Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-12-29
From, q. N.s Tqrk =. Express, pres, :. p,

| . THE HAPPY HOMES or ENGLAND.
Recent Developments have not increased the appTeci
ton OF thinking people tor the delights invariably en-.
loved b. the EnglsA peasany in their houes although
every mans louse is his ,te. Tire London Times not
long ago admitted that the condition Of many of the
poorer sort in Engand to be remembered when Ex-
eicr Hall cOminiscrang he taeof American slaves
AtJ ON several occasions Of late attention has been
called 70 Of things INIT " worse than is known
outsde Of and exceptional cases. any where in the
| south Of this Union. Fy norman who resided seve,
raj years in Great Britain hes just published book, de-
crnE that the cottages OF the Engsh hOreys are the
abodes At sqsa'or and misery An English clergyman,
40 an agricultural banquet bad the courage 70 tel the
squires WhOwtre granting prizes 70 powmen, that they
we're sing farm AbOrcrs hardly. DC Euglsh jJG nal
procaims that the condition OF the rural population Is
pabe enough 10 an the nation With horror aud reproach
aud the Times devoteS lear discussion Of the reye
htions made by Mr.. Henry Tncker, magisatl Of the
| county Of Berks ---.-. ' 81.
Mr. Tucker declares that has prosecuted his inves-
LEGATIONS with fidelity, and his conclusions accepted
on all hands. Among those Conclusions is that the
condition OF particular district IN Rringdon il only
a sample OF the agricultural population Of England;
proving that the English peaantry is, IN the words oil
The London Times worse lodged than th.ir beasts Of
burden" The district described is not oulandish
remote province; It is in iayoriie county Of England
within hours OF the metropolis, and in the ycin
icy of university town. Mr. Tuckcrw there assured
OF farmers that the want Of decent accommodations has
for time past been driving the superior class Of
peasants enigrate; and that, uuess reformation
be brought about but the most feeble and ignorant
will remain in places where decent lodging is not to be
/ procured. We extract only few instances from the
/ yolumuous report submitted by Mr. Tucker.
/ DlGEsr.
/ "Woolstone-Nan and vile. two grOvn.up sons, aud
\ an Legitimate child Of the daughter al sleep in one
room; man and wife, With and two daughters, sleep
10 one room; two married couples and child sleep IA
one room; man and wife, with daughter aud two sous
| "wateftyEl%A father and three daughters sleep in
] prnuui Hcnr shva' f-ss.-- CO.
Cd cot5rc two whom are odgcts sleeping the pan
r,; father Steering With his daughter n years Of age,
/ and the wife in another bed .r-t
'Stlndlosd--A sou, over 10 years, sleeps with father
and mother. -Four WreiCbed tenements with 0uly one
sleeping room 90 EACH occupied by large families require
ha attention Of the sanitary officers. A man. "A a odg
err with family Of SIX persons all sleep in one ROOM
aud that Wreicbed place. OF another itis said "areg
MAR stye Gt for human beings TO live in yet seven
persons live and sleep 10 the room; man aud
/ vie with i've children and odger. all sleep in one
room Four cottages drainage and ventilation bad and
/ quite destitute OF water. .t ..
''Iougcoi-Mia and wife, with a child, one widoWer
I and one single woman with child making SIX persons
sleeping In room daughters each with lle-
gitimate child, aged 90, eohAbitug with woman,
/ aud four her persons, making TENN one room, With
/ twU beds -. ....... H..
'Fcrnhsm.-Eleyen persons sleeping in two bedrooms
both the ground dOor seven persons dtto ten per-
sous ditto; son and daughter over years of age with
other persons sleeping IN room; three sous aud
a daughter aud two Younger children, with father aud
mother sleeping in a room BY II feet two single men
lodging with and wife, with four children making
I eight persons sleeping in room two brothers and
sisters above sixteen years Of age, With father mo-
her aud children, making 10 persons sleeping in one
\ room. Il
/ Farm gdon.-Sixtcen cottages in Red-rOw this is
stated be the most wreched place the reporter ever
saw Nine cottages lately indicted for nuisance, but
still very bad In cottage the drain flows into the
sitting ROOM and in another the drain ut front door is
oasnsive Three cottages are badly of for water. Sew
eral cottages in bad state Of drainage.
