The Sun.
London, England, 1805-04-08 00:00:00

POETRY.

WE have is,tets favcnted by a friend With the fol..
lowing spirited version of one of MARTI-Ws Epi.
grami, written by ED WARD COX E, Esq. of Hamp.
steed Heath, and not included in the recent Publics.
Lion from that Gentleman, which does'so much Ns.
noun to the British Muse.

IMITATION OF AN EPIGRAM FROM MARTIAL.
(2112 to cauu frabit, flusicia Rothe fr Egfc.
FROM the pure air you breath'd on Marlbro' Down,
Rica A R D !--Nhat Übjeet brings you up to town ?
" The Law to follow—there display my sense ;
" And shame e'en Ctesito in eloquence."
You're mad, if front the Bar you hope ;chef ;
RALPH studied bard, but never got a Brief.
" woo the Muses then, if you but say
" That VI/ter L's Spirit animates my lay."
Trust not such golden Dreams --;thy fancy doats—.
VI c its, and Uvzns now have thread-bare Coats.
" I'll court the Great"--you will not if you're wise;
SAM flatters well, but St_m with hunger dies.
" Advise some plan—l'm fried to live in London."
If honest* -then, you'rejx'd—on being undone I -

* A similar sentiment is to be seen in [uvenal :
Quid faciam mentiri

Til It OPERA.--Mrs. BILL I NCTON deserves great
credit fi)r having rescued from such an ad-
mirable 'Opera at La Clemenza di Stipione. Tr was
on Saturday last performed, fur the third time, at
the King's Theatre, with the most rapturous ap-
plause, before a remarkably numerous Audience. It
is impossible to' do justice to the excellent style of
her singing... Indeed nothing but absolute proof
could excite a belief of a capability of executing
some passages of her songs. The Duet in the first
Ai}, and the Rodeo, in the second, were univer-
sally encored. RI CHI amply shared in the applause
of the Audience. The Ballet of Crazy fame did
not go Mr as well as at first. Madame LABoar E,
however, was charmingly expressive, and,RAtti-
sor's hornpipe was much admired.

BAAHATsI is said to have entered into an engage.
meet at Drury lane Theatre. SToRAc E, of course,
will follow his fortunes. Indeed she can hardly be
considered as a musical nouu-substantive.

ICI MBLE passes the holiday week at Wroxton,
with the Earl of GUILDFORD, who Ins been one of
his earliest friends, " even from his finish days."
Or tit•had sent a very fine portrait of little BETTY
to the Royal Academy, for the ensuing Exhibition,
but the father of the boy, who had given his per.
irsission, has recanted it, without any assigned rea-
son; and the picture is not to appear.
The acknowledged fabricator of the SHAK.
spRARE MS. is coming forward with afid/ expla-
nation of that mysterious business. But in ,y nut
the world, after so many different and contradictory
stories, consider the explanaticn itbell as anew dr.
ceptionP

AS spore of Sir F. Bu DETT'S Subscription Mott,:
have refused to give any account or what they
received expressly for the purpose of r•elievi„g him
from the expences of the Eteaim), he ought to pro_
tecute them for having obtained money upon false
pretences, and vend them to canvass for a Seat in
&tam; Ray.
_ _ _

An Ofkcer of one of the ships at Siithead having
occasion to send to his country house in great haste,
a lea, days since, dispatched a sailor on horseback
with a Letter, who, after delivering it, and being
refreshed and the horse fed, went to the stable to
prepare for his return—a hy.stander observed to him
that he was purring on the saddle the hind patt be.
fore, the sailor repiied, Row do jox know fuihich
way I am sours 1e ride ?"

We have received the Jamaica Papers to the
loth of February inclusive.—Admirats DUCK.
WoRTH and DAc RFS were then-at Port R with
the Theseus atrA l'anguartioi 74 guno, Acasta, Print.
cess Charlotte, Firrturree Frigates,
Godan and Papillon Brigs, and Gipt), Schooner.—
The Hercule a 74, 11,1ansbe, fraucaise, and .51:r.
Frigates, sailed rime days before to et uize
off St. Domingo, as dig the Penguin, Bacchante,
Cerf,
.Redbridge., Renard, SU 'release,
and John Bull. The Racoon and Pelican sailed on
the loth, to ciu.'ze in the Windward Passage.
. The Amelia Frigate was well at Tortola on the
tot ult. having captured three or fur Spanish
vessels.

War against Spain was proclaimed at Antigua on
the ;6th -ot February, in consequence of the arrival
of the PicA!, Schooner there with Dispatches irciin
England. At that date the arrival of the French
Fleet in the 'West
,Indies was unknoWn at St.
John's. .

- The Bjarn Mail.boat, with the Mails from Bar.
badOes, for St. Vincent and Greilada, was lately
taken by the Mazer, French Privateers the Mails
were sunk during the chime. Another Mail-boat,
the Anna Maria, taken some time since off Domi.
nit), and fitted out as a Privateer, has been re.
captured-by one of our Sloops of War, and sent to
Grenada.

