The Sun.
London, England, 1824-10-02 00:00:00

POETRY.

ON THE PAINS OF MEMORY.
Will no remorse, will no decay,
O Memory, sooth thee into peace ?
When life is ebbing fast away,
Will not thy hungry vultures cease ?
Ahtto ! as weeds from fading free,
Naisious and rank, still verdantly
•
Twine round a runi'd tow'r,
So to the heart untam'd will cling
The memory of an evil thing,
In life's departing hour :
Green is the weed when grey the wall,
And thistles rise while turrets fall.

Yet open Memory's book again,
Turn o'er the lovelier pages now.
And find that balm for present Nin,
Which past enjoyment ran bestow :
Delusion all, and void of power,
For e'en in thought's serenest hour,
When past delights are felt,
And memory shines on scenes of woe,
'Tis like the moonbeam on the snow,

That gilds, but cannot melt ;
That throws a mockery !nitre o'er,
But leives it cheerless as before.

Her sweetest song will only tell
Of long.departed noon ; •
Of things we loved, alas! how well;
And lost, alas! how soon.
For feelings blasted, hopes deferr'd,
And secret woes unseen, unheard
By the cold crowd around,
Will rise and make their plaintive moan,
And mingle with her softer tone,
And mingle with her softer tone,
Till, in their murmurs down%
Her lyre shall loose its soothing flow,
And only tell a tale of woe.

Tho' Hope's bright scenes be false and vain
Hera is the beauty of deceit;
Tho' Pleasure's cup hold dregs of pain,

_ . .
One sip upon the brim is sweet ;
Yes, they have charms, tho' false and few,
Tho' soon they vanish from the view,
Impalpable as air
But Memory soothes not, charms not, brings
No balm, or true or false, for stings
Inflicted by despair;
But still some new device will find,
To torture more the sufferer's mind.

SPORTING INTF,LIAGENCE.

OSWESTRY RACES, 1824.—(CoircLuDEn.)
WEDNESDAYOEpT.29. '
The Town Plate of MIL Ilerts three miles and a half.
Mr. 11Ogers's gr. It. Sir Edward, li yrs old • I 1
Sir W. W. Wynn's ch. f. 4 yrs old . . 2dr
Sir T. Stanley's br. h. Aimwell, 0 yrs old . 3dr
Mr. Jcbb's b. c. Peverill, 3 yrs old - - dls
A Sweepstakes of 20gs. each, for Foals of 1021. A mile
and a half.
Mr. Ormsby Gore's ch. f. Thyrzina . . - 1
bd Grosvenor's ch. f. Manceuvre . - - 2
A Subscription Plate added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soy. each; for
hones belonging to the N. S. Y. Cavalry. Beats a mile and
a half.
Mr. Lewis's ch. g. by Ambo, 3 yrs old . - 1 1
Mr. Cockerill's ch. f. 3 yrs old - . • 2 2
Mr. Ward's hr. f. 4 yrs old . . . 3 3

CARLISLE RACES.—T UESDAY,SErT.2B.—( Fl AST DAT.)
A Hold Cup of 100 gs. value, by Subscribers of 10gs. each,
p. p. Three miles. Three-years old to carry fist 121 b. ;
four, list. 21b. ; five, Ost. 91b. ; six and aged, Bst. 121 b. Mares
and geldings allowed 31b.
Sir John 11. Maxwell's g. m. Fair Flellen, aged 1
The Earl of Lonsdale's b. h. Wanton, 5 yrs a 2
Lord F. ilentinck'S.c. c. by Epperston, 3 yrs - • 3
Elie Duke of Devonshire's b. h. Gay 3lomus, 4 yrs - 4
Won easy. This is the fourth successive gold cup which
Fair Helen has taken from Carlisle.—Until Monday she was
the favourite, end taken Against the field ; Wanton then be-
came the favourite, and even betting against the field.
A Maiden Plate of 50/. given by the Members for the City of
Carlisle, for horses, &c. of all ages, that never won Plate,
Match, or Sweepstakes, of the value of MIL before the day of
naming. Two-mile heats. Three-years old to carry list.
101 b. ; four, 7st. 111 b.; five, list. 61b.; six and aged, Ost.
121 b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b.
Mr. M. W. Chater's ch. f. Ladyßab, 3 yrs old - 1 1
Mr. Bradshaw's ch. f. by Comus, 3 yrs old - 0 2
Gen. Sharpe's r. c. 3 yrs old, by Whitworth - 2 3
The roan colt the favourite.
His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. Four-mile heats. Fonr years
old to carry lOst. 71b. ; five, list. 71b.; six, 1 lst. 121 b. ; and
aged, 126..
Mr. Simpson's b. c. Young Corrector, 4 yrs old - 1 1
Mr. Smith's b. c. Manuel, 4 yrs old . . 2 dr,
Corrector the favourite, 6 to 4, before starting.

