... On, 1831 AND 1832. Thirty-one is gone—thirty-two is here, Like the cradle beside the tomb, And we'll rock the birth of the infant year, With a dirge to the one that is gone;- And, yet of the old, no ill shall be told, And we'll hope the best for the new- If we were young in 31, We are older in 32. Then fill the bowl, and feast the soul, And set the fancy free We must not have a thought of the ...

... THURSDAY, FEB. 9.—Mr. Sadler presented a petition from Huddersfield, signed by 10,000 persons, in favour of the bill for limiting the hours of labour of children in factories. Mr. Chapman presented a petition from the inhabitants of the county of Westmeath, complaining of the tithe system, and pray- ing for its total abolition. Among the signatures was that of a clergyman of the established ...

... FRANCE.—The Messager des Chambres says, the peace- able state of the departments, the resumption of works of in- dustry, the ease with which we have passed through a winter, during which there was reason to fear that the lower classes would have been without work or assistance; in short, the little effect, or rather the complete nullity of the plots and excitements, fermented by party spirit, ...

... LONDON AND COUNTRY NEWS. The Government, it is understood, have atlellgth deter- mined to institute an inquiry into the conduct of the Magis- trates of Bristol during the late riots.— Morning Chronicle. It is determined to surcharge the occupants of dwelling houses having inclosed porches at the entrance of their premises, with glass at the sides and front, with the taxes on three additional ...

... FRIDAY, FEB. g.-Lord Ellenborough, after remarking upon the diminution of income which the establishment of the new bankruptcy court must have occasioned to the Lord Chancellor, expressed his decided opinion that full compensation should be granted to his lordship, and thought that a proposition to that effect would proceed with a better grace from the opposition side of the house. Lord ...

... Monday, Feb. 13.-This day's supply of beasts, calves, and porkers was rather limited, but fully equal to the demand; of sheep moderately good. The trade was throughout very dull with beef at an advance of about 2d per stone mutton, veal, and pork at Friday's quotations. (Per stone of 81b. sinking offal.) Inferior beef, from 2 4 to 2 6 1 Prime beef, from 3 8 to 4 2 Ditto mutton 2 8 to 2 10 ...

... The Moniteur states officially that Belgian fortresses, which, it was apprehe' time prove a source of serious misuni the two governments, had been amicabL, M. Camille Perrier, the brother of t1 Council, had just returned from London arrangement upon that subject. Great exertions are making by the Frenc., War, Marshal Soult. to the army on a T^uriocr tKo used in inspect.n ,s2nals, ters declare ...

... SrR,—If a Whig Reformer is so INFINITELY desirous of perusing your paper, I think, for your advantage, which he seems earnestly to cultivate, it would be much more gentlemanly in him, at once to send an order for the regular delivery of the Merlin for I firmly believe, that he is one of those persons who resort to the beggarly system of borrowing from your subscribers on all occasions when ...

... LONDON NEWS. A GENERAL FAST.—A supplement to Friday's Gazette contains the following proclamation :— WILLIAM, R.—We, taking into our most serious consideration, the dangers with which this country is threatened by the progress of a grievous disease, heretofore unknown in these islands, have resolved, and do, and with the advice of our Privy Council, hereby command, that a public day of fasting ...

... Berkeley King, Charlotte-street, Rathbone-place, lithographic printer. Henry Lewis Crohn, John-street, Minories, ship agent. John Stephens, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, bookseller. Charles Waite Cressey, Bristol, tea dealer, d?ted Jan. 31. BANKRUPTS. Henry Hudson, Harrow-street, Paddington, stable keeper. Adolphus Kaul, Camomile-street, Bishopsgate, watch manu- facturer. Richard Pullen, ...

... It is whispered at the Inlion at Brighton, that the christening of the son and hrtb the honours and fortune of the Duke of Buccleugh to be celebrated at Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh; an that the event is to be deferred until an advanced period oibe summer, when his Majesty and the Queen, (who will tisjponsors on the occasion) and a select court circle, will lil Scotland, in a government ...

... BY ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, Dear is the hallow'd morn to me, When village bells awake the day And, by their sacred minstrelsy, Call me from earthly cares away. And dear to me the winged hour, Spent in thy hallow'd courts, 0 Lord! To feel devotion's soothing power, And catch the manna of thy word. And dear to me the loud Amen, Which echoes through the blest abode, Which swells and sinks, and swells ...