The Sun.
London, England, 1803-11-16 00:00:00

TO THE littfattY

Of THE •
MOST NOALE THR tan MARQUIS OF srArroßD,

Sever ham, stattinfue luwst, fauchtque mama:mt.
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l'ltooon this great Friend is to the grave gone down,
Still bloom his virtues, and his bright renown :
So fair, so manly, dignify'd his fame,
That Time's rude rage shall not efface his name ;
Marbles shall glow his value to declare,
And Muses strive to chaunt a worth so rare—
But who can paint his great, expanded mind,
Bent, and employ'd, to benefit Mankind
Who paint his patriot plans, unweary'd teal,
For England's glory, and a Sovereign's weal.
What Verse can here just eulogy bestow,
Ur to the World, his public merit shew.

Not less the private, than the public Friend,
To other's good he gtory'd to attend ;
With a kind hand he led young Genius forth,
Fosteed its aims, and rais'd up sinking Worth
To rising Arts he gave a gen'rous aid,
To these, protesting fondness he display'd.
But the grand passion of his noble Heart,
Was to repel and blunt Millaim's Dart ;
To all Distressl, and to a numirous Poor,
He open'd wide the hospitable Door.
Thus good, and great, he pass'd extended days,
'Midst the loud pseana of his Country's praise.
Admied, belovid, through a deep vale of years,
He liv'd—then dy'd amidst a Country's tears.
WM. FERNYIIOUGH, A. B.
Stoke.seppit.Trent, Suffordihire,
Nov, 8, tBo3.

The following specimen of ancient English
Poetry is taken from an old Manuscript in the
possession of GROICIZ Et.t.ts, Esq. to whom the
Y~blic arc indebted for a very interesting work on
the Poetical Literature of this Country.

TO THE 4%100181.

'Thou silent moon, that look'st so pale,
So much exhausted, anti an faint,. ,
Wandering over hill and dale,'
Watching nft the kneeling Saint—
Hearing his groans float on the gale—
No wonder thou art tir'd and pale.
Yet .1 have often seen thee bring
Thy beamso'er yon bare mountain's steep
Then, with fi.smile, thuir lustre fling •
l~ W 1 on,the dark and roaring deep-;
When the Pilgrim's heart did fail,
And when near lost the tossing sail.
Sure, that passing blush deceives ;
For thou, Lair nymph, art chaste and cold ;
I.ove ow bosom seldom leaves ;
But thou art,of a ditLrent mould.
Hail, chaste queen! for ever hail !
'And, prithee, look riot quite so Pale !

Yet stay,—perhaps thott'st travell'd far,
t' xultin in thy conscious light r
Tilt, as fear, some youthful star
tlath spread his charths beture thy
And, when he found his art. prevail,.
He left thee, sickening; faint, and pale.'

LITERATUER.7—Nfr. MoRTIMEIt, a respectable
veteran of the 'republic of kiwi, whose abilities!
in the. provinces of HISTORY, • Coststetcs, and
•FINANC E, have long been known and esteemed, is,.
at present engaged on a work•which'will be very'
interesting to a particular class of the community,
and a valuable addition •to the general stock 4
British Literature. This Gentleman los long been
• employed in preparing Historical Anti Biographical
.Meria:tirs of tit Jsws in Great Britain, from their
first appearance in this Country to the present mo.'
menr. 'The Work, we understand, will be of a
very extensive kind, and will take a comprehen.
sive view of the influence of this extraordinary
People, upon the state in which they have now
obtained so firma settlement, as well as of the ad-
vantages which they enjoy in this Country, corn.
pared with the severe and illiberal restrietions
which they endure in others. A Work of this
kind, properly executed, must be highly interest..
ing to the Statesman and the Scholar, and we ex.
Kt much from the knowledge, sagacity, candOur,
and diligence of the Author,
Mr. KetiaLE is going to bring forward an edi-
tion of those slays only of our great dramatic Bard,
which are not confined to the closet, and which
may be denominated THE STAGE SHAKSPEAR
In this Selation, hbwever, he carefully collates the
Play as it is now performed, with the older
Copies, and only reserves to himself the liberty .of
using Ms own judgment in preferring the text,
amidst all the, 'variations in the original editions, but
meaning scrupulously to adhere to what he conceives
to be the genuine produCtion of the Author. Such
a Work will, bf course, be very acceptable to the
lovers of the Drama, and the admirers of its unti.
vaned Poet.

.• AisxANDBR ThorasoN, Esq. Author of Poems
entitled Wulff, MR PARAursit or TAste, and
other admired works, died on the 7th inst. in the
+lst year of hid age, at his house in Buccleugh-
street, Edinburgh. fie was certainly a man of real
genius, and report speaks highly of his private cha-
ra&e r.

Though Mr. TIERNEY thought proper, as soon
as hr set his loot into office, to dismiss an .old and
faithful servantsif the-Public, yet the Gentlemen of
.the Navy Pay-Office will not be deterted by, any
fear of the high and mighty displeasure of Mr.
TigittiliY, from: testifying theit resped to Mr.
Titorratt by a. handsome piece of
Mrs.-CRESWELL is. really an JlefitlititiOrt to Co-
vent ,Garden Theatre, and will must probably he.
come one of the 'chief favourites of theYoblie.-4-
Though a good voQ4l.Pertornici, she is not one of
the mete insipid sinit.sgng tribe, but au interesting
and pathetic Attress.-
A Dramatic Critic complains that the Three per
Poi of .Covent-Garden :were -heaery.—Thc same
complaint has exis‘ad at the-Stock Exchange for s
considerable time.

The following is 'a copy ',verbatim et Thrratim
of an invitation. sent to a Gentleman to attend a
Jewish wedding4hich took dace on Sunday last:

•
" Sir the ravrotr Of you and your Faimley (orni.i. any is
Bei:/4SM( Olt stmdays Noxt November 13th tgov3 to the
katchrateti Noptul4 ut.Alartig Setmones at the Fistjrrnuigur
'arms Dititti.l'lace. Plcue tq 1.41110 c rrr4isicY 10,ue
Oelvtk.)f.. -

DrintN, Nov. tz.

UUfLIN•CASTI,B, 110 V. O.

His IVlAjarry by his Royal Letter having ap.
pointed the Right Hon. Lieut.. General WILLIAM
SHAW, Lord CATHC ART, COMlllaiWitr of the Forces
in Ireland, to be of His MAjEsty's Most Honour.
able Privy Council of Ireland, His Lordship this
day in Council took the usual oaths, and his place at
the Board accordingly.

On Thursday last, about 3000 of the City of
Dublin Yeomanry were inspetled by Lord CATII.
CART in the Phcenix Park. They made a very mi..
litany appearance, and were highly applauded by the
Commander in Chief.

On Thursday last Mr. James Tandy underwent
examination at the Castle, for some time, and was
afterwards placed in the charge of the King's Meg.
senger he has been with for some days.
The arrest of a certain fugsicious Nobleman has
teen bandied about for some days, but we understand
there is no authority for such assertion ; though he
is a wanderer, he must have too much good sense to
like that, which, lilt had sway, would not spare him
in the ruin of others.

. .
A curious exhibition will take place on Ssturday
next. No less than ten persons are to be pillored
together at the front of the Royal Exchange ; the
unfits of which they were conviEted was that of
making the abominable imitation 01.611 vet coin now
in circulation,'