Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-04-01
From III London Times.
PAL PFRS IN ENGLAND

II has h"en asked thousand times aud cer,ainiy ia
very natural quesn. "Why d, not our parishes send ia
'",' COLONIES That snrpns ppmlaan The existence oC
witch Is evlrnced by the cowded state Of our work.
houses. and he increased burden Of our rates ~ On
every ronsdeaion. philanthropica POLITICAL &c pomi
cnl, strikes every yo in public asirs as marvel and
mystery that we do not send redundant myriads al
most anywhere aud anyhow, instead IT k eepiny than
Mt home. II is only The first hn-h of tho matter wa are
sTenkng Of hat AT the frat blush was there ease
81 plain In the year ending Indv-d,v lS49 a., Tho
Paor Law Board tells. Engand aud Males spent 1872.
9jW in the relief Of The pour Il il esiimated--Gr il
eannnI ,u' In asrri,ard Win pcrnrt esouur.s-,,at
on tho st Of July last 997 79C panpets were re~e vnu
relief IN ont of the workhouse this part Of the en-
pire This is million persons average cost
II about 81 Gs head Only think of thai In this
wealthy, enerprIsing aud well governed empire Not
10 give the Pfoectinsis triumph. the year in qies-
ton Is considerable lmprov men on the prev year;
yet II mus, b admitted bad Is the b's'. The compu.
laton ia thai every sixteenth person. pets.n in
every three hoi7eholds, ~ puper hanginy ka dead
weight on the industry Of the olher fifteen. This tn,
in only one iom of charity. sides untold mians spent
in endowed a'mahonsrs. hospitals. a.ylnms for every
imaginable ihirniiy. ca funds, clio hing funds charity
s"hools, voluntary abnr rates. church lice ions. al ns
done IN secret aud several ndred oher spec OF be-
nrvp'enre Such the home; milliH of pau.
pers COS ing hecnnnify al the rate If 81 l6s. yrar
From this prospect look across tho Atlantic. aud sail
round the Cape 10 the An'ipodes Every where we
possess lands flowing with IN Tx and hnney, and either
with no Canannesa nj all, or very harmless ones We
ssfs1 without disputes, with nj let hind a,ce, a.
fully aud as freely OR own paddocks and lawns.
and enough moi only for million, but for hundred
mil ions. The inlab anls of these regions clmor for
lab"rers the cattle ask Ia be MIXED, III. sheep b.
eaten the harves t. he teape and MI nature Ia he oc-
rnped and eriyed. The wood and dales vocal with
nviat Then. as for he means # conveysnce, it is
not barren wilderness that separates our land of pro-
mise from house OF bondage but the ocean
in which we are ever a, home an ocean which we call
our own. and Justly. far nation irav.rse il
freely and safely Than we dan ocean filed with
nechanimen and protected by our leeis-an ocean. the
greatest pers of which those which vessel res
from when it Loses sight Of shores-an ocean
which, far ir IN being any real obstacle, Is. in fact
the readies easiest, safest, and eeapes, of
mnnlcali"n between the extremes oi p,verty and ahun
dance we have just described Only % her link in
the rhan Is waniing. aud that Is The expense. II is sup
piled by the 81 nre f'c that million pauners cst
annually about 81. los. head. On yeas mainten-
ance Of one million panpers would place them with
sovereign piece IN thor p ckrts in Upper Canaia.
Two wears maintenance wunld land them at Cape Town
or Port Natal Three year.. maint"na ce would disti-
h,e them Acslrala.Van Dirmens Land, and New
Zealand Such the b',nd features OF such ,s
smpl" condl'mns OF problem. without parallel for in
ieresi aud importance.
The next question is what has boen done towards tho
practical solution of This prben2 Putting aside p-
vac enetpfse. leaving asI ent Of the 9neslis what
has been done oui al the funds of the col themselves
by few casual grants from The Exchequer the roie
I IL
For mauy Yeas the Legisl ue has provided them with
rns and modes foperaiion, aud has ben continually
simplifying aud facilitating the proc S. bu, ht'ero all
to purpse. Every how snd then there isa Parlia-
menary return Of the emigration listed from the rates,
and the numbers retrred al ways insgmht
mike he itself rjicul us. Tie latest and
largest results given in The report Of the Poor Law
Board fr the year ending las Lady, In that year
the spent was q 30lt l3s. The previons year
it had been S,f56i is. Even this irifug increase s
now owing IN any Increased zeal OF The par of the rate
payers bu TO the special aid which the Government has
given towards emigration 10 the Cape and the Australian
settlements. Let us a,ipn ., Ia these
Compared with HE n.gnitnde oi our means and the
cessiy Of The uccasion. they quite ininiieslal-
The larger s,n is lte Than five hundredth part
Of the whale sp In the year for the re!f uf
The poor. For every pound The 'ae-payers spent last
in maintaining their po,r ai home il misery ard
dIeness. they spen Just about half penny in u.s-
errng paupers 10 piare where they may be indepe-
dent aud happy. ard at the same limo rd1iup them.
selves Of innl.rahe burden. Anotbsr cun,parisoa
which sn.ges itsef is startling. The spon-
snenls israun n the Irish to the United Stat f.P
ereafye"ta pas has beea computed 10 c..t not ls.s