A Letter to the King, in Refutation of Some of the Charges Preferred Against the Poor, with Copious Statistical Illustrations Demonstrative of the Injustice with which that Body Has Been AssailedJohn Hatchard and Son, 1835 - 111 σελίδες |
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... paid to the interests of the Poor ; -- the amelio- ration which has been effected in their condition under the benign influence of the House of Bruns- wick ; —the numerous Legislative enactments which that august House has sanctioned ...
... paid to the interests of the Poor ; -- the amelio- ration which has been effected in their condition under the benign influence of the House of Bruns- wick ; —the numerous Legislative enactments which that august House has sanctioned ...
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... paid much attention to the subject of the connection of Pauperism with Crime , and I can state that evidence is at variance with the popular opinion . The following is an extract from the evidence of Mr. Wontner , the benevolent ...
... paid much attention to the subject of the connection of Pauperism with Crime , and I can state that evidence is at variance with the popular opinion . The following is an extract from the evidence of Mr. Wontner , the benevolent ...
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... paid by the consumer , as most of the other charges to which produce is liable . Nearly three - fourths of the inhabitants of Great Britain be- long to that class which includes Paupers in its num- ber ; and are , individually , liable ...
... paid by the consumer , as most of the other charges to which produce is liable . Nearly three - fourths of the inhabitants of Great Britain be- long to that class which includes Paupers in its num- ber ; and are , individually , liable ...
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... paid as wages out of the Poor Rate , on the Allowance System . This sum cannot , by any mode of reasoning , be treated as a payment for the Relief of the Poor . In nine cases out of ten , it must as directly be admitted to be wages as ...
... paid as wages out of the Poor Rate , on the Allowance System . This sum cannot , by any mode of reasoning , be treated as a payment for the Relief of the Poor . In nine cases out of ten , it must as directly be admitted to be wages as ...
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John Bowen. the wages is so paid . Without any pretensions to accuracy on a point which does not admit of it , it may be fairly assumed that a sum , far exceeding one mil- lion sterling , is paid from the Rates which ought to be directly ...
John Bowen. the wages is so paid . Without any pretensions to accuracy on a point which does not admit of it , it may be fairly assumed that a sum , far exceeding one mil- lion sterling , is paid from the Rates which ought to be directly ...
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admitted afford age of Elizabeth Agricultural Labourers amount expended application ascribed assertion authority average body Bridgwater Buckinghamshire calumniated charge circumstances cited classes of society comparative condition consequences Country crime criminals declares degra degraded denounced distress duty earnings effective employed employment enactment England and Wales English Poor enquiry estimate examination fact France fund House of Commons House of Lords important industry JOHN BOWEN Kingdom labouring classes Labouring Poor Lancashire Legislative Legislature less Lord Althorpe Lord Brougham Lord Chancellor Lord John Russell Lordship Malthus Manufacturing Districts Marriages materials means measure millions necessity number of Committals offences operation paid parents Parish Parliament Parliamentary Parochial assistance Parochial Relief Paupers period persons Poor Law Commissioners Poor of England Poor Rate Price of Corn Price of Wheat principle progress proportion Provision question Ratio Report Rural Population scarcely shillings a week spirit Statement subsistence tion truth wages whole number workhouse
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Σελίδα 85 - ... the human species would increase as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries as 4096 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable.
Σελίδα 15 - It begins by a recital, that all the parts of this realm of England and Wales be presently with rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars exceedingly pestered, by means whereof daily happeneth in the same realm horrible murders, thefts, and other great outrage, to the high displeasure of Almighty God, and to the great annoyance of the common weale.
Σελίδα 6 - My Lords, those who framed the statute of Elizabeth were not adepts in political science, — they were not acquainted with the true principle of population, — they could not foresee that a Malthus would arise to enlighten mankind...
Σελίδα 48 - The duty of supporting parents and children, in old age or infirmity, is so strongly enforced by our natural feelings, that it is often well performed, even among savages, and almost always so in a nation deserving the name of civilized. We believe that England is the only European country in which it is neglected.
Σελίδα 70 - ... for setting to work all such persons, married or unmarried, having no means to maintain them , and use no ordinary and daily trade of life to get their living by...
Σελίδα 70 - ... a convenient stock of flax hemp wool thread iron and other necessary ware and stuff to set the poor on work: and also competent sums of money for and towards the necessary relief of the lame impotent old blind and such other among them being poor and not able to work...
Σελίδα 19 - I will not speak of the filth of the places ; that could not be exceeded in places meant to be its receptacles. Let the worst be imagined, and it will not be beyond the truth. In at least three-fourths of the hovels which I entered, there was no furniture of any description, save an iron pot, — no table, no chair, no bench, no bedstead; — two, three, or four little bundles of straw, with, perhaps, one or two scanty and ragged mats, were rolled up in the corners, unless where these beds were found...
Σελίδα 69 - ... instances by the extra-ordinary energy and wisdom of individuals, are, on the whole, steadily and rapidly progressive. It is true, that by the last Parliamentary Return (that for the year ending the 25th. March 1832) the total amount of the money expended for the relief of the poor, though higher than for any year since the year 1820, appears to fall short of the expenditure of the year ending the 25th. March, 1818; the expenditure of that year having been .£7,890,014., and that for the year...
Σελίδα 82 - These people live in Wooden Huts, covered with thatch or shingles, consisting of one room with a stove, around which the inhabitants and their cattle crowd together, and where the most disgusting kinds of filthiness are to be seen. Their common Food is, cabbage, potatoes sometimes, but not generally, pease, black bread, and soup, or rather gruel, without the addition of butter or meat.
Σελίδα 21 - It enacted that all rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars, including in this description " all persons whole and mighty in body, able to labour, not having land or master, nor using any lawful merchandise, craft, or mystery, and all common labourers, able in body, loitering and refusing to work for such reasonable wage as is commonly given...