STANZAS. ANONYMOUS. EoMe, Mary, let us seek the hill Where blooms the gorse along the lea, And wander by its wizard rill, Or sit beneath its greenwood tree; There mingle converse kind and free, Or read some bard's inspired strain, Or, blest in Nature's harmony, To sweeter silence sink again. The gleams of joy that gladden life, Its gathering clouds may soon o'ercast, But let us snatch from care and strife The lovelier moments while they last ; ... The tears that spring from sorrows past Down Pleasure's brightning cheek may flow, As snows piled by the mountain blast In fresh'ning floods are felt below. Then come and brush the vernal dew By mossy glen and mountain hoar, And mark the billows trembling blue Around that lone and lovely shore O come, ere youth's gay morn is o'er, Ere the heart's vivid spring is gone, And darker cares, unknown before, Condemn the breast to sigh alone ! Yet sure affection's fervid glow No “ chance or change" shall ever chill, Nor e'er the soul's ingenuous flow Be deadend by life's darkest ill ; But come and let us climb the hill, When blooms the gorse along the lea, And wander by the wizard rill, Or sit beneath the green wood trec. 2 SONNET. TO A LADY CARESSING AN INFANT. ANONYMOUS. O Take not, dearest Anna, from my view That lovely child, which in thy fond embrace Smiling delighted, lends more winning grace Unto thy airy form and blooming hue !... 'Tis sweet on these young eyes of liquid blue To gaze, ... and in the features of a face, Where nought of ill bath stampt unhallow'd trace, While he with tremulous hand would pat our cheek, To him who heareth those whose hearts are pure and meek. 144 1 1 A General Bill of all the Christenings and Burials within the Bills of Mortality, London, from December 15, 1812, to December 14, 1813. Christened in the 97 parishes within the walls 1009—Buried 1094. Christened in the 17 parishes without the walls 4411-Buried 8626. DISEASES AND CASUALTIES. 27 205/Water in the chest........ 4 Palpitation of the heart 6 Worms 19 By the explosion of gunpowder 1 1 Bit by a mad dog 5 Broken limbs 1 Burnt 8 Drowned, 101 3 Excessive drinking 898 Executed.. 4 Found dead. 19 Frighted.. 24 Killed by falls and several other accidents. 34 Stoppage in the stomach.. 25 Killed themselves, 2 Murdered 2 Poisoned 1 Scalded. 288 Suffocated 2 Total 298 Whereof have died, 1751 Eighty and ninety; 489 | A hundred and two... ...... Five and ten ................ 604 | Fifty and sixty 1606 ! Ninety and a hundred.. A hundred and nine A hundred and thirteen.. Decreased in the burials this year 973. reported to be buried within the bills of mortality, ....... 4 11 Quinsy 714 Palsy Ague 2 Fistula 6 Pleurisy 7 Piles 297 Small Pox 2 Spasm 2 Surfeit 1 St Vitus's dance 207 Thrush 1108 ....... ...... ..... ......... 44 61 1 BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS, WITHIN THE YEAR 1813. son. SOD. BIRTHS. G. S. Mackenzie, Bart. a son. 14. Right Hon. Lady Augusta Cotton, a daughter. JAN. 1. Lady Mordaunt, a danghter. 15. The lady of Sir William Pole, : 3. The lady of Sir G. Bowyer, Bart. a daughter. 17. Right Honourable Lady 4. The lady of Major Stewart, 9th Isabella Anne Brydges, a daughter. 19. royal veteran battalion, a daughter. 6. At Manchester, the lady of LieutenantThe lady of W. Dickinson, Esq. M.P. a Colonel Inglis, of the Edinburgh militia, a 9. At Perth, the lady of Captain aughter. 28. Viscountess Pollington, a Ayton, a daughter. 10. At Cork, the daughter, 27. The lady of Thomas Pere lady of Major-General Graham, a son. grine Courtenay, Esq. M.P. a son. 28. 11. Madame Lucien Buonaparte, a son. The lady of Sir Joseph Mawbey, a still17. At London, the Right Hon. Lady born child. At Stockholm, the lady of Caroline Anne Macdonald, a daughter. Edward Thornton, Esq. bis Majesty's En19. At Latballon Lodge, the_lady of voy Extraordinary and Minister PlenipoColonel A. Spens, a son. 20. The lady tentiary at that court, a son. of J. Finch Simpson, Esq., a daughter. MARCH 1. The lady of Captain J. Hal. -At Edinburgh, Mrs Murray of Pol- dane Tait, royal navy, a son. 2. Hon. maise, a son. 22. At Rasay, Mrs Macleod, Mrs Blackwood, a daughter. 5. At Edin. of Rasay, a son. 25. The wife of Dr burgh, Mrs Somerville, wife of Dr SomerSutherland, a daughter.-Mrs Bunning ville, deputy-inspector of army-hospitals, of twin daughters, who with their mother a daughter. 6. At Musselburgh, Mrs died in a few days. 26. At Edinburgh, Scott, of Wauchop, a daughter. 8. At the lady of Archibald Macnab, Esq. of Park House, Mrs Dr Mackinnon, a son. Kinnell, a son. 28. The wife of the Rev. -Countess of Northesk, a son. 10. Mrs Dr Hall, a son. Fuller Maitland, a son. 16. At Broom FEB. 1. The lady of the Honourable ball, the Right Hon. the Countess of ElArchibald Macdonald, a son—The Mar- gin, a son-At Edinburgh, Mrs Stewart, chioness of Queensberry, a daughter. of Crooks, a son. 18. Mrs Charles Ham3. At Kilravock Castle, the lady of Hugh mersley, a daughter. 19. At Edinburgh, Rose, Esq. M.P. a son. 7. At Edinburgh, Mrs Dr Gordon, Buccleuch Place, a son. Mrs John Brougham, a son. 9. At Edin. 21. At Edinburgh, Mrs Fergusson, of burgh, Mrs Morehead, wife of the Rev. Bailyouken, a daughter. 23. At EdinRobert Morehead, a son. 12. Lady Mary burgh, the lady of Thomas Sheridan, Esq. Long, a daughter. 13. The lady of Sir a son. The wife of George Baring, Esq. |