Star.
London, England, 1825-02-01 00:00:00

THE PAINS OF MEMORY.
Will no remorse, will no decay,
Oh, Memory, soothe thee into peaoe?
When life is ebbing fast away,
Will not thy hungry vultures cease?
Ah, no ! as weeds from fading free,
Noxious and rank, still verdantly
Twine round a ruin'd tow'r ;
fio to the heart untam'd will cling
The memory of an evil thing,
In life's departing hour :
Green is the weed when grey the wall,
And thistles rise while turrets fall !
Yet open Memory's book again,
Turn o'er the lovelier pages now, •
And And that balm for present pain,
Which past enjoyment can bestow
Delusion all, and void of power ;
For e'en in thought's serenest hour,
When past delights are felt,
And Memory shines on scenes of woe,
'Tis like the tr.oon-beam on the snow,
That gilds, but cannot melt;
That throws a mockery lustre o'er, -
But leaves it cheerless as before !
Her sweetest song will only tell
Of lung-departed noon;
Of things we loved, alas ! how well ;
- And lost, alas! how soon !
For feelings blasted, hopes deferred,
And secret woes unseen, unheard
By the cold crowd around,
Will rise and make their plaintive moan,
And mingle with her softer tone,
Till, in their murmurs drown'd,
Her lyre shall lose its soothing flow,
And only tell a tale of woe !
Tho' Hope's bright scenes be false and vain,
Her's is the beauty of deceit;
Thu Pleasure's cup hold dregs of pain,
One ap upon the brim is sweet I
Yet, they have charms, tho false and few,
Tho' soon they vanish from the view,
Impalpable as air ;
But Memory soothes not, charms not, brings
No bairn, or true or false, for stings
Inflicted by despair;
But still some new device will find,
To torture more the sufferer's mind !

COMMON COUNCIL.

A Court of Common Council was held yesterday
at Gnildhall, which was very fully attended.
The LORD MAYOR, on taking the Chair, stated that
he had convened the Meeting for the pm pose of con-
sidering the Report of the Tithe Committee, prior to
the Meeting of Parliament.
Mr. truncomse, Chairman of the Tithe Committee,
presented a Report on considering the petition of the
parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate, in respect of a claim
made upon-them for tithes at the rate of 2s. 9d. in the
pound, which stated that, in considering the grievances
which other parishes are or might be subject to, in
regard of similar claims, they deemed it expedient to
call a Meeting of the Churchwardens and other inha-
bitants of the several parishes of the City and Liber-
ties, subject to claims under the Act 37 Henry VIII.
and the alleged decree, and held sundry conferences
with them, and after the most mature deliberation,
they were decidedly of opinion, that in order to re-
move all doubt as well in regard to the law on the
subject, as to provide future efficient, and liberal but
not oppressive payments for and in respect of Tithes,
that an application should be made to the Legislature
to repeal the Act of the 37th Henry Vali. and intro-
duce such equitable pro►isions and enactments in its
stead in relation to Tithes, as Pailiament might, under
the circumstances, deem fitting and expedient ; and they
had caused a Petition to be piepare4, to be presented
to the House of Commons in the ensuing Session, which
they recommended for adoption, and which would be
supported by Petitions from the respective Parishes.
The Report was agreed to unanimously, as also a
Petition to Parliament ; and the Committee were in-
structed toprosecute the same as they should be advised