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success of these benevolent endeavours, without
any claim of merit, but with a view to recom-
mend a system of relief for the poor, which he
has found in every instance as conducive to the
lowering the poor-rates, as to the promoting
the comfort and happiness of the poor. He
perfectly agrees with our good Bishop, not only
in the evil, but in the remedy, of which we shall
presently speak; and, in his letter, sometimes
makes his remarks in the very same words as
our bishop.
My appeal is at present confined to these two
benevolent ministers of our church; but I am
happy to assert, without fear of contradiction,
that by a long experience, I have found that in
every attempt to better the situation of the poor,
the most lively interest has been evinced and
acted upon, by that reverend and respectable
class of men, against whom every calumny and
misrepresentation have been lately circulated.
The worthy Rector first takes into his considera-
tion, the loss which the poor man has sustained
by the consolidation of small farms, and the loss
of the small farmers. His words are as follow :—
" No longer boarded or lodged in his employer's
house, the tie of mutual interest is loosened;
he works for this or that master indifferently;
but with little real attachment to his employer.
After his day's labour is over, he has to seek his