The Sun.
London, England, 1816-06-29 00:00:00

POETRY.

We hare extracted , the following. Verses from 'it late
Gazet'e, alTortring a ctirivkis am) novel view of
West India .:Intumnents .and Manners. if our Readers
.relish it as moeli•lntlie lin'ttt.tif a pesceiptii.e. Puern..ss we
hare done,..oit apology .is neeessaty for its exceeding the
usual span of Neiysitaper
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THE.AQUATIC; T0u1.7,4
DESCRIPTIVE OF A JAUNT oF PLiIAbUHE IN SURINAM.

Intentenf other pleashres, other sports,
Thaulhose the dull SM affords,
A T Aquatic to Warappa Greek (et) • '
Was fixed upon, and k rulay was the day-. •
Well •stor'd with viantis—turkey, fowl, and ham;
Wine, porter; brandy';—oil that heart could wish
The calls of thirst add hunger to allay,-
Our gallant barge we hooch into the stream,
And then ourselves embark. SIX sable sons
Of Afrie row, while one directs the helm:
At first reluctant, slow they-ply the our,
But soon the •SuoPtel( b.) potent charms prevail,
And stimulate their act ion. Dram-inspired,
They turn amain, and raise the'savage song;
Uncouth, indeed, and harsh to Bac/era's (i) ear,
:Vet sereing well to regulate the stroke
Of dashing oars anil•animate their toil.
Assisted by the fav'rnig tide, our barge •
Glides swiftly down the'stream; and soon we leave,
Without reset, the;erowded•town (4) behind.
There, fur a while, the Jew.(intent on gain)
We leave to prey upon the Christian dupe;
Whlle void of care; and businesi• laid aside,
To fair Ir;irappa we direct our course
For now our chiefest object is to,view •
Its boasted .beauties.• :Vaiiey paints its hanks
Wittminutptuous buildings, highly-cultured fields,
Fair gardens, smooth canals, and meadows green, •
In rich and sweet variety adorri'd t •
Nur is the picture false; for lime we found,
However rare, that fancy did nut flatter.
Strong and well-huilt, of ever-during wood.
Their losses rise commodious; and the praise
Of cleanliness, at least, and comfort claim.
Dint far more sumptuous and magnificent,
Ntructutes superb! their Loge ,r(,) tow'r sublime,
Arid in tire stranger's mind no small degree
Of admiration raise. Their gardens, too,
Adorik'd with sweetest flowers; their orchards fair,
Where trees unnumbered various fruits display;
May well the tribute of a verse demand.
But who their plants can name—Alicir classes fix—.
Or qualitieseleserihe; lasis:Acus' act f,
Were he alive, would sinli beneath the task,
Which I, poor wight ! in Botany
To ItoLtNonnuat:(o, or abler pens resign. •
Mc it contents, aniiilst.the counties; boards
Of rich theantes products, to attempt
Son), faint description of the chosen plants,
Though few, which the Planter'stcare engage,
And in the end his labours best repay.
First on the list the juicy Cane appears,
Ot tropic clinics the glory and the boast !
O'er wide-spread field's of rich luxuriant soil,
13chuld how thick its spiky tops arise!
And rustling loud, and. waving in the wind,
Agt otily prospect yields. Mature in thine,
And frill of richest ;Juice, close to its rout
?rite eutlas is apply d, and down in heaps
Tf7st many jointed canes fund crashing fall.
O'er wide cusses, in shallow Punts, they then
Are to tin:pill convey'd. There soon the juice
Nectariut is express'd by cylinders •-•,
Of brightest iron, rolling with a force
Which nothing cap reins!. The liver then
Is from the tuill iu readen spouts einwory'd,
And pour'd in bubbling. boilers; seething there
With long-continuing vintenze
The saech"rine juice a sirup pu.re becomes,
Which tu'a cooler, Irmo the tAc)ic (() transfeted,
First granulates, and then to stig:ir turns.
racli:'d next in cads, and duly. dr.tired of ant.••
Its dregs (yclept molasses litre), it tharit
Is 6t to send where inarkett best invite;
BUt'ENol,4l'DChief monopolizes all
This sweet commodity: There in their pies,,
Thai, tarts, and rich, preserves, it always forolll , .
A chief ingredient; there the-young and ofd,
Maids, warm's, children, boary•hcatied sires, •
Are al' fund of Sugar,. t . • • •
Thofkgn much they use, ssiateif nisei, store remains
For Sugar now in England is a drug.

