The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1842.

THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING JANUARY 5, 1842.

Na. 1.
--An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended sth of January, 1841, and sth of January, 184?, sheaving the Increase
Decrer • on each head thereof.

or Decrease on eacn neau sues cus.
11(.11,
, YEAR QUARTERS ENDED YEAR
4.-ti 1).11', i QUARTERS ENDED
..-...., ended ,---....--.,, Year ended Jan. 5. Quarter ended Jan. t.
N .., ended ,
ft, ',71, PApril 5, July 5, Oct. 10, Jan. 5, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, 1 Oct. 10, , Jan. 5; ' Jan 5,
1810 1849 1840 1811 1841 1841 184 e 1811 1842 1942 Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease.
(urn_,',6,, , ----- - - --- --
~ um- onsolidated Duties
99gvaleipt1,1 ty applicable to Consolidated 3,499,329 3,985,998 4,562,048 3,644,292 3,527,826 3,767,034 4,256,823 3,689,266 - - _
Sugar Duty applicable to Supplies 340,135 1,131,936 - - - - 909,678 - - - - - - -
733,159 - 1,100,829 736,614 - 990,6E2 171,8;4 1,490,389 1,106,008 - - - - -
b . Total Customs - --- ---- -- -
iixactnuee, 4,572,653 :-,137,924 5,662;77 4,180,006 1.1,754,310 4,518,509 4,818,596 5,737,217 4,795,274 19,809,°85 145,245 414,363 -
1,,629,986 2,711,931 :4,916,249 4,0163..6 1 ~574,562 1,883,470 2,793,314 4,16 f ;166 3,-39,240 12,580,414 6,356 277,096
11'
bTaxes -
'est Oth
Cr - er
iiimvn.Lands - 121,239 -
1L.0,000 10• ;,000 113,000 18,008 441,031 93,000 119,000 116,000 127,000 45 ,000 14,000 29,000 -
scellanews
.. 44.000 42,500 4i,v00 40,000 167,500 3.200 30,000 50,500 40,,, 0 162,000 5,500 9,00,1
3',180 4,117 24,382 12,437 78,116 49,1..6 18;233 15,325 15,052 97,738 19,62 2,615 -
Total Ord -- ___ -
Ordinary Revenue-. ..... 8,537,045 11,373,961 11,955,7_2 11,131,1.6 4 ',697,it 4 9,478,053 11,522,650 12.122,772 12,254,113 44, 87,588 721,690 31,936 800,093 277,096
fin.,
„ .}: eat and other Moneys
me Payments of Advances 31,913 227.880 84999 3?,546 44%1114 32 151 19',085 97,805 26,187 354,128 ...... 91,910 6,359
Total Income 110,7: 6 195,993 172,499 123,948 603,1(.8 88,9116 143,510 122,374 145,859 510,769 ..... 92,121 21,911 -
---- - - - ---
11Le,AM_ount Applied to the Consoli. 8,679,714 11,867,836 12,111,730 !"2,0e7,620 I 44,7;6,4 0 I 8,609,200 11,964,175 12,352,951 12,426,169 45,252,495 721,690 215,595 624,004 . 28 ,455
-------.
"'lea Fund Deduct De Deduct
Dnioittfltuotll:-...acpa'dvances
215,595 233,455 •
apart of the" Ways and Means 279,852 111,050 70,100 30,004 410,900 :82,650 162,550 60,000 20,000 351,600 ---
e Year 916,825 4,958,256 3,359,051 3,120,597 12,054,729 936,249 4,917,733 1,816,041 1,618,611 11,2138,633 Increase on Increase or.
Lotl._._
8,679,714 11,867,836 112,111,230 12,087,&0 1 44,746,490 I 8,609,200 111,864,175 1 12,352P51 I 12,426,169 45,252,495 506,193 3M,544 1

