The Sun.
London, England, 1820-12-26 00:00:00

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The following Poem was written by the late Dr. Silo Lem.,
at the tiMe when the infatuated subject of it pretended to
Divine inspiration, but was never before printed.

Mr, RICHARD BROTHERS, the PROPHET, %vb.:, impiously
styles himself " God Almighty's Nephew," having terrified
us eaceedingly with a most dreadful series of future events
which he has discovered in the .11:;,...`4 ,f Fete, and not hav-
ing seen tt certain page of that important volume Which more
particularly .related to himself, Ills 'Pktorne'r:c kinownraf,
PETER PINDAR, singeth thus :

ODE,

To Mr. RICHARD BRoTHRRS. t.ie PROPHET,
Permit me, RICHARD iiitortrEns, to r..late
A Cris' odd articles besides of FATE,
With which thou seemest to tpe tirucgaainteci;
As with Sedition, RICHARD, thou art
Aud very much with blasphemy in pir'd,
And pretty strongly with rebellion tainted;

I must inform thee there's a thing call'd
There likmise is a thing yclep'd c'art'3• tail,
Attended by a whip fur body-warming ;
Viz. -Bodies of such people as hold souls,
Which PRUDENCE s.ldoin, the sweet Lass, contruult,
Whose lessons fur the profligate are charming.

There is a most ingenious thing, moreover,
Embracing necks, like Good Queen Bess's ref,
Call'd Pillory, a close and pressing lover,
But form'd indeed of vastly harder stuff.

Tune likewise is a hugging it,gue, call'd Stocks,
Which legs of IMMORALITY oft locks;
There's also an elastic thing cali'd Roye,

Which drops beneath the Ear its pretty noose,
Like MAtto:lGE's, which DEATH alone Can loose,
A hoot which puts a❑ end to this world's hope.

! a I these things to thee will soon belong,
Thus shalt thou curse thy prophesying tongue ;

Then will thy old friend SATAN laughing leave thee;
Smile at thy dangling neck within the noose, e
Thy shrugging shonlders, and thy dancing shoes,
And (graceless cal let !) glory to deceive thee.

*4,* ft wilt he 'gratifying to the admirers of the late Dr:
WoLcoT to learn th►►t he retained his facultles till a very few
hours before his death, and that he held impiety in contempt
and detestation.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING-ROOM, Dec. 25, 1520.
DERBY.
13 to 1 apt CltMartis 118 to I ngst Truth
15 tot Has; bro. to Partizan, 120 to I arst Sycorax
17 to 1 agst Morel I 20 to I agst Charm

OAKS.
11 to 1 agst Emily

5 to 1 awst Ms. Lady
t 8 to e agst 13recze.

RIDDLESWORTH.
I 4to 1 agst Morel.

7 to 2 agst Sdiwa

ON THE QUALITY OF GREYHOUNDS.

The following anecdotes respecting dogs f
the coursing breed may not at this sporting sea-
son be unacceptable to many of our readers.- The
d;fferent perfectiOns of a greyhound, it seems,
hav::. been comprised in the following rude and,
Itarbaxpus Irhypes • -
" The head like a snake;
The neck like a drake ;
•
The back like a beam;
The side like a bream;
The tail like a rat ;
The•finit like a cat."

Ludicrous as this poetical effort may be, the description is
still correct; and these different qualities, when united,
even now form the model of perfection in the race.
On the superior breed of greyhounds there have been a va-
riety of opinions ; the blood of the late Lord Orford's was
allowed Cu stand very high, it not the first in public estima-
tion. Perhaps there has not been anv person who took more
pains to arrive at the utmost perfection in his object ; and it
is a circumstance generally believed, that his lordship had re-
course to a cross with the English. boli-dog, in order to acquire
a courage and resolution till then 'unknown. after seven des-
cents, it said, be obtained the object for whiCh he had been
so sol"itous without any diminution of speed, or the beau-
ties of shape and symmetry. Lord ltivers'' stock is
.now al-
lowed tri'be one of the first in England, and its superiority
may be-owing to-a judicioni cross in the D.,rsetshire and New-
market blood. Mr. Gurney, of Norwich, has likewise for sonic
years beta in possession of ss breed in consolciable repute.