Next collies the Cuiee-tree, fair shrub
With dark-green leaves, and snowy hosseutts deeled,
Bearing profusely berries ripe or green,
Thy virtues, Cyffe! when by art. distill'di
Let politicians tell: I ware the La,
Jews,- Turks, and Christians, all agree to praise
Its pionsant ain,texhilaristing powers;
But chief its potent properties extol,
To cheer the brain, and. purify the blood—

Last conies the Cotton Plata,. and fair dcaplays
'lts golden blossoms, or in swelling pods
Its precious store of vegetable wool
Some time conceals: till bursting it appears
Snft is cygilet'ii don n, and whiter far
Than fleece was ever shin n from docks which graze
On Albion's downs, or proud lberia's,bills.

Nor let the useful Plantain he forgot, •
Whise spongy stuck can scarce sustain the weight
•Of its own fruit hat fruit which on stippliek,
Wen to the master's self, the place. of bread; • ,
But to the faithful and laborious slave,
Mortis (when build, or roasted, or tnin-lunad (h),,)
A copious, wholesome, nod a .sweet repast.
Stich are thy products, sweet Wankt.va I such
The beauteous scenes-thy .fruitful hanks disptay. ,
Yet not the contemplation 14 those scenes,
liowe'er delightful, can alone engross
'Our (list' attention ; hunger now, and thirst,
~,Assaitants.Leett: imperiously assert
Their claims to due refection. Strait we call
Our valets, and (ruin well-itor'd magazine
01 belly.timber, soon draw forth such eater
M best conduce to yield stomachic Joy t.
Fiat comes the ham, grand stand-hy ! next .
told fowl, or turkey, or Hiberian beef,
\Yell cued and pickled fur the traveller's use,
Whether in ships lie braves the. dangerous deep,
Or plies, like to, in boats upon a creek.
Nor are the liquid elements of life
Forgotten or,untasted s Plowing cops
oy fiusgaree, or puocb,• toddy, or grog.
Go quickly round While utopeed nextsoccetd
01 gin or brandy, or that matchless wine,
elept Madeira, toirth-lospiriag draught
Which drowns all cares in every: British heart,
makes e'en doll phlegmatic Dutchutra say,
As thus in cabin snug we glide along,
The sultry hours Not uudelightful pais—
So far as eating, drinklur, and discourse,
Punning and potitics, or men.) jest,
an matirthero,; till, the night comes nn, and. then
The question rises where that night we lodge?
In many Countries, were we to suppose •
No taverns near, this question well might seem
To ask a whole answer; but, in Surinam,
lilt ts'd coutitry t where no poblie-house is found,
It Prove)► a matter of but sliejit concern
rut (night once more) as chance or choice directs,
The first Plantation hOldly we approach,
And there (without a bow or blush) demand
A place to hang our hanundeks? This rived
(Here deviled no ftroor, but a comrunn light
Of hospitality, to strangers due,)
Is soon iiCentdoll and our 110lgie host
(For most are Dutchmen here) will oft invite'
You to partake of whet his home uifords,'
,Ilv't only c.ilfee, 4onpee, soup, or pipe,
Negar, ur tiny thing which else (good mail I)
lie has the power to offer. Can the rich •
Or great, whose beds are down, whose tables groan
Beneath the load of costly higury,
Can they more hospitality dlsplay
Than this poor man ? t do not think they con.

