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eflate, fhould be effcftual beyond the life of the heirs in exigence at 

 the time. ' Vol.1, p. 432-433. 



We perfe£^ly concur with Dr Gardiner, that thlrlage, as a perpe- 

 tual fervitude, ought to be abolifhed, due regard being paid to the 

 rights of thcfe concerned. The concluding padage of the fecElion on 

 this fubjcfl, fliovvs that the author entertains a correal opinion con- 

 cerning a jufl commutation for thlrlajre, and that his fentlments are 

 different from ihofe exprefTod by the Rofsfliire Juries, as mentioned in 

 the Supplement to laft volume, and Firft Number of the prefent one. 

 He fayi, * It is not twenty or twenty-five years purchafe of the tvhole 

 profits arlfinc from the employment of the mill that ought to be given, 

 "but only whn: might be fully edimated as an advantage which the pro- 

 pi^etor of the dominant null has in tkc infuch^nj above that of the out- 

 fucker 7nultures. * 



Dr Gardiner is liodile to a bounty upon the exportation of grain ; 

 ^and we muft acknowledge that our fentlments are very much In unifon 

 with thofe he exprefTes. But there Is no occafion to difcufe this 

 point ; for In the prefent ftate of Britifh hufbandry, when oppofed to 

 'the rational confumpt, we have no giain to export, confequently the 

 queftlon concerning bounty may remain In abeyance. We think the 

 L)o6ior's difcernment has, however, been afleep, when he aflerts, that 

 * cur farmers have nothing to fear from the freed Importation-,* be- 

 caufe we are fatlsfied that, unlefs protecting duties were interpofed, 

 the home cultivator would be conftantly underfold in his own natural 

 market. What does it fignlfy that the author of the Corn Trafts, 

 publlfhed in I7<^5, calculated that the average quant itv of grain an- 

 nually imported amounted only to 23,720 quarters, (inca. we <?re fully 

 afTurcd that the tables are now altogether rcverfed. From the account 

 cf grain imported into Scotland onJy^ given in the Appendix, it ap- 

 pears that, during the twelve years, viz, from 1790 to 1801, a quan- 

 tity not lefs than 240,000 quarters was, upon an average, Imported 

 annually. This, we prefume, overturns all the previous reafoning, and 

 renders an additional argument altogether unnectfiary. 



The flourifliing ftate of the Britifh dlftillery, and its Importance to 

 the date, are described in the feventh fctlion ; bur, notwithdanding 

 the demand thereby 6ccafioned upon the farmer for barley. It mud ex- 

 cite furprife, that this grain has been the mod unvendible of all for 

 fcveral years pad. We are not clear whether the quantity of barley 

 malted is greater, or even as much as it was a hundred years ago ; 

 though rather inclined to think it is lefs, as may be afcertained by a re- 

 ference to the amount of the original malt duty. We have no objection 

 that ardent fpirlts djould be taxed as high as Government pleafes ; but 

 certainly confider it as Impolitic to fubjcA malt to fuch a tax as Is ^now 

 prcfently impofed. Ale maybe reckoned as one of the neceffaries of life ; 

 therefore the Britifli brewery deferves every manaer of encouragement, 

 fo as the public may be provided with a fafe and comfortable beverage. 



Upon the lithe queftion, Dr Gardiner entertains fentlments which 

 lome people will regard as heterodox ; though we muf\ confefs that 



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