Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-07

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Of BsRissh soeIesy sa0er.
Tie London Times has the folloHing account
Of some night scenes ia LondOn, euriously
Illustrative of some Of tia sss.emsuts made By
slr Kay in bis work on tho Social Condition
OF the Eoglish People"
4 few evenings ago, little before O'Clock,
when the darkness was tssYY and damp with
that slow, incesssnt November rain, which
seems 70 creep under any shelter end 20 spread
IFS cad touch over every part Of the body, Hns
unwiling passeHg 7 who had to pass st the bach
of ths national gallery Honld have nobcsd q
close crowd OF more than forty p rsous pressing 2
round enc Of The doors Of s. Martins work
nouEe. He would have fo1Fd that they ware
waiting for the opening sf ike cAsusl Wsrd n
The bope OF Obtaining nights shelter and
httle food.
II be weutup 70 them b. would have seen
them huddled together tor warmth. They would
have taken little Roties oi him, sxeHpl that
nan On tee ontside OF the circle might glance
1noasily At him, and eigs awsy as it be cid not
like to be seen; EnC, IS if moved by ssuss Of
snsPieion, whisper 10 ths Stranger, Il naveS
cid this in my Iits before"
The work-hause oHly admits, as a rrls twelve
nasn and Iwelye women, and some OF them
must have the door shut sgainst tiem. TIE
dosT seon opens, and ell their eyes fasien on
Hiley, Sell-dfsssed, well enuabed. vel brushed
cth a, ths gTestest possible contrast 20 the
IUg d pslsHsss, sqUsier grd dITE autsida II
Is we'll sceuhtomed 90 this sort cf sight ans
t6sre Is quis basiHes s-llke c8siness afs rt his
mspner, IL the siTsF &c contrast with The cage
npiozing Stare oi the beiPless { css bsloss him.
he surveys tbs group carefully. 6rsr to see u
there aye any who hsve been there before. tor +
will not do TO sll9N iho casual grsrd 10 become
-.
havo - tuIu away SOM, be vii admit these Who
have moi besn Ghere betoEe /. is too eTssta
ruTy 10 bs onioysd by auy one two nishis
unHing
At last hs makes sign, and one woman
passed Ia, aud another, and another, up %
q zen OF go, snd then pas weary iockiag We
nasa, with ycu3g features, but sead louhirq
hsir, is pushed Oh one side, net rsae!ilY bat
Irrssstibly b. his kFEn- and her head dr. Ds bsck
aud her eyes close d parirsiy as sAo lalls sway
into the Faiu-f0g. Team be looks around at n.
naeu snd mits few Of them, pushing one ~
two Of them back with touch 0f TcusSness b I
hardly shoHed ths " msn. D5u's tell ne o
liss,'' be says sharply, TO oge VITO asguTes him
Il wasn's here lasl nigbt, cir, n a tons wbic8
seems 70 imply fbat he kn9Hs Why be Is 70
iseted Fewer OF them aye admitted than Of the
women, bat shore are siid about = dcz7n end
hsli n1ea aad women outside "T5 Is very wet
sir, says pious woman voice. u kn v It
IS wet, !" he sAys, ss though the eireuInsfsness
we're quite ismilsT TO hIn, "bat havsa't Tooua
f1r 81 II yau" Altar word Bith the auiheri-
ties behind be admits ons or two mora, aad the
door shuts qaislly, huI iaeviiably and l. Is ne
good fsr those who remain 50 lock up st ths
light above zee door aud hope for warmth
within, and they Garn Their faces away to the
night.
They do not grumbls; ths mass Of shelu
hardly mske one murmur they know their
fate, aud IL is inevitable, and they submit IN
passive despair. Oily one Irish woman begins
10 rsifs 8 wall Of complaint, and seems, alone OF
Ghena all inclined % Teiievs herself By bard
words sgsiast the WorkhouBe aathofisiss They
break the circle and begin 30 shrink away, bur.
as tie Irjsh womsn turGs and secs a kesllsmsu
waiting behind, she raises her voice to a londer
aod director tens Of complaint; and then ths
others, who seemed to want even spirit enough
10 beg, follow her loud and iss8 s7nsiE.vs exam
pie, aud gather in a doabdal aud less pu=zled
circle zrouud he stranger AID then when be
esn get the Itshw0msn 70 he Gaiet, lie msy
near in dell, inpsssiVs tones where the helpless
creatures come from AID what they hsva been
doing I. is slways the same story 'HO
gyork for thies months" at hss bssa GulI
time Tor trace Some "ha7s hsd 10 work
since sumzaer
Another hopes for work ia Fsbguary.'i p One
woman, singh woInaa, has oaIg hed q few
weeks work all the spring aud summsr 7"
Shs has ne hons s0d no fflsEds IL Lond0n,
and she answers AL qasstians with q sort of
MURDERED apathy, which Is alrost mcrs pair
fal 10 listen TO than sharp suffering. II they
are ssksd Hhas they VIII DO, taeY shpg
themselves and say they suppose hey must
sleep On the sto esi they can get lodging
IN SIS Giles fer Tires pence, That hat
hopeless hint is the only aPpros ID they make 10
beg. l. is night zEd a d must have a
hsrd hesrt 70 have wines a and qaeslioned
their miseTy and rot give them enough 70 get 9
lodging al arOuudi aud then. with las ssrsnra
eonti enee Of fellow deapair, these who have
the money will be trusted o 20 and get ladg-
suzs, aud the TemaiDdsI W 4 hrEer. uota they
are stretched under the GELD shelter Of 4 door II
the wall Of the work house
We believe a similar seeas, soaietines worse
than this, is 20 he witnessed nearly every igat
at Ihe door Of s.. MlrJin's wFrkhouss As sl-
noat sny hour Of the right men aBd Noius,.
msy be seen Eudded al togeihsT On ihe ss-Ps
| Of the National gallery or tho doorsisps OF the
/ houss--ths men Often Eiih 10 e0as, q torn
/ and hlhy shirt. srd useless shoes, and he
women n Tsgaed, wet snd 6lthy iTsasss, which
I hsne sbdus then ia sail more desc ate rain
thsn even the broken-down appearances Of ths
Enen.
Or, more pisisble sin, one may coma upon a.
uBdisnnguishable lump nf rags, sad on bend
ing down 80 examine i, 6 ds iE TO be girl ben
/ M with her head betWssu her knees, shrinkin,
/ from the weaker IN tho base recess Of q ror
step, and asl6ea; and il seems n0le ehsdtsb
TO leave her 70 rgsE her N seTy for az hour G
I two tban 10 give hes something, and wake 10
/ sgsin 70 desoistion