72 APPENDIX.
from these considerations, very strongly recommended
to the churchwardens and overseers of each parish, by
the Members of the Labourers' Friend Society.
I remain, Sirs,
Your humble Servant,
Geo. H. Bath & Wells.
32, Sackville Street,
September 21st, 1831.
No. 11.
Contrary to my intention, I am compelled to allude
to the Bishop of Bath and Wells in my Appendix; for
since I had written my remarks on the humane and
benevolent conduct of that distinguished prelate towards
the poor man, I find, that not content with all he has
done or written in his favour, he has become a member
of the Labouring Friends' Society, in order to obtain
the circulation of a letter, which he has addressed to
the churchwardens and overseers of every parish in
His Majesty's dominions, suggesting a plan conducive,
not only to the comfort and happiness of the poor, but
to the alleviation of those who are bounden by law to
maintain them when in distress or unemployed. His
Lordship shows and explains the great benefit likely
to result from the two Acts of Parliament which have
lately been passed, to enable Parish Officers to Enclose
Waste Lands for the relief of the Labouring Poor.
When I observe the interest which is taken for
bettering the condition of the poor, and the active zeal