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and expence emphyed in the cultivation of our 
land must be charged upon the prodiidt in corn, 
cattle, &c. &c. 
Mr. Brooke’s plans for the employment 
of more inhabitants unfortunately have 'an 
ultimate tendency to a result very different 
from what he recommends. The laying aside 
spinning by hand, and adopting machines, 
and other means of diminishing the quan- 
tum of manual labour employed in our ma- 
nufablories (with some other coinciding cir- 
cumstances) at present give, us an advan- 
tage, in a competition with foreigners in 
their markets, which would not probably 
be the case without these, even if bread and 
meat, and consequently labour, were now 
as cheap as at any period witiiin the last 
century. 
Population has encreased rapidly, notwith- 
standing all the immense improvements in 
mills, engines, machinery, canals, &c. the 
plainest of all demonstrations, that sncli 
works of art have not checked population, 
although they may have diredfed tlie efforts 
