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      The Spring , which has thus far thrown cold water upon 1817 , rendert the reprint of the Mowing lines jtstifiable and appropriate ;—SPRING . A IIW VEKilOK . ^ BT THOMAS HOOD . San , The air bites shrewdly—it is Tery cold . Ear . It is a nipping and an eager air . JHoraZtf . 'ComcgatUSpring ! ethereal buMmm come !" Oh ! Thornton , void of rbjme as wellaireason , How conldst thou . thus poor human nature bum ? There ' s no such season . The Spring ! I shrink and shudder at her name ! For why , I find her breath a bitter blighter ! And suffer from her Vomt as if they came From Spring the fighter . Her praises , then , let hardy poets sing ,

      And be her tuneful laureates and upholders , Who do not feel as if they had a Spring Pour'd down their shoulders ! Let ethers eulogise her floral shows , From me they cannot win a single stanza , I know her blooms are in fall blow—and so ' s The influenza . Her cowslips , stocks , and lilies of the vale , Her honey Jblossoms that yon hear the bees at , Her pansies , dafibdils , and primrose pale , Are things I sneeze at ! Fair is the Ternal quarter of the' year ! ' And fair its early buddings audits blowings—Bat just suppose consumption ' s seeds appear With other sowings ! - Forme , I find , when eastern winds are high , A frigid , not a genial inspiratioa : Kor can , like iron-chested Chubb , defy An inflammation .

      Smitten by breezes from the land of plague , To me all Ternal luxuries are fables , Oh ! where ' s the Spring in a Aromatic leg , Stiff as a table ' s ! . - I limp in agony . —I wheeze and cough ; And quake with ague , that great agitator ; For dream , before July , « f leaving off My respirator . What wonder if in May i tself I laek A peg for laudatory verse to hang on !—Spring ! mild and gentle !—yes , a spring-heeled Jack To those he sprang on . In short , whatever panegyrics lie In fulsome odes too many to be cited , The tenderness of Spring is all my eye , And that is blighted ! The following stanzas by an old friend and contributor In the land of the Shamrock , possess sweetness and simplicity : — .

      LIKES TO THE STARS . Bonnie , twinklin statutes , Sae gentle , and sae bright , Te wooe me , and ye win me , Wi ' your saft and silver light , Sow peepin o ' er the mountain Sow glanriii in the stream Now kiisin the red heather bell , A' your winsome beam . Bonnie , twinklin starnies , Sae gentle , and sae bright ; Ye wooe me , and ye win me , Wi ' your saft and silrer light Bonnie , twinklin starnies , When gloamin sheds its tinge , And strings the chrystal dew-drop Around the gowan ' s fringe , How often do I linger ,

      Wi' keen and anxious eye , To watch your bonnie faces Come glintin frae the sky . Starries , twinklin starnies , Sae gentle , and sae bright , Te wooe me , aad ye win me , Wi * your ssft and silver light , Bonnie , twinklin starries , Bright guardians o' the skies , How can we dream o' wickedness Beneath jour sleepless eyes ! Cauia and pulseless is the heart , And deeply freight wi' guile , That does na fed the " lowe o * love , " When ye look down and smile . Bonnie , twinklin starnies , Sae gentle , and saejbright , Te wooe me , and ye win me , Wi' your saft and silver light .

      Our next poet shall introduce himself : — "The miter of these imperfect lines is an uneducated mechanic , and about six months since was a resident m the United States of America , where he exerted his mental powers in the glorious work of arousine toe slumbering energies of the working classes to asser t their jost rights , and rise above the degradafiontoo often attached to their order by themore fortUBate of the human family . He is thankful that ii 3 efforts were not altogether useless ; and seeing your journal , and deeming it a beacon-light tothe neglected arfoan , he would lay this small offering at tie foot of Light ' s altar . God speed the day ^ whenthe down-trodden artisan shall stand forth as a child of Freedom and the nobleman of Nature !"

      THE HUMAN MIND . By Joseph H . Btmxx . The human Mind—that glorious power That makes a lord of Man—What chains can bind its upward flight Since first its life began I lake the sun-daring Eagle , high It soars on upward win ; , Scorning the blare of forked bolts , It hears the tempest sing . With Newton—' mid the boundless blue It tracks the comeft car—Or gazes with unshrinking eye Upon each burning star ! Or with the soul of Franklin strong ,

      Watches the lightnings fly In awful beauty from their homes , Across the stormy sky . It penetrates earth ' s darken'd ball—Where lurk the seeds of death , Ib roaring . Etna's fiery gnlph And pestilential breath ! It binds the elements in bonds . Or rules the raging flood . How wond ' rous is thy power , 0 ! Hind ! Bright attribute of God ! The gloomy tyrant on his throne Would curb its onward flight , But it quails not to the dash of spears Amid the shock of fight

      The dungeon cannot quench its ray , It speeds for ever on , Prompting to mighty deeds the soul Of some young Washington ! It sails upon the winds of heaven The dreadful deep i t braves , And fearless in the face of death Bides the Atlantic waves-Its spacious wings embrace the globe Free as the realms of air . Bye may not see—or footprint press One spot , but re is—there ! It grows and strengthens with , our years , It yields to Culture ' s sway . And , like the Roman Vestal ' s lamp

      Bums ever , night and day . O ! guard it safe—oh cherish it For ' tis a holy fire-Let not earth ' s doudy vapours dim , Or bidits light expire ! Corrupt itnet with gold—or power With pride—or passions dark , Perchance thy eonl ' s eternal fate Hangs on that mystic spark . Make it a sacred thing to thee In waking —« r repose And it shall in thy after years Blossom u Sharon ' s rose ! Art thou a titled lord of earth f Art thou his Tassel low *

      What matter—in thy bosom ' s shino This quenchleulamp shall glow—When midnight lifts htr stormy flag OrLuna mildl y beams The micd takes up her Pilgrimage In the wild land of dreams . If in the lowly rale of Life , It be thy lot to ton , To build the bark—or raise the cot , To turn the fruitful soil , — Ibj honest labour cannot- dim Its bright aspiring beam , A Mak thou art ; tho ' prouder oaea Far less , would bid thee seem—Awaken from the dart—and risa

      Tbon art ho sehscleu clod , The night of rrong to knowledge yields Thou art—a child of God ! Go- cl ad thy mind with eagle ' s wings , Charge ' mid the darkness brave ¦ " Unto the rescue" be thy cry " I die not thus—a alnve !!" Bristol , April , 18 * 7 . The above lines speak for themselves . If J . H . itatler can write sueh , he has every encouragement tony to mitigate by nis own efforts the great misiqrtnne of non-edueation . He should forge for tonself the arms to achieve his deliverance from the bondage which appears to be his lot . - Welcome to the poetical scullion who sings the glories of Monsieur Soyer . THE SOYER SOUP-FEEDERS .

