The Sun.
London, England, 1810-03-05 00:00:00

TilE JEW, OR, THE RULING PASSION.

Two criminals, a Christian and a dew,
Who'd been to honest feelings rather callous,
Were on a platform once expos'd to view, -
Or come, as some folks call it, to the gallows;
Or, as of late, a quainter phrase prevails,
To weigh their weight upon the city scales.

In dreadful form, the constables and shrieve,
The priest and ord'nary, and crowd attended,
Till fixed the noose, and all had taken le2ve ;
When the poor trembling Israelite; befriended,
Heard by express from officer of state,
A gracious pardon quite reverse his fate.

Unmov'd he seem'd, and to the spot close sticking,
Isfeer offers, tho' he& bid to quit the place ;
Till in the air the other fellow kicking,
The sheriff thought that some peculiar giace,
Some Hebrew form of silent deep devotion,
Had, fora while deprived the Lew of motion.
But being questioned by the sheriff's orders,
Why nor with proper officer retiring ?
In tone of voice that on the marv'llous borders,
While that his looks were to the beam aspiring—
" !oily wait (said he) before I cues,
" Of Master Catch to buy the led man's clothes !"

TxE Aars.—The PERSIAN AMBASSADOR has been
sitting for his Portrait to fir WILLIAM BEECHEY,
and as it is to be 'sent to the Per-.ian Court, our
new Ally will possess an admirable specimen of Bri,
tis skill and genius in the Fine Arts,
WILLIE, we are sorry to learn, will not canal-
bUte to the ensuing annual display of British talents.
He is employed on a very large picture, and wisely
determines not to risk his well-acquired fame by
precipitation. The subject is an English Fair, and
the Artist, we :,redid, will not ,utft./- in comr.irison
with TENLERS, gin() was par.icularly successful on
subje&s of that nature, which he painted con amore,

KING'S THEATIM.-After the representation gf
Romeo et Julietta, on Sart:relay las t this place,
the favourite Ballet of La l‘'arcisse et les Trois
Graces Wai revived, and recei,ect with great ap-
plause by an elegant .and nurse, )s au.iieuee.

VOCAL CONCERT. —CATALANI returned to the
mu,iCal circles in this me'ropolis on Friday last, at
the Hanover-square Rooms, where she lib rally ~p-peared
peared as the substitute for Mrs BILLINGTON, V.llO
is still indisposed. She was received with very gi, at
applause, and amply requited the audience by in,.
sutprising excellence of her ,performance. The-
Concert was also powerfully supported by HARRI-
SON, BELLAMY, Mrs. BIANCHI, and other eminent
Performers.

A new Comedy has been brought forward on the
Edinburgh Stage, written by the Manaer, Mr.
StbriOr.l,, which has 'wen- very well received by
the audience, and kelneii, acco ding to report, does
credit to the talents of the Author.

Mr. SHiIUDAN and Mr. SHAW, the leader of the
Band at the late Drury-lane Theatre, are it seems ot
daggers drawn, as the phrase is, about a share in
the Patent, which the latter bought, some years
ago, but which, it is said, 'the Trustees do not ap,-
pear disposed to recognize as a valid purchase.

J should be nivntioned to the honour of Mr.
TAYLOR, the Manager of the Opera-House, that
he has settled upon Mr. SALPIETRO, why' performed
upwards of forty years in the orchestra at that place,
and who from age and infirmity, has been obliged
to retire, the whole of his former salary doling life.
If BUONAPARTE should at length have fixed his
choice on the Princess of AUSTRIA, and the Em-
peror her father should consent to the union, the
Corsican will marry into the House of BouaßoN,
whose downfall he has been so anxious to complete;
as the intended bride is cousin to the Duchess trAN-
GOULEME, the daughter of the unfortunate Louts
XVI. and Princess Royal of France.
BUONAPARTE has produced so many extraordi-
nary events, and has acquired such a command over
the affairs of the Continent, that it would not be
surprising if be were to order the ci-devant POPE -to
marry the Ex-Empress JoscPuttsa.

It is not a little curious that. Mr. ERSKINE, by his
own acknowledgment, " used all his efforts" with
the American Secretary to prevent an insertion in
the Official Note of the disrespectful terms in which
his MAJESTY was mentioned, but could not suc-
ceed ; and yet he proceeded to ad as if the Ameri-
can Government had shewn the most conciliatory
disposition,, and made concessions wholly unwar-
ranted by his itistrudions ; concessions that ought
not to have been made without the clearest proofs
of such a disposition, by some act in favour of this
country. But what is still more cuilous;Mr. ERS-
KINE entertained " no idea that they were disre-
speetful to his MAJESTY." Why then did be " use•
all his efforts" to get them suppressed ?_
Yesterday afternoon the cattle, sheep, znd pigs,
intended to be shewn for the premiums offered by
Lord SOMERVII.LE for encouraging the early feeding
animals, and other patriotic objects, began to ar-
rive in Mr. SADLER'S Yard, in Goswell-street. In
the evening the ibllowing candidates had- sent in
stock, viz.

Lord Somerville—two fat oxen, one fat cow, and two
working oxen.
Mr. . Hudson—two fat oxen twc cows.

The Earl of Bridgewater—five fat %vetliers.
Mr. l••arncomb five ewe hogs.
Mr. Burbach—five Wiltshire wethers, five three.quarter
merino ditto. ,

The Duke of Bedford—five fat South Down wethers, five
ewe hogs, two fat oxen.

Mr. -El T. Waters, a Devon heifer; Mr. Cohn Terrett,
two Hereford oxen; Mr. Martin Webber, two Devon Oxen;
'Mr. William Webber, two Devon Oxen; Mr. William War-
ren, sen. five South-down .wethers'•' Mr, William Warren,
jun. five ditto; Mr. Boyce, sen. five South-down ewe
hogs; Mr. Boyce, jun. five ditto wethers; S.. Ashmole, two
&c.

- Several implements were also brought, among
which we noticed :
Mr. Leicester—a set of patent corn separating machines.
.. An improved root washer and patent arrows.

The ,Judges will pronounce this day, and the
prizes vill be distributed at the dinner at Free-
=souls tavern to-morrow.