, 1870-01-28

drop out Of the public schools as they Learn
to read, write, aud spell. 1t is certain that
not one-third Of the children of school age
in this city are attending tie public schools.
Are they attending any bcboo!s2 And why
is it that they leave the public schools in
such large numbers as soon as they learn to
read?
ENGLISH DEsr1rur1oH AND EM1GRA-
TloH.
4 crowded meeting was held at Exeter
Hall, London, on the 4th of January. to
consider the Condition of England "ques-
tiop. Sir George Grey presided, assisted
BY Sir james Lawrence, II P, Major Gen
e1a1 Sir ". Denisou, X. c. B., Mr.. Tor
reus, N. P, Mr. Macarthur, II. P, and
numerous Others Of high station and inau-
ence. In view Of tho provcrbiat and ex-
cnsable caution with which English Parlia-
mentary ozators speak in matters deroga-
tory to their own country, the statements
OF the Chairman, and others, relating to
the degree Of suffering nov prevailing
among the working classes in England must
be received Rs far within the truth Yet
tho Chairman said:
at va1 rHDifess thSt vaN md unusual
amount OF distress prevailed In thu countfs, 0nd
1nat 1nat dl.I1eaa va Of enarsetSr Easca vas
former tlu 81 wefe but tn tftniug ueifee toucaed
tyn. tticar] 1sw4a 60: oa'y tue poorest cla-s-
lseronipR involved all tnge'set Ia cam uun q.
lan1lty- iheA1.1 uoner .uch c'rcuusa! ces, It
WIS ecHeSeo that OF c mode by ~nNeh rei'ef ruu:i
be applied 10 That d.Aleas VIA e7ixrztion."
Emigration is bitter pill! to propose to
the English working classes. They love
old Eugland with q tenacity that amounts
10 superstition and bigotry. OF course,
therefore, we search in win among the
speeches at this meeting for any recon-
mendat1on Of migration TO the United
States. But Canada, Australia, Van Die
mans Land, New Zealand, are all pictured
in glowing culots. The only altusion to the
GIFTED States is in claim made by the
Chairman that our laws are founded on
those of England.
t'Hc rem1 deu tEem thst this VEL nstlon
| wfese language WAS Being Adop ed over the hao.
1tAhie g1one " the nos.. convenient for tntes.
l cIufFe--HhDke fotfu or Ieft9,o: WAN Aaopted as
| ;hnt Ct the pnrees AID hest I6Em Ct Laf-t.sn;tT-
ahose lreiafurt WAH acc. piet a. the lfera,ute Of
loved to d, eI unter. {. So:' and .Ho1 @ - aoont a
| 1rt'acd-'t There could he no auear1on that our
laws Wetc Itspt citd AID r"p.su. as ~a+ D:orel by
| I'd upGE tie ELrit.h sawa, as ell as the laws uf
'nc saf1oas Coeu'al Governments, ana lite A1Rta-
SaScu lsce trFrywteE'. ADDICTED those Ia <s.''
II Sir George Grey viii come hers and
study our laws be viii fnd that, while the
commercial code here hears some reseu4-
bla1ce to its English original. our political
laws, especially those relating tn suffrage,
tennrc Of land, the power to mike laws,
&c., are AZ antagonistic To those OF England
as democracy aud atistocracs.
Sir James LAWRENCE, who followed, moved
the first resolution:
Isst ,he rs.ens aepFss'ta sass 2, ;a
tusa so:oo'ss q nay aaord t6en /
t''FJ CT NO." aud rtspons .ye cries Of 81 IeA
"rne lotion carried NTH It lis or,
den! shstit tne1e we're nere peop stliins 70 var
than vosl could te 1cunt t"r, tnetr hest policy
indeed ,oe.f orl. p9..c3-s oa'd be to 60 wher
who con1endsd s6sttns o'a1tfy Iept per poss!5 %
otlI By lo*:pi'ced Labor we're uut the woEktn
classes, aId thn'e ~bo be!1 this view mad get t
fE 1emath 10, Hh'e oce class Naa degraded
il1uf cleett1 It Was. perhaps, necessary t
lo0g at the numbeF1 ootA'nfnE ft!teE IN Lotdon
, ard II the scaAuRls relieved Ia Loucop, 1nd ta
lup1ucs IN ssglums were added TO The number O
tnnpef1 g1ren last FeeE. II would he found ths
; ~ Lone1n , a.one l6o0n peIeoas we're on roor =
. addition on the reEae OF paupetisu- MOI only ID
worktpg clsssea bnt the erail shoptespers alse
ard It 1ag ttn1e that this question Of emigrAt1o
t Was taken ur by men OF sll opil,on*.'
q After several speeches in like strain
h ihe account in the London 1imes says:
! ~ most extraordinary sceee WAR thea nts
I sented. The Chairman Ess aoo1t 10 put ,ne mt
nan e. and haTlng an Ame1lcan.irsu aopesTanc.
:" .oHe Of shom had been uttettng a'tFrrse erie
dung the speeheft Demanded TIE r'ahs of m =,
rE NJ amendment So1e few .: The end stfos
1utlip the meeting ia tnelf fRTot. aul they SCI
: | allowed Sufficient time to make kuown taat II
. rurtort Of 1tetr auendmeLt ~. to coadann en
! | 1atd laws should be altered, aGd this muc7 na
: trK been ststctl the Whole neeiux refuse
= | even on the solicitation 0i the ChaIfuAu aun OF
a err. to bear the tren- a c1y ~ss rAlsra shA: u
we're Fen.ans- auh q thief pess!st~1 n d.tarhtl
nprraS. m Il iers Ii lie cnsrGsn pns The 1ae ors,n an
resolution 10 tue me- tsG. ard II was Carried J
+. mest uIan'mous:y. The tEalcentsnt then lett t
IL Of tick uupopclAritJ."
d The aristoc1atic quality of the ndvocat
a Of emigration (for othcrs), and the plobei,
'r character Of those who oppose it {ior then
g. selves), strongly resemble tho achem
If planned few years ago by benevole
ct Shareholders for colonizine the blacka. B
ID the latter, by waiting, soon saw their ma
e. tens obliged to flee instead Of thenasalvt
IN There is doubtless revolutionary party
% England who would prefer to COLOMBO ths
a. aristocracy, as being the fewer in numb
y and better able to get away, while th'
'e almost unoccupied lands, it literally liv,d
Us among the people, would ieave but Il
is paupers. These will agitate, and aro da
al eeruus. Their views relative to the tenu
'g Of land are as much more agrariau than 3
u known in America as tho laws on the 81
to ject are moro restrictive.
al While the heavy question Of breaking
ns the English and Irish landed estates, a:
By diyid nR them among small owners, MT
le, be talked over and fought over by men "
be have had their dinners, the only RENE
Of speedy enough for the gaunt and fauia
he ing, the hopeless and homeless, the une
lot ployed and vagabond, in emigration.
lat population larger than that Of Chicagt
CO. now living on charity, and in immedi
yis- danger Of suffering for waut Of food,
aes London alone. This seems to us the III
hat remarkable when breadstuffs aud provisi'
to Of every kind arc at very Low prices th
&C. as well as here. But it appears that
The wages Of labor and The supply Of it, r
> IS lively, are still lower.
the A condition Of striugency, beginning
the 1866, and constatly increasing, seems Z
ey. On the ere Of eliminating in eithef