      MoxHEua SoiEa ' s HodeiKmcheh , Royal Bamuck , Ettuxabe . —Thi s kitchen will be open this day for the preparation of the various sertt of food used at the Men flinty institution . The children of the schools , oakum

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      SONG OF AN OLD SCOTCH CHAETIST The warld's a ' gane gyte , I ween , Sin' days that I ha ' e min \ There's nae sae mackle happiness , * As ns'd to be langsyne . When ilka bodie had ahsme , Apart frae dole and gloom , Unlike the black onhallowVL leak , 0 'this dark , dinsometoun . Nae cottage here , nae shaded grove , Or wimplin'burniB seen ; Nae throstle sings its e ' ening sang On tufts o'ivy green ; Nae ingle-side sae cheerie-like , As whar my mither spun , Or , whar the Hat and corn deekt , My fsitter's plot o * gron . The hills where aft I herded kye ,

      And whar my bairnhood grew , Ha'e wither ed neiih oppression ' s han ' And darken'd in myveiw . The cottar ' s skippin' lambs ha ' e fled , The flowery mountain's side ; And monld'ring low , mang thiicls Me , The cot , the cottar ' s pride . But better days I hope to see , Wi' years no far awa * . When freedom wo 9 , and peace begun , Shall reign among as a * . When mither-nature ' s nurswg . breast To a ' alike laid bare , Shall ha ' e nae stepbairn-born . raee Ezeluded from her care .

      When happiness like heaven ' s rain Ona'alikeahallfa ' , To cheer the peasant ' s bumble cot , Aswellaslordly ha ' , When Britian ' s and when Erin ' s isles United true shall be , And heaven's sun shine on them as The happy and the free . Till then , ye patriotic a few , 0 ' social brithers leal ; Wha's motto is the People's Rights , Wha's aim th » gen ' ral weaL May heaven speed your efforts all To gi ' e the warld relief , And bless wi'health and happiness , Your glorious Chartist-Chief .

      SHETrtESTOS . Last , not least , we conclude this Feast of thePoeto with the following poem , extracted from this month ' s number of the Labourer : —

      A SONG FOR MAY . BI SBHE 8 T JONES , Springii come , and shades depart Lighter beats « ach human heart ; Ghost-like snow—is fleeting slaw , And the green spring-grasses grow . Streams , that long have crept like slaves , Dash along their gallant waves : Man , that wonderest by the brink , Pause upon thy way , and—life * . Every bud is filled to bunting With its future fruit and flower ; Hearts of men ! are ye not thirsting For the fruits « f Freedom ' s hour ! See ! the fields are turning fairer , And the skies are more divine ; Oh ! what glorious growth shall ripen ! Oh ! ' what glorious light shall shine ! And shall man in slavish darkness .

      Moulder downward-to the sod f God made earth an earth for freemen : Then ! be worthy of thy God ! , All that beauty of creation , On t ^ e hUlt , and winis , and waves , All its endless animation Was not—was not meant for slaves ! See the sower freely striding With the seed-sheets round htm wound , And the gold grain-corn abiding In the treasure-clasping ground . See the farrows open kindly Where the earth with generous sap Like a mother nurseth blindly

      Fairy-growth on dark-brown lap . Think ! of all the ' treasure teeming In that earth . andcea . and air . —

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      ^ Labours toil Mammon ' s scheming—. What shall fall to labour's share . ! Think upon tiie hour of harvestlittle mouths shall ask far bread-But the wain goes past thy cottage , To the farmer ' s rich home-stead . Dies away the children ' s laughter-Hungry hearts are tame and still—And the autumn ' s on the fareit , AucUbe winter '! onthehiU . : Then , amid the desolation , Stand—a helpless human thing ; Cry : 'We are a glorious nation ! tT . tu . J . iJI i . U . m ^ i . ' . .. K . n , !^

      Love the church ! and serve the king !' Then toil on with brow of anguish , - From the cradle to thy grave : Ob , if that be God ' s intention , Man is buta wretched slave ! But they tell us of a guerdon , Won by Labour ' s thrifty toil , And how he who folds the furrow , Should be owner of the soil . How the means for man ' s redemption , . In his own possession rest , How the country can be happy , And the people can be blest . And how some have chosen wisely , And how some have acted right : How the taverns grow more empty , And the cottages more bright .

      And how these are proud as monarchs , Living gaily on their own , With their freehold for their empire , And their fireside for their throne , Where the corn . landa' pleasant tillage , Over-waves the graceful hill , Aad a wood-embossed village , Riiei at O'Cohnokviue . And they beckon to their brothers , - : Who are still in slavery ' s wake , To be striving and be stirring , For their own—their children ' s sake

      People , rise ! and arm thee well ! Hope ; that care cannot dispel , Self-reliance , firmly wrought , . Wisdom by Experience taught , . Thrift and order , courage true , These are arms to lead us through ! Wield them now—as you would drive ! Onward !' tis the time to strive I

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      THE LABOURER . A Monthly if agarine ofPolitics . literature , &e . London : Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill-street . The number for May of this very successful and popular magazine contains a rich variety of interest ing matter , both in prose and poetry . The usual poetical contribution by Ernest Jones , which we have transferred to our columns , speaks for itself ; " good wine needs no bush . " From an eloquent and ably-written letter to Lord John Russell , we give the following extracts : —

