The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-26 00:00:00

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. . BXllted tank should point to Viand's springs ;
Where's an example ?—See our best of. Kings.
• So mildb yet firm—though war has mark'd his reign,
The ringdove perches on the lion's thane.'
And Oh I revere his age support his throne
Feel, as he feels,'your welfare is his own.
To rival such a Monarch, who shall try ?
Up-springs a Corsican, and cries 'tis I."
Who, chance first throwing armies is his way,
Work'd from a subaltern to sovereign sway ;
Who profited by military. strides
Till he was crown'd the Kr oc, OF REGICIDIS ;
Who, when a State was frantic, seized the reins,
With all of Ca ota w &Lt.'s luck, and' half his• brains,
And having grasp'd the power of doing pod,
Wantonly deluges the world with blood.
Is this true kingly fashion ? Deatlrand shame!
While reason sways what voice will not exclaim,
At least while British voices can be heard,
Down with all Upstarts! Bless KingGscilt GE the Third
In following Fashion through her various, scenes,
Fools only ape the rich, beyond their means—
The frog who emulates the ox's size,
Swells vainly till he bursts ; and, bursting dies.
Because, my Lord, well stor'd with cash and land,
Mounts the barouche, and drives his four-in. hand, •
Must mirnick Tailors into tandems climb,
And Journeymen become Bang up, and Prime!
Oh ! let them think, (and shun the million's scoff)
Tradesmen thus prim'd must very soon go off:
If Lady flab boast graceful Music's power,
Heiress, and St. Cecilia of the hour;
Must we be laord by fifty dowdy dolls, •
" 'Cause the Miss Fussocks plays the Hapsicholls ?"
If— but more instances ! —you cannot need them ;
I leave it then to " the mind's eye" to read them.
Obvious, that the best Fashion of a nation
Lies in the manners which become our station.
And if our modest author of to-night.
Have laboured in the present Taste to write,
Let not his-betters fly into a passion...
For humble are }its hopes to be in fashion.

SUICIDES.

Yesterday Morning, one of the most determined,
deliberate, and horrid suicides, was committed by young man Of the name of Tranter, a footman in
the employ of the Prince of .Wales. He entered
Carlton-house as early as between and 6 o'clocki
and went into the servants'-hall, s-,,here he was
found writing by another servant of
,the Prince's,
named Barr, who had got up early. They eonversed
together, without Barr's perceiving any difference
iu Tranter's conduCt or behaviour, so as to induce
him to irve any suspicion of what was about to take
place. At ler.gth, 13:irr left-the hall, and when be
was in another part of the house, he heard the re-
port of a pistol : he had no suspicion that it pro-
ceeded from the hall, but returned there as he in-
tended, when be found Tranter in a ditierent part
of the hall, and at the instant called to him to know
what was tie matter, but received no answer.. On
looking atltim, he perceived blood flowing from his
stomach, and that he had shot himself with one of
his travelling pistols, which are always kept loaded;
his waistcoat was on tire, occasioned by the wadding
of the pistol: Barr wag so much alarmed at the hor-
rid, unexpeaed sight; that, instead of doing any
thing himself, he ran out to fetch the gate-porter to
assist. On his return with the potter, just before
they got to the hall door, they heard the report of a
pistol, and its fall. '.l,hey found that I'ranter had
been so completely determined on his own destruc-
tion, that he had' got off his waistcoat, which Was on fire, and, in his wounded state, he, had got across
the hall, about ten yards, .sei2ed another loaded
pistol, and discharged the contents into his left side.
The, blood was flowing copiously Iroin both wounds.
Barr asked Tranter what induced him to do the rash
ati ? He replied, he had done it himself, and it
was no business of his or any body's else. Tranter
lived about 20 minutes., The letter he was writing
ploi;ed to be addressed to his sister's husband,, be-
queathing all. his property to his sister, amounting
to about 5001. except 401. to be, given to a natural
child. He appeared to be in very good health and spirits on Tuesday. He neither assigned any cause
for the rash ad, nor can any conjecture be formed
as to the cause; except 'a report of a disappointment
in a love affair. He was supposed to be a favourite
with the Prince : he was particularly remarkable for
the neatness and cleanliness of his (tress, wore very
large whiskers, aiici was considered a hand,bine
young man. He has lived 'with the Prince between
seven and eight years. Previous to that he lived
with the Duke of Queensberry, as a, running foot-
man.---The body was taken to St. Martin's bone-
house.