THE DYING MINSTRELS SONG TO THE SETTING MOON. I've poured to thee my saddest lay, and thou hast looked upon me In calmness, lovely summer-noon this long, long night of pain: 1.marked no cloud around thee, and no dimming vapour on thee, And the stars were glittering round thee as if to bless thy reign. Thou art my own, mylovely light, so tranquil and so tender Are the thoughts I dare to breathe, to the cold and clear moonshine: I live but to behold thee and to dwell upon thy splendor, For thou art all that smiles on this lonely heart of mine. And thou, too, art departing, sweet summermoon! for ever: Thy last loved beams are fading from the mountain streamlet's wave O fade not yet so quickly: I again shall see thee never, For thy rising beams, sweet suminer-moon! will shine upon my grave. April 1st, 1822. ETHELWETHA. TO THE EDITOR, SIR, The enclosed lines are by our -present Poet Laureate. He, as well as a few others of the present day, affects to make a rule of writing a certain number of lines every morning before breakfast; and this was so executed by Southey one morning last December, on his way to his beautiful.villa in the vale of Keswick. An intimate friend of mine happened to be his fellow-traveller into the north; but did notat the time in question know with whose society he was so honored. Iobtained a copy of it from the original and have sent it for your insertion-not doubting but it will afford equal pleasure with the other works of that exalted author. York, March 23, 1822. AARON ARCH. I laid my head upon my hand, my elbow on the table, And then I thought me on my wretched state. That used to dawn upon my infánt vision, Came crowding on my fancy, And for a moment seemed as taking place again. A called to mind my school-fellows, and their wanton freaks, The joy and jollity that seemed to breathe in all their actions. Then simple things could please, for they were new. Yet, even then, new things grew old, and soon Creation was exhausted! Boyhood to manly state Aspiring with eagerness press'd from its early knowledge Up to manly joys' Alas Ah! sad delusion! The simple joys of childhood far surpassed what now we feel The heart, then, soon disburthened of its little load Came fresh as Spring to taste of joy again And raise the heart to happiness and TO A MOSS ROSE.. Bid her, whilst young, be good and wise. EUGENIUS. DUTIES OF LIFE. Mortal from yon lower sphere. Hast thou o'er a parent's head. Hast thou with delighted eyes, Didst thou e'er in sadness bend MORTALITY AND IMMORTALITY (By SELWICK ASBORNE, of Wilmington.) What is this body ?-Fragile-frail When long this miserable frame Hath vanish'd from life's busy scene, What is the soul? Immortal mind Tis same while states and empires change. When suns have waned, and worlds sublime Their final revolutions told, This soul shall triumph over time As though such orbs had never roll'd. ty were exhausted, and could not furnish novelty enough to fix attention. Zinzendorffe plied his Moravians with nudities, yet made few enthusiasts: Whitfield and the Methodists made more money than disturbances: his largest crop of proselytes lay among servantmaids; and his warmest devotees went to Bedlam without going to war. Bower, whom some thought they had detected as a Jesuit, and who at most was but detected as an impostor, had laid open the practices of the Catholics, and detailed the establishments of the Jesnits in the very heart of London, without occasioning either alarm or murmur against those fathers. His History of the Popes, one of the ablest performances we have, was decried, because, to recommend a work of truth and utility, he had embroidered his own story with some marvellous legends. Yet, uninflammable as the times were, they carried a great mixture of superstition. Masquerades had been abolishsd, because there had been an earthquake at Lisbon: and when the last jubilee masquerade was exhibited at Ranelagh, the ale-houses and roads to Chelsea were crowded with drunken people, who assembled to denounce the judgments of God on persons of fashion, whose greatest sin was dressing themselves ridiculously, A more inconve nient reformation, and not a more sensible one, was set on foot by: societies of tradesmen, who denounced to the magistrate all bakers that baked or sold bread on Sundays. Alum, and the variety of spurious ingredients with which bread, and indeed all wares, were adulterated all the week round, gave not half so much