      THE PHASE OF POLITICAL PARTIES . Since the meeting of Parliament we have : narrowly watched your ever ; move , and , without a single excep . tion , they have been one and all governed by the old and debasing policy of catering for party support . Your Poor Law has been emasculated by your mode of appointing guardians from that very class from whom you have been compelled to admit the poor invariably receive insult Instead of relief . But as Ireland has no hope from your policy , we hail this lesson of self-reliance taught to the Irish people , ' while we wara you of Its evil consequences . Indeed , my Lord , it wocld appear as though English duty to Ireland was confined to the en . listment of Government support , without any the slightest reference to the nation's welfare , as one moment ' s

      reflection might have taught you that your mode of appointing POOR LAW GUARDIANS will and must reBult iodeadly feuds between the IRISH OPPRESSOR AND THE POOR OPPRESSED ; and pardon us , my Lord , if , from past experience of your policy , we arrive at the conclu . sion , that such was your object in submitting to the con . dition , a conclusion based upon the fact , that the prin . ciple by which England has invariably governed , not only Ireland but her own people , at home and abroad , has been «• DIVIDE ETIMPERA . " But , my Lord , we would caution yon against pushing this principle NOW TOO FAR ; for , believe us , however unpalatable the assuranee nwy be , the mind of man has gone beyond the limits of party expedience , doss necessity , and ministerial intrigue , and that , sooner or later , you will be forced

      to yield ungraciously , because tardily , or to surrender ig . nominiously , because defeated . Your whole policy during the present session has been precisely what we predicted in December last , before your views were known . But , my Lord , we were prepared fsr it ; we rightly estimated that it would be a faithful reliance upon the old Whig tactics , without the slightest reference to PLA . GOE , PESTILENCE , or FAMINE , GOVERNMENT , CHARACTER , or NATIONAL HONOUR . And were we not justified in the estimate ! Have you not endeavoured to turn famine to Whig purposes by allowing the Irish landlords to all but dictate theirown terms ! and have jou not blighted your Educational grant , by excluding from its influence the very class which you and your organs aver " stand most in needof it ! Thus yonhave uiedFamine as

      a political twit to catch the Irish landlords , and an exclusive system of education to entrap the professors of pure Protestantism by patronage , and the Wesleyan Methodists by insulting the Catholics . Do you yet indulge in the exploded notion , my Lord , that because one Mammon * speculator can affect Europe by a single OPERATION ; that because a couple of Jew houses can enable you to carry on your system for yet a little longer ; that because a few gorged idlers , speculating in human misery , can sustain you by their speculations inhuman fears and susceptibilities ; that because one idle capitalist can regulate the domestic affidrs and the comforts , nay , doom to starvation and the grave the thousands who create hia riches and minister to his absurd , unmanly , and unchristian luxuries ; that because one Church has assumed

      to itself the exclusive prerogative of the salvation of souls ; that because one woman swears impiously to preserve the intolerance , supremacy , and dominion of that pampered Church ; that because one man and big servile place-hunting followers see their own supremacy in deference and subserviency to these several corporations of speculators , that all naitedly can much longer hold the vast corporation of men and mind , intellect and necessity , in base and servile submission ! Believe us , myXord , that the cold and lifeless bodies of men , women and children , prematurely cut off . by the blight of Misrule , in the bud of life , the prime of manhood , and winter of old age , are more portentous and significant omens that those eked by cunning priests and hired soothsayers oat of the smoking entrails of wild birds and wild beasts , and on which , in oldtn times , the fame of tyrants , the fate of nations , and history of empires has been founded . My Lord , even the mind of Ireland is beginning to awaken from the influence of the cawing of

      crows , the croaking of ravens , and the howling of wild beasts ; aad pray do not lay the flattering unction to your soul , that because you have MESMERISED THE CHARMER you have captivated the Irish nation , or spell-bound reason—no , my Lord , the mind of man is as the mainspring' of thought and action ; the great juggler failed to lure the fancy of a starving people by the old appliances of his art , yet so much wisdom have his tales of necromeucy taught , that the deceived will now turn it to a better purpose . My Lord , your friend and coadjutor is merely SHAMMING ABRAHAM , as military men characterise such a timely retreat , and no worn-out actor better understands the value of absence than does Daniel O'Connell . You will read of his miraculous recovery , of his reappearance and his enthusiastic reception after a pilgrimage to the Reforming Pope , and you will hear ! your every measure , which he feared to oppose , characterised in his best style ef bestiality , should the next harvest promise a more [ profitable return than the last . MY

      LORD , HE FLED TO AVOID THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MEASURES WHICH HE WAS PLEDGED NOT TO OPPOSE ; HE WILL COME BACK AND DE NOUNCE THEM . He fled to allow his son the opportunity of conciliating the Young Ireland party ; he fled to avoid an exposure of the accounts of his show box ; he fled because he was not equal to the emergency he created , and lest his confiding dupes should insist upon his making ENGLAND'S WEAKNESS IRELAND'S OPPORTUNITY . My Lord , you revel in political venality while the most valuable portion of a whole nationcursed by your sway—is perishing of want . We read

      of thousands of famished Irishmen , women and children , lying uncovered in the churchyards , while you are talking of educating the growing generation in the exclusive faith , the maintenance of which has been the cause of so much ignorance , crime , and cruelty , which you and your supporters vainly hope to perpetuate for ns better purpose than to insure your continuence in office . That , my Lord , is the grand , the all-absorbing question which now monopolises your every thought , and regulates your every act and vote . Buc do not deceive your * self , my Lord ; the universal shout from every insulted freeman in Eagland , and from the SURVIVORS in Ireland at the next general election , will be , " DOWN

      WITH THE BASE , BLOODY , and BRUTAL WHIGS !" 8 o that you » ee , my Lord , if the Juggler has fled , he haB left ns words of FEARFUL HATE TO CONJURE

      WITH . * . * ? How could you insult the famishing with the unchristian mockery of a FAST—the very enemy , the deadly enemy from which they are struggling to release themselves ! Didyou fast , my Lord 1 anddld youpraj f and it you did pray , whether was it for abundance for the hungry , or that it might please God to preserve the Irish landlords to your kindly use , so as in dae time you may enjoy the fruits of their corruption I My Lord , as we predicted , you have lost a great opportunity . In the littleness of your nature , you hkve looked upon the few Irish landlords as Ireland , and upon your time * serving , supporters in the House of Commons as Europe ; but , believe ub that a tide of Jflai is pressing upon the barriers of Cotruption with at > ungovernable and irresistible force , which , if not met and directed into suitable channels , will overwhelm you and the system of which you are the advocate . ¦ ¦ ¦ Continuations of the " Confessions of a King ;"

