Tyrannical, inexorable, and pitiless, as he is, yet TIME is not without some redeeming qualities. 1mo. He is strictly _impartial_. He slackens not his pace at the command of the monarch—he hurries not his steps at the prayer of the slave. 2do. TIME mitigates every _moral_ ill that is unattended with culpability or remorse: and although he too often aggravates _physical_ maladies, yet he invariably diminishes our sensibility to pain, and thus tends to reconcile us to our lot of suffering. 3tio. He is sure to remove from the sphere of their operations all tyrants, oppressors, and evil-doers; thus giving the world a chance of better successors. 4to. TIME is a great enemy to personal beauty, of feature or form—apparently deeming such qualities to be dangerous accompaniments to length of years. On the other hand, he is more favourable to virtue, honour, morality, and RELIGION, of which TIME _alone_ never deprives the individual till the curtain falls. On TIME PAST, hallowed in memory and mellowed by distance, we look back as on an old and valued friend, whom we did not sufficiently appreciate while living, but who is now lost to us for ever. TIME PRESENT we too often contemplate through the haze of prejudice, passion, or impatience; underrating his value, overlooking his flight, and neglecting the advantages which he offers, till, all at once, we find that TIME PRESENT has changed into TIME PAST, and vanished from our grasp! TIME TO COME—is that fairy-land of promise—of air-built castles—of hopes that are seldom to be realized, of fears that are generally exaggerated—of phantoms, good and evil, conjured up by imagination on the dim horizon of our mental vision, which dissolve as we approach, or fly as we follow!! Yet these phantoms of futurity form the solace and the misery of half the world! 16. _Titles, Decorations, &c._—From the savage, with the ring in his nose—the serjeant, with the tassel on his shoulder—the prince, with the star on his breast—up to the monarch, with the diadem on his brow—all and every of the human race, are nearly insatiable in the pursuit of honours, titles, distinctions, or decorations. I do not presume to determine what nation or people most _desire_ these pomps and vanities; but I think it will be allowed that the Germans are not behind their neighbours in the _display_ of them. The French may dispute the palm on this point; but I doubt whether they will gain the victory. JOHN BULL appears to be the least ostentatious of the European family, often pocketing his stars and garters, when travelling, by which he saves in money what he loses in eclat. After all, this weakness of the German and Frenchman is very pardonable. Those who have _fairly_ earned honours are under no obligation to conceal them; and those who have not done so, are not called upon to proclaim the secret—especially as so many of their friends and neighbours are always ready to kindly perform that office gratuitously.