The Sun.
London, England, 1803-07-08 00:00:00

ON TILE I.ATE lOSEPH RICHARDSON,

Sven }moult erst as sorrowing Friendship paid,
Such votive wreaths as grac'd theTeian's shrine ;
Could flow'rs or'rich libations glad thy shade,
In full profusion, RI CHAR nsoh, were thine.

lltit dear as is the wreath that Science wove,
And precious 4s the drops by Friendship shed;
With softer, holier tears shall widow'd love,
And filial fondness, dew thy sacred head.

While tosproteEling Ileav'n for her who bends,.
In tenderest sorrow, o'er a 1-Unbind's bier;
A thousand vows revering P t r y sends,
. And each fair 'Maid a thousand Patrons cheer.
ANON.

It is repotte(ithat Parliament is not to be pro.
roped (luring the summer, but will meet by ad.
jourtinttiltS. , .

Vcre understand that the Income Tax Bill for tax..
ing CoMmetcril Property, contains a Clause lately
suggested to Mr: itootrtc-rost, as likely to remove
the objeetiuns as to the disclosure of mercantile men's
affairs. It is proposed that, when the Commissioners
are dissatisfied with a return of income, thee may
require the party to amend-it; and it shall then he
competent for him•to call in two confidential per.
sote, men of reputation,. acquainted with business, ,
to whom he is to explain the state of his circuin.
stances in the most ample limner. These Assessors
or Cortipurgators are then to report to the Corrnnis.
sinners their opinion whether the, Return should be
accepted, or to what extent it should lie enlarged. .
The City' of Bristol has done itself great credit
by being amongst tire foremost in testifying its ,!
loraity and public spirit at the present crisis. Two
Addresses. were, presented by its Members at the
Levee on Wednesday ;' one from the Corporation,
the other from the Nierchants,•&c. declaring their
readiness to support His MAJESTY ,v;th their lives
and fortunes in the great cause in which we are
embarked.
The Cumberland Rangers haSre volunteered their
services in. A Cur; sof Shall's Shouters. Acsa Liu&
able instance of their public :spirit, they last week
refused to be exempted from the ballot for tin Army
of Reserve; on the contrary, each of them has sub_
scribed money. to findSubstirutes fur Anj,- Member'
that may be bdlotted .theirCOmmander, H. flow.
ARD, Esq. put down tool. fOr the sane purpose.
On Monday last the ad.l)tvision of Royal Perth.
shire Militia marched through Edinhurgh,.on their,
route to Dunbar Camp, OrtFriday, the 2..1 Division'
of Forfir and Kincardine Militia. arrived at Mussel.
burgh,
.when the whole Rogiment marched to its
ground on the. right, in the Camp.oo the Links. •
The Ayrshire Militia are at lludhope Barracks,
Dundee.

.The Northamptonshire Militia go, iri a day or
two, from Dover to Deal, to serve there in the'
room of the +th Regiment, who are to march im-
mediately to the Camp at Shoreham Cliff,
Mr. EkSKINE)I4 speech on Tuesday last in the
House of Coalitions was highly creditable ta his
good sense and patriotism: We ate happy to see
this Gentleman) whose talentsmust always be re.
,petted, acting from a higher and nobler principle
than any party feeling, and employing those talents
for the wise purptise of reconciling the people to
burthens which the safety of the Country renders
necessary, and of rOuzing the national energy fo'r
the national defence. We hope, though he may
again appear in the lists of Opposit ion (and we never
wish, to ste this Country without an Opposition,'
whoever may be Minister), that he will not again
he entramelled in Party connections, but perserete
in the same manly and constitutional line of argu.
meat which characterized his sentiments on the oc-
casion to .which we have alluded. •

The remark, of Mr. WHITBRKAD with respeCt
ro the quality, of our gunpowder, might have been
very applicable (lilting the' American War, but is
not at all so nOw. The -6usiness of the Royal
Laboratory at Woolwich was never so well managed
as it is at present under that excellent and experienced
Officer General Coyc to ay a. For the admirAblp
state of the Ordninee Ticpartinent in general the
Country is in a great measure indebted to.the care
anti attention of the I)uk,e of while
?/aster-General, aria his SUccessors in that impoit.
ant office. -

The idea, that Warrants had been, issued to itn.
press Land-men Nas extremely absurd. Those Men
who have been taken ty by tile• Police, have been so
upon the suspicion of being bile disorderly fellows,
who will be much better employed 'at a Gun on
board a Man of Wetr, than in picking pooketi or
110,0 st-breaking. The Police Magistrates deserve
every praise fur their attieity and vigilance on this
occasion.

