THE BATTLE OF SINOPE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IV, Issue 176, 20 May 1854, Page 9

THE BATTLE OF SINOPE.

Assyrios complexa sinus stat opimaSinopo. —Vai. Fiacc. Wellnigh two thousand years have sped their flight Since the proud Roman trod beneath his feet Thy wealth, Sinope ; thy sea-bord'ring street, Strew'd with barbaric spoil, confessed tbe might Of the world's victors. Still untam'd in fight The Pontic hero all undaunted stood, A rock unmov'd anidst a whelming flood.— Once more Sinope mourns a tearful sight; The Northern Eagle swoops, his wrath to wreak In savage fury on his helpless prey : God help thee, England, to defend tbe weak ! Who groan beneath Oppression's scorching ray Thy island-covert shall not vainly seek; The Tyrant shall not prosper in his day. J. Christchurch, May 2nd, 1554. [Note.— Sinope, the scene of the late sea-fight, if it maybe so called, between the Russians and the Turks, fills a page in ancient history, having been taken by the Roman general Lneullns, in the war with Mithridates, the heroic King of Pontus, the most obstinate of all the antagonists of Rome. It was taken in the year 71.8.C. Sinope is also famous as the birth-place of Diogenes the Cynic. Ie is singular that it should have retained its ancient name to the present day, when it has become the theatre of an event more remarkable in itself, and more important in its consequences.]