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      piln ^ r ™ *? of * he Wooing classes r *" The 25 E ?** W " ¦ " The Jolly Young Poaoherf marMe on " The Land ; » and a "Letter from an Agricultural Labourer , " are amongst the attractions of this number . ' * ; - - ¦¦ ' - - . •¦ ¦ The next number will complete the first volume ; f . w ilk understand , contain an excellentporlid buncombe , the people ' s Parliamentary " f'T .... ' i '¦ - - ' ' , < ' ¦ ¦¦

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      THESE ARE THE CHAMBERS' OF 1846 . ' . LWehare already shown toour readers the Chambers ot 1847 ; we now refer to the previous opinions of these changeable economists . Whence this wondentil change ?] ' IMPROVEMENT 61 TWASTE

      LANDSSPADE HUSBANDRY . ( From the Information for the People , No . 12 . ) ' : LContfaued / rom onrlait . ] . Vamjb op the PRonooB .-The land thus managed will certainly produce , by means of the extra industry of the famil y and at a small expenge t important add-on tothe income which the cottager may derive from his ordinary labour . For instance— . * 1 . The orchard , after the trees become *" ' * ntmm fruitful , will probabl y yield ... ... jgii 0 0 2 . Three roods of turnips and potatoes , 4 o 0 3 . Eighteen bushels of barley , at 4 s ... 3 12 0 4 . The Cow and Calf . / . ; .. ... 7 q " 0 ; ' 5 . Hogs ... ... ... ... ... a 0 0 , 6 . Poultry and eggs ... 2 0 0

      ' Total ... ... •' :,. £ n 2 0 Where wheat can be raised instead of barley , the profit would be still more considerable . Opinions will differ much regarding the value put on each article ; but that is of little consequence , as the total cannot be accounted too high . ; . , Timb Required for Cultivating the Land . — The quantity of land intended to be cultivated will not materiall y interfere with the usual'labbur of the cottager . It will only require to be dug once , and is then fit to be cropped . It is proposed that only-nine roods shall be annually cultivated ( the remaining three roods being under clover and . rye-grass ) , and nine rooods may be due in the space of about 658 hours , or at the rate of 62 hours per rood . This may be done at by-hours ( more especially when the

      family of the cottager shall be somewhat advanced , and consequently more able to furnish assistance ); but supposing that the digging , manuring , harvesting , Ac , will require twenty entire days per annum , in addition to the by-hours , and allowing sixty days for Sundays and holidays , there will remain 285 days for the ordinary hand-labour of the cottager , which , at Is . 6 d . per day . would amount to £ 217 s . 6 d . ; the earnings of the wife and children may , at an average , be worth at least £ 4 per annum mere . This is certainly a low calculation ; considering bow much may be got during the hay and corn harvests , But even at that moderate estimate , the total income of the family will be as follows : — ' 1 . Produce of the farm , ... £ 21 2 0 2 . Labour of the cottager , ... 21 7 6 3 . Earnings of the fatnily , ... 4 0 0

      Total , ... £ 46 9 6 Rent and Bawsck op Income . —The rents of cottages and of land vary so much in different parts of the kingdom , that it is difficult to ascertain an ¦ average . But if the cottage shall be stated at £ 3 per annum , the land at 25 s . per acre , and the orchard at 10 s ., the whole will not exceed £ 715 s . The cottager will also be liable to the payment of some taxes , say to the amount of £ 15 s . more . Hence the total deductions would be about £ 9 , leaving a balance in favour of the cottager of £ 37 , 9 s . 6 d . Considering the cheap rate at which he is furnished with a quantity of potatoes , equal to several months ' consumption , and with milk for his children , surely with that balance he could find no difficulty not only in maintaining himself and family in a style of comfort ; but a ao in placing out his children properly , and laying up a small annual surplus , that will render any parish assistance , either in sickness or old age , unnecessary .

      Advantages . —The land possessed by the cottager would be completely cultivated , and rendered aa productive as possible . The dung produced by the cow , pigs , &c , would be amply sufficient for tho three roods under turnips and potatoes , which would after , wards produce—1 . Tares ; 2 . Barley ; and 3 . ; C ! over ; with a mixture of rye-grass in regular succession , without any additional manure , the barley should yield at least 18 bushels , beBide 3 3 bushels for seed ; and if wheat is cultivated , in the same proportion . " The milk , deducting what may be necessary for the calf and for the cottager ' s family , might be sold in its original state , if there shall be a market for it :

      or converted into butter , for the purpose of supplying the neighbouring towns or villages . Such cottagers , also , might certainly send to market both eggs and poultry . It is hardly possible to suggest a measure more likely to promote the benefit of a numerous and valuable body of people . The system of keeping cows by cottagers , which ha 3 been found so advantageous in the grazing districts , may thus be extended over the whole kingdom : and indeed , if the above plan is found to answer , in place of foHr or five acres employed in feeding a single cow , it would be much better , even in the grazing counties , to restrict the land to a smaller quantity , under a tillage mode of management . . . ¦¦¦ .. ¦

      a It isof infinite consequence to establish the practicability of this system , as the means of removing a most unfortunate obstacle in the improvement of the country . It is well known to be the only popular objection to the enclosure of our wastes and commons , that , while unenclosed , a number of cottagers are enabled to keep cows by the means of their common rights , and that their cows disappear when the commons are enclosed . But it so small a portion of land as 3 i aere 3 , when improved and properly cultivated , can enable a cottager to keep a cow to more advantage than with a right of common , which can hardly be doubted , as he is enabled to provide winter as well as summer food , there is an end to that obstacle to improvement . Indeed ^ if sufficient attention be paid to the principles above detailed , the situation of the cottager , instead of being deteriorated , would be materially bettered by the enclo . sure ; and his rising family would be early accustomed to habits of industry , instead of idleness and

      vice . , I shall conclude with asking , if any one can figure to himself a more delightful spectacle than to see an industrious cottager , his busy wifeand healthy family , living in acomfortable heuse , rented by himself , cultivating his little territory with his own hands , and enjoying the profits arising from bis own labour and industry ? Or whether it is possible for a generous landholder to employ his property with more satisfaction , or in a manner more likely to promote not only his own but the public interest , than by endeavouring to increase the number of such cottagers , and encouraging , by every means in his Dower , theexertionsofso meritorious and so important a class of the community . " :

      To the article comprehending the above account , there is added an appendix containing a letter from Sir Henry Vavasour , describing the field gardening on his estate . We extract from it the following passages : — ¦ . :,. .: ... , .. , - . . " I have for some years encouraged my cottagers in Yorkshire in this mode of managing their small garths or gardens , which are in general from one to three acres . I have now an opportunity oi- stating the husbandry of a poor industrious cottager ' s garth . As the man can neither read nor write , these particulars have been transmitted to me from his own mouth ; and as I saw his land almost every day during the last harvest , I can vouch that this account is not far from the truth .

