The Express. — London, England, 1865-12-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, D ECEMBER 26, 1865. CHRISTMAS CHEER AT THE WORKHOUSES. A paper was read helmet the Statistical BTATINIIMI OP PAIIPINIMI. Soddy el Leaden, a Wednesday ageing last, by Dr. The information annually given under this head W. Farr, F.R.S., on the "More&MT of calcinen in bee, this year, to be supplemented by statements of the the principal States of Europe," and as some of the officials of various parishes, as far as it wan pow bets relating thereto are now given few the Met time aiWe to obtain them, of the working et the licsiaeleis Pool from official muftis, we will endeavour briefly to extract Act, which came into operation during the present year. the pith of Dr. Fares remarks. The proportion of chil. end the carrying out of which hes been specially regaled deem who die in the first five years of age is very large, upon in our columns, with, we trust, °midi:gable advantage sad one of the causes of this great loss of life, among the to the car on whose behalf it was pseud. poorer claims especially, is want of care end attention by Carr or LONDON UNION-This union _canaille* the 98 Mesta ef the shaman of the mother at work in the Pangs' the Intee d "tun" guardians • of 555. Inmates of the workhouse, dead or is tee factory, often at the prates period when the e r n e " • Bow-roed,,d 275 children at the district schools. shild most needs constant looking after. The number of in addition to roast beef to tame who prefer it, some ton children born anywhere out of wedlock is not ezactly or twelve store pigs were killed, sad roast pork provided known ; for unchutity is necessarily punished by public for Christmas dinzel l to allowance, ittl i e n short w. of 7, 0%17 per tdcw s r onnm is eve opinion, and there is ooesequeotly a natural tendency to extra pondd in providing them witb clothing. The Christmas emend illegitimate birth.. Illegitimate children arc, for pudding weighed 1,5001 ha, divided into 161 puddings of obvious reasons, almost exclusively the victim' of intinti. m e. eac h. A pint of Barclay'. porter glowed to e ach side, but the number of deaths from that crime is incon- adult for diaper, with tobaooo, En or terh id, fruit, and ewe* adorable in comparison with the numbers of untimely entatei ac t o. ;listbreNlso;ndsitrterzmf ofomendandall box, deaths from other causes, None of the foreign States put. th e of loaf sugar. An eaterteioment to inmates ish an account of the cruses of death of the entire Polies' by subscription oa the 11th January. Offkial opinion of Ilion, so no comperieon can be made in that respect; but Eloneeless Poor Act: " Notwithstanding additional swore data have been obtained from official sources from which an modation hae been made to meet the views of the Poor-law accurate view of the logs of young lives io Europe from all idea 1 2°2! dale "vi'ityn;oith:hitaoltdi:g tu oroo sia . tpiligreiniiumt to the most causes an be gives. The bete do not all refer to the worthless vagabond ; almost every morning there amour name period, but range variously from 1851 to 1863 in the of tearing up their olothing, and it has been considerably different coentrim. The birth-rate in Italy and Prussia is on the increase, since the vageent has felt himse el lf en ober . t 39 per 1,000 of the whole population; Spain and Austria, 37 ; England, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden, (4,lx."`i:: unwel brb l, th en at,' t oo ta n t ood d oooord y in iors il• r ly u h 7 el p re coah he o e i r s d ag leies of 34 ; Norway, 33 ; Belgium, 30 ; and Spain. 28 . Th• mine kind is, of wane, obliged to be found, sad to be manual rate of mortality of children under five years of age, constantly taking these persons before • magistrate takes per 1,000 of the population of the seine age, is in Norway, two officers from duty, sod inoonvenlenee and expense in 41; Sweden, 51; Denmark, 53; England , 64 ; Belgium, eloryalsol l other uti ow PrilionsyNgt:tentitled assistance en Po 75 ; FMCS. 79 ; Ponds, 82; the Netherlands, 91 ; Austria, fdARTLIBONE.