The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-06 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

MARGATE, JAN. s.—The Union, Proput, from Loudon, fur
Bideford,' was got off a lee shore yesterday by some boatmen
from this place, and earned up to Wbitstablu, with loss of
anchor and cable. • •

SHEERNESS, JAN. s.—Arrived the Lord Duncan, lirangll,
from London, for Shields, with loss of an anchor and chain
cable; the Bideford, Chambers : and Kingston, Shutwell,
from London, for Hull, have received slight damage by being
run foul of.

DEAL, JAN. 5,---No arrivals or sailings.
Doyen, .—Arrived the Mars, Hall, from Baltimore,
for Amsterdam, with loss of anchor, and windlass damaged,
having been riding under Dungeness for 10 days,
Wurruv, JAN. 3.—The Mariner, Thompson, of North
shields, in attempting to get to sea, was driven by the Wind
against the North Pier, and on the ground, by which she has
received much damage in her bottom.

The Brussels Papers give the particulars of
the total destruction of the Palace of the Prince
Of OttAliiGE by fire.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at
the East India House, when the following ships were taken
up and thus stationed, viz. :—Boinhay, 1200 toni, Captain
Hamiltoo ; Herefordshire, 1200 tons, Captain W. Hope,
for China direct,

The East India Company's Ships, Royal
George, Triiiiiis ; Inglis, Borraitaile ; Repulse, Paterson ;
and -Marquess Camden, Larkins; left Gravesend on Thursday,
buund for China.

DEATH OF THE RECORDER OF DUBLIN.Died,
yesterday morning, W. 14. WALKER, Esq., many
years Recorder of this city. That Mr. Walker
was an attentive, upright, and impartial Judge,
needs no other proof, than the fact of his Dever
missinga single day fromattending to the duties of
his important.office, for six-and-twenty years, until
very lately, when his health began to fail, and
his course was nearly run ! He was a man of the
most honourable and inflexible integrity—a sound
Crown Lawyer, and a Judge who gave general
satisfaction, by his great dispatch of business and
quickness of conception. He was called to the
Bar in the year 177 D, and lived to the age of 62
or 63. There are many candidates for the office
of Recorder,. and among the rest Mr. Jonas
Greene, who was appointed by the late Recor-
der to act as his Deputy. It is creditable to Mr.
Greene that he sat on Friday last until between
Six and seven o'clock, and disposed of upWards
of sixty cases, in order to clear the jail for any
new Recorder, having dreaded the near dissolu-
tion of'his'friend.(libernian Journal,' Jan. 1.)
Baron Von OEYNHAUSEN, Chamberlain, and
Vice Grand Master of the Stable to the Duke of
BRUNSWICK,' arrived in town yesterday, to an-
nounce to our Court the death of the Prince Au-
GUSTUS, brother to her Majesty Queen CARO-
LINE.. He died atßrunsivick on the 18th of last
month, at nine in the evening.
A Meeting of the Freeholders of the County.
of ,Ayr was held on Saturday last, when a Loyal
Address wits .voted to his MAJESTY. Sir DAvin
H. BLAIR-was in the Chair. The Address was
moved by Sir JAMES FERGUSON, and seconded
by Sir WILLIAM CUNINGIIAM, of Caprington.
Mr. OSWALD, of Auchincruive, opposed the Ad-
dress, as intending more than it professed, and im-
plying an approval of the conduct of Ministers.
Several other Gentlemen delivered their 'opinions,
some for and others Dgainst the Address, which
was carried. by a majority of 51---the numbers
being, Ayes 66,- Noes 15..

P 0 E T R Y.

CARMIN WlccAmicA.—(No. VI.)

A RECEIPT TO MAKE A VULGUS.

BY P-N B-.

Ye youths who oft on Yenta's grasiy plain,
Invoke the aid of every Muse in rain,
Who ne'er inspir'd with energy divine .
Breath'd a soft strain, or peun'd th' harmonious line;
Ye who like me ne'ersoar'd on Homer's Wing,
Nor qualrd the treasures of Castalia's spring;
Ingenious youths attend, and hence he taught;
Wisdom, by toil and dear experience bought.
Like you wrapt up in scientific lore,
Oft haVe I turu'd the Gradus o'er and o'er,
In search of epithets bare rack'd my brain,
And par ch'd up En's and Ecce's all in vain.
What various cares (a ruthless band) molest
With never ceasing sway the school-boy's breast t
How hard the task when Taw and Fives invite,
O• 'er Pindar's tops to wing your airy flight.
4O• r when telentlesS tutors scratch away
At one rude blot, the tabours of a day ;
Y• et will you deign attentive to peruse
These leen-Meant hinds of my instructive muse,
Soon shall you know to steer your course along
• Thro' all the rnystiC labyrinths of Song,
Ilence shall no task unfinisli'd e'er annoy,
Those hours devote to indolence and joy:
, First be your care, With anxious search to choose
&one subject sung by every -infant muse ;
Told .how Hamilcar's son in long array,
Thro' Alpine Barriers burst his toilsome way,
How Alexander Persia's force withstood,
Or,('zesar di-ended his sword in nmuan blood,
Or how the Merchant quits his native plain,
And ploughs the boisterous deep in quest of gain)
A lifeless erase beneath the trojan wall
In true Virgilianstrains let Hector fall, -
Or lost from shore to shore "Eneas rove,
By partial fate, and the stern wife of Jove;
Let studious souls unheard of themes rehearse,
In all the various mysteries of verse;
Attempt not this, but seek a shorter plan,
Make your's alone to construe and to scan,
To loftier subjects, loftier strains belong,
I-seek that verse alone which is not wrong,
Nur vain the lays which oft when life was young,
Thy gladsome muse by glassy Itch in sung,
Those Proteus lays which prompt at every call,
To no one theme belong'd, but suited all :
As when Aurora radiant from the East,
• Arose, arid loos'd the silken bands of rest ;
Or sable night in starry vest array'd, '
O'er the dim landscape spread a gloomy shade,
But ne'er too sure to writing dare consign
TI? unfinisli'd members of some embrio line,
• For oft (so all the Laws of God ordain,)
You'll seek an ending, yet may seek in vain,
Nay, Virgirtoo himself, as all agree,
Has often wanted ends as well as we,
And many a bard in.these our later times,
Is puzzled just as much to find out rhynies.
Careful then first this arduous task pursue,
Next place your epithets in order due.
' But (Many a brother bard my friends advise)
Before all other books your gradus prize,
Y• et if these foreign aids no more befriend,
Nor the kind muse,
.as erst, assistance lend;
. On other stores your last attempts be made,
A• nd seek of Expletives their ready aid ; .
With ecces, ounce, and jams, fill up the rest,
And all ye.ir toil is o'er—" Protatum est."