      Produce Value . A . a . » . 240 Bushels of potatoes , , £ 21 0 0 ¦<) 3 0 CO Ditto of carrots , « 0 0 0 1 . 0 5 Quarters of oats , at 44 s per quarter , 11 0 0 0 8 20 4 Load of clover , part ia hay , part cut green , 12 0 0 1 0 10 Turnips , 10 0 0 0 20 In garden-stuff for the family , namely , beans , . peas , cabbages , leeks , &c ., 0 0 0 0 0 30 £ 54 0 0 8 0 0 Deduct rent , £ 9 9 0 including the Seeds , &c , 3 3 0 [ house . Value of labour , 10 10 0 ' " » Produce before stated , £ 28 2 0 £ 54 0 0 23 3 0 Profit , * £ 80 18 0 if sold at market , exclualve of

      butter . I ( His stock was two cows and two pigs ; one of his cows had a Bummer ' s gait for twenty weeks , with his landlord . The land was partly ploughed and partly dug with tho spade , cultivated ( the ploughing excepted ) by the man , his wife , and a girl of about twelve years of age , in their mare hours from their daily hired work , seldom a whole day off . except in harvest : made the rent in butter , besides a little used in the family . The man relates that he thinks he clears , one year with another , from the three acres , about £ 30 . The daily wages his family earns nearly keep them . It is very evident that this man clears , from his three acre ? , mere than a farmer can possibly lay by from more than eighty acres of land jn the common husbandry of the country—pay ing tor horses , servants , &c . ; and it must be obvious to every one how great the advantage . must be to society in cultivating land ia this manner . It would have

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      taken more that half the quantity of his threo acres ' hS ^™ . fo ' one cow at grass during half the year ; whereas ( exceptin g the summer's gait for one of bis rnlnvfrffJ ^ ? ! he ( ore ) Mb , stock of : two vZ " rw P'P , \ - ke P * »*<* « a « ied on the who ' e fftemfe& - T WelIi and » handsome sum supply them with clethes , washing , Ac . " ( TobteonUnwi . )

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      . 7 , ™ W ™» 'WW > WM ^ A *< -M « MW 1 . -WulVW » ^ A five-shilling piece of Charles ILwaH sold at Col Durrant ' s sale , onfMonday last ; for , £ 165 . This was Simon's celebrated trial-piece , with the inscription on the rim , and the identical coin presented bv Simon himself to Lord Chancellor Clarendon it was bought by a Mr Bale . : , Among the numerous deaths recorded in the country papers , that of the Waterford Freeman , for

      some time a diligent recorder of tho deaths of others , is mentioned . A famine of subscribers , and a consequent destitution of the supplies , necessarily proved fatal . It was a repeal journal . Edward Mansell , a painter , twenty-three yfiars of age . died at Manchester , a few days ago , of hydro , phobia . He was bit in the hand by a dog , and slightly in thelip by a cat , with both of which he was playing about Christmas last , and the surgeons could not say whether his death arose from the bite of the cat or tho doe , or from both .

      x The Irish Poor Relief Commissioners state , in their hrat report , that , between the 27 th of February and the 10 th of April , in the shape of circulars , instructions , reports , correspondence , &c , they have consumed fourtetn tons of paper > A dentist in the New York papers advertises that he inserts teeth on the atinospherio pressure principle . " ¦ ¦¦¦• • ¦ * . ¦ ¦* ¦ ¦ --. Mr Ettv sold his picture of Joan of Arc on Friday , •?* * _?" ? & ™» ° T ^ e Royal Academy , for 3 » of 2500 — ' -

      large sura , guineas . It is supposed that in England the letter Q is always followed , by , , U . Not so in Scotland , for in a Glasgow paper , we find mentiou made of the Rev . DrM'fthrae . A Wigan auctioneer advertised , on the walls , for public sale , last week , sundry silk dresses , merinocB , &c , winding up with , " one bottle of rum , one bottle of whisky , and several other articles suitable for ladietJ'il ) The annual Polish Ball , at Willis ' s Rooms , ia fixed to take place on Friday , the 21 st instant . The . Edinburgh Stock Exchange has petitioned government for the suspension for six months of the Bank Act . ¦ ¦ - > :

      Some curiosity has been excited at Cork by the arrival , from New Orleans , of a ship wholly manned by blacks . , ... ¦ . . ¦ There is now an arrear of 455 causes standing for hearing in the Courts of Chancery . At Newark , the other day , Thomas Dring , a shoemaker , aged 22 , bought some French mercury in order to charm his sweetheart . He first , however , experimented on himself , and bo effectually , that he died in consequence . A Dutch paper asserts , that a woman , named Vandemies , has lived without [ any food or drink since 1820 . She is now nearly sixty years of age , and has been attacked , with an illness which ia expected to end fatally . . The Prussian Consul at Rio has presented a splendid edition of the works of Frederick the Great to the national library . If Frederick had not fought better than he wrote , no one would have thought his works worth publishing .

      On the third publication of the banns of a marriage at Benchley Parish Church lately , a young woman rose , and said , "I forbid the banns . "— "Why ?" asked the clergyman . " Because I want him myself , " was the reply ; " and 1 hold in my hand his written promise of marriage to me . " A requisition is in progress to Lord George Manners to come forward for Cambridgeshire , in the place of Mr Eaton , who retirea on account of illhealth . A Paris paper says that a rumour prevails that Mehemet Ali , in imitation of the Emperor of Russia , has offered to exchange two millions sterling worth of corn against French Treasury Bonds . Miss Cu 8 hman has been lying very dangerously ill at Seaforth Hall , the residence of James Muspratt , Esq ., where she arrived a faw days ago from Ireland . ,

      Roman relics have been discovered on the works of the Wilts , Somerset and Weymouth Railway , consisting of skeletons and urns . An Indian paper mentions , as a curious instance of the mutability of human affairs , that the state barge of the late Ameers of Scinde is now employed in carrying cargoes ot mud . The people of the state of Vermont have resolved that no license shall be granted for the sale oi intoxicating drinks , except for medicinal purposes . The Russian government has ordered the pawnbroking establishment of St Petersburg to grant loans on the security of houses and lands .