No. ll.—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth January, 1841, and the sth January, 1842.
Quarter, ended Jan. 5. I Quarterkended Jan. 5.
INCOME.
Customs.—Consolidated Duties I' .. NI p...........-------..........
1811 1812 CHARGE. 1811 1812
.
Sugar applicable the . --.
to 3,t,41,292 3,(89 266 Permanent Debt. 8,177,231 8,242,70.1
Terminable Annuities t 79,4(.0 L 69.955
Consolidated Fund lnterest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund 11,910 16.166
Sinking Fund — _
Total Customs 97,022 97,332
Excise . . 3,644,292 3,13,t1,260 The Civil List •
Other charges on the Consolidated Fund 40 •,339 489,800
Stamp._
............... . ...................... 4 037 MI6 3 763 046 For Advances, and to pay off Exchequer Bills issued for Advances
Taxes
..................... ' ~
. ' '
......................... 1.590. 46 1,418,517
cPOOO oityce•••• ............................... . .......... . 1;86,7'71 1,910,010 ..
Total Charge P,437,14.1 P,',34,038
1•27,w) The Surplus 1,1134,371 1,857,929
tirliNereen
.1: t4l ;e
and°' " .0
t. .............. ........ 1.: ....... C.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::": 47021:077
4,,,1.011
15,052 11,372,336 11,3J3,937
"9437nent of ...............
32'516
26,187
Advance,.................. 123,818 145,859 1
IThe Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge-on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Oct. 10, 1811,
T(t'oeb:'h birought to this Account
tett to 11,372,330 11,343,9.7 1 and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended .lan. 5, 1542 . ...... 4,841,151
Bills.. 4231) The Amount issued in the Quarter ended Jan. 5, 181,2, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Consoli
PhY off Deficiency dated Fund for Supply Services ./1114,11
The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended Jan. 5,184 a
......................... 50,0(0
The probable amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended
--------....—__ 11,372,336 11,3,),,( 37 I Jan. 5, 1812 6/06,833
•.••—•

USICAL LICENSES VERSUS MID-
DLESEX JUSTICES.

But let us go on!--At the Royal Standard they found
about 1,000 persons ; and at the Eagle Tavern, nearly'
5,000, and no less than 37 waiters " busily employed
during the evening." Such was the result of the arduous
labours of these pious functionaries, and such was the
creditable work upon which they were set by their
spiritual employers.
The next paragraph is of apiece with all the rest. It
makes a sweeping charge against these establishments,
describing them as " Schools of evil and nurseries for
our prisons, our hulks, and our penal colonies ;" and it
refers to the " testimonies of many youths now under
sentence of transportation, and otherwise • committed to
our metropolitan prisons," in confirmation of their state-
ment of the evils arising from such places of resort. We
confess we should like to see these " testimonies," if any
such exist, and to ascertain whether they were given
voluntarily, or whether they were artfully extracted
by questions so framed as to lead to the
answers desired. None, however, but the great-
est simpletons could be befooled by the nonsense
which this Memorial contains. There was, .of course,.no
such thing ever heard of as juvenile crime and delin-
quency before the White Conduit House, the Eagle, &c.,
hecame places of musical entertainment 1 There were
no profligate, wicked, or unnatural parents, who aban-
doned their offspring to chance, presented to them ex-
amples of the most wicked depravity, who reared them
in practices by which they could scarcely fail of being
trained for " our prisons, our hulks, and our penal colo-
nies I" The best answer to this rhodomontade is, that
the Memorial itself does not state that the Red Lion-
square Missionary spies witnessed any indecent or im-
proper conduct at the houses they visited on their me-
morable Sunday evening expedition. If they had seen
anything reprehensible in this respect, it would have as-
suredly been deemed too good to be omitted. The worst
it speaks of is the appearance of some women of " loose"
character.

her head significantly, and turning her weather-wise eye
upon the bide unclouded sky, dryly remarked, that she
had seen mornings of fairer promise close in a stormy

