To such advice you'd ne'er attend; You won't let prudence rule Your courses; but, I know, will spend Your money like a fool. I do not ask you to eschew The paths of vice and sin; You'll do as all young boobies, who Are left, as you say, tin. You'll sot, you'll bet; and being green, At all that's right you'll joke; Your life will be a constant scene Of billiards and of smoke. With bad companions you'll consort, With creatures vile and base, Who'll rob you; yours will be, in short, The puppy's common case. But oh, my son! although you must Through this ordeal pass, You will not be, I hope--I trust-- A wholly senseless ass. Of course, at prudence you will sneer, On that theme I won't harp; Be good, I won't say--that's severe; But be a little sharp. All rascally associates shun To bid you were too much, But oh! beware, my spooney son Beware one kind of such. It asks no penetrative mind To know these fellows: when You meet them, you, unless you're blind. At once discern the men. The turgid lip, the piggish eye, The nose in form of hook, The rings, the pins, you tell them by, The vulgar flashy look. Spend every sixpence, if you please, But do not, I implore, Oh! do not go, my son, to these Vultures to borrow more. Live at a foolish wicked rate, My hopeful, if you choose, But don't your means anticipate Through bill-discounting Jews. [Illustration] * * * * * LAW ON ITS LAST LEGS. Of all the indignities to which the legal profession has been exposed, we know of nothing to equal the insult just passed upon it by the parish authorities of St. James's, Westminster, who have advertised for a first-rate lawyer to fill the place of Parochial Messenger. Our assertion might appear incredible, were it not sustained by the following extract from one of the _Times'_ Supplements:-- PAROCHIAL MESSENGER.--St. James's, Westminster--WANTED, by the Governors and Directors of the Poor, a respectable PERSON, of active habits, to fill the above situation. He must be thoroughly acquainted with the Law of Settlement, the practice at sessions relating to appeals, and with parish business generally concerning the poor. The duties and salary annexed to the appointment may be ascertained at my office, No. 50, Poland Street, Oxford Street, daily, between 9 and 6 o'clock; where also applications, accompanied by testimonials of character and ability, are to be left on or before Thursday, the 14th instant. By order, GEORGE BUZZARD, Clerk.