The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-03 00:00:00

Aire—E. Putland, ale and porter merchant, Manchester--A.
D. Bottornley, tailor, Gracechurch-street—W. Morrison, sta-
tioner, Fenchurch-street—N. Davis, innkeeper, Westerham,
Kent.
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J. and T. Emery, brick makers, Kirkdale, Lancashire—J. A.
Johnson, D. H. Benny, and C. G. Milman (as far as regards
Mr. Millman)—J. J. Allnatt and H. T. Birkett, land surveyors,
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manufacturers, Nottingham—B. Wa.kins and H. Jones, timber
merchants, Brecon, Breconshire—R. Wild and J. Lowe,
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shire—T. Robinson and W. W,Q•burton, glass manufacturers,
Warrington, Lancashire —E. Stratham and M. Parker, small-
ware dealers.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
ROBERT ST RUTH ERS', upholsterer, Edinburgh. April
7 and •28, at one, at the Cham'!ers of Mr. Lowe, accountant,
Edinburgh.

ROBERT RITCHIE, ironmonger Edinburgh, April 6
and 27, at two, at the Old Signet Hall, Royal Exchange, Edin-
burgh.
M A GNUS AIT KIN, WILLIAM FLEA.I.NG, and
GAVIN WOT 1.:11SP. )ON, Milo* chandl. rs, Kipp 4, Lin-
lithgowhire, April 7 and 2S, at One, at the Airdrie Inn,
Airdrie.

JAMES MARTIN, cattle dealor, Newbigging, Forfar-
shire, April 7 and 23, at one, at Howieson's Inn, Cupar
Angus.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the Returns made in the week ending March 30,
1841, is 445. 100. per cw•t., exclusive of the Duties of Cus-
toms paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into
Great Britain.

ODE ON THE BURIAL OF SIR J.

MOORE.

(From the Edinburgh Advertiser.)
The celebrated ode on the bud it of Sir John Moore,
which found so many claimants a namher of years ago. and
had been ascribed successively to most of our einiceat
living poets, has at length found its true author. This
beaut.ful piece of eleeiac composition, unrivalled for
pathos and simplicity by any similar producti n in an-
cient or modern times, after enjoi g on anonymous
fame for twenty-five years—after being appropriated
to Byron and Campbell—after being claimed by a
host of minor rhymsters, from the Apollos of Grub-
street, to the nameless verse-makers in newspaper
cornera, was at length attributed, upon what seemed
good evid. nee, to the Reverend Mr. C. Wolf , an
Irish curate, and a man of talent far beyond his humble
situation. From the time whet Mr. Wolfe's memoirs
were published till now, he has enjoyed the undisturbed
honour of having written that inimitable ode. It appears,
however, that Mr. Wolfe's claim was not well founded, and
that the writer of his memoirs had planted on the grave of
his hero a laurel which ought in justice to have adorned the
brow of another, who still hype, and whom we are proud to
call a Scotsman. For the vouchers of this discovery, we
appeal to the following documents, furnished by a corres-
pondent, the Rev. W. Muir, assistant-minister at Temple,
of which parish the author of the Ode on the Burial of
Sir Jahn Moore, Mr. A. Macintosh, still holds, and has
held for the last twenty-two years, the obscure and ill-
requited office of schoolmaster. Though the time that
has elapsed since it was written has necessarily increased
the difficulties of producing evidence of the authorship,
yet, after perusing Mr. Macintosh's very modest letter,
and weighing the reasons why he did not sooner assert his
claims to a production which had made its unassisted way
to universal admiration, we think no candid mind can en-
tertain a doubt that he wrote the verses wich now, at the
end of a quarter of a century, circumstances have induced
him to avow. For the honour of a countryman, we trust
that our Contemporaries, if they cannot make room for the
whole documents, will, at least, give publicity to the inte-
resting fact which they disclose.
(Then follows the correspondence.
room for Mr. Macintosh's letter.)
`• Rev. and Dear Sea—The circumstances attending the
wri.ing of the lines on the buri .1 of Sir John Moore, so
far as I can recall them at this distance of time, are simple
and easily told. I had been long familiar with the details
of the disastrous retreat to Corunna, and felt deeply inte-
rested in the fate of the gallant but ill-supported Sir John
Moore.
" In the year 1816, while a student at the Colieee of
Edinburg!', I happened to lodge with a Mrs. Henry, whose
husband nevi been a ,eaferng vets oe, and, if I r Anr.mber
well, lost his life at Col-mina while employed in the trans-
port service, at the embarkati-to of the British Loops,
Mrs. Henry had a number of letters, which she sometiin. a
took a melancholy plea ure in hearing me read to her,
written by friends who had served under Sir J Moore
during the whole of the campaige. One of these, written
by an eyewitness, depicted in f ectale though homely
colours Vac hurried interment of the devoted chief. It
was on p,rusing thin last that. I formed the idea of attempt-
ing a pre.ic al desc,iption of that event. I had been ac-
customed from my childhood to feel singularly affected
when witncssiog the ceremony of a soldier's burial ; and
I have no doubt that an occasional sight of this kind from
the window cf my bed-room, which looked out upon the
Grey f Tars' churchyard, contributed, in the present iritance,
to draw my thoughts in that dir.ction.
" About this time a young man of the name of Menzies,
who had formerly been my schoelfdlow, came to Edin-
! burgh to atend the classes at the University, and, owing
to our previous intimacy, was frequently in my company.
Mr. M. was an enthusiast in every thing relatine to the
military profession, and would have esteemed it the snmmit
of human ambition to be appoint d to a commieeon in the
British army. On seeing the ode in the unfinished st
in which it then lay among some other fugitive piece, he
professed himself highly pleased with it, but at the same
time suggested some ameadments which might he made on
it, one or two of which I sub,eq Catty adopted. As Mr.
M. took a copy of it oftener than once, I have always
been of the opinion that it was through les me ins it after-
wardswould have toren an easy matter for any person who had
found its way into the public prints; although it
access to my lodgings to transcribe it without my know-
ledge. Whether this was the ease or not, unfortunately I
cannot positively say. I was soon afterwards separated
from Mr. Menzies, who died about 1820.
" In the year 1817, I was a member of a small debating
society, which met in Catheriae street, when, on one oc-
casion, I read the ode along with two or three other short
pieces, in place of the essay which it was customary fur
each of the members to read in rotation, before opening
the debate; but, although I received some general praise,
I do not remember that the ode drew any particular notice.
" During my residence in Edinburgh, I had, in common
with many other young men attending the University,
.7he witht the intention of going to call cn him,
ex-
perienced much kindness from the late Professor Christison.
lOhnaed
pu t evening,the ad'oeo u
int
rn thisy tpi
omeek,e
sub-
mitting it to bis remark a but during our interview I had
not the courage to present it. I have frequently regretted
my diffidence on that occasi on, as I have no doubt that Mr.
Uhristison's exquisite taste would have at once appreciated
those merits which the public were ater.vards pleased to
ascribe to it, and thus brought it into notice at a time when
the author could not be disputed.

