The Sun.
London, England, 1821-03-29 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

DEAL, Mancti 28.—Wind S. blows hard. The Morning-
field for Pernambuco, has gone, for Ramsgate Harbour. Ano-
ther brig, name unknown, it is supposed parted her cable, and
11°3 gone through the Gulls to the northward. Remain the rest
°f the outward-bound, apparently all well ; five o'clock more
moderate.

RAIISGATr, :MARcH M.—Arrived the Fame, Stockman,
from London for Dartmouth ; and Catharine, Griffiths, from
Pallidly for Rye, with loss of an anchor and cable each.
MARRATr, MARCH 28.—Arrived the Turah, Lawson, from
London for Genoa, with loss of anchor and cable.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 28.—Wind S.—Arrived the Robert
arhi Ann, Wellburn, from Shields for Gibraltar.
TORBAY, MARCH 27.—The Union, Pack, from Poole for
Newfoundland, parted two cables, and put into Torquay.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 27.—Wind W.—Arrived the Alpha,
Tuldas, from Newcastle for Rio Janeiro ; Antelope, Sherriff,
from London for Vigo ; and Swift, Cuam, from Poole for
Newfoundland.

VAL mou'r Lt, MAnc 26.—Wind S.—Arrived the Stanmer
Packet, with a mail from Lisbon, in 10 days ; Minerva, Dyer,
from London for Glasgow ; and another ship name unknown.
Put.back the Lady Arabella packet for Lisbon. The wind has
just changed from the southward to the N. W. and still con-
tinue; to blow a tremendous gale, and we much fear the ships
the 'bads in the shift may have sustained damage.
K114814:r., MARCH 23.—Arrived the brig Dion from Sa-
vannah for Aberdeen, with loss of boats, part of deck, load,
444 leaky.

ScovLisn.—The manufactures of this place
were never more in demand than at present.—
One house in town entered at the Customs last
eek, 180,000 yards of bagging and Osnaburg
°r• exportation. Our ship-masters are become
Th Ore enterprising ; and we now see vessels from
foreign ports discharging at our quays in all sea-
." 3. A few days ago, one arrived from Itiga ;
and three sailed for Liebau the week before last,
I'hich we believe is sooner than from any other
Port in Britain. There were no fewer than five
vessels in our harbour last week, loading goods
f the States, (three for New York, and two
AO' New Orleans); three on the birth for British
''l,;,ll4erica, and one for Jamaica. A vessel for
yew York, and another for Jamaica had sailed
elth
ie full cargoes the previous week.—(Dundee
°lirr.)

On Sunday the 18th inst. while the Rev. Mr.
/41'141 was preaching in Waltham-street Chapel,
atnala dressed in a white jacket, marched up
.ile of the • aisles, and suddenly ran up the
!It
ItePs of_ the pulpit behind Mr. SMJTH, and
ttr•
iPped off his jacket and pulled out a parcel,
string of which he was attempting to loose,
4" a cry was made " he has got a ' ,
tie - operated, like an electrical shuck on
audience some fell down for security,
th: others turned ghastly pale—at last some of
tetialleople mustered courage to• seize the of-
%kirk'', who proved to be au insane sailor, who
ilekhstiq had come to preach ; the parcel in his
ing PrOved to be a flag which he was endeavour-
ilofurl, and most likely intended to hoist it
It pulpit,--(Hull Paper.)
;;Was on Thursday last finally settled by the
.19444trates of Southampton, that the Butcher's
11::flet, which has so long occupied the tre of
ti:."igh-street, to the annoyance of thenhabi-
boli' ail(' Passengers, shall be removed to the
ortit°4l of Bridg-e-street,in consequence of which
pic,"'s have been given to pave and prepare the
Do-see of waste ground for that purpose, with all,
441 e dispatch.
i,hti n institution has been founded in Colchester,
to ed, " The Loyal Colchester Association,"
Neounteract the diffusion of disloyal and
tp~ltious and to support his Majes-
cii.t3, Qovernment. The members of the asso-
tio 'au have resolved, by pecuniary Contrihu-
N,) to encourage the establishment and
litl'tiauance of loyal associations of the free
th,,g("sses. At a most respectable meeting of
i' friends of the Institution, held last week,
411,P Q. 11. SmyTir, Bart., in the Chair, a liberal
"scription was entered into for its support.
ofThe pier of St. Michael's Mount, on the coast
~%ornwall, is•about to be considerably extend-
-1.(1 so that ships may lie afloat at low water, and
lud a safe shelter in stormy weather.
A fine relique of antiquity was lately dug up
the garden ground of . Essex Hospital, at Col-
, !tester, it is an ancient figure of the Theban
Sphinx, admirably Well executed.

