... ANYTHING BUT THE WORKHOUSE. Elizabeth Capel, an elderly woman, was charged at Lawford's Gate Petty Sessions, yesterday, with bpg^ing. A gentleman stated that he gave defendant sixpence, and afterwards saw her go into a public-house, get some beer and ...

... THE HARMONY. At Westminster police-court yesterday, Thomas Walsh, an elderly Irishman, a pauper inmate of the Fulham-road Workhouse of the St. George's (Hanover-square) Union, was summoned before Mr Partridge for assaulting another inmate, named James Wright ...

... THE RIOT IN AN IRISH WORKHOUSE. The Police Foiled by a Woman. I A hundred police, under Mr N. Kennedy, R.M., proceeded to New Ross Workhouse on Saturday, to arrest the women who had assaulted the guardians, but they failed to make any ap- prehensions ...

... CARDIFF WORKHOUSE. USE OF STIMULANTS. At the meeting of the visiting committee held on Tuesday in Cardiff Workhouse, uuder the presidency of Dr Paine, the question of the use and consumption of stimulants came up for discussion. From the master's return ...

... THE MANAGEMENT OF WORKHOUSES, To the E, ditoi, of the SOUTH WALES DAILY NEWS. SIR,—Permit me to make a few remarks re- specting workhouse management, which, if exe- cuted, would in my opinion prove beneficial to the ratepayers. There is a general complaint ...

... DEATH OR THE WORKHOUSE. Hugh Henry Friend, a carpenter, was charged at Hammersmith on Monday with attempting to commit suicide by swallowing a quantity of laudanum. Prisoner went into a tavern and asked for a glass of water, and put down a half- penny ...

... THE WORKHOUSE REBELLION. At New Ross petty-sessions yesterday, charges against the inmates of the workhouse, who last week assaulted the vic-guardians, were with drawn, and the prisoners, who were arrested yesterday morning by a lorce of 100 police, were ...

... 253 198 170 Even now he found there were some workhouses where the consumption of stimulants was exces- sive. At Chichester Workhouse the rate per head was 21 3 4dj as compared with 2s 3J in Cardiff Workhouse in 1885. For the benefit of those who held extreme ...

... TENDEKS FOR WORKHOUSES. TO THE EDITOR. SIR,—Your Note on the question of supply- in workhouses was much needed, and may be extended with advantage to other public bodies. The lothness of tradesmen to compete arises from other causes than the favouritism ...

... Johu's-road Workhouse, Iiighgate- archway. — Mr Whetstone irioviii that A OF THH: WHOLK BOARD should investigate the charges made, but was unable to find seconder for his proposition.— Mr as the chairman of the Curnwailis- road Workhouse Committee, tlieu ...

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... AN ARTIST IN A WORKHOUSE. At a meeting of the Lambeth Bofejrd of Guar- dians, yesterday, Mr J. Cobeldick announced that a fund was being raised for the benefit of Nathan C. Hughes, the swiftest paftwer in the world, who was recently found att intnate ...