The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-01 00:00:00

THE FAREWELL OF MAY.

'Tis the last bright day of beautiful May,
And the face of Nature is beaming,
With light and love from the blue above,
With the tint of flowers where wild bees rove,
And the gems of the brooklet, streaming.
The rook on his way greets beautiful May
With a farewell note of pleasure ;
The lark is loud in the one white cloud,
And the cuckoo chants as though he were proud
Of his quaint, unchanging. measure.
The beetles at play, thank beautiful May
For the velvet floor where they gambol ;
The dun deer slink with a yawn and a wink
'Neath the hawthorn's shade, or hurry to drink
At the pool, with a lazy amble.
The meek herds stray in beautiful May
Where the richest grass is growing;
Or drowsily stand on the rifted sand,
Where the ripples just wash the osiered land,
Too happy for feeding or lowing.
Thou art passing away, most beautiful May,
As still as a babe in its sleeping :
May the lids of thine eyes, like the child's, arise
To a Hope in the Future all kind and wise,
To a season when God the harvest supplies,
And gives to his creatures the reaping.
T***Y.

MALTA AND ALEXANDRIA TELEGRAPH CABLE.—
Messrs. Glass, Elliott, and Company have received
a telegram from Tripoli announcing the successful
laying of the first section of the Malta and
Alexandria telegraph cable between Malta, Tripoli,
and Benghazi.

The "POET CLOSE."—It is some satisfaction to
the literary profession that Lord Parmerston has been suf-
ficiently moved by the representations which have been
made to him respecting the " Poet Close," to cancel the
warrant granting him a pension on the civil list. It was
fortunate that the warrant had not yet received the Royal
sign manual, and that the Minister had thus the opportu-
nity of doing away with what must have been an indelible
reproach to the dignity of letters.—Critic.
lw Lmoerld, hasof the resigned
Treasury his
will seat
In consequence of the decision of the Govern-
mentwir on the Galway contract, Mr. Bagwell, the member
A neon
thereforeat the T rheaayseurtyo b e
board.ap.
pointed from the representatives
of Ireland.
THE GLASGOW AND
SOUTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
—As the scene of this accident is
not within the jurisdic-
tion of the coroner for the county of
will be held by the English
authorities.
Cumberland, no inquest
the whole of the train, consistinE om lt appears that
carriages and a
goods van, went crashing down the embankment.
were about 18 passengers in the train, and they were all
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more or less seriously injured. One carriage, that inwt which
Mr. Crowther received the injuries which terminated in his
death, was completely turned over and landed in the field on
its top. The permanent way was torn up for about a hun-
dred yards, the only warning the passengers received being
the train jolting on the sleepers for about a minute after it
had left the metals. Workmen repaired the damage to
the permanent way early on Thursday morning, and were
engaged all day in getting the carriages and engine and
tender up the embankment.
SUICIDE.—On Thursday morning the body of an,
elderly gentleman was discovered in a water-closet, at the
Royal Botanical Gardens, near Kew, with his throat cut. It
was supposed to have been there all night, and the body was
nmoved to the Cumberland Arms public-house. A pocket
handkerchief was found in the pockets, marked in the centre
with the name of " John Davis." Yesterday morning it
was reported that the body had not been owned,