_ -.
promoteother countries it is the policy of Governments to
"courage and the harmless amusements of the
tPee7it. In England, the Magistrates, who are the crea-
-Belv f,4the Government, are perpetually making them-
es busy to contract the sphere of the people's inno-
cent reereatiens. Of the wisdom or folly of these two
enlra -es there can hardly be a difference of opinion in the
ITminds of an.y two rational beings. To suppress or abridge
pular enjoyments, is not simply impolitic, it is mis-
e__e levous. Such proceedings inevitably tend to
*souor
on's minds, to beget moroseness of feeling, and t
ender them dissatisfied mortals. To deny the people the
Privilege of indulging in any kind of relaxation most
.e-eeable to their taste or fancy, provided it be not in
itself vicious or immoral, is the next thing to debarring
them from breathing the air or receiving the light of
tleaven. After rfien have been toilin si days out of
cren, to earn a subsistence for themselv g esx and families,
Y the " sweat of the brow," it is too much to say, that
o:,netrhibebseezenstbhitithed
f'alis, melanchol ey shall be excluded from all pleasure—
and confined" to their own dull, per-
y ,abodes. Or are the to be coerced
into the frowsy
atmosphere of a crowded chapel, or into
the
`London of a church ? Yes. This is what
City Mission," and they Saints" of Exeter
wieielli are straining every nerve to accomplish. The no-
torious John Scott, the immense defaulter of Clerken-
lut, was one of the most active and officious of this
ra-sanctimonious set. Ex no disce omnes. These
.etn lino
arks. are sufficiently trite ; but they are pertinent to
tour present purpose ; and they cannot be too repeatedly
anluiered into the skulls of the dull heads among the
suiddlesex County Justices.
, To come to the more immediate subject of this article.
4t will be remembered that, in the month of October last,
Vithe usual period of granting musical licences, when ap-
eation for the renewal of those for the White Conduit
401Ise, the Eagle Tavern, the Royal Standard, and other
PlaCei of a similar kind, was made, some demur took-
Place.aa to compliance therewith, and the Magistrates
Ultimately gave way, with a proviso that there shouldhe,a
special indorsement on the back of each license. '•
"A
With the exception of one or two brief and casual n, -
s tiee- ' this subject has hitherto escaped the observatt.,
of the Press. It is one, however, that well merits a few 1
further observations, The conduct of certain parties
concerned in the business would form a little his
tory not unworthy to be read. Nor let it 'be
li_raagined that it is merely the interest of a few tavern
egeePers, or proprietors of pnblic gardens and saloons,
at stake. What the saints, " " par excellence, are
that is .
strenuously and constantly
aiming. at, is to destroy the
last vestige of the old free, hearty, Jovial, manly English
fcharacter, and to substitute a species of gloomy, howling
anaticism instead. They wish to put down every species
°I what they denominate profane amusements, and to
convert the whole country into one vast conventicle of
r 13% bigotry, superstition, and hypocrisy. But it will
4,4 de. It is an undertaking beyond the power of all
e Cantwells and Mawworms in the world to achieve.
131 To return :—We have already alluded to the indorse-
,,ell:t on the back of each license. It runs in the fol-
ee-vLng words:—" The Court, on the day when this li-
ieep—e4r granted, expressed a strong opinion of the
other's, tY of keeping open on Sundays the saloon, and
and theerts of the premises used for public amusements,
house 4t such practices should be discontinued, and the
is() used on Sundays only as a common tavern. The
Court are not to he considered, by this memorandum, as
daypronounced any opinion as to the lawfulness of the
:7aPyre,sentation of theatrical representations upon week-
till- leisns public-houses
possessing musical licenses, and
This as. having given such exhibitions their sanction.*
before
question does not on the present occasion, come
oefore the Court." '
so sow, the first question that must strike the most cue-
y reader of the above is, how did it happen that those
• evil,kiddlesexorJewshtiiceehs became so suddenly sensitive as to
the
only :
41 the ee they
outh complained for the first time
places then b
than before tleicome
uorf October last ? Had these
titan made, a more obnoxious character
at time ? There is no such allegsr
no such pretence set up Yet these musi-
c. al licenses had been preeiously- . granted for year:'
ill succession. for the same places, by
bench of Justices, witho any
_similar or tohtehaerrsati:n.:
erorsernent, and with only e Zaveat of one .
