The Sun.
London, England, 1840-06-20 00:00:00

A HINT TO STANLEY.

Every one knows, or at least should know,
The Starling," a tale told long ago,*—
( Which the Morning Chronicle and Post,
Some six months since, or a year at most,
Applied to the Whig and the Tory host)—
How, torn from his woods, and confined in a cage,
Like Cardinal Belluc, the would-be sage,-f
The poor little bird, now moody with care,
And now quite frantic from sheer despair,
Kept striking his wings against the bars,
As Horace his head against the stars,t
And crying the while in dismal pout,
" I can't get out—l can't got out 1"
Not thus cries Stanley, the Tories' darling,
Tho' frantic with rage as Yorick's starling,
He, wandering in truly sad condition,
In the barren desert of Opposition,
Casts a longing glance to the Canaan sunny
Of Office, flowing with milk and honey,
And cries with moody, sardonic grin,
" I can't get in—l can't get in 1"
Malignant turn-coat I Do all you can
To dupe and coerce your fellow-man;
Heap slander on slander, lie on lie,
Sophistry pile upon sophistry ;
Pour forth your vials of wrath and spite,
And swindle a nation out of its right;
March in the van of the Tory throng,
In Tyranny's cause three hundred strong ;
Do this, my Stanley—do this, and more
Than reckless Apostate e'er did before--
The Eden o' Office you never shall win,
But still go crying with clamorous din,
" I can't get in—! can't get in 1"

• Vitle Stern,'s story of the starling.
t Ca-dinal Benue. a conceited, ignorant priest, who
aspired to the character of a great statesman, was confined
for many yerirs in an iron cage, by order of Louis the
Eleventh of France.
" Sublimi feriam sidera vertice."—Vide lidirace's
Odes.

On Thursday their Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess d'Arcmberg and family, attended by the agent to the
General Steam Navigation Company at Ostend, honoured the
Menai steam-ship with a visit. After going all over the ves-
sel, and examining everything most minutely, their Highnesses
were pleased to pay Captain W. Phillips a high compliment on
the excellent condition of his vessel, and the extreme cleanli-
ness and neatness of its accommodations. On quitting the
vessel, the Duke did not forget to leave a handsome gratuity
for the crew to drink his health in a bumper. It is not gene-
rally known that the Menai was built by T. Ashton Smith,
Esq.. for a steam yacht, who spared no expense in fitting her
up with every comfort and convenience ; notwithstanding
which she was sold, and is placed on the Ostend station, where
she is decidedly a favourite. Captain Phillips was for several
years captain of one of the Royal Yacht squadron, Lord Dy-
sart's yacht, the Owen Glendower. Amongst the numerous
passengers who left on Friday evening by the Menai was Lady
Duncan, daughter to the Earl of Camperdown, with carriage
and suite.—Brussels Paper, June 10.
WATERLOO ANECDOTE.-Sergeant Weir, of
the Scots Grays, was pay. serjeant of his troop, and as such
might have been excused serving in action; but on the day of
the battle of Waterloo he requested to be allowed to charge
with the regiment. In one of the charges he fell mortally
wounded, and was left on the field. Corporal Scott, of the
same regiment, who lost a leg, asserts that when the field was
searched for the wounded and slain, the body of Sergeant
Weir was found with his name written on his forehead by his
own hand, dipped in his own blood. This, his comrade said,
he was supposed to have done that his body might be found and
known, that it might not be imagined he had disappeared with
the money of the troop.
FORGING A PERSON'S MARK.-Last week a
very important point of law was settled by the High Court ofJus-
ticiary. A man was indicted, at the Circuit Court of Perth, for
the crime of forgery, in so far as he had simulated the mark of
another person, to a bill. An objection was taken to the rele-
vancy of the indictment, and the case was remitted to the High
Court, which unanimously decided that to forge a man's mark
was quite as criminal as to forge his name.— Scotsman.
The Manchester Times of Saturday, in reference
to the late diabolical attack on the Queen, has the following re-
marks :—Had the assassin succeeded in his murderous design,
we should have had Ernest of Cumberland as our King ! The
bare apprehension of such an event is enough to shake the
firmest nerves; for the consequent Revolution might render
these hitherto peaceful islands the scene of a sanguinary civil
war. The liability to such a contingency ought no longer to
exist. There ought to be scch a Reform of both Houses of the
Legislature as to offer a security against the evils attendant upon
the accession of a liberty-hating Sovereign. In the meantime,
as reforms extending the liberties of the people make slow pro-
gress, there ought to be an Act of Succession, setting aside the
foreign Prince, whose advent in England would be the signal
for all the horrors of a bloody revolution. The example has
been set before, and on grounds even less tenable than those
which might now be taken.
THE GROWING CROPS.—The provincial
papers teem with accounts of the most cheering nature respect-
ing the appearance and probable yield of the growing crops.
The wheat, in various parts of Lincolnshire, is already shot
into ear, and a very heavy yield is expected. In the North of
Lincolnshire, and in the East Riding of this county, harvest is
expected to commence early in August, and be general towards
the middle of the month. Several fields of hay have already
been cut.—Hull Advertiser.

