The National Register.
London, England, 1816-11-11 00:00:00

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to conclude, that the possesAon of arable land is hurt-
ful to the cottager; put that his condition is moat ilia.
Aerially improved by possessing is gardes and land
fur one or two lows. The esparnaesst h2e*
ex-
tensively tried by the Earl of Winchelsta;—there arc
from seventy to eighty labourer,: vim his estates its
Rust indshire, who keep from ore to four cows each ;
.and of all his tenants these men are the most punoual
with their rents. Lord Winchelsea asserts, front expe-
rience, that nothing is so beneficial both to them and the
lauelludders as this system; that the labourers and their
Candies, lining better, are consequently moos side to
oaadttre lehour ; that they arc contented with their
aituation, and awaited to it ; that having aopiired
-port of independence, which makes them set a higher
value upon their character, they arc generally con- •
aidered in the neighbourhood as men the most to be de-
pended upon and trusted ; that feeling the advantage
apt • Mg a little, their industry is extinel by hope,
• that when a labourer halt obtained a cow, and land
itufacient to maintain her, his nest thought is to awe
money eoulagb for buying another. The experiment
wits tried *ha in Wiltshire, in a parish omtaining 149
goer persons, divided into 32 families, chiefly employed
its labourers in husbandry. Having suffered greatly
/luring the high price of provisions in 1801, it was pro-
pooed to them that they should make an effort to better
their circumstances, and occupy, at a fair rent, such a
suantity of lama as each tinnily could cultivate without
nmpruperly interfering with. their usual labour, and
lee, well summed ; the land was to be forfeited if they
peceived any relief from the parish, except medical
assistance, or ender the militia lews. The proposal was
gladly accepted by all who could possibly accept it.;
and the consequenee was, that the poor-rates, which,
in the last out months betbre the experiment was made,
Ned anympted to girl. 16s. amounted, three years
igterFarda, in the site corresponding months of winter,
iioose part of this great difference is, of
*some, attributable to the scarcity in the first year;
Ott 4he tiut that these families had before been
whargeable to the parish, and that noue of them wore'
ogliorgealale aka r they had been thus enabled to assist
1001111Olarelt, prtwes iocontegibly that no better moans
tea be devised for improving the condition of the
ipppicoluaral poor. The utmost quantity of land thus
lipped was an acre and a half, of which the fourth
iprt M winter was planted with potatoes, the rest
elms ha era or in garden cultivation ; and this
topmissatt *hews that even amble land is not
4paro Nertfui to the cottager. Of all means of min.-
..wing rya pon4rttion, this has been found the most
Ihanefisial; the children are thus educated to husbandry,
4o the enre of the cattle, and the management of the
4y; *bile they arc thus healthful and usefully
4conght up, they are better fed; Ills father employs
4lpse loom is hopeful and thereGire willing occupation,
*hit would otherwise be idly or injuriously spent, and
fool; ouch solid apisfaetion at the close of day by his
iitou fire side. that the alehouse halt out no temptation.
qu him; and the mother has that enjoyment in her off-
lpting, which, in the right order of things, has ben ,
:ippousted by a benevolent Creator, instead of feeling,
- .is .too often the unnatural state of the miserably
'poor, that their existence is horthensome to their
.paranta, and calamitous for themselves.
Lotto C STLE I: A Wednesday, the SOth
ult. Lord Castlereagh, in compliaggie with an invitation
-to that. effect, dined with the Corporation of 13:lfast,
at the 'New Exchange IRooms•in that town; there were
upwards of 200 persons present, the Marquis of Do:legal
presided, and emengst the guests was the Marquis of
Londonderry, Lord C.sstlereagh's Either. After (huller,
the health of Lord Castlereagh was drank iu the ful-,
f•wiag terms..—
Lord Wiscount Castlereagh, the 'Statesman who, by tic
vir,tur•tif his measures and the wisdom of his policy, had so
mniainitly contributed to the termination of a glorious war and
me emaciation ofar honourable peace."
Ili; Lordship addressed the company is reply in a
long speech, in Which, after thanking them for the ho-
nour done him, he observed, " he was only one of those
to whoui the guidanec of the vessel of the State was in-
trusted—and although we had a stornty and tempestu-
pus sea to contend with, we hope and are convinoxl,.
that we have brought the vessel safe into harhaur, not
poly with her sails and colours flying, but without u
single-thither staining or impaired ! r
We learn from the provincial papers • that meetings
anti societies for the relief of the poor are daily extend-
ing. Two societies have lately been formed by the
Ladies of Newark, fur the purpose of cloathing the
oecei4iunts. A considerable sum has been (dn.:tined by
sahscriptionr, and the societies arc likely to be of the
utmost .utility. 'flue following Ashiress has been
oublished in the Bishop of Hereford.

!.) NUE EHENH THE ELEHOY WITHIN THE DIOCESE HE

34HREFOR LIP, 1:s THE COL NTY OF•S•LOP.
RT Itrethrett,--Coufortatl4>ly with a resolution pass-
.4l is: your Shirt:Judi ott the 17th tidy of thy present month,
"teat rarusstly recommend ywortonsideration the distresses
of the nuntil'acturing 4nd htluatr:eg poor. That y•ut will pro-
mote !Ste very I:t.ui Olt and beneficent objects of your (nun')
nieMina t.) Ike utmest of your power, the sense which I en
t•-r!oin if your Chri.tiau zeal in work.; of_gootlness niosi
forty ctieWEAdeT we.
.) em, ItoveereillireViren, your offer tionate lirdtfer, •
4; zo r7u, ISAAC IitREFORI).
.37/ilgan CAAINtr, Oct. 23,1816.