... of all the officers of the Dorchester Poor-law Union, with the exception of the relieving officers and tho master ofthe workhouse, have been reduced by the board of guardians 15 per cent. A new prison for convicts is to bo built at Portsea, which will ...

... then adverted to the condition of orphan girls in workhouses, who under 16 mingled with aged in- mates, and were thereby liable to contamination ; and at 16 might, at 24 hours' notice, quit the workhouse. The consequence of being cast thus suddenly upon ...

... number of pauper inmates of the Birmingham workhouse, as com- pared with the corresponding period of last year, of 401 ; of children io the asylum a diminution ot 90; and of tramps admitted to the workhouse a reduction of 306, making a total reduction ...

... military and naval hospitals, 23,972 in the workhouses, 3,067 in hospitals for the treatment of common diseases, 3,849 in lunatic asylums, and 3,435 in prisons. Ot 10,000 inhabitants, 108 are in workhouses, 24 in prisons, 17 in lunatic asylums, 14 in ...

... without victuals for days together, and then would beg some of the neighbours. She had been advised to apply to Newington workhouse for relief, but mformed the witness that she would rather die in a ditch. An order was obtained for the assistance ot ...

... once very in- fluential magistrate of the county of Mayo was on Mon- day last appointed assistant matron of the Clanmorris workhouse, at a salary of £15 a year. Death of Repeal. — On Monday last, Mr. John O'Con- nel, at a meeting of the Repeal Association ...

... long. Its preserver enfolded the innocent in her own garments, and, under the escort of a police-officer, carried it to the workhouse on Brownlow-hill, where it was received shortly after nine o'clock. Here it was placed in a bath, and received other attentions ...

... wheat, oats, and after grass) now on theground attached to the Huddersfield Workhouse, in the occupation of the Guardians. Sealed Tenders to be addressed to Mr. BERRY, at the Workhouse, on or before Thursday next, the Bth inst. at Eleven o'clock, at which ...

... inquiry we find that his name is Joseph Whittingham, and that some time ago it was found necessary to confine him in the workhouse asylum, but of late he was looked upon as more rational and in a fit state to go at large. He is a young unmarried man, about ...

... The only business of sieneml inters: ir ?? the Board was an application tro-ai Mr*. ?? -■ ■-. matron of the Kirkheaton workhouse, S.r m salary, now that the house had been __iar»eM. was referred to the next meeting. A letter v ■.- - fi-oni William Hirst ...

... vatici- »~>h cv l)eeu announced to us from time to time ?? time and place. Now uni- low J?. was . thrust into a series of workhouses ; IK* tv Cl ?? v . , ' : ,{ » } n Dorsetshire that was able-bodied, dxtx t( ' , m ? in Essex that was adult was handed ...

... Maude: Sit down a little. — The man sat down, and in the meantime some enquiry r was made respecting sending him to the workhouse. In about a quarter of an hour (during which time he had once or twice approached the front of the dock, but immediately ...