652 THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. 



Whole districts have been nearly depopulated to make 

 room for game parks, and where millions of sheep were 

 once raised to feed and clothe humanity, only deer are kept 

 to gratify the sporting propensities of an idle aristocracy. 



Ruskin says: " Though. England is deafened with 

 spinning wheels, her people have not clothes; though she 

 is black with digging coal, her people have not fuel, and 

 people die of cold; and though she sold her soul for gain, 

 they die of hunger. " 



The following are extracts from English papers: 



"London, Nov. 20, 1877. Appalling distress and 

 destitution exist among the mechanics and laborers of 

 Sheffield. * Hundreds exist in tenements without clothing, 

 or furniture, all having been sold to procure food. * They 

 are without fuel, and dependent upon the charity of the 

 neighbors. ' ' 



Writing of the poor of England, Professor Kirk, of 

 Edinburgh, says: 



"There are 70,000 souls in the east end of London 

 who must emigrate soon or perish. In the vast hives of 

 industry of Lancashire there are a greater number who 

 must also emigrate or die." The church is not entirely 

 guiltless, but participates in the plunder. Here is a state- 

 ment of the salary of some of the ministers: 



The Archbishop of Canterbury's salary is $76,000 per 

 year; Archbishop of York, $56,000; Bishop of London, 

 $50,000; Bishop of Durham, $40,000; Bishop of Winches- 

 ter, $35,000; Bishop of Ely, $27,000; six Bishops have 

 each, $25,000; eight have each, $22,500; eight others 

 each, $21,000; twenty-nine Deans each, $7,500; one hun- 

 dred and twenty-eight Canons each, $5,000. 



Here is the way they feed the poor: "Soup for 550 

 twice a week. Material of the soup eight pounds of oat- 

 meal, twelve pounds of sage, four pounds of split peas, 