-Populatimi, 170,000 ; area, 1,490 acne ; 104 ; Spain, 112; and Italy, 114. In England the mortality indoor poor, 2,183; last year, 2,124 ; men, 595; women, of children under five yam of age is 101 in thirty lame Leo ; c hild ren . Ige ; a t Southall Schools, 420; wrens., town districts, whilst in the 63 healthy districts of Eoglaed 61; outdoor poor, 2,853 ; last year, 2,841; increase, 11 ; it is only 40, Of 1,000 children born alive in Norway 833 total inmates. 72. Christmas fare to rah inmate :-8 os. east beet , Vb. of plum made' , pint of porter aoh attain h " in"' of ;is Denmark sad B'l6°' 797 ;is adult, makes and oranges for a with bum mid to England, 736 ; Belgium, 733 ; Francs, 711 ; Prussia, 683; morning and evening. Christmas trees, laden with toys, the Netherlands, 673; Austria and Spain, 637 ; lege, at en entertainment for children, idiots, sod sick 606; Rus s ia, 603 ; in the 63 healthy diarist' of England, on Wednesday seat, by subsoriptice of inardiess, tradesmen. 'orates over 60 years of age, half en ounce of 623: and in 30 large town districte of Ragland, 645. Cos..- warese so:iff, or mina pie each, at option. The Christmas fluently the proportion of deaths out of 1,000 children horn ;math ., :- flour, 445th0. soot, 32pito. . row . , alive is in Norway, 167 ; Denmark acdSwedes , 203 ; Eng. em s.; = g o * mews.; s up,. epee. ; epp , 4 85,01 eddied land, 264 ; Belgium, 267 ; Fleece, 239 ; Prussia. 317 ; the peel, 3411..; spice. 51be.; ginger, 311:e. ; salt, 111bs.; ale, Netherluds, 327 ; Austria sod Spain, 363 ; Italy, 394: 11 galas ; and milk, 11 pllonew Price of meat, pe la r Wee, Basis, 397 ;63 healthy districts of Ragland, 177 ;and in he We n t ddt tkeir 2( ets *Out 28 st; tia ede against Is. 101 d. pm lb.; butter 9r.., against 90s. per owl. 30 large town districts of England, 355. The records last year. Homeless Poor Act :-Number of homeless poor of the peerage of England show thee oat of 1110 children admitted during peat meth 4,035, at en average eon of born alive in pens' families 90 survive, 10 only dying 3d. per heed, egeiast 1,141 corresponding month lest yea. the first five years of age ; and the deaths amon g the 3 d _ per from prominent and convenient situation of inworkhouse, liable to • larger number of applicants than children of the English clergyclergy are nearly in th° same me _aa_other poruh.a Moreover, authorities, determined to carry portion. But in the Foundling Hospitals them proportions out act In its strict integrity, refuse admission to nowt who flans been reversed, for 90 out of 100 born alive have been apply sober. From vast numbing of aweless relieved, the eat off is these dozing the first five years of life. By the worlriog of the new act has hese caret ally w t stobed by mem. English Life Table, of 100 children born alive 15 die in the hfe r tzlisment and others,_ the Poo law Mimeo ; master, is of opinion that the very Ereat first year, sin the second , 3 ie the third, 2 in the fo urth, increase rputtay owing to min.. open loot rewaoaiog liedl in the fifth-making 26 in the first fivey ears. Of the 15 I closed this year. Applicants, as • rale, abserfully accept who die in the first year, 5 die in the first month of life, 2 bath and labour test; muses of destruction of clothing - in the second, and l in the third month . The French re. Seed to well-known habitual vagrante, sturdy reseals, fen con d. turns show the deaths in the first week of age, and the h a t wit h erten hiss may ot whom endeavoured to in duos the dement hawks' to tear up also." annual rate of mortality in that first week is 154 per cent., Sr. SANCIIAN-Population over 200,000. but likely to he which may be thus illustrated 100 children jest bern soon reduced some 20.000 or 30,000 by destruction of eagle were placed in a house, and their numbers maintained by bourhood by Midland sod other railway companies. Area the addition of a newlyhorn child to supply the plea of 2 i r s To, circumference 22 miles ; inmates of workhouse t 1,733 ; increase 165. In additims to these every