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" and Houfe of Lords, are confiderable ; but upon the palling 

 <4 fuch an aft, for the public convenience and honour of the 

 " country, either Houfe might contrive a compenfation to 

 «' thofe, who would be deprived of the emoluments which 

 •« now arife to them, from the turnpike bills annually brought 

 «' in. 3 ' 



(c) Mr. James remarks thus : — "What is here hinted at 

 «• as the moll powerful difcouragement to undertakings of this 

 41 kind, namely, the enormous expences which are incurred, 

 41 I am of opinion, would entirely fubvert the excellent me- 

 " thod he has fuggefted, was it ever to be propofed ; for the 

 * s perfons benefited by thefe expences, are not quite fo difm- 

 «' terefted a fet of men, as to relinquifh them without oppo- 

 ■' fition, and there is no doubt but here they would, in all 

 «« probability, be but too fuccefsful. If the Minifter were to 

 " introduce a bill, whofe object; went to the total abolition, 

 " of not only particular, but fees in general, a number of 

 '* improvements would prefently be the confequence, which 

 tc would not be confined to agriculture." 



Mr. Howlett is likewife a commentator upon this fe&ion, 

 and admits, that what I fay about the excefs of grazing and 

 ploughing correcting itfelf " is undoubtedly juft and conclu- 

 «< five ; but where I fuppofe the population to be increafed 

 " nearly a third within the laft fifty years, which, by the 

 ' ; way, was merely a fuppofition, he believes it to be above 

 " the fact, and that the increafe, fince the Revolution, is little, 

 " if any thing, above one third, though the greateft part 

 " of the increafe has taken place during the laft fifty years, 

 « thatjthis has been occafioned, in fome fmall degree, by in- 

 *' clofures. — The tendency to increafe population, he fays, 

 « he has fully cftablifhed upon much better, more extenfive, 

 " and fatisfactory evidence, than is here produced — and that 

 " he has much more evidence of a fimilar kind now by him." 

 I hope this additional evidence will foon come out, and that 

 it will be as fatisfactory to the public, as it is to himfelf. 



