The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-18 00:00:00

gaff) NEWS.

DEAL, DEC. 17.—The Lusitania, Brash, from
the Cape, has been driven back to Dungeness,
but arrived in the Downs again this morning. A
Dutch ship, from Holland for the West Indies,
and a galliot laden with corn, got on the Good-
win Sand this morning, but were got off, and
brought into this Downs this afternoon; the
former with considerable. damage, and leaky,
and the latter with little or no damage.
MILFORD, DEC.'lG.=—The Lome, Hall, from
Bristol, parted from her anchors and drove on
shore, but got off the following tide, and is now
safely at anchor. Several other vessels have
drifted considerably, but we 'do not hear of any
damage.
GRAVESEND, DEC. 17.—Arrived the• Alexan-
-dria Pilot, Turkish frigate, from Alexandria.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 17.—Arrived yesterday

the Onderna.reing, Hurst, from St. Adero for
London, 'with loss of anchor and cablei having
been on shore on. the Owers.

The Skylark,- POOLEY, from London for the
West tndies, was driven on Slapton Sands on
Wednesday ; part of the cargo- saved, and the
remainder expected. to be saved. The Lord
Wellington, TICKLE, of Plymouth, was driven
on the same sands, and went to pieces ; crew
saved, except
.one man.
On Thursday the ship Westmorland, for Van
Dieman's Land, with settlers (a very tespectable
body of men),: and aboUt
,twenty-five sail of•
other outward-bound ships, which were forced
into Portsmouth by contrary winds, proceeded
for their respective destinations. The transport
Thomas and IVlary, SPENCE, Agent, also. sailed
for Gibraltar, with provisions for the garrison ;
the Aldbury, Lieut. Ho YLES, for Cork, to take
part of the 80th regiment thence to Gibraltar,
and bring home part of the 11th regiment;
and the Kinnersley Castle, for Cork, to take part
of the 35th regiment to l3arbadoes, and return
with part of the 2d recriment.
Nearly one hundred sail ,of vessels, of different
despriptions, were lying last week in Ramsgate
Harbour; in consequence of the unfavourable
wind for sailing down the channel.

Letters, dated the 4th inst. were received on
Saturday from Genoa, announcing-, on the autho-
rity of advices received there 'from Bologna,
that a Russian courier passed through the latter
city on the Ist, with instructions to the Russian
Ambassador, lately the Minister at Naples,
butthen residing at Rome, to re-assume his
functions at the Court of Naples. At Genoa no
alarm was felt concerning the expressed advance
of the AuStrian army, the belief being general
there, that the King of Sardinia, under the
sanction of the Monarchs assembled in Con-
gress would be permitted, in any case whatever,
to preserve 'an armed neutrality.
Yesterday Divine Service was performed in
the KING'S Palace, Pall Mall, by the Rev. Dr.
STANIER CLARK.

His Majesty's ship Camilla, Captain MIN GAY,
has arrived at Deptford, Avith presents, it is said,
from the King of FRAn'CE. She will sail again
to-morrow (Tuesday) to take her station off
Portsmouth.

The Earl of CRAVEN, as Recorder of Coven-
try; will present .the dutiful and loyal Address
from the Corporation of that city to his MAJESTY.
Mr. KEMBLE has, it is said, transferred his
property in the English Funds, which amounted
to about two thousand pounds a year, into those
of France, and is about to purchase a beautifully
romantic 'small estate in the Pays de Vaud, near
Lau satin e.—( Morning Paper.)
Three Candidates have started for the Borough
of St. Alban's, in consequence of the death of the
late W. T. ROBARTS, Esq., viz. Sir HENRY
WRIGHT WILSON, of Chelsea ; CHARLES ROSS,
Esq., son of General Ross, of Lammer Park,
Hefts; and JOHN -EASTHOPE, Esq., of- Finchley.
The contest will be a spirited one. Mr. EAST-
HOPE starts upon the Opposition interest, and
will be strongly opposed by the Corporate and
CECIL interest.

The bells of the Parish Church of St. Dunstans'
in the West, were rung the whole of yesterday,
except during divine service, on account of its
being re-opened, after having been completely
repaired and embellished. The congregations
who attended both morning and afternoon filled
every seat, and many persons were obliged to
stand in the aisles.

The body of the young. Gentleman who, a few
days ago, threw himself from Kelston-bridge,
near Bath, and was drowned, has been .found,
and there is strong reason to believe that he was
a young Irish Clergyman, who had arrived in
that city two or three days before he committed
the fatal act.

