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given ; it is from the parish of Newntown, Wilts,
the property of Mr. Estcourt, the present Mem-
ber for the University of Oxford, whose father
began the system of letting land to the poor of
his parish, in lieu of parochial relief, more than
thirty years ago. By a letter I have seen from
the Rev. Edmund Estcourt, the present worthy
rector, I learn that the population in his parish
was, in 1821, three hundred and six, and on
taking the census in May last, was three hundred
and seven, an increase in the ten years of only
a single individual.
Having, in the commencement of this address
to your Lordships, alluded to the great destruc-
tion committed by the Deer on the crops of corn
on these Forests, and their vicinity, I hope that
your lordships will permit me to assure your
lordships, that it is the general wish that they
should be removed, and that such a measure
would give the utmost satisfaction, and be a con-
firmation of the general opinion, that the first
wish in the benevolent heart of our most Gracious
Sovereign, is to promote the comfort and happi-
ness of all his subjects.
Your Lordships will, I hope, pardon me if I
take the liberty to remark, that the good pro-
posed by the two late Acts of Parliament for the