Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1846-03-10

Last year was the only one in which ,ht
number OF criminals was not larger thar
The year before, during the space Of nearly
half a century! The number of crimes il
Scotland has increased in still greater
ratio. The numoer Of criminals in 1915
was only SO; but in 1887 it had already
reached BIG, and ia 1912, 4ls9. In Lam
AYRSHIRE, as Sheriff Alison tell us, the pop
uiation has doubled in 80 years; the mum.
Der oil crime, in 5 l-2 years! The mum
Der of crimes against property, bears to the
population the following ratio: In Bel
GUM and Holland, as in 7, l40;ir France
in ,s04; IN England in 100. The ra-
ito Of crimes agains, persons, to the popu-
lation, was as follows:-ln the Neither
lands, in %, COG; in France, in 1880;
in England in 23.395.
This was ten years ago; now the number
Of criminals is ego in England and il il
d not increase the last year, il must be
ascribed 10 the flush trade produced by the
opening of the Chinese ports, and the
prosperous state in which The manuiac,o.
ries Of all Europe have shared until very
lately. Ii is a wonder then, if even the
'.London Times," the great organ Of The
landed interest OF Great Britain. and the
professional reviler Of America, "should
occasionally have some msgivings so as TO
publish IN jane 1874, this solemn ,rorning
"War against the palaces, peace to the
cottages; this is a ,car cry Of terror nhich
may get perrade the land. Let the rich be-
rare" Even the Times, without KNOWN g
il, is compelled TO become, at times, an
ally Of the United States. Ii is this pos
sible war cry of ''wa. agans: the pslaces
and peace to the cottages" which will de-
ter England from venturing to seize upon
Oregon, notwithstanding all the noise a
bout armaments," 'suncommon activity in
the dock yards, "sailing with sealed or
ders," and The like.
few months ago an inquiry was made
by the workmen Of Bradford into the physi-
cal condition of the operatives of that man
ufacturing town. 1t was proved that a
great portion Of them lived in holes paved
with stone, three feet under ground-that
whole families are in consequence diseased
that the sick and the dying, nay in some
instances the dead themselves arc huddled
together in confusion, and that generally
number of persons Of all sexes, fathers,
mothers, sisters and brothers shared the
same bed. In one street, Mill Bank, moi
less than thirty-three persons sleep in nc
more than seven beds! In Wis,gate, IAN
other streeD thirteen pe:sons slept on two
bundles Of straw; four among them were
women. In many instances the people
thus thrown together were half or quite
naked. On an average, we may say o
the laboring population Of Bradford, be
tween four and five sleep in one bed. Blu
ia speaking of the relative strength o.
England, we must never forget 10 subtrac
that daily increasing mass which is both |
drawback to her strength ard an enemy
within, which it is impossible TO reduce L
subsection, except by feeding it, A wa
with the United States woul1 be a war a
gainst Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds
Glasgow, Bradford, &C., and cut off no
only the wealth and prosperity Of England
bu, the very source of wealth; itwould des
troy the egg and the chicken at the same
time. Our losses in war with England
would be immense; but it can be counted
becaus il does no, destroy the organism
which re.produces: war with America i:
for England little better than a suic, de.