Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1847-12-29 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

LASB.  THE GARLAND. Pee gather'd the fragrant Bowers, C woven a mystic chain, Thz.y are bath'd in pearly showers, Ahd etill'd from mountain and 110th; On this fairy wreath A spell T will breathe. To meal the thoughts that have strayed. FUT her tones have lost their lightness, Once wont the sad heart to eheer,— And her eyes have lost their Lrightta,s, They're thinned by many n tear, Cfereleutled by sorrow anti polo— Li ke hopes she cherished  Thy love bath perished, It never can blossom again.  And this garland shall iewtthen Dreams other thou hast forsaken ; Yonder azure violet Gaze upon, and neer forget tier blue e3es, whose jetty fringe Shame the far-famed lionols tinge ; Their soft em nest glance revtng (lifted thoughts and 'leeriest feeling. Thici every bud that this wild wreath bears I;hall recut some churn' the lost one wears,— The softened hue of tlowe clustering roses The tint of her fair oval cheek discloses; 'While her sunny smile mutt her Itugh so light Were like these Acacia's, sweet snit bright ; And her fervent affeetion, that changed sot, Is shown in the humble Forget-me nut.  Her compeer in form and mind Thou may'st seek, but ne'er shalt find One so Cree front sin and guile As the fair-haired Lucy Voyle ; Whose love woe ardent, firm, and pure Whose faith could every test endure ; Aril whose store of mental treasure Woo unbounded, without measure. Then these blossoms, us they fade, Shall prove a true and fitting token Of the vow which thou host made, And the pledges thou haat broken. Frani "Lacy Vnyler a tale.  INTEMPERINCE THE GREAT SOCIAL EVIL OF GREAT lecture was delivered on Thursday, is the When, Bristol, h) the Rev. Dr. Marsh, on the evils of inteuiperanee. lie contended that the physicul, niers], seeded, and eferutil interests of the community were involved in the bjecrt, end la. proceeded to explain the nature of alcoholic drinks, and their injurious e If. eta, when taken other than medicinally, especially in excess, being as teptignant to the blood as pepper was to the eyes. The rev. gentleman, in proof of his assertions, relic' various medical testimonies, lie then proceeded to speak of the evil effects of intemperance in a social point of view: it was esiimatial that two-thirds of the inmates of our lunatic its:items and gaols, and two-thirds of the murders which were now so frequent, were the result of intemperanee. 'Twos limier the influence of strong drink that Alexander took a spear and slew his friend Cleitits ; 'twas tinder the influeuee of strong drink that Herod had John the Baptist beheaded ; 'twas at a drunken bout that William of Malmesbury wan murdered. The rev. gentlemen answemd various arguments which had been urged for the continuance of the uee of strong drinks; and stated what he conceived were the remedies against the evil, viz., for the drunkard, abstinenee ; and the use of intoxicating liquors should lie discenntenaneed by ministers of religion, by the protession, and 17 the beads of families ; and tl.ot temperance societiee continue their operations both on the platform and by the prese.—Bristol Mercury.  . . INDEPENDENCE CF 'BUSH" LlFE.—'ro wen wi!,) have resorted to emigration as a refuge from the corroding cares of English life the dearth of employntent, the rent, the taxes, the manifold expenses that common decency requires, the houses you are obliged to live in, the furniture you are obliged to lay in, the clothes you wear, the dinners you must give, and the thousand--and-one expenses you must incur, because other people do, Bush liM has the charm of thcrough independence. In voluntary privation you save a fortune; a Panama hat, a clean shirt, a pair of fustian trousers, and half-boots, are costume enongh to reee:re the Queen's commissioner. A good saddle and a good horse is run- only luxury. A few piekled onions, with a piece tit mutton, make a splendid repast. No money 1.111.8,4 • the few purchases retlitired are paid by orders of tie value ot :an and upwards on a Sydney merchant. The very abeenee of money contributes to gentlemanly, liherol feelings; this, and the universal hospitality, render the cleinge to English life very inferior to any one who has his bread to earm—A Voice fro* Australia.  liiiGHAR-