As the Eyes of all are upon the Parliament of _Great Britain_, greedily expecting a speedy _Settlement_ of _South-Sea_ Stock; how easy is it, and how securely may the _House of Commons_ pass a Vote, That the _Losses_ of the _South-Sea_ Company shall be made good? For at present the _Stock_ is precarious. And the same may be said, in some Measure, both of the _East-India_ Company, and the _Bank_: Which strengthens the _Reasons_ against the _Government's_ trusting any more to _Corporation Credit_. That _Trade_ cannot easily extend it self in this Kingdom, unless all Corporations are ty'd down from _Dividing_ (I say) more than _Common Interest_. Persons will never go on to encourage _Trade_, so long as a Profit can be made by the frequent _Rise_ and _Fall_ of Stocks, the Bane of all _Industry_. That unless, I say, a Liberty be given to all _Bodies Corporate_ or _Collective_, to raise Money to carry on and extend the _Trade_ of this Kingdom, can it be thought that _Trade_ will ever increase? And without Liberty be given to all _Bodies Corporate_ and _Collective_, to have a _Book_, wherein every Person may _transfer_ their Properties, such _Bodies_ will be never able to raise Money to carry on a _Trade_, or extend it. * * * * * Before I conclude, I shall enlarge a little concerning the _Poor_ of our Country; who will never be brought to Labour, so long as they are maintain'd by the _Parish_, and suffer'd to beg about the Country, or in the Streets. If _proper Places_ were provided, on _Navigable Rivers_, where Land is reasonable; with good Management, and by the Improvement of those _Lands_, the Expence of our _Poor_ would not be so great by the one Tenth Part of what it is, and what we now pay towards their _Relief_. And by such a prudent Management, what an _inestimable Benefit_ would it be to this Nation; not only by easing the Subject from that _heavy Burthen_ or _Tax_ to the _Poor_, but by the many other _Advantages_ that thereby the _Publick_ will receive, besides the many Hands that may be employ'd to Profit, more than what is necessary to be appointed for their own and _their Maintenance_? Such an _Advantage_ would it be to the _Nation_, as would be better to us than the Mines of _Peru_ and _Mexico_ to the _Spanish_ Monarchy. It would introduce _Industry_, reduce _Idleness_ and _Luxury_; encourage and promote the _Trade_ of the Kingdom, increase our _Exports_, and lessen our _Imports_; by providing of Hands useful in making all Sorts of Utensils, for _Army_ and _Navy_, _Soldiers_ and _Sailors_, that, when their Country have no Service for them, they may return to their _Livelihood_ they were bred to, and by their _honest Industry_ find a _Maintenance_. _FINIS._ [Printer's Decoration] Transcriber's Notes: Passages in italics are indicated by _underscores_.