New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-01
ENGLAND.
Pauperi-rn and Free Trade-The Approach-
ing Commercial Crisis.

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Co9fe.pobdenee OF The Y Tdbane
LONDON Friday, Oct II, 1859.
In a malt-house in Banbury, Mr.. Henley,
President of the Board of Trade lately explained 20 hi'
assembled farming friends that Pauperism he'd decreased
but by circumstances which had nothing to do with
free trade and above ALL by the famine Of Ireland the
discovery OF gold abroad the exodus of Ireland, the
GREAT demand consequent thereon for Brtsh shippay,
&C. &C. We must confess that the famine Is quite
rs radical remedy against Paupcrism arsenic is
against rats
Al least" observes Tie London Economist The To-
ries must admit the existing prosperity and lie natora
result the ompticd workhouscs.' Tie Economist then
attempts to prove 20 this incrcduous President OF the
Board OF Trade that warehouses have e.nptied them
seycs in consequence OF free trade, and that If free
trade ia allowed to take in full development they are
likely to disappear altogether from the British soil
Ii il pity that The Economists statistics do not prove
what they are intended 10 prove.
Modern industry and commerce, L Is well known,
pass through periodical cyCles OF from to years, IL
which they regular succession 60 through the differ.
ent states Of Quiesccnce--nex inprovement-srowns
confdence-.acti,ity- .prosperty-exc itemsnt-oycr.
trading -conyulsion-p ressurc--- asnaon-dlstrcsr-
/ ending again in qGioscence.
Rccoecne this fact viii revert 10 tic satisfies
Of The Economist
From 1884 when the sum expended for the relief Of
the poor amounted to e6377,25j it fell 10 minimum Of
s464l al in 1887 From that date it rose again every
year until ls43, whenit reached 9520-Oi. Ia ISL
IS and a. il again fell to eig5i 2Ji aud roe gain in
lsf7 and AZ in which latter year it amounted TO
e6ls0 7Gfalmost as high as in 1884 before the intro
duction Of the new Poor Law. In lsi9, % and 81 Il
fell again 10 e4T246i9 Flu, the period Of 34-37 was
Of, fhtto Il dpf,r
and stacnation lsi3i6, period of prosperity ls47
and az period of crisis and -agnatiOn ami lSi lsJ2
again period # prosperity
What then, prove thc statistics IN the sest Of cles,
the commonplace tautoloey that British paupcrsln rises
and fall with the altemMe periods Of sl,gnaton and
prosperity independently OF either free trade or p-otec
non Nay. in the free trtde year OF 1852 we ind The
Poor Law expenditures hi her BY $500 ~ than la the
wear OF protection 1881 in -pite 81 the Irish Famine,
the nuggets o Australia, and III steady stream %
emigration.
Another B.itish Free Trade paper attempts to prove
ibst exports rise with free trade and prosperity
ports and that with prosperity paupersm must decrease
aud finally disappear and the following figure 10
prove this The number Of ablebodied human beings
doomed 20 sub-st by parish support WINS;
/ Jan l. ls49, in 500 Unions, 20l,6i4.
| Jan l. 1850, in 609 Unions, 1879.
Jan |, 1851, IN 6J9 Unions, lJ4,j 25
Comparing herewith the export u,ts We find for *.
ports of British and Irish manufacture;
leic..... ...-....... ..... tic,S4o,1'S
1872 -.-...--...-.....-.-. Sc'SIucco
$50 Observation-Disclosures o. ')"uS<
And what proves this table An increase OF exports
of fsq54 lSj redeemed above 9OD persons from pau
persm in lsi9; afurthcr increase Of k64A li9reteem
I'd y 6]i in 1850 Now, even Imposing fseetrais
10 do entirely with the industrial cycles aud their
yci.situdes then the redemption OF the tO,a rber
alle-boGied paupers would under TIE present system
aUire additional increase Of the foreign trade of
SQ0o0OOO annually, that y 10 say, increase OF very
near 100 per cent And these sooerrnndtd boury 3ois
staiicians have The courage 10 speak OF "JtJpisis -
Verify there ara greater Copists in existence than
these Bourgeois optlnists
have Just go, hold OF the documents published by
/ the Poor Law Board They prove indeed that We arc
! experiencing numerical decrease Of p~uperr sxanst
ISIS sDd 81 But from these papers there follows NJ th-
same time From lS4l Al the averSgc L43
J7l-lSfJ4 - il l.tI0259 la lss9 there were Sa
SOS psupers receiving n-Oor and outdoor relei and
1851 they numbered l60O32 or rather more than the
average OF lSi5iS Now, Il we compare those numbers
with the population verified by the censu. We mad
that there were IN ISL - paupcrs 20 every OoJ ci
the population, and ~ IN ISL Thus in reality paper
sm hGs increased above the average VI 81 S AID tina;
in spte OF Tree trade, famine, prosperity m spite Oh the
nuggets of Austria and the stream " emigration.
may nOuce OF this occasion that te number Of Grim
inals has increased also and glance 1T The Lancet
medical journal -hows thst the aul, eruton and poison
ing o articles food hiss hitherto kept up spacc WIKI
free trade Every week The Ldgce cGuscs anew panic Ia
London by unfavehng fresh mysteries Thi- paper has
established complete commission oi inquiry VI phy-
clans. chemists, &C. Tor the examination OF the ARTICLES
OF food sold IA London Poisoned cOhee poisoned tea
poisoned vinegar, poisoned cayenne poisoned pickles
everything mixed with up with poisJa-,ha Is the
regular winding up OF the reports Of this mission
Ether side 0. the Bourgeois commercial policy, Free
: TTrdc or Protection, y Ui course equally Incapable Of
doing avgy with acts ha. the necessary and
natural result Of the economical base OF Bourgeois
ETY.. And matter Of million OF psupsrs IN the British
warehouses Is inseparsbc from British prosperity.
the existence of eighteen 10 twenty millions in gold IL
the Bank Ct England.
Tine once se,l~d m reply the Bourgeois phanssts
VINO on one hand hold Up a. result " rec Trade, WA
/ mere necessary oOncoiaifsnt Of every period OF
prosperity In The commercial cycles, or who, on tn
uurl hSnc expect things from Bourgeois prosperity
ne nc cannot possibly bring about. Ths once se,1ed
me, an &c no doubt hst the year 1852 i OF the
i-vss S Sai wears Of Prosperity England ever en-.
virsc E ISehc revenue IN spe OF the repeal u the
A ,ae shipping rotusns. he export Ists the
.j@r,ss :. thc money market above al the uppre.,
siny IN the tnsruactu-.a- districts bes-s an
IN NJ ..uie testimony 10 tbs fact @ 'N- -
| l,s,o s = uio~t superficial knossls,ise OF ;,
, ioli me beginning VI the r,n.s sen,S 30
wtsD -, ,SnrSe anybody tat he moment i ia
s.e S't eresl cycle win enter he sas
et'ts.ea- u oldef uelee pes. over ~ Psse 81 sI
| ,yeOUA'iSn shd CONFUSION Not AZ IN, VI OVcr-
oou7seoA op'nnlsis. ." Ia previous -, suSe, the
perry wss there es> sTeeillsiiop tsn In r., o pros
OR pre- nj property founded upon III ,vs "a :