BRITI.iIi LITE:tATURE.

LETTER to **•• , on the Rev. W. L. BOWLES
STRICTURES on the LIFE and WRITINGS of POPE.
by the Right Hon. Lord BYRON.

This tract made its appearance yesterday ;
and as every thing from the pen of Lord B vuox,
whether poetry or prose, must be interesting to
the public, we take the first opportunity of no-
ticing it. It has for some years been a sort of
fashion among the puny herd of Critics and
' Poetasters of the day to attempt to depreciate
the poetical character of POPE. This silly and
hopeless undertaking commenced with a man
named WESTON, who engaged in a controversy
with the late Miss SEWARD on the subject.—
WESTON, an obscure and feeble writer, wishing
to acquire notice for critical judgment and taste,
attacked the literary character of POPE through
the medium of The Gentleman's Magazine, and
was answered. by Miss SEwAttn. The contro-
♦ersy was carried on for some time with great
civility on both sides, for as the opponents were
actuated by vanity, not malice, there was little
danger of a breach of the peace, particularly as
the advocate for the Bard was a Lady. The de-
fence, however, was as weak as the attack, and
both could only excite the pity, if not the con-
tempt, of all judicious readers. Happily the Poet's
genius, taste, judgment, and other high literary'
qualities, were calculated to triumph over this
ridiculous warfare. But the attempt to lessen
the fame of the Poet has been lately revived,
and it has been the fashion to compare him with
the maudlin Bards of the present day ; to
represent him as the mere painter of man-
ners, while they have been held forth as
persons who deeply probe the human heart, and
penetrate into all its movements. Mr. BOWLES is
not to be classed among the Professors of the new
School of Poetry, as his works in general par-
take of a former and a better School, but he has
indulged himself in very severe strictures, not
only on the writings of POPE, but also on his
moral character. This attack on one of the
brightest ornaments of British Literature has
roused the laudable zeal of Lord Burros in de-
fence of the injured Bard. The Noble Lord
has on this occasion expressed his sentiments with
characteristic spirit and humour. While he
urges sound arguments on the one hand, there is
a sportive negligence on the other. The reasoning
and the ridicule promote the same end, and excite
full conviction in the mind of the reader, that
POPE, in his province, possesses the highest
order of excellence, and that particularly as an
Ethical Poet there are very few, in any province,
that can be considered as his equals. This in-
teresting tract is worthy of the literary character
of the Noble Writer, and will have the effect •
of placing the laurels of the Bard whose cause
he has so liberally advocated in a proper light,
and assist in preserving them in perpetual ver-
dure. On this occasion we camrot deny ourselves
the vain gratification of subjoining a trifle of our
own, written in consequence of a similar attempt
a few years ago to raise the reputation of the
mawkish tribe of modern Poets upon the ruins of
those, to whom it is an injustice to their memory
to bring them into any sort of comparison ;

MODURN POEMS.
THE SCOTCH REVIEWERS, Critics shrewd and sage,
Exalt the Poets of the present age,
Say POPE and DRYDEN shall no longer reign,
But useless lumber on the shelf remain ;
That they but painted manners,- female art,
While living Bards din- deep into the heart.
Let not the praise of MODERN WoRRS end here—
Their value will increase through ev'ry year,
And when for them each ANTIQUARY calls
DRYnxN and POPE lie common on our Stalls.