death, so that there should always be an average of there ; are chargeable at lunatic asylums, children at 100 children maintained within the walls, 154 deaths woad schools, Re, 741. Total inmates, 2,639. Outdoor poor, take place therein in twelve months on the hypothesis that 15,555 ; last year, 5,466. Total poor, 8,194 ; last year, the mortality rate be that of the first week of life. It may ' 7,878 ; total increase, 316. Christmas fere :-6 oz. roast be taken as ale generally that the greeter the mortality I uhlffs,uh- g PottiellsoloPtt children,, Perietateaktehmocotook: in any country the greeter is its excess is the first days et Poor Act-Wayfarers end vagrants admitted for week life. Dr. Farr announced that he was now in Commtinkree ladies Dec. 23,533; males, 284 ; females, 201; children, lion with the principal official stands of Europe, sad he 48 ; admitted during 1864, 10.076 ; during the promote's**, hoped eventually to be in a position to dams the MUSS Of 16,181; increase under the new set, 6,105. Opinice of Act. -" An encouregemeet to idlers end vagrants from all parts the deaths of children in the various States. But with I of the kiogdom to fiod their way to Loudon, St. Pancras regard to one of those canes-infanticide-it is necessary' having its workhouse in the vicinity of the great railway now to advert, because the Abbe Cesare Contini, an Italian ; termini e x tensively patronised, m ore seve re l eg id e ttoa statist, ha, in a paper published in the Journal of the required, sod rigid teats applied for confirmed vagabonds, determined t i o itti li , v , e s. opo l n nta tte pub o li t es vi w tels. ork " to, Cleveland charges Society of Paris (May, 1863), brought the gravest D against us as • nation ; and as many of his state- street, ,fig; children et Edmonton, 253; in lunatic asylums, ' moots are founded upon misapprehension, it is necessary that 122 ; outdoor, 1,498 ; total, exclusive of homelier poor. they should receive public oorrection. M. Contini has mot 2 , 412 ; Mid ye a r , 2,158 ; increase, 254. Population, 42,898: with an observation of Dr. Lankester, the coroner for Mid- I Area, 166 acres. Christens fare:-doss. boiled pork, 111" plum pudding, and one pint of dimes, to the effect that 74 inquests were held by him in lerrtnnt with ta tobacco, snuff, ho ., for adults, and fruit, ite„, one year on ebildres found dead in the streets or elsewhere, or children. Weight of pudding about 6801h5., cossistiog and that probably es many more escaped judicial cog& of 2201ba. of flour, 26011 a of fruit, 140,be, of suet, and ranee. M. Contini then turns to the Home-office Criminal esibs, of spice. and citron mixed with milk. Provisions Statistics, end finds that the coroners of England ' Broads 18 a. sad. per old. doer, 294. 63. Per sack mat t 701. to 9d. per lb. ; cases, 565. per cwt. ; butter, 995., and held 6,306 inquests on children under levee years of age is potatoes, ewe. per ton.-Houselem Poor Act, opinion as 1863-ergo, 6,506 cases escaped notice ; m 13,000 children to working described i n introduction to this ertiele perished is that year by the bands of their parents'. That " Accommodation for 39 rose and 10 females n i g htly (two 11. Contini, has fallen into grave error in adopting such en • female children reckoning as one adult). Received into ' estimate is of course abundantly clear ; he does not update casual nud e two Christmas 1864 to 1865 :-Yen, 6,277 women, 1,759; boys, 394; girls, 328; thus showing that stand the nature of the coronet's inquest which is held in ! while nightly accommodation has bees provided for 10,556 all cues of sudden and violent death, but does not of itself ! persons in the house in the year, only 8,738 have availed necessarily imply the suspicion of guilt. Moreover if Dr. ; themselves of it, leaving a margin of nearly 2,000 persons lankestei's estimate were correct- end we are not prepared , that might have been received for one ehtht sub." viz. to question its accuracy-a proportion of 150 cues of Wall. ST. Lela's, CRUSES. -Inmate , 584 Vest year 492 ) male, 251 ; female, 291 ; caldron, 42 ; Nereus 92 ; ou tdoor ticide in 1,000,000 of population would only yield 43,000 Ip m not casuals, 1,200. Population, 64,000. Beeskfut such cases in the whole of the United Kingdom. Be sides, it and tea :-1 pint of to and box . br ad and butter each is not likely that in country districts, where concealment is I inmate ; dinner, Ba. beef, Bos. potatoes, 12ex. of plum difficult, the proportion of infanticides can be so great as in • Pudding, 3oz. bread, 1 pint of porter ; oranges, cakes. Ace London. lo 1862 the coroners of England returned 180 a l" ch k il o d r ttur ln irci:tt e stga w r ot Vitt! egg : 21ctr. t. o: fetnit. B half . deaths of children under five years of age Under the head 01 loss milk. "Tie [loader Poor Act in force works fairly in " Murder or Manslaughter ;" the deaths from all cameo at , this perish. Great difficulty to discriminate between really that age having been 178,513 in that year, so that one death deserving poor and the lazy scoundrels who apply nightly wily in 1,030 deaths of children is stated to be by murder or for at ad m m e i gre g i o t n y ; a ble:Yee, pt admiu o ion rmt i t s te even k to tt a or l i sa The manslaughter, a proportion quite inconsiderable compared factorily ; others tear up their clothing io return for the with the untimely deaths from other moms, I hospitality they receive. Flogging is undoubtedly the only The registration) of the still-born la very necessary, sad ' remedy sod cure for this scandalous behaviour." it is hoped some means may be adopted to carry it into ! ST• WnsTlMdana.-PODulatinn, 35,326; area, effect. M. Contini asserts that the burial societies in 1 w 65 0 acres il7Vle r lr i :a7 6B3 ; °Qtr.: poor ywa '7 6 o7(list ru renr 7 2 2) ; • England sr* • great canes of infanticide ; that parents children at Battersea schools, 181. r (mst year, 163). Fare:- wilfully destroy their children for the sake of the money Boz. roast beef, 12oz, baked potatoes, 1 pint porter. 11b. which they thus obtain from the gaieties. But to kill the plum Pudding. Ingredients of Christmas pudding : Flour child is to rob the dab, for the insurance is paid out of the 56lea;tr c e u re et le - "Ol b li b ri7, nirx n e a d 2W)ll l s. i4lTZ 'an s " 19° ; 1 3 1 1 w" , su ni g gs contributions of the members, and it is quite certain that HQ gents, and eggs 150. Th e inmates h ave b een enter s a speculation • club of infanticides would not pay. The , Seined by lectures, sad music played by the bend of the working classes founded burial clubs in obedience toe well. ; school, attired in uniform similar to the Queen's Westminster understood priociple which has actuated men from the IMe Volunteers' " Casual Poor Act in operation twelve months • at first but few application. the bath and work earliest ages down to the present time-respect for the b e i ng enforced where health permitted numbers increased dead and the poorest &mailman dreads nothing more , till autumn, who" wards filled every night, and in some than to be buried at the expense of the parish. It is to cues able-bodied refused admission, being no room. It be. avoid the " pauper's funeral" that the labourer puts his came necessary to alter arrengements as to teak work, and mite into the box of his club to provide for the dermal ; It c ;:• d e r o l s o n :' h t e o d ninoun t o r Pt i : 2 il h o r t o V n ot i i t i ot tne l o halo of his body at his own charge. I women to pick ; two hours' employment. This test tended Unskilled nurses and midwives, insufficient food sad to lessen the number of applicants, wsrie never having warmth, went of proper attention, these are the great been filled since ; _diet. Boz. of bread on admission et night, cremes of the abort life of our babes. Children ) ought neither and 80z. of bread a nd • pint of gruel in the mOrniog. Conduct generally go d ; . a few cases of insolence towards to be seethed in bandages so contrived es to make them superintendent and his wife." poweram to use their limbs, as is the fate of little ones in Sr. Grmear, lIANOYMI.SgrARP.