The Sun.
London, England, 1820-01-21 00:00:00

POETRY.

AN ADDRESS,

WRITTEN BY JAMES THOMPSON, ESQ.

And Recited b, Mrs. W.WF.sT, at the Benefit for the Relief
of the Houseless and Destitute, Th:alre-Royal Drury-
Lane, Thursday JUnuary 26.

If in the lapse of years one hour is cast,
Which memory's spell shall hallow to the last;
One little space whose joys shall oft return,
To bid each heart, with kindling rapture burn ;
That hour is now,—when bright in even• eye,
Beams the pure blaze of England's Charity;
That hour is now,—when gemni'd with beauty's tear,
The 111t1se of Pity brings her offerings here!

Long on this spot the brarna's voice bath spoke,
And in each brO,st according echoes woke ;

Long lic,th t.his shrine her favour'd Temple been,
And her own SHAKSVEAUE ruled the magic scene !
To niglit—for one brief night, we yield its power,
To court the influence of a softer hour,

And ask that. aid for which the poor man's prayer
Shall rise to Heaven, arid win a blessing there'.

Friends of the Friendless !—Ye, whose bounties flow
To dry the tears of wretchedness and woe;
This s a cause where Princes join your train,
Lift's pulse to yuitlien, and life's tires sustain ;
To-night we plead for misery and dis:ress,
We ask a shelter for the shelterless !
Oh hear pity hear the wanderer's cry,
Famish'd and,f:iint beneath a wintry sky.
Unaided shall they fall ; .No! you will hear
The mourner's anguish, and his babe's despair,
Pale, shivering, houseless, naked, when they sue,
When their last earthly hope is fix'd on you,—
You will forbid their sinking hearts to break,
And bless the sufferers for their sorrows sake.

Joy to thee, Island Queen ! whose deeds of worth
shad their wide blaze o'er all the peopled earth.
Belov'd England !—what immortal lays
Can hymn thy glory, or record thy praise!
Whete'er the wretched weep, the poor complain,
• Thy soothing voice forbids to weep in wally;
Thine arc the Palaces for helpless age,
Where care and comfort every want assuage,
Where the worn soldier, and the veteran tar,
Still boast of Waterloo and Trafalgar ;
Love's angel visitant to thee is given,
And Pity lingers from her native Heaven!

Friends of the Stage ! whose fostering, warm applause,
Within these walls bath raised its drooping cause ;
Proud of your smiles, *still be it our's to spew
How dear we prize the honours you bestow;
But prouder still, that our fond hopes were true,
•
And this night's boon is sanctified by you.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING-ROO:
DEII

,M, JANUARY 90.
13Y.
1 IG to 1 apt c. out of Briseis
17 to I agst Br. to Blucher
to to I agst any other.

11 to 1 asst Mr. Pierse's c.

taken.
15 to 1 agst Pindarree

OAKS.
4 to 1 agst the D. of Rutland's Sorcery filly.
DONCASTER ST. LEGER.

It; to .I_arrat 'Mr. Pierse's gr. c. io to t agst Brother to Filho
out of Lisette - dis Puta.
20 to 1 agst Tramper

SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.

The following singular fact, which occurred
about three weeks ago, will probably become a
subject of discussion in the Court of King's
Bench in the cunt se of- the approaching Term.
Mr. T—n, a Gentleman of fortune, bad for
some time paid his. addresses to Miss S—,
tile daughter of a respectable merchant in the
City. A mutual attachment existed, and a
day was axed for the nuptials taking place, when
Mr. T—n suddenly withdrew himself, and went
to the Continent. The young Lady's health
suffered severely for some time. At length, on her
getting somewhat better, the commands of her
father, sided by the persuasions of her friends,
induced her to consent to marry a gentleman every
way eligible, who had long solicited her hand. The
day appointed for the nuptials arrived, the parties,
attended by their tnuteal friends, repaired to
dined' ;—the ceremony was performed, and they
were about to quit the altar, when the appearance
of Mr. T—n•in the aisle had such an effect on
the bride that she fainted, and was conveyed
home in that state,—no one of the party, except-
ing her- father, suspecting the cause. On
her recoveting her senses, soon after her arri-
val at home, she broke away from the friends
who surrounded her, seized a- knife from the
sideboard, and vowed vengeance against her-
self and those who had been the destroyers of
her happiness. She was disarmed, and put to
bed ; Bud, towards night, becoming more mode-
rate and tranquil, site was left, at her own re-
qttet, in the care of her favourite maid. On the
following morning, to the surprise of her
friends ber chamber was found .empty. A
letter on her dressing-table addressed to her
father, informed him she had -quitted the
honse, accompanied by her maid, to join Mr.
T, who had long possessed her heart, and to
whom, before she again saw them, her fate would
be united for life. All search' for the fugitives
proved unavailing, and in about a fortnight she re-
tnrued, accompanied by Mr. T—n, to 'chum, in
the interim, she had been married ; and throwing
herself at her father's feet, asked a parent's bless-
ing. The qeestion\ for legal discussion will he,
whose wife of the twain is she ?—(Morning
Herald.)

Money has been termed the sinews of war ;—it
may also be called the morrow of peace ; and
though at all times a scarce commodity, may he
had in large sums for a mere trifle, by purchasing
a Ticket or Share of BisH, No. '4, Cornhill, or 9,
Charing Cross, who recommends an early pur-
chase before Saturday, the, 29th instant, when
Two of 20,0001. and all the other Capitals must
be drawn'. The whole will be paid in Sterling
Money, Bank Notes, or Gold Bars, at the option
of the