The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-11 00:00:00

NURSERY RHYMES.

Some of our classical readers will be pleased with the fol-
lowing translations from old nursery rhymes. They come
neither from Eton nor Harrow, but from the plebeian dis-
trict of Bermondsey, and do credit to the locality. The
translation, of course, is not very literal, but it conveys the
meaning, and the metre of the three different kinds of verse
is correct :

Old Mother Hubbard went to her cupboard,
To get her poor dog a bone,
When she got there the cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none.
Mater erat longceva ; canem pascebat amatum—
Ossa peteus ibat solitum viplorare canlstrum.
Hens esefe sed enim, nil inveniebat edendum,
Jejunusque canis, sic, pabula nulls videbat.
See-saw, Margery I/Iw,
Jackey shall have a new master;
He shall have only a penny a day,
Because he can work no faster.
Motibus hand properis Margrita monedula ludat,
Namque novo domino possit servire Johannes.
Assem mercedem capiat pretiumque laboris,
Lentus enim peer est—slut prsemia debita cuique.
Old Father Long-legs would not say his prayers,
Take him by the left leg, and throw him down stairs.
Cruribus immensis genitor vivebat hebescens;
Nolebat pravus dicere mane preces.
llunc malum oportebat raptatum crure sinistro
Pessutn jactari, frangere membra solo.
Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief—,
Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef.
I went to Taffy's house, and Taffy wasn't at home—
Taffy came to my house and stole some marrow-bones.
_Magnus erat latro ; gaudebat quserere priedam.
Notus erat multi; Cambrius ille fait.
Ille milli partem bovis abripiebat, iniquus.
Ipse suam qucero, deserit ille, domum.
Improbus at cupieus nostros renovare dolores,
Ossa medullarum subtrahit atque fugit.
Girls and boys come out to play,
The moon Cloth shine as bright as day ;
Come with a whistle or come with a call,
Come with a good- will or come not at all.
Virgines pulchrce, pueri decori
Tempus est ludis, redeunte lace
Luna nunc orbem radiis gubernat,
Gaudia prcebens.
Fistulis claris, sonitu canoro
Cordibus lcetis veniatis usque !
Ad jocos dulces adeatis I Ecce
Cuncta relucent. G. J.

THE WEATHER AND CROPS IN SCOTLAND.-TWO
or three days of dry weather of last week, accompanied by a
gale of wind, quickly dried tire sheaves, and created a great
accession to the bulk of the stackyard. Nearly the whole
mcuemltances were not such
to have the
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as to justify farther delay, and accordingly a large addition
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has been made to that part of the crop previously in the
stackyard. In the low country the crop may be said to be
now finally secured with much less damage
than was sup-
posed; and even in the secondary districts by far the greater
part of the crop is now safe. prom Edinburgh, by Falkirk
and Stirling, to Callender, the fields may be said to be
cleared ; for, excepting beans, the outstanding grain in that
extensive range is inconsiderable. The harvest has been
protracted and expensive ; but the quantity of grain abso-
lutely lost, or seriously damaged, is on the whole, a very
small amount. The loss caused by the high winds shaking
the grain out of the ears is probably greater than the
damage to the quality occasioned by the continued rain.
The potato crop is rapidly giving way, and there is now
every reason to apprehend
.that the loss of this valuable
article of food will tell serrusly on the grain markets.
Labour is fortunately easily to be had, and wages
good. The class likely to suffer most is that large portion
of our fellow-creatures who, from being unable are unfit for
any settled employment, depend chiefly on the precarious
bounty of others. This class of persons at all times live in
a state of privation and suffering, but when a failure in the
article of food, on which, from its Cheapness, they derive
their chief support, occurs, their distress is aggravated in a
very high degree, and gives them a claim on the wealthy
and benevolent classes which few will be disposed to resist.
We hope steps will be taken to procure some alteration in
the condition of the numerous class here referred to before
the setting in of the winter.—Edinburgli
Witness, Oct. 29.
PRirics of WALES'S BIRTII-DAY.
.71NDSOR, MON-
%lN.—Yesterday being Sunday, the anniversary of the birth of his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was celebrated in Windsor
to-day. The bells of St. George's Chapel and the parish church
have rung merrily ; and at twelve o'clock a royal salute was tired
from the Corporation ordnance in Bachelor's.acre. Some of the
bcalses of the roy4l tradesmen were illuminated this evening. A
royal salute was fired at noon from the Belvidere battery at Vir.
gild Water,