory o'er,
Here lies interr'd upon the desert shore.
Cold were the man who gaz'd upon that scene,
Nor panted high for praise, remembring what had been,
And dull the heart that there forebore to feel
The Hero's ardour, and the Patriots zeaL
Oft from that mound the peasant seems to hear
Wild strains of music ringing on his ear,
Of martial music, or amid the storm
He thinks he sees some Chieftain warrior's form ;
Or hears at times upon the fitful gale
The victor's pealing shouts, the mourner's wail.
Oft on that shore return to fancy's eye
The splendid visions of the years gone by :
The hostile fleets, with proud majestic sweep,
Seem to burst forth amid the azure deep !
The fight begins, shouts rise from ev'ry crew,
Defeat, Dishonour, and Despair ensue :
But soon the fond illusion fades away,
And ocean smiles again beneath the moon's pale ray.

GENII'S of GREECE ! with fond regret deplore
That spirit fled, which fir'd thy sons of yore.
No more they aim at deeds of high renown,•
But servile crouch beneath a tyrant's frown.
Yet Nature is not changed.—Yon sky, yon sea,
Are still the same as when thy sons were free :
And still upon the rock, that tow'rs on high
Above the waves, and mingles with the sky,
A column rises 'mid the dreary waste,
The lonely monument of years long past.—
These are not chang'd.—llegen'rate Man alone
Has lost that better feeling's brighter tone,
Which nerv'd the arm and heart of those that sleep
Wrapt in the bosom of yon smiling deep.
No pompous tomb is their's : the sea, the strand,
The streams, the mountains of their native land ;
Yon silver-crested wave records their fame,
The whisp'ring Zephyrs murmur out their name.
0 ! yes ! a charm, a spirit, lingers there,
As loth to leave a scene so bright, so fair ;
Still, still there seems to float upon the gale
Some small remembrance of that wond'rous tale :
Like that airial harp, whose silver tone
Is waken'd by the winds of Heav'n alone.
The tone is hush'd, but still we seem to hear
Its magic music, wildly ling'ring near.

Thus, 'mid the calm, a something seems to say :
" Let kingdoms fall, let empires pass away,
" Let Kings beneath a nameless column lie,
" This is the grave of those that CANNOT DIE."

• We deem it proper to observe, as we did respecting the Poem
in Wednesday's SUN, that the tbregoing spirited lines must
have been written before the present.race of Greeks had shewn
themselves worthy of the fame of their ancestors, by their en-
deavours to throw off the yoke of Turkish oppression.

RETURN OF THE ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION.
—The late accounts of this expedition which
reached Great Britain, through Montreal, pre-
pared us, in some degree, to expect its return by
the annual Hudson's Bay fleet. On Friday last,
18th instant, Captai❑ FRANKLIN, Dr. RICHARD-
SON, and other Officers of the land expedition,
arrived in Edinburgh, having posted from the
north, where they were landed from the Hud-
son's Bay ships. They waited on Lord MEL-
VILLE, the great promoter of this and all the
other remarkable British geographical expedi-
tions at present on foot in different parts of the
world ; and, before leaving , Edinburgh, which
was the evening of the day of their arrival, vi-
sited, along with the Professor of Natural His-
tory, our splendid Museum. Their discoveries,
we understand, will entirely alter our present
views of the geography of the northern regions
of North America. We are also informed that
the Gentlemen of the expedition, one of whom,
Dr. RICHARDSON, is a native of this city, are of
opinion that Captain PARRY will, in all pro-
bability, be able to double Icy Cape, and reach
the South Sea.—(Edinburgh Observer.)

There are only four notices of intended mar-
riages on the door of Sunderland church ; formerly, at this pe-
riod of the year, seven times the number have had their names
published in the church of that populous parish.—Not a single
wedding has taken place within the last six weeks in the ex-
tensive and populoui parish of Stanhope, in the county of Dur-
ham, a parish where five or six marriages were usually solem-
nised every week!
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The imprudence of leaving a lighted candle in
the bedroom, without its being. sufficiently guarded to prevent
a communication with the various articles of dress which are
frequently distributed in a careless manner in those apart-
ments cannot be too often noticed, or too severely repre-
hended. An occurrence of this kind on Wednesday night
last, had nearly been productive of the most fatal conse-
quences to Mr. William Stafford and family, residing in the
Commercial-road, Whitechapel. They had retired to zest,
leaving as usual a candle burning in a common candlestick,
placed on a chest of drawers, with no other security than
the probability of its consuming gradually to the socket.—
This, however, was not the case, and the flame communi-
cated with some wearing apparel heedlessly laid in the same
situation. Mr. and Mrs. S. fortunately awoke at the moment
when the apartment was filled with smoke, and the flames were
within a very short space of, and rapidly approaching to, the
bed furniture. Mr. Stafford seized the burning articles, and
plunging them into a vessel filled with water, which was in the
room at the time, preserved himself, wife, and six children,
from an untimely end.