The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-02 00:00:00

POETRY.

• THE LATE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.
Lamented PRINCESS! thus in beauty's morn,
From thy gay dream of nuptial pleasures torn;
. In the keen anguish of that struggling hour,
When suffering taught thee its subduing pow'r,
And nature trembling at the unequal strife,
Recall'd the tie that gave thee back to life;
'Midst each new feeling rushing to thy soul,
What stronger impulse in its full controul
Sooth'd the keen anguish of maternal woe,
Amidst those feelings only mothers know?
Bade thy young bosom, whilst it. beating strove
With the first transports of Parental Love,
With tried, and holy confidence resign
The Child of Heaven? alas no longer thine!

'Twas meek Religion stealing thro' the gloom,
And pious Hope—reposing on the Tomb,
And Christian Fortitude with eagle eye,
That looks from Earth to Immortality,
And Christian Faith, that soars with eag►e wings
From Life's pour pageants to the KING OF KINGS,
And, in that hallow'd title, saw thee own
The passing splendour of an earthly Crown,
Exchange the lustre of its transient rays
Fur the bright circlet of Eternal days.

And thou, sad mourner, destin'd yet to bear
Tby Cross of suffering whilst a pilgrim here, ,
By her instructed, raise thy drooping eye .

To the bright angel in her native sky;
See her with angel powers, with angel form,
Thy guardian seraph thro' life's certain storm,
Till the pure spirits, re-united, prove

The unchanging blessings of Immortal Love.

That Power Supreme, whose universal gaze
The Peasant's as the Prince's lot surveys,
Who veils his mercies from our feeble eyes,
And clothes them oft in sorrow's dark disgUise,
Took her all spotless, from au Earthly Throne,
To happier kiogdums and •r brighter Crown—
That Crown, which otFer'd by Redeeming Love,
The bright reward of heavenlytrast shall prove,
A Crown, that purchas'd with a Saviour's blood,
Awaits the young, the guiltless, and the good.

*** The foregoing Lines were extracted from an " Elegy
to the memory of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte
of Wales," written by Mrs. Cotiit.s, a Lady to whom the
Public are, much indebted for several interesting Works, cal-
culated to guide the morals and improve the education of the
rising generation, as well as for many 'poetical effusions highly
creditable to her talents and teelintts.

SPOtt I IL\ Cir I.4,LLICILNCE.

STATEMENT OF THE ODDS ON THE DERBY STAKES,

&c. 1818.—Dec. 1.
DERBY.
12 to 1 agst c. by Waxy, out of Miltonia.
12 to 1 agst c. by Sorcerer, out of HornbyLass.
12 to 1 agst c. by Waxy, out of Ringtail.
14 to 1 agst c. by Orville, out of Allegretto.
16 to I agst b. c. Brtulter to Crecy.
18 to 1 agst b. c. by Rubens, out of S:ymphina.
OAKS.
Tahen-8 to 1• agst hr. f. Loo, by Waxy.
11 to 1 agst any other.

THE WORCESTERSHIRE FOX HOUNDS
Will Meet on
Wednesday Dec. a Cotheridge.
Friday...s Whetlieley Wood.
Each Day at Ten o'Clock.

EDINBUM:II, Nov. 29
ALeatiunNii. lent -71 T THE uumt.nctr:.

On Tuesday tulrning, a little after nine o'clock,
flit! was observed issuing from the roof of the
College, on the north-west quarter, which sud-
denly assumed an alarming and threatening ap-
pearance. The fire engines were speedily brought
to the spot, and the supply of water, though at first
limited, was, by the unremitted exertions of many
respect able gentlemen and others, procured in suffi-
cient quantities, adequate to the demand of all the
engines. By the strenuous exertions of the firemen,
aided by the direction of several of the professors,
the names were rapidly got under, and the fire
completely subdued in the • space of two hours.
The. interior of the apartment, however, in which
it was confined, is entirely destroyed. The Ma--
gistrates, 'Professors, students, and gentlemen in
the neighbourhood, rendered every assistance ;
and the attention of the High Constables and the
Supetintendant of Police, together with a detach-
ment
of the 88,11 regiment from the garrison,
which was directed in keeping the communica-
tion open from the College to the several fire-
cocks, was of the first importance, and tended
greatly to facilitate the extinction of the destruc-
tive element. The roof was under repair, but
from what cause the fire originated we believe has
not yet been ascertained. The engine belonging
to the Royal Exchange Assurance, which now
stands at Leith, was on the first alarm immediately
dispatched from thence, with its firemen, by the
Agents, Messrs. Thomsons and Pollock.
During the fire, Mr. Mayfair, the engineer, was
distinguished by his anxiety and intrepidity on
the occasion. Hurrying front some distance, on
the first alarm, he was soon on the roof, directing
the operations of the firemen; and, when _part of
it was broken in, be descended into the part on
file, with a rope fastened to his body, and the
pipe of one of the engines in his hand.; and this in-
trepid example being followed by several of the
firemen and others, the water was soon made to
play with more powerful effect upon the part of
the building which was in flames.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S SEAT.---Every ar-
rangement was completed onFriday last for the pur-
chase of the Earl of Rivers' chateau and domains,
at Strathfieldsay, near Hartford Bridge; in Hamp-
shire. The Duke of Wellington passed four hours
in conversation with Lord 'Rivers, when his Grace
was last in. England, upon the subject. It was
agreed between them to appoint two arbitrators
to arrange matters ; they came. to a decision ire
the preceding., week, when the purchase Money
was agreed upon to be two hundred and sixty-
three thousand pounds. The timber on flue estate
is . valued at one hundred and fifty thousand
pounds. The Duke of Wellington's assent has
alkeady been given, for at the (ate interview his
Grace pledged his word of honour to abide by
the decision of these persons, be it %% hat it might.
Lord Rivers began to move out on Saturday last,
and this week he will surrender the possession.
,His Grace intends to direct the pulling down thc.
mansion immediately ; in the Spring the outline
for the new pile will be determined upon. Strath.-
fieldsay is in a very healthy situation, and upon
a dry gravelly soil.