The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-18 00:00:00

UNITED STATES' POETRY.*

The following is from the IVer York Gazette. It is ad-
dressed to the Editor of that Paper by a Gentleman who signs
himself "A YANKEE."
Growl, critics of England, growl on ye hir'd hounds
Of a pitiful Courii.ut America's name ;
For as long as that name through your vassal air sounds,
It must crimson your cheeks with the blushes of shame.

Foam, foam at the mouth, while your venom'd pens write
Your falsehoods; 'tis all that is left for you now,
And 'tis wiser and safer to slander than fight
The nation that tore glory's w reath from your brow.

You have dar'd us to battle, and twice have we met
And beat you, alike on the field and the main ;
And if your proud hearts arc not satisfied yet,
Just say so—and, d—me we'll beat you again !

Scribble on—let your England to ages expose
Her impotence, ignorance, malice, and fear,
'Till the spirit that prompts her assassin-like blows
Be in Europe despis'd, as it long has been here.

And wear on your foreheads the brand you have sought,
Prove that your's is the home of the coward and knave,
Where honour and conscience are sold and are bought,
And that " Briton" is now but the name for "a slave."

And think nut there's one in our country so base
As to hope to quench ever the flame of your ire;
No, no—let it burn till the last of your race,
'And the w•ar fires you've kindled, in torture expire.

For our children are sworn at the altar to cherish
A hatred for England, heart-rooted and deep ;
If that vow is e'er broke, may the perjur'd one perish,
And accurs'd be the spot where his traitor bones sleep !

• This effusion of the American Muse tvUl serve to chew the
feelings of our Trans-Atlantic descendants toward the country
of their ancestors.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

Oxroan, JAN. 17.—0 n Tuesday, Jan. Li, the first day of
Lent Term, the following Degrees were conferred :
BAcitrtnn DIVINITY.—Bev. J. Hall, St. Edmund

Hall, Grand Compounder.
Mas Tim, or AnTs.—Ralph Doughty, St. Alban Hall;
Rev. 'John Strickland, Merton College ; Charles Joseph Bishop,
St. Mary Hall.; Rev. John Sankey, St. Edmund Hall; Rev.
William Harrison, Chaplain of Christ Church.
BACHELORS OF AMTS.—Rev. Francis Brvans, St. Edmund
Hall, incorporated from Trinity College, Dublin; John Armi-
stead, Trinity College; Germain Lavie, Christ Church.
Congregations will be holden for the purpose of granting
Graces, and conferring Degrees, on the following days this
Lent Term, viz.:—
Wednesday, January 22.
Saturday, - February 1.
Saturday, . 8.
Thursday, - 20. ,
ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.—The Rev. J. Mayo,
M.A. Master of Wituborne School, and Vicar of Gussage All
Saints, Dorset, to the Vicarage of Avebury, Wilts (patron, the
Lord Chancellor) ; being the fourth incumbent in that.beuefice
in continued succession from father to son since the yeas 1711.
The Rev. James Itoyle to the Perpetual Coracles of Were.
ham and Wretton, Norfolk ; patron, E. R. Pratt, Esq.
The Rev. J. ltelph, 31. A. of St. Peter's College, Cambridge,
to the Rectory of Eldon', Somersetshire ; patrons, the Master
and Fellows of that Society.
The Rev. John Wareyn Darby, M.A. to the Vicarage of
Wicklewood, Norfolk; patrons, Mrs. Kett and Richard Heber,
Esq.
The Rev. George Gunning, to the Rectory of Deeping, Lin-
colnshire ; patron, the Lord Chancellor.
The Rev. John Stevens Phillott, to the Rectory of Fannbo-
rough ; patron, John Francis Gunning, Esq.
Rev. Mr. Latey, to the Rectory of Doynton, Gloucestershire ;
patron, the Lord Chancellor.

Tuesday, - March .4.
Thursday, - 13.
Saturday, - 22.

SPORTING.

HUNTING INTELLIGENCE.

MEETINGS OF MOUNDS IN THE ENSUING WEEK.
The Q►uorndon Hounds, on Tuesday, at Reehy ; Wednes-
day, at Widnterpool ; Friday, at Braunstoue ; and on Satur-
day, at Barton on the Wolds.
Lord Anson's Hounds, on Monday, at Shuttington Bridge :
Wednesday, at Twycross ; Thursday, at BUrbage; and on
Saturday, at Oilstone.
Sir Jacob Astley's Bounds, on Monday, at Briston (hove;
NVednesday, at Plumstead Mill ; and On Thursday, at Sustead
Church.
Sir Edw. Smythe's Fox-hounds, on Monday, at Montford
Bridge ; Wednesday, at Cross, 11 ill ; and on Finlay, at the
Kennel.

MR. ABERNETHY'S MATCH.— The extraordinary match to
do 124iniles, namely, from St. Giles's Church to the 60th mile
stone on the North road, and 'to return again, in'3o hours, is
an undcrtakingnever before attempted by any pedestrian. The
100 miles in. 24 hours has rarely been done, leaving out the ad.
ditional 24 miles in six hours, But Mr. Abernethy, who is
an amateur pedestrian of 2tl, had done more at long distances
in less time than any pedestrian of late days, rather for trials of
strength than for money. NVe left him yesterday at 42 miles,
which he accomplished in 9 hours, and he laid down on a straw
palliasse; he arrived at the 60th mile-stone in fourteen hours,
(8 o'clock in the evening), and returned to Iliggleswade, fifteen
miles, where he halted again, and went to bed, his feet were
tired lvm the partial thaw and consequent heavy roads on the
low grounds. He started again at 11 on Thursday night, to do
the remaining 47 miles; the mail to London (the Glasgow)
passed him about the thirtieth milestone before three o'clock,
going at a slow rate. His friends were waiting his arrival at
Barnet, and also in London, but at half-past nine news arrived
at Barnet that he could only proceed a short distance through
Hatfield, and being more than three hours behind his time he
relinquished the task.—lt is supposed that he could have accorn-1
plished the match in a favourable season of the year. lie tra-
velled as privately as possible and wore a great coat over his
flannels through the towns. he match was for ten guineas,
but money was betted at 2 to 1 on :time.

Just before the Court of Chancery rose yester.
day, an application to the Lone CHANCELLOR
was made by Mr. 'UHT, ex-parte to restrain the
Contractors for the Colombian Loan from paying
certain monies in their hands. It was understood
that the bill on which the application was
founded, being drawn in too general terms, is to
be amended.

BEER AND Porvrast.--The Egyptians have the
credit of being the first inventors of beer ;they
called ►t the Pelusiuni liquor, because it was first
made at Pelusiutn, a city near the mouth of the
Nile, about 1200 years before the Christian era.
The porter, for which Loudon has become so
distinguished, was first introduced about the year
1730: Previous to that time, the malt liquors in
general use were, ale, beer, and twopenny ; it
was then customary to call for a pint of half-and•
half*, that is, half beer and half twopenny; or
else a pint or tankard of three threads, mean.
ing a third of ale, beer, and twopenny.--
Then the publican was obliged to draw from
three . casks to serve one customer. To
avoid this trouble and waste, a. brewer, whose
name was Harwood, conceived the idea of
making a liquor, which should partake of the
united flavours of ale, beer, and twopenny ; this
he called entire, or entire butt beer, meaning
that ►t was drawn entirely from one cask or
butt. It was soon discovered to be a very boarty
nourishing liquor,. suitable to porters and other
working people, whence it obtained the name of
porter.