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THE COMPLAINT OP THE DYING YEAR.

Reclining. on a couch of fallen leaves wrapped in a
fleecy mantle, with withered limbs, hoarse voice, and
snowy beard, appeared a venerable old man. His
pulse brat feebly, his breath became shorter, and he
exhibited every mark of approaching dissolution.—
This was old Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-two;
and as every class of Readers must remember him a
young man, as rosy and blithesome as themselves, they
will, perhapsrfeel interested in hearing some of his dy-
ing expressions, with a few particulars of his past life.
" I am," said he, " the son of old father Time, and-
the last of a numerous progeny;, for he has had no
less than One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-
two of us ; but it has ever been . his fate to see one
child expire before another was born.. It is the opi-
nion of some, that his own constitution is beginning
to break up, and that, when he has given birth to a
hundred or two more of us, ..his family will be com-
plete, and then he himself will be no more." ..
Here the Old Year called for„his account-bookr
and turned over the pages. with. a sorrowful eye.—
Ile had kept, it appears, .anaseuxate account of the.
moments, minutes, ,hours,.anal,,nsonths,.which he has
'issued, and subjoined, in some places, memorandums
of the ues to which they- Would*.hitifebeets applied,
and of the losses he has sustained." These particulars
it would be tedious to detail; and perhaps the rico!•
lection of the reader may furnish them as
.Well, or
better. But we must notice one circumstance: upon
turning to a. certain page in his accounts, the old
wan was much affected, and the tears streamed down
his furrowed checks as he examined it. Thil was the
register of the fifty-tsco Sundays which he had issued;
and which, of all the wealth he had to dispnie of, has
been, it ap, efirs, the most scandalously wasted.;—
" These," sal Ll he," were rvt). most.precious giftl. /hid
but fifty-two of them to be4ow. Alas! how lightly
have they.been es!eernd !" ;Pre, upon referring back
to certain old niernnrandnriss, he found a lOng list of
vows and re:.otetions, which had a partieulavrefer=
ence to these fifty-two Sundays. This, with a mingled
emotion of grief and a11...;er., he tore into a 'hundred
pieces, and threw on the embers, by which he was
endeavouring to wart') his shivering limbs.
st I feel, however," said he, 16 more pity than in-
dignation towards ti.e-e offenders, since they were
far greater enemies to theniselves than to men. But
there are a few outrageous one., by whom I have been
defrauded of so much of my substance, that it ii hard
to think of them with patience, p.irtiktilarly that noto-
rious thif Procrastination,' of Whom eVerybOdy his
heard,, and who is well knoWlitO bare .Wronged my
venerable firther of much tifhia property: There are.
also three noted rutdans, 3k4,'Sltipt, and Pleasure;
from whom I have Suttees! Muth; besides a certain
busybody; called Dies's, who, (tads* the pretence of
making the most of me, and taking great care of me,
steals away More of my gilts than any ten" of. them.
4. As for me, all must anknOWledge that !bate
performed my part toieards my friends and foes...-
I havolulfilled my utmost. promise and been more
bountiful than many of Ist predecessors. My tweivb
fait Children have e:44 ni.theit turn Bidedmy cxer:
tiops; and their itridUCtistes and ddtibns brie
all conduced to the general good: Mile 116ruary,
who.: iptifibled the' riatild Boughs with delicate
buds, and brisught-bei riblitesi offering* of eat*.
Rimers, ' was not Of more essential aervien than
ibit. rude blusteribg biiy, March, who •thclugh
violent us his temper, was vel en -inwtioncd and usetul.
.ApiST,.agentiel teinier-hpattedtitl, wept for his lost,
yet cheered me. With fealty a smile.:—Janie tante
crowned With ivies, and sparkling in sunbeams, and
.laid up 4 stilt* of costlicirOanients for het luxuriant
stliceisOris 'But 1 -Cannot stbilo enumerate the gobd
qualities ind.graoi4 an 64 children. ton,- my poor
. ekrriber, dart is )our conn' exion and cold is your
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temperloEoV resemble my firitbcifis January; With
thiX 4fferenie, Bait he wet iticiit prone to anticipa-
tiOit, Ind Yon to rellittinn. :
0, If there lirould be aby, Airbp; apOn bearing toy
dying limentatiOn; tbay fit) regret that they have
not treated me More kindly,. I would beg leave to
bat, that it is yet in their power to make some cbm-
pensation, for their past conduct, by rendering me,
during my few remaining days, as much service as is
in their power ; let them testify the sincerity of their
sorrow by an itnmediate alteration in their behasilour.
It woulll give me particular pleasure to see my only
surviving child treated with respect: let no one
slight her offerings I—she has, a considerable part_ of
say property still to dispose of, which, if well em-
viewed, will turn to good accopnt.
64 k is very likely grit, at least after my decease,
miry may.reflect upon:themselves for their miicon-
dem towards me: to ouch I would leave it as ray
elk iii. *Wilda% ell to waste time in. unavailing re-.
stet .1 11l their wishes and repentance will not recall
tee to life. I dull never, never return! I would ra-

But Summer will return,
In all her beauties dress'd
Nature shall rejoice again,
And be by man earned!
But, oh! Life's summer pass'd away,
Can never, never hope return I
Cold Winter comes, with cheerless rat,-
To beam upon its dreary urn!

