The Sun.
London, England, 1824-07-22 00:00:00

POETRY.

BYRON„ A DIRGE.
The wild harp is silent that gladdened the feast
At Liberty's banquet, outspread in the East ;
And BYRON his last Lay of Freedom bath breath'd
When his treasures were found, and his weapon unsheath'd,
Ah ! who shall for Greece the impression renew
Of the songs that lie sung, and the sword that he drew,
And the proud hope of glory, self summoned in vain,
From Thermopyle's • portal and Marathon's plain
Up! Tempest of War !—let thy lightnings release
The dark chain of her Hellespont ! Freedom to Greece!
He who rivalled her heroes, and worshipped her charms,
Ere the first of his fields bath expired in her arms.
Alas ! for the fierce thrill of fever that tore him
From friends that for ever were bound to adore him.—
Come ye who inhabit the clime of the North,
Drop a veil on his rashness,—a tear for his worth.
Will ye pause, in this hour,. his excesses to measure,
Who in Liberty's scale flung his broadsword and treasure i
While ye number, for judgment, the statutes he broke,
Recal what he wrenched from the Infidels yoke :t
He tore the chill bond of your manners and laws,
But he seal'd in his death to humanity's cause.
Forget for a moment his Lays overflowing
With satire too daring, or passion too glowing;
Song burst like a lava stream warm from his soul,
In its love or its hate, o'er all human controul ;
Sweeping on, as if Poetry's pulse had first run
From the clime of the East, and the font of the sun !
Feeble Modern, condemn not a spirit so bold,
That was cast for the cause in Antiquity's mould.
Give the laurel eternal,—the cloud pacing horse,
To the Bard that breath'd life through Antiquity's course ;
And flung, like the ivy, his mantle of rhyme
O'er the mighty laid low by the scythe-car of Time :
Sage—hero--and beauty—divine in their day—
Live their bright life of glory once more in his Lay;
The Assyrian looks up from his death bed of flame,
By his I'oet redeemed from long ages of shame ;
And the genius of Athens,—the spirit of Rome,
Breathe again from the ruins that once were their home.
Weep !—daughter of Salem, an exile was he
Who poured thy 'lorn song over " far Galilee."
Mourn ; Germany, mourn! for the Poet was thine,
Who romanced on the vine-bearing banks of the Rhine;
And Belgium, the dark Muse of Sorrow shall woo,
For the Pilgrim whose tears fell on red Waterloo.
Weep, Sons of Albania, your Laureat was dear,
Lovely Venice, lament the Woe-eyed gondolier ;
Iberia, thine olive branch dewed with a tear—
Lusitania, thy laurels hang thick on his bier !
And thou too, Helvetia ! Sublimity's throne,
With Alp, Lake, anti Glacier, and blue rushing Rhone
And cataract swoln to rend mountains asunder,
And avalanche, rivalling e'en Heaven in its thunder,
Were thy grandeur or loveliness—calm or commotion,
By Pilgrim e'er praised with so true a devotion?
Ali ! no 1 may the land of the landscape grow dim
On all eyes, when she ceases to echo his hymn.
Ye will mourn ! but, alas! your affection is peace
To the pang that convulses REOEWERATIC GRIECR.
Chief mourner for Blows:, her sorrows fall fast,
And her hair that was garlanded floats on the blast,
And the festival robe in her anguish is rent,
As her eye on the curse of her lover is bent :
For tier's was the clime of the Poet's new birth,—
The sole tie of country that bound him to earth,—
The land that his genius acknowledged, and blest,—
The borne where his pilgrimage ended in rest.
And there, on the shore that he chose for his own,
Let his ashes repose now, the spirit is flown ;
And deem it but last as a labour of love,
---TinCitslieLef:Bxstosr from Greece to remove :
Pile the turraiiirettuttel. aw,id aleasical areivee.
On the greenest of hills, by the brightest of waves !
Vt'here an early bound pilgrim he worshipped the Muse,
Anti the laurel besought, that she could not refuse.
For he knelt not the raptures of Art to rehearse,
Was the laurel undying ?—as deathless the verse I--
Tears of Beauty and Bravery, falling to nourish,
The evergreen bough that for BYnox shall flourish.

Literally the gate of the hot baths.
t It is generally believed that the writings of Lord Byron
have had a considerable effect in rousing the Greeks to their
present struggle for independence.
The date of the above was May 26th, consequently be-
fore the determination of his friends relative to his cone was
made known.

EPIGRAM.
(From the German.)
Sht. You men are angels while you woo the maid,
But devila when the marriage-vow is said.
Hc. The change, good wife, is easily forgiven,—
We find ourselves in hell, instead of heaven.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SAILINO MATCH/or ONE RUN DEED SOVEREIGNS,

cowrit, JULY
,20,—Yesterday a sailing match took place
between Mr. Ws:LD's Julia and Mr. TALBOT'S Guilin, to
sail round the Isle of Wight, the Guilia to have a mile a-head
at starting. It excited considerable interest amongst the YachtOen-
with C
two l
large
u , and many yachts went round
steam boats, the decks of
which vessels were thronged with passengers. The Julia beat
wileitmbenthoefm the
eto Royal
lr
her antagonist completely, for notwithstanding the light breezes
she accomplished it in eight hours, leaving the Guilia a long
way astern.

