Star.
London, England, 1828-01-18 00:00:00

ENJOYM EN F.

Adam Smith, in isiiTheory of Moral Sentiments,hts
rebuked Thomson for his famous apostrophe in • Win,
ter' to the " gay, licentious proud" where he says th
amidst their dances and festivities they little think

the misery that is going on in the world- —because, ob‘
serves the philosopher, upon this principle there never
could he any enjoyment in the wcild, unless every cot.
ner of it were happy; which would be preposterous.—
We need not say how entirely we agree with the
philosopher in the abstract: and certainly the poet
would deserve the rebuke, had he addressed hkriael(
only to the " gay ;' but then his gay are also " lice;
tious," and not only licentious, but " proud." •Nos
we confess we would not be too squeamish even aborts
the thoughlessness of these gentry ; far is not their
very thoughtlessness their excuse? And are they not
[ brought up in it,. just as a boy in St. Giles's
brought np in thievery, or a girl to callousness a!
prostitution? It is not the thoughtless in high It
from whom we are to expect any good, lecture
them as we may: and observe—Thomson himself does
not say how cruel they are; or what a et of rascals'
dance and be merry in spite of their better know,ledgi
He says,
Ab ! think the gay, ssentious proud
and so they do ; and so they will, till the diffosion
thought, among all classes, flows, of necessity, into the
gay rooms and startled elevations, and forces them
look out upon the world, that they 311 iy not be lost
being under the level.
We had intended a very merry paper' this week,
bespeak the favour of our new readers baas
" A very merry, dancing, drinking,
Laughing, quaffing, and unthinking" paper,-*
as Dryden has it. But the Christmas holidays are past
and it is their termination, we suppose, that has mac'
us serious. Sitting up at night also is a great inducer
of your moral remark; and if we are not so pleasant •
we intended to be, it, is betaute some friends of out
the other night, were the pleasantest peOple in the wor
till five in the morning...7l/4e Companion, No 11.

&Qum TO Poon CLERGYMEN.—The severe distit
to which clergymen with small stipends are often el
posed renders it an act of duty to publish whatever
tend to relieve it. Pei haps it is scarcely known beyoi
the precinct's of the parish of Christ Church, Sint
that a benevolent inhabitant of that parish. the. late •Nl
William Royce, some time since bequeathed to the
tor and churchwardens of Christchurch the s:vt,
sums of 2,G66/. 13s. 4d. and 2,2151. stock in the 3. pg
Cent. Consols, and also 1,0001. stock in iheft.per Cer
Reduced, in trust, to distribute one moiety alba dig
dends arising therefrom to poor distiesse.d-clergymei
of the Church of England. No resttietion or limit
tion as to locality is annexed to this charitable bequest
and the worthy distributors of the bounty are onl
anxious to impart it where it is most needed.
As the Paul Pry night coach from London to Orlon
was going down the road towards the latter, on Wed.
nesday night, it *Vas accidentally *upset a little beyow
Nettlebed Church. The road was very broad, but •
half of it is being raised in order to fill up a great hs
low ravine, the leaders shyed on approaching the em-
bankment, and the coach, notwithstanding the ezerpoor
of the coachman, was upset. There were only trio out
side passengers, who were both thrown off %%WI gre;
violence, but fortunately they sustained little or no
jury. The guard was not, however, so lucky, as
had his leg broken. The coach, in consequence aLI
accident, did not reach Oxford until four o'clock. •
Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the Poot
house, Paddington, on the body of Ms. Nicholas De-
forge, a Frenchman, who kept an oil and pickle ware.
house in Quebec Street, Portman square, and se
found lying dead in a ditch, near Maida Hill. on
morning of Tuesday. From the evidence adduced _
the inquest, it could only be inferred that the deceased
had fallen into the ditch, and been suffocated, whi'
under the influence of a fit, to an att ick of which

tune he was subject. The jury therefore returned a ver-
dict of—" Died by the visitation of GOD."

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