      Alexandra Dumas is said to be preparing for his new theatre a drama , in fifteen acts , the performance of which is to last for three consecutive nights . A college is about to be established in North Wales , to be called the " Powis College , " as a testimonial to the Earl of Powis . The sije is not fixed upon . A fatal murrain is stated to be very prevalent among the horses in the counties of Haddington , Berwick , and Perth . Shooting at a target with a pea rifle ia said to be a favourite amusement of the ladies in the Emperor of Delhi ' s harem .

      RALLY ROUND YOUR CESSPOOLS . A SONG FOB 6 IB M 3 TEB . Parishioners of Pancras , and of St Marjlebone , And Westminster and Pimlico , strike boldly for your own ! Come forward , men of Southwark , too—a slave is he who Blinks— ¦ And rally round your cesspools . and your sewers , and your sinks . From Faddington ' s fumed terminus to Chelsea ' s farthest bound , Loud let each vestry ' s trumpet bray , each parish tocsin sound ; For vested rights and int ' rests make a stern and valiant stand , Ere the Health of Towns Bill shall become a statute of the land . :

      The citizens of London bold , their teeth had but to show , To frighUnfrom the battle-field the sanitoryfoe : As far as they ' re concern ' d this most obnoxious measure ' s dropped , And Dr Seuthwood Smith and Co . ' s pernicious course is stopped . < What destroys Typhus , like the wind , shall revel free , Miasma roam through court and lane with fullest . liberty , And Fleet-Btreet , as heretofore , for ' ever in repair , Exhale its cavern'd essence with Death to load the air 1

      Shall they lord it o'er our gutters ? our free drains shall they invade ! : Shall our liberty's , last remnant be thus shamefully betray'd f No , we'll not be sweet and clean by the compulsion of a bill . What Briton but would scorn to wash his hands against his will ! No : battle for your cinder-heaps , your gullyhole , and 1 slush ; To the rescue of your shambles and your charnel-houses rush , ( Though with each breath fell Pestilence , meanwhile , eaoh freeman drinks , ) And rally- r « und your cesspools , and your sewers , and

      your sinks . Pvneh . The King of Naples has granted a full pardon to thirty-six prisoners , and reduced by one-half the periods of punishment of ten others . In the first batch were included five persons condemned for political offences . Lord Campbell ia his Lives of the Chancellors , tells a story of Mr Clarke , a bencher of Lincoln ' sinn , wko , being told ot the hardship of excluding a Jewish gentleman from the bar , exclaimed— " Hardship !—no hardship at all . Let him become a Christian and be d—d te him . " A youth , in Manchester , who visited a penny show , where a murder was enacted , had his imagination so interested and horrified , that ho has since become insane .

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      Seriods Firi . —On Wednesday morning , shortly after three o ' clock , a fire , which was attended with the moat disastrous consequences , broke out upon the premises situate at 12 , Catherine Wheel-alley , Bishopgate-street , in the occupation of Mr John Campbell . It originated in the firsk floor , from a spark having shot from a lighted candle , and , falling upon the bed , thoBame was Bpeedily in a blaze . At that time Mrs Campbell was in the bed asleep , and t was not until the fire had enc . ir . oled har thai the became aware of the outbreak . The police , who were passing down the court at the time , instantly ran into the building , and the poor woman was rescued , but not before she was most frightfully burned , so much so that the skin on her back when she moved hung down like a sheet . The fire , after some diffi .

      culty , was extinguished , not , however , until the bed and bedding were destroyed , and the piemiaea injured by water . Friohtfol Accibbni in thk Edokwabe-hoad — OnWedneiday afternoon , between three and . four o'clock , an accident of a most frightful if not fatal character occurred to Richard Briggs , aged forty a carpenter , in the employ of Mr King , of Gold Hawk Cottage , Shepherd ' e-bush , who at tint time was proceeding along the Edgwave-road on an omnibus , when being in an almost insensible state of intoxication , he fell from the box , thus fracturing his left arm , breaking a leg , and other serious injuries . He was removed to the Middlesex Hospital , and placed under the care of Mr Dixon , the house surgeon , but remains in a very dangerous condition ,

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      . "The Tjmbs . " -2 V Times of Wednesday came out with a double supplement full of . advertisements . This publication contained the enormous number of 2 , 062 advertisements , ' including' two hundred and ninsty-seven for ... situations , the latter . oc « cupying between five and » ix columns . ' The duty payable on these advertisements is £ 154 13 s . We believe the circulation o f The Times now is about 25 , 000 per diem . * Well may the Fiench express their astonishment at this monster establishment , the business department of . which is conducted with all the ease imaginable . —Brighton Gazette . * Our contemporary is several thousands under the mark ^ -Times .

      New Plats . —Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton has two new : plays ready for representation , which he offered to Mr Webster , of the Haym&rket , and which have been written for Mr Macready . Factories . —It appears from a document issued by order of the Houseof Commons that the total number of persons employed in' factories was as follows : — Cotton factories , England , 277 , 023 ; Scotland , 35 , 116 ; Ireland . 4 , 183 ; grand total , 316 , 327 ; Woollen , —England , 62 , 687 : Scotland , 9 , 367 ; and Ireland , 1 , 082—grand total , 73 406 . Worsted—England . 51 . 797 ; Scotland , 143 ; Ireland , 238—grand total . 52 . 178 . Flax . —England , 19 . 840 ; Scotland , 21 . 330 : Ireland . 17 , 088--raud total , 58 , 628 . Silk —England , 43 . 600 : Scotland , 1 , 017 ; Ireland , none —grand total , 44 707 .

