l8 on poors rates. ^^^ li* 



poor rates iare much more heavy in the south of £ng- 

 land. Is it not of such importance as that commif- 

 sioners fhould be appointed to fexamine whether the 

 poor of Scotland or England are better fed ; and sb 

 to fliew to what this great inequality in the provi- 

 sions for them is to be ascribed? Your most obedient 

 servant, 



mgtonMay, 8. 1792. A. RoitKSON. 



To the above I beg leave to add the following ac- 

 count of a case respecting poors rates, extracted from 

 the annals of agriculture, by Arthur Young esq; 

 with the remarks of Mr Young upon it, as it fliows 

 in a still stronger light than the above, the baneful ef- 

 ifects of the poor laws in England. 



Dear Sir, To Arthur Young esq. 



" Agreeable to your request, I have sent you ex- 

 tracts from the rate book and register of the pariih 

 of Glemsford, from the year I772 to 1790 inclusive. 

 I forbear to comment on the last four years ; I fliall 

 only observe, that in the first seven years of the pe- 

 liod above mentioned, a worthy magistrate, now no 

 ■-OTore (who was then resident in the parifli,) gave 

 unremitted attention to all the minutiae of parochial 

 'Isusihefs ; and that from 1788 there has been no j'us- 

 ■ttce nearer than four miles from the scene of action." 

 £xtracts from the register and rate book of the parijb 

 of Glemsford in the county of Suffolk. 

 Years. Baptisms. 



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