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TO DECEMBER.

The passin year, all gre with hours, Ends,du month, wit thee;

Chilled his summer, «dead his flowers, Soon will his funeral be;

Frost Ihull drink up his latest. breath, And tompests rock him into death.

How he shivers! from his age All his leaves have faded,

And his weary pilgrimage Ends at last unaided

By his own sun that dims its ray, To leave him dark in his decay.

Hark ! through the air the wild storm bears In hollow sounds his doom,

While scarce a star its ale course steers Athwart tlic sullen g oom ;

And nature leaves him to his fate, To his grey hairs a cold ingrate.

She goes to hail the coming year, _ \Vhose spring-flowers soon shall rise—

Ftwl, thus to shun an old friend’s bier, Nor wisely moralize

On her own brow, where age is stealing, Many a scar oftime revealing—

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Quench'd volcanoes, rifted mountains, Oceans driven from land, Isles submerged, andfidried up fountains, Empires whelm’d in sand— \ What though her doom be yet untold—— Nature, like Time, is waxing old.

SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

BY CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH.

Wan from scattered lands afar Matt xxiv. 6—8. Speeds the voice of rumour’d war, Luke xxi. 25. Nations in tumultuous pride Hag. ii. ‘7. Heav’d like ocean’s roaring tide ; Heb. xii. 95—29. When the solar splendour: fail, Matt. xxiv. 29. And the crescent waxeth pale, Rev. xvi 12.

Ilia“. xxiv. 29. Joel ii. 10, 31.

And the powers that star-like reign, Sink dishonour’d to the plain 3

World! do thou the signal dread; Luke xxi. 26, 36. W? exalt the drooping head, Luke xxi. 27, 28. We uplift the expectant cye— Eph. i. 14-.

Ram. viii. 19, 23. Matt. xxiv. 22, 23. Luke xxi. 29, 31. Isaiah lix. I8, 19. Rev. xix. II, 16. 3

Our redemption draweth nigh. When the fig-troe shoots appear, Men behold their summer near;

' ‘Vhen the hearts of rebels fail, We the coming Conqueror hail.

Bridegroom of the weeping spouse, Rev. xix. ‘7, 9. Listen to her longing vows, Rev. vi. 10. Listen to her widow’d moan, Luke xviii. 3, 7, 8. Listen to creation’s groan! Rom. viii. 23, 23. Bid, 0 bid thy trumpet sound ; 1 The”. iv. 16. Gather thine elect around; Matt. xxiv. 31. Gird with saints thy flaming car; Jude 14-.

Isaiah xxtv. 13—15. Mall. xxiv. 40, 4-1. Reu. xx. 4—6.

Luke xiv. 14.

Paul. xlix. M, 15.

l Thess. iv. 17.

Cal. i. 15.

Luke xix. 12, 27. Matt. xiii. 41, 42. Luke xvii. 27, 30.

Summon them from climes afar;

Call them from life’s cheerlcss gloom, Call them from the marble tomb, From the grass-grown village grave, From the deep dissolving wave, From the whirlwind and the flame, Mighty Head! thy members claim. Where are they whose proud disdain Scorn’d to brook Messiah’s reign? L0, in waves ofsulph’rous fire

Now they taste his tardy ire, Rev. xix. 20, 2]. Fetter’d till th’ appointed day, Rev. xvttt. a, a, 9. When the world shall pass away. 2 Peter ii. 9. " “are all thy foes, 0 Lord; Rev.xix. 15, 21'

'again thedreadful sword. Paul. ex. 5, 7.

the cross of anguish stood, Isaiah liii. 3, 5, 12. \Vhere thy life distill’d in blood, IlIarlc xv. 27. Where they mock’d thy dying groan, Mark xv. 29. King of Nations 1 plant thy throne; Isaiah xxiv. 23. Send thy law from Zion forth, Zec. viii. 3. Speeding o’er the willing oarth— Daniel ii. 35, 44-.

Earth, whose Sabbath glories rise, Crown‘d with more than paradise. Sacred be the impending veil!

