Star.
London, England, 1826-02-02 00:00:00

STANZAS FOR MUSIC.

PROM THE LITERARY MAGNET.

O! there's still enough of joy for nrs,

Is this therAall the world of sorrow;

And If, today, we are not free
From we,. we may be by tomorrow 4

Then why let pass the fleushag hours-
-The few that Care, forgetful, leaves us
Leis seize tile moments that are oues,

Ere some new woe the demon leaves us !
Why droop beneath the preoent ill?
Will clouded brows bring quiet bosoms?
Though dark the seen; remember stiU
Hope shews of future bliss the blossoms!
Though Fortune frowns upon us, yet,
She frowns alike on aU above us ;
Her slights our hearts may soon forget,

With those we lore, with that' who love
Bring wine, the stricken heart to cheer,
Bring with it Mvsic's softest measure;

"tog love-inspiring Woman here,
' And let us give this hour to PISAISUre
For. there's still enouyb of joy; d'ye see.
In this they call the world of sorrow ;

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And if, to-day. we are not free
From Care. we may be by to

• T)IE LORD MAYOR'S ENTERTAINMENT.
At the grand dinner which the Lord Mayor gave on
Tuetaktp the Duke of York, his Majesty's Ministers,
'and dal:principal members of the Corporate Body, the
siisdngutated guests were too much intent on the good
things before them to shew any disposition to make or
to listen to long speeches. The dinner was pronounced
by the highest authority to be excellent, and the turtle,
in particular, Warted the praise of several of the senior
Aideczpens '
ihk)Loitti Blazon, in proposing the health of his
MilestO Ministers, expressed his regret that he bad
not had an opportunity of entertaining them at a period
of less*loom. He was, however, most happy to see
thuse on whom the trading community so mach relied.
All ranks looked forward with anxiety to their pro-
ceeding*. in the ensuing Session of Patliament. His
Lordship expressed his conviction that there was no
cairsewhatever for despondency; he trusted that con-
siderable benefit would be derived from the experience
of what had occurred; that the industry of the metro-
polis would soon be resumed, and that they would
proceed with increased energy.
Lord,-Hanaowsv returned thanks in behalf of him-
self and colleagues for the manner in which their
health, had been drank, and to express the satisfaction
which they always felt on meeting the Citizens of
Lyndon.

The company did oft quit the table until half-pit eleven.
THE BALL. •

Between three and four hundred persons of the first
rat,k'in the City attended, upon cards of invitation.
Quadrilles eirenmenced at about eleven o'clock, in the
ipriocM, which was splendidly illuminated. Most of the
toolns weiethrown open,and tea and coffee werirserved
to the visitors. The whole party was extremely gay.
At ot* tsle.lock the Egyptian Hall was thrown open, and
the viiiisors found a cold supper prepared for them
.Iklutryi-hderever, for want of room, were for a time
compelled to content themselves with the gratification
of wind/log the others eat, an i of viewing the rapidity
with which the most choice things disappeared. Some,
however, had the superior felicity of waiting upon the
Ladies, and of sheering their attention in carrying
plates, Ste. But it gratified us exceedingly to observe,
as far as we bad an opportunity, that not one Lady was
permitted to stand whilst a Gentleman had a seat which
he could give up.
The herald At this time made a request from tbe
Lord and Lady Mayoress, that those who had taken
their refreshments would be pleased to give up their
seats to the ~ther visitors. This request was cheerfully
complied with, and those who had not been able to
obtain seat; in the first instance were not disappointed.
A few who had manifested some little. uneasiness at
the sight of the activity displayed by those who first sat
down, found an abundance of everything, and were
gladdened by the sight of numerous waiters, who
en:ered the Hall with battles of Champagne, adeira,
or Claret, as a fresh supply.
At a little after twe &dock all the vlskors had supped, and
dancing recommenced in the saloon, where it was kept up until a
late hour.

The Lord and Lady Mayoress performed the honours of the
occasion in a cheerful and distinguished manner.

Ye.terday a Court of Directors was held at the East
India House, when Captain Jona ORA hliTanoawt, of the ship
Sir David Scott, wok {save of the. Court, previous to departing for
Ihngal and China.
A letter turns Madrid r.f the 16th ult. says—" On
the Poe; to de Guadai ma, a chain of mountains on
the border s of Old and New Castile, the snow is at pre-
sent from six to seven yards high ; so that almost all
communicati n is intercepted between the capital and
the adjoining I.rusince, neither caniersolor any kind of
vo:ture being ab e to get fokwartl."
Yesterday the first Annual Meeting of the Governors
and Sy.bscribris of the National Guardian Institution
was, beld at the House of the Institution. in Bedford-
place, Joe. the purpose of receiving the Directors Re-
s out. which was of a very favourable description. Mr.
D.,P9pLOeir was in the Chair.
,A Meeting was held at Bury yesterday, to petition
Parliament for the gradual abolition of Slavery. Lord
cAsmitssupa, Mr. CLARKSON, Mr. WHITMORE, &c. with
a numerous and respectable assemblage. were present.
Sir .TUOMASWTATT, " the delight of the Muses and
of mankind." as he is styled among the old poets, was
said to have begun the Reformation by a bon root, and
planned the fall of WOLSRT by an apposite story. The i
51,):y was the apnlogue of curs baiting a butcher's dog;
and the Loa tea was, %vim HARRY the Eighth was one
day lamenting to WYATT the Pope's dilatoriness in the
affair of his dtvorce—" Lord," said Wyatt," that a man
cannot repent him of his sins but by the Pope's leave."
The view of Mount Olympus. owing to the prodi-
gious grandeur into which its vast masses are disposed,
is a source of wonder and of awe. A scene of bolder
outline cannot be imagined ; for the only diminutive
objects are the distant herds of cattle grazing in de-
tached groups upon the plain in the foreground ;all the
rest consists of objects of such magnitude, that in their
contemplation animated nature is forgotten; and the
imagination is naturally drawn to the contemplation
tit that Bane 101.4 ire thus represented in the immensity
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