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crops in that part of the country, being under the management 

 of an active and intelligent Belgian, a more valuable description 

 of flax will be brought to market than any yet produced in this 

 country, and a stimulus, 1 am persuaded, will be given to that 

 extended cultivation of the inestimable flax plant, which I have 

 so long advocated as the only means of meeting the wants of an 

 unemployed population. 



I am. Sir, 



John Warnes, Jun. 



Trimingham, Norfolk, July 3?-c?, 1844. 



No. XIV. 



Sir, 



It will be remembered by the readers of this series 

 that I have ever invited inquiry, and promised answers to any 

 reasonable objections against my plans for the advancement of 

 agriculture, and for the employment of the population. 



Amongst my earliest and most preserving opponents was 

 the Manchester Guardian, an organ of the Anti-Corn-Law 

 League. Through this quarter my movements have been 

 watched, garbled accounts of my proceedings published, and 

 the cause which I advocate misrepresented ; a cause that, 

 nevertheless, is surely, though slowly, advancing; and, when 

 properly understood and supported, will inevitably render 

 nugatory the ungenerous opposition of the League. Daily 

 experience justifies this opinion; and I desire to inform the 

 working classes of Manchester, and of every other manufactur- 

 ing town, as I have already informed the operatives of Nor- 

 wich, that my exertions are directed to the obtaining for them, 

 not only an abundant supply of cheap bread, but of cheap 

 meat also. 



The League would have them believe that I aim at a high 

 price for wheat, and at lessening the means of subsistence ; as 

 will be seen by the following article that appeared in the Man- 

 chester Guardian of the 9th instant ; an article in itself only 