Isaith xl. I, 9. Psalm lxvii. (i. I Corinth. xiii. 12.

Mortal sense and thought must fail. I John iii. 2. Yet the awful hour is nigh, Luke xxi. 31. We shall see thee eye to eye. Revelations i. 7. Be our souls in peace possess’d, 2 Thess iii. 5. While we seek thy promis’d rest, Hebrews iv. 9. And from ev'ry heart and home 2 Timothy iv. 3. Breathe the prayer—-‘ 0 Jesus, come ! Rev. xxii. 20. Haste to set the captive free; . Isaiah xlix. 9. All creation groans for thee!’ Romans viii. 19.

PICTURE or DUBLIN. (From a Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle.)

The Irish Metropolis now presents a capital deception to strangers. Never were its leading streets finer, nor its principal shops more superb. A constantly patrolling police, similar to that of London, preserves order and decorum with almost reprehensible particularity, while the spread ofteetotalism has made the apparition of drunken folks a rarity. There are more people than ever in the frequented ways, and, some how or other, though brilliant equipages are scarce, there is such a throng of “ covered cars,” floats, carts, and other vehicles, with equestrian (male and female) promenaders, as altogether, espe- cially at Carlisle bridge, to give some idea of noisy London. But, notwithstanding this appear- ance, the shops are, with a few exceptions, literally doing nothing, though their business is, at best, only selling British or French goods, ,for there are no manufacturers. Very often the most appalling wretchedness is found close adjoining the best places, as for instance Arran- quay, whence you have to turn up only some yards into the parallel linejof Tighe and Phae- nix streets, where the sudden contrast of lone- someness and misery is almost incredible. Then as to that large district, the Liberty, it is almost impossible to imagineia tnore melancholy scene. Many ofthe houses are in a dangerously neglect- ed state, because the owners have been long accustomed to get no rent, for, where there is no property, law has neither force nor terror. What use in ’ejectments when solvent tenants cannot be had to replace the non-payers '!

but few people in this dreary solitude, and those , few are generally starvation and poverty too: '

faithfully personified. Were a description given of Rainsford and Poole streets, without the slightest exaggeration, it would not be believed in London, though that city has its distress also.

This great section- of the ,Irish capital con- tains about sixty-live streets,_lanes,_ alleys, and

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courts, andt‘ormefly, which here means “ before the union,” the busy seat of various manufac- turer), particularly weaving. But, since that measure abolished the protecting duties, Irish industry sank before British wealth and machin- cry, and the common assertion that the Earl of Meatb, who is the ground landlord oftheLtberty, would derive more profit from having ll. under corn as meadow, seems to be well founded. Besides the Liberty, there are, throughout the city, extensive portions in an almost equally miserable state, abut the Dubliners, who have most Lsensitive pride about their capital, are always arfxious that thepassing Stranger should avoid them, and go away under the impression of Dublin beinga beautiful place. .This is not sage policy. Surely it ill accords with the strong representations, at popular meetings, ' of the impoverished condition ofthe metropolis stnce the " accursed" union. But what we do, and what

" we ought to do, are two different things. All

great congregations of people have their peculiar weaknesses; and you cannot ofl'end a Dublin citizen more than by disparaging his city. A sure mode for a stranger to gain favour, and to be aske‘d to dinner, is to extol the streets, squares, public buildings, and quays; and if he aflirm that London and Paris have the advantage in size only. he may probably get port where humble punch was before intended. . _

The same appearance of depression is vrstble in the shipping. Here are docks capable of receiving a great number of vessels, and yet It is common to see them with only twelve or fifteen altogether. There is, indeed, a good show of steam packets and colliers on the quays, but take them away, and Dublin would seem .to be hardly a tenth-rate sea-port. Foreign ships are now rarely seen,—almost every thing coming in British bottoms.

