The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-12-23
Foreign Correspondence Of the Boston rost

ipNpoN, StiH. -, 1909.
The brutality Of the lower classes in London aud
other large cities 81 the kingdom is Of the most
rema kabie features of he English charactcr--
While am that lis Ike is no, to be fo,nd in
any civilized, have great doubts whether an, thing
more thoroughly levolng could be discovered in any
semi-ba,barous country the globe. II seems 10 II,
peculiarly Enesh for amid al the poverty of The
Partisan fauoourgs, the squai,d dcsituon Of the
Irish provincial towns, or the savage wilderness Of
the Highland iastnesscs, the more senSu,l life Of
the slave plantation in any part & the wo d. il has
nothing like a PARALLEL. The English community
know II, acknow ledge it, lament it, and when il i.
possible punish il, but still know not how 10 provide
any adequate remedy for ;he evil.
In reading the police reports Ct London more in-
stances oi abholront brutality oi towards eacl,
other, towards women and children, wl he met will
The records OF week, than could be found in alt
the pewsrapess in the United States in six uon,hs
There are parts al Londca 10 iLis dar, whore nou-
above the class who herd there. ever pass after
nighl fall, the rol;ce officer and spotisI const.
bic and hs re may be seen daily a man selling hs
wife with rope aroand her meek, children ha.f
starved, driven hy druukcn rarcut- 10 the wo k
house; and women stripped q the vast, and she
cd on by men, engaged N rgiA" fight. This l. II,
exageeration. In fact il /. moi half ,he uuh. The
revelations recently made ~ the incc.iags Of the
'Socicty for the lower classes, show state Of 4
radiation and bcasy brutality alloog lhc bcr suii-
ing population OF these rmlc's olthe RI 'lAi make,
The canaiIe of London arc seldom diunk bp, n v-
er sober. To drink gallon cf beer a day is bot
moderation il, the tcam,lc.s and ioiteTs and dial-
men OF London. Ahemineni brewer iold me the eth
cr day that be had men il his employ whose stated
allowance seven quarts OF bscs Cay. They
were never dunk. neyer ahsfns fon wo:k, never
sick bu, n they injured ihcns"iges N any way,
though no more than the scratch 4 mail, 30 ti1r
abrasion Of the skn takc lace, they were sure t1
die.
To men who live in this way, there is ne sac.,
thing humanity. Every parental and corjugal and
social feeling is DESTROYED Mere cxistencc--eatng
drinking and sieepins-is ali they desire Ana
when, as with in New England, or even with the
poorest Of the Ish population home, there is love
and gcntleness and Joy ard hospitality in the ncan,s:
hovel and da kest gafre, arrons this class Ct the
English Population there is nothing but brutality
The Bible requires in IL proper delivery, the most
Intensive p,acucai knoWledce q the lfl,;; / : e
eocuton, ard Of al the compositicas in the w..d;
better impression may lie made, from It's correct
reading, than from the most luminous commentary.
Fanny Kenllle is still giving Shakes, e. an read
rgs IN London and the i.ovnccs.. Fan~,s tmref
: owi,g no suce'e icco d. 3 To al accoini. . ( r
Sc ,esd thai IN / .t!s, rerrn ", sc Up fst' I'D
Auo-aed heal wait>r OF o. Us rroas. las 's -.