      Dogs and Drumuers—An order is said to exist , that , on the northern terrace of Windsor Castle * neither dogs , drummers , nor private soldiers shall be allowed to walk . From this order are excepted dogs belonging to the royal household , and soldiers wear * ing good conduct stripes . A Nrw Doctor . —The Parisian papers give an account of a woman who prescribes for the sick according to the smell and appearance of their hair , no matter where her patients may be . She also tells the seat of their disease , and prophecies its result . She sits all day in a twilight room , with a physician to write her prescriptions in form ; and she is * consulted , by visitors from all parts of the world

      Singular Occdrrence . ' -A gentleman well known , residing at Welling , in Kent , has rendered Canary , birds so familiarised to the garden that a couple built themselves a nest in a Hush , and the hen pecan to sit upon four eggs on tie 13 th ult ., and , notwithstanding the severity of the weather , three young birds were hatched on the 27 th . Street Law . —Owing to the crowded state of the thoroughfares in Paris , an ordonnance of the prefect of police calls upon pedestrians to keep always to the right hand on the footpath . Dignity op the Ass . — A person informs the Christian people of St Louis , that he will sell a superior Maltese Jack , and receive in payment good 3 or negroes ! >

      A Runaway Apprentice is thus described in an American paper : — " He is thick-set , usually wears a glazed hat five feet high , and iron shod shoes with cross eyes . " . A Spotted Child . —An American paper mentions that a spotted child * was lately deserted in the streets of New York . It was a little girl about sixteen months of age . About one half of her body was of a fair complexion , rut the remainder was of a rich copper colour , and the dark spots were all covered with long white hair . In the centre of her forehead was a round dark spot , and the same hue

      covered the breast and legs . The countenance of the child was beautiful , and her health seemed to he perfectly good . New Coinage . —A new coin is about to bs struck —a two-8 billingpiece ; to be called Queens , or Victorias , or Victorines , as her Majesty ' s pleasure may direct . Never too late to Learn . —Some people scorn te be taught ; others are-ashamed of it , as they would be of going to school when they are old ; but it is never too late to learn what it is always necessary to know ; and it is no shame to learn so long as we are ignorant—that is to say , so long as we live .

      Gaelic Newspaper . —An advertiser in the North British Hail proposes to establish a Gaelic newspaper "for the purpose of diffusing general intelligence among the Gaelic population in the Highlands of Scotland . " Could this benevolent speculator devise means for teaching the Highlanders to read the English papers his object would be much better effected . A Prolific Cow . —Mr Tyler , of Llaneagee , in the parish of Llangarren , Wales , has a cow with three calves , two bulls and a heifer . They are now a fortnight old , and all doing well .

      Post-Office . —Later Receptiok ot . Letters . — . On Saturday , a notice , | in accordance with what we announced some days since , was issued by the General Post-office , that on Wednesday the receiving-houses in London will be kept open till six o ' clock , p . m ., instead of half-past five as hitherto , for the receipt of inland , foreign , colonial , or ship letters . After half-past five , payment ot the late fee of one penny will be required , either in coin or a stamp . Otherwise , such " late" letters will be detained till the next despatch .

      Birthday of the Lukb of Wellington . —Saturday was the birthday of the Duke of Wellington , on which day he completed his 78 th year . Robbery in the 2 nd Life Guards . —On Saturday information reached the various police stations that a wholesale robbery had been committed on the band of the 2 nd Life Guards , by a man named William T . White , aged 22 . It seemed that he had free access to tho musical department , but , on the mustering of the band , it was ascertained that White had deserted , and taken with him various musical instruments , and gold lace of great value . The N * w House of Lords . —Mr Barry , the

      architect et tbis very beautiful building , has given a sly but very severe dig at the peers , for he has so constructed the upper house that none of the speeches of their lordships are audible in any part of it . The peers can neither hear each other , nor hear themselves , nor be heard by any one else ; so that , according to Mr Barry ' s plan , a debate has -been treated as a thing to whioh it is worth no one ' s while to listen . Considering what a common habit it has been for several of their lordships to talk at the same time , this new acoustic regulation will be found very convenient , for they can all speak at once without disturbing each other , or creating the smallest confusion .-- } unch .

      Opening of the Epsou Railway . —Tuesday tho branch line of the London and Brighton Coast railway to Epsom was completed , and will be opened on Monday next to the public . This direct railway to Epsom is within ten minutes' walk of the course . German Emigration . —The New York packetship Hendrik Hudson , Capt , E . Knight , was hauled out of the London Docks , and then taken in tow by a steamer , with 380 emigrants , principally Germans , who intend to Bettle in the United States ana Canada . It is expected that 13 , 000 more will sail from the port of Loadon during the next three months .

      Descent of the Balloon . —On Monday night the balloon which ascended from the Royal Standard gardens , Shepherd ' s-walk , City-road , crossed and recrossed the river Thames four times . Tho balloon finally descended in a turnip-field in the parish of Raynam , between Dagenham and Romford . Illness of thk King of'Holland . —A gentleman while passing the other day through the Hague , was informed on the best authority , that the King of Holland had experienced another attack of palpitation of the heart , and that the state of hia health inspired much alarm . Sailing 0 ? the Britannia — The British and North American Royal Mail-steamer Britannia Bailed on Tuesday at noon , with the usual mails and about 90 passengers . The . specie she took out , it appears , was about £ 150 , 000 , a further sum of 109 , 0001 . having been relanded again after shipment . . ¦ - •¦

      The Great Britain Steamer . —We learn that on the spring tide of Saturday last the Great Britain , as soon as the water was about three-fourths up , rose with it until high water , when she appeared from the shore to be nearly level . This must be hailed aa Reporters in Prussia . —In consequence of a request from the Prussian government , the Saxon cabinet has just sent to Berlin Professor Weygandt , head of the bureau of Stenography of Dresden , and three of the short-hand writers under his orders , to recognise , at the General Diet of Prussia , a similar bureau of stenography : the one now at work there does not at present appear to give satisfaction . Bohemia . —Prague . —The peasants of Bohemia refuse to submit to the corv 6 e . This question will attract the particular attention of the Diet , which , was to be opened at Prague on the 1 st of May .

