Star.
London, England, 1820-01-08 00:00:00

VERSES ON THE DEATH p THE YEAR 1819.'
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Which expired according to the opinion of some, of a rapid, of
others, of a s!oto consumptive disease, precisely at the hour
of Twelve o'Clock at night, on the 31st of December last.•

rale, ct sciaper rave !"
'7ia gone, and with it many a sigh,
The last of heart-born misery—
'Tis rne, 'midst many a bitter tear,
The harbinger of life'secareer ;
"in gone, and many a laughing eye
Has seats it pass in revelry ;
And bl...ss'el the hour that toll'd its knell,
And joypus 0a,.,13.1.'d a lung farewell:
others, toss'd with ceaseless pain,
Sincerely pray, but pray in vain,
'That life and all its woes would cease,
That death would seal their eyes in peace ;
Whilst some look on with changeless eye,
In stupid, heartless apathy ;
Careless alike of that distress,
Regardless of that happiness.
Short was thy course, yet inany a heart.
That joy'd to see thy Site depart,
And welcohid thee with smiles of bliss,
Lies now in cold forgetfulness.
The Sire whose heart rejieic'el to see
Ills children's youthful jollity,
Who oft begun' the wintry hour
With feats of youth, and youthful pow'r ;
The child, whose infant dawn of sense
In youthful, lisping innocence,
'Whose rosy April smile of bliss
Oft' cheer'd its parents loneliness,
And wiled their hours of care away,
Now mouldering with their kindred clay
Lie mingl'd in one common fate;
To us hew lone and desolate !
Such is the fate of man, to-day
He glitters in the noon-tide ray,
To-morrow, 'neath yon sculpture ruse,
lie lies in eeath's lone solitude!
And who can tell the nameless woes
Since thy first morning sun arose;
Ti,e bursting heart, the heaving throe,
The agony of mental woe—
The fervid vein, the rending sigh,
And all life's other meekery,
That blacken o'er the fate of man
Aed shorten e'en his life's short span.
the youth whose sparkling eye
• Rejoiz.'d to see thy morning sky,
Wishing thy happiest hour to shed
(hlerouad of pleasure on her head
In whom was p!ac'd his de- ;hid wife,
Ills all on earth, his very life;
For whom he heav'd the swelling sigh,
And pray'd the Goy of earth and sky, •
To bless her with a parent's love,
With joy on earth and peace above ;
Ah ! see him now, with downcast head,
His every hope but Iltavi.N fled,
His joys all vanish'd in their dawn,
Like dew drops from the verdant lawn,
And left beneath yon azure sky.
Alane with thee and misery !
Short was thy cout se, yet many an eye
Thou saw'st glow with extaey ;
And many a heart, in thy short reign,
Ilas tasted joy, worth worlds of pain ;
Where stniks (.1 love, and beams of bliss,
Have sautled tla..tn with their playfulness;
And many a heart's in ta.ion wed
Since the last Sun his course has sped,
Which neither time nor chance can sever,
Whose love shall die, and perish never ;
How many a parent hast-thou blest,
With their hearts wish of happiness,
And given to their longing arms
The pledge of love and wedded charms?
Thus bliss and pi.in alternate grow
And pleasure mingles here with woe;
The tear that trembles in the eye
Is harbinger of pleasure nigh,
And bliss and joy restore their reign
To the dread family of pain,
And every year that passes by
Is fraught with joy and misery.
Since then our lot's uncertain here
And changeful as the passing year,
Oh! Thou, our Faxisen---Ttrou, our GOD,
Who rulest nations wits thy nod,
Aceept our thanks for mercies giten,
GREAT Bursa of the Earth and Heaven!
And grant that every'year we tee
May place us nearer Heaves and TIM,
Until at length our every sigh
• Is lost in heavenly eztacy!

SCOTCH CUSTOMS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.

There was, comparatively, little of what is called
"first footing" in Glasgow, on Saturday morning, and
the sober part of mankind will note, with pleasure,
the decline of this custom. It generally excites riot
and quarrelling.
In Paisley, the first day of the New Year passed
over with no disturbance of any consequence. No-
thing like the usual noise was heard during the oc-
casion. It is generally supposed, that very few
Cla out with their bottles in the morning. In-
deed, trade has been so long flat, and the wages of
tradesmen in general so much reduced, that it
could not be expected they would display their
former merriment. These persons may possess the
same sccial i.pii it, they may desire to evince the
same love and Friendship by mutual kindnesses, but
they want the means now to indulge in costly eating
and drinking, whatever may be the occasion. Some
time ago, Meetings of the Radicals were held in all
the different quarters of the town, for the purpose
of adopting certain resolutions on the side of eco-
nomy. Among the rest, it was unanimously re-
solved at each place; to abstain in future from the
use of all spiritous liquors as much as Possible.—
It would appear, therefore, that both poverty and
principle have been combined in opposition to the
common festivities generally attended to on the com-
mencement of a new year. In the evening, accord-
ing to previous appointment, a number of Meetings,
among the Radicals,-took place in several parts of
the town, when each was served with a pye, and
supplied with plenty of warm water, mixed with a
proper quantity of sugar and ginger. Many favou-
rite songs were sung, and suitable toasts given at
these parties, and it is reported that the Borough mon-
t.erers and Sinecurists were duly remembered in the
course of the proceedings.

Lord GRAY, in addition to twenty bolls of meal
given to the poor of Perth, has sent ten to he diszri-
buted amongst the most necessitous families in the
Parish of Liff.
Lord DUSCAN has also ordered twenty bolls of
meal to be distributed anions the poor of the Parish
. •
of Lund ie.
lluaii MANTILTON, Esq. of Pinmore, and his sisters,
Mrs. C mkt: you o and Miss PIAMILTON, have given £l6
to the poor of Gil vau. •
Mr. DARLING, farmer at West Forton, has given
twenty-one tons of coals to a number of poor families
in the village of Atheistaneford.