(") In the colony of 5:n1411111v, famed for higli cultivation.
(k) The Dutch word here fu a dram of ruio,
led Whitt: so 0:twill by the argues.
(W) • -
(r)ctilree and Cotton houses of great dintensions.
(.1) Alluding to a titatislieal History of-Pvioarary,t4c, by a
in ',devil ontlior of that name.
?)'?ln iron boiler.
(4,oThin tutout-il--00un4e4 its a Waadt,l4 taarfairr

Yet In the ntrtare 61' nese CJitritromen
((in whom the're•aVetlitissititach do.riengs
,For a!! the, caininl•ts of his journey timer
'We find great differetiee. .111 are not alike
Inclin'd to acts of kitidnass ; cbutlish. some •
'Kith faint relactanee grant the smallest Loon,
And cold civility wiltsearcely'pay;•••••' '
'rill they discover that ',oat-travelling stores
krenot'exhausted t anti that siMPly ratan ' •
'o hang your hammock it your sole request.,
O i.Aheit, -indeed, the frost that hound their.soutt
Begins to thaw ; and something like " the milk
Of haiden kindness" s etas to till their breast".
This'enange; Well-plc-nett, the stranger marks, •
Anil senses °tithe Moment to evince ' " •
The setikof gratitude, which hence be feels.
The HP't I', strait invited to partake '
Of •what the basket yields; • nor dues he long
.
Requireateliberation„ hat arinice accepts
The ul'er I` When 'fire table seam is spread,
And thereon all 'the. travelling. viands placed
In fair when the best is dope,
And every dish hi hest advantage sheivn,-
The-whole apptar'si the wreck tit fanner feasts,
And is indeed no more lint what it seemed.
Inilicted by the trenchant knife, behold •
What dreadful gashes' iii th'e him appear! •••.
While the poor tut key; both.Of leg's and wings
Cruelly bereft,. can 'grittier rt.:ninny ny " -
From fate impending; but toustlall a prey,
Withost reprteVenr mercy,' td the jaWa'
Of host and guests, alliance diier.ies,ilvitt
To.eat the flesh, and then to pick the:Wiles,.
Now is the moment when the gritteftnuett
Fee prolfer'd sespee;coWee; 'soap, or pipe
(The sum of all a Dutchman's luxitries)„.
Returns'Madeira,'porter, or a glinas'"
Of noyean, charliong cordial !on Jess rave •
Than grateful to the'huliest Diftchiaan't taste.:
Thal famed itud pleasing, Mutts and guilts contend
in acts of mutual isincinesso the hours
sacred ,turest remind us 'aif repose; •
Foe now the friqUent yawn, and dro'Wq stretch
Of Weary liinhvanninince the remit of-sleep. •
The sum Mons We obey, and strait are .sheseat
Into a neighboaring Tiana, Where ready hung
The pend int.eotich invitiAns trorepose.
Sometimes our sleep is sound; and sometimes not,
As fire, litigate, or fortnne may decide ;
Fur oft. the fell thriSquitai, fete to rest !
The Traveller's slionhere; with its &Useless hut, "
Anal 'quenchless thirst of blood,'whole isighti disturb.
Fiat this and other hardships which we•feel
Are nut to ns; its TravellerS, cujitia.d;
We only suffcrissu continuo. cause
And fret our lot, at worst, the, lot, of. all.
,•• The niala thus passes; while at early dawn
We rise refreshed, and fair new toils prepare,
Meanwhile a'disli ofaeoffer (beverage dear
To Dirchitien!) 9ncrM.r4a, fair 'Maid; tins' black,
With coin tsey low pretentioud buck again,
With modest drip, rept ives the empty cup.
Then parting compliMents some short delay
Occasion; but saint o'er, we bid our butt
A *lnd itteu t and ju`
utp into the boat.'
liere, gentle Muse ! while thus our gallant barge,
Ituinli'd by oars and !availed by the tide,
Dessends the stream, Ire as suspend the song:
Fair heatless repetition, tedious task!
Is all that now temains, Lach day, each hour
The Traveller kraals, so like its fellow scenes,
That imee descril;ll you fancy all the rest:
'Tit eating, drinking, talliiag, sleeping all :
I,:x.ceet thin now` fancy prompts, •
Or fair occasion calls, the gun IS seized,
And sudden death to all the feather'd tribe
(hull, guiding, plover, pigeon, snipe, or stuck,
Frequenting meadow, marsh, or,beaelt,) drammced.
But short are human pleasures'l an•iu fatigued
ritratscenery, and with rural sports,' . .
We quit them all to eat anal drink agam,
And from the country bad; to town return.

