The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-03 00:00:00

ASIATIC SOCIETY OF LONDON.

It has often been a subject of surprise, that a Society for the
advancement of Oriental Literary Knowledge, upon the prin.
ciple of that which has existed so long, and with such distin-
guished success, in Bengal, should not have been established in
London, by the numerous and respectable persons who have re-
turned from India. It were impossible to conceive a more con.
genial and satisfactory employment of their leisure, than in
fostering and promoting those interests, to the support of which
the early part of their lives had been dedicated.
In the beginning of the present year it was resolved to form a
Society for this purpose; and on the 11ith of last month, as we
learn from the authorised Report of the proceedings, the first
General Aleeting of the Asiatic Society of (heat Britain and
rreland, took place at the Thatched House Tavern.
'TEXIIY THOMAS COLEHROOKE, Esq. was called to the

Chair.
With a view to the ballot, Henry St. George Tucker, Esq.
and W. H. Trent, Esq. were nominated Scrutineers.'
Before the ballot commenced, the Chairman desired leave to
address the meeting. He delivered a discourse, in which he
developed the views of the Society, and the purposes for which
it was instituted. This discourse having been received with
marked approbation by the meeting, it was moved that it should
be printed ; and likewise, that the thanks of the meeting should
be given to the Chairman ; which
.propositions, being respec.
thely seconded, were adopted unanimously by the meeting.
Tile Chairman proceeded to announce to the meeting, that
His Majesty' King George the Fourth, had been graciously
pleased to declare himself Patron of the Asiatic Society ;
Further, that the Most Noble the Marquis of Wellesley and
the Most Noble the Marquis of Hastings were nominated Vice.
Patrons ;

And lastly, that the President of the Board of Commissioners
for the Affairs of India for the time being would always be a
Vice-Patron.
The following Resolutions were next proposed by the Chair-
man, and approved by the meeting :
I. That the Society be called The Asiatic Society of Great
Britain and Ireland.
which, when
11. That the designation of the Members of .the Society be
M.A.S., Member of the Asiatic Society. .
111.
haveThatbteheen
eMeetingleetdto frame regulations, by whe do empower the Council as soon as
it shall
sanctioned by the Society at its General .Meetings, the Society
is in future to be governed.
IV. That the Council be authorized to take such steps or
Make such arrangements, as they may deem advisable, to pro-
vide a suitable place for ;he Society's meeting.
• V. That the Council be authorised to take such steps as may
be requisite, to obtain a Charter of Incorporation, as early as
they find it expedient and practicable.
VI. That the next General Meeting be held on Saturday,
the 19th of April, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
The Chairman congratulated the Meeting ori the promising
aspect which the Society bore, stating, that the number of Mem-
bers already entered on its list exceeded Three Hundred.
The Chairman having concluded, the ballot opened, and was
carried on till four o'clock, us had been previously fixed, when,
being closed, the lists were examined by the Scrutineers. It
was then declared from the Chair, that the following Twent-
five Members had been elected to form the Council, viz.—
y
The Duke of Somerset, the Duke of Buckingham, the Mar-
quis of Lansdown, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Right Hon.
Charles Williams Wynn, the Right Hon. Sir G. OuseleY,
Bart.. the Right Hon. J. Sullivan, Sir G. 'P. Staunton, Ban.,
Sir E. 11. East, Bart., Sir J. Malcolm, G. C. 8., Sir A Johnston, Knt., Sir J. Mackintosh, Knt., J. Alexander, Esq..
,
J. Barrow, Eq., 11. T. Colebrooke, Esq., Col. P. 11.
Doyle,
CoL C. J. Doyle, N. B. Edmonstone, 14:sq. a. Fleming, Esq.,
Capt. H. Hater, A. Macklew, Esq., W. Afarscien, Esq., G.:.
11 Noehden,l4l4.D., Col. M. Wilks C. Wilkins, Esq.
And out of this number the following were chosen officers of
the Society, viz.:—
. President—The Right Hon. Charles Williams Wynn.
Director—H. T. Colebrooke, Esq.
Vice-Presidents—Sir Ci. T. Staunton, Bart., Sir J. Malcolm,
G.C.8., Sir A. Johnston, Knt., Col. Mark Wilks.
Treasurer—J. Alexander, Esq.
Secretary—G. 11. Noehden, LL.D.

POETRY.

APRIL.

April, that dolt thy yellow, green, and blue.
All around thee strew, -
When, as thou go'st, the grassy floor
Is with a million flowers depeint,
Whose colours quaint
Have diaper'd the meadows o'er.

April, at whose glad coming Zephyrs rise
With whispered sighs,
Then on their light wing brush away,
And hang amid the woodlands fresh
Their aery mesh
To tangle Flora on her,way.

April, it i thy hand that doth unlock,
From plain and rock,
Odours and hues, a balmy store,
That breathing lie on Nature's breast,
So richly blest,
That earth or heaven eau ask no more.

April, thy blooms, amid the tresses laid
Of my sweet maid,
Adown her neck and bosom flow;
And in a wild profusion there,
lier shining hair
With them bath blent a golden glow.

