New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-13
THE TRIBU NE.

S.,F>poK AND NrETcHsD>Ess.-On tue hrst
,.... nj our paper thi. day Will be found "A glow
i,r ,cconn, COPIED from the Couu CIRCULAR "i
,bc bail recently given by the Queen OF hngand
10 h.r nobility. The writer tells Us that even
., al, cvc familiar With the romp and pageant Ol
a court the ms-nihcencf and dazhIng nr'''ah'!
of thu, ball was almost o,erPoweIine, and We
can readily cr.di, hln, ior the mere de''r'P''o" o.
n lr. almost .urlciied ~. II any OF our ferup'
l,,,o r.alers find. 4. We did, heir eyes da1zled,
.,d tbej inaeina,ions bewildcred 10y he cost!
VIA. ,l,,. i.vcll.d crowns the " most magnificent
di.ni,y oC cold plate th' ia.sine diamonds. and
h,iil,ao, oandeabra,, which are int-Odg weed ~
.Yrb nroCl.on. We know Of no way III winch they
can b. restored 80 soen the perfect usc o. ,heir
sense, n, hy giving glance To the condition OF The
l,b,,inc pcop!e of England. 1hey viii see that
while the Queen and the Lords and Ladies Of her
count were -quandcring thousands upon tins dis
play OF u.clc-s maguiicence the millions OF Brit
ain. whose sweat and groans had hlled tho'"
buffet, with plate and covered the robes o. FeFei
with cirninc and Jewels, were st0rrsHg tnh0re@
10 provide the costly wine, End vland' upon
which the company Toasted, ihou, OF tol-wpfn
hborcr. that same night went hungry 10 Their
straw and to enable " the chivary Of England
10 apocar IN the costume OF their race, sur
rounded b, the mott exquisite works OF AT,
the children OF Lngl,hmen were consigned 10
hopeless. slavery ard and hruialzing Ignorance
These are strong assertions, yet melancholy
facts Oar European correspondents, IN examining
the motive, which hsy" Iniiuesccd the dipl"hdt!
of Ioclnnd in relation to matter, closely concern
my the honor ard interests Ut tins country nave
from time 10 time given our reader, sketches %
the wrctchcd condition Of the Peasaniry OF Ireland
These. we're not fancy pictures, bat were IN every
instance drawn from thc evidence furnished by
the official document, OF the government itself
The papcrs received tv the Co!umbia bring 10 L.
further revelations ot the shame oi England, winch
bear directly on the same sHhlect. Commissioners
were not long since appointed 10 lnNesugdt" Inc
situation Of the people employed III the L"gh'h
cOicries Ga very numerous ca,- and then report
which has Just been made, j. filled with the most
hcart-renang details. We are told by those Com
rnissioncrs that children Of bath sexes are placed
IN the coal mines al the agc oil SIX y"ars thcN are
employed 10 dragging coal through passages often
not more than eighteen or twenty inches msh, so
that they arr, obliged to crawl on their hand, and
Knees in the mud and sven at the tender age
named they are worked from eleven To fourteen
hours a dav They are excluded from light. and
wcr, j, no, for the passing and rcpassing al coal
carriages. they would be, To s,e the language ot
m, report IN solitary confinement Oi tie worst
order Ira some districts they remain IN solitude
and darkness during the whole time they are III
the pit and according to their own account, md"g
Of th~m nerer sec he Lghtof day jar rcchS fo-
getber dnrirg The greater part ~ NE ctnfer
season. erccp'ing on Ho&e doys ~ He ~eeh
arhen ,cOrk IS not gOtRg on, amt IN NUHd0HS.
Their labor requires the unremituhg cNerti"n 81
all their physical powers We are told that IN
the districts IN whtch tcmaies are takcn doTH
into N, coal mines, both scTeS arc cmPfoyed n
yysciseig the same kind 81 tutor, and "06k t"t
The same number Of HAIRS; the eiris and b0ys,
1nd Me gopSg men aHd yo~ng ~omen ami ereH
married po,aen anil women ruth chiid, comHonig
,rork afmOs' nakcd and tie men IN many MINES
qpite mixed and all classes Of witHcsscs bcar
frs',monp 10 the demOrah=mg inference Of me-
emplo umcnt Of females undcr gr0"Uf
Our rcaders may readily suppose that where
labor j. carried on unremtringy, and under
such circumstances, there Is no opportunity Tor
mental improvement-that where the bodies o
children are not cared for. their minds ARE totally
neglected On this head the report makes the
most painful devclopemcnts Commissioners cN-
,mined large numbers of the young people, taken
unfortunately, for the purpose oi aeceriaInins
th,, extent Of their religious and other knowledge,
and the answers which are quoted below afford
fair sample Of all that are in the report
Elizabeth Day "a girl of ~" don't 60 To
Sunday school. The truth IL, We are confined bad
enough on week days, and want 10 walk abou, ON
SUNDAYS can't read at all Je.u. Christ wa
ADAMS son, and they nailed him on tree; but
don I rightly understand these things.
William Bearer (ascd 10y" The Lord made
the world he sent Adam and Eve on earth 10
save sinners, | have heard Of the Saviour; he
was good man, but he did not die here. think
Ireland Is n town as big n. Brrn>lcy, where there
a and Int VI Ks
Am Eeglcy (agcd l8)--"l have heard OF
Christ performing miracles, but | don know
what sort Of things they were. He died by then
pouring fire and birthstone down his throat.
think | once did hear that he was nailed 10
cross. Three times ten make twenty. There
are fourteen months in the year, but don't know
how many weeks there are.
Besscg Ba1ev (ascd lj)-" JEST, Chris, died
for his son to be- saved. don't know who the
apostles were. I DON'T know what Ireland -
whether it il county or town.
FH:abch Egrlcy (need 10" cannot read.
| do NO, know my letters. | don't know who
Jesus Christ was. never heard OF Adam either.
| never heard about them al all have often
been OBLIGED stop IN bed all SUNDAY 10 rc't my
self"
These extract, says the rcPsr,) afford a FAR
sample oC the religion, knowledge of the children
examined. land they were taken in ii>criminatel)
and it may Ice co.ily inferred that their secular
knowledge i, no better some dld not know
whether London was in England Irland and
Others did no: know even the name OF the county
az the country in which they lived
Such is the contrast which England At this timc
Affords While one class j. rotins II every re
fucmrur OF luxury. another is degraded to the
condition of the bruie~ tina, perish. BY un'usI
law, AMI bad system of society, the abosins
many are cheated on, of the fruits of their toll.
and the few. who add nothing 10 the nation,
nnnlih mnnnnnlile il al In Nitw Of ihcsc ihlnss.