-Poptilation, 87,711 ; mary parts of the c element ; nor should they be drugged ares, 1,122 acres. Inmates of workhouses' at Mountstreet with " quietness powders "to keep them out of mischief, • and Little Chelsea, 684 Vast year, 591). Outdoor poor, as was the prat ice in some parts of England. If we would 1.068 (last year, 968); increase on the indoor poor, 93 ;on outdoor poor, 100 ; total increase, 193. Fare Christmas maintain our race in all do pristine vigour we must do , : __ Roit . t tow. potatoes, and ow pt ., of porter; and on provide proper means for the preservation of the health - Of ; New Year's day, roast beef, potatoes, 11b. ohne podding, the young, see that they can have fresh pure air, and Give and one pint of porter. " Since Roundels Poor Act came them access to places for recreatiou and thy elsewhere than , into operation, increased accommodation for 64 men and i s t h e arreete where taw get ran over sod maimed, if no , women nightly, and applicants owned that number. Then wens fate befell them. Foundling hospitals-M. Contioi's , they are sent to a common lodging-house. Tearing op favourite pumas for all the evils to which childhood is • clothes has not very often taken place. Diet : 6os. of bread he,' -neve been suecesatully maintained in Proles- I sad a bath; and in the morning, 6ez. of bread and • pint ant countries ; they have an undoubted tendency to dine-1 of gruel. Men have to pick lglb. of oakum end the nail the penalty of uochutity. Abroad the mortality in ' women 11b." them haa hitherto been inimeou, and M. Coated will find Sr. YIARTIN'S.M.TEM•FIELDS.-Population, 22.636 ; in. that the destruction of children is greatest in those coon- door pour of workhouse, just sold to government for tries whir t are endowed with the grandest foundling hoe- 85,000 L. including Arcbeisbop Tennison's library, 415 (lad pasta. le the struggle for existence, the ma which breeds year, 390) ; men, 153; women, 246: bays, girls, and infants, and educates the greereetnumber of vigorous sod intelligent 16; outdoor poor, 2.12 (lest leer, 237) ; distributed in oat ehildren has the best chance of winning and holding its door relief at Christina, 2101 a. of meet. 110 loaves. 2oz. ewe. tea, and half s pound of sugar to each. Fare to inmates: le the discussion which followed the reading of this -Boz. rout beef, Ilb. potatoes, 111. plum pudding, and paper, winch we have thus briefly epitomised, Dr. Lankester 1 pint of porter. Ingredients of Christmas pudding : 14011 s. remarked upon the necessity for some stringent regulation of raisins, 7511 e. currants, 1411 a. peel, 4011*. Boger, to put • stop to the practice, sow so commne, of under- 31a. spice, 13 dozen eggs, 33 quarts of milk, 18011.. floor, the bodies el children for burial a. still-burp, and 5 stone of met. Admission of casuals under House. without any proper authority ; and he felt convinced from lees Poor Act, average 230 per week. hie own observation that great numbers of chil hen were I ST. MART, PADDMGTON. -Population, 73,806 ; a r ea, I honed every year es etill.nons solely upon the certificate 1,235 acres ; in the house. 395 (lest year, 404); ma, 109 ; 411 voucher of unprincipled, ignorant old women. Dr. women, 161 ; children, 125 ; oat relief, not including Webster uentoboreted tee esetmeento with regard to the casuals, 943. Christmarday :-Roast beef, method high mestelity io foundling hospitals, especially in Brie, potatoes, and a pint of porter or ale for dinner. On te l e ,. 