The Sun.
London, England, 1823-11-28 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION.

SUN-OFFICE, TMILEE O'CLOCK.
Dispatches arrived this morning, bringing ac.
counts from Madrid to the 19th, with positive
information that FERDINAND'S confidential Minis-
ter SAiz, had not only retained his own situation
but arranged the whole of the Ministry. Fan..
DINAND, it is said, has turned a deaf ear to all the
importunities of FItANCE, AUSTRIA, RUSSIA, and
ENGLAND, as to their endeavours to persuade
him to change his Prime Minister, as well as
with regard also to the recognition of the Bonds,
which he now says are trot Spanish Bonds; and
that he is indifferent whether he succeeds or not
in raising money by a New Loan, as he, is quite
sure that he has sufficient resources to carry on
the affairs of Government ; having been relieved
from the burthens which were imposed upon his
Country, not for, its, welfare but for th• private
gain of a set of desperate men whom the Power
of Gov, and his Allies, have confounded. Such
is the outlinC of the letters which have arrived,
and, we pro are assured, have been received in a
moat respectable quarter.

P 0 E It Y.

TrIE RORSES OF LYSIPPUS.

We stated a few weeks ago, that the first attempt in making
a fee-simile of, the celebrated horses of Lysippus bad been
completed by the artistein Mr. Thornavon's manufactory in Bk.
minghara ; and that they are about five feet four inches in
height, and exhibit splendid achievment in the improvements
of the arts, and. a novel experiment in oculpturing. In 1816
these horses fainted the subject of the Oxford Newdigate
prize Poem, the auccassful candidate for which was Mr.lltlite-
donnell, of Christ Church, whose elegant composition we *ow
przsent to our,readers
If
ancy ht e'er, Iv 090, o'er Tinder's living lyre
Thy fng, and caught the poet's fire ;
If e'er enrepturkl'o'er each glowing song,
She secs the victor stand, and hears them bourd along;
bloom up, my soul, and, with excursive eye,
• Behold where Venus proudly courts the sky;
Behold wheYe, beautedus 'mid the wreck of years,
Each matchless courser warm with life appears.
.
"W a With many pause, majestically slow,
Proudly they tread the sacred arch below,
Yleas'd, in each limb the artist's sill we see
Boldly correct, and tenrperately frkee:
Ilerc—the arched neck, and gently heaving side,
Mantles with grace, and swells with generous pride ;
There—chastening Art her softer touch applies.
And strength reveard, with mix'd concealment, vies.
Though ever* vein with temperate current flows,
Though every muscle rests in calm repose ;
Yet there's the force to whirl the warrior's ear 1
Triumphant, midst th' embattled ranks of war ;
Or o'er Olympia's glowing course to Ry,
Borne on the winged speed of victory !

44 Such two the forms that once, in bold relief,
Xnhancid the glories ammo conquering chief,
Doom'd, on the high ensculptur'd arch, to bear
The laurell'd victor and triumphal ear.
Methinks I see, with haughty mein, Mitre's
In minded state, the son of Libyan Jove
Front couquer'd earth to bravo) his looks aspire,
And the proud coursers share their master's fire

" What changes witneas'd, and what wanderings put,
Ye rest in pease, immortal steeds 1 at last.
Ye mark% from her 'Parpeian eyry's height,
The bird of empire wing her upward flight ;
Ye mark'd her, drooping on the ,Pontic shore,
Sink 'midst Byzantium.* towers to rise no more!
Ye saw the new-born star or Learning rise
In life and gladness, o'er Hesperia's skies ;
From Venice turn, ye saw its withering breath
O'er Oallia's plains shed pestilence and death

" But P I triumphant Justice sheaths the sword
The spoiler vanquish'd, and the spoil restor'd !
See Venice, smiling. 'midst her tears, receives
The gift which Valour gain'tl—which Virtue gives;
With pleasing transports, each frim`d steed surveys
Which grac'd her brightest —cheers her gloomiest
Thus, when her palaces in dust decay—
When e'en her Titian's colours melt away—
Their matchless beauty shall her walls adorn,
And bear Lysippus' fame through ages yet unborn !"
(Sheffield lifercdry, Nov. 22, lita)