EPIDEMIC AMONGST CATTLE.—Although
the disease is still prevalent, we are glad to find that when a
veterinary surgeon is immediately in attendance, or some known
remedy instantly administered, the safety of the animal is se-
cured ; we have not heard of a single instance to the contrary
in this neighbourhood.— Cambridge Advertiser.
The hay harvest has partially commenced in the
neighbourhood of Newcastle. The crops of old grass are gene-
rally very good, but the new lands, we are sorry to hear, are
mostly light, the clover having in many parts missed altogether.
The farmers are now busy sowing their turnips, for which the
weather is very favourable, and the early sown are springing very
luxuriantly. The corn crops are looking remarkably well, and
hold out the promise of an early and abundant harvest.—Dur-
hang Chronicle.

We observe that the booksellers of Glasgow have
resolved that, during three months in summer, their shops
shall be closed at five o'clock on the Saturday evenings. This
resolution has been formed in consequence of a requisition' pre-
sented by the young men and, in our opinion, is riot only a wise
but a humane one. A few hours on the last da.y of the week
may be employed by the shopmen with benefit *dike to mind
and body, and the master be s loser.--91asgow Herald.

A
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.--On Tues-
day last, at Exning, near New market, as a horse belonging to
Mr. Wm. Fyson, was rubbing himself against the frame work
of a field well, the wooden curb that encircled tt,e brink gave
way, and in he went, and slipped backwards to the bottom, a
depth of 15 feet, the water sta-ading 4 feet deep. The circum-
ference of the well bet.ig much greater at the bottom than at
the top, the horse, u,iinjured by the descent, was able to
turn himself and get on his legs, and before the day was over,
was dug out of his perilous situation, perfectly safe- and sound.
—lpswich Express.
THE MOORS.—\V a have received intelligence
ngloc:-.lities, in ',his county, and
from several parts of the grousta
all concur, that in consequence e, f the mildness of the weather
during the process of incubation , the young. birds are both
plentiful and very forward, and that the a pproaching season
will be the best known for a numb er of yea .rs past. The rain
which fell in April was not at .all injurious to the birds,
in fact, it had a tendency to cause them ts'n batch their young
with more certainty and less danger.. The reports from Scot-
land are, that broods are large and laulnerCgas, and the birds
particularly strong.—Leeds Intellige sccr.
PENNY WISE AND POU ND FOOLISH.—On
Saturday, a young man was fined by B tifie Small, in the Police
Court, Glasgow, in 10s. 6d., for an : to =ault upon a saddler, in
his own shop. It appeared that the o Ifs nder had taken a port-
manteau to the saddler to have the bs tton-hole repaired, for
which he was charged one penny. T: very moderate charge
he considered a piece of extortion, and at, -er some higgling, he
began to belabour the saddler with tl- p, rtmanteau in a
nattt
ed
'" sty
of
which was far from being relished. The ut provok
the assault led the saddler to bring die case
before the Policer
Court, when the assailant, as already stated, K 4
fined in 10s. 6d.
• bitant for the
—a sum which he no doubt consider.,ed rather 41
,
titching of a button-hole.— Glassiow Paper,