Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-09-14

are sir or seven families, aud fcw Of these
courts bavc more Than orc outlet. Manches.
ter population, 9oo, 900. Ii was ascertaincd
that twelve per cent. OF the working popula-
iion 1--we IN cellars. There are Of that class
i2-.2J9 persons, OF whom $500 live in eel.
iats. In SalfUrd there are -. 9gi of the work.
ing classes. 1885 Of whom dwell IN cellars 49,
IL j. stated that of 81. 900 dwellings Of the
working classes, which were examined, iS..
400 were ill-furnishcd, and l0,AOo scarcely
comfortable. In Bury the population is 90
COO. The following statement OF the condi-
lion II 5000 Of the families Of the working
classes ia this place is most revolving. In
TT3 houses they slept three TO four in a bed /;
in 2o7, they slcp, fouf TO five in o bed and
IN -, they slept five to SIX in a bed This
aw ful statement must rouse the honest and re-
iiglous indignation Of every Engllshman.-
Bristol population, 10000. OF 1859 hmi-
lies, consisting Of 10000 pc.sons, $500 fami-
lies have but one room $50 houses are with
out sewers; and 1901 houses are without wa
ter, or are supplied with bad water. Newoas-
tlc-on- Tyne, population 6i,600. The exam
Inor Of this place reports as follows: In many
parts the dwellings, are close, dirty and miser-
able, without order or comfort, whole families
lnhabitIng a single room, and living in an at
mospliere totally uncomfortable. The mind
cannot picture a state OF greater restitution or
misery. Leeds population $4,000. Of H.
500 houses, 1860 are under ei0 per annum,
and contain 81 900 Of the working classes
The streets arc very bad, one half Of which
are hung with linen, and are impossible to
horses. The north-eas ward contains 1900
working people, and has o3 streets Ofthese,
three have sewers, twelve have them partly,
thirty eight are without sewers, and forty are
unknown. In 1889, the deaths in Leeds were
one in twenty.eight and a half. Glasgow,
Mr.. Simonds the Commissioner, speaking of
this city, says Until | visited the wynds of
Glasgow. | did not believe that so large an
amount OF filth. crime, misery and disease ey-
listed in any civilized country. In the lower
lodging houses, ten, twelve, and sometimes
twenty persons of both sexes and all ages.
sleep promiscuously on the floor, in different
degrees of nakedness. These places are such
as no person of common humanity would sta
BILE his horse in. The lower parts of several
OF those houses are spirit shops, pawn-shops,
or eating houses. The population Of these
wretched districts is probably 10000; it Ger
tainly exceeds 10000 persons, who are pass
ing through the rapid career Of prostitution,
drunkenness, and disease. The number Of
persons who died last year was 1920, or one
to twenty three and a half of the whole popu-
la,ion and of that number about $50 died Of
typhus, a disease which never leaves Glasgow
1t appears from another statement, that, in
1885, the number Of persons attacked by fever
was 6,l60; in 1886, l0,002; and in 1887, 2I,-
500.
Surely such am amount Of human misery
cannot but be contemplated with horror, and
cannot fail Of a~rousing the tender sympathies
of the humane and benevolent, upon whom
heaven showers its blessings of wealth, to
some effort to rescue their fellow creatures
from such an abyss of physical and moral de-
basement i-lIark> Lime Inn ErpreSs.