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Western(1767-1844)；whigM。P。，1790-1832；chiefrepresentative

ofagriculturalinterests；madepeerin1833。

AnnualRegister，1816，Chron。p。67。

ThedisturbancesatBrandonceasedimmediatelyontheconcessionof

thedemandsofrioters；flourwasreducedto2s。6d。astone，andwageswere

raisedfortwoweeksto2s。ahead。Therioterswerecontented，andpeace

wasrestored——Times，May23，1816。

18。Times，June26。Acuriousironyhasplacedsidebysidewith

theaccountintheAnnualRegisteroftheexecutionofthefivemen

whowerehungfortheirshareinthisspasmofstarvationanddespair，the

reportofameeting，withtheinevitableWilberforceinthechair，forraising

asubscriptionforrebuildingtheProtestantChurchatCopenhagen，which

hadbeendestroyedbytheBritishFleetatthebombardmentofCopenhagen

in1807。

19。AgriculturalStateoftheKingdom，p。13。

SeeAnnualRegister，1819，p。320。

Thoseassessedat£；100weretohavetwovotes，thoseat£；150

threevotes，andthoseat£；400fourvotes。Whitbreaddidnotpropose

tocopytheprovisionofGilbert’sAct，whichwithdrewallvotingpowerin

vestriesinparishesthatadoptedthatActfrompersonsassessedatless

than£；5。

PoliticalRegister，August29，1807，p。329。

LettertoSamuelWhitbread，M。P。，onhisproposedBillfortheAmendment

ofthePoorLaws，1807。

H。O。Papers，MunicipalandProvincial。

Ofcoursethesystemwasonlyoneofthecausesofthisdifference

ThetableisgivenintheReportoftheCommitteeonthePoorLaws，

Cobbett，PoliticalRegister，September21，1822。Cobbettwrote

oneofhisliveliestarticlesonthisscale，settingoutthenumberoflivings

heldbythefiveparsons，andvariouscircumstancesconnectedwiththeir

families。

Thefarmerswereusuallysympathetictopoachingasahabit，butit

wasnotsomuchfromaperceptionofitseconomictendencies，asfromageneral

resentmentagainsttheGameLaws。

SeeCobbett；LetterstoPeel；PoliticalRegister；and

DrHunt’sevidencebeforetheSelectCommitteeonCriminalCommitmentsand

Convictions，1827。

39。AmanifestowaspublishedinaBathpaperinreplytothisAct；it

isquotedbySydneySmith，Essays，p。263：’TakeNotice——Wehave

latelyheardandseenthatthereisanactpassed，andwhateverpoacheris

caughtdestroyingthegameistobetransportedforsevenyears——Thisis

EnglishLiberty！

’Nowwedosweartoeachotherthatthefirstofourcompanythatthis

lawisinflictedon，thatthereshallnotbeonegentleman’sseatinour

countryescapetherageoffire。Thefirstthatimpeachesshallbeshot。

Wehaveswornnottoimpeach。Youmaythinkitatreat，buttheywillfind

itareality。TheGameLawsweretooseverebefore。TheLordofallmensent

theseanimalsforthepeasantsaswellasfortheprince。Godwillnotlet

hispeoplebeoppressed。Hewillassistusinourundertaking，andwewill

executeitwithcaution。’

TheArchbishopofCanterburyprosecutedamanunderthisActinJanuary

1831，forrescuingapoacherfromagameskeeperwithoutviolence，onthe

groundthathethoughtithisdutytoenforcetheprovisionsoftheAct。

AmagistratewrotetoSirR。Peelin1827tosaythatmanymagistrates

sentinveryimperfectreturnsofconvictions，andthatthetruenumberfar

exceededtherecords——Webb，ParishandCountry，p。598note。

BroughamSpeeches，vol。ii，p。

PoliticalRegister，Marc

SelectCommitteeonCriminalCommitteeandConvictions，1827，p。30。

QuotedinTimes，September18，1830。

ReturnofConvictionsundertheGameLawsfrom1827to1830。Ordered

bytheHouseofCommonstobeprinted，February14，1831，p。4。

Hansard，June9，1817。

Scotlandwasexemptedfromtheoperationo

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