Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes, in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe |
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Page 237 - An Act for the Amendment and better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales...
Page 160 - Mendicity is not considered disgraceful in Brittany. Farmers allow their children to beg along the roads. On saints' days, especially the festivals of celebrated saints, whose shrines attract numerous votaries (all of whom give something, be it ever so little, to the poor), the aged, infirm, and children of poor farmers and labourers, turn out. Some small hamlets are even totally abandoned by their inhabitants .for two or three days. All attend the festival to beg. ' The Bretons are hospitable....
Page 74 - The great cause why the number of the poor is kept so low in this country arises from the prevention by law of marriages in cases in which it cannot be proved that the parties have reasonable means of subsistence; and this regulation is in all places and at all times strictly adhered to. The effect of a constant and firm observance of this rule has, it is true, a considerable influence in keeping down the population of Bavaria, which is at present low for the extent of country, but it has a most...
Page 16 - ... the allowance as their rations; and when lodged for a time, from the necessity of the case, with Town's Poor, it is their boast that they, by the State allowance for them, support the town inmates of the house. These unhappy fellow-beings often travel with females, sometimes, but not always, their wives: while yet, in the towns in which they take up their temporary abode, they are almost always recognized, and treated, as sustaining this relation.
Page 204 - What in the whole, might a labourer's wife and four children aged 14, 11, 8 and 5 years respectively, (the eldest a boy) expect to earn in a year, obtaining as in the former case, an average amount of employment?
Page 234 - ... it could not get meat, 43 are comprised in Essex and Sussex, two of the most pauperised districts in the kingdom. But in the foreign answers, meat is the exception instead of the rule. In the north of Europe the usual food seems to be potatoes and oatmeal, or rye bread, accompanied frequently by fish, but only occasionally by meat.
Page 190 - ... fact, the more urgent the circumstances are, the more abundant are the subscriptions and donations. " ' The poorer classes are remarkable for their kindness to each other in times of sickness and need. Many instances of this have fallen under my own observation. " ' There is much family affection in all classes of the Venetians ; and in sickness, distress, and old age, among the poorer classes, they show every disposition to assist and relieve each other. " ' The clergy, who have great influence...
Page 14 - specifying the kind of evidence required to accompany accounts exhibited for the support of the poor of the Commonwealth.
Page 160 - ... The Bretons are hospitable. Charity and hospitality are considered religious duties. Food and shelter for a night are never refused. ' Several attempts to suppress mendicity have been unsuccessful. District asylums were established. No sooner were they filled than the vacancies in the beggar-stands were immediately replenished by fresh subjects from the country ; it being a general feeling that it is much easier and more comfortable to live by alms than by labour. • In towns where the police...