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cause, in which I am engaged, by quoting the
opinions and proofs of the highest and most in-
fluential authorities, than by obtruding my own
crude and undigested remarks. I therefore now
shall again refer to the letter written by the
Rector of Broad Somerford to the Earl of Salis-
bury :—In suggesting remedies for the present
unfortunate distress of the labouring poor, Mr.
Demainbray thus expresses himself; " If the
power granted to parishes under 39th Geo. 3d,
of taking land for the employment of the poor,
was so far extended, as to enable them to let the
same to their industrious poor; and if the quan-
tity of land that the parish were authorised to
take, was duly proportioned to its size and
population, we should return in part to the spirit
of the Act of Elizabeth; and I sincerely hope
much of the present distress among the agricul-
tural labourers would be prevented; and not
only the parish rates essentially relieved, but the
home market of our manufacturers much ex-
tended by the more flourishing state of the
agriculturist." Our Rev. Author gives the most
solid proofs of his having good reason to enter-
tain such flattering hopes. This he effects not
so much by argument as by narrative and matter
of fact; adducing instances from his own expe-
perience and that of others, to prove that the
system he advocates, when properly conducted,
has always succeeded. He modestly says, that
he does not presume to dictate the mode in which