il. cetchetty metnbers of the Court, such as Mr. WWll-
somtii_i_thWe n 1,1, so unexpectedly enlightened the, adtrittehtleendi optics of these Middlesex sages and
Mission
of, the law ? The Saints of the " London City
natal n''
that these must answer this interrogatory ; and fortu-,
they have donetitesseo to our hands. Be it known,
,dresse:se 'pattern-of-religion men, ad-
memorial in writing (not in print—that would
~,uraive.beean dangerous) to each of the Middlesex Justices,
Pray " That they would grant no license by which
u tieord's. day would be legally desecrated, and the cor-
erfP lon o'f'
of both sexes advanced, to the injury
citsneietY• The document is dated from the " London
) Mission-office, Oct. 14, 1841." We have already harkedre-
i' was sent in writing, no doubt from a fear that,
ad appeared in print, it would have prematurely
eaPloded.
~.,.I.t es' worth while to observe the artful manner in
~,,,iich this privately circulated manifesto is couched.
-I.,Pe yery first paragraph contains the following words,
It, " That anaong the obstacles to the progress of
social happiness and of good order in society your Me-
rdlhcrialists have especially to complain of the existence
rapid increase of Sunday and other large taverns,
ceased for concerts, under the 25th of George 11. The
PrOprietors of several of them, under the name of ' Con-
- eel IV have playa performed ; they have large theatres,
4,_trge companies of actors, and all the paraphernalia of
Sue licensed theatres -, with this disadvantage, that
'spirits and water, and other liquors, and cigars, are
~Served to the'eempanY during the whole time of the per-
- fertnauceS,"
z Setting aside the quality. of the grammar, the tenour
~of the foregoing passage is to leave no other inference
than that " plays" were performed at the places in ques-
Aon 'on Sundays. If this be not the obvious construe-
• lion to be put On the words we have cited, what other
1' will they bear ? Otherwise, why allude to perform-
at at all ? The ground of complaint is the dese-
s-eration of the Lord's Day—and that alone. The words
;.fintrlced in Italics are so underlined in the manuscript
-'3,evs lying before' uss It speaks of Sunday Taverns
licensed for concerts, in a way that Will admit, if we
sPeak literallysof only one interpretation, and as if those
taVerns were'licensed for concerts to take place
°.; that day ! There is no reference to week-
"aYs. The passage, therefore, to which we are
adverting was, beyond all doubt, so framed, with a pre-
. meditated design to mislead • or, we must adopt the
' 2ther alternative, that the dommittee of the " London
be, Mission" are more illiterate than we take them to
"e- But we beg to ask, where is the difference between
t_adny and other taverns ? Are they not all open on
"dY ? Or are some open and some shut ?
llut what Dogberries the Middlesex Justices must
haveo been, not to see through the flimsy veil thrown
titer the real purpose of this precious Memorial I That
~.c7 shouldhave been hoodwinked by it ! The purpose
,sw..as nothiag more nor less than to make them the cat's-
'rs of the " London City Mission," and its cat's-paws
,`eY became. Talk of desecrating the Sabbath by
iintierrieal performances I Why, it would be difficult to
wc)n,fidftY decent laersons in the whole metropolis who
knui. .anction by Pipit presence any spectacle of the
Mors Nay it is questionable whether any half dozen
ilrtt,fress Nay'
be mustered, even from the refuse of the
a e mon, so far to debase themselves by performing on
e.:.llndaY, supposing they might do so with impunity.
tee ; a reverence for the Sabbath is too deeply rooted in
814 breasts of all classes in England (except perhaps,
rioe, '9.her) to be easily eradicated. We think' we have
tiet,ielvn a tolerably sufficient proof of a gross decep-
elittee ving been practised upon the Court by the Cora-
The `
of the " London City Mission."
stet, same
unique document, the Memorial, goes on to
ing,setiuttt--" Your Memorialists sent on Sunday even-
Suue,sg. I, ten of their missionaries to visit five of these
kn Jtas•"
wing
° .._ . What ! had they no other means of
own Blaisweillat w.as going forward but by sending their
• iltat, the se onaries" to these dens of pollution? After
tils• The
die"missionary" should stink in the nos-
eipeoeser,in_„naorial omits to add, whether they escaped
01
sthey dirl;len, what uantitf or" spirits and water"
eat, reseeBl;"' what „cigars"g they smoked, or what other
s" Zs 't S' We anrerilef't) chrueYell77
islutmheedaarkA.s to all these mat-
'-'''. es. 413', if these
_:-4,,,Qz__
upouthpelaraees are producing the demor4liza-
s""74 tleedim have been yd ES 'Verify the feet
—a-emtciaohnrnst. of spies and in:
-

