The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-23 00:00:00

POETRY.

ADVICE TO THE KING OF SPAIN,
- ON his IVorking a Petticoat to the. Virgin Mary.
BY THE LATE DR. J. WOLCOT, OLIN( I;ETEB PINDAR, 'ES(
Great King, the Newspapers declare, •
Which puts the quite on the broad stare,
(Though Newspapers from truth too often vary),
That you, dread Sir, of needle note,
Have work'd a pious petticoat,
A hallow'd erring to the Virgin Mary.

Why trick your Lady out so fine ?
She never once went forth to dine,
Nur play or opera ever deign'd to grace ;
She never gave a single rout,
Not e'en poor tea, and then turn
Nor at the ball.feast shew'd her holy face.

Then,heed the Bard :—Your state maintain,
Nor thus expose yourself again
A standing jest for every saucy railer ;
Bid Superstition's flame expire—
Fling all your needles in the tire—
Give King-craft up—and turn an honest tailor.

•.• This humourous Jeu d'RsprU of the facetious PETT:st
PINDAR, who is without a rival in his original style of poetry,
may be properly revived at the present moment, when the
Pious FERDINAXD has shewn himself to be utterly destitute
of every quality requisite to adorn the Royal character, or do
credit to human nature. It is not in the old Bard's printed
works.

LINES,
IVUITTRW UNDER TUN VFNUI or CANOVA.
Divinity in atone ! yes glowing
Supremely warm and rich and fair;
Around a sense of eweetne% throwing,
As if her roses wenton'd there !
Upon that brow, so pure and soft,
Immortal Love hath 'set hisoeal ;
And left, in kinder mood than oft,
A sign we cannot see.but feel!

Those eyes—those full and fixed eyes,
They cannot beam, nor glow with fire;
Nor herald as the wishes rise,
The thoughts their spirit would respire;
But passionless themselves, they wake
In us that feeling's tender strife,
Of which the sister Graces make
• A busy brilliant span of life !
Then Oh ! those lips! Those eloquent lips !
So full of love and peace and all,
That suffered.such a dark eclipse
When erring woman doom'd our fall !
Yet knowing this, who e'er could look
Upon that marble, nor prefer,
That man the fatal apple took, •
And left his heaven to live with her.

MUSICAL ANECDOTE'.

The following anecdotes are extracted from
the very amusing and instructive Essay on the
History and Theory of Music, recently published
by Mr. NATHAN, and which we took occasion to
introduce to our Readers as being well descry•
ing of their notice. The work abounds with
anecdotes of a similar description, and the follow.
ing may serve as favourable specimens of the
amusing character which runs through its pages:—

" A friend told tree of a lady who, in his presence, was anti.
ously waiting the arrival. of her daughter's Italian singing.
master. She had been Milling his amazing abilities in the
warmest terms. He was a foreigner, and that alone was a
powerful testimonial of his talent. When he made his en-
trance, to the infinite astonishment of the gentleman who re.
lated this anecdote, he immediately recognised in this eminent
singing-muter a once noted performer on the pancleas pipe:! !!
" The ilthantees declare that they can converse by means of
their flutes ; and an old resident at Acera has assured me, that
he has heard their dialogues, and that every sentence was ex.
plained to him."

•
The following extraordinary anecdote I have faithfully C.).
pied from an old publication ; the author's name was erased :
" A certain Spaniard one night late encountered an Indian
woman in the streets of Cuzco, and would have brought her
back to her lodgings, hut she cried, For God's sake, Sir, let
me go, for that pipe which you hear in yonder tower calls ma
with great passion, and I cannot refuse the summons ; for love
constrains me to go that I may be his wife, and he my hus-
band.' " . _

" I once saw a Witty critique on an eminent singer, who from
a mistaken desire to please the million, was often, against his
better judgment, extravagantly profuse in his cadences. It ran
to the best of my recollection thus:--The house wes crowded
and excessively hot; finding myself overpowered by the heat,
I took a walk round Covent-garden to cool myself; when I re-
turned into the theatre, to my utter astonishment, I found Mr.
- just concluding a cadence on the note on which ha was
pausing when I quitted the theatre to refresh myself."
The late Mr. flannesow, among his professional contern.
poraries, was fond of insinuating his own praise, by preaching
up chastity of stile in singing. " tell you what, Mister
Harrison," said Soloman; " it is not chastity what you say; it
is stark-naked, and dat I do tinkvery indecent."
When SAWTI Ul 1., the Latin poet t (born at Paris 1530), was
at Port Royal, where his hymns' were being sung, a peasant
by the side of him bellowed out in.such an outrageous manner,
that the poet could not refrain from saying," Be silent thou
brute, and let those engels sing.'
The Abbot de Batowz, a Tan of great wit, had invented
many things relating to musical :nstruments ; and, being in the
service of the King, was once commanded by him to procure
him harmonious sounds from the cries of hogs, imagining the
thins was absolutely impossible.
The Abbot was not in the least perplexed at such a command,
butasked the King money to perform it,which was immediately
delivered to him ; and he effected the most surprising and re-
markable thing that ever was heard. lie got together a large
quantity
of hogs,
all of different ages, and put them into a tent
or pavilion covered with velvet, before which tent there was a
wooden table all painted, and he made en organkal instrument
with a certain number of stops, so contrived that, when he hit
upon those stops, it answered to some spikes, which, pricking
the hog* that stood behind in a due order, made them cry in
such an harmonious manner, that the King and all his atten-
dants were highly delighted with it.

Extract of a letter from 11Yromith, Oct. 18 Sir John
Cameron is arrival here to take the command, but it is only
likely he will have it for a time, as the offer of it has been made
to Sir P. Maitland, Canada,
from of Upper
from whom no answer can be received for several weeks.,,
Sir JOHN F. 14E101E11;n, Colonel of the
Cheshire Yeomanry, last week took a water-
wagtail for a mark,and passed a irnil through his
body at the first shot with a pistol ; distance,
afterwards measured, ilteen yards.