1S6 Literary TnielKgence. — State of the Countryi [Sept. I, 



iilnr Letter, ^c. jmnted for the use of 



tJic mnnhers of the Board, and NOT for 

 >vLE." Ill the month of July this cu- 

 rious volinne was comi)Ictcd at jiioss ; 

 but, after twenty or thirty copies liad 

 l«pi>n issued, the further circnlation was 

 suddenly topt, and, without tlie com- 

 inaiid oi" Parliament, it is siiitposed, no 

 others will be delivered. As we have, 

 however, had one of the copies in our 

 possession, we judge it proper to give 

 a brief account of it, for the information 

 ^f our readers, |)articularly as increased 

 puriositv will, donlitless, be felt in re- 

 gar ! to tie contents of a book which has 

 been so mvsteriously suppressed. Tlie 

 ^\h(>'.e is divided into counties, and to 

 eael' a a'»ular summary of the results is 

 prefixed. Those correspondents, whose 

 information occupies the most consider- 

 aW> spiico, and whose commmiieations 

 are nia-ked by the most atti\e iutcHi- 

 genre, and sometimes by considerable 

 menial ii'de]endence,;irer)r.MACQrEF,N, 

 of Bedfordshire ; the Rev. Joseph 

 Scott, Sir Gtorge Leeps, Mr. John 

 iVloRTiOCK. and Mr. J. AVing, ofCam- 

 Lridiicshi e; i\'r. George Wilhraham, 

 of Cheshire; ]\)t. Edward B.aynes and 

 iVIr. J. 'I'. Austin, of Cornwall ; TMr. R. 

 Hawkins, and Mr. Taylor, of Newton 

 Abbot, in Devonshire ; Mr. Miles Bow- 

 Ker, of Dorsetshire; Mr. T. Colli ng- 

 woon, of Durham; Mr. John Yaizey, 

 of Essex ; the Rev. J. Willis, and 

 Mr. W. MiTFOKP, Hants.; Mr. Edm. 

 Jones, of Herefordshire ; Mr. Quintin, 

 and the Rev. Dr. Maltby, of Hunting- 

 donshire ; Mr. R. AV. I'oRiiEs, Mr. 



— CoRLiNGE. and SirH. Oxendin, 



•f Kent; Mr. W. Whiteside, of Lan- 

 cashire; Mr. J. Buckley, of Ijcicester- 

 ^hire; Mr. D. Hebb, Mr. T. Pittry, 

 ar,d Air. R. Barker, of Lincolnshire; 

 ilr. J. H. MoGG ridge, of Monniouth- 

 .shire; Mr. S.Taylor, Mr. AA'yerley 

 j^iRCH, Mr. John Wright, Mr. John 

 Mozley, of Norfolk; Mi. Edward 

 IVTautin, and Sir R. Brooke, of Nor- 

 thamptonshire ; Mr. James Ffnwkk, 

 Mr. George Hopper, and Mr. M, 

 Cl'LLET, of Northumberland ; the Rev. 

 A. Yi'ir, Afr. W. J. Calvert, of Not- 

 tingii;in>sliire; Mr. Thomas Coci'kn, 

 of Oxford hire; IVIr. Johm AA right, of 

 Kntland;Mr. R. Locke, Mr. T. Abra- 

 ham, the Rev. G. Swaine, and Mr. 

 John Hope, of Somersetshire; Mr. R. 

 H. AA'yatt, of StalVordshire; Mr. John 

 THOMf'SON, the Rev. Thomas Eenton, 

 Mr. D. Simpson, IMr. Thomas Archer, 

 «nd Mr. Edward Gwilt, of Sufiblk; 

 Mr. Thomas Page, and Mr. Joseph 



Pennington, of Surrey; Mr. JohH 

 AVedge, of AA^arwickshire ; Mr. John 

 Gale and Mr. Thomas Davis, of Wilt- 

 shire; ]Mr. .T. Carpenter, of Worces- 

 tershire; and Sir W. Strickland, Mr. 

 AV. Payne, and Messrs. Iveson, of 

 Yorkshire. In AVales, the chief corre- 

 spondents are Mr. AValter Davis, of 

 AA^elshpool; Mr. S. Lloyd, of Bala; 

 ]Mr. Thomas Gough, of Swansea; and 

 the Rev. D. AA^illiams, of Lampeter. 

 In Scotland, the principal arc INIr. K. 

 Brown, of East Lothian; Mr. W. 

 Young, Dnrmotter ; Mr. AA', Stewart, 

 of Dumfricshire; Mr. John Tennant, of 

 Ayrshire; Mr. D. Macleod, of Ros.s- 

 shire; and Mr. John Patrick, of Carse 

 of Gowrie. 'Mie portraits drawn by 

 these gentlemen of the general state of 

 landlords, farmers, and landowners, are 

 deplorable, except in the bop districts 

 of Kent. The remedies universally re- 

 commended as essential to the salvation 

 of the agricullnral interest, are rvii abate- 

 ment of taxes and tjthes; and several 

 correspondents consider it indispensably 

 necessary to dispense with the sinkin*^ 

 fund. AA'e have selected a few facts, 

 gleimed in a cursory perusal of the 

 volume ; but we do not affect to give 

 any general analysis of the interesting 

 contents. 



At P.Tjre 43.— Mr. Charles AVedge says, 

 the ronimon breweis are poisoning the 

 country. 



1'. hj. — The Cornwall Society com. 

 plain, that the fiiiuiholders are protected 

 at the cost of the landed interest. 



P. 61. — Dr. Coke thinks the farmers 

 have over-plonj.;lied ; and says, many of 

 tliein sell off, and run away. The land is 

 going rapidly out of cidtivation, and the 

 farmer must have a premium from the pub- 

 lie to enable him to manure. 



P. Ilo. — Mr. G. Maxwell says, the 

 country-banks have done all the mischief, 

 by enabling the farmers to speculate. 



P. 124.— Mr. K. W. Forbes conceives 

 the root of ihe evil to lie in excessive tax- 

 ation. He doubts wlietlier the interests 

 of posterity require the pre.servation "f a 

 sinking fnnd of tvpelve millions per anninn, 

 or the protection of tJie present generation 

 p. standins army of 1.50,000 rr.en. He 

 pieilicis, that the landed propeity of the 

 kingdom, if those establishments continue, 

 is on the eve of changing hands to an ex- 

 tent beyond all former example. He con- 

 siders Savins-Banks, and all such projects, 

 not only as useless at this time, but, so 

 fur as they create a false reliance, mis- 

 chievoiis. 



P. 171.— Mr. J. H. Mopgridge thinks 



no relief can he obtained but by general 



measures. lo Uis opiuion bi^h rents an(i 



tax«8 



