Star.
London, England, 1823-01-31 00:00:00

HOME.

BY HENRY OLIVER.
And now again my steps I tend,
To where new pleasures never end.
Homeward I turn with just the glee
That I felt pain on leaving tkee;
No tears will now the eyes bedew,
Of those who sighed a long adieu;
Or, should they haply chance to flow,
They're tears of welcome—ley Oa woe ;
And every smile and look full well,
The gladness of the day shall tell. • • •
There needs nor eloquerice nor art,'
To speak the language of the heart.
Now shoots of mirth, In merry strafe, •
Shall echo my return again—
Voices to me so fondly dear,
Will sound sweet music to my ear.
If. I should picture earthly bliss,
It-surely will eohsist of this-.-
A Home Without a single shade
Of partial love or fondness made,
United by so true a chain,
That nought could sever it in twain.
Hen strife could never find Its way,
Or finding it, would never stay. •
Herelesiousy could never dwell,
Nor hatred, malice—all farewell!
With pride I own, with joy confess.
Such is my Home—my happiness.
Now tell me, ye who direll among
• Tlie chilling, dissipated throng,
If ye can find such seesies-u these
In all your affluence and ewe? •
Ale, not far different joys ye choose,
Too ignorant of what ye lose*
Forgetting (that all youth ti past
When sad regrets shall Come at last)
The flame of dearest, kindred ties,
Too long neglected, sinks and dies.
Thus in the winter of your age,
When weary quite of fashion's rage,
Ceasing in search of joys to roam,
'We find a desert cheerless Home !
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We see by the London Medical Repository, Sir GILLIVIT.IItitSI,I
in some remarks on the comparative health and population of Eng-
land at different periods, which he has lately published, states, that
the anneal mortality of London in 1700, was one in 1151 in 173(
one in 21 ; inleol, and the four preceding years, one in SS; inlolo,
one in Z,5 ; and in 1821;nne in 40. Sir G. Diana conceives the
causes of superior health to consi4t in a general improvement in,
the habits of life, particularly with regard to ventilation and
cleanliness, a more ample supply of water, particularly since the
new Water Companies began to supply the town—greater abut'-
dance and better quality of food—the improved state of medicine.;
and the better management of children.. An analogous improve—
sr.cnt in salubrity has occurred in the other large towns of the
kingdom. We subjoin the following Table, given by SirG.lll..ort,
who was indebted for it to Mr. Pim-Amon, one of the most able
calculators of this age, which will chew the great improvement
that has taken place in the laws of mortality between two pe-
riods, and the Reader will readily see, that if the table were cal-
culated according to the last census, the prtsbahilities of life
would still be greater. I So that the in-
crease of vita-
lithy is in the
inverse ratio
.or 100 to

Ages.

tfean duration of life. reckoning from
103. 1789.

