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London, England, 1818-10-06 00:00:00

THEY DIAY RAIL AT THIS LIFE !

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BY THOMAS MOORE, ;SQ.

'nay may ran at this life—from the hoer I began it,
Tye found it a life full of kindness and bliss,
And until they can *hew me s•tme happier planet,
Mom social and bright, I'll content me with this.
, long as the world has such eloquent eyes,
As before me this moment enraptur'd I see,
They May say what they will of their orbs in the skies,
But this'earth is the planer for you, love, and Me!
Mercury's star, where each minute can bring them
New sunshine and wit frOm the fountain on high,
Though the nymphs may have livelier • poets to sing them,
They've none, even'there more enamour'd than I.
And, as long as this harp can be waken'd to love,
And that eye its divine inspiration shall be,
They may talk as they will of their Edens above,
BA this earth is the planet for yau,love, and me !
tint star of the West, by whose shadowy splendour,
At twilight so often we've roam'd through the dew,
There are maidens, perhaps, who have bosoms as tender,
And look, in their twilights, as lovely as yon.
. though they were even more bright than the green
Oi that isle they inhabit in heavinblue sea,
I ..ever these fair yoUng celestials have seen,
Why—this earth is the planet lot you, ►ove, and sue !
for those chilly orbs on the verge of creation,
Where sunshine and smiles must be equally rare,
they want a supply of coal hearts for that station,
lir-vex knows we have plenty on earth we could spare.
.I think what a world we sh mid have of it here,
If the haters of peace, of•afrction, and glee,
fere to fly up to Saturn's comfortless sphere,
And leave east!, to such spirits as you, love, and me!
Tons les hatitans de Mercure soot sift. •
Pluralit4 des Mondes.
terre rourra etrepour Venus retoile du bcrger, at la mere
amours, comme Venus l'est pour none.—lb.

MEETINCL—Tuesday, the 22d ult. the
Ednam Club met as usual, to celebrate the birth-day
the great Poet of the Seasons, at his native village,
iptaia R. WALKER, R. N. in the Chair. Many ap-
propriate toasts were given on the occasion. Mr.',
Lut)le presented to the Meeting a small painting of
'he Poet, in miniature, which had been sent to him
- that pOrpose by the Earl of BUCHAN, with a let.
in which he requested their acceptance of it.
This miniature is a copy from the original portrait
- THOMSON by SLUNOHER, which is now in his
:dship's collection, and gives to the physiognomy
the poet a more pleasing and animated expression
us what is usually seen.
On the 17th ult. John Forster, of Berwick, was
:Id at the Circuit Court of Justiciary, at Jcdburgh,
r illegally and clandestinely solemnizing mar-
(Res at Lambe:ton Toll Bar, and was sentenced to
banished from Scotland for life: but all this does'
stop him, for he has begun his old trade again,
I means to carry it on on the jiver Tweed in a,
st, near Paxton, exactly on the march betssiew
gland and Scotland: On Sunday sc'emight Ire
aarried two couple.
One day last week, two females, one 22, the other
habited as sailors, went to the Chequers Tavern,
Sheerness; and inqUired for lodgings for the night;
iey laid they had just•corne from Deal, and were
leg to enter on beard the Creole frigate next day.
r. Clapson, the.landlord, suspecting they were fel
males, observed that their hands did not appear to
7C been used to hard work, and shortly after one
. them puled off her hat, when her long hair fell
town, which confirmed his suspicions ; he then put
hem into separate rooms, and questioned them, but
their stories not agreeing, Mr. Clapson returned to
eldest, and told her he thought she was a female;
immediately burst into tears, and acknowledged
las they both were. She said they were of respect-
le parents, but seduced by some Officers that had
!en in Dover Castle, and ashamed to return home,
whad resolved, if they could, to enter on board
Creole, which is bound to a foreign station, and
,ilen they had got abroad they intended to have de-
serted. They gave Mr. Clapson their friends' ad-
!resses, who wrote to them, and they were fetched
way. They were not sisters ; one was fatherless,
id belonged to Dover.
HOAX.—Some benevelent person, who thought
ht the good people of Worcester might be in want
amusement, supplied them with a novel species of
atertainment on Monday se'nnight, by announcin,,-,,
through the medium of hand-bills (printed at Bristol)
`sat Madame Garnerin would ascend in a balloon
.rom Pitchcroft on 4lonJay afternoon at four, and
that at eight the same evening a nocturnal balloon
would ascend, under the direction of Mons. Quan-
ra, ; in consequence of this agreeable information,
many hundreds of the votaries of Saint Monday as-
embled at the place appointed ; they amused each
idler for some time with learned disquisitions on the'
iture, &c. of balloons, but after these topics had been
:hausted they began. to look about them with a little
...tpatience for Madame Game:ill's vehicle, appa-
'fatly doubtful whether it was to descend from the
illoucl4 or ascend thereto ; hour after hour rolled on,
-.el no balloon appearing, some of the cognoscenti
.aggested the probability of a hoar, which being ge-I
=tally admitted, the crowd gradually dispersed, af-
ter lauzliing heartily at each other's credulity. The
playful, author of this trick was no doubt present, en-
io-iing the fruits of his laudable industry, but had his
lopes recognized him, we rather suspect that he
would have been introduced into the embraces of Sa-

;:na with very Buie ceremony.
PRESTON, OCTOBER ✓.— CLARKE V. WARWICK,—
This cause excited considerable interest at the Bo-
rough Court last week. The plaintiff; Clarke, who
• a miller, brought an action against the defendant
far slandtrous words used of and concerning him the
said plaintiff; whereby he was charged with being a
-ague, rascal, and ti.;e.f. A great number of wit-
•esses • were examined on both sides, and sufficient
•idence being given to the satisfaction of the Jury,
.rat the plaintiffhad on many occasions pilfered from
the property of those who had brought grain to grind
• his mill, a justification of the words used was held
be established, and the Jury accordingly brotight
. a verdict for the defendant.; a decision which
throws all the costs upon the plaintiff, clarl4.

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