AN INQUIRY

INTO

THE POOR LA W S.

AN INQUIRY

INTO

THE POOR LA W S,

CHIEFLY WITH A VIEW TO EXAMINE THEM

AS A SCHEME

OF

National Benevolence,

AND TO ELUCIDATE

THEIR POLITICAL ECONOMY.

By J. E. BICHENO, Esq.
OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER AT LAW.

“ LEGES LEGUM."

Lord Bacon.

SECOND EDITION.

London:

PRINTED FOR R. HUNTER,

72, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.

1824.

498

TO

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WILLIAM STURGES BOURNE, M.P.,

&c. &c. &c.

AS A TESTIMONY OF RESPECT TO HIM FOR HIS

LUMINOUS TREATMENT OF

THE POOR LAWS.

London, 18th Feb. 1824.