MONTHLY MAGAZINE. 
No. 365.] 
MARCH 1], 1822. 
[2 of Vol. 55. 
BOLENBROKE HOUSE, BATTERSEA. 
In this mansion, of which the above drawing represents the chief part now standing, 
resided the St. Johns, Lord Bolenbrokes, Lords of the Manor. The last occupant was 
Henry, the celebrated Statesman and Philosopher, the friend of Pope, and other con- 
temporary geniuses. 
In the back-parlour of these premises Mr. Pore wrote his 
« Essay on Man,” in concert with his friend St. John, and here he often resided for 
weeks together. 
Behind is Battersea Church, in which the great Lord and his family 
lie interred, and on the tablets they claim relationship to Queen Elizabeth, from their 
family connection with BoLEN, her mother, whose family resided in this parish. 
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For the Monthly Magazine. 
INVESTIGATION of the GENERAL and 
PROXIMATE CAUSES of the DIS- 
TRESSES of the AGRICULTURAL IN- 
TERESTS. 
T is now a long time since I ob- 
truded upon your readers any ob- 
servations of a fiscal, financial, or eco- 
nomical nature. A few years since I 
indulged in some speculations on these 
subjects in the hope of rendering my 
country service, by promulgating truth. 
1, however, found myself in the condi- 
tion of the swallow in the fable, who 
vainly urged the other birds to assist 
her in picking up the flax-seeds, from 
which the fowler grew his nets. The 
conflicting interests of society oppose 
themselves to the simple action of truth; 
Montaty Maa. No. 365. 
and the sophistry of eloquence, which 
may be enlisted on any side, involves 
the most simple propositions in confu- 
sion, while it seduces, puzzles, and con- 
founds the multitude. 
At this moment I am induced to ad- 
dress the people of England, through 
your pages, on the subject of what is 
commonly called the distress of the 
agricultural interest. It is but too cer- 
tain, that in this species of production 
industry has for some years been de- 
prived of its fair recompense —that the 
returns from market of the produce of a 
farm have been unequal to the outgoing 
in rent, taxes, assessments, and Jabour. 
Various hypotheses have been pro- 
mulgated to explain this peculiar phe- 
nomenon; but all of them, whether 
N * they 
