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rights=the produce ofa man’s hedges is as much ‘his ‘property ‘as the 
produce: of his: gardens—the produce of his garden, ‘in’ my’ opinion, 
just as much so as therfurniture of his house. But the fact incon- 
testably:is thatys year‘after year, the few go on gaining largely—and 
gaining :at)the cxpense of the many. 
ac TLoigo . no\farther > thanithe window at which I am writing,—it 
looks: upom that miraculous: modern improvement—the ‘ Regent's 
Park, The whole site» of the old Mary-le-bone fields, which ten 
years: sifice was a plainoof corn meadows and common pasture, 
has: now-,arisen unto a magnificent park, with roads, rides, shrub- 
beries, lodges, hedges, and. streams of water.—That is to say—in 
other words—that these fields, in which the whole population of Mary- 
le-bone- aad. Pancras enjoyed the full privilege of walking and di- 
verting’» themselyes,—are now “ improved,” (and inclosed) for ‘ per- 
sons| of ;consideration” to look at: and that, except upon a few dusty 
gravelled roads, and along a canal—the very catching of gudgeons in 
which, is made a property of,—the same class of persons who originally 
had their full scope and free advantage in these fields, have now no 
right of enjoyment in them at all. 
The scheme of inclosure was perhaps a necessary and a beneficial one, 
atthe time when it was acted upon. It was a sacrifice on the part of the 
people, for a sufficient and important end to be obtained. But to hear these 
landholders complaining that they shall not get rent for that ground which 
cost, them nothing! claiming that the advantage which temiporary cir- 
cumstances gave ito them, a law should now be enacted to enable them 
to preserve ?,| It is such trash as cannot be listened to. For thirty 
years, the “wealth” of the country has gone on increasing: and. all 
the slavery'and, vice that panders to it; and all the robbery that daily 
feedsjupon it; these: have gone on increasing until they form absolutely 
a state: in \society—a' spreading ulcer in the commonweal ;—while the 
means-and the comforts of the honest and industrious, have, in almost 
the same measure,|gone) on decreasing. And a daw is wanted to perpe- 
tuate allithis!, Aclaw;—will it be carried ?) The comforts of the lower 
classes have-décreased);, but, fortunately, their zntelligence has not de- 
creased;i;and that, properly directed, will bring back—is now bring- 
ing back—all the rest. ' , 
The Literary:Gazette of the 14th of October contains the following 
remark at the head of a series of epigrams. ‘The truest description of 
wit is often that which excites the least laughter.” This notice is of 
value, because it explains what I could not before understand ; that is, 
the “wit,” of the Literary Gazette. I now see that it is incomparably 
of the most genuine. quality extant. 
The Quarterly Review just out is a good number. I like the article 
upon Madame Genlis’ Memoirs particularly. But, at what an unmea- 
surable' distance does modern acquirement place one man from another. 
A note, (explanatory) toa subsequent paper on the Transactions of the 
Geological, Society, lightens the darkness of the ignorant as follows.— 
“ However great may be the expedience of a speedy reform in the no- 
menclature of natural history, (this comes after a horrible repetition of 
hard names} we:must not attempt it in this place. It may be as well, 
however, in compassion) to the uninitiated, to inform them, that when 
Tamarck writes Orthocera,; he means Orcotheras ; and, that in the lan- 
guage now spoken by Conchologists, Orthocerae stands’ for Orthocerata. 
bd h this writing and reading!" There are some, perhaps, among the “ un- 
initiated,” who would be glad to know what ' “ Orthocerata” stands for ! 