TO THE EDITOR OP C, SUN.

Sin,---As the Editor of the. Champion 1,31 not
tlho►u►;ltt proper (Although written to tor the pia-
puce) to contradict a •:cry unjust ►tnil Wawa) pa-
tagraph respecting my professional character, mid
inserted in his paper of June the 2di instrint,
request you will have. the .goodness t() give the
fulinnh stutentent tt) the Public

:The C7lianiittee of Dumfries, appoioted for ear-
rytuginto-ell'ettge erection of a MOntitnent to
cominemarate the Poet BURNS, advertised for
_models and tlesigns,•sever4 Were offqred,•antl,mine
was approved and decided on. - r •
A Meeting WeS:btiti dt Freemasonis Tivern for
the purpose of assisting the Snhscriptione already
raised ; and an account 'of this Meeting occupied
a,considerable port of the first page of the Cham-
pion of the above date, where; among tither oh.
se'rVations, it stated that'the.Ctithinittee had made
* "A great blunder in applying toMr.TuaN'attataa
to erect a Statue of the Poet BURNS:" then ask-
ing,
'' why such artists ati Ft.mstuAtr, NOLLRKENS,
KENDRICK, or CIIANTRY, were not employed ?"
The latter of whom is complimented by the
deniipion in the folloWing Words t c T its Gen-
tlemartothibits a very. noble Bust of the Duke of
WIMLINOToN this yearat Somerset-house : it is a
fine specimen of British sculpture."
Now; Sir, I think it Is but justice to me_to
ity-
form the Public that; the work isllntled to is my,
production, iris Grace haAng sot exclusively to
me for the model several times when last in Eng!
land.-;-Aud lts the hest comment upoO its ap,
provid, hitt Royal, Highness the PRINCE B.EORNT, .
Duke of YORK, More. than thirty of the Nobili-
ty, &c. the Council of the City of I„.ondon, the
Directors of the East India Company, and other
Corporate Bodies of the •Empire have ordered co.
pies in marble -of the same. After having so far
ekpktined, permit me to assure.yOu, that I ieUter-,
mitt tire highest respect for the talents of the .
Artistsabove mentioned.

I !rave the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient Servanti
P. I'UR,NEItELLTi
ftittis of June, 07, Newman-street.
It We cheerfully insert. Mr:Turtle...Ws hitter, slionglifttad
toe here ainutig bit advisers we should have given. lion Our,
opinimi that tiodicativin was 'altogether unneonvtrY. His
reputation its an Artist stands too high to be affected even in
' the slightest deitree by such an attack its that which hit has,
thought tit to repel.
Whet' we rend the Artielein the Checnipiwt, we saw itrune-
(timely that the "ere (dander" was committid by its Editor,,
in lending hit coluninit either to a malignant .Correspondent,
or to some disappointed Competitor for litirns's Statue, and
not at usual trusting to his own clear and unbiassed judgment.
'rhos be full into the tinvtake noticed itt the above letter:—
hit telf-into-trest ed or malicious Correspotnient •ga,e rent to
that splenetic abuse, which the Editor himself unconsciously
rmsinteracted by bestowing. ix n 11.1 r, the just tribute of ap.
lilaitcv items Mr. rurnerellet, not Mr. Chatitry'a , noble limit
of the Duke of Wellington, insatuerset-houso."
We understand the 6ent lenevt; who conducts the Champiox
is-neain Niotrthe Continent, his former 'visitt to which have
ftirnislird $0 much agi veal)! e entertainment to the-Public.;
otherwise wit Iti'd ouovinted he would bare rectified Ott error.
complain( 4 of.
We shall only add, that the simplicity, tette, and beauty Of,
-Mr. Tornerellits Model, was one iv our :;refit inducentelits to
pronioto the liberal Stoiscription 'which entered'
out, to rnable the. Dumfries Cotinoittee to complete their
I.tudab;e national '
_
We efltlgratitiatt, the Public Ott the Stone lot.
tie Bill tieing thrbwn nut nt the llonse of Louis,
• lit consequence of arm hit,: rvitw NIE. R. Tuit-
--
N-Slt, I.ms:icing Mantantt firer, London-rood. ttliti
several reapectahle had. wi7lt the tifl AN -
cet.t.on of the E%ettEttout«ni the sithit'ut ; tti
consequence of which the Public may still he &tilt-
-
plmi with inl,lll bottles of TURNEit'S' blacking as
AMA'.