Teetotalism has worked fearfully against the

business of Dublin. It was never before sus« pected what a great number of persons the brewers and distillers either directly or indirectly employed, or were indirectly the means of sup- porting. Hundreds, nay thousands, who lived comfortably, are now reduced to indigence. While the moral advantages of teetotalism can- not be questioned, every one asks, what trade or business has it served? The demand for even common labour has most alarmingly diminished, and there seems to be only one perceivable commercial benefit from the abstinence system —the increase of old clothes shops. This is conspicuously visible to every observer. Whole streets are now devoted to that purpose, insomuch that the frontage of shops and walls occupied in, the business would certainly measure little short of two English miles. But in that are included those marts in the women’s line, which sonic- times are truly miserable exhibitions. It is common to see afew rags, apparently fit only for the paper-maker, attractively displayed before an empty house, a yard enclosure, or any place wherein nails can be driven; and in default of such conveniencies, the pavement often serves for’a show shop. When one considers how trifling the profit must necessarily be, and that a day frequently passes without receiving a sin- gle halfpenny, is it not then a cruel libel on the lrrsh poor to say that they are idle, or not indus- triously disposed ’.’ The truth is, that inactivity is foreign to their nature. When they drank they should have been either working or drink- ing, and, now that they are sober, they should walk the streets twelve hours, for the chance of selling a shilling’s worth of some low-priced article. A melancholy procession of unemployed working men took place on Thursday last. They marched three abreast, and though very poorly clothed, they were all clean and orderly. Misery and privation were strongly depicted on their countenances, and as they preserved a mournful silence, it was a most distressing scene for humanity to witness. A marked dislike to the workhouses is already manifest, and few of even the most destitute will remain there a week. It is observed that beggars are more numerous than ever in the streets, and the bene- fits anticipated from the poor-law are certainly most. unpromising.. The Irish are extremely averse to confinement, and would generally prefer their liberty, though without lodging or any prospect of food. Nothing could tend more to incite insurrection, than a compulsory or va. grant act, and yet. without it, the poor-law will be in a great measure an inoperative and profit- less burden on an impoverished country.

How To GIVE A RASHER or HAM "A PE- anrAn FLAVOUR."—-—-J0hn Drimmer was sum- moned to the Westminster, Court of Requests, by Simeon Batson, for “ six and three ha-pence.” The bill was handed in, when it appeared that the greater portion of it was for rashers of ham. Drimmer (in whose countenance Epicuriam'sm had effected a permanent lodgmeut) said he had a peculiar objection to make to the payment of the bill. The learned commissioners would see that the amount claimed was almost wholl made up of charges for ham, to which he (Drim- mer) was y" ‘ularly partial; and the reason why he had . 3: p this identical score was that Batson (the paintifl') had a ham of peculiar war—a very peculiar flavour indeed (repeated

Drimmer, smacking his lips, while his

bdntenance assumed a look of extreme inten- any. and so much did the ham tickle his palate, that he was enabled to eat two eightpenny rash- ers for his breakfast, his ordinary allowance theretofore having been one eightpenn y slicepnly. ' 'tnmer, according to his own showing, ays' given his little boy the, strictest

" injunctions to desire the plai‘ ' Bittson to supply him with‘rashers from the said pbcullar- ly-flavoured ha ” i"’_: t Drimmer had on several occasions, to t teat astonishment and morti- ~ .orth), found that the rashers,

g ,_ led and served up, were cut off a ham not possessing anything beyond the com-

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monest ,chandler’s shop flavour. “ The conse- quence was,” said John Drimmer, “ that I lost all relish for my breakfast!" He could prov: that the rashers Were not ofl' the “peculiar

