An essay on remedies for the relief of the prevailing distress of the labouring population : especially of Scotland, the Highlands and islands thereof, and of Ireland : also, suggestions to those who have the power and influence of reforming the manners and customs of the great body of the working classes of the United Kingdom, how to prevent crime : and a plan proposed to liquidate the national debt : addressed to the editors of the Ayr advertiser and Ayr observer newspapers /