The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-04 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 3.—Sailed the Agamem-
non, Surriss, for New South Wales.
COWES, MAY 3.—Arrived the Regulus trans-
port from London, to take in troops for Gibraltar.
LERWICK, APRIL 22.—A quantity of timber
and part of ti ship have been thrown on shore on
the North-west part of the Island of Unsh ; the
timber is supposed to he American.
LIVRRPOOL, MAY 2.—Arrived the Natchez,
WARNOCK, and Ceres, FISHER, from Charleston.

THE 11113BONMEN.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM BALLINASLOE,

APRIL 29.

" The number of examples recently made, seem
to have had no other effect upon the Ribbonmen,
than that, of stimulating them to fresh acts of out-
rage against the laws of the land, and a persever-
ance in their nocturnal depredations, particularly
in this part of the County of Roscommon,
where, no later than the ►►ight of Thursday the
20th instant, an armed banditti attacked the house
of a man named Mannion, at Clonulty, in the
parish of Moore, and Barony of Athlone, into
which they fired several shots, and severely
wounded a man named M`Ctre, who lodged in
the house, for no other reason than his being a
stranger in the country. On the nights of the
16th and 17th instant, armed bandittis of these
miscreants attacked the house of a man named
Sharp, at a place called Failty, in the same
Barony, forcibly broke into it, and compelled
him to give them money.—The practice of
sending threatening notices to landlords, to
deter them from letting ground to any per-
sons that have not been residents for half
a century, and to lower the rents also, pre-
vails to a great extent in this part of the Coun-
try ; and I understand that, in the northern part,
the diabolical custom of pulling the wool offsheep,
has, within the last few days, been resorted to, in
two or three instances, in the neighbourhood of
Strokestown and Boyle.
. " Since writing the above, I understand that
Major Wills's Police took into custody one of the
Persons concerned in the attack upon Mannion's
horse, at Clonulty, as above stated, named
Daniel Connell, on the morning after the outrage
occurred ; and t also learn, that a man, named
Thomas Hagan, charged with the murder of
Patrick Cunnane, near Strokestown, on the

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19th of March last, was likewise appreliendec
by the same active and indefatigable Police, ant
committed to Roscommon gaol."—(Correspon
dent.)

THEATRICALS.—Mrs. BARTLEY performed Ham-
let at New York, on the 29th of March, for her
benefit. BARTLEY performed Polonius, and recit-
ed the comic tale of !4' Monsieur Tonson." The
entertainments closed with the New Musical Farce
of High Notions.
HtcHvt. Ay RomsanY.--Tuesday night, about
eleven o'clock, as Mr. L. Haynes, of King-street,
Borough, was returning home from the Coburg
Theatre, he was stopped on the footpath near
the Anchor public-house, in the New Cut, by
three men, the foremost of whom presented
a small brass-barrelled pistol to his breast, and
demanded his money. Mr. Haynes was suddenly
thrown off his guard by the audacity of the demand
made, as it was whilst several persons were passing,
and he allowed them, without resistance, to take
his watch, seals, &c. and his pocket-book, contain-
ing a 11. note, and 16s. in silver. The principal
robber said they knew him well, and if any noise
was made about the job, it would be worse for
him ; they then walked away.
A private soldier. of the name of Joseph Spurs,
belonging to the 46th regiment, at Madras, has
confessed, on oath, that he was a principal in the
murder of the Marc family, with ‘Villiamson, in
1811. The confession is suspected to he a fabri-
cation, in order to get his
.discharge from the
regiment.

poEtn Y.

LINES,
Written in Sight of frallace's Tower, at Cora Lynn,

-113 Y W. WORDSwoRTH, ESQ.

Lord of the Vale ! astounding flood I
The dullest leaf, in this thick wood,
Quakes—conscious of thy power;
The cares reply with hollow moan;
And vibrates, to its central stone,
Yon time-cemented Tower

And yet how fair the rural scene 7
For thou, 0 Clyde, bast ever been
Beneficent and strong ;
Pleased in refreshing dews to. steep
The little ti embling flowers that peep
Thy shelving rocks among. '

Hence all who love their co►tntry, love
To look on thee—delight to rove
Where they thy voice can hear;
And, to the patriot war►ior's Shade,
Lord of the Vale ! to Heroes laid
In dust, that voice is dear !

Along thy banks, at dead of night,
Sweeps visibly t he Wallace Wight;
. .

Or- stands, in warlike req.,
Aloft, beneath the moon's pale beam,
A 61411,00 n worthy of the stream,
Yon grey tower's living-crest !

But clouds and envious darkness hide
ti Form not doubtfully descried:—

Their transient mission o'er,
0 say to what blind regions flee
These Shapes of awful phantasy ?
To what untrodden shore ?

Less than• Divine command they spurn;
But this we from the mountains learn,
And this the valleys show,
That never will they deign to hold
Communion where the heart is cold
To human weal and woe.

The man G f abject soul in rain
Shall walk the Marathonian Plain:

Or thud the shadoK•y gloom,
That still invests the guardian Pass,
Where stood sublime Leonidas,
Devoted to the tomb.

Nor deem that it can aught avail
For such to glide with oar or sail
Beneath the piny wood,
Where Tell once drew, by liri's Lake,
Pis vengeful shafts—prepared to slake
Their thirst in Tyrant's blood !