We can only make

"In 1818 I left Edinburgh for my pre-ent situation. It
was a year or two afterwards wiren I first observed the ode
in print. It was in one of the Edi.iburgli periodicals, with
a commendatory note subjoined, sta•ing that it had recently
appeared in one of the newspapers.
" About this time the late C,pta'n Clapperton, the
African traveller, told me that a friend of his was getting
up for publication a selection fr.im the fleeting literature
of the day, in which he wished to insert The Burial of
Sir John Moore,' and as he bad been told that I was the
author of that piece, wished to hare my name adhibit-
ed to it, to which I consented. C iptal C. shortly after
left this place, and I never learned whether the work was
published or not. _

" I never 43W Wolfe's Remains' till you put the volume
into my hands about two months
Ic wag, I think, Li 18:16 thAt I learned tl,.t the aulior
of the memoir of the Rev. C. Wolfe had claimed the ode
for that gentleman. I felt somiswhat indignant at th•s;
and, with a view to place the matter in i‘s proper 1 eht ,
wrote to the father of Ar. Menzie, who lived in a distant

part of the country, requesting him to search among it his
son's papers for the mmiuseript of the line?, but to tit
letter no answer was returned.

" I then saw that I had allowed the proper time for as-
serting my claim to pass away ; and being apprehensive
lest the public might be unwilling to believe that a piece
which had by this time made some little noise in the world.
was the production of an obscure individual like myself, I
judged it more prudent to forego rry claim than to expose
myself to any obloquy on its account.
" I am, reverend and dear Sir, yours very truly.

A. :MACINTOSH.

" Temple, January 1841.
" To the Rev. W. Muir."
Mr. Macintosh is a native of Athol. After attending
the schools in Perth, he completed the usual course of
education for the E4tablished Church at the University
of Edinburgh. In 1818 he accepted of the parish school
of Temple, wivre, for twenty-two years, like many of
his laborious and ill-requited brotherhood, with attain-
ments .mmeasurwily superior to their duties and emolu-
ments, 111 has patiently arid cmaent Ally discharged the
irksome duties of his useful offi e.

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SEAMAN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY.—On Wed-
nesday the twentieth anniversary- of the foundation of thin
Seaman's Hospital (the well-known Dreadnought, moored
i.ff Greenwich) was celebrated at the London Tavern,
BiThopstgat,•-strret, by a capital dinner, to which about
150 gentlemen sat down. Amongst the subsciiptions and
donations announced were vie follea.ing 31-ije,ty,
annual, 1051 ; tho Queen Dowager, ditto 101. ; Trinity
Corporation, twentieth donation, 3001. ; ditto,
Elder
, sq.,
Brethren, fifteenth ditto, 1001. ; Honourable East India
Company, eighteenth ditto, 105/. ; Sir George Cockburn,
101 ; B. B. Cabbell E 101. 103. ; John Labouchere
Esq., 10/. 10s.; William Pott, Esq , 101. 103 ; R. N.
Hunt, Esq., 101. 103. ; Joseph Harnbro, E'q., 10/. 10s. ;
Shipping Gazette, 51. ss. Towards the conclusion of the
evening, the Treasurer announced that the subscriptions
for the present year had amounted to 1,0811., o which
nearly 500/. had been subscribed at the table,
DUBLIN, APRIL I.—During the whole of Wed-
-I;sday there has been a perfect hurricane, blowing from
W.S.
W.
due W., scarcely exceeded in its violence by the memor-
ablegale of January, 1839 The Liverpool mail boat,
3 o,ealtoc7k.this morning, had not reached Kingstown up to