April, the dimpled smiles, the playful grace,
That in the face ' •
Of Cytherea haunt, are thine;
And thine the breath, that from the skies
The deities
Inhale, an offering at thy shrine.

'Tis thou that dost with summons blythe and soft,
nigh up aloft,
From banishment these heralds bring,
These swallows, that along the air
Scud swift, and bear
Glad tidings of the merry spring.

April, the hawthorn and the eglantine,
Purple woodbine,
Streaked pink, and lily-cup, and rose,
And thyme, and marjoram, are spreading,
Where thou art treading,
And their sweet eyes for thee unclose.

The little nightingale it singing aye
On leafy snray,
And in her fitful strain loth run
A thousand and a thousand changes,
With voice that ranges
Through every sweet division,

April, it is when thou dolt come again,
That love is fain
With gentlest breath the fires to wake,
That cover'd up and slumbering lay,
Through many a day,
When winter's chill our veins did slake.

Sweet month, thou seest at this jocund prime
Of the spring time,
The hives pour out their lusty young,
And hear'st the yellow bees that ply,
With laden thigh,
Murmuring the flowery wilds among.
May shall with pomp him wavy wealth unfold,
His fruits of gold,
Ilia fertilizing dews, that swell
In manna on each spike and stem,
And like a gem,
Red honey in the waxen cell.

Who will may praise Him, but my voice shall be,
Sweet month, for thee ;
Thou that to her dolt owe thy name,
Who snw the sea•wave's foamy tide
Swell and divide,
Whence forth to life and light she came.

SPORTING.

HADDON PARK RACES, TUESDAY, APRIL 1.
Hunters' Stake of 5 sovereigns each, with 15 added from the
Haddon hunt. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Amiitage's Johanna - - - , 1 ,
Capt. Phillips's Pilot - . -
Mr. Rose's Mungo . . •
Mr. Ogilvie's Ultra - - -
Mr. Bouverie's Bess
Mr. Jones's ch. g.
Mr. Aldridge's Portunio - - .
A good race.-5 to 4on the Field.
Farmers' Stake of DO.
Mr. Morrison's Jasper
Mr. Harrison's Volunteer - - . - 2 2
Four others started, and ran out of the Course, and were
distanced.

1 3 2
:its
2 4 dr
5 dr
dr
7 dr

MATCH TO DO FIFTY MILES IN FIVE HOURS.
This match was undertaken yesterday morning over ,a piece
of ground of ten miles, at listed, near Epping, for one hun-
tired pounds. Mr. Jrrruar, a dealer, undertook to ride a
cob horse, fourteen ,hands and a half, and to carry twelve
stone, in the said time. The horse to be his property, and
which was bought for the purpose. It was performed as
follows:
Hours. 31 i rt. Sec.
First ten miles in - 0 50 12
II
Second ditto - . 0: 62
Third ditto - . 0 64 10
Fourth - - 0 69 10
Fifth - - 1 10 20

4 40 0
The horse did the match with ease, and was sold on the
ground for twenty-six sovereigns.

EA STER MONDAY.
On Easter Monday the Grand Annual Hunt took place,
which was attended by the greatest field of sportsmen of all
ranks that has been this season, at Farnham Common. Soon
after ten o'clock a fine (leer was turned out of the cart, which
set off with great swiftness across the country to the right of
Amersham. In the course of the chace the hounds got scent of
a fox, which they followed for some time, and by so doing the
deer got a great way ahead, and they were obliged to take the
hounds back. They then renewed the chace through the incid-
sures and fields by the Earl of Bridgewater's and Memel Ilenip-
stead. This deer was taken in Oodsdon, in Hertfordshire, a
few miles to the left of St. Alban's, after a run of upwards of
four hours, about 36 miles from Windsor. 'Many of the sports.
men gave up the chime: some went 20 miles, some 30 miles.
Many horses were obliged to give up the chase; some lost their
shoes, others tumbled down and broke their knees. The
huntsmen and attendants and hounds returned on Tuesday
morning; they could not return on Monday night being such
a distance from home._yesterday they turned out a fine deer
near Swinly, and to-morrow for the last time this season, they
turn out at Bellfont, near Hounslow Heath.

O X ERS.
SPRING AND NEATE. B
The former left Mr. Hancock's in
Little-street, St. James's-street, on Tuesday, for Brighton, in
training. lie will return to his old training place at Reigate in
a fortnight. Ncatc has turned performer on the boards of the
Bath Theatre to spar with a man named Sato, in Torn and
Jerry, at a liberal salary. Some dislike this son of training.

PEDESTRIANISM.
Wright, the veteran pedestrian, atter !saving all others in
the shade, has undertaken to go on foot from the Three Ma-
riners, Fore-street, cripplegate, to Potter's Bar, and back, four
times, a distance of 124 miles, in MI successive hours. lie
commenced this arduous task at eight o'clock yesterday morn-
ing, and must finish by four o'clock this afternoon. 'letting in
favuu of time.. The pedestrian is 68 years of age.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH or REMY BELLEAU
April, sweet month, the daintiest of all,
Fair thee befall :
April, fond hope of fruits that lie
in buds of swathing cotton wrapt,
There closely lapt
Nursing their tender infancy.