... State of the present funds of the charity work-house of the city of Edinburgh; and proposals for applying to the legislature for an art of parliament, for establishing a more equal and certain find for the maintenance and support of the begging poor and ...

... and other Works belonging thereto, and to take Care and have the Management of such House as shall be made use of as a Workhouse for the Poor of the said City: If any Person is willing to undertake the same, and comes well recommended, by applying to ...

... laft an Intimation was made in all the Church- es and Meering-houfes of this City, for a publick Col- lediontothc POOR'S WORKHOUSE next Lord's Day; with a warm Recommendation to the Auditories to extend their Charity in the Support of fuch a neceflary' ...

... can proper Me* J o t„ followed by his Heir towaras their fpeedy Paymen:. By Order of the Managers and Direftm cf M CHARIOT WORKHOUSE, EdinbtufA WHEREAS, from the Subfcriptions and Donatio***! ready made, and thofe expe&ed towards tbs bwM and. furnifhing ...

... great Quantities of Goods have been fel- niously taken and removed out of the Workhouse in this City unto the Dwelling House of John Bell, late Master of the said Workhouse ; who together with his Wife, the Mistress thereof, have been committed to the ...

... among others, in the said Workhouse, a Number of Girls, several of whom (the eldest not 13 Years of Age) he has had carnal their Business, which gave him a sort of Power over them ; there are, among others, in the said Workhouse, a Number of Girls, several ...

... that the same Day died there John Rickart of Achnacam, Merchant in that City. He has left upwards of 3000 l. sterl. to the Work-house and In- firmary of Aberdeen; 500 l. to St. Paul's Chapel; and several other Legacies to his Relations. - And that on Monday ...

... Room, with a Garret and all Conveniencies for a Tanner the Lime Pits ready digg'd, several Wood Cisterns fixed within the Work-house be- low the Dwelling Room ; a very good Spring, Situate in North Shields near Mrs. Tolls, is to be Lett against Candlemas ...

... Canterbury do hereby give Notice That at their General Court or Assembly, they have appointed a Committee to meet at the Workhouse in the said City on Thursday the fifth of this Instant August, at three of the Clock in the Afternoon, to sell and dispose ...

... next, they Point-House Ferry, containing 115 Acres; and also 55 Acres intend to choose a new Master and Mistress of the Workhouse ; of other Marsh Land, at or near Kent-Dyke, in the Parish of at which Day, such Persons as shall then appear, and make Guldeford ...

... also a Bill for paying the Debts of the late Earl of Suffolk. This Day there Lordships read a 2d Time the Bill to erect. Workhouse in Canterbury. We hear 10000 l. will be apply'd for better Main- tenance of Greenwich Hospital, and for an addition of 220 ...

... of the Poor of the City of CANTERBURY will at their next General Court to be holden the first Tuesday in May nest at the Workhouse in the said City, contract with any Person or Persons for all the Hop-bagging they now have, or shall make on or before ...