The Sun.
London, England, 1811-02-02 00:00:00

SOitiGS PEASANT BOY.

A crown of fresh roses at sun . rise I Wreith'4,
All droppl'ng with sliver bright'rie,w
Alt I hoW s•)ft aid boiv.sw,:,!t were the perfumes it tireatit'cl,
And how I'Mii3ltitt.A.l3.'ho,ratuoits its hne !

Eulting I wore it—the merry hours basted,
Aud I.tughinXly tripp'd away nlorn';
A Storni caine at noon —ttie 'red lighlthig.ithaft blasted
All my roses, ar.d' lett 'be bile thorn.
range groves Jul bowers,
To reek other flowers,
But none:tint! so 11-Agrant or. fitir ;
brAW now is torn.
By the sbarp.pointed thorn,
refninds nos% omen W43TIRRI

LoVe ! Love I Love I
CaiiticioOs God) ryrannic Child
Thy words 'arc mad—ilry luoks arc wild—
Who trusts thee most is mat beguird—
. 1 pry'thec fly from me 1

Lout! Love! Love?
spleen—fotget thy pray'r I
all my pettish oaths utiswear,
And tie thy fetters still to wear,
More dear than liberty I

LOve i Love Love ?
The' strong thy bovi, and keen thy dart,
Thou neer did'st leina the stricken heart,
Wilhuut a bai►u to soothe its smart,
Then pty'thee stay with me I

Mr. SURRIDATI, We perceive, has been recently
haunted by the Shade Qf Old Drury, but we (I) not
believe that any poetical spite can rouse him into_
an attention to the Concerns of that unfortunate pro-
party, &titularly at a, moment when he expects to
perfertn a part in a nth polistical draMa.
Oct Wesinusday evening last, General Vrse,
commanding the Eastern Uistria, gave r 1 very ele-
gant Hall and Supper, at- rite Ass.2.Mbly Rooros,
Beverley, to all the leading families in and about
the neighbourhOod. Supper of the moat sumptuous
kind, and uncommonly well arranged, was provided
in the Great Room, where about ~LJO Ladies and
Gentlemen sal down, and the dancing, which con-
sisted of about 40 couplq, continued till near tiVe in,
tile morning. The attention of General Vest; and
his Staff as unremitting. The families of the Ds-
NtsoNs, the Ils-rnm.s, the k.:Lt.tsoNs, the ACKLOMS,
the SYKES, the Fouttns, the .11LAYDS. the CROFTS,
&c. were amongst the cumpany. The Military
frOm the different corps were very numerous, and
the band of tousle uncotr;nonly fine.
Mr. John Badger, farmer tif Beansall, on his re-
turn from Warwick market, on Saturday seinnight,
unfortunately fell from his horse, and was so bruised
that he died on Tuesday.. An inquest was held,
who returned a verdict of accidental death.

JAN. 28.--Capt. CaovT rfi , Regulating o,
cer of the Impress Service at this port, has, by 'Per'
mission of I,he Lords of the Admiralty, given pub-
lic notice to the- Swedish and Danish seamen, who
are at prcsent in this harbour with licensee, that an
opportunity now presents itself to tlo of entering
into his Bptaonic Majesty's naval.service, in which
they may receive the same pay, booniies, and every
other privilege, as English. seamen.—Capt, CXOFT
calls to .the serious attention of those ships' 'comp&
about to return Lo Sweden ;And Norway, the
changes, that 11,,v, taken place iu the former boim-
try, and the unwarrantable, measures BUONAPANTE
is using to force the s4ilors of Not way to. serve on
board his fleet in .t!,e Scheidt ; and expresses his
hope, that many of the abut:, will prefer serving in
Ow British Huey to that of Frauee,icatid Will accept
Mujesty's most gracious offer,

BARBADN'S, Dec. 8.

LFRoit THE BARBA HOE 3 MERCURY.]

In our. paper of the ult: we gave the pro-
ceedings of the tipeuing of the Court of Appeal at
Guacia4)upe on .the..so); and confess we felt at Cle
time much exultation in the ie,..that the inhatii,
tailt4 of that island, pot piily receiving tlw belitfit
Of, the re-establisintient oti their TribunA .(and.un-
der the auspices ot.tiritish jurisprudence, having its
decision3lWmptly and.irn,p,artially given), but writ,
about to.t.,i)y !Italy of sp.:eels andfieedont of dis-
cussion :i.itherehy petrtaking: of one; of the. most
boasted rights s:Abjetits, and consequently
be at (Mee, Oab:ed to draw 1110 most fat ourable eon-,
tract of thcit 'preieilt ameliorated, Condition, whit
th:tt oppie,isitxt ti.oni which they have been ji:si le-
leased. , It.. appears„ ho'vevt,t, that we !)aye' totally
nii!statten the
,gtounds.on which, this opinion was
forty-Led; .for the Address of the Pracoreur-Genetal
to tire Governor on lit occasion (frotn which we
mtted) has tNenoinceAenottuced as an
.".audacious
libel,"„and even brought down.such heavy indigna-
tion upon. its author, au to cause his!dismissal tram
his publiC functions. Qn this subject, we have the
following article translated :

, •-• • •• .
D.,110.4 Tun GVADALQUTE GAZETTE, NOV, 30.]
. ,
His Excellency tiaviiig hren intormed that the
Sre,,eh whichthe A,torney-Gcnrial delivered in Ilk
prenncr, In the court of Appeal, Wai circulated
throughout the Colony with the most seandaltius
puhlicity, has written., the following letter to the
COI de l'.;idritin isiratioN, 41. Du Bue St. Olympe.
Port Louis, Nov. 2s, ate.

