... d inmates of the workhouse. The deputation pointed out that the ratepayers tupon the occasion of the last audit of the parochial accounts had objected to the expenditure for drink given to pewter, in health employed in the workhouse, as contravening the ...

... WORKHOUSE CHILDEEE. There is one possible reform of our socisl system which might well engage the attention the politicophilanthropists who are now so eager about hard ships of the poor. I nfortunately, in this instance, the victims ao not possess votes ...

... WORKHOUSE CHILDREN, The new Chase Farm Schools, the of Ouarditns of Kdmonton fnion, at Enfield, were formally opened on Saturday afternoon. These school buil lings contain accommodation for over children, and hare cost £78.090. iocli.diog for site. The ...

... IMBECILES IN THE WORKHOUSE. A communication was received from the Local Gover tmoot Board, enclosing a report made by Dr. S jutbey, one the Commissioners io Lunacy, respecting h.a visit to the House oo the sth November last. The report was to the that ...

... IMPROVEMENT ON THE WORKHOUSE. The Mil concerning the Insurance of aged and invalided workmen has been Introduced by the Home. Secret ary In the German Reichstag, la speech of hour and quarter, lie pointed out that the bill was by no means mere modi first ...

... TOYS IN THE WORKHOUSE. There is cry going tlnough Ihe land of “Toys for workhou*** et!ildren. r The apnea , says the comes rtunely with Christmas close hand, and d.>u*t it will lie largely responded to sifting* from 11-tt>-J-» nurseries. not genet ally ...

... FIRE AT A WORKHOUSE. A fire broke out at the Nottingham Union Workhouse this morning. At one time fears were entertained of the safety of the inmates, but the efforts made on their behalf proved suc- cessful. By the exertions of the Fire Brigade the principal ...

... MUTINY IN A WORKHOUSE. An extraordinary &Au:lance has occurred In the auxiliary building of the North Dublin Workhouse. The male inmates procured forms, and clambered over the wall into the women's department. The officials ordered them to leave, but ...

... REACTOR! CONDUCT IN THE WORKHOUSE. Honors Morgan. an elderly woman, was ch;ried with refractory conduct in the Newport Workhouse, and assaulting the porter named James Price.—lt appeared that the prisoner strua the prosecutor in the face, and used very ...

... NEWPORT UNION WORKHOUSE. On Friday evening the Harvest Festival was held at the pretty little church in the Newport Union Workhouse, Stow-hill. The lace was most beautifully decorated with the choicest fruit, flowers, and vegetables, and presented a grand ...

... ROW AT A WORKHOUSE. At Salisbury, on Tuesday, seven able-bodied paupers were committed for trial for having broken 700 panes of glass, and committed other damage to beds and bedding, besides threatening and violently assaulting a porter, and killing a ...

... AN IRISH WORKHOUSE SCANDAL. A report disclosing a. shocking state ef things was, on Saturday, presented by a committee to the Portumna Guardians. The women's dormi- tory and nursery of the workhouse were described as being in a filthy condition. The hospital ...