The Cat:nfort ,Frigate has captured a valuable
Dutch West. Indianian in the Wcst Indies, and 're.
taken three British Vessels, richly freighted, and a
Guineatnan with 227 Staves.
Curacoa 'continued blockaded by a British &pa.
dron on 'the 9111 February. - Provisions had be me
scarce and dear; flour sold at to and 2 CLlOliars per
barrel.

Fourteen Privateers sailed from New Providence,
Bahamas, within twelve hours atter they received
Letters of Marque against Spain.

On Friday last a Petition of TitemAs O'REILLY
and JMtts O'Rr 'Lt.'s', praying leave to 14ring in a
Private Bill for the purposes therein-mentiotiedi was
presented to the tiotoe of Lords, and read; and or.
tiered to he referred to two Judges in Ireland, to
consider and report.
LEoAss, an artificial florist., in Wigmore.
street, undertook, for a wager of 20 gUitleiii, to
walk from Hyde Park Corner to Windsor in tour
hours. He started on Friday, sand he walked to
the six mile stone at Turnhain-Green in an hour.
Ile afterwards slackened his pace, and arrived. at
Windsor in-ii minutes less than the given time. A
considerable eonc.,ursc of horsemen accompanied
titn the sv:101e distance, at miles and it L 1414

DUE 1-I,4MBURGII

VIENNA, MAlttl4 23. Lieutenant . dentral
MACK is appointed Atioil Privy Councillor of
State.

It it ntaw taid, that the j ,urney or the EMPEROi
to Italy will not take place this year.
ITALY, MARCH I is said chat a marriage
is propsed between the Que EN of Eiltua A and
Prince BEAuxArstrots, and in this case. the King.
dom of Etruria may be united to a neighbouring
Country.
The Krxd of NAPLES has not ratified the Con.
vention of Neutrality, but has caused representations
to be made by the Marquis Dt GALL 6, hit Ambat.
sador at Paris, against several of the conditions re.
(Faired on the part of France.
MILAN, MARCH 16.—T0-day Prince ELME NR
AUH ARNOIS arrived here TIMM Paris, with the
Horse Chasseur,s and Grenadiers, the G ens .d' Arnverie
d'Elite, and Mamelukes, and stopped at lip:Palace
of Government. The greatest part of the French
Troops hare were marched out to receive him, and
the Italian Trok.ps mounted guard at the Palace ;
the Prince ha, a very prepossessing figure.
FRANKFoRT, MARCH 26.--They write from
Stu'gardt, that M. St NC LAI It and M. SECKKNDORFF
have been set at liberty.

BERLIN, MARCH 30.--It is generally reported
that six decorations of the Fiench Grand Order have
been received here; end that as nuny -insignia of the
Grand Order of the Black Eigle, viz. for the Etta.
peror NAPOLEON, Marsh,,l BERNADOTTE, the Mi.
'lister BERTHIER, M. TAIARYIAND PERICORD,
M. CAM/lAC R ES, and Prince AUK AT, be sent
in return to P,tris.

LYONS, MARCIt 15.—GreAt preparations are
making here to receive the Emperor ; His Mjesty
will stay some lijs in this City. Though our
garrison is already very strong, it will be aug.
!fumed, as orders to that effect have been sent to
the neighbouring Departments.
The greater part of the Prefects and Generals
commanding in the Southern Departments
.have re.
ceived orders to repair hither before the 3 tcr of
March, whence, it is presumed, that the Emperor
Will arrive in the beginning of April. The day
before yesterday several detachments uf the Imperial
Guard arrived, and in a few days are expeCted the
Marshals MORT, ER, MONCEY, and 13E361E9.E5,
as also the Ministers TALL EYRAND and BERTH! Eft.
Many Letters Irorn the Mediterranean give reason
to fear, that a war bet ts reit France and Naples is at
no great distance ; all commercial affairs, both with
that Kingdom, and with the Island of Sicily, ate
provisionally suspended.

EXTRACT OF A LETTFE FROM PARIS, MARCH
22.—" There is talk of two expelled Alliances;
the one between Austria and France, and the other
between France and Russia. • There is even men.
lion of a reciprocal Embassy between two En_
pires. It is said that conformably to the promise
made to the Emperor ALEXAND6It, France will
evacuate the Elettorate of Hanover. In fad the
Army which occupies that Eleflorate is dimini4l-
- It is also said, that the different corps of
the Coast, which had been detached from it for
some time, as well to serve as a garrison in
Paris, and to march into Italy, where hostilities
were feared, have 'received orders to .return to
their respedive Armies. On the other side, all the
Officers who had received leave of absence for six
months are required to rejoin their Corps, though
their furloughs are not expired; and all the Generals
employed in the Army on the Coast have received
orders to repair to their posts. From these dis-
positions it is presumed, that the Expedition against
England, sn long deferred, will at length he car-
ried into effdt. Seteral circumstances contribute
to support this opinion, of which time alone can
ascertain the truth. We are assured, in the mean
time, that Marshal MASSENA will have the corn.
mend of the Expedition against England, Marshal
AUGER EAU that of the army destined against Ire-.
land, and Marshal MARMONT that of the army which
is to land in Scotland. All these preparations, it is
said, are completed as all points.
" It is determined that the Nis shall crown the
King of Italy at Milan. The Emperor has pre-
sented him with Fix millions of livres to indemnify
him for the expences of his journey."