offence as the vent of the chief necessary of life on the seventh day. Indecent prints were prohibited: the Chief-Justice Mansfield caused to be seized at an auction 'a well-known tale, called the Woman of Pleasure, a work that simplified novels to their original intention. Some of the elders too of our own church, seeing what harvests were brought into the tabernacles of Whitfield and Wesley by familiarizing God's word to the vulgar, and by elevating vulgar language, had the discretion to apply the same call to their own lost sheep, and tinkled back their old women by sounding the brass of the Methodists. One Ashton, a quaint and fashionable preacher of the Orthodox, talked to the people in a phrase compounded of cant and politics: he reproved them for not coming to church, where "God keeps a day but sees little company;" and informed them that "our ancestors loved powder and ball, and so did our generals; but the latter loved them for their hair and hands." Yet to do justice to better principles, the age had made some eştimable improvements. Prize-fighting, in which we had horridly resembled the most barbarous and most polite nations, was suppressed by the legislature.Hogarth had undertaken the cause of humanity, and painted satires on all species of cruelty. From France and Italy we had adopted hospitals for foundlings; and from the dictates of nature, all manner of hospitals. Our stage grew chaste; indecency dared not to show its face in a modern comedy, though it still remained in possession of the old ones; and what is remarkable, having been tolerated when women went to the theatre in masks, preserved its hold, now they went without them. The election of a pope drew a momentary attention to Rome, which did not use to be forgotton because Europe was embroiled. Benedict XIV. was dead. Thirty-four cardinals wished to raise Cardinal Cavalchini to the tiara: but he was disagreeable to the court of France, which endeavoured to deal with the Holy Ghost, in the more decent way of intrigue, to prevent his exaltation. Lanti, who had several benefices in France, was admonished not to vote for him; but Lanti was his intimate friend, and had the promise of being secretary of state. France applied too to the cardinal of York, on whom they had lately bestowed rich abbies: but his obstinacy always found out some virtue to justify itself; and when they pressed his father to dissuade him from voting for Cavalchini, young Stuart replied, "He had rather lose his head than violate his conscience." For twenty-four hours Cavalchini's party was inflexible. The French cardinal endeavoured to get the nomination put off till the arrival of the German Cardinal Roolt, who was supposed to have the secret of the court of Vienna: but all was in vain. The declaration was fixed; de Luynes, finding when the Cardinal no temperate measures would have any effect, produced a formal exclusion of Cavalchini. It oc casioned great amazement and disgust. Of late years no such step had been practised. The friends of Cavalchini let him for one night enjoy the dream of empire: it was not till next morning that his friend Lanti went to his cell, and announced the fatal veto. However he received the stroke in private, his public answer was sensible: he thanked the court of France for saving him from the tremendous station of being God's vicar upon earth. The ostensible reason of his exclusion was his attachment to the King of Sardinia; the true one, his being devoted to the Jesuits. We have now given the most interesting particulars of this amusing quarto, and shall resume Lord Orford when he makes his appearance in whatever new shape his Editor shall think proper to give him. Varieties. -Roman Deification. Suetonius, in his life of Augustus' says, "during the games which Augustus his (Julius Cæsar's) heir consecrated to him, a star with a coma or hair shone during a whole week, rising at. the eleventh hour; and it was fully credited that it was the soul of Cæsar admitted into heaven." Some Astronomers have maintained that it was the comet, seen in 1680. Origin of the word "Dun."-The following is copied from Gale's Recreations, and is worthy of notice, as it may please some of our readers: From whence is derived the origin of the word Dun?