The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-03-29
ncenes in es,e life of t:se EnSitsh a sfs
cultural Laborer.

simply copy the following, W"ia -
word. IRON, the Pau- Mall GaSette. W easn!
ourspSyes the luxury OF offering a,y rur,
merit upon this description OF En ,J ,nh ~,
felicity, for in doing so we SUI III no h,nn,
Phi Nal Gazette of il,tie oa a'' . ."e ,rn,5'
which is It's due for panlisn,nns ~ "a a.. nr,r,,
. statement Of facts, carefully ana srIphi
asIs,. ND which must have brought bltisl
s,',,o checks OF the editor whose duty II was
- toI, thcm. Our readers will judge iol
Themselves how far Mr.. Arch, the Engiisl
agricultural "agifator," is entitled to the
~esns,ct and sympathy Of right-thnking
r;yht.loyinr men, the wide world over:
n fss'Threc eases heard before the count,
.shsfices at Newbury a few DAYS ago Illus
frate the sad want Of Scif-indcpt,ndenft
which SO unlappily prevails among some o.
tfS lower orders. especially in the aSric'i
districts. Henry Ballard, deScri'%o ~
q half.staryed, spiritleSs-looking man, VIZ
charged with treSpaSsing in search OF rap,
.sxlJRy on certain land at Chic'eles. I,a,''n !, y
was weak enough to burst into tears ana ass
the magistrates to be merciiul 10 h'm On III.
absur,i ground that he had but Us. week
TO support thirteen children DeS'ue li'hstN
and wife. His wife, lie SAID, Vas cohs"lni'-
tive, and as she very much wished toi Iao-
bit he tried TO catch one. Ibe miscfeait was
fined 81. (costs inctudedl, ana '1',o"eu "
fortnight for payment. Perhaps ils coli-
s,Imntivc wife. W hen she sees her husband
~sand children obliged to stint themselves IN
their t;;n.ers, will learn that s!ckly persons
have no right TO long for luNurics. In the
mean time it is an immense satisfaction 10
: feel that the misery Ballard will have 10
tsheii out some Of his supc,tluOt!s wealth.
ssThe next case was :ilmost "rotcSQuc ~
;ts character Elizabeth FokinS, who WAS
sucking an infant, was sent TO Reading ]tIi
for fourteen DAYS for stealing several pieces
cof brass fittings which had belonged 10 4
!. threshipr.machine out OF Il barn at Wexford,
where her husband hid worked for twenty
wears. This righteous sentence gave rise 10
a most humanity complaint from Mr.. Nokins.
Iffbe magistrates, he said, sent his wife away,
bis six children must starfc alone, Tor iiS
work was two miles from his cottage. Ills
wages were only lis, which. he added, r!ulc-
.:Ulousiy enough, SIS not much 10 keep ciSh'
persons 1t would he interesting to watch
the little VoknseS during The fortnight thel
are thrown on their own resources, ana II
IS to he hoped that 4 few tracts will he trans
mitted to them pointing ont the duly Oh
resignation. Inthe third case, young mar
ried Iaborer named George Major was Charged
with Ieayin. left his employers service With
ont lawful cause. The defendant was nlied
at nine shiIlings week. and LETT his work
because he considered lie was not paid prop
erly for the services he performed. Mrs. Nay L
IA deiicate.looking wolnan with an infant IL
her arms) complained that tic cottage they
rented of her husbands employer was IN a
miserable state, and that she had caught her
DEATH through it. The cottage, however,
secms to have been most luxurious dwell
ing, us times 90, and admirably ventilated.
The only fault urged against it was that it was
nrtly blown down before Christmas. and the
boards were quite rotten where the snow
had driven in. The real fault rests with the
occupants, who arc evidently living beyond
their means, for they had nothing, it was
stated, but two or three old guano-hags to
hang up and protect them from the inclen'
ent weather. The magistrates thought tile
cottage ought to be repaired, but fined Malol
sixpence and ninc ShilluGs costs. and ordered
him TO return to his work. As he could not
pay the amount bis master paid it on the un'
Outstanding tEtt il WAS TO be deducted IRON
the money due to him ut Miclme!naS. VI
course no fine was imposed on the owner OF
the cottAge for allowing it to be Inhabited II
its present airy condition, ard Mrs. MaloI
will perhaps become reconcied 10 ii IN Time
"T'hese peeps of rustic life in England are
very refreshing TO us weary LonuoncrS, al,
some OF the incidents related, when drr>Sct
I'D with Il little humor by diners out dti
ring the selSon, can be made to appear IRE
sistibly comic"