A trick we understand is now praaisetl, which
we recommend to the yintice• of the Police Magi-
strates.' Since the disorderly have been so proper•
ly taken up, it is the custom for a crowd to assem-
ble round. the Watch-Houses ill St, Martin's-I-Anti
Covent-Garden, and other places, amongst whom
are mixed young girls who, by way of pflaming_
the miods of the: Populace, assert,- that, some of the
Men so taken up and confined had died of suffnca.
tioo, and that they theMselves had seen, the
privately removed in the night. -Girls are set on
to propagate these stories, -because 'it is thought
that they will not be laid hold of and punished.—
We would recammend`that Police Officers should
mix vrith'every crowd so assembled, and seize the
propagators of such falsehoods, set on OP the disaf.
feded 4d excite riot and disturbance.

DCRUN, JULY

79th , . quariCfed I,:mrnloitti.-r v,
have received nrlcri ,tP be in rcn..lior.stt to march.

The Londoo:lerry :Militia, will, 'tintierstanti,
march from thence for this City on M nrio.
We hear ,the 114.!a-th IVliiitia are to lie quartere:i
in Limerick.

The 'City of Cork Militia have received ()friers
to hold thetriselves in readiness to march for Wex.
ford.

The 'Waterford Militia, ive Undetstand, are to
be quartered in Kinslle.
On Monday last the first division of the Wicklow
Militia marched into Witetford, on their route to
New Geneva Barracks.

The 58th Regiment are to march from Waterford
on Monday next fur Mallow, Doneraile, &c.
Thursday • .evening Mr. JOHN jOHNSTONPS Of
Covent.Gardeti, made his first, appearance in the
chara(ters of Sir Callaghan O'Brallagban, in Love
a-la-Mode 11(1 Lo,;ney Met traulter,- in he Wag! of
Winds6r. In- the. first he introduced the 101:
lowing Addreis, .which had an excellent anti..
Safe I'm here, and With joy alMost
For in Ireland I first saw the Sun ; • • .
- Bless the Nation, Man, %Vo;nan, and
You're my Countrymen every one 1
By the Packet I sent pretty fast
Both letters and 'Parcels to greet ye,
'Till my own-sei t i pack'd up at last,
And my heart jumps with transport to meet ye.
Thirteen years—or the ,Alinanack lies
Now are past since I left Dublin Bay;
The' I rode in a ship, my poor eyes
Were swimming the whole of the way;
• And whi c absent —to say it I'm proud
Of d<7ar Ireland I lack'd no reminders.
•-lklature's voice in.my breast spoke so loud,
That it b-,:n.t nut brogue time toy grinders.
Dear Ireland's my Mother,
Old England's her Sister; l gram
Then it seems since this Land's my Mamma,
That I've staid a 124, wink: with my Aunt.
• London boasts of the Thames for its sire,
Its Angels no soul can call frightful,
Patrick owns all theso charms—still he cries,
" Uh ! the Liltry and Sheclah's delightful I"
If you'd•know what I've done while away,
i'll tell you before. you can ask it,
I have work'd for John Bull, and must say,
He has put it few eggs in my basket ;
But if eggs are applauses, I fear
Dublin critics May soon have dispatch'd 'em ;
Faith my eggs may be all musty here,!
So I won't count my chicks 'till I've huteh'd
•Now 'wig life to you, jewels, say I,
You have jndgment, wit, all, that.is good—
by time powers I'll most certainly die,
• If I'm da:on'd by the Suns of the Sod
Butyott won't vex your Countryman so,
Thank; to Ireland---.fur birt a I'm a.debtor,
.And, believe me, wherever Igo, .• • -
Nought but death shall e'er rn.ike me forget la.