70 pa cont died in their first gear. Boxing-day aged men • pint of porter, and snuff and , Although it is satisfactory to know that IL Coetini's tobacco, and women egg flip. Outdoor poor • tallier each I charges against us are grossly ezaggerated, yet it is quit* adult and 6d, each child ; other children, as entertainment evident that • state of things exists with regard to the way sa d cakes, note, oranges, Ac.. on *me t es ( el F r id a y, Jon. 5. in which children are treated io England which demands Christmas pudding consists of 1401 be of flour, 1501 be of all our best energies in its amendment. Foreign critics fruit,B4lba. of suet, sod with sugar, when cooked, weighed menet tell us more than we already know of our own &boat 4ewt. Prim of provisioss : Beef sad mutton, Bd. deficiesciee. Hot is a country such as ours, where freedom per lb. ; breed., lls. Id. ; butter, 100 s. ; end sugar, 36e. ; is earned faits widest limit, it is not always easy to remedy per cwt. Loot year they were 71d., 10s. Bd., 84e., and 413 e. ex•steig evils. Legislative interference is only of Use to • Under Honorees Poor Act large Norms* of 'situate-lest degree, beyond which we most depend upon moral influence week, 54 ; corresponding week of lest year, 20. sloes. If we can diminish drunkenness among our ST. Gu.ns ' a AND ST, OZORGeB. Broosiseuer.-lenistes, enema, and at the same time use every suitable atrial: 784 ; Net year, 679. At schools, 89 ; last year, 84. Ode te elevate their character by tucking them the laws of doer poor, 1,201 ; last year, 1,061. Increase on indoor poor, health, supplying them with wholesome dwellings, pure 76; as outdoor poor, 150; total increase, 226, Fare: Lb water, and means for rational amusement, we shall have o f moot boot end potatoes ad libiiana, half • pound • taken the surest step to avoid the stigma which continental pudding, ooe pint of porter, tobacco, snuff. he. Number sate., menu in their own unerwemneiestiveness, are only of trumps lam weak, 296: last year, 72; increase of tee ready to attach to us. It is for Erateed to see that tramps, 34. else is not left behind in • race which has for its object the Sr. Janet's, Ccencreverm..-Popolstion, 61.705 ; arm. elmation sad developmeat of humanity. 320 sores. Tadao: poor. 764 prot year, 718); males. 186 ; fission:V.6; children 37 ; /Reigate schools. 188; outdoor moor, 4200, same as Lamar ; ioc.reele, 46. Caistaisefarei- 1 Baked brief with ots and pudding od oud 1 pint of porter ; mutto p atoe t n for he sick. The pudding waa posed of 1601bs. of fiounll2lbs. suet, 1404 be. pluton 11211 s. cavaats, 6 salons of sulk, 251bs. 4°41080 ages, 41a. salt, 7lbe. peel, 411 a. spice, and 2 gallons of al*. Meat last yeor 61.5. 10d. per owl.; this year. 73a. 6 d. per la. 34. per gallon ; bat year, 1001. Clonal Poor Act-Casuals last weak, 332 ; coriespoudieg week of 1864, 86 ; of 1863, bat 42. In answer to inquiry uto operation of sot, the reply la-" Than numbers require no fattest observation. I am unable to say math in favour of them." ST. MAROAINT AND Be. JOHN'S, WISTMINISTIIL-Popula• Hon 68,177: arm 917 acres. Indoor poor :-Konsingica Workhouse, 772 (Mat year, 679). Workhouss, Potty Fromm 156 (last year, 175). At farmer-mon, 2M; women, 353; children, 191. At latter-men, 55 ; women, 79 ; children V. Outdoor poor, exclusive of casuals, 1,826 (last year, 1,762); adults, 977 ; children 848. lacrosse on indoor poor, 74 ;oa outdoo r, 93 ; total increase, 167. Out robot for week, 1061. 3s. ; last year, 1021. Os. sd. About 950 out door poor an additional allowance of meat, tea, and sugar. Christmas fare :-Roaat beef, pork, pelotas, auct plum pudding, and one pint of porter each, with tea, tobacco, snuff, and bruit for children. Weight of pudding for Petty France house, about 34510. ; at Konsington house, about 1,5001 b., made of dour, 3201 b. ; 3001 b. ; cumu 2141 b.• suet, 2501 b. ; treacle, 250ib. ; eggs, 450 ; mixed ts, peel, 141 b. ; sugar, 120Ib. ; spies, 31b. ; milk, 12 pitons ; sad ale, 6 galloon Provisoes :-Meat, per 81b., sa. 7d. ; broad. 10s. 101 per cwt. ; cheese, 545. ; milk, ls. 10d. per 16 pinta. Last year :-Meak 4.. 9d. ; bread, 9s. 10d. cheese, 50e. ; and milk, 1.. 