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London, England, 1830-12-15 00:00:00

TUNBRIDGE WELLq, Dee. 11, 1830.

hi. portion of the " disturbed" county sell continues to be pet fectly
pc..ceful and orderly, nor Is there the slightest apprehension of danger
aactipt in the breasts of certain individuals, who, " artn^d with • Itit!ts
brief authority," appear to languish for some opportunity to disatti;J:. h
themselves, and become immortalized in the annals of the parilli, y
boldly advancing to the charge against unarmed and quiet individuals,
who merely wish to earn their own livelihood, and quit the dtsgrarectil
thraldom of the workhouse, and the consequent brutality of urhelin4
parish officers. However, I am happy to say that there tlo s nt.t
appear even a remote chance of any commotion hen. dal: 144 h a consi.
derable number of special constables have been sworn A troop oto,tao
of the sth Dragoons are stationed here, and at present b'rong eiror s ue
making to organise a regiment of Yeomanry. To..st w3riikt disposi.
tions will not only have the erect of creating unnecessary alarm in other
pans of the country, but may prove injurious as tending to exasperate
men who are really disposed to be tranquil. Indeed, to steal a line from
Tom 'rhumb, it may be truly said of the gentlemen who are thus busy-
ing themselves_.

" They'll make the giants first, and then they'll kill them."
I enclose you a copy of an "Address to the people," which ha. %eels
circulated pretty freely here, in which you will perceive the writr
argues that the general use of machinery is a national bleti.ir.g.•
however questionable this may be, the proposition it certainly less
startling than another bill which has been issued, wherein it is e:ldeit-
voured to be shown that the tythe system is also a national blessing,
and the Clergy " the best friends to the poor !l" I regret that I can.
not send you a copy of this precious stun; but it is scarce, for most pes -
sons into whose hands they fell, committed them to the flames, ale:a
strong expressions of indignation ! The Earl of Abergavenny has be-
haved in a truly judicious and patriotic manner. His Lordship,a ho has a
seat (Bridge Castle) and an extensive estate, between two and three
miles from the Wdls, has issued a notice, stating, that all lal,ourcr- o.
rod character, oat of work. may find employment on application to his
Steward, at Bridge Castle, for the next three months; and recommend-
, ing the farmers and others to retain their labonrers who have worked for
them during the season 1 This proceeding reflects the I,ighcee
honour upon his Lordship's character; and were the example followed
by other great landed proprietors it would have a more salutary effect in
checking the progress of discontent, than all the gasconading letters tt
all the Home Secretaries in the world !

The arrival of the excellent band of the sth dragoons liar caused au
appearance of gaity here. but seldom found at this season, and the
Parade is quite crowded with natives and visitors when they play
which they do two or three times a week. On Monday we had a Lec-
turer who exhibited his " unrivalled talents" at the George Inn. I
will copy the introductory portion of his modest announcement, and you
will at once perceive that commentary would be worse than useless.
" I address Ave Lectures, twelve songs, and sixteen recitations in ut
evening. All to be performed by one man t all of his own wri,it g!
and all without the aid of a prompter !! ! For the information u,;,1
benefit of mankind, and the only exhibition of the kind in the univers6."
Read this ye Matthews's, ye Yates's, ye Bartley's, and all and st w,:r,11
of ye lecturers, and " hide, your diminished head." I conclude
this letter by presenting you, with a specimen of " nwave
genius" which I copied from a tomb-stone in the churchyard of the
extremely pretty village of Frant in Sussex.
ELIZABETH READ,
Died Jan, 29th, 1826,
Aged 26 years.
A charcoal fire that took away her breath,
It was the cause of her most sudden death.
In usual health she went to bed at night,
But dead and cold before the morning light. J. T.