WALSALL RACES, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20.
Subscription Purse of 50 soy. for horses not thorough-bred,
rode by members of The Walsall Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry.
Twice round the course, start at the winning chair. Best of
heats.
Mr R. Sudbury's b. h. by Woodman . - 1 1
Mr E. Adams's b. m. Pauline - - , - 4 2
Mr S. Perks, jun. gr. h. - - - 2 3
Mr R. Barber's b. m. Clura - - - 5 4
Mr J. Barber's b. h. Abraham Newland . • 3dr
Maiden Plate, value 50 soy. given by the Corporation.—Two
mile heats.
Mr. Flintoff's gr. f. by Cestrian . - - 1 1
Mr. Smith's br. g. Little Driver - - - 2 2
Mr. J. Lamb's hr. g. Tripoli - - - 3dr
Fine race.

ISLE OF TIIANET RACES, TUESDAY.
The Ladies' Plate of 501.—Two-mile heats.
Mr. Page's ch. c. Silkworm, 3 yrs old, fist. 121 b. 5
Mr. Brown's b. f. by Soothsayer, 4 yrs old, 7st. 111 b. 2 2 4
Mr. Green's b. f. My Aunt, 4 yrs, 7st. 111 b. - 3 4 2
Mr. Creed's ch. 1. Irene, 4 yrs, 7st. 131 b. - 4 6 3
Mr. Jones's b. m. Sprite, it yrs, Bst. 91b. 1 3 dr
The Visitor' Plate of 601. for the beaten horses.--Three.mde
heats.
- - - - - - -

Mr. 'White's ch. 1. Fortune-Teller, 4 yrs, 7st. Mb 3 I I
Mr. Green's b. f. My Aunt, 4 yrs, 7st. fib. • 22 2
Mr. Brown's b. f. by Soothsayer, 4 yrs, 7st. Mb. 1 3 dis
In the third heat, the Soothsayer filly was driven on the
wrong side of a post, by a person riding across the Course.

GLAMORGANSHIRE RACES ever CARDIFF HEATH.

FRIDAY.

A Sweepstakes of sgs each, with 25 added, for any horse, tic.
two-mile heats (6 Subscribers.) •
Mr. Pryse's b. c. Cardinal Puff, 4 yrs old, list. 6113. 1 1
Mr. Day's Melampus, 4 yrs, list. 31b. - 2dr
A Sweepstakes of sgs each, for hunters, Ste. Two.miles heats.
(I 0 subscQers.)
Sir. Hazard's b. g. Hope, aged, I2st. . I 1
Mr. Williams' b. g. Jack's Alive, aged l2st - 2di
A Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 soy. each, with 30 added by the
Inhabitants of Cardiff. Two-mile heats. (7 Subscribers.)
Mr. Day's ch. g. Melampus, 4 yrs old, 7st. 316: - 1 I
Sir. Pryse's ch. h Doctor Eady, aged, 9st. 51b. . 2dr

A Gentleman at Mitcham has now in his possession a horse
which trots 18 miles within the hour. He has already won
1,000 sovereigns by performing that undertaking.

Mr. CANNING.—it will not be considered un-
important to state, that the system of forty shil-
ling freeholds has attracted the particular atten-
tion of Mr. Canning daring hie visit, and he has,
on more than one occasion, expressed himself in
pretty strong terms of dilapprobation and regret,
at the misery which he conceives that system en-
tails on the humbler classes of the community.—
(Dublin Paper.)

3IERCANTILE SHIPPING.

. .
His Mrijektyls ship Eclair arrived at the Cape from Rio
July 8 ; on the 28th Julie, air Tristram de Cunha, spoke the
Hon. Company's ship .Orwell, from London to India. :Via
Majesty's ship Tamer sailed from the Cape thellth June, on
secret service ; and his Majesty's ship Arachne, for the Mauri.
tins. The Orpheus; Findlay, had arrived at the Afedritius.

