in the face. Now, why is all the price of agricultural produce, this? Because Parliament will which has been caused by the Act not reform itself---because Go-commonly called Mr. Peel's Bill, vernment will not dispense with have totally destroyed the spirit the 15 millions that are taken from of all contracts, and are so much the people, to keep up what is to enriching the public annuitant, prevent a reform---for if once the placeman, and pensioner, at the reform is obtained, then, indeed, expense of the landlord, the faryou can begin to reduce the inte- mer, the tradesman, and all the rest of the Debt with a good con- labouring classes, that, unless a science. In every view then of change be speedily adopted, a most our present difficulties, there is awful convulsion must be consinothing good to be expected---no dered as the natural consequence. relief to be hoped for without a Reform in the Commons House of Parliament.--I thank you, Gentlemen, for the very long and indulgent attention, with which you have honoured me---I shall very long remember this kind payment of yours to me--- it is to me more than payment with interest for all the persecutions I have endured for my zeal and perseverance in this cause. -(Long and loud ap

plause.)

After a short interval, The CHAIRMAN rose, and stated that it was to little purpose to meet together and hear the soundest adviee, without doing something. It was therefore that he had prepared certain resolutions, which, if they were agreed to, would be embodied in a petition to be presented to the House of Commons.

He then read the Resolutions, as follow:--

"1. That the rise in the value of money, and the depression in

"2. That there appears to be every reason to suppose that prices will sink much lower than they now are; but that, even if they should not, it is evident to us that the land, in general, can yield no rent, seeing that the taxes, rates, and tythes, do now actually absorb all that is not absolutely necessary to be given in the shape of wages for the cultivation of the farm.

"3. That we see no remedy other than that of a very great reduction of the taxes; we are convinced that this reduction ought to begin with the army; we can see no use for that army, unless to keep the people in awe, and to prevent Parliamentary Reform; and seeing no prospect of an end to our calamities, but in a Reform of the Commons House of Parliament, it is the duty of every man to endeavour to obtain such Reform.

"4. That a petition, founded on these resolutions, be signed, and delivered to the County Members,

that they may present the same to | Lord Grenville, said, that, sooner the House of Commons on as early than again bring about the misery a day as possible."

men. He would have them guard To be sung twice a week throughout

that some of my acquaintance

COBBETT'S HUSBANDRY. should partake of the benefit, so

Leicester, 22 Jan. 1822.

RESPECTED FRIEND, WILLIAM

COBBETT.

I showed the book to a few of my friends; some thought there were some good things in it, others treated it as a romance: one, whose opinion was most favourIn the autumn of the year able, was the very person that 1818, being in a bookseller's applied to the Farmer's Jourshop at Leicester, I happened to nalist for his opinion on the four see the First Part of your "Year's feet system, and whom that Editor Residence in America;" and on cautioned" not to believe all that reading a page on the culture of Cobbett said:" now I know that Swedish Turnips, I was induced very person had a most enormous to buy the book; and very for- crop of cabbages in 1819, planted tunate would it have been for me and managed exactly in the mancould I have had it six months ner recommended in your booksooner, as I should, no doubt, a very convincing proof of the have drilled eighteen acres of correctness of the principles laid turnips at four feet, and have had down in it. But this by the way: a good crop, whereas I sowed I fully determined to plant all my them broadcast, and had a very turnips, &c. at four feet the next poor crop. However, I took home summer; but however unaccountmy book, highly delighted; and, able it may seem, when the time I am sure, that I never read any came, I could not muster up reagricultural work till then with- solution to put the system in pracout disgust. I had often seen the tice beyond a few experiments name of Tull mentioned; but in my garden, but ventured at never, in any book, could I find 2 and 3 feet, the whole of my enough information respecting his principles and practice, to enable me to adopt his system with any chance of success. What I wanted, I had now, however, in my possession; a new era in my existence, as a farmer, seemed to be formed, and I felt desirous

field turnips, cabbages and mangel wurzel, being planted at those distances; however, we went once with a plough in each space, and then again in a few days, or, perhaps, the same day, reversing the furrow, there not being room to form a ridge between; this had

a very good effect, and I had a sprouted, yet it turned out six most excellent crop of all the quarters per acre of clean corn, kinds; but, good as the crop was, which is more than ever I grew I saw enough, by my small ex-on my land, if I except a small periments, to convince me that it bit of the best of it. If I had would have been much better at wanted further proof of the ex4 feet, and that that system was the cellence of this radical system of one which ought to be pursued, husbandry, as far as it relates to and which I adopted with my y whole root crops, I had it last summer: crop in 1820, except three acres a bit of ground, 1,080 yards of common turnips; and, I may square, which I sowed with manobserve, that just before the sow-gel wurzel, at four feet, very late, ing of this crop, I received from and without manure, in 1820, and 'my friend, an account of the de- dug and forked well between cision of the Editor of the Farm- the rows, produced in that year, er's Journal, which, however, 120 bushels of 80 pounds each; though from such high authority, in 1821, without manure too, had not the least effect to alter my but early sown, it produced opinion and determination; and, 220 bushels of 80 pounds; which had it not been for the neglect in latter crop is, I think, near 1,000 not sowing a part early enough, bushels per acre, and I do not and the misfortune of the fly doubt but it will produce as great taking another part, and the grub a crop next year without manure, another, I should have had a most and perhaps for many years, abundant crop; however, where true pains being always taken to they were sown early enough, pulverize it in the summer. On and escaped the fly, &c. I had a another piece of land I had the most excellent crop; and, in one same or greater produce, but did field of eight acres, I reversed not measure it; and on another the ridges in the spring, and dril-piece of pretty good soil, but withled two rows, and, on some ridges, out any manure, since 1819 (and

three rows, of Barley, on each

very little then) I had a crop of ridge, in Tull's method, and ma- Swedes, at 4 four feet, of near naged it the same as I had done 600 bushels of 80 pounds per the turnips till near harvest, and acre. I have also cultivated pothough it was some time out in the tatoes on the same plan, only I wet, and a good deal wasted and allow them 5 feet; and though,