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rent of land) should be found rolling in wealth and luxury, 

 while, hard by, the poor laborer, with his wife and almost 

 invariably large family, is suffering from want of the actual 

 necessaries of life. 



Eecently, under the leadership of Joseph Arch, a War 

 wickshire hedge-cutter and Primitive Methodist preacher, 

 the laborers have roused themselves from the apathy of cen 

 turies, and have formed Unions, modeled after the Trades 

 Unions, the result of which has already shown itself in a 

 marked amelioration of their lot. Arch has proven himself 

 possessed of the sterling qualities of courage, modesty, and 

 foresight, which go so far to form the character of a true 

 leader of the people. In pursuance of his purpose to right 

 the wrongs of his fellow-laborers, he left England and un 

 dertook a tour of observation through Canada and the Uni 

 ted States. He expresses his determination, unless the 

 grievances of his fellow-workers receive immediate atten 

 tion, to organize a vast emigration scheme, which shall 

 bring the landlords and farmers of England to a truer 

 appreciation of the value of a man. He intends to devote 

 five or six years to looking about, carefully avoiding haste, 

 in order that he may not arrive at any conclusion likely to 

 be disastrous to those whom he wishes to serve. 



ENGLISH FARMERS AGITATING. 



The farmers themselves, too, are arriving at the conclu 

 sion that they are an abused and really oppressed class. 

 Now that voting by ballot has become the law of England, 

 (though it has not yet been tried on a large scale), they 

 hope to get at the true sentiments of their class, free from 

 the intimidation and undue influence which their lords and 

 masters have not scrupled to use hitherto. The &quot; Squire- 