      German Emigration—Hamburg , April 28 . —On Monday and Tuesday last four large ships , with 2 , 000 emigrants on board , sailed from Hamburgh for New-York , They are mostly labourers and working men . One vessel was full of woman and young children . . Yankee Fighting—The Shield Revived . —To a new feature in military warfare amongst the American ^ the Dundee manufacturers are indebted fora considerable consumption of their manufactures . A large order was given in New York for linen to makebags , whioh were filled with sand , each soldier using it as a shield when attacking a fortress . _

      Th * End of ihk Wobld .-Ths New Planbi .-Wegive the following from the New York Sun : — " If it be true that this planet , which could not once be clearly seen by ordinary telescopes , can now be seen almost bylthe naked eye , it certainly is rapidly approaching the earth , and is , therefore , a comet , hot a planet . It is said to travel towards the earth at a rate of a million and a half miles in two hours . We believe that this announcement , now going the rounds of all the papers , is not verified by actuaJUbsemtion It seems to be an idle . story , cl $ culftfed bySotoewag , who might have made it mor ^ alaxmipg by ^ adding—< Philosophers express apprehfrisions ofiteobnungiin contact with ourearth , and , beinga verjflaree body , it may annihilate our globe , and thus fulfil the par ? dictisns of the Millerites . " ^ e ' make this auggeation for the benefit of editors ^ " ^ -y l ^ f ^' ¦ " .. £ '& : * & W ^ jI ¦ r \^ y- ^ ¦;¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' , *¦ , y ^

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      " A broth of boy / 'iudeed , i > he , thii Soyer ! A very god-send to the Irish nation ; In flood oftoup commissioned to up buoy her . And coax her onward with his teent salvation ! Then came—O ! quickly come ! 'tis time to enter ; The curtain draws—the hunger bites exceeding ; Tla only " sixpence " for you to adventure—TowOAtimlrithmfhdrhouroffeedingl SoiEi ' i Poetical Scrauoir .

      Come , and behold ! such fussing and such feeding The famished Irish helped in way most clever : O 'tis a sight , all other sights exceeding ! And if jou miai it now jou'U missit ever ! " All in a row , " like to the marvellous story That charmed our childhood in the blackbirds cooking Sishea galore in order placed before ye , And twoeyeB ravenous on each dish down looking And from these dishes Rushing forth such vapour , Keither of fleih nor fish—a mystic scenting ; And every spoon all esger for a caper To dash therein , and try its rUhtemenUng ! Amd 'tis hut" sixpence , " for a gent or lady . To see this greatar wosder than Eitlarney ; The wretch as happy made aa any May be , The whilethe cook displays his Gallic "blarney . "

      nipber * anil ltnltfen . will be Set dOWD at tWO O * cl ( V > V fc . ——¦———^—¦——pickers , and knltter * , ^ riil be set down at two o ' clock to tefed . Admission to be present , sizpence . —2 > u&Ka Pap < r » , Monday . April 19 , 1847 . Soyer , the Model Kitchen , Barrack Rojfcl , And Esplanade—all finely sounding phrases ; ¦ The cook , the cauldron , and the place of trial , Where want is put through all its novel graces . Then come-O ! haste ye to the exhibition ! Evennow the UBfn calls are moituproariout-» Tia only " ilxpenee" to obtain admission , ' Toiee how Mupo ' erhungerprovei victorious ! Could ever Wombwell , in his days most mighty With lion , tiger , wolf—so fierce bewttchio ' , ' Boast inch a gonnanaiting to delight je , As in this savoury . imeUing soupery kitchen I Hera is tie place to cure the stomach grumbler So lank , so woe-hegone , so spirit-sunken ; He whom the slightest smell of whiskey tumbler , Would tend off tumbling like a sot when drunken .

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      THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM . A breath like the sigh of a summer ' s soft hreexe , la wafting afar o ' er Aa aatious of earth ,, And slaves of each clime tho' divided by seas , Proclaim to earth ' s tyrants the right of their birth ; That breath is the spirit of freedom ' s own voice , Resembling the deep distant sigh of the sea , Its language is nature ' s—let nations rejoice , And join hands in union—all , all must be free .

      That spirit hath breathed thro' the ages thaf « goue . In accents prophetic to slumbering man , Its predictions unheeded now come rolling on , Like the storm that bunts from a deep cradled calm ; It speaks to the nations , and tyranny groans , 'Til greeted by nature ' s fair nobles that be , The proud ones of earth aghatt quake on their thrones , For freedom ' s own spirit saithmaa must be free . Tho' war and its horrors frown dark o ' er the world , And lust and ambition lay wait for their , prey , Soon , soon'neath thebanners of freedom unfurl'd , Shall menarchs and brigands be chased far away ; The heyday of despot * shall sink down in night , for dark are the deeds of their revelrous gler , While truth o'er the nations is pouring its light , The spirit of freedom saith all must be free . Beneath freedom ' s altar , sect , parry , and caste .

      And men of all countries and colours must kneel , Sing loud the last dirge of the miseries past . And breathe the sweet anthem of freedom ' s proud weaL Then welcome fond freedom , slaves rouse and rejoice . And let not a mountain , a hill , or a sea , Divide you in brotherhood—behold ye the choice , To sink under chains , or be happy amd fwe !; Greenocfc . . Johh Peacock . We have mislaid the letter accompanying the following lines , but we have an idea that the writer ofthem is John Ackroyd , Thornton , near Bradford

      THE LAND . A 8050 . I sing of the Lind , the delightful old Land , The kindest employer , the trustiest friend , Whose toils are the sweetest , and give in return , The best sort of wages , health , frui'age , and corn . Oh give me , oh give me , a portion of soil , Where for mine ind myself , I may cheerfully toil , Then , though gold . hunters fan , and their commerce decline , The Land , and its life giving stores will be mine . Oh , give me my acres , ana thenl shall be , With labour and health , independent and free , Free , free , from the wants and the fears of the ¦ lave , And free from the grasp of the tjrant and knave .

      Then may I my banner unfurl to the sight , And defeud what is true , and support what is right—And the objectsandaimsofm . v being pursue , Kor fear what oppressors and tyrants can do . I am not ambitious , I wish not for more . Than to plough my own soil , and to reap my own st re . And alittie to spare when each want is redress'd , And leisure for thought , recreation , and rest . Oh , that each lonely child of the world ' s weary * throngs , Had one ereen lovely spot to flee to from his wrongs , Where his trampVd affections might flourish and bloom . And his heart mount in song to Ms happy swee home .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1417/page/3/