• ENGLISH OPERA Roust.—The liberal Pro-
prietor of this Theatre last night brought forward
an entertainment, suitable to the season, hi a mag-
nificent ORRERY, calculated to excite due rever-
ence for the Author of the Universe, in display-
ing the wonders of the Creation. An equally
complete work of the kind was never presented
to the Public. All the great astronomical
discoveries were explained with clearness in
due succession, viz. the systems devised by PY-
THAGORAS, PTOLEMY, GALILEO, 'I'YCIIO BRAIIE,
COPERNICUS, and the SOLAR SYSTEM as it is now
received and admitted to be most correct. These
several systems were illustrated by beautiful trans-
parencies, representing all the celestial bodies

in their order, magnitude, and relative positions.
The Lecture was delivered by Mr. BARTLEY,
not with a tame recital, like a lesson learned by
heart, but with a spirit, feeling, arid eloquence
that proved he was well acquainted with the
science which he so ably illustrated. The dis-
course, indeed, was throughout marked by ele-
gance, piety, and fervour, and was given with
so firm, distinct, and audible a voice, that
not . a syllable was lost, and he justly receiv-
ed warm and reiterated applause from a numer-
ous audience.

MORAL MccnANism.—lt is said that an artist

has invented a machine for seminaries, which, by
means of steam, not only warms the room, but
flogs all the boys, on a general scale !
ICHTHYOLOGY. —OR the '2d ult., ROBERT
AITCHISON, fisherman, Dunbar, caught a cock
lobster of an uncommon large size.. It weighed
seven lb. 14 oz. avoirdupois. The circumfer-
ence of the. body was 13 inches, and of the
thumb claw 11 inches, the length of the latter
was 18 inches. The body measured 1631
inches long, and from the point of the two
horns to the tip of the tail 331 inches. From
the shell of the body being covered with a
fine gr,een downy hair-like substance, the fisher-
' men supposed that it was of a considerable long
age.

STAMMERING.--A Gentleman conceiving him-
self in possession of great THEATRICAL genius and abilities,
chose the part of Richmond, in Shakspeare's tragedy of Richard
the Third, for his debut. From a natural defect in his utter-
ance, the delivery of his first line produced an effect, which at
once convinced him of his error; and he retired without proceed-
ing in the character. He spoke the line as follows :—" Thus
f—f—far have w—we marched int—to the b—bowels of the
land w—without IMPEDIMENT."

JAMES ABERNETHY, thP wandering mendicant,
so well known between " Tinto tap and London
Hill," and who some time ago entered into his

00th year, declares that this last year has been

the mildest lie ever remembers. None can be a'
better judge, as he is out every day. One flake
of snow did not fall on him during the whole
inter.—(Glasgow Chronicle.)

P 0 2. T R Y.

CA:M.!NA WICCAMICA.—(No. X.)

THE INVITATION.
BY

Beaux and Astronomers in distant quarters,
Turn up your cps, And bless your stars and garters.

Seven smiling lasses to minis:
I plann'd a light balloon ;
An I widely to expand their views,
Dispatch'd it t..) the Moon.

:Instead of silk and subee gas
My Ball was scribbled paper,
Suspended o'er each soa:in; Lisa
With complimental vapour.

Not Flattary's vapour, such as floats,
Cormuix'd with gross perfume,
Steaming from coxcombs' lying throats
In Tyson's reeking room.

A* sunbeams from the glitt'ring stream,
Toward Heaven the vapours raise,
From merit bright thus h'g'i est.cm
Sublimes poetic praise.

Ye grave Mamas who crowd the rooms
With daughters—to be married ;
See to what notable bridegrooms
In my balloon they're carried.

'Twas well l.got 3 wife at last,
Of pure tethereal birth,
Since really taxes come too fast,
For bards to wed on earth.

'But now I'm thus a marrie.l man
Of grave and high co edition,
Mamas may safely aid my plan,
For future expedition.

Let all then who to Bath repair
To pump-room or to ball,
Trust their sweet daughters to my care,
-"Not apprehend a fall.

And let each beau, by sauntting bell 4,
Who hope to be admir'd,
Whose heart with gaseous ardour *lva*
By gazing beauty first'.

For each new tit) prepare to pour
The vapour of his brain,
To fill the shrunk balloon once more,
That belles niay soar again.

So shall we fill the firmament
With: brighter constellations,
Than ever Pagan fancy sent
To heavenly habitations.

The milky way more white will shine,
More bright with zodiac blaze,
Our world will stop at every siyn,
And lengthen years and days.
N. B.—Ladies, and the Public in general, are rcapzetfully
informed, that the Balloon. sets out every Friday evening,
vespere Veneris, from the Steam Offi6e, near the Cross, Bath,
where places may be taken, for Ladies only, and where vapour
communications will be thankfully received by me, PE TER
WILKINS.