Star.
London, England, 1822-01-01 00:00:00

NEW YEAR'S DAY.

------- Quad adest memento
Componere equm ; eaten flumine
Rita feruntur. 11loz.scs.

bnpreve the present hour, for all beside
Is a mere feather on a torrent's side.
Could 1, from Heaven ingipied, as sure presage
To whom the rising year shall prove his last,

As I can number in my punctuil page,
And item down the victims of the peat :
How each would trembling wait the mournful sheet,
On which thespress might stamp him next to die?
And reading here his sentence, how replete
With anxious meaning, Ileav'n-ward turn his eye !
Time, then, would seem more precious than the joys
in which he sports away the treasure now ;
And pray'; more seasonable than the noise
Of drunkards, or the music-drawing bow.
Then, doubtless, many a trifler, on the brink

Of this world's hazardous and headlong shores

. Forged to a pause, would feel it good to think;

Told that his setting sun must rise no more.
self-deceiv'd ! Could I, prophetic, say
Who next is fated, and who next to fall,
The rest might then seem privileg'd to play ;
/kit naming DOM, the voice DOW speaks to ALL.

• Observe the dappled foresters, how light

• They bound, and airy, o'er the sunny glade—
' One falls—the rest, wide scattered with affright,
Vanish, at once, into the darkest shade.
Bad we their wisdom, should we, often wkrn'd,
&ill need repeated warnings, and at last,
A thousand awful admonitions seorn'd, •
Die, self-accus'd of life a►l run to waste?
Sad waste! for which no after-thrift atones;

The grave admits no care of guilt or sin.
Dew drops may deck the turf that hides the bones,
But tears of godly grief neer flow within!
Learn then, ye living ! by the mouths be taught

Of all these sepulchres, instructors true,
That, soon or late, death also is your lot,
And the next op'ning grave may yawn for you!

BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, DECEMBER 31.
ones ON RACES .= COML
Way.

$ to 1 asst Marcella
13 to 1 agst Sycorax colt
15 to 1 agst Landscape colt
18 to 1 agst Bess colt -

IS to 1 apt Opal
18 to I apt Duke of Yol'k's
Whalebone colt
20 to I apt Frolic.
O,lllCs.
110 to I art Cat
12 to 1 apt Tippity Wltchet

5 to I agst Parasol
6 to I agst Reserve
61 to I agst Metcalfe

9 to 1 apt Marian

ST. Linift.
110 to 1 apt Ajax
lIIWMA RKST STALL _

3 to 1 art &ag

I sto 1 art Bess colt.

A Lose Res.—The most remarkable instance of the undevi-
ating perseverance of a fox-hound on record, occurred in Scot-
land, in 1808, near Dunkeld. On the loth of June, a fox and a
hound were seen on the high road, proceeding at a slow trot-
ting pace. A countryman very easily caught the fox by running,
and both the fox and the de.: were taken to a Gentleman's house
in the neighbourhood, where the fox died. It was ascertained
that the hound belonged to the Duke of GORDON, and that the
fax was started on the King's Birth-day, on the top of the hills
called Monabad'', which separate Badenuck from Fort Augustus.
From this it appeared that the chase bad lasted four days, and
that the distance travelled from the place where the fox was tun-
kennelled, to the spot where it was caught, without Making any
allowance for doubles or crosses, but taken as the crow flies, ex-
ceeded seventy miles!
Hoax.—Three Apothecaries, a Physician, and an Undertaker,
all residing in Ripon, received notes in the name of Colonel,
DALlos, of Sleningford Hall, politely requesting the favour of a
call at his house (distant five or six miles) about twelve o'clock
on Monday, the 24th ult. As the former professional attendant
of the family bad lately paid the debt of nature, each of the me-
dical Gentleman felt elated at the supposed preference 'hewn
him, and the Idea of gaining" such respectable practice" was
fondly indulged, as the parties made the best of their way to the
mansion. The first who arrived was Mr. B. and as the morning
was very tempestuous, he had prudently taken a chaise; on this
Gentleman being introduced, he was received with that urbanity
of manners which distinguishes the Davross. After very much
chit-chat, their visitor felt surprised that no allusion was mad:
to the cause of his being summoned ; he therefore dropped some
hints to aLkord an opportunity fur something to be said—but the
apparent want of comprehension in all about him, only increased
Lis inward embarrassment. By this time the Undertaker had
arrived, and as hr bad a call arifficiu to attend that afternoon,
be was under the necessity of desiring to see the Colonel imme-
diately—the latter, on perceiving the well-known personage, de-
manded his business ; the warrant for hh appearance was there-
fore produced, which, on being read, was quickly pronounced to
be a forgery. At this moment in came the Physician, accom-
panied by Air. 1.. the Apothecary, and the asuanishment of the
worthy host and his family may be more easily conceived than
Described, when these last arrivals were introduced to their no-
Ice by the servant in attendance. The Colonel now saw that it
was " all a hoax," and declared that somebody had a mind to
bleed to death, Of poison, his whole household: expressing his
sorrow to his guests for the unnecessary trouble which had been
so wantonly tamed, be politely dismissed them, happy in being
relieved from the appearance of so much danger. Anticipating
further arrivals, the gallant Colonel desired the individual who
might be in advance of the retreating party, to warn any other
persons who might 4ppear to be marching in the same direction,
to halt, and order theta to face about ; and the undertaker had
not gone far, before he met Mr. B—w, riding post baste, and
with great concern depicted in his countenance—" How now,
Doctor ; what road To Colonel Ualton's ; can't stop," was
the reply of this diligent practitioner ; but, after much parleying,
explaining, and comparing notes, this worthy disciple of Fatah-
rius was induced to return; and, err the parties reached home,
al. the equestrians were miserably drenched with rain and sleet,
which fell all the morning without intermission.
Rt..--Saturday night, a fire broke out in an unin-
habited house, in Copenhagen-fields. The house was
the property of a Gentleman residing in St. Paul's
Church-yard, who, in consequence of its being out
of repair, had employed some carpenters to put it in
order ; the place contained a quantity of shavings,
which are supposed to have caught fire on the men
leaving their work. The conflagration spread with
much rapidity for a length of time, and threatened
destruction to the other houses whith surrounded it;
but .the flames were considerably kept under by the
activity of the inmates of the adjoining houses. On
the arrival of the engines, great difficulty was fcund
to get them near the fire, in consequence of the inun-
dation which was caused by the late rains ; the
ground was completely swamped, and many places
large ponds of' water were -to be seen, from which
water was procured. After considerable exertions the
.
eugmes were got near, and the firemen, with much
activity, played on the. adjoining houses, by which
means they were prevented receiving much injury,
only one of diem being damaged. After burning
rbi several" hours .the Ere was got under; but the,
whole of the house, together with its contents, were
completely destroyed.