[3] 11 Hen. VII. cap. 2. [4] 22 Hen. VIII. cap. 12. [5] 27 Hen. VIII. cap. 25. [6] 1 Ed. VI. cap. 3. [7] 3 and 4 Ed. VI. cap. 16. 14 Eliz. cap. 5. 39 Eliz. cap. 4. [8] See Lord Hale's paper at length, in "Burn's History of the Poor Laws," p. 144. [9] Robert (du Var.) Hist. de la Classe Ouvrière. Dédicace aux Travailleurs. tome. I. p. X-XI. [10] Aulus Gellius, Noct. Alt. lib. XVI, c. X. [11] Hist. de la Classe Ouvrière. liv. IX. chap. VII. tome. III. p. 100. [12] Hist. de la Classe Ouv. liv. IX. chap. VII. p. 102, tome. III. p. 102. [13] Ibid. No. XIV. chap. I. tome. IV. p. 285-6. [14] Ibid. No. XIII. chap. II. tome. IV. p. 247. [15] Ibid. No. XII. chap. III. tome. IV. p. 50-105. [16] Vidal. Repartition des Richesses. ptie. II. chap. III. [17] The Social Condition and Education of the People of England and Europe. By Joseph Kay, Esq., M. A., chap. I, vol. I, p. 314. [18] Kay, Social Condition, &c., of England and Europe. chap. I, vol. 1, p. 317-318. [19] Kay, chap. II, vol. I, p. 361. [20] Kay, chap. II, 2nd vol., p. 370. citing Rev. H. Worsley's Essay on Juvenile Depravity, p. 53. [21] Kay, chap. I, vol. I, p. 372-3. [22] Kay, chap. I, vol. I, p. 395. [23] Kay, chap. I, vol. I, p. 452-3. [24] Kay, chap. I, vol. I. p. 4. [25] Saisset, Sur la Philosophie et la Religion du XIX. Siècle. p. 222. [26] North British Review, No. XXIV, Art. IX, Feb. 1850. p. 299-300. Am. Ed. [27] Edingb. Rev. Oct. 1849. Art. VI, p. 497-8. Engl. Ed. [28] Chateaubriand. Essays on English Literature. Paris. 1838, cited by Kay. [29] Westminster Review, No. CXI. Art. III. Jan. 9. 1852. [30] Niebuhr. Life and Letters, p. 506. [31] Niebuhr, Ibid. p. 528. See also, p. 526. [32] It is, however, but fair to state, that many competent and most respectable observers declare, that though the _facts_ stated by the Commissioners may be perfectly true, yet that the tone and spirit of the Report bears token of material exaggeration. [33] The colliers in the east of Scotland, however, are excepted. [34] It is curious to contrast this with a similar comparison instituted by the Factory Commissioners, and embracing upwards of 1000 children.--(Analysis of the Evidence taken before the Factory Commissioners, p. 9.) Boys _not_ in factories averaged 55.56 inches. Boys in factories, " 55.28 " ----- Difference, .28! Girls _not_ in factories, " 54.979 " Girls in factories, " 54.951 " ------ Difference, .028!! " [35] Mr. Phillips is, in private life, aside from his abolition and sectional prejudices, a worthy, accomplished gentleman. He is the most eloquent and graceful speaker to whom we ever listened. He seems to distill manna and ambrosia from his lips, but is all the while firing whole broadsides of hot shot. "He is his own antithesis"--an infernal machine set to music. THE END.