eve. The sisters laughed, for they made it a point to
laugh at everything Experience advised.

"We had lovely weather yesterday," said the Past,
" not a drop of rain fell the entire day."
" And I am positive," said the Future, " that this day
will prove as fine."
" And see," added the Present, "there is not a breath
to shake the white blossoms from the orange-trees ; the
wild bees' hum has become languid with delight ; and

see, there go a troop of Joys, wreathed with flowers, and
dancit% to the merry notes of the cithara ; let us join

iem.';'

" No," interrupted the Past, "let us rather take a
boat and sail down the smooth stream of Retrospection
—the waters are bright and 'clear, and on the banks of
that sweet river grow flowers of richer hue and perfume
than arty of the Elysian fields ever yielded ; we will
weave them into garlands, and—

" Nonsense 1" exelamed the Future ; " I hate viewing
a place a second. time ; let us pay a visit to Happiness,
her temple lies only a little way on the other side of yon-

der hie

" Agreed," said the Present ; " though I own I
would rather hunt for slumbering zephyrs amongst the

half-closed leaves of the asphodel on a sunny blink in
the garden."
The Past, perceiving she could gain no one to coin-
cide with her proposal, also acquiesced. The =deeps
would have started instantly had' not Experience de-
tained them, and insisted, much againit their inclina-
tion, on their takinc, three faithful servants to accom-
pany them. The Past was consigned to the care of Me-
mory, an ancient thoughtful sort of fellow, of a most gro-
tesque appearance, owing to his head being twisted
nearly round on his shoulders. The Present had En-
joyment for her conductor, a pleasant cheerful compa-
nion, but unfortunately a little too much addicted to
making copious libations to Bacchus. The Future had
for her guide, Hope, a young and inexperienced travel-
ler, but who, from her buoyant spirits and fanciful tales,
made the road seem shorter than any of her fellow-
servants.

