ватан 16, 1861.] 
Linoolnshi 
ed for any. 
ILL ; "à 
йе the hardships of the farm, give a knee to the "s 4E dation, and extent of 
ho i 
THE EASY = OF aeree 
not -— 
THE GARDENI 
re farm 
“ Nothing that 
that evening 
ers supported for little more than 10 
Seid» M surprised if a plague in the shape o 
typhus fever bw out here. The wages of agricul- 
mc that i it followed the ex xample of the|36 е асты 12 Scotch, and 21 Trish о countie 
preceded it, and, embrac ing a multi- | wi 
"M of pow topics, did little more qon wi збана fear that on the average of her 
де them 
04. а day. 
E CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 151 
and not шаш the remuneration of labour in 
6s. a we ek 
all the necessaries of life even of the commonest 
f| sd kind." 
But there is а large proportion of labourers families 
labour t of England to which the | without more than 3s. per week. In the lists which I 
itin wired m го now зоолу ра the amount paid | forwarded to th al Dublin Society of the 
E riod ; а quie ding rise has been |in two paris omprising 389a (as illustrations 
E э established throughout G Britain. The general the average condition of labourers o mu 
scale may be pae геа Ы tabulated returns to |1агдег area), th are 85 heads of families, and of 
f th Ы аттапде e Agricultural | Gazette, April 28, egi 41 те d ut 3s. с ing mm ине 
t o e cul d i ur in their employers, are indivi ar wd e 
X em pite E for exhibiting эта ved ранае з. Not ка сей tha: n those who ecei week Мб сти. 
а 2, di et; 2 11 las vh du 
- | each а | son п labouring with his father under t the анн 
мноу m and three others who occupy 2 acres of 
т land each, the wives and children, with only the 
time, icd rate 7 wages д уй 
аи Оа Ше у that 
да frequen 
im 
eed | Peer be 
human beings supported gta 19 more p^. 10d. а 
ntl r family. праб 
зегеріз ot те Шап ©“ 
served here, tha t ow Add at given in 
to the n rens chil 
DI 
ren, 
h 
on ien еп in England when 
T have selected six counties in each of the three 
a matter = | divisions of the United rive as fair — P9 
sees where to plant his Sickness, old age, y^ p titution y any cause. 
we loo. 
Atest rra to benefit landlord and tenant 
г fai 
feb. 12, 1861. 
Тетллоѕ FABRICIUS. 
————— 
THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURER. 
3 čo. I ш. WEXFORD, » &c,—Fo 
We | agricultural comm рай, the following statements 
ok for A ng" qae y and Эр transfer of land ; which is ii | рй. рош in them, my desire being t 
gming at las Mm d rem bm already. i 
E owe Talpa, and it s right we should. pay y it | and geographical positions—as to in 
ыш undaries. If I were labouring to e — 
th 
am 
features of poverty m e portraiture of t 
labourer, placed in contrast to that of M. 
al 
in which the highest wages 
years ago the late | people possess corresponding comforts. Ishould 
ire : umns of i 
Pee men, as these do not affect the general subj 
nsiderable degree :— 
E and F, ti 
ghm 
not done so; nor have estimated the earn 
|But ав Ше strongest analogies in social and physical 
Se 
i Boy h 
usually become servants in farmers' families, and with 
wages better 1 in proportion than the earni ings О of their 
sto inse far seeing effi er year, for wg ү тя M бегисай Gazette, th fficial report 
do greatly owe both, ү to o the talent which of Poor Law Commissioners, and my own expe- 
d your pages; and which | rience may supply. I have endeavoured to arrang 
otimes even yet — at seeds Аа too wido. for comparisons those counties which present the 
s give honour where bon is due. | closest affinities in size, ро; opulation, intrinsic resources 
and and m aritime 
—but they expend upon themselves, generally, what- 
S | ever sums they receive. 
These are facts—such is the poverty of the 
o 
Ваве 
5 
р n In 
bourer, T should select only those British counties | s 
ect 
to C f 1851; C and D, the ordinary and harvest 
| 
| | Amount N 
Irish | of 
у its apparent a amount, whi chi is estimated by tests 
2, - В, | E assessed to ES an the adminis- 
BI the poor in. mess T the TE humane and. liberal poor law 
Sen ome pem r political econ: А of congratulati 
15&, with board! 106. to 305. 2 0:8 35 l 12, Ireland on the e great decrease of pauperism and а аше 
is. ls. 2 to 5 99,868 5832  |nution of 43,4667. in the enditure, would in my 
m s Е 2 = зоб L4 _ | judgmen: Е A more tried with ihe facts of the 
8. 458 9 te 3 12,919 884 an requirements of th 
элаз onc не бун Wm pus d joan 
ч x —Á— dition of the now unaided portion of the boat, І 
| Ба t Е ipe d 
1 emonstrate. m 
E. ie бее. to вок 8 a е а жу ы d tlie extent of pauperism in Ireland has 
135. with beer | 40s. to 60s | 3 to 90M | 17008 | = | рбеп measured (with few exceptive cases since 
4 [2 ,908 e cep ) the 
pr Pen - 4. to 5l. 20,778 6,7 Е pe r s of ie poor law syste: m, Бу the 
т : ч pau the 
oW t ен ө а m е аа s Basne 9 - of those al e relieved; in оор е айа 
Mos ы x g of the 
= 399,801 | $2,082 ^ $ | Of the Workhouses. This is a. ^e aie fact, vus 
т ар E Пом in the respective countries can. justify. 
ке: 40s. to 52s. 8 1216 Ec in тте Bout of hoo Tin vosmet 
ишн 40s. to 52s. |. - 2to 3 12,194 3,088 3350 received out-door rélief in. ^ be de ч yi of 
Ti ol о 2005 1561 sos | Meath, 
ч К 3, 
188. Е 102194 2,441 returns i in this respect. „Тһе following сав cases are 
4 ; z х la 
|| £105,907 29,059 wifo, who- have outlived "bar. working powers T 
ecome pi lo tinued toil and the 
^ 1 tt ticks which they may heh e ed €——— a MERERI fie x 
tion | D xm iie [ut or rd ied cowdung surrep- | cost of th d presa ed eue zh “ыш Жы iod 
en, it may be, aei fields. From the | pelled i 
pelled in Ireland alone to [dr b t 
their clothes, w the return h i и weon the” disci- 
| , |in the the evening wet to the чаш, b s labourers liability с >n the Кроа - with separation : ue AW o ther, and 
various: ailments in early and e d bene айана. ation in their Ere unless 
| id. be Ж Mes b B 
== 
avan, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and T 
for last year) thus 3; кү" average E ds 
his family. Indeed, it is difficult to 
г. - v. 
rish M pendii 
һе Роо: Ins ну. ыг the counties of Donegal, 
ГД providing food, lodging, fuel, and 
to see 
a good fire and “ of a e 
shape of iphu fever" is always засени а е 
bodily 80 prevalent. es the respectab 
reports 
mainte- 
ce 
neni гора t ls. рег week for each | fe 
а: thefamily^ Mr. Bourke's report concludes | lin 
4 | 
not precha: rdians from 
children in vain leads "ud 
|she wi 14 her state of destitution, unless 
may Де. accept i 
Бедна зд of са could eiae элә ир 
house under conditions Бор el to enter the york 
HIE 
wo 
pendent upon het citer i i 
VV VT, пе 
workhouse, as to them 
