98 Tlie Canada Poplar. — Mr. Lofft on Plans of Reform. [Sept. 1, 



it with such trees, &c. as are of easy 

 culture. 



I'iie species of poplar is the Monili- 

 fera of Linnaeus, and it is described in 

 the "Botanist's Companion," a small 

 work wiiich I have lately published for 

 the use of roy pupils, and others who arc 



To the Editor cfths Mmthli/ Magazine. 



SIR, 



AT tliis most awful and unexam- 

 pled crisis of debilitation and dis- 

 tress to Britain, I wish once more 

 to lay before you, somewhat extended 



iga^cd in pursuits of botany, farming", and developed, the vrincipal plain of 

 &c. W. SALiSEUiiY. such Reform as appear to nic capable of 



Sotanic-garden, Sloane-strcet. being" eiiicaeious : — 



The Principal Plaits for Reform in the Election and Duration of the Commons 

 Houge of Parliament. 



Sir Francis The Hon. Mr. Grby, 



Major Cart- 



WKIGHl'li. 



Bunubir's. 



i. Annual Elec- 1. Annual Elec- 

 tion, tiou. 



2. Vnivetsal suf- 

 frasc. 



3. Poll by dis- 

 trict to be bf- 

 gi!U aud ended 

 the mime day. 



4. Excltuion of 

 miiiuteti of 



state from vote 

 in tlie House 

 of! Commons. 



5. Exciujion of 

 hnlilers of sjnf- 

 c«i"?s, j)f«»i')ncr» 

 at plcasin-e. and 

 cont'iictOYB. 



6. • Major Cart- 

 wriglit former- 

 ly inliniatod 

 an idea like 

 Ibat of 6. No. 

 III. 



2. Election by 

 snfFiage of all 

 directly taxed. 



3. As in the pre- 

 ceding. 



1797 ; now LoRii Grey. 



1. Triennial election. 



2. Exercise of sufirage for 

 counties to be extended 

 to copylwlders and lease- 

 holders for a certain term. 



3. 113 county members in- 

 stead of9i'— dift". 21. 



My own, accord- 

 ing to the best 

 consideration I 

 have been able 

 to give, 



IV. 



1. Election by 

 vacating one- 

 third annually, 

 but so as to be 

 re-eligible. 



i. Universal suf- 

 frage, but ad- 

 mitting, as an 

 approximation, 

 2. ot No. II. 



3, As in No. iii. 



4. Ditto. 



4. 400 members for bo- 

 roughs to be returned by 



huuseholdcrs. 



5. I believe as Major 

 Cartwright's. 



(9. To prevent compromise, 

 6ic. each county to be 

 divided into two, aud to 

 chuse one member each. 



Whether election by open voice or by 

 ballot would be preferable, .seems a niat- 

 ter of detail or regulation, \\liicb niipiit 

 safely be left to experience, and tiie wis- 

 dom and lidclity of a troely and fully 

 sleeted House of Commons. 



Not haviug their plans before me, 

 I cannot liere state Mr. Pitt's or 

 Mr. WyvcU's iuiprovcnient on it, or Mr. 

 ^attlcy's : but they all went ou re- 

 trenching the most cmi/ined and corrupt 

 part of the borough representaiion, and 

 transferring it to gi-eat unrepresented 

 towns, or extending it to the surrounding 

 tlistrict ; leaving the larger, which are 

 called open boroughs, m atpicsexit. 



4. To vacate their 

 seats, as at 



present, on ap- 

 pointment; but 

 to be re-eligihle, 



5. This exehision 

 adopted as in 

 the preceding 

 plans. 



6. Election of 

 two represen- 

 tatives for eacU 



elective dis- 

 trict, as at pre- 

 sent. 



My reasons for my plan are as fol- 

 low. 1 regard it as the most simple 

 and most practicable, with re.spect t« 

 suifrage ; the most just in principle; and, 

 I believe, it would be found perfectly 

 safe and beneficial in practice. But, if 

 the public sentiment should at present 

 go no farther than to extend the exer- 

 cise of suifrage to all directly taxed, I 

 could concur in this as an important 

 approximation. 



, With respect to annual election, I do 

 not see that strict right, and the princi- 

 ples o( freedom, go tarther than this — 

 that re-election should take place at th» 

 shortest pci jod, tiiat, wider all these cir- 

 cumstaiices. 