SPOR TING IN'T'ELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1820.
• WEntsiesomr• MAY 3.
Sweepstakes of logs each, for three-yr-old colts, Bst. 51b. fil-
lies, Bst. 21h. T.Y.C.
DI Suffield's In. c. by Vandyke Junior, out of Miss Witch 1
Mr. Neale's c. by Pericles
Mr. lidny's c. by Haphazard, out of Tobosa 3
Even on Vandyke Junior c.
Handicap Plate of Fifty Pounds, by subscription, being the
third of the three tol. Plates, for three, four, five, six-yr-
olds, and aged horses. A.F.
Mr. Charlton's b. c. Phoenix, by Marmion, dam by Shut-
tle, 4 yrs, 7st. I 011),
Nl.sjor Wilson's ch. f. Schedam, 4 yrs, 7st. 101 h
Mr. Wilson's ch. c. Haruspex, 4 yrs, 7st. 10Ib 3
Mr. Payne's b. f. by Crispin, out of Lady Sophia, 3 yrs,
Est. 71b. ... 4
Mr. Rogers's b. m. Corinne, 5,-yrs, 9st.
• Mr. Milnes's ch. c. Mortimer, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b.
Mr. Thornhill's b. f. Shoveller, 4 yrs, Bst. bulb. dr
Mr. Bouverie's ch. c. Zadig, 4 yrs, Bst. Ilb dr
Mr. Batson's b. f....by Hedley, out of Jesse, 4 yrs, Bst. 51b. dr
6 to 4 agst Phoenix.
A Handicap for a Gold Cup, value Seventy Guineas, the rest
in specie. A Subscription of I.sgs each, for three-yr-olds
and upwards. From the Starting Post of R.M. to the
Dukes' Stand.
Mr. Bouverie's Zadig, 4 yrs, Bst.
Mr. J. Rogers's Lounger, 3 yrs, 6st. 61b.
Mr. Thornhill's Shoveller, 4 yrs, 85t.916 3
Mr. wyndham's Snowden, 4 yrs, Bst. 31b
Two pd.
Even on Zadig-5 to 1 agst Lounger-5 to 2 agst Shoveller.

A new Island has been discovered off Cape Horn,
in lat. 61 deg. long. 55 deg. by the ship William,
on a voyage from Monte Video for Valparaiso.—
The same slip having been dispatched by Captain
Sherriff, of t►he Andromache frigate, to survey the
coast, had explored it for 200 miles. The Captain
went ashore, found it covered with snow, and un-
inhabited. Abundance of seals and whales were
found in its neighbourhood. He has named the
Island New Shetland.

An occurrence, we believe unparalleled in the
annals.ot this countryoook place on Sunday, the
23d of April, at Stropsley, near Luton, in Bed-
fordshire, A man named Bean. by trade a wheel-
wright, took out his two children, one aged about
three years, and the other about 14 months, in

a small child's chaise-cart, into a lane at a short
distance from his house, where, having almost
severed their heads from their bodies with a razor,
he cut his own throat with the come instrumott.
—The children were found dead by some neigh-
bours a short time afterwards. and near them the
wretched tether, who unhappily survives, and is
likely to recover. A Coroner's Inquest was the
next day held on the bodies of the infants, when
the verdict returned was— " killed by their father
while in a state of Insanity." No cause has been
hitherto assigned for the commission of the dread-
ful act.

IMPORTANT jtiroßMATioN.—From calculation
by the College of Physicians, no less than 40,00 C
die annually in Great Britain of Consumption,
and at least 10,000 in London. The late William
Turnbull, Esq. a very ingenious Surgeon, ascer-
tained that every 20th person was ruptured,—
These complaints are truly alarming to every in-
dividUal.who uses the least exertion. It is alto
incredible the number that suffer from a certain
Disease, by being improperly treated. It was
those circumstances induced Dr. COOPER to selec
eminent Physicians and Surgeons, of at least 30
years' experience, to form a Medical Board; and
since the establishment upwards of 30,000 Pa-
tients have been cured without
_confinement—

many of them arter hospitals had failed.
Messrs. COOPER and Co. are consulted at
Woodstock-street, Oxford-street ; and at Char-
lotte House, Great Charlotte-street, opposite the
Rev. Rowland. Hill's, daily, trout eight till eight.
Mechanics have advice gratis every evening, from
six till eight,; and on Sunday mornings until 12
o'clock.

*** RUPTURES of 30 years standing radically
cured without confinement.

*4.* There are private doors at each Louse, and
pi lye e rooms for Females.
, N. B. The Afflicted would do well to 'read
Messrs. COO.PPR and Co.'s Lectures On IWO pre-
vailing Diseases, published at one shilling, by
Mr: HARVKY, 22, lilackfriiirs-ro,d. They will
also prove usetul to young Practitioners.

PARLIANIENT,

HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 3.

The. House proceeded in appeals, The oaths
were administered to the Marquess of Salisbury,
the Marquess of Sligo, and Lord Saltoun.—Mr.
Smith presented the Sixth Report of the Com-
missioners of -Roads and Bridges in Scotland .„
Mr. Bulley, tiorn the Excheqner, an Account of
the Pnblic Debt ; and Mr. Spicer, from Chelsea
Hospital, an Account of Unclaimed Prize money.
—Ordered to lie upon ;he !'able.--Adjourned
to-morrow (this day )