The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-01-06
The Unhappy Homes or England.
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whlh win history curousy connected with the
annals OF bis rule.
The Unh.Ppy Homes Of England.
From the Liverpool Post, Dec III
frenchman has ] st published a book In Paris
on the condition OF England. He claims TO derive his
knowledge from several years residence ngst us;
III states tina, the few are opuen the many poor that
the palaces satisfy the casual observer bu that the COT
tags the abodes of slualor and misery The London
critics laugh at him. but rdiCule Is answer What are
the tacts The rural population we fear no longer pre-
those samples Of .nness ami beauty which stil
figure the stage In old comedies. ALI Ia changed
SO the ,easany concerned and for the worse
and we are now aporehensve that we must recall our
words written ast week when noticing Mr. Brigats
aborers In Town and country That speech h cuio0sly
and painfully illustrated by proceedings at the Farrngdon
Agricultural Library dinner few weeks. ago clergy
had the courage at agricultural banquet to toll
the squres who granting rewards to prize plough
that they using hardly the farm aborers and
ia the 7tnrs Yesterday Mr. Horny Tucker magistrate OF
the county Of Bers publishes document which isquto
ptabc enough 70 iii the nation with horror and re.
preach The song OF the " Happy Homes OF England"
longer be sung except as felton, for the rural
districts afford specimens in abundance Of the unhappy
homes Of England
There something very wrong in herelton Of tho la
borer TO the land England agricultural garden the do
mains Of the racy crowd her fields with picturesque
beauty and and skill taxed to produce the most
perfect state Of cultivation Tho hands which c these
delightful and boastfu results ought TO experience the
peasants stalworth, independent and strong the
were brave and sell rely ing, contertcd with their
beautiful English only and chaste
ssthc iccle that hangs nianas Temple brilliant with
gadness, and Living happily IN, IN happy bones NOW al
Godsmiths time appertains 0aiy 10 the pres nt day
Mr. Tucker employed two competent persons 70 obtain
information respecting the condition Of the rura
cottages and no laid the result before the meeting of the
Frrgdon Agricultural Library the I'D OF last month
In doing this he expressed his belief tho condition
of Harrington Union is only sample Of tho agricui
tural population Of England. Indced,' he says, II
have been assured by farmers that ,he want OF decent
n IRWIN
superior class OF pcasanty TO emgrate and that unless
reformation BIO brought about but the feeble
and most ignorant will remain in places where decent
logging to be procured" We subo!n few OF the
items in the Digest:"
WoorsroSE-sinn and wife, two grown up sons, and
egitimate child OF the daughter, all Sleep one room;
and wife, with son and two daughters sleep in
one room two married couples ana chd sleep IN one
room man and wife, with daughter and two sons, sleep
in one room.
wArau1Eip.-A father and three daughters sleep in
one ground floor seven persons IN tworoomed
cottage Of whom lodgers sleeping in the pantry
father sleeping with his daughter seventeen years OF
age, and the wife In another bed.
LoNGcor.--Mnn and wife with child, one widower
md single woman with a child making sx persons
sleeping in one room two daughters, each with an e-
Ultimate child; son, aged twenty, cohabitipg with
woman and four other persons making ten IN one room,
with two beds.
both the ground floor; seven persons do. ten per-
do. and daughter over sixteen years OF age
and daughter and two younger children with father
and mother sleeping IN room eight by twelve feet two
single men lodging with man and wife, with four chill
dren making eight persons sleeping in one room; two
brothers two sisters above sxter years Of age with
father. mother and four children making ten persons
sleeping in one room.
FARRNcDox-sxtecn cottages Red row. This is stated
TO be the most wrctched place the reporter saw
Nine cottages lately indicted for q since still very
bad In cottage the drain flows into tho sitting ROOM
and in another the drain at trout door is offensive Three
cottages are badly OF for water Several cottages in
bad state Of drainage
lrcfiApE-A man and wife. with female lodger and
five children, sleeping ''pell melr together
BUtKIAND.-A man and Wife, with Two grown up girls
and two other children, al sleeping In room;
and wife, with four children, including grown up girl,
all sleep in room; widow with grown mp son and
daughter, aid ledger, I'll sleep IN one room woman
| slept for long time with aged twenty Jour.