9 40.05 51.20 I 12S
10 38 93 48.28 1 124
20 81.91 41.33. l3O
so 27.57 mixt° 131
40 22.61 29:70 1:11:
50 17.31 22.57 I 180'
60 12.29 15.52 128 •
70 7.44 10.39 141
The gravity of the Spanish character is proverbial.
It is at the same time capable of the strongest sallies'
of vivacity and satire. This vein has been a good deal
exercised at Madrid, since the communication of the
Notes of the three Sovereigns. Of the many squibs,
on the subject, the following.may serve as a sample.'
It is a dramatic scene, in which the personages are
Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain, and England:
Austria (to Spain).--" My ai,,ter, I beseech you, in the name
of Clime:As V. and, above all, of Pouts 11. hear me. I cannot
look with indifference upon the convulsions you suffer. I pity
you so-much that I have uo pity left for the Greeks. If you
were my neighbour, like Naples and Piedmont. you should have
partaken, with them, of my kindness; I should have loaded you
with favours, as I have dune Italy. Like her, you should be free
and iudypendent. But sinee I most conbue myself to giving you
good advice. I must tell you, with tears 11 my eyes, your situation
is false, pernicious, and against the interests of Winn society: your
visitien wai right, social, beueficent, and weelw of all praise,
ui)der the Inquisition,—that ancient, venerable, and orthodox in-
• • etitution, which, instead of providing for the happiaiss of mortals,
lihe the pretended wits of tide age, in thii transitory span of life,
filleted momentary suffering upon their vile bodies, to secure
the happiness and glory of their immortal souls hereafter. Do,
• my dear sister, reinstate the InqUisltione—aend Your Cortes to th,
gallies--give your worldly wealth in charity to the poor—l maw
• the poor end lowly Monks; and then I shall share my affection and
esteem between my worthy neighbour, Turkey, and yourself." '
Penni% (in a severe doctorial voice)..." My cousin—The as-
cendant of those disastrous decusoes of disorganising pidlosephy,
and your idle dreams of false liberty, have led you astray. 1,
possess seal liberty, am quite shotked at the despotism you
suffer. t Battered myself that a crisis would-have cured you of
the dreadful fever you were, seized with, and brought you back
tilt " sole and central and tutelary, power:: which is all MI
orb; and is, moreover, the essence of the monarchical principle.
But since my hetes baud been- dlitappohited, and your malady
contirues so desperate, that you, in. your delusion, imagine your
tyranny to be freedeen—since, in R"--e.. you mortally offend me,
your Protestant cousin, by stripping the Catholic Church of her
,e garment of pearl, and gold, leaving.her but a. comfortable and
decent robe—she too, who never was proud of her finery—
/ why, then, my refractory cousin, you are incurable, and I leave
you to ypur distemper, in order to bestow all my tender care upon
sty dear. Poland, whose conditiOn is anything but like yours.'
Russia (of giant sti.ture,
,haughty tone, and the knout in her
right hand)--4, Thou presUmpteuus begglge, what but thou
done with the Principles of Social Order ?'=(a book of which
Aussie bad sent copies to all her, friendi and acquaintance
throughout Europe).-Thou, furioath, must hoer> romances of
liberty and revolution.. Look at the good fruits of the Pr incl-
-Ps of Social order'-the high destinies s;hich aWilted thee, in
the state of my great Lords arid their-happy serfs. There are
the germs of prosperity, riches, force, and'true freedom. Can
you doubt the sincerity of my regard for you?. Look !—do I
not abandon, for your rake, who are auslistuit from me, my
dear neighbour of Constantinople, where the principles of social
order are in a sad plight?"
Spain—a little warm, and about to speak.—la stopped by
England. •
Erssensed--, Good Ladies, -excuse our friend, here; in ronsim-
trance of the services she has rendered you, white you were in
such distress and peril. is the hands of thelMat ravisher of Eu-
rope—forgive,l say, our frisr.d, weaktulisl thIS fantasy, of
being free—it is one to which lam myself stayed.
Russia (isteyropting)—" Letting hlood..eketiag blood—have
.you tried that?"
Engrand—" It has been tried dpon me, hot has litho eon-
ftimeo the diseue."
tiana-1, Then I advise yoit to try the imootg lend you
this I hold in my hind.--f England starts)..-e-Whatt Mada2l; are
you Shocked? 1 assure you; I have knerien some of your Illtate
doctors, who were not quite so inceedolests re:speeds/ its virtues,

when I—..

• Our friend:lnglami is a prejn-
diegr bap. has yet familiarised herself with- the vir-
tues of she 'moot. You know how long it win before she could
be brought to endure vactinatkm. Oar friend Spain, too, has
done ns a good turn before now. She came between ems and
that toolowded althoogh Ise was day merin•law
bled os*DO • , •
semegin a parinn)f—" -Bel the stiolgiss of soda
perverse e--
Here the sceneiad became so animated that Sight used n
this
east gesture; but 'beard whispered.; wird in her ear—.ad.
peace was restored.