... Poor in the Workhouses. ] Is there no nerve or sense of responsibility left in British Ministers or members of the House of Commons ? Day after day the most shocking revela. tions are made of the cruelties perpetrated in the London workhouses and hospitals ...

... The Pleasantest of the Workhouses, A.-f. Old Woman's Experience. ['* He had gone among tie men. anI they said that were perfectly comfortable, as did also the women in fact, one woman, who bad been the round of all the workhousea, said she liked to visit ...

... ROMAN CATHOLICS IN WORKHOUSES* In pursuance of a recommendation made to the Roman catholic body m the London district, by Cardinal Wise° ufh 'fi? rrS LenteJ? Pastoral, a memorial is being signed to both Houses of the Legislature on the grievlncls of Jxoman ...

... Sick Wards in Workhouses. The Rotherhithe inquiry adds one more to the ac- cumulated proofs of the incapacity of guardians to act as hospital managers, and of the unfitness of workhouse masters to rule infirmaries. The beating of patients, their washing ...

... A WORKHOUSE VIRAGO. A stout, healthy-looking young woman was charged at the Marylebone Police-court with the following brutal assault:— Mr. Tubbs, assistant overseer of the Marylebone Workhouse, said that the prisoner was an inmate of the workhouse. On ...

... FLOGGING IN MARYLEBONE WORKHOUSE. An investigation ordered by the Poor Law Board, as to the recent alleged flogging of adult females by order of the master of Maryle- bone Workhouse, was opened on Monday in the board-room of the workhouse, New-road, before ...

... BlOT IN A WORKHOUSE. Elizabeth Dxvis, aged 20, Frances Spring, and Edward Boas. 16, inmates of the St. Pancras Work- house, who were described on the charge sheet as having no occupation, were brought before Mr. Cooke, at the Clerkenwell Police-court ...

... the land were engaged inaugurating the Interna- tional Exhibition, a scene was being performed in one of our metropolitan workhouses, which, as affecting the well-being of our aged and deserving poor, was of e deeply interesting character. It was announced ...

... A NIGHT IN A WORKHOUSE. At about nine o'clock on the evening of Monday, th 8th inst., a neat but unpretentious carriage might have been seen turning cautiously from the Kenning- ton.road into Princes-road, Lambeth. The curtains were closely drawn, and ...

... HOW CHILDREN ARE KILLED IN WORKHOUSES. The following letter, which has appeared in a morning paper, touches one side of that triumph of legislative inhumanity called the Poor law:- I beg to call your atteution to one of these short and simple annals as ...

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... submitted a return of the number of married couples in the workhouse who were above the age of 60 years. In order to ascertain whether similar accommodation is provided in other metropolitan workhouses, they had received a vast amount of information from several ...