The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1825-09-08
Disrelianp.
Extract from the London Quarterly Review.
PAST AND PRESENT STATE OF THE
COUNTRY.
[ Concluded I

row Of those who subsist upop i,s produce.
There must be, 10 The mos, polished 10 well
as the rudesi state Of society, some, whose lot
il 10 TO bo bowers OF wood, and drawers Of We.
ter who mus be dcs,ioed to SUCH employ.
ments q, require strength and industry moro
than knowledge or tsient. Kpowlsdge and
talent will, boysye', have q constant and nee
esssIy tendency 10 draw from tho lowest elas.
,es OF Iabo'ers somo OF their numbers, and
!s,,c ,hem 10 u situation Of comfort end csss
superior 10 that Of their fellows. AS these
sdysncc in property, and increase in enjoy'
ment,, oIbe's in turn occupy their station, and
are u liule elevated above their ,equsls; this
pioceS eontinoes, step by step, each rank ad'
vsncing iiu!e, end each constantly drawing
rscvui,s from those bu, a slight remove be
low then.
II We looE, however, TO our own country,
We may ma,s, with h,,ie retrospsciion an.
with due 'efectiOn, tho grsdool imp'ovmen,
n toe condiuon even OF tho loves, OF oil the
closses Of which society Is composed. They
rave p.etsken of those sdysnisgce which
have been universally didused, IN On eninsn,
deg'ea. ..
Increased cleanliness and health, and con.
,squsnt longevity, arc among The taost char.
ae,eri.tic blessings OF the present day---in oil
hose, the poor have shared porhsp, 10 no,r
nsn equal proportion with tho rich. Th,
sod, also, has gfeduoily become OF 0 bette
Kind than iormsrly. Without entering on hc
question Of lhe heals Illness Of d,fIefen, kind,
81 eiiment, il Is sufficient for our pte,cn, pu
Iuss 10 .how taal The TODD now USED by th
bo,iug rsrks in this counuy, i, of 8 nor.
exp sive description .han could be sTotd,
by them in psil p'fiods.--Wb Wbcaicn b,eac,
winch is now almost uni,erssi!y os,en, spd
ven fastidiou,ly selected by the hoo'ine p
has been gssdoslIy iDttodaced with the g.s
dual sccuralsacn oi the genstsl wealth OF
,5e commoo;y. ,a{f
Az tho commencemen, Of the reign oi The
lsie King, barley, rys. % os,en breed, was the
universal food OF no working populstion. A,
lac as the year 1894 The qusnti,y Of barley
grown in Eoeiand was equal 10 ths, of whes,
u 10 nou not more than oue',hifd OF il, though
the proportion converted in mel, hes been in
creased. 81. Frederick Morton Eden says,
about Fifty ysa's sgo, so little was The qusn.
uty Of wheas used IN the county. .of Cumbsr.
land, that il was only rich family ihsi useds
peck Of wheat IN the course OF year, and thsi
was used at Christmas Not much more
than fity years ago, barley bread was the uni
vsrsal food IN the western counties, not merss
iy OF the .lsbofers 10 busbsntry, but Of those
small farmers, then moro numerous than al
the pf cseat umc, who titled with their own
hands the scan,y portions Of land which they
occupied. 10 the counties nearer TO the mo
ropolis, the, use OF wheaton bread spresd o,
an esrlier period, and q, wealth circulated
f.om that csn,,sl poiat 10 tho ex,remi,ios, the
#. a, -,dr A,
believe, evan in Lsncsstifs, IN Wales, and IN
Cornwall, Tho use oil wheat hss become almost
universal.
The increased consumption OF butchers
meat, beyond she rse oil incfesss Of populs.
tioo, 10 u cleG indication that the use Of j.
must have descended lower in tho ranks ofso
eieiy Than formerly. il sppesfsd 10 1893.
from The hrT isporl Of the Commi,tes Of the
Hvoss OF Commons, sppoin'ed 10 tske into
consideration Tho mesns Of improving thu,
waste lands Of the kingdom, tbst the besGs
sold 10 London wefo Of tho following average
wei ghts: .l
IL 1882, cattle, $40 lbs. Sheep, 70 lbs.
10 1894 462 lbs. IS lbs.
Al the present period, o. fs' Is can bs collsc.
ted from various sources Of info' nation, the
sversge weight OF cattle is 500 lbs, and Of
sheep 80; but the increase 10 the numbers
annually slaughtered has been gresier than the
increase OF wsighr I, appear, ,hs, whilst the
population, from 1894 10 1924, has been aug
mentsd sI tho rate OF seventy eight per cont.
the copsumption OF butchers mesi hes 10.
creased ct the rate Of li5 per cent Besides
this, tbsrs has been q correspondent, inorss,e
10 the consumption OF bacon, and spii pork,
butter and cheese. Tho introduction, and The
gensrs diffusion Of tss and sugar, those I'd.
mirsbIe sso,ii,utes Tor feru,snted liquors have
assisted N improving ihs condition Of the
poo sby supplying . beverage, ,he sdopiion
Of wslen mas tended to diminish intoxies,ioo,
ous Of he chief causes Of tho indolsncs, waste
fainess, and rudeness, which once disgrAced
the ower ranks Of this country. Wills, the
numbers OF our people have increased, the
consumption OF these Wholesome articles has
increased s'ili more. That OF both hes been
mo'e thso doubled, in space Of time in which