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ciotbe ; , & c . for themselves and families . Oneof the greatest occasions why those gree ' v -mil covetous people do keep such great quantities of lands in their hands , from the occupying of the poor husbandman , and do use it in pasture and not in tillage , is on ! v the great profit that comeih of sheep , now got into few persons hands , in respect of the whole number of the King ' s Subjects ; so that some have 24 , 000 , some 20 , 000 , some from 10 , 000 to 5000 sheep ; whereby a good sheep that used to be sold for 2 S . 4 d . or 3 s . at most , is now sold for 6 s . " or 5 s . or 4 s . at least ; and a stone of wool , which used to be sold for is . 6 d . oris . Sd . is now for 4 3 dai leastwhich
s . or s 4 . : filings tend , 'o the decay of hospitality , the rfi ' minishingof the People , and to the let of clothmaking , whereby many poor people . have been accustomed to be set on work : For remedy , it was in substance enacted : " I . That none shall keep above 2 , 400 sheep , exclusive of lambs , at any one time , unless , it be on his own lands of inheritance , in which case he is not hereby limited ; nor are spiritual persons . " fl . No man shall held above two farmsin the Parish of which two
; , on one , he shall be obliged to live and reside himself . " It is worthy of remark , that the complaints of 1534 , should be similar to those of 1796 , RIOTS IN PUBLIC MARKETS . A disposition in the lower orders of Ihe People to disturb the Public Markets , having been evinced in some places , we lay before our Readers a Clause in the Act of Parliamentwhich it is not doubted the Magistrates will enforceshould
, , there be any occasion : " By 11 Geo . II . chap . 22 . whoever shall wilfully and maliciously beat , wound , or use any other violence to any person , with intent to deter or hinder him from buying of corn in any Marker , or other place ; or shall unlawfully stop or seize upon any waggon , cart , or other carriage , or horse loaded with wheat , flour , meal , malt , or other grain , in the way to or from any City , Market town , or Sea-port , and wilfully and maliciously break , cut , separate , or destroy the same , or any thereof
part , or the harness of Jiorses ; or shall unlawfully take off , drive awaj ' , kill , or wound any of such horses , or unlawfully beat or wound the drivers , in order to stop the same ; or shall stop the same , or shall scatter such wheat , flour , meal , malt , or other grain , or shall take and carry away , spoil , or damage the same , or any part thereof ; every such person being thereof convicted , before any two Justices of Peace , shall be sent to the common Goal , or House of Correction " , to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding three months , nor less than one month , and shall by the Justices be ordered to be publicly whipped by the . Keeper of such Gaol , or House of Correction , on the first convenient marketday , in the Market-place , between the hours of eleven and two . "
WASTE LANDS . The extent of Waste Land in England is almost incredible . There are no fewer than 60 Forests , and the new Forest in Hampshire alone appears , by a late survey , to be nearly fifty miles in circumference . The number of Chases is 13 , of Paris 700 , and the Commons are innumerable . Were these Wastes parcelled out into small farms , and lett on long leases , at moderate rents , they would soon get into such a slate of cultivation , as to leave no apprehensions ofa scarcity in future , and would
, by affording employment to the industrious poor , prevent emigrations , which prove so fatal to the population of these kingdoms in times of peace . RUSTIC DEVOTION . Job Leatherbarrow , a labourer in Parbold , Cheshire , for upwards of twenty years , disappeared every Sunday morning , and returned at night . When interrogated as to where he had been , replied , at church . As he never had been seen at any place of divine worship , it gave rise to a variety of conjectures how he
passed his time . Curiositv induced a gentleman of the neighbourhood to watch him , and for ten years failed , ever losing sight of him in a large wood , near a quarry . On Sunday the 26 th ult . the gentleman got up in a tree near that place , and drew the branches about him to prevent his being discovered . Shortly after
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Home News.
ciotbe ; , & c . for themselves and families . Oneof the greatest occasions why those gree ' v -mil covetous people do keep such great quantities of lands in their hands , from the occupying of the poor husbandman , and do use it in pasture and not in tillage , is on ! v the great profit that comeih of sheep , now got into few persons hands , in respect of the whole number of the King ' s Subjects ; so that some have 24 , 000 , some 20 , 000 , some from 10 , 000 to 5000 sheep ; whereby a good sheep that used to be sold for 2 S . 4 d . or 3 s . at most , is now sold for 6 s . " or 5 s . or 4 s . at least ; and a stone of wool , which used to be sold for is . 6 d . oris . Sd . is now for 4 3 dai leastwhich
s . or s 4 . : filings tend , 'o the decay of hospitality , the rfi ' minishingof the People , and to the let of clothmaking , whereby many poor people . have been accustomed to be set on work : For remedy , it was in substance enacted : " I . That none shall keep above 2 , 400 sheep , exclusive of lambs , at any one time , unless , it be on his own lands of inheritance , in which case he is not hereby limited ; nor are spiritual persons . " fl . No man shall held above two farmsin the Parish of which two
; , on one , he shall be obliged to live and reside himself . " It is worthy of remark , that the complaints of 1534 , should be similar to those of 1796 , RIOTS IN PUBLIC MARKETS . A disposition in the lower orders of Ihe People to disturb the Public Markets , having been evinced in some places , we lay before our Readers a Clause in the Act of Parliamentwhich it is not doubted the Magistrates will enforceshould
, , there be any occasion : " By 11 Geo . II . chap . 22 . whoever shall wilfully and maliciously beat , wound , or use any other violence to any person , with intent to deter or hinder him from buying of corn in any Marker , or other place ; or shall unlawfully stop or seize upon any waggon , cart , or other carriage , or horse loaded with wheat , flour , meal , malt , or other grain , in the way to or from any City , Market town , or Sea-port , and wilfully and maliciously break , cut , separate , or destroy the same , or any thereof
part , or the harness of Jiorses ; or shall unlawfully take off , drive awaj ' , kill , or wound any of such horses , or unlawfully beat or wound the drivers , in order to stop the same ; or shall stop the same , or shall scatter such wheat , flour , meal , malt , or other grain , or shall take and carry away , spoil , or damage the same , or any part thereof ; every such person being thereof convicted , before any two Justices of Peace , shall be sent to the common Goal , or House of Correction " , to be kept to hard labour for any time not exceeding three months , nor less than one month , and shall by the Justices be ordered to be publicly whipped by the . Keeper of such Gaol , or House of Correction , on the first convenient marketday , in the Market-place , between the hours of eleven and two . "
WASTE LANDS . The extent of Waste Land in England is almost incredible . There are no fewer than 60 Forests , and the new Forest in Hampshire alone appears , by a late survey , to be nearly fifty miles in circumference . The number of Chases is 13 , of Paris 700 , and the Commons are innumerable . Were these Wastes parcelled out into small farms , and lett on long leases , at moderate rents , they would soon get into such a slate of cultivation , as to leave no apprehensions ofa scarcity in future , and would
, by affording employment to the industrious poor , prevent emigrations , which prove so fatal to the population of these kingdoms in times of peace . RUSTIC DEVOTION . Job Leatherbarrow , a labourer in Parbold , Cheshire , for upwards of twenty years , disappeared every Sunday morning , and returned at night . When interrogated as to where he had been , replied , at church . As he never had been seen at any place of divine worship , it gave rise to a variety of conjectures how he
passed his time . Curiositv induced a gentleman of the neighbourhood to watch him , and for ten years failed , ever losing sight of him in a large wood , near a quarry . On Sunday the 26 th ult . the gentleman got up in a tree near that place , and drew the branches about him to prevent his being discovered . Shortly after