.
FALMOUTII, SEPT. 30.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Stin-
t-tier packet,; froni Lisbon in 0 days: and the Duke of Illarl-
boprOonigthTspitalcoktretr,ufrOct.oditto Arrived
off
the
port the Cernmodore'llayc_s, Moncricf, from Calcutti
borough, from the East Indies 'and Venus, 'Vigour, from-
the Cape of Good Hope. Arrived the Isabella, Wallis, from
Bombay, sated 24th May, and from St. Helena The 1 Ith
August; left at Born'oay his Majesty's altip AliE,,i!or, Duke of
York, and Thomas (;putts, Company's ships r Latly Kenna-
way, Bombay Merchant,. Mary Ann, and • Barkwertli,: free,
traders. Also arrived his Majesty's ship Herald, trout the
Eastward. It blew'a gale from S:L. last night and this morn-
ing, and veered to the N.W. in the afternoon.
PLY3IOIITII, SEPT. 30.—Wind S.--Arrived the Alexander,
Derbifeur, Smith, from Memel ; Ilure, Alunt, from Peters-
burgh ; and the Ann, Summers, from Archangel.
DEAL, OcT. I.—Wind S. W...-Arrived and remain the,
Netherlands frigate Proserpina, from Ilelvoet for Africa.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 30.—Arrived the Bartley, Clark, from
Quebec; -and the Collins, from St. Andrew's, N.B.
Marro', SEPT. 30.-,Arrived the Gratitude, —, from:
Cadiz ; Sublime, —, from Virginia; and La Hogue, —,
from Petersburgh.
-Arrived off Cork the. Franklin, Graham, from Baltimore.
Captain Hamlyn, of the George the Fourth, arrived from
Jamaica—saw a large brig, siapposed about 300 tons, on shore
near Paltherstone's Inlet, coast of Florida, on the 23a or 24th
of August; several small vessels were round her.

The, dry H . dock in Dover arbour, which had
hitherto balled the art and contrivances used to render it proof
against the springs, we are glad to perceive is now brought to a
state, fit for the reception of vessels of large dimensions. The
dove-tail bolts described in a former paragraph, have been the
means of securing down to the bottom ; and it must be a source
of particular satisfaction to Mr. Moon the contriver, to see
how completely the exertions and anxiety he has manifested,
are now crowned with success.—(Kentisli Gazette.)
The hop Ticking is nearly finished in this county, and though
he produce is far trom abundant, yet generally the hops are
excellent in quality.—(l./ergiwd Journal.)
There is a fair walnut crop this year, but filberts are very.
scarce.,'
The weather within the last two days has be-
come very cell The Pentland Hills were observed yeiterday
morning to be covered with snow, and in the course of the after.
noon a shower of rain and sleet fell in the city. A rigorous
winter is foretold by serne people, who speak as if they were in
the secret.—( Edinburgh Star.)
Lord IlAttniscrroN asked the Governor of
Rome what they had determined about the vessel that the Sra.
niards took under the cannon of Civita Vecchia, and whether
they had restored it to the English ? The Governor said, they
had done justice. Lord FE replied, "If you had not, we
should have done it ourselves."

'Tie ItEJECTED PLEDGE.—A drunken fellow%
who could get no further credit at the alehouse, at length carried
his wife's bible to pawn for a quitrent of brandy, but the laid.
lord refused to take it. " What the Devil !" said the f flow,
" will neither my word nor the word of C; pass current
with you ?"
BAIGIITOM, SEPT. 30.—Sudden Death of a Lady......A.
private mansion had' been engaged here • for .airs. PtEncE,
who, with. her family, arrived to take possession of it on Tues.
day. About two o clock on the following morning, while in
htii, the above amiable Lady was subjected to a third visitation
of apoplexy, and before the Physician, who had been sent tbr
with all possible dispatch, could arrive, she was no more.
Mrs. Pierce has one daughter married to the brother of the
present Duke of Unmet ; another married daughter, Mrs. CUth.
ben, who was with her when she expired, agonized nearly to
distraction by the shock, is as yet far from having subdued that
tempest of the feelings to which the loss of one of the best of
friends and parents bad given rise.