BARON ScnAltF.=---On the 28th of November
arrived at the hospital of Strasburg, a sort of
palanquin, accompanied by gendarmes, in which
lay a man about 40 - years of age. It anears
froml his papers that he is Baron SCHAR-k, for-
merly Lieutenant-Colonel in the service Uf Russia.
—He states, that in the late war against the
Turks, he had the misfortune to have been
taken prisoner, and thrown, with thirty of his
companions, into a small dungeon ; that shortly
after a body of executioners, attended by sol-
diers, entered and mutilated' all the prisoners
in the most cruel manner. Only himself
and two of his comrades survived their wounds.
All the rest bled to death. Baron Scharf 're-
mained:l4- years in this dungeon:' He was at
length put on board a French ship which landed
him last autumn at Marseilles. From thence he
was carried from brigade to brigade, accompanied
by gendarmes, in a carriage constructed pntfr
posely for him. This unfortunate man lies colt-
stantly oa his back, and is not able to take any
other position. His limbs are entirely wasted.
He. speaks the German, French, and Turkish
languages fluently. Front Strasburgh he is going
to Carlsruhe, where he purposes to pass the win-
ter, and iu .spring will continue his journey to
Russia. •

lb ET it Y.

THE COLISEUM.

[From. the Etonian, No 111.3 -
Is this thine ancient glory, stately Queen
Well does it-speak what hiace thou should'st have been :
Do theSe the relics nf thy giant reign
Servie hitt to tell those glories were in vain
If tattering columns, nodding arcbcs, show
The thousand years, that bring an empire Jaw. '
Time was—imperial Rome, thy-f lavian line
With bold conception rear'd the vast design;
Colossal arches upon arches laid,
And the wide orb in awful height displaytd.
Thtrfluted'shaft, the ornamented zone,
The studied frieze, the gaily-gilded stone,
'The palisli'd marble, swell'd the pride of state,
Sublimely fair, and regularly great.
And now--the mouldering fabric stands alone,
Frail- monument of beauties past and gone,
While in-those rents the wastrof years bath made,
The mantling- ivy spreads its verdant shade,
glintruerin., fire-fliegAlitotrghthe glionny night
Front their sn aril caverns cast their feeble light.
Yet here th' admiring eye in awe-struck gaze
The circling galrries far aloft surveys,
Where crowding nations above nations rose,
And gaz'd qu death in horrible repose:
The spacions'arca here,—where captives bled,
And hireling fencers hung the listless head,
Dropping wi'.ll gory dew; alas ! too late
They bow'd before the-arbiters of fate,
When their damp bosoms, in death's brief delay,
Heav'd the last sigh. that heralds- life away.
'And here, in after days, 'mid'sparkling eyes,
Fair waving hands, and cotulaatkherring cries,
High•vatintibg yonth,'ort victory intent,
Prick'd on their steeds to tilt and tonrnament:
Here, raging bulls in dying anguish roar'd,
Or the pale limbs of lifeless champions gor'd ;
While Roman beauty round th' arena stood,
Unaw'd by death; unsbuddering at blood.
But now no mere such scenes their,glory bled,
All, all have vanish'd with the mighty dead ;
Distracted RoMe those tided beauties tore
With worse than Gothic rage oc Vandal ear,
sculytued forms her civil fury pour'd,
• Forms, that e'er) Gods adinied,and men ador'd ;
And still, as vultures tear their putrid prey,
Had ruin'd ruins with barbaric sway ;
But now Religion. spreads her veil around,
And guards unseen the consecrated ground;
Her priestly ttains in silence leads along,
With pomp of pageantry and holy song ;
Anti northern Wanderers lift their sorrowing eyes,
W.h?re the proud wreck of prostrate grandzur lies,
With pensive worship o'er each fragrant Vend,
And mourn the age of greatness at an end.
Degenerate Rowe—thy years of pose'r and pride
-Long since have sped, thy wreath of empire tared ; •
Thy graceful capitals; dad lanes sublime,
Have felithe silent stroke of reckless Time,
These records of thy splendor must decay,
And' e'en their wrecks in ruin fall away,
Fur all thine old renowar has vanisli'd 'far,
Th' Augustan glory, and the Julian star ;
The mighty masterkof the world hare tied,
And slaves defac'd:the halls where CEesar bled.
G.M.