The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-17 00:00:00

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SU 311 IT TED TO Uri &1313IITTAg ON Pao ataLUIR
DR. rinser.
When energizing objects Men pantie.;
W!;akt are the prodigies ibey cannot do r
A magic ediere you here survey,
Shot from the ivies of tht eth..r day r
As li arlequ in had 940 tethe slumberous beili;
And bade the rubbish to a fa .tic leap:
Yet at :he speed you'd never be a oazed,
Knew you the seat with whit% the pile was itilsed t
Dior ever here your smiles wopld be tepreut. •
Knew )uu the Kurd/kw that fires our oreut
Flame! fire and flame! sad, heart-aplialllausoarati,
Dread metaphors, that Ope oar beating wouMi--
A sleeping pang awake—nod—But amyl
With all reflections that *ould cloud the den
That this triumphant; brilliaet prospect brings';
Where Hope, reelving, roma ands her wings ;
Where genera joy exults—where duteous arddir 41141.
Oft no thql..ustrds We've proved—No--sot ChM Palardsik
The exalting sanctions Your Applause *Words
Warm with the fond remembrance; every nerve
Well strain, the future bedeut to deserver
Give he great work our earnest, streuneas band,
Ail (since new tenements new br rims &mad)
Rich novelty explore; all merit price, ,
And court the living talents as they rise :
Illastrious dead revere—jet to Aso*,
That modern bards with ancient ge,.iirs glow.
Sens- we'll consult; e'ett in (mita ce ..nd fun,
And without steeds our patent -ta,:;e shalt run;
Selfmetuated whirl—tier you deny,
Vitiate_ you're transporeif, that ynu gaily ily
Mthroff's Chariot -that it lives—it feels—
And rare, from the spirit In the wheels.
Haggle:, thing, with dinall we may compare,
This spirit drives Britannia'. convering ear;
Balls In her ranks—and kindles eery tat;
NELson displayed its power upon the
And Wfuano•rott exhibits it in Spain.;
Another MARLIWROOOII, points to Btzawsristety;
And with fts lustre blends his Ginty.
In Arms and Science long our Isle bath shone,
And Saucrieamtr—wtiodcrous Sainairliaats—reithief is
throne
For British Prieto.-whose Powers inspire
The British pencil and the British lyre.
Her wo invoke i—ljer Sister Arts implore
Their smiles beseech' Whose Charms yoniselVeiadorei
These, if we win, the Graces Mt)
we gaia,—
Their dear, beloved, inseparable train
Tears, who their wiichine nits from Cupid stoke
And riffles acknowledged sovereign, Of the Mule
Harmonious throng! with nature bleeding art
Divine Scherer° ! warbling to the heart:
For Poesy shall herr sustain the upper part
Thus lifted, gloriously we'll sweep along,
Shine in our music, scenery, and song;
Shine in our farce, masque, °petit and play,
And prove OLD DRURi has not hid bee day.
Nay more—so stretch the wing, the World shalt cry
OLD Horny never, never soared so high.
66 But hold," you'll say, " this self-complacent bonsfd
Easy to reckon thus without your host."
True, true,—that loners at once our mounting pride;
"tie pearl alone our merit to decide ;
'Tie ours to look to you—you bold the prize
That bids our peat, our best ambitiod rise.
A dauS le blessing Non.. rewards impart,
Each good provide, and elevate the heart.
Our twofold feeling oWns its twofold cause,
%our bounty's roatOrt7—roptars your applause;
When In your fostering beam you bid us live,
You give the means of life, aced gild the means you glsie.

JAMES GORDON, Esq. the late Member for CH:
theroe, retires from Parliament on account of his
health.

Mrs. Mooat, Nhote tragic talent have been so
I highly spoken of in the Theatres of Dublin, Liver.
pool, Birmingham, Cheltedham, &c. is, we under.
stand, engaged at the new Theatre, Drury-lane.
We are authorised to state, that on the recommers
dation of Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, the Magi'.
, trates and Town Council of Rutherglen, have con.
sented to support Mr. FINLAY as Candidate for that
district of Boroughs. It seems that Mr. Fix Lay has
declared his determination of going to Parliament
unfettered with any obligation to support any Mi.
sister whatever. Moreover, he resolves to act ac.
cording to the dictates of his own mind.
On the 9th lost. there was a Grand Vocal Codeert
at the Town-hall, in Scarborough, on the venerable
Idr. B. Johnson's completing the 102 d year of hit
age. The company present consisted of meet of the
strangers then at Scarborough, among whom we no.
ticed her Grace the Duchess of Leeds, Lady Char.
lotte Osborne, Lady Cecilia Latouche, Miss La.
• tonche, Earl Mulgrave, Lieut.-Gen. Phipps', the
Marquis of Carmarthen, Rev. Mr. Blomb-rg, Cols
Lloyd, &c. On the following day, the Annisersary,
IDinner, in honour of this venerable den,. was held
lat Freemason,' Hall. A whole buck was dressed on
i the occasion, with a profusion of game, &c. present/
!from Mr. Denison and other gentlemen.
WEITHILL FAlR.—This great mart commenced od
Saturday, the day for sheep. There was a handsome
show, though not quite so great as in former years.
Ewes and wethers went off at higher price* than had
been expected from the rates of the neighbouring mar.
kets. Lambs also met a ready sale : every pen wet
I cleared.—The quantity of hops was lest than in for.
; mer years. Not one of the booths, either in the
Farnham or the Country Row, were filled; tome
were quiteempty. The buyers were also fewer than ,
ewe' ; yet the prices were full as high as had bees
, expected. Some of the brightest Farnham* brought
241. per hundred, and the average was called 2214
Some growths of the parishes near Farnham' fetched
1201. and few were below 181. For the first time at
this fair, hops were shewn from Leicestershire ;
which, notwithstanding the surprise produced by the
name, went off freely at handsome prices, being of
good colour and full of condition. There were also
efew tons of prime pockets from Essex and East
Kent, which went off at high prices.,—Cheese sold
well ; some of the best Wiltshire dairies at bis.
- On the 6th inst. at the County Down Session 4
held at Downerstriek, Robert Starkey, a man nearly
60 years of age, was indicted for an assault on Ca.
thimble Megoi ian, a child seven years old, at Ross:
glass, on the 29th of March last, with infest to
commit a rape. It appeared in evidence, that the
Traverser kept a public school at Rossglass ; that he
desired the child to remain after the rest of the echo.:
'Lars had departed, under pretence of sending her Mo.:
ther a wooden bowl, and had been guilty of the most
abominable attempts to pvt in elevation his (limbo&
cal intention, which *reused a feeling of disgust la
every person in Court. We have the notes of the
trial/ but they are of Bache nature as to be et* for
the public eye. He mu, leumt Guilty, and after, g
very suitable admonition from the Itssietant Hard&
iter, was sentencdd tr be coil ftued for twelve moothe
Li the gaol of Dowepetrick; on Saturday first% and
' the Saturday preview, to Mt liberation, to stand ht
the 'while pillar" of Downpatrick, for °tie Wee
each thee, with a badge :Audi stating his Offeneee
and on the 29th of October, to be . whipped from ...
the gaol-gate to ,the old brewer', and NIA .igidel4,
with the like badge alma to bin:—(Belfria ritoef.)