6d. During the past year 624 tramps have bean admitted to the casual wards. ST. MART, LAWBETIL - Populatton, 1861 census, 161,908 ; inmates of workhouse, 49 men, 508 ammo, 67 children ; Norwood, 6 women and 441 children ; outdoor poor, 3,181 adults and 3,001 children ; total outdoor poor, exclusive of casual; 6,185. Christmas fare :-12oz. of rout pork, Ilb. baked potatoes, llb. plum pudding, 1 pint of porter, half an mace tobacoo each man, and half an ounce mud each woman who takes it ; ch il dren-fruit, sweets, am Provisions 816.,a. bd. ; flour pet sack, 31s. ; wheat per qr., 485.; butter, 1125.; cheese, 56a. per cwt. operation of Houeless Poor Act, numbers have Wormed 50 per out. They tear up' ocesaimally, but not so frequently se formerly. One the males work for two hours at the 'mill; females, 11b. of oakum to pick. Males and females upwards of 5 years, 14oz. breed for the two meals, supper and breakfast ; under five yeses, 701. for the two meals ; water to drink-very enticing diet." ST. (iiOsoz'M IN•THZ-EAST.-Population, 48,388 ; area, 222 sores ; i n door poor, 817 (last year, 822) ; men, 240; women, 521 ; cllildna, 51 ; outdoor poor, 2,143 (last Christmas, 2,673) ; adults, 1,084 ;children, Ltls9 ; decrease on indoor poor, 5 ; inorgese on outdoor pone, 70 ; total increase, 65. Christmas Fare :-6oz. roast beef, 140 z. plum pudding, and • pint of porter. Pudding consisted of 4481b5. of fruit, 121 be. candied peel, 41b. mica, 200 eggs, suet, sugar, milk, ons. dour, Ito. On Boxiog•day allowance of porter, tobacoo, snuff, to., and evening °anima in the dining-hall, decorated for the occsaios. Provisions :- meat, 7s. 4d. per atone of 141 b. ; dour, 365. per sack ; batter. 81s. ; cheese, 38s, per owl. Last year :-MW, 6.. 11d.: dour, 28. ; butter, 94.: and choose, 40s. "Casual Poor Act-Commodious wards erected under recent act of panorama for • homeless poor,' at a oast for build ing alone of 1,4001. (to which all other metropolitan parishes have to contribute their quota.) Greatest number admitted for any one week, 384 ;whilst the number for corresponding week last year was but 55. There Is always a greater number on Saturday nights, because no work is mooted from thorn ou the following morning." Srcrsgr Moon -Population 1861 moos, 56,572; area, 576 acres : iumatee, 1,029 (last year, 1,015) ; adults, WM ; children,4o6. Outdoor poor, 1,388 (last Christmas, 1.384); decrease on indoor poor, 16 ; increase on outdoor poor, 4 ; total decrease, 12. Christmas fare :-Resat best, potatoes, plum padding, mad porter. Children apples, oranges, nuts, &e.. Provisions :-&ead, per ult., 11e. 6d. ; meat, per stone, 6s. 7)d. Lost year :-Bred. 9a. 7d. ; meat, 6s. 7d. " The effect of the Metropolitan Homeless Poor Act has been to increase the vagrancy in this union to the following exthat :-In 1863, before pawing the act, 55 ; to 1864, 68 ; after passing the act, 1866, 410 ; viz., wee, 334 ; women, 60; children, 16. It has occasioned 32 prosecutions for tearing-up clothes, dio., daring the past three months, with autocue of imprisonment with hard labour, varying from seven days to me month." Sr. lIATTHIW, BATILNAL.OBEEN.-Popolatioe, 104,000 ; area, 760 antes; donate', 1,330 (last year, 1,170) t . men 480 ; women, 568 ; children, 308 ; outdoor, 1,264 (last year, 1,144) ; adults, 606 ; children, 679 Fare :-Aa unlimited supply of roast beef, plum pudding, and baked potatoes, with a pint of porter each adult ; and children eta supper, with nuts and oranges. Provisions :-Flour, 325, per sack ; meat, Bs. per stone of laths. ; batter, 108.. ; cheese, 54.. per cwt. ; tea. ls. 44. per lb. ; sager, 375. 6d. per cwt. ; and milk, 2s. 2.d. per barn gallon. List year :- Flour, 275. 63. ; meat, 7 a. 61 ; butter and cheese, 945. sad 461. ; tea, 1.. 7d. ; sugar, 33a. 6d. ; and milk, Is. 71 " A large increase of tramps under new act, tests atom' breaking and oakum picking. Supper and breakfast, bread sad gruel. They occasionally tear their clothes, which is nothing new." BAHL= or MILL-rm OLD TowN.-Populatioa, 82,000; area, 681 acres: houses, 12,000; poor rate, Bd. in the pound per quarter; vestry rates. 6d. ; pauperism. 2) per cent on population ; inmates, 666 (last year 628) ; men 197 ; women, 277 ; children 219 ; lunatics in asylum, 56, last year, 53 ; outdoor poor, 1,227 ; last year, 972 ; week's relief, 58/. 41. 