The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-14 00:00:00

POETRY.

INVOCATION TO SPRING.
(From the Bury Gazette.)
" Come, gentle Spring, ethereal mildness coral,
" And from the bosom of yon droopin cloud;
" Veil'd in a.shower of shadowing roses,
" Ou our plains deseend."
" Come, gentle Spring," return once more,
The tempest's withering rage is o'er,
Departing winter's icy tears,
In the pale snowdrop's bud appears,
And, at the closing hour t.f day,
The redbreast's sweetly plaintive lay,
Steals on the list'ning wand'rer's ear,
A prelude to the tuneful year..
Come then, ethereal stranger, come,
From Eden's vale, thy native home,
Where winter never ventures nigh,
To dim the brightness of thine eye ;
Where, to the rose, the nightingale
Repeats his fondest, softest tale,
Till the high notes, so thrilling clear,
Shake from its leaves eve's dewy tear.
Oft shall thy fond enthusiast stray
Along each wildly, devious way,
Where thy light footsteps first are Seen,. •
Imprinted on the dewy green;
And listen with an anxious ear*
The cuckoo's welcome notes to hear ;
Or watch the earliest swallow spring
O'er the blue morn, with feeble wing;
Or search each wild sequester'd bower,
For thy own fragrant purple flower.
• Come then, ethereal stranger, come,
From Edin's vale, thy native home ;
Hope's patient smile--Love's tender tear—
Joy's beaming eye, await thee here ;
E'cn snrrow owns thy soothing power,
For oft, at evening's silent hour, : -
When glimin'ring in the blue serene,
her herald star is dimly seen,
Watching with pale.and, languid ray, •
The lingiring beams.of parting day ; •
The heart-rent mourner loves to weep,
When beauty, virtue, gehuis, sleep ;
And as his tearful eyes survey
The lowly turf, that wraps thin clay
'With consecrated verdure gay,
Each flower that takes its tender birth,
And rises from that sacred earth,
A messenger of peace appears, '
To check despair's repining tears,
As if the slumb'ring dead awoke,
And thus the•grave's dead silence broke.
"On death's long wint'ry night shall rise,
" Eternal spring and cloudless skies;
" Then virtue, from this mould'ring bed,
" Shall lift, with joy, her languid head,
" Divinely glorious, bright, and fair,
Clotli'd in the robes that angels wear."

THE ROYAL FAMlLY.—Ypsterdny ills Al.t-
sEsTv received visits from the Duke of York and the Duchess
of Gloucester. Monday the Duchess of Gloucester and a select
party dined with the Princess Augusta. The 'Princess Augusta
received a visit fiom the Duchess. of Gloucester yesterday.—
Yesterday the Princess Augusta honoured Viscountess Cre-
morne with a morning visit, at her Ladyship's house, Chelsea.
We regret to say the Duke of Gloucester continues indisposed.•
—The Duke of Clarence is completely recovered from his
indisposition. •

Yesterday afternoon, soon after four o'clock,
his Royal Hirihness the Duke of YORK, as Commander in
Chief, held a L.vec at his Office in the Horse Guards, which
was attended by between thirty and forty Offieerx, arming.
whom were:—General Sir B. Tarleton, Lieut.-General Sir J.
Dalrymple, Major-General Baynes, Major-General Lord Blan-
tyre, Major-General Blount, Major-General Sir C. Grant,
Lieut.-General Gray, Major-General Macleod, Major-Gcw-ral
Calcraft, Lord Wm. Russell, Lord A. Hill..

Tey•r►c IlussAits.—o much are the Members
of this Regiment in disfavour at Dublin, that even
the Surgeon of the corps, who, by all accounts,
is a mild, amiable, and most respectable Gentle-
man, cannot appear in the street without
being followed by a train of the lower
orders, 1$ ith exclamations " Tenth can't
fighl!"—Never. indeed has any corps exposed
themselves to so much ridicule by " giving
themselves airs," to use a vulgar but appropriate
expression. It is, however, likely to be attended.
with some advantage, as it will operate as a
warning, that will doubtless prevent so contemp-
tible an example from being followed in future.

By a vessel arrived at Jersey, letters, dated
the 12th of Febrnary, were receivad yesterday
froths Rio de Janeiro. In consequence of an at-
tempt to pan the Brazilian ships of war, by
impressing the country people who carried ou
the communications with the-interior, they had
become unwilling to visit the capital, and a
temporary interruption to business had taken
place. A m-eting had occurred on board
the Netheroy frigate, arising from the aversion
felt by that part of the crew who were
Brazilians to be commanded by English Offi-
cers. They drove all the English sailors into
the hold ; and the Captain shortly after ap-
proaching in a boat, several shots were tired at
him, and wounded a number of his boat': crew
A military force was, however, detached from
the shore, when the mutineers were sown reduced
to submission, and the ringleaders taken into
custody. The 17th had been fixed for the sail-
ing of the packet. The rate of evlumge uas
from 481- to 49—a proof that the negociation for
the new loan was not believed to be so nearly
completed as it is known to be in this country.—
The capital was generally tranquil, and quite
free from Political agitation.
The Gaselie of last night, it will be seen, can.
tains all official notification of the regular corn-
mencement of the blockade of the
.port of Al-.
Biers. The Gazette also announces the appoint-
ment of a Commission to inquire into the practice
established in the Court of Chancery, and gives
the names of the Commissioners.

A Captain in the Danish Navy and a Scots
Engineer have arrived in town, in order to pur-
chase and fit up splendidly a steatn vessel, by
command of his Danish Majesty, who is to em-
bark in it, and make excursions, in the course of
the summer.

A Letter from Ancona states, that in the night
of the 3d ult. they were visited with the most
terrific and hurricaneous storm. The batteries
near the light-house were destroyed ; the im-
mensely strong gates of a marine sluice were
burst open, and a great deal of serious injury
done to the buildings in the town.
A Letter from Italy states, that the excavations
at Pompeii, begun some time ago, but which had
not been attended to for sometime till last Au-
tumn, have since that period delivered a large
and valuable booty of curiosities.
ANGRY JUDGE.—Judge KEYES, recently a re-
presentative to the American Congress from the State of Ver-
mont, having been beaten in a law suit, petitioned the Legisla-
ture for a new trial, which was refused. Indignant at the de-
cision' he went home at the close of the Session, and gathered
up all his law btiok—carried them out into the highway, and in
presence of a number of his brother Members, on thenr return
home, set tire •to the pile, and consumed the whole ; intimating•
at the same time that his library should never again be disgrac-
ed with itzty more of the' laws of Vermont.