IoscwoRm-Most Of tho cottages ia this village are
very old, Of them scarcely At TO live in Sad 10
KnGsroy IIsrr-Most Of the cottages have only one
small bedroom, yet the families large and the mao-
rity take dodgers Exanpc-Man and wife, with five
children aud two men and three women dodgers, making
twelve persons sleeping IN one room.
BNkINu.-Man and wife, with grown up daughter and
son ANA four egitimate children OF daughter AL sleep
| IN small room.
srAoRpA son over 10 years sleeps with father and
mother -Four wreched tenemenis with only one slccp
ing 10 each, occupied by large families. or
another il said regular sye, not fit for human b.
ings to live in yet seven persons live and sleep ia the
same
I'm addition. says Mr.. Tucker, 40 this degraded and
degrading state Of the agricultural aborers Of England
n regards domestic comfort, many &c the villages are
reported rs having school, and hence ignorance
vice &c hand ia hand, and no cxerton appears
a portion Of the community. Surely, sir, the act
of Parliament which authorizes tic government to ad-
land, erecting farm buildings, &c, might extend s pro
visions TO the more important duty OF housing the poor
If Il only with half the comfort Ia which We
house our cattle and our horses
What has caused this misery and degradations Il has
been asserted that the immigration Of the Irish aborers
has changed the character condition Of tie English
laborer but Inc Irish are seldom located N
agricultural districts, and, strange enough they
have distato for husbandry. They lake up
ulG IN nj min
the way Of character comfort by coming England
With the English ploughmon they certainly do inter-
fore, at least directly and therefore, tho condition of the
rural districts must be acribed to o,hr caasc
TO more than Before these began every
rood Of ground maintained IFS man; but the man
has no land. Even the garden Is gone and for
BIDS him the con acre Of the Irish peasant There Is
great difficulty Of tracing this to the poor laws the land
monopoly aud improved agriculture Large estates adj
mited Of large farms lrge farms diminished the
sary sum Of employ and therefore, there
crease OF paupcrIsm Farmers being the vestrvmen
wages and poor rates became idenca and the law OF
settlement forbade migration, the poor rates sought
TO be reduced by reduction Of population No new cot
hges were built aud where possible the old ones were
pulled down. small farms absorbed by the large
ones and the aborcr who owned house aud garden
denied relief in HIS distress. unless lac up his
garden and ceased to keep pigs dogs or poultry In a.
shcrt time the land In this way practically cleared
and the aborers had to herd together IN distant villages
beyond the control of squire farmers and noble landlords
Fashion and opinion and against the peasant.
Nautilus had shown that those who were not invited to
natures feast entitled 10 food and there
fashion IN considering large farms essential 10 improved
agriculture, the Of estates turned out the small
holders, and found comfort in drawing their income from
few rather than many cultivaors In this way Eng
land Inns parted with her bold pcasantry and being
reduced to- labor machine he has parted at once with
his independence and morality the base born In the
tage, IN oden time in the castle, becomes of the
unhappy family An Established church aud rich arts
toctacy coexist with these monsrcus evils Public OPT
Mon and public cxecraon must be brought TO bear upon
them, and then they will disappear, aud rural life will
again be associated with rural felicity.
A New York Wife Blindimg n Husband.
From the London Times nec. %
Jenc Hannah Haynes native Of New York surrender.
cd TO take her trial for feonous throwing upon James
Haynes quantity or sulphurc acid, and thereby coca
sonng grieyous bodily harm. Mr.. James Haynes tho
prosecutor, dcposed that no in practise a soil,
ctor, at Fnsbury Chambers. In December, 1850, he
IN New York. and he married 10 the prisoner
that place on the oath December. and IN the following
February they came 10 England and lived together at
different places until the year 1859 The transaction
that the subject Of the inquiry took place the 18th
Of July IN that year. and at that time they were living
at No. 30 Grafton road, Kentish Town ITO hal gone
tho "A half eight O'Clock aud did