3d. ; last year, 501. se. 4d. ; number of loaves, 823 ; last year, 740. Fare :-Half a pound of roast beet, 110. baked potatoes, 11b. plum pudding, and one pint of Mann's porter. Appian oranges, outs, toys, Inc., for children and imbeciles ; snuff and tobacco for aged ; increase of indoor poor, 38, and outdoor poor, 225 ; total increase, 293. Provisions :-Bread, 12a. ; flour, 36e. ; meat, his. Bd. ; oatmeal, 14e. 9d. Last year-Bread, 91. 6d. ; flour, 28e. ; mesa 6s. 7d. ; oatmeal, 12s. Industrial school adjoin workhouse, and children exceed ingly healthy. Boys form an excellent braes band, the credit being due to Mr. Froggett, their bandmaster, who is also the bandmaster of the North Middlesex Rifles. Casuals have largely increased since the Houselees Poor Act passed. Last week, M 0; corresponding week last year, 164. Admitted between dune and December, 6,245; at like period last year. 4,239. " A new class appears to have sprung op, comprising workmen and youths. Their admis sion at all hours is an evil. Some do not apply mail the public-houses close, and are then uproarious and disturb the other inmate'. A uniform diet and work teat is much required. Puma legislation a mistake, and further needed. The maintenance of casuals ought not to be a charge on the sewers rate." ST. GILIS'a, CASIBINWELL.-lornates, 705 (last year, 643) ; men, 200 ; women, 209 ; children, 46. At Sutton, 250 children. Outdoor poor, 2,065 (last year, 1,753) ; adults, 1,076 ; ohildreo, 979. Increase on indoor poor, 62 ; on outdoor poor, 302. Out relief, 1441. 10e.191. Bat year, 1141. 175.); increase, 29/. 13,.10d. Population, census of 1851, 54,668 ; at anus a 1861, 71,4149 ; inereece, 16,821. Provisions:- Flour, Mis. 6d. ; meat, ss. 41 Last year : Flour, 28a. ; meat, 4e. per scone. Christmas dinner : Rout beef, plum pudding, and porter. Guardians sod vestry subscribed to treat with oranges, sweets, tobacco, snuff, sod toys for the children and for an eatertainment early in new year. " Every arrangement recommended by the Poor-law Board for • homeless poor' carried oat here for some years previous to missies of the act, and found so work satisfeetorily." ST. MART I`TZWINGTON.-Population, 86,000 ; inmates, 541 (last year, 5111 ; males, r. • ; females, 265 ; children, 53. Outdoor, 1,870 (last year, 1,801) ; adults. 973 ; chil dren, R 97. Christmas fare :-Bread and butter, and tea for breakfast and supper ; dinner, 6oz. roast beef, with vegetables, 11b. plum pudding, and 1 pint of Barclay and Co's. porter. Increase on indoor poor, 30 ;on outdoor poor, 69 ; total increase, 99. Provisions :-Meat, 6s. 6d. per stone ; flour, 31a. 6d. per sack. Christmas pudding :- Fruit, 2401b5. ; suet, 120I1w. ; sugar, 5611.. ; flour, 2001 be. ; ninon 210. ; 200 ; weight, 6 cwt. " New Houselese Poor Act effected no change whatever; few apply ; average per week, 40." WANDSwORTH AND CLAPHAM UNION.-lomatea, 593 (last year, 536) ; men, 253 ; women, 253 ; children, 87 ; also 172 children at North Surrey District School. Fare :- Half a pound of roast beef. lib. potatoes, 1 pint beer, and Ilb. plum pudding each, with snuff, tobacco Inc., as s nuts sod oranges for children. Provisions :-Brief sad mottos. 90. 7)d. per stone ; last year, 7.. per stone. Casual poet, 1864, per night, 48 ; in 1865, per night, 64. IIACHNET UNIoN.-Population, 83.295; area. 3.929 some; inmates, 617 (last year, 547) ; 279 males and 339 females, of whom 209 ars children. Fare :-Coffee and tea and bread i sod butter for breakfast and supper ; dinner, Boz. roast , beef, pork, or mottos, at option ; 14oa plum pudding, 1 pint of Banbury's potter ; tobacco or sand, and oranges and apples for children. Ingredients of Christmas pudding suet 721b5., flour 12011 m, eggs 85. plums 8411 m, mutants 8416, nutmegy 1)1b. milk 27 and heed 8 quarts. " The afoot of the Homeless Poor Act is good. We have not had astute case of • tearing up,' and only three of refusing to work. The poor are well warmed by the fire and hotbed, sad frequently have given them an old clean shirt or trailers to those who require it." ST. JOHN, HAMPSTEAD. -Popidatioo, 20,000: area, 2,252 scree. Inmates, 140 (last year, 120) ; men, 55 ; women, 61; children, 26. Outdoor, 143 (last year, 121) ; men, 32 ; women, 75; children 36. Fate :- Breakfast and tea, