New-York tribune., 1874-07-21

and English Peasants" gives striking view OF 'ne
inequalities OF wealth and physical comfort whch grow
out OF the present system OF landed property Ill "i
Britain. ,,od
The enormous wealth OF the very few may De Juus u
bv certain examples and facts, when are heio roat
credible testimony There are thlry 1a reyenue
English landowners who together derive ana ar
OF some sixty millions OF pounds sern sts who have
Considerably more than million peasants, ,nDce VIZ an
hitherto been totally dependent for d bare oned
the lords Of the soil One qnarhe IRE Sef are the Dukes Of
Hamilton. Buccleuch, and sutherland the MARQUIS isty EI
Rnte and the Earl of Breadalbane Tue Enes1 oouH S
of East embracing more tn 90 os he luke of
miles almost exclusively the pI9peiS W e s
The property OF the young Marquis OF Butte, whose IN
come is fully three hundred thousand pOuhus year,
mar nor long ago his agent spent nearly Two
millions IN repairing and altering his magnificent manor
and estate Of CrichtOn Mount Stuart. the marqulss
residence near Cardiff. Mr.. Bright once nstanced the
case OF nobleman with an income OF one hundred anu
twenty thousand pounds who annually spent iorty
in rounding his property by buying up every paiee'
Of ground contiguous to hs estate winch ne Ioula lh-
duce the owners TO sell This one example OF the
pregnant fact that the land has long been IN process o
concentration in the hands of fewer aud fewer pos,
SCISSORS thus ever widening the gap between rich and
poor. This tendency has been encouraged ana pro
tected by the still enforced laws of prmogenure aud
entail To sure, the law of primogenture. as II now
stands only operates in the case OF proprietor dying
lntesate; and but very few large landowners 90 dle
the bulk Of their real estate by .w1ii to the
eldest son, to MAINTAIN the dsniy ana PfeSuge maSe
serious IN ITS results as tying up ia9d ana Per
peradyeature eSd Simply stated the present English law
Of entail enables the owner OF landed property TO de-
se 1T Ts e erm and Pi mis- @ III cnn Only be cn off by
the concurrent consent OF two pare-the existing oc-
cupant and the heir If, Therefore Lord Harihunter
has son two years old and that lives to be eighty
Lord HardhunIer may by an entail easily cut the estate
absolutely off from the market for hundred years ln
various ways this often works other i1usces than tat
of restricting land IN so small ana oyeTcroWIed eou
try The present Duke Of Newcastle having run through
his fortune and greater part OF that of MS duchess
went into bankruptcy loaded down with debts, one
alone Of which amounted TO eighty thousand pounds
But the creditors could not touch his enaed Estates
and this noble bankrupt still finds mnself IN posses
OF OF the most enviaDe properties III the Ming
dom.
The condition of the peasantry, winch until recent
period has seemed hopeless has improved TO CON
siderable degree within the last few years. chiefly
through the movement commenced by Joseph Arch.
Higher wages have been forced from the squires and
farmers in many localities. The more humane landlords,
their attention having been called TO the wretched con
ditiOn OF the cottages their estates, which, likely
enough they have themselves are heard of
here and there pulling them down and erecting neat
plastered Politically the peasant mas before him
hopeful future The ballot is now the law OF England,
aud the ballot means the protection of the unhampered
right Of the dependent classes to vote they
please The uprising of the peasants has more
over, created agitation TO extend household
suffrage, which applies only TO the towns and
boroughs the counties. If this extension OF cleo
toral rights is accomplished it is certainly destined
to be before many years every peasant though he
live in a howell will he able TO vote in secret. Thus
political force will be called into action which will un-
less the landed interest takes time by the foreock and
cOura cOuSy abolshes the system OF seriGom that now
exists be thrown into the scale against the mmunities
and privileges Of landed proprietOrshp. Such con-
fic must than that which has ragged for
years between the capitalists and artisans OF the
Industrial towns and Will be far more serious in its re-
suits upon English social and political system The
peasant brain ideas but an idea
lodged their hard skulls is lodged there for
long soourn. The glamour of the old submissive feuda
loyalty passing away from before the dull eyes which
daztd notion OF rights long abused, of posi-
bliries before unthought Of, Of resistance
which may be efectual has taken its place and
its development by persistent action NAV prove
to be the doom of feudal England.' The
literary critic of Harper acknowledges surprised
pleasure" in reading Some Womens Hearts" by
Louise Chandler Moulton OF which he remarks that they
are of a cast which rarely light upon in book or
periodical. There curious invention ingenious
OF story, startling adventure, nothing un-
feke form in spirit nothing TO take the thought
and heart from the quiet power and beauty OF the emo
tonal hfe-the heart hfewhich anmates these simple
tales The English pure and simple as the sentl-
ments of which it is the expression" THE Pearl Of
the Philippines" by r. H. soddard is exquisite poet
ical gem. embodyng the deepest pathos in language OF
singular beauty.
LIPPINCOTT.
A seasOnable article III this number 10y DR..
Cure" as a remedy physical evils arising from
American modes of life in peculiar American climate
this country the time of most and steady labor
is from early Autumn up to late Spring. 1t begins to
late in the Spring. and II just In these Spring
months that population feels the curious lowering
which post ofsus know wei, but as to which
little or nothing said in books medicine, though
in older days it led to the endless doses and beedngs
which the Spring fashion, and which yet hnger III
uuWlOlcsOme villages
The surest remedy the ills of civilized society to
be found form OF return TO harDarsm, and the
common Of the mass Of the people has taught them
this but they the remedy III weak fOrm and
therefore fan OF the larger good It's amper use might
give. Tired men and women, fearful OF Summer heats
make escape to the country and undergo prolonged Gre
nation ia boaTdng-hOuse or hotel Ii II better than
nothing and people like IL, or say they do. But
though sOcaed country lie secures fresher air IL
iusures large supply of new irritatlons and annoy
alces, while for vast numbers OF men II means
uncomfortable nights in suburb hasty breakfasts, a
daily railroad dusting and the hot, long weary
day 1t is better than to be IN the city all the
twentyfour hours but wIllo 1t may help, and cannot
hurt. it is a life which will not act complete remedy
for those who are at all seriously exhausted, or Tor
such beginning TO feel the first nrOads any Of
the many ways in which worried work tornenjs Us.
lantic City murky Cape May. one wants more than
eight by ten sleep in, aud society of kind does
gossip CyslzauOn has hur--baibarlsm SHALL heal In
a word my tired man who cannot sleep or who dreams
stocks and dividends and awakcns lcgbeayy, and who
has fifty other nameess symptoms, shall try while the
hospital OF the stonecaryer. He shall the
dtons Of his life Wont to live house. he shall sleep
tent. despite his guides advice, shall lie beneath
the moons white benedction. so shall he he in the
open air all day and all night the is mere
cover and wlnd-guard or scarce that. He shall rise
when lie likes, unstirred b. imperiOus eOngs; but
think he Will be apt to the rise, and, honestly
tred from travel or oodgeting, VIII want 10
In at eight nine. IL too warm, he
will take his of If cold replace the demon FUR.
the cellar with its breath Of baked air, he snail
fnd warmth IN the ruby wealth OF roaring lOgs he
has helped to chop and carry. The best part Of his
meals he shall by sweet labor with his rod his
gun. His shall be the daily plunge in lake rver,
the intense eager hungnnes which has quarrel with
the menu wood or stream. The sleep that Is dream
less keen the Arab vgOr that makes
else a and The mndIess work Of the camp smple