-choice, in their more prosperous days, for they cannot wait till the retailers want their produce, and as for the proprietors of land, they are in a still worse situation, for they are obliged to be contented with such rent as the farmers think proper to pay.

In better times, when a farmer could not pay his rent, the stock was sold, and the farm let to another tenant; but now, the distress is so general, that the landlord cannot obtain relief in that way, for the stock cannot be sold to advantage, and another tenant cannot readily be procured, so that patience and forbearance are become necessary and general.

As the proprietors of land form a majority in the House of Commons, and compose the whole of the House of Lords, they may, either by legislative enactment, or by individual exertion, procure remedies for most of those evils, which may be done the more easily, since France sets the example of what ought to be done.

The main necessaries of life-bread, butcher's-meat, fuel, and other articles of lesser importance, are under regulations in France that prevent the dealers from taking credit; so that they can buy at the lowest price, with ready money. This is done by regulation, and custom has made the consumers pay either with ready money, or very soon; so that between the grower and consumer, there is very little enhancement of price in comparison to what there is in this country.

The same method of obtaining the same end, could not be adopted in this country, that is employed in France, as it would be rather contrary to the constitutional liberty of the subject, .but a law might be made to prevent the legal recovery of debts for bread or butcher's-meat, above a certain amount, something dike the law respecting the debts of minors, and that against the recovery of money spent for drinking in public-houses, (called commonly public-house scores.) Such a regulation by law would prevent long credit, and would do no harm to any one, for those who want credit, cannot get it, and those who get it, do not stand in need of it..

To the wealthy, this would be attended with a great saving, and to the public at large, an advantage every way that it can be looked on. As no risk would be incurred by taking the measures here proposed for obtaining ready money, and a better price to the farmer for his produce, would be obtained the legisJature need not hesitate, for it is only where there is danger, that caution is required.

The extent of farms need not legislative regulation; the landlords can arrange that business according to their own judgment, and to circumstances; and it is to be hoped, that no theories respecting the impossibility of forestalling and monopoly in the provision trade, will continue to operate to the prevention of

vigilance in opposing the illegal practices that prevail. Butter, cheese, poultry, and many other articles, are contracted for by dealers who accommodate the farmers, and crush them at the same time, and who fix high prices to the retailers, who are compelled to submit to their extortion.

Another great cause of national distress, is the want of work for those who are able to labour; but this part of the subject we defer till next month.

Oн nymph divine the boon impart,
That gives a solace to the heart;
Could I but call that bosom mine,
Bokhara's gold would I resign.
No longer then would I command
The boundless wealth of Samarcand;
Arise, O boy, let haste be thine,
Arise, and bring the sparkling wine;
For heav'n-blest Eden never had
A stream that rivall'd Ruknabad;
No
bow'rs such scent convey,
rosy
As our enchanting Musallay;
Alas, these heart-alluring fair,
Whose beauty spreads a public snare,
Have robb'd without the least control,
The joy and comfort of my soul.
As Turks resistless seize their prey,
And proudly bear the whole away.
How can we then from love refrain,
As love is no ignoble stain.

A nymph all beauteous to behold
Requires no ornaments of gold,
No glitt'ring gems to grace her neck,
Which nature's matchless charms bedeck.

Oh sing of nymphs with voice divine,
And sing of music, sing of wine;
Seek not the mysteries of fate,

Nor tell the things of future date;
For why should'st thou thus strive to see
The secrets of futurity ?

I know how Joseph's beauty stole
The fair Zulikha's ardent soul;
Unthinking boy alas for thee
She tore the veil of chastity.
Attend my soul unto the sage
And listen to the words of age,
For blooming youth should e'er admire
The counsel of an aged sire.

Though angry words thy tongue pervade
May Allah bless thee, gentle maid!

How can such cruelty belong

To such a honey-dropping tongue.
Hafiz! when thou composest songs
To thee sweet melody belongs;

Then dost thou seem to pierce the gems
That grace a thousand diadems.
Oh, Hafiz! come and sweetly sing,
And bid thy lyre harmonious ring,

For Allah to thy songs has giv'n

The brightness of the stars of Heav'n.

MUEMMIL.

YORK WHIG CLUB.

THE annual dinner of the York Whig Club was held in that city on Monday, December 3, Marmaduke Wyvill, esq., M.P., in the chair. About four hundred persons were present; among the company were Lord Viscount Normanby; Hon. T. Dundas, M.P.; J. G. Lambton, esq., M.P.; D. Sykes, esq., M.P.; T. S. Duncombe, esq.; H. Witham, esq.; Colonel Cradock; George Palmer, esq.; Colonel Maclean; and M. Stapleton, esq.

The above is copied from the Old Times Newspaper; we may therefore presume that it is correct.

Alas! poor Whigs; and is it come to this? Is it credible that in the City of York, the very palladium of Whiggism, you could muster (at a dinner too) no more than one Lord, the son of a Tory nobleman, four members of the House of Commons, two colonels, four squires, and three hundred and eighty-nine of what little Waddington facetiously calls the Useful Classes? And to make up even "this beggarly array of empty" heads and stomachs, to form this partie quarré of senators, to support the

chair, the committee were obliged to summon John George Lambton, esq., from the city of Durham, from whence they led him nothing loth. To be sure, they had not, as we have hinted, any great trouble in this affair: they knew their man, and attacked him, like able generals, on his weak side : they knew that a good dinner was a temptation which the said John George could not withstand, he having, like our friend Dugald Dalgetty, " a knack that way." Witness his last motion on the subject of Parliamentary Reform; lost, disgracefully lost, while he was discussing the delicacies of little Michael Angelo Taylor's table.

But to be serious; if it is possible to be serious on such a subject. Where, in the name of wonder, was the great Whig Aristocracy of this county, the first in territory, in population, and in opulence? Where was my Lord Fitzwilliam-where my Lord Milton-where my Lords Grey, and Dundas, and the host of Cavendishes and Howards? What! could not one peer be procured to give the sanction of his name to the meeting? How are we to account for this supineness, this indifference? We believe the truth to be this: the real genuine Whigs are, as they have good cause to be, ashamed of those to whom, for the accomplishment of party purposes, they have extended the right hand of fellowship: they feel the weight that hangs like a mill-stone round their neck, and that would drag them down from their proud eminence, and level them with the dust.

We hail this feeling as a propitious omen: and trust that our expectations will not be disappointed. For the pure and honourable principles of ancient whiggism, such as it existed previous to its unnatural alliance with radicalism, we entertain, though differing from them, a sincere respect: and for their sake we offer this advice to the Whigs. If they wish to regain the character which they once possessed, and which they have most justly forfeited, let them manifest a real and true repentance; let them put away from them the unclean thing; let them shake off the reptiles whose slime has polluted them, but whose poison we trust has not yet touched them; and let them console themselves for the loss of power and honours, by a firm resolution to adopt the sentiments of one of the most upright Whigs that ever lived, and to exclaim

""Tis not in mortals to command success;

But we'll do more:-at least we will deserve it."-ADDISON'S Cato.

H.