The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-06-16
From The Ohio Statesman.
HOW THE SYSTEM OF PROTEC FIVE
TARIFFS WORKS IN ENGLAND :
WEALTH AND STARVATION.


immense wealth as that possessed by The Duke
ofClevslaud, in The hands Of one lndv dual,
while thousand and tens OF thousands Of his Eel
low uen, perhaps more virtuous than hun elf,
are starving for want Of bread The wrongs OF
the oppressed have at length reached The ears
Ofiher rulers, aud trembling for fear of an out
bread from The half furnished operatives, the
Ministers have brought forward motion which
may be regarded as the entering wedge towards
breaking down the system Of fmscalIed Protec-
lion. They do this, not because the poor are
suffering, but because ;hev dare not any longer
disregard their cries for bread:
RICH NOBLEMAN.
The enormous wealth of some Of the Eng
lish arisocracy, is a'most incredible 10 US poor
errepubIlcans. Some idea Of an English Dukes
fortune may be gathered from the following:
In consequence Of the late Duke Of Cleve-
lands death his eldest son. the present Duke,
succeeds 10 EGO, 600 Wear. Lord Wram
Pouett has a legacy Of G560, 900, and Harry
another of G44 600. There is legacy of
.G200 600 to grandson; The dowager du'ch-
ess has The Yorkshire eslatss, the house 10 ST.
James Square, and an immense amount plate,
jewelry and aOd furniture A large portion of
the unenlalled estates in Durham, goes TO one
of his daughters. His Grace had El 250 600
in the 3 | 2 per cent consols besides plate
and iewelry 10 the value of million stering'
Only think OF an income Of AGO. 900 dollars, or
upwards Of thousand dollars day! Think
also Of the immense number Of poor famished
families in EOglaud.
AN ENGLISH POOR HOUSE.
In one oflhe richest and most hourishng ag
ricultural counties Of England, there is union
formed under the poor law, which is called the
'Sevenoaks Unon.' AT this time public in
vestigation Of the condition Of their poor house
ts taking place, which has already revealed
some most revolving scenes Of misery.
This house was calculated 10 hold 300 per-
sons.-In 1889 there were at one time 325 in-
mates; in 1910, 299 inmates at one time; in
February last 3f7, aud in the last week No.
vember, 3l5.
For the lodgings Of the children, there are
two boys rooms, attics, lone fifteen feet BY
twenty seven, the other fifteen by twenty.nine.
and TWO girls rooms fifteen by twenty nine
each 10 March last there we're 81 inmates
in the boys rooms; and 10 the girls room there
were 80 odd. There were 16 beds and half
In the boys two rooms, and lS beds and
half in The girls two rooms. There we're Is
children in Two beds, feet 10 feet, and 15 chill
dren 10 three beds; the remainder of the beds
had four each. The ages of the children var-
led from 10 IL years. The beds were four
feet six inches wide, and the two ir which so
many children were placed, were tied together
so as TO form one bed.
In 81 beds there were 81 men, and, in 20 |
beds 40 women. When the house is crowded
the paupers are put in stable with some clean
straw.
During late visit The vesiry clerk found in
loft thirteen feel by fourteen, twenty boys ap.
parentIy diseased, huddled together in fuor
bsds.. land this was after ne and others had
been told that they had seen every apartment.
The slate Of disease was as follows:--ln Feb
ruary all the children in the House, of both
sexes (except two or thre infans,) had The
itch; about dozen had bad feet and chblains,
with the bones oflheir toes protruding 10 con.
sequence of neglect. On the 29th of April,
there were in The house 7S boys and 81 girls
and infant children; all of the 70 boys had en-.
largement of the neck, and AZ had likewise
goitres, "a kind Of tumour,) of the girls and in
fants, 81 had enlarged glands at The back Of
the neck, and 63 also goiIres. The present
medical officer states, that lin June there we're !
26 boys and 81 girls III with goiIres;' and in
July aim 81! the same number, though there
was then some improvement among the boys
In August Gust when harvest time was COM
ing on. and when, the house being almost emp
~ Of able bodied men, additional temporary &C
commodatons was afforded TO The children)
lbe disease had almost disappeared.
The condition Of the other inmates, espe-
cally The Iying-in females, too wretched to de
tail. 10 January last there were two lying in
rooms only in lhe work house; one of them z
feet long and 10 feete inches wide, and feet
square. Ia each Of these rooms were two beds
each Of them feet 6 inches wide, and 6 feet
long. 10 each bed there were al one time two |
women at least, either expecting labor Orrec>
emily confined. On the 25lh Of December
last FIVE women were confined in two beds
jn the same room, and three women were ac.
lually delivered in a single bed at the same !
time. Proper attention was not paid 10 them,
and one woman hayiLg died in her accouch-
msn, 1--WE do DOT know whether upon The same
oecasiOn,) no inquest was held, aud no notice
taken Of her death.
Z STATISTICS OF DISTRESS,
Il AT meeting Of the Statistical Society of |
London, held this week, Viscount Sandon,
President, 10 the Chair, paper by H. Ash
worth, Esq, one OF the Directors oflhe Man.
chester Chamber Of Commerce, was read, on