But we must hasten to a conclusion. It is only right
to add, that although the Memorial, as we have already
stated, was, in the first instance, sent privately to each
individual Magistrate, it was on the licensing day read
in open Court.. What, however, was this out sheer
mockery? A mere formal pretext for a predetermined
wrong? The document had already done its work. Its
poison had been insidiously instilled into the minds of
those for whom it had been especially concocted. What
ralowed was meant as a blind to the public.
As the last act of the farce, and this is the most cha-
racteristic bit of all, the Red Lion-square Mission had ac-
tually the unblushing audacity to thank God, in a public
advertisement, inserted in the Times newspaper, of Oc-
tober 29, for the Suppression of Sunday Taverns r
The impiety of this act is enough to shock any real. Chris-
tian. That the reader- may not think we are imposing
on him, we quote the very words:—" The Committee of
the London City Mission devoutly thank God for this
great blessing,' &c., than which nothing to our minds
can be more revolting. The introduction of the name of
the Deity on such an occasion is not only an insult to
common sense, but an outrage on all proper feeling. The
passage would have been more pertinent and less impious,
if the phrase, " Middlesex Magistrates,- had been sub-
stituted for tfie name of the Almighty.
The Committee, in the fulness of their exultation, fur-
ther announce that the gates of the Eagle Tavern, the
Royal Standard, and all similar pleasure-grounds, within
the jurisdiction of the Middlesex Magistrates, had been
on the previous evening closed, thereby, doubtless, in-
tending to deter people from visiting them in future.
But, with one exception, White Contluit House, we
believe they are all open on Sunday evenings, as before
the Magisterial resolution. The proprietors of the
White Conduit House have bowed to the opinion of the
Justices, by keeping the Theatrical Saloon shut on those
evenings ; but it is tale to say that the Pleasure-grounds
are closed. 'With regard to the latter, no difference what-
ever has been made. But to the proprietors of these
places generally, we presume it is wholly a matter of
indifference whether they serve their customers with tea
and coffee, or spirits and water and cigars. Let them,
however, insist upon their indubitable rights to use
every part of the premises they occupy, and some of
which have been reared at an enormous outlay of capi-
tal, in any way they please, not contrary to law, as well
on Sunday as every other evening in the week. Talk
of vested rights ! What is this arbitrary inter-
ference of a set of Justices but an infraction of
vested rights ? And what shall we say of the conduct
of the Court in permitting itself to be ear-wigged and
biassed in private, on matters which it ought to have en-
tertained only in its public capacity ? If it had per-
formed its duty, it would at once have denounced the
Red Lion-square memorial as an, audacious attempt to
corrupt the springs of justice ; instead of which, it has
exposed itself to very injurious imputations. Believing,
however. that there are many gentlemen among the
Middlesex Magistracy inclined to discountenance fanati-
cal zeal and stupid bigotry, it would be well if some such
would take the earliest opportunity of moving the Court
to retrace its steps, and to rescind the resolution passed
iu October last ; or, if this should be thought too dero-
gatory to its dignity, the next best thing it can do will
be to take no further notice of the matter, and to renew
the licenses as usual, at the proper time, without any
future restriction.
Musical licenses were formerly granted only to such
places as Vauxhall, Ranelagh, Astley's, the Royal Circus (now
the Surrey Theatre), Sadler's Wells, and a few others. The
extension of these licenses to taverns and public-houses is the
work of the Magistrates themselves. In fact, there was no
other authority. If, therefore, any evil has arisen from their
practice, as alb), are the authors of it, so they ought to be alone
responsible for the consequences. But, to use the late Lord
Castlereagh's expression, they are now ‘. turning their backs
upon themselves." Unfortunately, however, let them turn
which way they will, they are always ready to show their teeth.

It was arranged that the Past and Memory should lead
the way, but they had hardly commenced their journey,
when the latter, recollecting that he had not brought his
staff along with him, returned to fetch it. Mean-

time the Future, impatient of delay, and urged by Hope,
set off in high glee at the anticipation of outstripping the
others, and being first at the temple of Happiness.
The Present, who did not wish to lose sight of the Fu-

ture altogether, nor yet daily too long with the Past,
sauntered along quietly, plucking a flower here, or cap-

,uring a butler:ly at one moment chatting and

laughing with a troop of Fauns, or joining in their rustic.
dances, beneath the spreading branches of a lofty oak ;.
or again loitering beside some gushing fountain, and re-
galing herself with the purple clusters that hung in wild
profusion from the interlacing tendrils.
At length the Past and her companion Memory, who
had overtaken her, set forth; their pace was firm and
equal, and as they proceeded they looked not upon the
pleasant scenes before and around them, but with averted
eyes gazed through the vista of Years into the vale of
Time, which they had quitted ; every spot they had
passed by seemed clad in brightness and verdure ; they
spoke but of the delights of yesterday, and the songs of
Memory, for the old man had a sweet and plaintive
voice, always turned upon his early joys and sorrows.
The Future—for it is now time to trace her course—
still continued to progress gaily. Unlike the Present, '
she disdained to cast a look upon the blessings that lay
scattered in her way. Nature in vain showered the
fairest fruits and flowers in her path ; Music breathed
her most touching melodies ; Mirth framed his gayest
measure. Both were alike unheeded ; for Hope, in her
;trial robe and floating locks, danced on before her, ever
pointing to some distant object glittering in the sun's
golden rays—some vine-clad hill or sparkling stream ;
and the giddy Future, urged by her ardent guide, pressed
on to gain the halcyon.spot, overlooking in her eagerness
the rocks and brambles on the road, which too fre-
quently bruised and lacerated her tender feet. They
had not, however, journeyed far in this manner, before
they reached a small olive grove by the way-side, in
which a fane of the purest white marble had been erected.
On its altar burned a clear flame, fed with rich gums
and spices by a vast number of doves, whose fluttering
pinions fanned the fire they supplied. Sleeping at the
foot of the altar lay a winged boy, his ambrosial locks
curled round a cheek as soft and roseate as a ripe peach.
Hope was the first to perceive him. "It is Love !” she
cried. "Ah ! could we but capture the sweet boy, what
happiness !—what delight !"
The eyes of Future sparkled at the idea. " Dear
Hope 1" she exclaimed, " what a delightful thought. I
would cherish him more tenderly than my favourite
lamb ; he should sleep in my bosom ; and I would feed
him and kiss him."