-Some falsely think it comes from the French, where donnez signifies give, implying a demand of something due; but the true origin of this expression owes its birth to one Joe Dun, a famous baliff of the town of Lincoln, so extremely active, and so dexterous at the management of his rough business, that it became a proverb, when a man refused to pay his debts, Why don't you dun him?" that is, why don't you send Dun to arrest him; hence it grew a custom, and is now as old as since the days of King Henry VII," Typographical Error. The newspapers, in their police reports, give an account of one John Gale's being committed by Sir R. Birnie for trial, “on his own confession of having murdered Mary Beagles in the year 1825!! A literary gentleman consulting his Solicitor the other day about the recovery of a debt due to him, learnt that there was no legal proof to sustain his demand, and his friend told him he had better stick to his classics and leave business to other heads. "Well (said he) this affair is surely classical, for it reminds me of Virgil." Lent-usin umbra. King of Rome. We no sooner alighted from the carriage than we observed a bandsome coach with six greys, at the palace, in the gardens of Schonbrunn, and, on inquiry, we were told it was that of the young king of Rome, who was then walking in the gardens. Of course we were anxious to see him, and our conductor soon obtained information from one of the sentries which enabled us to gratify our curiosity. In front of La Gloriette we saw the young prince walking with a gentleman, and followed by a single footman. He seated himself on a bench, which we passed, and when we paid him the usual compliment of taking off our hats, he immediately rose and returned the salutation, in a very graceful manner. The title of this interesting youth is now Duke of Richstadt. He is of a slender make and delicate appearance, seemingly, about nine years of age, and was dressed in plain blue clothes.- -Lumsden's Travels. 1 To Correspondents. At the close of the present Volume we beg of Theta Sigma Delta, Common Sense, lanthe,.' and T. S.D. to accept our thanks for the steady support they have given us. We hope we shall be able to show them we are grateful. "A Youth," has been received. Juvenis may not feel quite easy to call at our office; if he therefore will apply at the postoffice, he will find a note addressed to him. C. L. is informed that Eniginas does not fall within our plan. M. A. B. is received we recommend him to turn to the first rule of Murray's Syntax. "The Conflict of Love,"-" An Extract from an Ancient Charter of the Templars,”—“ An Original Paper on the Ancient Modes of Trial in this Country," "Heuth Blossoms, No. 2." On the Formation of Human Character;" and a number of other interesting Articles are received, and shall be duty attended to. We have not yet had time to examine a " Yorkshire Rustic's" strictures on Theta Sigina Delta's papers. Amicus' suggestion will receive due consideration. Amongst the varied contents of our next number we may notice the following original articles the life of Mr. Justice Bayley,-the Editors Essay;-Cap and Bells, No. 2;Delirium Socisty (formerly announced under. the title of Every day Scenes) No. 1; The fate of my Friend;- On the formation of the Hu man character, sect Ist ;-the conclusion of Marmaduke Tulket's paper;-A Yorkshire Rustic's whimsical remarks on Thetu Sigma Deita's Paper on Civilization;-The Econo mists's first Paper, bring Remarks on the Progress of Manufacturing Prosperity; Re- + view; Poetry; Heath Blossoms, No. 1, the Curse of the Blue-eyed Wanderer; a Wreath for Clara, ***; Address to Mary, and the Wish. Leeds: Printed and Published by John Barr, and sold by him and J. Heaton, T. Inchbold f and Hobson and Robinson; sold also by Sherwood & Co. London; Mr. Royle, Manchester; C. Wright, Nottingham; Wilkins, Derby; E. & S. Slater, Sheffield; G. Harrison, Barnsey; Hartley, Rochdale; R. Hurst, & B, Tute, Wakefield; J. 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Apparitions, on 252, Avarice, remarks on 241, Bachelor and Married Man contr sted Beacon the Floating, a tale 35, 51, 67, Beetle and Horse-fly, number of eyes in Begging, Laws of 39, Biters Bit, or Robbers outwitted, 78, Black and Dark, on the Terms 310, Boxing, Remarks on 129, Broken Heart, the 248, Busy Wife, humerous Description of a Byron and Southey, 255, Remarks on 231 Civilization, Observations on 349-An- Coinage, 318, Collieries, the 30, Common Bank, Topography of 406, Contentment, Remarks on 225, Coquette, Remarks on the Female 41, Credit, 224, Cowper, Observations on his Writings 395, i |