Iechade-A man and sile with a female LOGGER and
1--WE children, sleeping "Psll NELL together. ~.
'Buckhnd-A man aud wife, with two groWn'up girls
and two other children all sleeping in one room; and
man and wife, with four children ncudpg grown-up
girl all sleeping in small room; Widow, with groWn-up
son and daughter and a Odger, all sleep in room;
woman slep, for a cug time with son aged q. I
'Bslking.-Man and wife, with groNnup daughter and
sou and four Legitimate children Of daughter all sleep
in small ROOM Ill.
'Ruseo.--Txenty-nine cottages with ouy one bed
room 20 EACH and Of them occupied by large fim-
lie, man and wife with two daughters lone grown up)
sleep n room; man and wife, with three children,
ise and sleep ia one very small room; man with three
children and tao aud one woman lodger, sleep in
Que small ROOM man and wife with son l5.yeaIs old
| and a grown.up daughter sleep in ROOM
'Uhugtoa.-A and wife, with grownup son and
daughter, and other children sleep Ia room; a man
and wile daughter and sou with his wife, ID sleepn
one small room I
In addition TO this degraded and degrading state OF
the agricultural hborers OF England regards domestic
comfort many OF The Vlagesare reported having no
school, and hence Ignorance and vice 90 hand 10 hand
and e1eriou appears to be made 70 check the demo
rllizltiOn Of 80 large portion % the community. Sure
IT, Sir the Ac' OF Parliament which authorizes the gov
erumen to advance money landed propTetors for the
draining Of land erecting farm buildings &c might ex
tend is provisions the more important duty of hous
ing the poor Il t only with half the comfort
I ia which We house cattle and our horses y
The mil-hands iu the large manufacturing towns Of
England have long been known TO live In the most mis-
cradle aud degraded condition, but he present develop
ments relate exclusively to the rural population; those
perform for their noble aud gentle masters exactly
the labor required On the feldS) by southern slavehold
ers Of their Workmen Those who at all familiar with
the reality as il exists at the South, know that such
condition the Eagsh themselves here confess Is the
rule among their abOring population IS utterly worse
than any known to the southern slaves. Aud yetit is
The enlightened charitable christian philanthropic Eng
sh who are necessarily preaching at Exeter Hall, and
declaring 10 their journals and in their literature agansE
the evils and horrors Of American slavery. lt Is they
Who Weep over the woes Of Uncle Toms Cabin, while
infinitely greater woes inflicted in the cabins Of their
own land Il is they who end emmissares TO incite the
AbolitOnist here Chat need no incitemenis who be-
vail the fate OF black men, while they tolerate such
wrongs among their eOuutymen OF their oSn race and
blood and color. The Pharisees are not extinct, nor
those 70 whom the Savior Of Men alluded when be said,
Thou hypOcrte first pull out the beam that is In thy
own eve and then shall thou clearly TO pull out the
mote that Is in thy bIOtherls.P
SAD CAsE OF RUIZ AND ArrEMPrED SUicrDE-On Tues
day night girl named Ann Burt who Is aboring under
alteration Of mind attempted 10 commit suicide by hang
Jog herself while in cell al The lookup in Boston. Her
lie was saved with difieulty.-The Boston Traveller
| sayf. r',ti so -
The girl who Is about twentyone years OF age, hard
some aud veil educated vas brought from house OF
IN fame in Lowell street She says that she was born at
Norfolk Virginia and that her parents are dead Two
years ago she was attending Of the normal schools In
tbs State when she beepme the victim Of misplaced con-
6deuoe. After a short Of dissipation she found
herself the companion Of those who eudeavored to make
her 90 into the streets for the Of subsistence and
the Thoughts Of this degradation rendered her frantic and