The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-07 00:00:00

ODE TO SIR ANDREW AGNEW.

" Sir A. Agnew's Sunday starvation Bill is as lone and per.
plexing as it is impracticable."—Sun, May •'itli.

Bills of all sorts I have read—
To say nought of those I've paid—
But a longer Bill than thine,
More perplexing, line by line,
Never met these eyes of mine ;
'T'would do credit—(l'm no railer,
Andrew,) to a Bond-street tailor.
Saints of old were wont to cry
That the passports to the sky,
Were Faith, Hope, and Charity,
But thy Bill of Bills, St. Andrew,
Teaches us (what more can man do
That the passport to salvation
Is Sabatical starvation,
By which I presume you mean
Heaven is only for the lean ;
Cheering creed, did he but know it,
To each half.starved epic poet

Prime Apostle of the age,—
Now Johannah's (1) left the stage,—
Born to scourge those horrid sinners
Who persist in Sabbath dinners,
And (what's worse) blaspheme their Maker
By encouraging their baker;
Hiring sinful hacks on Sundays,
Shirking Church on hot-cross-bun days,
And quadrilling—awful sight !
Thro' the live-long Christmas night—
Methinks, old Huntingdon I hear,
Twang this summons in thy ear :
" Andrew, take thy tub and preach,
" Stick to sinners like a leech,
" And to make thy task completer,
" Share it with thy cad, Saint Peter; 02)
" Never mind tho' sceptics rail,
" Boys tie crackers to thy tail,
" Wicked Cruikshanks sketch thy phi',
" Pamphlets sneer or Journals quiz ;
" Thou by preaching up starvation
" To this stiff-necked generation,
" Preaching down all Sunday hacks
" And the Atheists on their backs ;
" Shalt in time o'ercome each scruple
" And the power of cant quadruple,
" For John Bull's sense is, I see,
" Dying fast of atrophy ;
" Speed then, Andrew, thine endeavour,
" Hallelujah! Cant for ever:"
Speed, aye speed thee, man of God,
Make this land, the land of Nod;
That is, set us all asleep
By thy speeches, heap on heap,
And thy Bill, whose every line
Is a drowsy anodyne;
Speed thee on—hut, hold, my lays
Are too poor to hymn thy praise;
Worth like thine, so all-commanding,
Passing human understanding,
Can alone be fitly sung,
In our Irving's Unknown Tongue.
(I) Johannah Southcott
(2) Mr. Peter, M.P. for Bodmin, Sir Andrew's fellow labourer
in the vineyard of cant,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

BARNET RAGES. SEPT. 6.

These Races, under a new and better management, pro-
mise fairly to become exceedingly popular. They com-
menced yesterday over the new Course, and attrac,eil an
immense concourse of spectators, amongst whom we noticed
many of the most respectable families resident in the
neighbourhood. The liberal fund provided enabled the
Stewards (Messrs. Sheppard and Dell) to add 80/. to the
Stakes yesterday, and to keep as much for Viis day ; also
to furnish the race ground with all the requisite accommo-
dations for the visitors. The general arrangements were
highly creditable. The sport, consisting of eight heats,
was as follows :
The Green Man Stakes of 5 move. each, and 30 soya. added.
Heats twice round and a distance. The winner to be
sold for 200, &c. (6 Subs.)

Mr. White's The Ghost 2 I 2 I
Mr. Sefford's Punctual 0 11 I dis
Mr. Coleman's Dryad
Mr. Clark's Constance
Mr. Bacon's Fairy 0 dr

Won cleverly. Punctual came in first in the last heat,
but was proved to have crossed The Ghost, to whicb the
race was given.
A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. Heats
twice round and a distance. The winner to be sold for
150, &c. (6 Subs.)
Mr. Fleming's Landrail
Mr. Messer's Zarina 0 '2
Mr. Hall's Silvertail '2 0
Mr. Tilbury's Zuliina and Mr. Pierce's Chatham Lass
also ran, hut only two were placed in each heat. Won easy.
The Tally-ho Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added, for
horses not thorough br,d. heats as above, with two
hurdle leaps in each. The winner to be sold fur 150,
&c. Gentlem, n riders. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Lafitte's Sober Robin •
Mr. Hall's Brigand
Mr. Westley's Mantrap
Mr. Coleman's b. g. General Wolfe, and Mr. Sefford's
h.g. Potsheen ran, but were not placed. Captain Beecher
rode the winner.

MORPETH RACES, SEPT. 5.
A Gold Cup, or 1001. Heats two miles. The winner
to be sold for 400/. if demanded.
Mr. Gardner's Messenger 1 1
Mr. Brown's Pumpkin 3 2
Mr. Rush's Guildford 2 3
The West Kent Stakes of Si. each, with 20/. added.
Heats two miles. The winner to be sold for 150 soya.
if demanded. The second horse to withdraw his
stak•s. (6 Subscribers.)
Mr. T. Hodges's Carolne
Mr. Thomas's Suffolk Punch 1 2 2
Mr. Best named Norna
Mr. Theotsald's Gretna Green .. 4 4 3
No race for the Hunters' Stakes.

After the Cup was run, a match took place between Mr.
Scobell's grey poney, and Mr. Godsmark'e bay ditto, which
was won by the former.
After the dead heat for second at Ashford for t,te Hinton
Plate, Fawn walked over, and, in the evening, Mr. Messer
gave up Caroline to Mr. T. Hodges for the 1201.