HavIng glanced at most things that Gwennap contains,
A view of what's needed now only remains;
The great cost in our mines, and low price of ore,
Render wages low, and bear hard on the poor;
But those miners who rent small tenements, now
Are found to get on with their pigs and their cow
Far better in life than those who have none,
More healthy and cheerful, for when work is done,
With better provisions their table is spread;
Hunger rends not the heart, nor sorrow the head.
Were a company formed to cultivate lands
Now barren and waste, a great many hands
Might thus be employed, and were decent cots
Erected where needful, and then let in lots,
When prepar'd and manur'd, t' industrious men,
Of good moral habits, at easy rents, then
The parish would flourish, and soon would appear
A state of prosperity such as would cheer

Our poor mining race, while the sweet little farms
Would bloom all around us in nature's fair charms.
By the allotment system, if rightly applied,
The wants of the poor might soon be supplied;
While the fresh air inhal'd in breaking the soil,
Would improve the health of our miners, who toil
In places so expos'd to colds and to heats
Where the pulse, or too slow, or all fev'rish beats.
Oh ! let this be done, and soon hopes of success
Will lead to exertion, and save from excess;
The cow, poultry, and pig, will help to supply
The table with food, and drive tears from the eye,
And the canker of want no longer present
The greatest obstruction to peace and content;
The son, blest with means, will support his poor sire,
The widow and orphan will smile round his fire,
While poor's rates and Unions diminish'd, will prove
That independency leads to comfort and love.
There should be establish'd in every place
Thickjy populous, schools for the prattling race;
And day-school instruction extended to all,
For this doth the state of society call;
The poor can bear none, or but little expense,
A fund, as above, such a boon might dispense
And every poor child, till twelve years of age,
Be blest with instruction, his-heart to engage
On the side of science, which should be maintain'd
By evening free schools, securing what's gain'd ;

The next generation, instructed and wise,
Will see whence the claims of the state do arise;
And if by allotments of land they partake
In her soil, they will feel themselves have a stake
In their country's welfare, which will, in their eyes,
Have claims that sheer poverty never can prize.
And means should be used to encourage our youth
In the study of science, of morals, and truth,
Both as display'd in the scriptural pages,
And taught by fam'd philosophical sages. possess

Now, the knowledge and worth th' poor man may
Unpatronis'd, leave him to groan in distress ;
That such is the case, poor Tresidder can tell,
And others, too many, who know it full well:
As proof of the same, let the question below,
And answer, regarded as witnesses, show :—
* " I'm a miner that lives in the west,

The place where I reside may be found
By solving the following quest,
And searching the country around—■

By Helston, Redruth, and Penryn,

Is included the place of my stay;

The angle stands equal between

Their distance in miles I'll set forth—

From Penryn to Helston are ten,

Tis nine from the last to Redruth,

And eight from Redruth to Penryn.

Now, where is the place I am in ?

Come, search out, and tell me the truth;

How far am I off from Penryn,

From Helston, and, likewise, Redruth 1"

Each place you may please to survey;

* This is one of several questions, in verse, written by John Tresidder, a poor man resident in this parish, who, with very little help from others, has attained considerable knowledge in Arithmetic, Geometry, Trigonometry, &c, and in Music.

To Mr. J. Tresidder.
* " When first your question to me was presented,
I wish'd to know what place you intended ;
And, tho' without quadrant, or sextant, or sector,
With a compass, and scale, and map, as director,
To study the subject at once I resolv'd,
And I think, as above, your question is solv'd :
Stithians was, doubtless, the place where you stay'd,
And there the scene of your queries is laid;
From Redruth, the distance just four miles I ken,
Helston six and one-fourth ; less one from Penryn.
Thus far by construction, but the proof of the same,
All doubt to remove, by Trigonometry-)" came;
By the radius and log, with tangent and sine,
The question is prov'd, and the pleasure is mine.

• This answer is also by a poor man.
+ The real distances are found by Trigonometry to be—

Miles.
To Helston .... 6.31853.
„ Penryn .... 5.22.
„ Redruth .... 3.9DMU2.

And now, honest John, you will tell me the truth,
If your mark is hit, let me know by the youth.
You know, my good friend, I care not to flatter,
Nor would I crude thoughts with negligence scatter;
But I cannot but feel when gems are neglected,
And heads without brains by interest protected:
Ah ! hadst thou in youth been bless'd with a friend,
Whose pocket and heart were united to send
The poor hapless boy to learning's fair bowers,
Where so many are found] to mis-spend their hours,
Not now, mole-like, wert thou underground boring—
With Newton and Herschell thou hadst been soaring;
The diamond unheeded, no longer pass'd by,
But polish'd by science, and blazon'd on high.
Tho' crippled thy powers, tho' painful thy lot,
And those who would cheer thee, the bankum have not;
Like Lazarus, thy good things hereafter may come,
And Seraphim bear thee to thy heavenly home."

FINIS,