... FOR THE WORKHOUSE. ENGLISH BEEF and MUTTON, for 3 Months. PORK ditto. BREAD and FLOUR ditto. GOOD EsuLISH BUTTER ditto. POTATOES for 6 Months. GROCERIES ditto. TOBACCO ditvo. BRUSHES ditton FOR THE CHILDREN'S HOMES AT NEITLE HAM, SCOTHERN, and LINCOLN ...

... THE WHIN AND THE WORKHOUSE. Between the whin and the workhouse, so spoke the pretty child, k With eyes that glistened like April dews, with lips that had always smiled ; But as the light hand pointed across the golden The older gaze in the she shewed ...

... WOODCHOPPX-NO—IN WORKHOUSES. An important circular-letter has been issued by the Local Government Board on the subject of pauper labour in workhouses in competition with non-pauper labour. It is pointed out that strong representations have been made to ...

... Suppry oF THE WORKHOUSE. The Clork produced the tenders which had been received for supplying the workhouse during the last quarter, and the following were accepted : —butchers’ meat, Joseph Sammersall; groceries, J. Groves; joinering, W. Carling; wines ...

... THE WORKHOUSE BREAD. }nmdnu‘on be adopted, and the motion was - . The CHAIRMAN read a letter signed by Thomas Smitu, an inmate, complaining that the ‘bread was dry, and that they could not eat it. ‘The bread the baker brought that day was baked on Saturday ...

... DEATH OF CENTENARIANS IN THE WORKHOUSE. Oa Tuesday morning a widow pamed Sarah Hayter, who bad for many years been an inmate of an almshouse in Salisbury, died at the great age of 103 year.. The deceased, who was very regular iu ber hawits, was extremely ...

... INHUMANITY IN A WORKHOUSE. ‘ At the Worslup street Police Court, last week, Esther Hales, 68, of **no home and no ocoupation, ' was charged befere Mr. Hannay with having ate tempted to commit self-murder, by throwing herself _nto the River Lea.—The evidence ...

... INHUMANITY IN A WORKHOUSE. At the Worship street Dolice Court, last week, 5 Lsther Hales, 6%, of ** no home” and no occupetion, was charged befcre Mr. Hannay wishk having attempted to commit self-murder, by throwing herself ‘nto the River Lea. —The evidence ...

... RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT THE WORKHOUSE. s to resume their services at the Workhouse. He would like to know if any services had been held.— Ir.Bm(thdeM)rzhdM there had been no services held as yet.—Mr. Boorn seen Mr. on Y he stated that there was a difficulty ...

... A WORKHOUSE SCANDAL. Some serious allezations have been made nininn workhouse officials at an inquest held at Foleshill Workhouse, Warwickshire, touching the death of Ephraim Williamson, a miner, aged 58 years, who died in that institution. The ward in ...

... DISTURBANCE AT A WORKHOUSE. Monday's Birmingham Po t says:—**On Satur- | day night a disturbance of an e:traordivary character occurred at the union workhouse, Foleshill, about two miles from Coventry. At about a quarter past six o'clock, while the suppers ...

... POETRY IN A WORKHOUSE. In a sketch of the life of Grace Dickinson, with which the chaplain of the Halifax workhouse bas prefixed a collection of ber poems, the writer thus describes the novel manner in which the poetry was transcribed :—* It was not until ...