1804. On the EngliJJj Poor's Laws, 461 



I will not infift farther on this fuhjed at prcfent, but would take 

 leave to rct'cr inquirers to the papers publilhcd by the Bath and 

 Well of England Society, of which I have occafionally pt-rufed 

 the greater part of the hrll eight volumes. I may add, that pre- 

 miums have been long fmre given by that refpeclable Society for 

 encouragement of thefe inltiturions. 



1 am much difpofcd to attempt the inflitution of a fociety of 

 this kind in the parilh wliere I at prefent live, but would be hap- 

 py to read your fentimcnts before moving in the undertaking. I 

 hope you will call the attention of the public to this fubjed:!, in 

 which no clafs of the community are more diredly interelbed than 

 proprietors of lands, as it tends to relieve their property from the 

 molf confiderable incumbrance, and to promote that induilry and 

 frugality, in the happy efle£fs of which they will evidently have 

 fo large a fhare. Suppofing you were to favour the public with 

 a few plain regulations for thefe Ibcieties, and communicate the 

 moll neceflary information, I dare fay it would be produtlive of 

 beneficial confequences. The fanclion of the Farmer's Magazine 

 is become no trifle, and I flatter myfclf it will continue mere and 

 more refpeclable. 



• Having very lately received your lad Number, with great plea- 

 fure I feize this opportunity of exprefhng my warmefl applaufe 

 of the elegant communication v/hich begins the Number, entitled, 

 ' Confiderations on regulating the Value of Labour. ' Were 

 fuch fentiments as therein dilplaycd, general amongd landlords 

 and md'n of confequence in the country, there would be fev/er 

 complaints of the irkfomenefs and inconveniences of the (ituation 

 of the tenantry, or of the obdurate pride and petty tyranny of 

 fome of our great men. 



With much refpeft and efteem I ih^ll venture to fubferibe my- 

 felf 



IV'igtcnJlnre, Oct. iZziu A GRi COLA Junior. 



TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARIVIER's MAGAZINE. 



On the EfigliJJj Pcjr's Laws. 



Sir, 



Without entering much into the details of the management 

 of particular pariflies, I fliall make a few curfory, but, 1 hope, 

 well-fcunded,remarks, on the fubjccl in general, as a municipal 

 regulation. The tax for the exprei's purpofe is collecSled by the 

 oveifeers of the poor, after a certain ratio or pound rate, on the 

 average value of the tenure ; an impoft; rqw amounting, in fome 



years. 



