The Sun.
London, England, 1823-03-21 00:00:00

TO SPRING.

Thou lingcrest, SPRING- I still wintry is the scene,
The fields their dead and sapless russet wear ;
Scarce does the glossy pile-mart yet appear
Starring the sunny bank, or early green
The elder yet its, circling tufts put forth. -
The sparrow tenants still the eaves-built nest,
Where we should see our martins' snowy breast
Oft darting out. The blasts from tbe,bleak north
And from the keener east still frequent blow. .
Sweet SPRING, thou lingerest ! and it should be so ;
Late let the fields and gardens blossom out !
Like MAN when most withsmiles thy lace is drest,
"ris to deceive, and he who knows ye best,
When most ye promise, ever most must doubt.

LORD ANSON'S HUNT RACES.r—LICHFIELD.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19.
These annual pleasurable sports took plsce yesterday, and
notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the
company was both fashionable and numerous, and the different
stakes were finely contested—particulars of which we subjoin.
The Wetherley Stakes, of 10 guineas each, for horses not
thorough bred, two miles heat, was won by Captain Peele's
:Monarch, beating three others in good style.
The Farmer's Plate of 501., with 10 guineas for the 2d horse,
bona fide, their property, not thorough bred, was won by Mr.
Gibson's mare at three heats, beating three others.
The Handicap Stakes, for horses not thorough bred, was
won by Lord Anson's Spot at one heat, beating three others
very cleverly.
The Boswell Stakes, of 25gs each, was won by Mr. Mytton's
Abberley, beating in high style three others.
The lOgs Stakes was won by Mr. Applewaite's horse, and
rode in high style by Lord Anson, beating two other!.

RESISTED PRESENTATION.—The Rev. Mr.
CAMPBELL, Minister of .ores, having received
from Lord C:►wnois a presentation to the Parish
Church of Croy, was directed by the Presbytery
of Nairn to preach at Wester Leys in that parish
on Sunday the 9th ult. lie went thither for that
purpose, but. on his arrival, he was surrounded
by several hundreds of people, who informed
him the parishioners were resolved to obstruct
his settlement. Mr. CAMPUELL, disregarding
these menaces, was forcibly prevented from
entering the School-house, taken from his
horse, thrown in the snow, and very indecorously
used (principally by the women, though without
sustaining any serious bodily injury. When he
remounted, several men and women accompanied
him all the way to his own house, a distance of
six or seven miles, two of them holding the bridle
of his horse. This matter is now the subject of
judicial investigation. Two men had perambu-
lated the parish the week preceding this dis-
graceful business, and had gone from house to
house in the Leys, stirring up opposition. These
traitorous apostles, having thus fomented discord,
withdrew from the scene, and left the deluded to
abide the consequences._(Edinbargh Star.)
A correspondent informs us that he was wit-
ness a few days ago, to an experiment of ete-
wentary power, invented by two Englishmen,
who at present reside at Calais ; and altho' the
experiment waslried npon a small sea le, it surpass-
ed that of steam. it is the inventors' intention,in
May next, to come from Cakis to Dover ; and
our Correspondent has no doubt they will ac-
complish the journey in less time than any steam
vessel which has yet crossed the Channel.—
(Kentish Chronicle.)

A young mat:, whose name is Ealy, a native of
Faversham, and belonging to one of Ole oyster ves-
sels of that place, which was on its way home with
a cargo of oysters, being at sea off Brighton, in the
night of Sunday lust, he was taking his turn at
watch ; those who were below finding, by the
shaking of the sails, that all was not right, got
up to see what was the matter, when they found
the young man was missing, and subsequently
missing a ballast hag also, it is conjectured he
had taken the rash step of throwing himself
overboard, with the ballast bag fastened to him
to cause itnitu drowning.
WIGTON, Al ARCII 7.—On the morning of the
3d instant, the body of a poor wandering maniac, called Jean
Ounion, belonging to this place, was found on the banks of the
river Bludenocn, at the foot of a field belonging to 111 r. Barclay,
of the Codand ; as the body was found above the sea-mark, it was
thought she was not drowned, but had perished from cold. She had
called at a house at the bridge the evening before, about ten
o'clock, and was seen as far as the Gallowaill, on her way
home, by the inmates, who gave her a stick, which was firmly
clinched in her hand when she was found. It is supposed she
had been attracted by the light in a sloop lying on the opposite
shore which she had mistaken for a house, antthavAlg sat
down when she found she could get no further, perished dur-
ing the storm that succeeded. She had been a servant in
most of the genteel families in this town, and was remark-
able for steadiness and honesty, until within these three
years, when old age, and the prospect of want,,turned her
brain.—On the same day, John :11‘Williarn, jun. weaver,Wig-
ton, attempted suicide, by cutting his throat with a razor, in a
fit of mental derangement. As the large blood vessels were not
injured, he is likely to recover. Be always sustained a t'air and
honourable character, and was accounted very religious. We
had a dreadful storm here on the night of the Ath inst., such as
was hardly remembered by the oldest inhabitants. The gusts
of wind were terrific, and I fear we shall hear bad news from
the coast.—( Cumberland Packet.)
A melancholy accident occurred in Binning.
ham on Thursday last (13th instant) at the Me-
thodist Chapel, in Cherry.street, which is un-
dergoing extensive alterations. Several of the
workmen employed were occupied in taking
off the roof, when, from some cause not at pre.
sent clearly ascertained, the principal (the largest
piece of timber used in, the construction of roofs)
suddenly gave way, and fell with a terrific crash,
carrying with it the ceiling joists upon which a
temporary platform had been placed, and preci-
pitating to the ground a number of workmen who
were at the moment upon it. We regret to add,
that one of the poor fellows, a man named Green,
was killed upon the spot. Three others were
found to be much injured, and were immediately
conveyed to the hospital ; one of them, of the
:tame of Moore, whose skull was dreadfully
fractured, died on the following morning ;
the two others, as we are rejoiced to understand,'
though seriously contused, are likely to do %veil.
One :nun fell upon the gallery,and happily escaped
unhurt ; another, who had been engaged in the
removal of the coping stones, was left suspended
by his arms from one of the walls, but was pro-
videntially relieved from his perilous -situation
uninjured.----( Wolverhampton Chronicle.)