ROCIIESTER.—Fa In SY.
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[From a Xforoing Paper.]
At- it quarter paSt.five o'cto-k yesterday the pal;
finally closed, and the Town Clerk, slier 'II?.
strictest serutiny of each vote, declared Mr. BAR-
NaTT duly eleercal by a majority of two: the
numbers being fl9.follows i•-...-
For blr.liarnett..4oa 1 For Sir T.B.Thompson„,4oo
'Mr.' BARNETT spoke asiolnms :
Mr. NIAYoR.--Sir, 'I rejoice that the majority of one gave
the Fretaien of Rochester the opportunity of asserting mot
mmarining their ffeedoul Cant! that the majority of two ha
this Hall, and on this day, has gloriously seconded the effort.
and votes of the a irtuons 69 of the House of Commons, and
thereby, I trtist, secured their independence fur ever.,
' Mather thtixeits--1 fief myself exalted beyond any prece-
dent ever given before in the city tif Rochester, but still con-
shier 'Myself us your servant, and Will, at ail times, alitl in all
instances, consult you.' on every point where the iuterest of
the Kingdom; your Unconquered County, or your City.
is in' iptettloil knurl,: if required, sill obey your instrdc-
tioos, considering that • the best way of representing at frets
City will be to take their opinion, and act upon their deci-
sion. • ' . . '. ', . ." .• '
Gentle Men—l feel Mytelf digiNied by being the servant of
int+ 'a free and respectable body of men as the independent
freemen of Rochester, and will be vigilant and watchful
againsvall placemen and"all cOrruptiOn ; a teulons advecatis
for reform, and a determined enemy to overbearing, corrupt,
profligate Ministers. ' I will be:oh:stays alive to every exertion
you make in the cats ear independence., and nay best elidea-
Vilii'"and eery enerfryof ray mind, shall be devoted to the
iittert.st and Welfare df the freemen, and I will maintain your
righte to the end of my existence. 1 congratlibite you me
ON' triumph, and -trust, if the Ministers ever presume again
to vex Rochester with a single contest, that the present Nil.-
ttnitis Majority will again convince them that it will be 'otily
fruitless. N.'
''Sir T;TtiostestiN.---iI have not'been fairly beaten, anti an.
ttbt content. I .protest against the decision of the Mayor
again and'agaln for closing the poll. On the outset I pledged.
myselth sheidd nut be eltoutl till every freemaii WO palled.,
and I have been prevented fr nu redeeming.' hat pledge:
Iti,.. C.lttaKlN.dir T. Thomrlot wishes the hall to IclearedroVevery non-freeman (some persons having hiss d
bins) ; her; therefore, desired tlie. would eomply with Sir T.',
wishesii as every thaw free or irot taco was satudied that the.
Mayor had acted Wily, honestly, and impartially, and that.
thyy'otteitt not to remain any longer tis witness the Mayor',.:
being iesulted by at set of interested men; but, before the,-
did last , he moved that tire thanks of the freroolt should bVs
iv,,o to the. Mayor fur his uprightand impattial conduct..
which was carriett with the except ion of a few of Sii'l'houtas's
f ieli ds ; ) and fin-thee said, for the repose of the city this even-
ing, as they bawl till beets worn drawn by exertion, that Mr.
/t
Barnett. woulttnot be chaired till the morning.
On hearing this the majority were dissatisfied,
and determined that he snould be chaired imme-
diately : the 'ceretnimy took place very soon utter:
a very plain,. hut.eiegantly neat car, covered with,
blue and. laurels, was made up,,and he made a cir-
cuit through the city, attended by his friendsoind
about 4 or 5,000 persons ; the procession cloSeit
wiihout the least accident. It '