. .
." SIR,--In order to counterati the circulation of
a Spe4r made to me when presiding at the Court of
Appeal, by the kinA's Attorney-General, ut Saiie-
Terre, which, if nut publtcly contradicted, might
imply that I coincided in opinion with that Gentle-
man, relJtiry. to she conduct of those thficeis who
had been ei ii usied by my predecessor, and continued
by !ne in the of public funtlions.; I move
to request that yt u. will cause to he published in the
Gazette, a coy of the letter I sent to Monsieur
batOrais, President of the Court of Appeal, as
soon as I becaMe fully acquAuted with 'the tendency
of that speech.

" 1 am, Str, your most obedient Servant,
ALEX. CUCIIRANE."

Copy of a Letter from his E. xtellency to the PresideAt of
the Court at Appeal of Guadaiuupe, and its Depen-
dencies e

"'Polar 2.l'eire, N0v.24, iltro.
" SLR,—When I repaired to the Honourable
Colin of Appeal lur the purpose of having my
Commission enrolled there, and of acquainting the
I'vlerithers. with the intentions GI the Krug, I enter-
tained no doubt that the Speeches which should be
address: d tome would be totally divested of
animadversions, which are so entirely übcoritiected
will the funttions of that Tribunal.

While I WO. attending to the Attorney Ge-
neral, in a )ri were struck by some 01 116 cXprce-
stet% wt►ich appeared to me itnt.r.,p.•r b,ut the
little knowledge I possess of the Freodt latignage
mild not enable me to lot m an idea of the m•stent
this imprbpriety, sufficiently aucurate to induce me
to stop the Speaker in his observations; and as I
must have supposed the President had acquainted
hitnself with emery address that should be made to
me (Suring the Session, the sikuce of the cmitirt,
united with the satisfaction I felt in being placed at
the head of a Triounal deiervedty honoured by the
public, subsequently diverted my attention from the
minter..

What then, Sir, was my amazement on find-
ing in public circulation here, the Speech of the
.AttoruepGeneral, then I was enabled by the
tranblition of it *Welt was furnished me, to indge
for Myself of the expressions that he has dated to
utter befige the representative of the Kiag.
" It the Attorney-General, instead or dive'ging
from the sphere of. his functions, and giviog way to
tlw lights of his imagination, or to the suggestions
of perfidy, had imitated the wise
.circumspection sd.
the President of the Court of ,Appeal, the day in-
tended to be spent in thanksgiblag for 'the beneio•
lence of his Majesty, and in applauding the justice
of the Court of Appeal, would not have btwai cloud-
ed by an aCt Of severity which is 'painful to my feel-
ings, but which the public interest requires.
" Those of whose zeal I have availed myself,
and whore Mr. de Dampierre has desk.ribed ut sk,
scandalous a manner us that audacious libel, winch

I consider an insult to his IVlajrcy's Goveroint-nt,
are honoured with my confidence, and are fur tnit
reason alone. intitled to the respect of those, who,
like themselves', nte'invested with public authority.
" It any person deviates from the iMe nt ha s
duty, the right of correcting the errot behmp to
ine only and it is sufficiently well known now
easy 1 ani of access, and how desinms 1 nin of
mc-
(lulring any knowledge that can be conducive to the
public advantage ; it must 'have excited
astonisimien', that Mr. de Dampierre s!tould t arc
expressed.him,ell in the manner he did at the SA.
'non of the Court of Appeal, and in my pri,sence.
Be good 'wont, to communicate to him my orders
that he cease to perform ell public duty in the,CoUrt
of Apw.tal.
" Tots is the proper place to signify to you, Sir,
my determination that any Advocate who shall at-
tempt to ii.alte the smallest critical remarks on the-
condat of the Govertuneut„ or to mix political
comments with the
,arguments of defence of his'
client, shall be sutipended from the exercise of his
profession and I desire that von will apprize me
of -it, that 1 may pronounce definitively upou !Ulm
• " I have the honpur to be, &c.
(Signed) " ALEX. COCHUANE."

On atturdl week, some workmen having perfo-
rated khoitt ih the citadel wall, at Carlisle, and till-
ed it with more thm an ordinary quantity tit pow-
der, for the purpose ot hlastio, down the wall,
they !pot a lighted m och to the powder, which
caused such an expiation, that it had nearly proved
ta,:d to some country people cooling to the market.
Several toatie,t ot toe watt were thrown to a con-
sideroblo height, and one piece, weighing twtlre
pounds, penetra.eti the root ot Mr. kiethermot's
'ho..se in Botchardgate, a distance of about nay
_yard ittAn the citadel.

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SHE SPAllrlSti COLONIES,

,
translated frdiri the Gazettd 6fCaraccas, Of the 28th
of october, 1810, being a Copy of the Proposals made by
the Conumasioncra from Venezuela, on the, zest of duly,
and anawcred by the Minister of his Britannic Majesty on
.the Bth of August,

I:.

. Venezuela, as an. integral .part of the Spanish
Empirer';s ilit-naretl by France, and desires to rest
its st curityon the maritime protection of EnglAnd.•
The Government of Venezuela NOUlti
that ,the .-Government of his Bt tannic Majesty
shou'd I:!eilitate to them, in the rmit cent enient
manner, the means-wh.ch may bcTincicitary for de-
fendieg the rights of its lecitimate Sovereign, and
for 041)0E611g its measures of securi.; eTtinSc the
common enemy.