PrnrsrairAwism.—At a very early hour yesterday morn.
ing a curious match was performed on Kennington Common
between two gentlemen, of the names of Lawrence and Brown.
It was who should run, walk, and walk backwards, each a mile,
in the shortest time. The match was made over a glass of
wine at an hotel the evening before, for 50 sovereigns, anti con-
siderable bets were pending on the issue. Both started together
over a measured piece of ground, and perthrmetl the match as
follows

MR. LAWRENCE. M. S. MR. BROWN.
Ran 1 mile in - 6 30 Ran 1 mile in
Walked do. - - 10 25 Walked do. -
Backwards do. - 18 3 Backwards do.

M. 8.
• 7 30
- 11 42
- 16 2

34 581 34 64
Thus Nen ling by only four seconds. Betting at starting was
5 to 3 in favour of Brown t but after completing his second
mile, high odds were offered on Lawrence, his friends conceiv-
ing Brown's to be a hopeless chance from his wind being nearly
exhausted, and nothing but his determined perseverance won
him this singular and extraordinary match.

A rays CAMELEON.—We were yesterday in-
vited on board the General lialkelt, just arrived from Sierra
Leone, to view one of those rare sights, a live Cameleon. What
appeared most extraordinary, was the facility and quickness
with which it drew into its mouth a fly, held at the end of a
pen at least six inches distant. When a first caught a glimpse
of the insect, its eye became steadily fixed upon it, whilst a
slow, anti almost Imperceptible turning of the head was Ink'
ing place, to bring it into a line, and when it arrived in that di-
.roetinn, it darted. its tongue forth like lightniqg ;actin a mo-
ment the fly was concealed in its mouth. During the time we
were present, which did not exceed ten minutes, st
assumed at
least halt a dozen different appearances, but we in visits 1"4"
for a white one.—(Hull Advcrifier) • •

COURT OF CHANCERY-(Tull DAY).

THE LATE DUKE OF QUEENSBERRY'S WILL.
The LORD CHANCELLOR was pleased this day
to direct an Order to be drawn up for the sale of
473,0001. 3 per cents ; the stock to be put up
in separate lots, perhaps eight or ten,; and the
money so raised to be appropriated to the pay-
ment of the respective legatees who had con-
-I,en ted.

SENDING LETTERS TO THR LORD Cti4McELLoa.
—On the matter of Smith, a Solicitor, who had
hie!' struck off the Rolls, being mentioned to his
Lordship by Mr. HART, he took occasion strongly
to censure the conduct of Mr. S. for having
Written several let ers to him. His Lordship.de-
dared that he ti ould never pay any attention to
such communications. ••

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS—(Tats D'ALr4
litybre Lord Chief Justice BEST and a Speci4l'grery.

WOODLEY V. PAUL.
This was an action for goods sold add. di-
livered.

The plaintiff is an extensive corn-factor in
Crutched Friars, and brought the present action
against the defendant, a corn-dealer, residing at
the Isle of Wight, to recover from him the sum
of 7251. for the purchase of two hundred and
thirty-six quarters of wheat, at the rate
of 61s. 6d. per quarter. The goods were bought
by the defendant, and was for his use, but
on the sale note being made out, he requested
it not to be in his name, but that of Messrs.
Smith's, this was accordingly 'done to tetottno.
date him. The house of Smith a few days after
became insolvent, in consequence of Some
ties which a Dlr. Gilbert was involved in. The
defence set up was, that the purchase was
for Smith, who ought to pay for the wheat, and
that the plaintiff coul4 not recover frOm the de,
fendant, the entry being made iti 'the name of
Smith.

The Jury found, for plaintiff--Darnages 715 L

MERC ANT ILE SHIPPING.

DEAL, JULY 21.—WindN.B.—Sailed the Governor liar.
court, Allen, for Jamaica. • •
Po nuts o writ, J ma. 21..—Variable, and light winds.--Sailed
the Wiley, Stayers, for the South Seas; Loyal Briton trans.
port, for .Plymouth ; and Spc:ke transport, for Dublin.
CowEs, JULY 21.—Armed the Ariel. 11I‘Kinlay, from
Port-au-Prince in 45 days; and Nimrod, Fowler, from Lor..
don for New York.

Put-mour•rn, JULY 20.—Wind W.—Arrived the Sophia,
Rutter, from Quebec. (MI the port the Juno, Haustis, fiom
New Bedford; and Wellington, —, from Prince Edward's
Island.

FAt.MOUT u, JULY 20.—Wind variable.--Arrived the En-
terprise, Ilosken, from London.
Mt, t: rtroot., JULY 20—Arrived the Allerton, Davis, from
Jamaica; George, Wellstood, from Maranham ; Comet, Col_
burn, New Orleans; Margaret, Fisher, Montreal; Eris!),
Itlossop, Quebec; Percival, Forrest, and William, —, St.
John's, N.B.
Arrived off Dover the St. Lawrence, Douglas, from Quebec.
The Fleetwood, from Jamaica, is suppose& to be arrived 'off
Dover.