New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-04

Church. 4 isU2i.l ihcc S"'
, p.-;non from three men confined at that time ih
! aors.,er Pr,-ou by The seulence Of the Justices,
or f3 l3s damages and cost. IN iniorinahoA Wa
aid agains, them. 10; for a;seu!ng themselves ron
Church. but for VIVA, the Agricultural and Jndiciei
mind holls much more grieyuus offence man siiF
abs,nce RON the Church-i mean pcaching. he
however, failed, and the Justice, ieafheo
in the law, would have been compelled 70 disinl5S
the r,risousr. had ne 10, bethought himself OF as
;ny hem But were yor at Church last Sunday
e. Oh. no eOf the Sunday before On, no
. Or the Sunday before that2 Oh, no hsh
IN convict YOU all in thu fDe Of Is They "er'
imprisoned eleven weeks.
His lordship compliInented Si' Z. Peel on %ha'
he had done in The way Of consolidating the IL"
and looked to him for further e1erions IN pfoil'o'
my the game object.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, IN expressing ms ao-
probation of the general principles OF the oh ts-
commended Lord Brougban 10 rest satsheu ~.
the prssent with It's second reading etung II -.'
ove- nil next session, and meantime the oo'etlI-
roent would take The matter up IN c0pJ J',csy.' ~.
v;,h the commissioners for reporting on anu oo'.-
soiidatjpp the laws. who have nov oeeh spp0,nr
| sd far several wears; and they wouio enuea,o4
| con;ointlv 10 devise the best means ol oo'ia'iAs
d,ff;cnltes and removing objections. mere "eie'
| horavcr. 2 VARIETY Of dormant statutes lns ~
ao., ,f uh;cb might be advantageously ceffieo'
pend;no the consideration Of the greater measure
In,d Denmsn and Lord Campbell both express,
ID ,be;r aonrobat;on of the course suggested ano
Tnrd Brougharn having expressed his assent 'he
IN was read second time, and the house ad-
iouned.
FoaEtcy P.upgHIsM In Mecklenburg every
oauoer has legal right to assistance. No' oniy
arc the old and impotent taken careof, but every
able bodied person may demand worg and owel e
Ing to reside in. The poor rates are raised oy
voluntary subscriptions, but deficiency is mace
up by taxation at the discretion of the oTe'seefs
Of the poor. The laboring classes ere thus en-,
.bled to procure suficiency OF good 1000 ana
to eat nea, oftener than falls 10 the lot OF 'neiF
fellows in other European countries. Mech'eh,
burg is Duchy of Prussia, or rather is oiVloeO
INTO two Duchles.
In Prussia, generally, the law prescroes that
zach town and village must maintain It's own poor,
nrovded the relations are unable 10 do so. In
each community, if we are rightly informed, a
society for the poor, called the "Armen Dlrec-
ZION collects and distributes the charitable iund
through sub. Committees chosen by II. The fund
is raised by voluntary subscription. Each person
- solicited to give according to his pleasure, no
fixed rate or table being known It's singular that
this method is SO successful. The Government,
however. jsrcacy 70 make uo any deficiency out OF
the Treasury from any funds It has on hand
Prussia has attracted much attention oi late years
nv It's religious and educational systems. There
is something singular in that which regulates the
management of the poor. The country is SO
thoroughly divided up among the suo-Commlt-
tees, that almost every ones circumstances are
known. False and fraudulent applications are
easily detected, and besides ,hls and MS iuf'her
protection, a medical man examines the applicant
and his report decides whether the PauPer is able
TO work or not. Ii he refuses 10 labor on beng
ordered by the Police TO do 80, he is sent to the
work house and forced 10 be industrious.
Wurteriburg is another OF thuse ceuntl'es
where the poor are recognized by law as entitled
TO assistance Every one who cannot obtain The
accessories OF life from his property, labor, tiade,
or through the assistance OF his relations, has
night 10 the aid of the parish oi which he IS
burgher If, in times OF want, any person should
perish for want of food, the officers through
whose neglect 1t should occur would be severely
punished This excess OF care for the hungry
and destitute is remarkable. beggar might
die of starvation and want even III tins city, and
no officer would trouble his head about the mat
ter. And We viii venture another opinioD, That
our public assistance and the charity OF the aims
house have been frequently most shamefully ms
applied. We believe that more rotten system
under lair exterior never existed, than thar OIL
tcial one which has cost the city immense sums
under the plea of charity We trust that II any
iavontism, extravaganza or corruption has fast
,ned upon our public humane institutions, II may |
be fully exposed.
In Wurtemburg, it is said, the chief difficulty !
has arisen from giving able bodied panpers a
right to assistance, a principle which the English
writers consider most pernicious one.
In Bavaria the inhabitants are also bound -
maintain the poor according 10 ability. Relations
are expected to maintain their dependent poor.
The aged and helpless who are without resources
arc placed in houses of nounshment; able bodied
paupers are sent 10 werk.houses, and marriage is
not permitted among those who have no means.
There is an absence of general poverty and mis-
cry in Bavaria
The Canton Of Berne is the ouly other Euro.
pean community where the compulsory principle
prevails. Our authority says that this has pro.
duced the greatest mischief there. "Vagabond.
ism, improvidence, imprudent marriages, i'm
proper connections, have all been favored 10y the
prospect which the people have of peng able TO
devolve the consequences of their mprudcnce
upon Others" The means Of education have
been neglected, "lhe physical and intellectual
faculties of the people have been deadened, and
their sense of honest pride so bIunted, that no one
,lSshes 1t being known 10 1--we upon the public
,enevolence." Indeed, examples are not unire-
luent OF families having lived upon the commune
rom generation TO generation without any effort
o sustain themselves by their industry.
In France, the present system OF public chari
y is If we III erstand it correctly, sort of lega.
" from the revolutionary times. The property
,t The clergy was generally coniscated, and por-
ions OF it were given to hospitals and charitable
associations, or bureaux &C ben faisance. Ia |
almost all the principal towns IN France, the mu
iicipal authorizes set aside some portion of their
evenuc for charitable purposes. There ere be-
,idc these institutions, alms-houses and work |
houses maintained by the government, but they |
are rather places OF correction for the disSolu,e
and under the direction OF the police, than houses
,f refuge for the distressed poor.
The sums expended IN The principal French
towns for the maintenance OF charitable institu.
lions and founding hospitals amounts to more
'han two millions of dollars year. In the dill