The Sun.
London, England, 1810-07-03 00:00:00

POETRY.

SONNET ON 11111,TON.*

Ar,S!•thr.- calk controul of laWless sway,

-ions rivalry, fanatic hate,
variouS ills that shook th' unsettled State,
!ntl-fs Bard'pursu'dhis s;rwaious;way
• .1; 'nit), genius t6display,
iisTan't dignify our mortal date, •

/` the blessi►Sgs which THE J srzwait,
vp., ~:iy;h;'►er.ce in hunibh hope obey.--
.1•r:_;"r;7 :1 :11 ;;OrWity'b bleak domain,
,u►;:, Is the statel). Vine to-grow ;
Pri.2 Ils his tow'rir., head in

re )ceair clashes a 11-below-:
. 7s his-firm ni.,j.stie reign,
W.hile added strength his spreading larariehes shew.

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_lca ot these. lineS was derived from an apt and
4,3:Lie in -nr. SY rarloN s's adiniraole Lite ot Nix L.

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Mr
...I)AviA. one of the Members for.Colchester,
tl)c fine scriptural piaure; pain dby
' `,= president of the Royal Academy, and which
:n the last Exhibition. Our ieaders will
we intortbed them that' this pi&ure, which is
.1e of very best of the venerable artist, was
Painted in fifteen days, just alter he had recovered
front a long. Dines., wit" finished hastily, from a sense
as-he .conceived that every Member of the
Acadt.:iny should contribute tc, the annual •disi.lay.
L vts, the purchaser of this piaure, is chstin-
ei'll-d his liberal patronage of-the Arts, and
cOnati(t on tail occasion manifested a peculiar
sl4it of Havi,g in conversation with
WF.s7l- '.-.,4,sertairiell that the • pieure was not
5.,-;d," and that Le- was not unwilliin, Jo part with it,
DAvis at once offered him a Thousand
.Guineas
for it. Thy Ar *tit was so overcome with this gene-'
sous offer, that al tr pausing a moment, he observed'
that-such an act of generosity to de him doubtful
wl•-etlwr ought riot to tender it as a .grAiiitutis
trthate of gratitude and respect. Such' anecdptes
t'ee are honourable to our nature, and ought to
he te • n-,•ed.
jOiiNSroNO„ the A6tor, of Drury-lane Theatre,
.w oerforming at Edinburgh. He wes to Make
'li,, first app?xranceiti Scoll..nd on Saturday last, as
Major anaherty, and Looney AlactwoOr, and last
wr.,, to perform Dennis Brulgruddeq. lie is
engaged for a ti.w ouiy, but he is so excellent
an a:or in his plovne', that it is very probable his
a.,ment 'will be extencted.
It is said that the dramatic entertainments at
wroxton Abbei,,Oxfordshrei will be ierived this
4untrner. sir, Mr. KENBLz will, as usualiassist.
in them, as he t.oris.antly passts the theatrical va-
cation with L)rd Guit.D.voßo, who is one of his
earliist „tisa Most intimate fr'ends.

Great alterations are to be. :nade Covent-Gar-
den 'T'heatre during the recess. The beautiful sa-
-1004.t0 toe cirJe eurvaie boxes Is to he thrown
0. en to C'e pubnc, as well as the whole of those pri-
vat't; in trent. lhe Proprietors; however, it
seems., !mart to appeal to the liberality and justice
of toe r'ublic, for permission to retain the seven
Pli,ate.l3,.ses 0;' each side, as in the former Thea-
tre. by asseoling to this requisition, it eppears
'that the Pubtie will.lose no more than twenty-four
4e"13-.* d Maater tau 'W fling to be insisted on,. con-
sidering the increased size and convenience of the
Tilt .re, and the great injury which the Proprietors
so•tained for so long a period atter the 'commence-
trient of the present season. ''Beaides, it will-be a
very pleasing circumstance to see some of the most
distinguished families in the country, by occupying
Drama
boxes, giving that patronage to the ,English
Urama whien otherwise might be devoted
,to
teignerS, ate . ~,tby not only" rev.iving the works
of our foro.,:r poets, but encouraging.genins,'thea-
grical and dramatic, to come forward, assured that
'heir efforts will attract tee attention' of the higher
orders, as well as of. the Publicc-at large. Under
this' view of the Cos:', which we conceive to be just
and impartial, we can have no doubt that -the .Pub-
he will readily assent to the measure which we un-
derstand is to be prupo.ed; and that the most violent of
Cite adversaries to so large an appropriation ofprivire
'boxes as at present, will readily
.contorm to a regu-
. lation rendered necessary to the Proprietors, in some
degree, to compt.nsate for the severe losses and heavy
expellees winch they must have suffered.
A vast number of accidents happened in ditlerent.
Parts of the metropolis, from eight until eleven
o'clock on Sunday evening, occasioned by the hurri-
cane and storm ; and amongst the most dreadful
winch have dome to our knowledge are the follow-
h'g:—Mr. and Mrs. Lemaire, -of the King's .Arms
.Chop-house, in Marylehonne-street, were walking
t'Own Rupeit7street, about a quai ter past nine
o'clock; , when a 'brick parapet, at the top of the,.
house of Mr. Aubrey, a liqaor inerchaet, was blown
"wn, and it fell pit the head of Mrs, Lernaire. She •
was into the house of-Mr. Aubrey in a lifeless
sla!e-, and in a tooml.nt she was covered with blood,
from the torrents .which pound forth frOm various
t
'aCtures about. the head. Surgical aid was had on.
theapot, and, Mrs. •L. was .conveyed bottle in a
chair. A consultation of Gentlemen of the Faculty-
t')k pl ace Yesterday; .and trie shfirer is understood.
'0 bent a .very dangerous state. She remained totally •
insensitila yesterday,. and the fractures on the aide of
the head ere very deep.
, A:wither accident, still more,-shocking, happened
'0 Piccadilly to. Miss Bytell, daughter of Mr.' Byfelle
tti Paris-street, by the tatting of a stack of chimnies.-
.t he young lady ki as walking with her- mother
4nd biotiter when the accident held her, and.
although walking arm and aunt, neither of "Ele
uthera received any injury; buti.Miss . Byfell was
'3O much bruised that she expired. on being conveyed

t. A light vehicle, in the stage coashtrim, was
°lawn-of the wheels, at the top of Sloane-street,
about half past eg:it o'clock, whilst the owner was
driving on the box, accompanied by another Gen-.
tietnan and two servants in the dickey. One of
the servants had his arm broken by the fall, and
the Gentleman whO WaS driving, whom ,u.eun-
tieistood to be a Mr. Sowerby, was so much bruis-
W that t feeding was- necessary,..i 'rite injured per-
s(his we. conveyed away :in _the ut the ve-
hicle.

A fruit woman wls*.also 161 i, d upon the spot, in
boke-street, Oxford-street, by -tile tallin of a
chtumey-pot. ,