Thus Love, though sweet its rising morn, May sink to premature decay, And leave within the heart a thorn That time can never pluck away. Then let thy footsteps never roam, But Friendship may endure for ever. While dazzling every wandering sight, Is not so pure as that soft ray, That decks the silver Queen of night: Thus Love may lure the startled eye, With brilliant beams of Fancy crown'd, Till whirlwinds whistle through the sky, And clouds of darkness gather round. But Friendship-dear and sacred name! Warms with a pure and steady gleam; Nor bursts into th' unhallow'd flame, That mingles with the Paphian dream. FREDERICK. LUCY. KNOW you the lustre which excels Than all the plaintive warbling throng, The tone that lulls the heart of pain? It is the tone of Lucy's song. Prince William, Virginia. LOTHARIO. MISCELLANEOUS PARAGRAPHS. By the late census, there are in the United States 14,071 more females then males between the age of 26 and 16; but between 10 and 16 the males exceed the females 19,859; and of 10 years and under the males also exceed the females 53,852girls, will, of course, in a short time, be in good demand, though the market appears to be well supplied at present! A wit, describing the universal empire of love, drolly describes its visits among the finny race: Love assails And warms, mid seas of ice, the melting whales, Kotzebue avers that fish are mute for no other reason, than that they drink nothing but water. Court of King's bench. Dec. 7.-MATHEW vs. BOYCE. The plaintiff, in this case, was a solicitor, and the defendant a proprietor of one of the Brighton stage-coaches, called the Dart. The action was brought to recover a compensation in damages for a severe injury which the plaintiff had sustained through the improper conduct of the defendant's servants, who drove the Dart, on the 12th of October last. On the day in question, the plaintiff was an outside passenger by the Phoenix, another of the Brighton coaches. The coaches arrived together at a place called the Prince's Dairy, within a mile and a half of Brighton; at this time it was near nine o'clock, and both coaches had their lamps lighted. The Phoenix was at this time before, and was slowly ascending the road, which is there a hill, and rather a dangerous spot, owing to a sharp turning off at the summit of the hill. The Dart being just behind, pushed forward; the Phoenix was thrown over, the plaintiff and other passengers were thrown off, and, with several others, severely hurt. Lord Ellenborough held that the law had been laid down repeatedly on this subject, both relating to vessels and carriages, namely, that the person following in the track of another, and who could see danger was bound to avoid it, if in his power. Here the driver of the Dart had the power of avoiding the danger, and he ought to have done so. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff-Damages 200 pounds. English Budget-Lord Castlereagh brought forward a statement of our naval and military establishments, and the reductions that have already taken place and are in progress in these sources of expense; and moved for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the public income and expenditures for the year 1817. The army in 1816, was 149,445 men; in 1817, it is 123,702— reduction 25,743. The expense last year exclusively of ordnance, was 10,564,000/-this year it is 9,280,001. The ordnance last year cost 1,969,000/-this year it is 1,246,000l. Total saving on army, 1,784,000l. Navy, last year, 33,000 men; this year 19,000-reduction, 14,000. It cost last year 10,114,000/-this year it will be 63,97,000/-saving, 3,717,0002. Miscellaneous services in 1816, 2,500,000/-do. this year, 1,500,000/-saving, 1,000,000Z. RECAPITULATION. [18,373,000 Thus it appears that the army has been reduced about one sixth--the navy almost one half. The expenses of this year exceed eighteen millions; and lamentable to tell, the country cannot count on half that amount of permanent revenue, after paying the interest on our debt! THE DUTCH BUDGET.--The whole amount of the estimate of the wants of the state for the year 1817 is 73,400,000 florins, (a florin is about is 8d sterling) which is 8,600,000 florins less than the estimate of 1816. The largest item of this amount is for Finance including the interest of the public debt. 24,750,000 The King's Household, The Army, The Navy, Department of Justice, 2,600,000 23,000,000 5,000,000 3,000,000 |