• In France and Germany, the people can work their materials into
goods for tale cheaper than we can here by the hand; the consequence
would be, that unless we could do the same here better, and more
cheaply, the manufacturers of this country would not be able to sell their
goods, as the markets would be already stocked with cheaper article.:
hence it was necessary to find means to undersell the foreign markets.--
thus arose machinery; that is, certain mechanical contrivances to
quicken labour, and to diminish the expense of manufacturing goods.
If this had not been discovered, the materials could not be worked into
goods for sale; none of course could be sent abroad ; very many ships
would therefore be unemployed, consequently so many sailors would not
be wanted ; people would not be called upon to make machines; and
there being no machinery, the people would not be occupied in
working them: of course the result must be, that there would be
no commerce or trade—hence universal distress and misery would in.
evitably follow with actual starvation ; for, if you cannot sell your goods
to buy corn, you cannot get bread. Why (you will say) was not this
the case before machinery was found out ? The answer is at hand :
because in France and Garnany they did not know the way of under.
selling us in the market. With machinery, we can undersell the fo.
reign markets, our goods are therefore in constant demand : to supply
that demand, (which would not be made if we could not undersell,) ma-
ehineries are employed; they are constantly wearing out, people must
be employed to repair and make new ones; and thus there is an inces-
sant ronnd of employ for a vast body of people, which would not be
without machinery, so as to enable us to undersell. More than this :
as machinery makes goods better and cheaper, you get all your clothing
cheaper—coat, waitcoat, calicoes, stockings, &c. by getting these things
cheaper, the landlord can more readily lower his rents, the farmer can
therefore sell his corn cheaper, and you therefore can get your bread
cheaper : thus there is a balance between the clothes you wear and the
price of food ; and the manufacturer by getting his food cheaper, Can
sell his goods still cheaper, and thus one affects the other, and .ell the
necessaries of life arc atfected in the same proportion. Maeltints, there-
fore whether for use in husbandry, for making flour or stockings or whet
goods bring dowu the price of articles more in reach a the poor; thus
from whatever causes the distress may arise, it dues hot arise flout ma-
chineries, for without them in the present state of the world, there
would be an actual famine in the land. 'Therefore do not destroy ma.
chines ; these contrivances arc valuable to the country and to you.
Take an example in another way. You labourers in the field know
that plough husbandry a less expensive than spade husbandry, because
a two-horse plough with two men, can work more ground in a giro'
time, cheaper than ten or twenty men with as many spades—hence
arose ploughs, which is machinery. Would you therefore think
it right, because a plough employs only two men, to destroy
ploughs' altogether i what nonsense ! for what would be the
result ? why the plough makers would be unemployed, food
would be also dearer, and then there would still be an unemployed
population with greater wretchedness from greater dearness of ford and
its consequences t—hence the good old toast of " Speed the Plough."
You can apply the same observation to wind or water mills for
grinding corn into flour. It would take more men to hand-grind ;
but if you were to destroy such mills on that account, the same mischief
would follow in a proportionate degree, and so on with other machines,
as those for printing, paper making, &c. 2 leak not then the machinery
which has produced the evils; therefore, my fellow-countrymen, reflect
upon what I have written. But experience and practical facts are more
worth than all reasoning. About fifty yeats ago these was very little
if any machinery at Manchester ; since that time looms and machinery
of all kinds have multiplied in a very large proportion ; and notwith-
standing the population has more than doubled in the same time, not a
man is now unemployed there. Think of this again' my frrenda, and
respect machinery. And you incendiaries, you are doing the cruelest
mischief to the poor in burning corn stacks, thus thinking to injure the
owners—you are mistaken ; for you not only distress the poor by de-
stroying food, but you do a positive good at the time to the proprietor,
for he insures, and gets the price of his corn from the insurance office,
without the expense and trouble of thrashing and sending it to market.
The reduction in national expenditure, (about to take place,) will bring
on a corresponding reduction of taxation : this will lower the rents,
and enable the fanner to pay the labourer better wages ; and such a
state of reduction will also induce a proportionate reduction in tithe, foe
the tithe-holder will not be left behind in this work of restoring comfort.
and the contemplated reform in parliamentary representation, will
materially assist in preventing a recurrence of the evils complained of
Your Friend, X.

December 7,1x90.

REGISTER OF PUBLIC SALES, Dsc. 14.

AVCTIO._ MART.

Ma. Jonx Hattracz..—Three Freehold Houses, in George-street.
near the Toll-gate, Stepney ; let at 511 per annum—Knocked down at
590 guineas:
A Leasehold House. in Church-lane, Llmehouse ; held for 1I
year, at 11. 6s. ground.rent a year-72 guineas.
A Leasehold House, with frontage and flight of steps to the River,
Narrow.street, LimehOuse ; held under a lease granted to Lord Went.
worth, In the reign of Queen Elizabeth, for 500 years, at fourptuee
per annum-475 guineas.
Ma. Racioas.—The Freehold Moor-place Estate, Great Hadham,
Herefordshire, comprising a Mansion Park, and sundry Farms, in the
whole 1,551 acres; let at 2,0001. per annum. The property was at first
put up In ens Lot, and bought in at 60,000 guineas, and subsequently,
in Lots, as follows :—The Ifoor.place Mansion, Park, Fam, and
Grass field. containing 224 antes, let at 4501. a year-14.200 guineas.
Brand's Farm, 184 acres ; let at 174 L a year-5,450 guineas.
Yew Tree Farm, 115 acres A. 1501. rent-5,000 guineas.
Little Hill and the Hill Farm, 194 acres ; let at 2031.-3,500
guineas.
Hadham Croak Malting, and Cottage, Hadham Cross Farm, and
Three Cottages ; rest 941.98.-2.710 guineas.
• Ufford's Farm, 79 acres ; 851. rent-2,800 guineas.
Hadham MW House, Radium Mill Fans, 107 acres ; 2121. real-
-8,000 guineas.
Clinton's Farm, 273 sere; 2701. rent-9,400 guineas.
Eineil's Farm and Hill Field, 264 acres ; 9971. rent-8,930 guinea.
The Windmill, 8 acres ; 421. rent.-1,900 guineas.