Then may we d.ily seek
A mansion in the skies,
• Where Summers never cease,
And glory never dies!
There an eternal Spring shall bloom,
With joys as vast as angels' rovers !
And thrice te6 thousand harps In tune
Shall praise the love that made It ours!

WINTER CIRCUIT.

SURREY—SINGSTOIC. JA NUAR* 1.
George Reeves and William Jameson were indicted
for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr.
George Huntingdon, in the Parish of St. Paul.Dept-
foid, in the dal►-time of the 4th of October, no person
being therein, and stealing 11. 175'. 6d. in silver Money,
and other articles.* the property of James and Joseph
Huntingdon.

The -prosecutors were the sons of George Hunting-
don, living in Bell-laue,'New-cross, in that part of
St. Fauna 'Deptford, situate in the County of Surrey.
Oti Ike morning of ttie 411 of October, the family
lerrthe houie, leaving it fastened; and, On their re-
turning home in the evening,. it was discovered that
it hid been entered by the back way, by. violent
nreini, and the money in question taken from a
nionef-bbi in .Which the prbsecutors had placed their
little savings.
. It appeared that the prissmerlteeves had been seen
in thellird'hehind the plosecator's house, with his
shOes oft h the Causseof the day. Both prisoners
were-apprehended On snspfeion, and some of the arti-
cles stolen Were found on each of diem.-
The pirsinier's;'Who were both under fifteen years
or age, said, in their defence, that they were at borne
at the time the alleged robbery was committed.; but
neither of them called any wltnesseg in suppoit of
their statement.
The Jury found both prisoniers Guilty—Death.
Thomas Corn/ill, James Porter, and Charles Austin,
were indicted fur a burglary in the dwelling-house
of Robert Blanc, on the 25th of December,. at New
ington, and stealing therein a tea-caddy, some gold
brooches, and other articles, the prosecutor's property.
On Christmas-day list, the prosecutor, who lives
in Bohoph's-hine,! Newington, went out to dinner,
and his roureciome in the evening, about toren
'o'clOck, he found strangers in his house. Presently,
he saw two men, the prisoners Cornbill and Porter,
'coming out. He seized the latter, who .dripped from
his person the brooches'in question, and secured him.
The prisoner Combat made his escape, and was after-
wards apprehended at the lodgings f Austin, who
had been seen near the prosecutor's hOuse on the
evening inquestion, and the remainder of the stolen
property was found in his arartmeuts. •
Upon those faits die citse went to the Jury'; and
the prisoner's; Whb made no defence, were all found
. •
Joh)" Hibbard was indicted for a burglary in the
dwellit -house Of Mary T.adman, at. Chertsey, in the
night of the 14th of November, and stealing therein
a blanket, three, pillows, and titbit ankles, the pro-
secutrix's property.
The case against thepriitiner Was supported by hii
own voluntary COnfesicin,tfiet he and two other men
broke open die prosecntrix's house, and *tote the ar-
ticles mentioned insit kidiCtslait. At that time the
house was not act ite4, but Mts. 'redraw),
the prooCntria. who fi*l let.o* Apia' a tenant
whose term had ekPireddlidreinoetia heqcoods-into
it, and was 'ahout ,iCrosons,.e her resi-
dence. The proseeutril 444, ettt utiertaki to
swear to any of the iiiniiierty ...740.e.#51; which was
.fratu_d consevencebf s information.
r. Jiistice ne,irt.eir told ..1 lttii that tbet toast
acquit the prisoner of the stealing, Ml*, not
being identified ; but the OVII,IIII him genii of
the breaking and editing withThientt6 steal;
The Jury immediately &cad die prikiner (hilts
of the burglary only. •
The Grand Jury found tford.,bills dfiedictntent to,
day against a Reverend Doctor in uttinimlate of
rnhans ; the one chireng hisk nth %kin:ening
.marriage without license, and the Giber for disking a
entry of mar:lege in the pini_OTeLlser.
These indictments Were fopd 96th 'Geo.
11. c. 33, commonly Lard_ nardwictei Act,
mid the 52d Geo. ILL said that the de-
fendant is not at prat* *Witt the jarintraotiob eff
the Court.
At half-fast two to-dy Gralo .417 Veit dis-
charged.— !ley pmie ,
blahs 4114.tersonIstems fidr. 11146010. AZ:
dwelling-house of Richardares, oa the tth

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