The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-15 00:00:00

FYTTE SECOND.

The lists are cleared, the barriers reared, the knights come
riding in,
The captive maidens sadly look, for liking is a sin;
They may not choose, may mot refuse, for such their royal
parts,
'Tis but their hands are wanted—what need to think cf
hearts ?
Rides in the van, the pale TnArpArr, his sword is in his sheath,
The legend blazoned on his shield " I fight"—a cross beneath.
MONTEMOLIN, his shield within, displays a crown of brass,
Which his sire Don CARLOS gave him when he found it
wouldn't pass.
Next rides ConuaG-CoJIARY, and the QUEEN doth wish him

luck ;
For, though somewhat out at elbows, he's what ladies call a
" duck,"
And he bears the Coburg legend, which his seedy look con-

firms,
Of " Royal Marriages performed upon the cheapest terms."
Don FRANcrsco rideth after, looking fain to run away,
Right groggy is he in his selle, and anything but gay :
Follows close bold Don ENRIQIJE, he bath caught the IN-
FANTA'S eye,
He blows a kiss to her, and she blows him one in reply.

The trumpets sound, the knights ride round, displaying of
their paces,
And the ladies gay, they flirt away, displaying of their faces ;
When, o'er the barrier of Utrecht, that shuts the lists below,
With lusty leap Louis PliturPs on " Artful Dodge" cloth

sho-w.
He wears his crown with vizor down," Hold hard !" he cries

aloud,
" I too will ride a tilt of arms before this noble crowd :"

And he strikes on Prince TRAPPANI'S shield, who, the chal-
lenge when he hears,
Immediately is taken ill, and straightway disappears.
" Ha, ha! I guess that's one the less! Now, Sir COBURG,
for you."
And he tipped his lance with gold, for well his foe's weak
point he knew -
A rush, a thrust—a cloud of dust—and when it left the air,
There lay the COBURG, dead to " time," and much the worse
for wear.
" Now rest thee, Don FRANCISCO, I leave the QUEEN to you.
But Don ENRIQIE, there's a crow to pluck between us two."
And he bent his lance of slander 'gainst that heart so true and
leal,
And, with a grin, the stern old king sent home the poisoned
steel.
Then silent flowed the tears of those maidens as, perforce,
Each saw her favourite champion sent, as Bell's Life says,
" to dorse ;"
But nought reeked he, the grim Louis, of breaking hearts, or
woe :
He'd come to win a wife, and one he'd have before he'd go.
On came MONTEMOLIN, but aye his glance he backward
threw,
For the Constable was on his track, as well old Louis knew ;
" Police !" shouts France, but their approach the Count
awaited not,
At first glimpse of the Alcalde he bath bolted like a shot !
The jousts are done, the prize is won, old France has gained
the day,
Tho' tis in what some folks may call—a dirty sort of way ;
And he strokes the neck of " Artful Dodge," " Well done
thou trusty steed I
I've worked thee hard, but never yet thou'st failed me at my
need !"
Right proudly rode he up the lists to where the maidens
sat,
And courteously his visor raised, beneath his broad-
brimmed hat,
" Your hands are mine, to pick and choose : FRANCISCO
take the QUEEN;
For you, INFANTA, I've a son, a gallant boy, tho' green."
And with a roguish chuckle, as they looked both sad and
sour,
He gave these sorry maidens each unto a husband's power;
And long Madrid shall grumble at the doings of the day
When, with " Artful Dodge," Louis PnuarrE the INFANTA
bore away.—Pinch.

THE LATE SIR GEORGE MURRIT.—The will of
the late Right Hon. Sir George Murray, late of Belgrave-
squarr,, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Hon. Military
Or;ter of the Bath, a general of her Majesty's forces, and
islaster• General of the Ordnance, was proved in London
on the 9th instant, by his executors, Sir William George
Hylton Jolliffe, Bart., of Merstham, Surrey; Mr. George
William Hope, Curzon-street, Mayfair; and William
Smythe, advocate, Edinburgh. The will was executed
on the sth of January last, together with a deed of
settlement of the same date, in favour of his daughter
and only child, wife of Lieutenant Henry George Boyce,
of her Majesty's 2d Regiment of Life Guards, by which
the deceased has settled upon her various sums, in the
whole exceeding 26,000 L, besides the house in Belgrave-
square; and further by his will leaves her the furniture,
pictures, prints, &c., as also the residue of his estate, to
enjoy a life interest over the whole of the said property,
money, and effects, and at her decease to descend to her
children; but if no children or child should obtain a
vested interest therein, then in trust for the children
that may be living of the late Hon. Sir Patrick Murray,
Bart. There are pecuniary bequests to his sister and
aunt, and to his son.in-law, Lieutenant H. G. Boyce, and
legacies to his servants. In the 54th year of his age,
Sir George married Lady Louisa Erskine, sister to the
Marquis of Anglesey, of whom he was bereaved in
January, 1842, having had issue one daughter.
DEATH OF LIEUTENANT- COLONEL GORDON.—We
have to record the demise of a gallant and eminent field
officer, Lieut.-Colonel John Gordon, who expired a few
days since at his seat, Princestown, county of Fermanagh.
at the advanced age of seventy-nine, forty-one rs' which
witnessed a connexion with the .
officer saw during his career song
Brit. -u
army. This
had the honour and satisfr r0u7,1. service, and he
Lieutenant-Colonel on of being made a retired
with the Royal
—hit pay in 1844, being connected
as Second-
• _..cgiment o Artillery, which he entered
.....teutenatat in, 1805.
ittNEss CotQufo-UN,
is With sincere regret we have just heard of the serious
illness of C. tsti.,M.P , and that, although
now pronounced out of immediate danger, he is still in
a very precarious state. The attack appears to have
been that of gastric fcver, and of unusual severity. From
the last accounts from
.lidlermont, we fear his recovery
must be a work of time.
Irswien AND BURY RAILWAy.,_we are glad to
hear that the subsidence of the soil at Haughley, has
been now overcome, and there is every prospect of the
line being opened for t ffi •ensuing month.
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