The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-04 00:00:00

A:',ll.:alLIN POETRY.

THE DEVIL FISHING.
(From the Dclau•are frateltmand

" All the woild's a"-fish-pond
Shokspenre corrected.

What luck, old C/ovenp,et, to-day ?
Said I, one foggy morning, -
As he threw out his line fur prey,
Poor mortal folk suborning.

" Not much," quoth he, " but what I have,
Beyond dispute, is fair gain;
With notes to shave, I've caught a knave,
A miser with a bargain.

To catch a needy beau, I took
A draggletaird sarlratt—
A would-be belle found on my hook
A tempting full-dress suite.

I cadght a Congressman, by dint
Of double compensation;
A Lawyer, on promotion bent,
By timely nomination.

These Lawyers are, though oft you wish
(No thanks for't) Satan had
The most unprofitable fish
Of all the sons of Ada►n.

I caught a Surgeon with a,bigh—
fed subject for dissection;
An Office-hunter with a lie,
Well season'd for election."

" What fish bites sharpest, Pug ?" rays I—
" Why, as to that," quoth he,
44 I find not many very shy,
" Of high or low degree."

" Your toper bites well at a cork,
(When there's a bottle to it,)
Your Jew will even bite at pork,
If he smell money through it.

Your old man lilies a parchment, when
By mortgage some one's bitten;
Your yoangster likes a fresher skin,
Where yet there's nothing- written !

Some shy ones play about the line,
Till prudence waxes feeble,
And those at last are often mine, •
Who only meant to nibble!

There's few indeed, of small or great,
(Or I am much mistaken)
But may, by some pectin .r bait,
Be tempted, and then taken.

But there is one of all the rest,
Who most employs my cook—
The IDLER pleases me the best,
He bites the NANED Hoot.: :"

'PEDESTRIANISM. —OD Friday last, in Mr.
MANN's ground, in South-street, Sloane-square,
Chelsea, the celebrated Waterloo Tom, for a bet
of ten guineas, walked in a long sack, five miles
in tour successive hours, the time allowed hint be-
ing tour hours and a halt. A Gentlemain, well
known upon the turf, immediately backed him
for 500 guineas to go 100 miles in ten successive
days in the same sack. 'I he spot appointed is on
tke Cricket ground, a quarter of a mile in and a
quarter out.
The Pedestrian Match of Ohi BARNET, in Lark
Hall-lane, yesterday attracted some thousands of
spectators, but with the greatest order and de-
cmiim. During the evening one -of the Surrey
Magistrates, with the posse comitatis of Parish
Officers, endeavoured to deter the Veteran from
pursuing his walk, but some Gentleman in the
neighbourhood, enquiring the legality of stopping
the Pedestrian, he was suffered to proceed ; and
it was suggested that on a future Sabbaths he
should walk in a more retired part of tueir dis-
trict, natticularly during divine service, which the
Magistrate highly approved of. This day at. 12
o'clock he had completed 104 miles since-Satur-
day's commencement, in excellent health and
EXTRAORDINARY WAGER.—Saturday night a
young man undertook, for a wager of 10s., to go
blindfold fry's) the corner of Great St. Andrew-
street, Seven.dials,
,scross ‘Vaterloo Bridge, and
back again to the corner of Catherine-street, with-
in, three-quarters of an hour., Two persons ac-
companied him, to see that he did fairly, and to
take care he was not run over. He was to start
along Broker's-alley, Drury-larie, White Hart-
yard, and down Catherine-street, and he found
out each. turning very cleverly. He performed his
undertaking within five minutes of the given time.
BAD SHILLINGS —The present coin of shillings
are already counterfeited, but on examination will
be found to he more bulky and clumsy than the real
coin.. • On comparing the milling, instead of being
regular, it inclines ott each side, and is very imper-
fectly imitated, and where the inside rim is rubbed,
the copper appears very strongly, the head rather
larger, and there is au evident difference in the
chin ; but there are two sure marks which lead
to the discovery—the comparion with another
shilling in the size and the milling, as it is larger ;
the sound will detect it immediately, being like a
peace of lead.

MELANCHOLY CASs.—On Saturday an Inquest
was held at the Coach and Horses, opposite So-
merset House, Stra►►d, on view of the body of
Ann Tull, a girl about six years of age. It ap-
peared that the girl was the daughter of a first- floor
lodger at Mr. Paggett's, grocer, and that Mr. P.
who was very fond of her, having requested her to
pronounce the word " picture," which she did
not do readily, gave her a shake, on which
the girl fell on the floor in convulsions, and died
a few hours afterwards. Every medical assistance
was afforded by Mr. Stanton, who deposed that
the body bore no marks of violence. A lodger
deposed that Mr. Paggett, on her coining in,
seas greatly affected, and exclaimed, " Oh, I am
atraid 1 have shook the child's neck nut." It
was deposed that he pain her every attention. The
foreman of. the Jury thought the verdict ought to
be manslaughter, but a majority being against it,
a verdict of--." Died by the Visitation of God" was
received.