Softly," whispered Hope. "I shall certainly catch
him while he sleeps." But Hope was deceived ; the
urchin, who had heard every word she uttered, suffered
her almost to lay her hands upon his downy pinions,
when, starting from his pretended slumber, he ran away,
laughing at his disappointed admirers. Neither of the
damsels were, however, vasilydispirited.
"We shall! have him yet," said the Future, and off
they both started in pursuit of the fugitive. J Through
brakes and thickets they rushed with heedless speed
now bounding across the open glade like rival Atalantas
—now threading, like Theseus, a labyrinth of tangled
underwood, as they caught distant glances of the flying
boy, who,
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laughed at the hopeless chase, now suffering them to gain
upon his path, in order to maks their disappointment at
at his loss the greater. Such is the character of Love—
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sat dOwn at the root of an old tree, her mind filled with
gloomy anticipations ; for Hope had wandered from her,
deep into the forest, in expectation of finding a wood-
nymph named Content, with whom she trusted to rest
for a short time.
Meanwhile, the Present, encouraged by enjoyment,
continued sporting merrily onwards, seldom, indeed,
troubling herself about the fate of her runaway sister,
the Future, or bestowing a thought upon the Past, both
of whom she looked upon as romantic visions ; at length
she reached the Grove of Love. The boy, weary of his
chase, was seated beside his altar ; he beckoned the
travellers to approach, and they entered the fane. En-
joyment offered him a fresh honey-comb, and the Pre-
sent stooped to kiss his glowing lips. At first, the ur-
chin seemed fearful of approaching the strangers ; but,
gradually becoming more bold, he crept into the arms
of the Present, and nestled his cheek upon her soft
bosom. Enjoyment, delighted with the scene, flunc,
showers of rose-leaves over them ; he pressed from the
rich grape its ruddy juice, and they quaffed deeply the
maddening draught ; the maxims of Experience were
forgotten in the delirium of the hour. Love crowned
the Present with flowery garlands, and Enjoyment re-
velled in delight.
But pleasure the most exquisite soon palls. Enjoy-
ment soon sank listlessly upon a bank of flowers ; the
fervid breath of Love had prematurely withered the gar-
land on the brow of Pleasure ; his wings became clogged
with honey-drops, and his snowy garments empurpled
with the blood of the vine.
The day closed drearily. The voice of the fierce wind
was heard howling in the deep valley, and the wings of
the storm crushed the dark pines upon the mountain's
head. Sadly, and with anxious solicitude, Experience
sat upon the threshold, watching for the return of the
three wanderers ; at length a figure bent with grief
approached. It was the Future ; but how changed !
her blue eyes were suffused with tears—her step had
lost its buoyancy. Hope was no longer her companion
she had deserted her, and a Woe-worn melancholy being,
named Despair, supplied her place. The deluded girl
wept long and bitterly as she sank into the arms of Expe-
rience, and in those tears was the agonizing confession
that she had spent
A weary day of hopes and fears.
Began in folly—closed in tears.
Following closely on her sister's steps, came the Present.
She, like the Future, had drank the cup of disappoint-
ment to the lees ; the pollutions of Pleasure had dimmed
the fire of her eye, and paled the rich carnation of her
check. Enjoyment bad deserted her, and a-gaunt being,
&Med Remorse, who was ever by her side, reminded her
of her ruined wasted feelings.
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