The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-02 00:00:00

CITY MARKETS, TWO O'CLOCK.

PLANTAT/011 SUGARS.-014 Tneeday this market was
opened for the heat time since the holidays, but although it
had been awed for upwards of a week the buyers did not
come forward with any spirit, consequently the bnsinetee
done has been limited and confined to the Grocery descrip-
tions, the good and fine qualities of which still continue
scarce, and fully maintain their prices: of tee strong re-
fining qualities the supply is very small, but as the ship-
ping season to the Continent is now closed, the Refiners
have ceased working their houses so fully as they have
hitherto done, leonseqnently the demand for the sails suit-
able for the pans has become much more limited.
Delivered last week from the West India Docks, 1,521
hhds., and 97 trs.
Stock on hind in the West India Docks (on 29th ult.)
35,459 Mids., and 3,021. trs.
Stock on hand in the West India Docks (on Dec. 31,
1827) 34,369 IMF., and 3,000 trs.
FORItION SeUARS.—The only eales which appear to
have taken place this week have been a few parcels of da-
tinq.,•ed Brazils, which were sold by public auction.
AFIN Ten SU (IA RS. —The principal busineee done in
this market has been in crashed Sugars, the sales of which
for the Mediterranean have been very large, particularly of
the middling and good sorts, at about the prices quoted ; for
the low, shipping and fine Grocery goods, the demand is
rather limited at present.
ConFic.—There does not appear to be any lively demand
for this article at present, and as no parcels have been offered
by public sale, the transactions have been limited to small
quantities, for the immediate supply of the dealers.
Delivered last week from the West India Docks, 221
casks ; and 211 begs, ezie.
Stock on hand in the West India Docks Om 29th ult.)
11,389 casks; and 74,310 bags, &c.
Stock on hand in the West India Docks (on Dec. 31,
1827) 12,228 casks; 52,350 bags, &c.
Prelim—There is very little alteration to notice this
week; there are some inquiries for the different descrip-
tions of common Fruit and Currants, but there has been
scarcely time for the demand to come on since the holidays.

THE PARTED YEAR.

f:From the Nein ,lionthly•„-I(

I stood anon the sunless shore
Beside oblivion's sea,
And saw it sluggish waves break o'er
The by-gone yesterday—
The last of the departed year
Join in the lapse of time's career,
The pasted eternity.
It wit,: a melancholy sight
To see it part from day,
And dim among the depths of night
Fade with its dreahns away,—
And dark and shapeless with it go
A thousand hopes, once rich in glow,
Born in its hour's decay.
A cold thrill to my foaling taught
how much there was of mine
Gone with that year, of perish'd thought,
And ill delay'd design,
A part, too, of the vital flame
Quench'd beneath time's inceesant stream,
A march towards decline.

From nut those wares no palmy isle
Uprears its sunny heed,
Where ship-tick Hope may light her senile ;
Boundless, am! drew and dread,
The billows break without a roar,
" Nameless" is statup'd upon the shore,
And " Death "—there all is dead!
And Love turns trembling from the sight,
Flidin his face with fear.
And Beauty shrixks in pale affright,
And Fence stands silent near,
And Glory's laurels shrink and die,
Changeless alone one brow and eye,
But they arc of Despair.
All watch the last skirts of the year,
The wreck of minutes done,
In those deep waters disappear
For seer from the sun,
Leaving a dread tranquillity,
As when a mighty ship at sea
Has just gone wildly down.
Where fleets the past !—But to life's task—
The where, the when, the how,
Becomes no thing of earth to ask,
With " finite" on its brow;
Far better to the future hear
Calm courage, not o'er anxious care,
And let the minutes go.
Time's lapse may be a change of scene
Time will itself explain,
A night before a morn serene
When lost years rise again,
Renew'd, and with a greener prime,
To run once more a destined time,
Nor seem to ran in vain.

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