Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-01-05

",Two-pcnny Trush," which have addressed to the
farmers oftho noblesplritcd comfy of ken that Ene
and famous county, always deemed tue pattern ccun
~ even of England 1t will not he published indeed.
until the 30th Of tho month"; but, have already sent
copy to each of the new MINISTER'S and If they can
read this twopcnny worth of politics, and be still ig
norant OF The 'nature of the distress and the real
cause OF the present rural then, far depends
on their the aiistocracy and the parsons
may despair indeed
when Lord Grey is talking of resolution to put
down and to punish, he certainly does not think of
the cause Of the rural Barring 10 reported to
have said, some weeks back, that there no par
tcular distress this ,uie, and tina, the country must
from its position and its population, always have
some distress" and that the labuurers well
of they were 9'hon, again. more recently,
he said, that, -" tho magistrates had done right at
| II the owl might have been prevented" These
apSear TO be the notions generally entertained by
those who have the power TO make tine laws; and,
therefore. | bestow them a degree of attention
winch should not have thought of, if Barring alon"
were concerned Here several distinct prop lsi-
tons, and we will axe them one by one, not howe
vcr following precisely the order of this famous loan
monger The propositions are, THAT the people
of thus country must from its POSITION ALWAYS be
more "r less IN distress" Its position. Bariug What
do you mean BY posi,ion' The ry stands where
1t always did But. what follows will, perhaps help
us 10 understand what this loanmong'r means By
EnC'aud's position: ,. THAT the labonrprs are as
well of IA they were" This great point. at
which all those aim who wish to uphold the present
u
tions that falls hell itself. Thcre is man
who Is forty years of age and who has lived m Eng
land, and has been IN his senses, who does know
1t tn BE- most impudent. most barefaccd and bra
zen, lie. Bu', as to undeniabp facts the poor rates
of England and Wales (including COUNTY rates) a
mouptcd. forty years ago, TO two millions and a quar-
tor year; they now amount to nearly eight millions
Is this no proof of an increasn of poverty What i'm
pudence man must have assert. the face Of
this undenabl" fact, that the labourers ire as well off
as thcv ever were.
But, look at the evidence given before COMM, tees
of the House of Commons itself That evidence
confirms these facts that forty-ve wears MOO the Ia
bnure's all brcwed heir own b.rr and thai now none
of them d. i; thu formerly they ate meal cheese and
brerd. and they live almos; wholly on potatoes:
that formeSv it u rhiur for Girl to be- with
child before she was married. and that now il is MS
rare that she is no., the parties being SO poor that
they compelled Ia throw the expense of tho we'd
ding on the parish; thn' Tho ielons the jas and
hulks live better than the honest Iabourlnr people
and that these latter commit thefs and robbery in
order to GET into the lqiiS md huks or 70 b. trans
ported that men Sc; to draw Wagons and carts
ike beasts "fbnrden; that hey shut mp III pounds
like cattle; that ihcy pur at auction like Ne
groes in Janca that married Mon are forciblv son
arateG from their w,vns proven them from bread
ing Al these facts have been stated IN evidence bn
fore Committees of the House of Commons itself
and Uv Witnesses OF their selecting. And vet
here is who has the brass TO saw That tho Ia
bouring people are as we'll off as they ever wera!
| aye, hut tins is great point however; because.
tneS De worse OIL, tnen, 10 the first place, there
ground for complaint; and know we'll that redress
cannot come without change in the system 81 such
change. too. as the boroug hmongers and oannaono
ers shndder but to think OF. Inquiry, indeed! VIVA,
inquiry is wanted: What does Lord Grey
want than the evidence already before the House n
Commons? What more can he want than the bill o.
fare published by the Magistrates of DorsetsIIire,
When the Standard
Wheaton Gsnsrtern
I,"af is sold at I'D Id. 1od. Cd. Sd. i'd
The weekly allowance
| to be made up in
| Guiding earnings.
g E.. .ss,.., man d I'd Z { Is
For woman, or boy, or
girl, above If years
For hoy or girl of II,
For ditto, II, 10 orc / 7 6 2 , 0
! For ditto, under Q ) 9 1 I q
| Here IL. at the present price of bread 2s ILL., n
week for man to live IN and to work on Vhs is
the scale published and acted upon by the Napisratez
of the StourbrIdgc Division. in 1923. In some conn.
res it is less Why. then, look it, Lord GREY and
then think further inquiry necessary. If you can
The quartern loaf now Cd. Let MS see ihrn here
are man. warnan, one hoy or girl of fourteen
one boy or girl Of eleven, little child; and for
these six. here 3s Cd including their earnings;
that is TO say, hero ten and half Guartercn
leaves amongst the SIX that is 43lb. cf Bread that
1t 10 say. 7lb. 3oz. of bread for each live upon for
week, oDd TO work upon too; and nothing for drink
fuel. clothing bedding or washing! Look AZ
this Lord Grey, and then think Of exriDguisbinr the
fres by proclamation that does nothing but lnanacc!
And here, before go further. let us as is what
Prince Waterloo would havo called the "compIn
nnent' of Lord Grcys speech, have this proclamation
which was ISSUED on TUESDAY the gid inst, tho day
after the speech made.
WILLIAM R-Wbercas great multitudes of law
less and dsordery persons have, for some time nssc-
bied themselves together in rioous and tumutuoas
monner. in tho counties Of Willis, Kent Sussex S,r
rey, Uan's and Bcrks, and for the purposes of COM
pelIng their employers to comply with certain rcgri-
lations prescribed by themselves with respect TO tho
wages to be paid for their l.bour have hod recousc
TO measures offorce and violence, and have actually
committed various acts of outrage in different parts
Of the counties above mentioned, whereby tho pro-
perty of many Of our good subjects has in several in
stances been wholly destroyed, and their lives and
properties are still greatly endangered:
We therefore being duly sensible of Tic uschiev-
Gus consequences which must inevitably ensue, as
well TO tn peace Of the kingdom MS to The lives and
properties Of our subjects from such wicked and lie.
gal practices If they go unpublished; and being firmly
resolved 10 cause the laws be put INTO execution
for The punishment Of such offenders. have thought
IT, by the advice Of oar Pnvy Council to issue This
Proclamation, hereby strictly commanding ell Ju.u