Jose 4, 1864.] "THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE 541 
jo That th the evil e ts arising from this state of things in a | to which i these evils may be or have been . attributed : | that in the existing state of the law of settlement and removal 
religions, n ial, tin sanitary, ant economie point ef m such as the law of settlement—the poor laws—tenure | it was not to the “wage Lh the ene proprietors to build 
bonor meeting deman eimme e r end good erede on their s, and that they really injured 
nien of the country." m cd ty : such as mortmain—the leasehold te stem their estates thereby. He believed that to ha iu OE 
per 
nancy for life, &c.; d difficulties affecting the | cause of the stagnation of Improvement in the houses of the 
: Aa the P 
The Cu Lini said they now came to the considera- o : 
et ff. a. cio ropert diffculty r in ro labouring population : the spirit of the Poor Law was 
tion of a much more important point, viz. :—'* The causes niue of property ; culty of providing proper c nA ddr S owed D peli wies D by} 
is fellow-creatures ; the " "T of ys hy A 
ES Ta pe STN create he certainty of assistance would lead the psor not 
EE E N oO N 7 to exert themselves to provide for their a maintenance; and 
S B A P | to counteract that fear various measures had been resorted to, 
s N BiT N such s the scanty dietaries of the ansie man ; but he thought 
S = N they m —— ig opposite influence to this, viz , the 
Ñ S SE RS : SACU SASSER B love e. workman's home comfortable and 
X à happy, iis a f. a ^ lomsatis enjoyment, and the love of 
Ñ X N home would operate far more powerfully than the fear of the 
N S N N workhouse as an incentive to him to s Papoon himself. With 
hi N N N the proprietor of a large estate, an of fortune, the 
| N N N motive was strong to make his Aipandents gps and as 
N N Ñ contented as poanie, but I eg was 2x — € 
Ñ WARES SS that if he encouraged population around him he would have 
SESS LR —— = pay for it in p , and would to that extent injure his 
tate providing residences for his workpeople. he 
: egarded as one of the main causes of the present state of 
Grousp Ficor things, for, after all, those engaged in commercial life knew 
AND aiat — — pcs Unite wn d by de rrr of 
e poor law, they co! make o the interest o! land- 
OvT BurLDINGS, : : the bo dal = Moy pe nee bons DEO ts would 
T succeed in the end they sought better than by any other means 
that could be devised. He would, therefore, suggest a uniform 
a Living room rating for unions of c in n the first i matano, y ne might 
SSMS TY S ZN ZZ SSSI e rhe grs be en er hes yes beris country, fro which he 
H NW R iw elieve s Ex beneficial results would accrue. 
peer N N | N H "A N CHAMBER LONE Mr. Kni could bear testimony to the fact that the town in 
c Stairs 5 d li AÑ i e N ae which he lived was crowded with arinu barh oy pee 
S - a w several miles eir n es 
d Pantr. SS | d Ist Bedroom there were not more than two or three cottages. The result 
: — MP Nose quuni itr pout b Poen to whieh 
N NH N - H Ju 
pe N N N ie. the agricultural population was driven the rates were as 
f Wood shed À SN E N c Stairs as 38., 4s., and 4s. 6d. in aa pound. He felt certain that, if 
e N a Ny er N d the law ettl t were altered, the difficulty of getting 
g Privy N Ny N | d 2d Bedroom | Jandowners to i ould be removed. 
RY N ÀS N S Rev. J. B. Owen thought that, considering the vast number 
h Pigsty N N N À N (Sd Bedroom | of dwellings of the industrious classes that had been remo 
SS N Ny Ñ N in and about London for railway purposes, it should go forth as a 
i Bake house [SSS | S S vem from this ipe e that, upon the of 
mpensation er com- 
j Oven panies were boun provide cheap tra h hours, 
J 
E and night, as would enable the lal of 
occupy suburban dwellings, by means ow a vast 
amount of the evils arising from crowded habitations might be 
ord TON, after Rig ig 4 on the extreme ‘ae 
seat à EP Wt ab Pond be ben shi g man. 
i Mr. jonan ph eee pro- 
—Mx. Benyon’s COTTAGES. duced by the I om of sotloment m ED a remedy 
dselli , : ra 5 found under a s. — rating. he true 
be 1^ ~ a cost which will be remunerative to the e parish in which he lived was put into a perfect stato with | Gistriete the wages wore fr cant pos: : e seek, white. da 
and country." ard to the cottage and their condition ; Mee = — Dorsetshire, Wil d other counties Be did not 
T. 
Beenrrs said—At one period of his life he beld the looking. into the subject, he found that w ue exceed 10s, or 12s. per Me ‘Under such circum E 
opinion that a coi duty if he saw that | “ model parishes” were the worst that cou ld "x “That mu ust BOS tho utter i pa BUY of la d: MUT somos 
KC x cie t tÉÀ E- " " ent to provide th nad vel roper dwell: 
The Orire then s pm the following resolu- 
tion, as expressive of the opinion of the meeting on 
se points :— 
** That in the opinion of this ting the present lamentable 
state of the dwellings of the do classes is materially 
indueed by the Law of Settlement and the limited area of 
Poor-Law rating." 
ee CHAIBMAN then invited ote d the ——— 
subjects, under the head of ** viz. 
D ‘Tenure «d Property,” a nd “Legal Difficulties afecti 
the Tran of Pri y." 
Mr. rete Hake said : On these points, A were now 
sidering the effects of the want i a prime 
necessity—th9 
means of repose, decent éesociation, w and where a family could 
it that to the present day the progress of industry, and the 
vast wealth produced by labour, with the vast wages of 
the country—bo it that these could not be brought to 
ar to provide this article of prime necessity? It was 
this, that the laws of transfer of property stood in the way of 
nabling theworking classes to obtain req! 
The cot r had not only to pa: fai turn tal, 
but was obliged to contribute to those of his own ho 
did not pay at all, ho actually injured the property. 
had to pay fo airs necessary on a change of tenancy, 
ject 
legal Pr tee al of defaulting Ect All 
ngs were charged u the tenant, these 
he ind: being the tenant of 
t. 
No. 7. ur € S PLAN. 
a, Porch. b, Living room ullery. d, Bedroom. e, Closet. 
rents to builders ran up a few cottages, which were let at high , parishes there should be different classes of cottages, one of h land, they 
driven to persons of questionable character, who had been | which should consist of ground floor only, - the occupation Hd bey ace p ‘of Pio, Si 0l. the two rooms might be 
the bed — and co ted in nam massin rd rnt eople, and which could be let at a very low rent; | purchased by man by the process adopt y 
felt ane arishes ; and was one of the why he | anotker Shas at a little higher €" and be adapted for young | building rhe Bp es, en T be abundantly profitable to him. 
—that sted—after a good don of consideration of of the Atta jeter ed ‘oe ple; but that, for generality of cottages, there | By the payment of 3s. per week he bec the immediate 
Would beg eon pe laws of set; ent and removal | should b three sleepi ng Foo r, and in 15 years Deca of those 
thata great boon to the etie — ^ He 6 thought Mr. dox N said—The oper: of the Poor Law was | premises, in addition to 6 1 
three occupied. a by ^. fra Should not have ide than vitally counsetet with the question, ond was one oft the bir! x remp 
rooms; t was desirable that in country | they were now inquiring into. It was very properly urged rd LYTTELTON had no doubt the views of Mr. Hare on this 
