1809.] 
in the easiest way, each parish might 
borrow a certain part of its quota on the 
security of its rates, paying interest for 
it till discharged, which, I trust, would 
be effected in a very few years, if a 
moiety of what was saved by the. esta- 
blishment to each parish, compared with 
preceding years, were applied annually to- 
this purpose, The apparent dithculty of 
procuring Jand will be removed by taking 
it from wastes and cemmons, ey propri- 
etors and occupiers of which, lords of 
manors and commoners, are most inte- 
rested in the reduction of the poor’s rate; 
nor can there be much doubt of pre- 
curing the requisite quantity within any 
space of country of 50 or 60 miles in 
circumference; and how can such land 
be improved more expeditiously and be- 
neficially for the public, than by placing 
such a population on it? We have been 
paying of late years millions of money 
annually for the encouragement of fo- 
reign agriculture for quantities of corn, 
which ina few years these iands, under 
successful management, will be compe- 
tent to supply. The ‘draught-work too 
on these lands might be executed chiefly 
by oxen instead of horses, and thereby 
afford examples in every district of that 
sort of husbandry, which the public in- 
terest requires to be more generally 
adopted. 
tendance for inspection and contreul, 
many persons in each district must be ap- 
pointed to discharge these duties.—Sup- 
pose two guardians be chosen in each pa- 
rish for every hundred pounds raised on 
an average of three preceding years to 
the poor’s rate, and that 12,000]. per 
‘annum have been collected within the 
whole district, then will the number of 
guardians be 240, to which add church- 
wardens and overseers, guardians by of- 
fice, 100 more—total, 340. The guar- 
dians so elected might chuse 24 direc- 
tors from among themselves, or other 
qualified persons 5 within the disirict, and 
these latter so chosen might appoint 
weekly, monthly, and quarterly cominit- 
tees of directors and guardians, so as to 
have a routine of attendance for the 
year with Jittle inconveniency to the in- 
dividuals, by about &0 persons: these 
committees will be able to fulfil their 
respective duties with less trouble and in 
less time than is required for the ordinary 
business before committees of incorporat- 
ed houses of industry, by whom cognizan¢e 
is taken of matters not meant to be of 
inguiry at the district houses, namely, 
about granting velref to the out-poor, of | 
To facilitate the means of at-_ 
effectual Means of providing for the Poor. _ | 4g 
settlements, removals, &c.; all which 
considerations would be left to the ma- 
nagers of the home poor in the respecs 
tive parishes, to whom the merits of 
these cases would be best known. To 
remove the last ebjection, with any pro- 
mise of certainty, 1s indeed ditiicult—fue 
lubor, hoc opus est. Our security in this 
respect must depend on vigilance of in- 
spection, and publicity of proceedings 5 
to insure this, the duties of the several 
committees, calculated to improve all 
favourable circumstances, and to detect 
and expose, with certainty of fidelity, what 
may beaniss, must be well defined, clearly 
explained, and faithfully performed; for 
which purpose minutes should be made by 
each committee, and signed by the inem- 
bers present at their respective sittings, of 
every thing worthy of notice, in detail; 
and that these minutes might not be 
slarred over, as things to be forgotten as 
soon as made, those of the several week- 
ly committees in each district shoud be 
fairly transcribed every three months, 
and copies thereof be sent to the church- 
wardens of each incorporated parish, far 
the information of the parishioners there~ 
of; and ayain, these minutes, together 
with the whole detail of management 
of each and every district manufactory 
in the kingdom should be collated, and 
an abstract of the whole be laid before 
Parliament annually, wherein should be 
noticed, with scr upulons exactness, what 
soever was praise-worthy, and to be imi- 
tated, or blameable, and to be repro- 
bated, in the respective. manufactories; 
and for greater publicity, these abstracts 
should be published, whereby every ap- 
parent or real abuse would be exposed 
to public animadversion and reproach, 
_ thus operating as the most feasible check 
ReArN | neglects and misconduct, against 
the commission, or certainly against the 
continuance, of improper transactions. 
Another objection might possibly be 
added, and thought of some weight, 
namely, that by carrying on this scene of 
industry in the district manufactories, 
whether on account of the establishinent, 
orof manufacturers, much and different 
‘kinds of work will be withdrawn from 
the ont-poor; but in answer to this it 
may be observed, that the district ma 
nufactories will be open to receive such 
of them as may be thereby affected, where 
they will perform the same work, with 
greater security, to the younger females 
especially, against a corruption of their 
morals. (It cannot-be well doubted, 
that the manufactories supply a consider- 
able 