A meeting of the Subscribers to the Canter
bury and Sandwich Navigation was held on Tues-
day at Canterbury, when the report of Mr. TEL-
FORD, the civil engineer, was read, and was found
to be very favourable to the undertaking.
The journeymen curriers at Penzance had a

turn out last week for an increase of wages.
They have obtained an adsance of four shillings
in twenty, and have returned to their vrork.
Miscittuvous tioAx.—A very unmean'nz,
though most annoying, species of letex was played off a few
days ago against Mr. King, of Snowitill, which is attributed to
the following circumstances:--fir. King carries on. the busi-
!lees of a tin-plate-worker to a great extent, employing gene.,
rally from 100 tole() men, to whom he has always paid • the
most liberal wages. Finding themselves, perhaps, even too
well treated, the journeymen some time ago thought Proper to
strike for advance; but as Mr. King already paid as high a
price as any other master, he resisted the demand, and according
as they quitted his service, he took in others, and gave every
encouragement to country hands. When out of employ, the
malcontents became desperate, and took every possible means
to injure Mr. King in the way of his business ; they attacked
such of the strangers as they could meet, and one of his ap-
prentices, who was taking etieds home to order, was severely
beaten, and the praperty thrown into the New River, near
which the outrage was committed. Unfortunately, there was
no possibility of bringing the offenders to punishment, and
the thing was passed over. In consequence of these continu-
ed hostilities, Mr. King was compelled to employ two watch.
men, at considerable expence, to look after has factories at
night, as there was no knowing to what excesses those men
might he inclined to carry their revenge. Foiled by these pre-
cautions in doing any niaterial injury to the concern, thee hit
upon a most extraertlinary and unprecedented species of an.
noyance : they got a vast quantity of bills stuck up ahout
the town, intimating " that a number of honest men and
women might learn an easy and lucrative business,_ at which
they would get permanent employ, by applying to Mr. King,
No. 20, Snow-hill." The consequence was exactly what had
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eicsantp,alitiletilacirdtptinapoxtua.ailgtiroleiiptndittesgba:ty the mischievous authors. In an hour after
o ar:
tmcshroroetwhteidei
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of e
days tive i rohl.
lucrative
applicants
adpnt
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vloaiecitabl hietshsiainwspeeps
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nta
peopleel
qcwesuaismatetloletnilY)oeugh to do to.answer them. Determined, if possible, to
punish the contriver of this ingenious deviCe, an applicatien was
made, on the part of Mr. King, to the Magistrates of Hatton.
girder police-office, for a summons to the printer of the bills,
(Mr. Batchelor) who, it was presumed, might be made to give
up the author ; but the Sitting Magistrate, Mr. Sergeant Sele
lon, said, he did not suppose that the printer could have known
any thing about the business, and therefore declined granting
the summons. Mr. King, however, is determined to trace the
matter to its source, and prosecute the persons concerned in
this really malicious procedure.
The following (if troeyextraortlinnry encroach-
ment
last week, in the village of Tranent. e 7 suppressed the name
ba oornr
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of the patient, since we are not favoured with that of our infor-
mane :—An old man of the name of James ll—, by trade a
fiesher, having had a diseased foot, which began to show symp.
toms of mortification, his medical attendants had decided upon
amputating the leg.. They accordingly went next day with all
Ithtiliielegopaelrernatinlyn,amivil)tuenu;tcttoi
ttillieeirnieiteteesrs'aasytonaipshemareax
they
dressed by his beloved helpmate,to
who vowed she would al..
tus
low no one to put a knife into her dear Cherry (the name her
ptebruitln
husband goes by) except herself: what is still more extraor-
dinary, the leg Is doing wonderfully well, Query:--The leg
that is amputated P—(l::dieburet Star.)
OFYIDEtte WIDOWS' CEnTIFICATES.--A Gen.

tlemanapplied to Mr. LING, the Sitting Maw
gistrate at Batton Garden Office, this dayj. on the
part of a Lady, the widow of an Officer, for his
signature to her certificate, in order to obtain the
payment of her pension. Mr. Laing said, "
am required here, Sir, to certify that this Lady is
the widow of the Gentleman named ; but how
am Ito know that is the fact ?" The applicant
answered, " The signature of the Rector of St.
Luke's is affixed to it, Sir." " Yes," rejoined
Mr. Laing, " but really I think the course laid
down is a very foolish one ;for , as I before said
I consider an affidavit, quite sufficient—l'll sign
it for you ; but it is an unnecessary trouble im-
posed on Magistrates,