Ssà people they were supposed | sense as the apportionment of a parti it them be freed from taxes this uncultivated land to the poor, which and they would undertake to they were willing to receive in lieu of whe the foreigner. Then he they now had from the rates, should acc titat be advisable to be acted upon, and still stranger was it the trade in cern; but till that the prohibition to acting on that com the Government would not mon sense view, arose from the law. A atur former friends, or, if practical farmer lately meeting a labourer, e Aim a stration, to any not far from Lord Winchilsea's propert Love in 88, they are associ- he inquired into his circumstances, and ya. Member concluded found that he had a wife and eight chil cru zet dors to which ren, that his wages were 12s. a week, that ging of his speech. he had a cottage, for which he gave 24. a L to Saim the atten-week, but that having no garden to it, a single minute, was obliged to get 5s. a week from the inference to parish. The gentleman asked him whethe abuting classes; and he would forego the parish allowance if gend suggest a practical he were permitted to take one or two acres et to them, it of land, paying rent for it in the same way restate to respass on as the farmers round about. He answere # sport to allow labourers that he only wished he could get the land for by that means he should be able to ve employment to his family, and t bring them up in habits of prudence and industry. The produce of one acre under spade-husbandry was equal to three acres rutivated in the ordinary way, so that there could be no doubt of the benent to he party taking land to cultivate by space, and to the parish there would be a 2 saving in that individual instance of 13. 1 year. If, upon further consideration, it soud seem desirable, that the subject should be brought before the House, be NWIOLONE STOuld probably, after the recess, ask per mission to bring in a bill to enable parishes གམ 1:|:| ལྷག པའི ཕྱི 1:|: མ? ve her waste land to the poor, and bernars so to grant them small loans to 22.21 seed to cultivate the land. Mr. Long Wellesien was satished, the untry and the House would receive Opinions just delivered, with the gruest possible respect. This question ne of the greatest and most import 10 Toes the Government could take into Casteration. Of all the questions that Concerned the internal welfare of thes My, there were none so important as Juse witch the two hon. Members had ii ofail the branches of those Tresaurs, there were none more important a nose which they had in part dis The hon. member for Sussex spose of the Corn-laws, and of the in xzoney foreign corn; the other bo meer ad stated, that spade-husbandry one cauid relieve the labouring classes, east he meant to make spade-husbandry mare object. Those questions ku occupied the attention of some of the affecting the settlement of the poor. poor. As most celebrated men in the kingdom, who a country gentleman and as a Magistrate, had written on the subject of political he knew that that was a question of vast imeconomy, and the state of the poor, and portance. The House was quite empty; could not be supposed, therefore, to be the question was nearly decided; but the questions easily settled. For his part, he words, "settlement of the poor," having | agreed with the hon. member for Surrey, caught his ear, he took the liberty of rising, that the adoption of spade-husbandry and suggesting, that it should be postwould be exceedingly valuable; and he poned to a more fit opportunity. He would regretted, that he had not a letter in his suggest, however, to the two hon. MemIpocket, which he had received from Essex, bers, although they had entered into these in which the advantages of that system were questions incidentally, that no man had set forth. That letter stated, that a sys- ability and capacity of mind sufficient to tem of spade-husbandry had been adopted settle such important subjects as these near Tilbury Fort in Essex, and effectually were become; they raised questions which stopped a disposition to insubordination, interested the welfare of the whole com-an adequate price being at the same munity, and required all the talents of time paid for the land. The people were the country to adjust them. On the before this in a state of insurrection. In subject of the Poor-laws, he wished to consequence, however, of the suggestion say, that their principle was excellent, and having been made to him, and of his acced- their mal-administration the cause of all ing to it, small portions of land had been the evil of which the people complained. let, at a low rent, to 600 or 700 people. The hon. Member, however, must not forget the extreme difficulties of the question, that this parish was singularly situated, and that the plan might not, therefore, be equally advantageous elsewhere. If he were not afraid to occupy the attention of the House too long, he could shew how a measure he was about to bring forward, concerning the clergy, would promote the same object; but that would open too wide a field. In the parish he spoke of, the population was in the proportion of eight persons to every 100 acres of land; and the hon. member for Surrey, who was well acquainted with agricultural matters, must know, that when there existed so great a superabundant population, it would be impossible to provide for them by spade-husbandry, unless we could do away with our old system of agriculture a question perhaps not unworthy of consideration. He thought our present system of agriculture a bad one; for he had lived in countries where it was impossible not to see the advantages of a different system. He alluded particularly to the Florentine States, which, although one of the least communities of Europe, is, by its system of husbandry, made one of the most happy and prosperous. The House must, however, take care not to adopt an important principle of information without due consideration, which might plunge into distress a valuable portion of the community. The other night a Gentleman brought forward a measure Sir John Sebright wished, that he could think, with the hon. member for Surrey, that the plan he alluded to would be beneficial, because it could be easily applied; but he was convinced, from his own experience, as well as that of others, that the benefits to the poor from such a plan would not answer expectation, Some years ago, he observed some cottages in his parish, not belonging to him, which had no gardens, whilst all his cottages had. He laid out a piece of land, and divided it into gardens for those cottages, letting each garden at the nominal rent of 6d.; in allotting these pieces of ground, he consulted some respectable labouring men, of sense and experience in such matters, who had been in his service twenty or thirty years, as to the size they should be of. The precise extent he did not recollect, but by their advice they were made excessively small, large enough, they said, for a man following his daily occupations to cultivate. He thought they were too small, and probably, if the thing were to be done over again, he should make them larger. He agreed with the hon. member for Surrey, that a garden to a poor man was not only good from the profit it yielded him, but for the employment it found for his wife and children, and also for himself in his leisure hours; but he did not believe, except in particular situations, and under peculiar circumstances, that it could answer for any labourer to hold more ground than he could cultivate as a kitchen garden. eton to tand in nd inertford-flet at exceedingly high rents, indeed s of gland, of trying ve up a need it 4. n argu uer, a ing one with another is. a buset resit would give a crop vaned The plan had this advantage, that encourag the labourers to cultivate t ood ath the utmost care and econ * 3 iterated them to bring a new cata shenie- our into action: for when a ge was brought into a friable state by A altare, it might be kept in that state dren of from twelve to fare 1rs of age, wa se labour was th de Ne. without being brought inz cat favor the parish, a later at he wages too low, would elieved at the expense of the |