Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-04-28

Distress an En- gland. The true con
dition Of England. Ia Judge from tn
frequent extracts on the subject from
the English prints into our own Jour.
nails, is topic of great interest in our
country. We are far from imput,nc
this to an unfriendiv or Jealous feeling
rejoicing in the ralamiiies nf a rival.
I'm the contrary. the spectacle Of such
"puience and resources conjoined with
so much individual pnvcrtv, is really a
problem curious and important, which
gives rise. also. To many contradictory
statements. The Duke # Richmond
lately made a motion IN Parliament.
proposing two branches of inquiry
one into the state of the labourine
classes. another into the effect Of taxa
ton on the productive industry Of the
country. Such an inquiry. conducted
with ability and sincere desire Ia de
velope the truth. would he no less int
resting to the science of legislation and
politics generally, than il might b.
salu'ary in the case Of England. and
conducive 10 snme effective alienation
of existing evils.
The London Morning Herald give :
some examples Of the pressure Of III.
taxes and poor-ratcs which we mu =,
presume 10 be true, but which, if true.
exhibit picture which the Iabouriny
population OF this country would deem
incredible. II is happy for them that
this ~ the case. In one parish IN
Buckinghamshirc, the farmers offered
TO give up the land To the oversecr.
rather than pay the poor rates. IT,
another, they actually threw up the
land. rather than continue TO pay the
expenses OF occupation. In the parish
Of Choulsbury. the rates are asserted
TO be twenty -four shiilIngs in the
pound. and the vicar gave up his
tithcs because the rates PAYABLE on
them were higher than the iithcs them
selves. II Cobbett werc an authority.
we could swell these instances with
examples adduced by him. 1t is Ger.
tain that country where the poor
rates are more than thirty-three mil
lions Of dollars annually, must have
every pursuit Of industry cIogccd with
heavy burdens. We have. seen it said
in English journals. that the taxes
have no effect on the labourcrs, be.
cause the lsbourers paid none. One
instance may prove the ahSurdiiy Of
such a notion. The farmers il Buck
lnghanhshIre associated TO pay their la
bourers higher wages, and did so for
some time. The association was bro
ken up because sOme of the members
found themselves unable 10 comply
with their engagement. from the weight
Of the charges they themselves were
subject TO. baltimore .8Dlerieaii.
Charles Carroll. of Carrolton, has
lately conveyed 10 the Roman Catholic
seminary az Baltimore. 2S4 acres Of
his manor, together with 5000 ts er-
eot seminary thereon, Tor the prepaf
alton OF Young msn foE de eeelss,astic
state.
March of bfeiiscf.- The pefjsefioa
y ifHpUdoHoe.-A brggar, With an "
sirument - offensive To- the ear a. we're
the 6agpipcs to immortal Sbakspeare,
commenced his grinding exactly be-
meath the wiDdOw 81 house 10 Lon
Ion where a party had just sat dow n
20 dinner. Disguised With the herri
bic diseord. they sent few hulf.pence
70 the vagrani, ~i,h hint lhsl ''ht
might 20 on" The answer vas ssqU
site" never gnc- on Under six-
pcncef' For THIS brilliant Witlicism,
the bcggar had a shilling!