The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-17 00:00:00

I 11. 7EA RL B-T.

Alcundrunviur ; Haliqnique Nocmcnaque Prytanimque."
ix. 767.

There lives not in this ample town
A Smith, a Jackson, or a Brown,
Who, in my judgment, would not do
At least as well, My Lord, as you.
IV.—THE DUKE OF :K E.
" Primo arulso non deficit alter
" Aureus ; et simili frondescit virga 10.
Statesmen and orators do not abound,
But a new Chamberlain is quickly found.
Soon as one Gold Stick drops into disgrace,
Up springs another to supply its place.
V.—LORD L R.
adjungit, Hytan nauta, quo fonte relictum
Clamassent : ut litus, Hyla, Hyla, omne sonaret."--Eil. vi. 43.
The iockies roared for Hylas,
But Hylas was away.
The jockies sought for Hylas,
They sought him night and day.
But go ye to his stable,
Dig deep beneath the ground,
And there, with all his teeth drawn out,
Poor Hylas will be :our.d.
.6 Vestra, inquit, munera robin
" Certa manent, pucri, et palmam movet ordine noun".
" Me liceat casus miscreri insontis amici."—v. tis.
Heaven prosper Cauning's noble views
For England's weal and George's glory,
But ,janning's self may well excuse
The little twinge we feel to lose
One courteous, knowing, honest Tory.

" lfei mihi, qualiseratiquantum mutates ab illo
" liectore, qui redit exurias indutul Achillis."—li. V 74.
Ungrateful, sullen, savage, cold,
The people's scorn, the army's hate,
Can this be he, the wise, the bold,
The loved, the feared, the good, the great ;
Whom Majesty rejoiced to see
A constant guest at the Pavilion,
Whom Parliament was proud to fee
With a small present of a million ?

VIII.—M E.
" 0 fortunatse };enter, Saturnia regna,
" Antiqui Auxonii ; glue yes fortuna quietos
" suadetque ignota lacessere bells 2JI.
What fiend, my Lord, in Eldon's shape,
Enticed you into such a serape ?
What has a shrewd old Scot like you
With such an idle brawl to do?
How would your cunning father stare
To see such madness in his heir!
For shame ! Renounce this strange grimace,
Think on the real delights of place.
To rule each trade and each profession,
Each Dean of Guild and Lord of Session;
To fill the maws and clothe the backs
Of fifteen hundred fawning Macs;
To pension all the lads and lasses
Of Hags and Drummonds and Dundasses,
And deal commissions round by dozens
Through high-checked rows of twentieth cousins.

IX.—LORD B—Y.
" Fortunate senex! ergo tua rura manebunt :
Et tibi magna 'tabs ; gum:olds lapis omnia nuclus,
Limosoque palus obducat p.ascua junco :
" Non insucta graves tentabunt pabula Was,
" Nec mala vicini pecoris contagia Imdent."—Ecl. 1. 47.
Thrice fortunate old roan, to thee :den)
The griefs which rack thy brethren are unknown,
While Melville's heart becomes a heavier load
Ptt en•ery stage alons the Northern t oad ;
While Eldon, tortured by paternal fears,
Count.e the small savings of labor loos years,
Plans a secure escape from duns and gaols
To some cheap cot in Devon or in Wales,
And hopes, by frugal care, in that retreat,
With small assistance, to make both ends meet,
Thou with unchanged effulgence still wilt shine,
Thine is the council, and the levee thine ;
Still shall thy heart beat higher at the ray
Which gilds the auspicious morn of quarter-day.
With that meek voice that would not scare a mouse
Still shalt thou lull the murmurs of the House,
In mannn gentle as in matter bold,
Shalt prove old rags equivalent to gold,
Or for fresh measures of dead weight shalt call.
Thyself, Heaven knows, the deadest weight of all.
Times.

Died, on the 16th ult. at Torr, in the parish
of Berwick, aged 84 sears, Mrs. Nicol or Sarah Cairns,
relict of the late Mr. William Nicol, some time one of the
teachers in the High School of Edinburgh, cue of the
friends and correspondents of Borne, and the subject of the
gong beginning " Willie brewed a peck o' matit."— Glas-
gow Paper.

A SOLDIER'S HO SOR.--:There was last
Tuesday a show of a very different character, though suffi-
ciently attractive to fill St. Matthew's church-yard with a
dense crowd of spectators, it was a Soldier's Funeral, but
under very extraordinary circumstances : indeed the story
connected with that funeral is as melancholy a one as ever
was told. The deceased was Serjeant-Major in the 10th
Hussars, a detachment of which regiment ie now in Ipswich
barracks. Twenty-five years ago he enlisted into the
regiment, he was than quite a youth, and had been living
in the service of a Nobleman, who unfortunately had a quan-
tity of plate stolen from him. This lad was accused of the
robbery, and taken up on suspicion ; he protested his in-
nocence, but appearances were so strongly against him, that
every one believed him guilty, and so did his master; but as
the crime would have affected his life, and the nobleman felt
a regard for the youth, and great feeling towards his pa-
rents who were worthy and respectable in their humble
life, he would not prosecute, but told the lad he could not
of course retain him in his service or recommend him to
any other, hut that he must either go to sea, or enlist for
a soldier in some regiment going abroa4 ; that he (the
nobleman) would not lose sight of him, so that if he con-
ducted himself with steadiness and integrity, he would still
be a friend to him. About a year or two after he had
become a soldier, a female servant in the Nobleman's
family died, and on her death-bed confessed that she had
stolen the plate, and that the lad who had been accused
of the theft was not only perfectly innocent of it, but
unconscious of any circumstances relating to the transac-
tion. The Nobleman then immediately wrote to the Colo-
nel of the regiment stating all these facts, and particularly
intreating every favour for the soldier ; who was imme-
diately promoted, and as quickly as possible run up to the
rank of serjeent-major, which is as high as a non-commis-
sioned officer can be ; and when his old master died, he left him
an annuity of 501. a year. The man was respected by his
officers, and generally liked ; but who in this world is free
from scandal ? who is there that the cruel shafts of envy,
hatred, and malice, will not sometimes pierce ? About a
fortnight ago; this man was accused of unfair dealing with
the corn for the horses, which came under his charge, and
he was threatened with a court-martial. He would have
been acquitted upon investigation, for he was innocent ; but
the consciousness of this was not sufficient to support him;
his conduct has been irreproachable, and with the sensitive
feelings of honour of a soldier he shuddered at the thought
of being publicly tried on a charge of dishonesty : it re-
vived in his mind all that he had suffered in hie youth ; he
felt as if doomed to he the victim of false accusation.—
This preyed upon his spirits so as to drive him at last to
distraction; and in that state the poor fellow on Sunday
morning went into the barrack store where the corn is kept,
arid L. w Lis brains out ! On Tuesday he was buried in St.
Matthew's church-yard, where the soldiers always are
buried, and the officers of the regiment being determined
that the last sad act should not cancel the good conduct of
a whole life, and deprive him of a soldier's last honours,
(though unconscious of them,) ordered his funeral to be as
pompous as possible, consistent with his humble rank.
The whole corps and full band attended ; his horse was led
tothe side
gray! ; the poor animal bore his accou-
trements
allof the
ered with black crape, and was itself i
com-
pletely draperied with sable decorations ; after the service
was read, and the body lowered into the grave, and the
ceremony of firing over concluded, the pistol with which
he destroyed himself was thrown in and buried with him.
--he has left a widow and two claildren.....-Bath Pape.