858 
ed to that neceffity, ‘cannot he do his 
bufinefs, and after drinking a glafs or two 
of beer, return to his own houfe, when 
the other may probably fit for fome hours 
indulging himfelf with wine ? Being de- 
termined at all events to extol the one, and 
deprefs the other, the addreffler does not 
hefitare to declare that the purchafe, when 
made, muf be of an inferior kindy not- 
withftanding common fenfe tells us aman 
with fifty pounds in his pecket may buy 
a fingle bu'lock of as good a kind, as he 
could had he a thoufand pounds. 
Throughout the whole of the Addrefs, 
the great farmer is made a bafhaw, and 
the little one a beggar; the former 1s 
endued with all underfahding, and the 
latter devoid of common fenfe. Both 
being equal in abilities and edueation, 
one may furely manage the tillage of fifty 
acres, as well as the other can five hun- 
dred: the prefumption, if on either fide, 
is In favour of the little tenant. 
Tet is farther contended, the little man 
cannot poihbiy grow fo much corn on an 
acre of land, as the great one can ; but 
whv >? becaufe he cannot manure it fo 
well. If he can make enough of his 
land to keep himfelf and family: from 
becoming a charge tothe parifh, we have 
all we contend for. But, in faét, the al- 
legation is not true ; one man may be 
as able to manure fifty acres, as another 
can nianure a thoufand. 
To leave no ftone unturned, the ad- 
dreffer goes on to urge, that a team. fuf- 
ficient to cultivate a hundred acres, muft 
be kept to plow hfty enly, and this muft 
be a great drawback. Let his profits be 
more or lefs, they are generally fuf- 
ficient, with good management, to main- 
his independence. But the necetlity for 
Keeping a whole team is denied; as it is © 
no uncommon thing for a little rarmer to. 
keep half of one only ; to join another 
in like circumftances, and for each to 
aifift in plowing the other’s lands, to the 
mutual advantage of both. 
Upon the whole, by the means of fmall 
farms, indufiry and frugality among fer- 
vants will be encouraged; parifhes re- 
lieved in their poor rates ; and the mar- 
kets better fupplied with poultry, butter, 
and eggs. J am, your humble fervant, 
Nov. 10, 1796. CANTIANUS. 
? Ee 
To tke Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
N_ your Magazine for July, Number 
VI, page 445, you have favoured me 
with the publifhing of a few thoughts on 
On Beggars and Vagrant Poor. 
the fubftituting of Cyder for Port Wine- 
In confirmation of what was then fug- 
gefted it might have been added, that in 
the brewing of Port wine. (for it is: pal- 
pable that great quantities of it have been 
brewed, or compounded, in this ifland) ey- 
der has generally been adopted as the bafe 
of the compofition, or the principal ingre- 
dient ufed. I obferve, however, a trifing 
typographical error, about the middle of 
page 446, which, indeed, moft of your 
readers will correét for themfelves: what 
I had written arid, 1s printed acid, {pirit. 
Your ready infertion of the communica- 
tion above alluded to, induces me to offer 
you my thoughts on another fubjeét, 
equally interefting to the public: 
Notwithftanding the numerous laws 
concerning them, and the vigilance of 
our magilirates and police officers after 
them, the numerous claffes of beggars, 
and vagrant poor, are a ferious nuifance 
tothis country. It is acknowledged by 
travellers, that we are more infefted 
with them, than almoft any kingdom or 
{tate on the continent of Europe: and 
yet, in none of them, are there more ufe- 
ful eftablifhments, more heavy taxes, or 
more charitable donations made for the 
poor than in this kingdom. The whole 
country, as well as our towns, fwarms 
with beggars, to the great inconvenience 
of the inhabitants, and the difgrace of 
our national character. All this, it may 
be faid, is indeed too true; but why 
bring forward to public view an evil 
which every body experiences, unlefs at 
the fame time you point out a remedy ? 
This, fir, is what £ now propofe to do, 
through the medium of yeur widely-ex- 
terded Magagine; and if the plan I 
propofe be as generally adopted, as your 
Mifcellany is likély*to communicate it, I 
am perfuaded that it will ftrike more at 
the root of the evi] than any extenfion of 
the vagrant laws, or practice of coercive 
meafures, whatever. The public have 
the power in their own hands, and they 
need only a little cool refolution to exert 
it. The praétice of :nd:feriminate charity 
has drawn on the evil; a prudent direc- 
tion of charitable donations would correé& 
it. To remove this inconvenience, we 
muft do as Mr. Pitt did to prevent the 
fmugeling of tea ; 2. e. make it networth 
while ro continue the praétice. And this 
is to be cffeéted, not by hardening the 
heart, clofing the purfe, or ftepping the 
earsat the cry of the poor, but by lay- 
ing down a general rule for the difpofing 
of our charitable donations. : 
You will readily obferye, fir, that f 
make 
[Dece a 
¥ 
m 
he 
i 
eS ee a 