ham, as he had given his ltttle boy “ a taste on every occasion ; “ and if he could tell the differ- ence,” added Mr. Drimmer, “ why 1 should think Icould,” shaking his head in a way that gave the whole court to understand that heknew a great deal about the flavour of hams.—Simeon Batson (the plaintiff) vehemently asseverated that the objection was nothing but a most howd/zcwus attempt to cheat him of his money. “I’ll swear, your wuships,” said he, addresstng the comma- sioners, ” that he had the rashers off the worry ham as he-took sich a fancy to.”—A Commis- sioner ('toDrimmer) : How were you able to tell that the rasher was not off this favourite ham of yours T—Drimmer; Why I am a pretty good judge upon the pint—as ‘good a Judge as here and there one. I ought to know, for I’ve heat ham for my brecksfasf every morningfor this twenty years gone. Besides, this here identical ham had a flavour has a child would know.—A Commissioner: A child, I reckon, has as good a palate as an adult, Mr. Drimmer l—Drimmer: Not in the matter of ham.-—The Comtmssroner : Why not ’l—Drimtner: Cause it’s sich a worry delicate article, and has so many dtfl'erent fla- vours. It’s got more than a hundred, as I could name this werry moment. Bless you, the knife they cuts it with ’0 give it a flavour'if it amt well wiped; and the worry cloth they Wipes the knife with, I’ve known to give a rasher a taste; and it’sso delicate as it’ll abstract the tastelout of anything as you puts within reach on it, and A Commissioner: Very valuable Infor- mation, doubtless, to a cheesemonger; but will you be good enough to tell us what the peculiar flavour ofthe ham in question was like ’l—Dnm- mer: Sich a one as I never tasted afore; it was delicious! It. was a (smacking his lips, and pausing in his pleasing recollection ofit)-—A Commissioner : What ?—Dritnmer: a red-har- ring flavour.—The plaintifl' declared that he never had such a flavoured bum in his house. Drintmer offered to take his oath that he had had such a ham, “for that he had heat five eight- penny rashers of it.” A commissioner suggested that the ham might have been placed in the neighbourhood ofa bundle of“ Yarmouth bloat- ers.” The plaintiff denied this, and Drimmer treated it as a reflection upon his “ taste.” After a deal said, pro and con, it occurred to the plaintiff that he had, whilerserving out the rashers to Drimmer, sold a lodger in the same house a “ Yarmouth bloater” every morning, and, upon an examination of the younger ham- taster (Drimmer’s son), it turned out that he had borrowed the gridiron, upon which the pe— culiarly flavoured ham had been cooked, frorn the lodger upstairs, to whom the bloaters had been sold; and as this lodger took his breakfast pretty early in the morning, the gridiron came. down stairs ready flavoured to the ham-eater below. This settled 'the matter satisfactorily, even to Drimmer himself, whodcclaretl thm“hvc’d~ take precious good care he’d never borrow a gridiron again.”

Hen MAJES’I‘v’s SHIP DRUID, Foamy-nova.— The crew of this ship excites considerable at- tention in the China Sens; they are all picked inert, and almost the finest set of fellows in the British fleet. To maintain a character corres- pondent with the designation ofthe ship, they are dressed as Druidically as may be, with fine flowing beards, sweeping in many cases, down almost to the waist. They had been actively practised, about the beginning of May, near Macao, in the use of heavy guns on shore, the firing being so arranged that the round shot could be recovered after the firing was over. Several of the mandarins ventured to examine the shot thus discharged ; they took up the cannon balls and carefully weighed them with their hands, and so far as could be judged from the shaking of their heads, and the dismay pictured in their faces, seemed to consider them as very formidable missiles indeed, which they would much rather examine in their quiescent, than encounter in their projectile condition.

THE Tvrrroorvs IN CHINA —The whole ofthe islands which lie at the mouth of the Canton ri- ver are the resort of innumerable fishing boats, in which entire families are occupied at the nets. At night the lights placed at the stern oftheir boats to attract the fish, afford a curious pros- pect, especially as they glance into sotne narrow straight, and light up the era y’ sides with the red beams oftheir torchest 7;, the season they spend thus pursuing their occupations—but when by the warmth or coolness of the water, and by a variety of signs, they are warned of the ap- proach of the typhoon, retiring into close creeks they draw their boats ashore and patiently wait the end of the storm. Habit and curious obser- vation have given to the Chinese boatmen and fishers a peculiar readiness in'foreseeing the ap- proach ofthe typhoons. They assert that when, from no apparentcause, the sea rolls in upon that the atmospheréfltssumes a thick muddy ap- pearance. and an 10' ' al stir and disquiet are observable among the” birds, Who rise on the wing, and fly screaming about, as though to find a place of shelter from 7 1 coming tempest ; lightning too in the north 7'5 a threatening indi- cation—but thunder generally precedes an abate- ment of the typhoon. These tornadoes are not disastrous only to the fishermen and traders by sea, the husbandman also feels their pernicious effects. The hurricane commencing inthe north gradually veers round to the east and south, and from thence comes charged with salt water, to wither and almost utterly destroy the vegetation near the coast. Trees are often rooted up and shattered, ships driven on the rocks, houses un- roofed, and the innumerable rivers swollen into torrents, which pour destruction over the low rice

