ESSAY 



OX THE 



ELEMENTS OF BRITISH INDUSTRY; 



COMPRISING REMARKS ON THE 



CAUSE OE OUR PRESENT DEPRESSED STATE, 

 , Commercial, & Manufacturing, 



ENGLISH, SCOTCH, AND IRISH: 

 TOGETHER WITH 



SUGGESTIONS FOR ITS REMOVAL. 



W. BURNESS, 



LATE LAND STEWARD TO HIS GRACE THB DUKE OF MANCHESTER. 



LONDON : 

 LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS, 



PATERNOSTER-ROW. 



1848. 