fiields on their banks. So terrible indeed are

the.beach with long and heavy swell,.

these visitations, that me bninese build

of the thundering winds, and the unmet“. h; L fices that line the rocky shoresof menu":

which on the fifth day of the fifth moon magistrates ofl'er costly sacrifices, burning, j grant woods, or scattering rich essencegia“; which seem placed there as guardians anti . tectors of the commerce unceasmgly ca below.

AGGRESSIVE PROGRESS or Russu.— . I period'of 64 years. the total acquisitions sia equalled her whole European empire that time. The acquisitions front Swedenii the now kingdom of Sweden; from Poland, “* ritory equal to the Austrian empire; from

Penn Turkey, a country equal to Prussia, Sively of the Rhenish provinces; frorn‘Ag'" i

Turkey. a territory equal to the German " t states, Rhenish Prussia, Holland and Relying from Persia, an extent of country equal to “

land; and from Tartary, a country equal Iona-Will peart Turkey, Greece, Italy, and the whole of, Spain. The Russran frontier has been advanoedig, by these acquisitions about 700 miles tfim’ Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Vienna, and Paris-,3“

holm; and about 1000 miles to Tehran. The: estimated population of Russia, in 1689, at. the‘: accession of Peter I., was l5,000.000; at the," accession of Catherine IL, in 1762, it was 25,- 000,000; and at her death, in 1796, it was 36,-- 000,000; whilst at the death of Alexander, its 1825, it was 53,000,000.

Tun - NAKED Tamra—Recently a miller's,

to deprecate their fury—Witness the 103".) ..,~‘. ‘

straight between Hainan and the comm ,...‘, .

500 miles to Constantinople; 630 miles to Stock-Q

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man, employed near Marke, Yorkshire, was ,- sent out with a cart-load of flour. On his return and when near Contham, he thought that a bathe in the sea would be very pleasant, and he forth- with indulged himself accordingly, first deposit- ing his clothes within his cart. When he hadn‘- concluded his ablutions, he proceeded to the ‘ cart to dress; but the horse not recognizing his driver in the costume of an ancient Briton, baulked him of his intention by “ going a-bead” at a tremendous pace. The poor fellow pursued with all possible speed, vociferating “ Whoohoa! whoohoa ;” and the faster he ran, and the loud. er he shouted, the utore furiously the animal galloped, fear having lent him the speed ofn “ Bee’s wing.” Through the town of Redcar, the brute ran ltelter skelter, to the terror of the inhabitants, who as they flocked to the windows at the noise, were astonished to behold the bare. faced and breechless miller in full chase of the. runaway racer. The young ladies vanished at the sight, and the old fishwives clapped their outspread fingers before their eyes, exclaiming, “ Oh ! the nasty fellow.” The horse, regardless ofall remarks. kept Mr. Apollo Belvidete on the run to the very door of the mill, where the second best racer was permitted to resume his dress. He stated in reply to the jokers who gathered round him, that his chief annoyance arose from perceiving that he mu as t

push onward, and as he declined to see them, he hoped they were equally considerate as to him—Leeds Times.

THE BENEFIT OF ADVERTISING.—A merchant in a northern city lately put up an advertise- ment in a paper, headed “ Boy wanted.” morning he found a band-box on his door step, with this inscription “ How Will this one an- swer?” On opening it he found a nice, fat, chubby-looking specimen ofthe article he wanted, warmly done up in flannel.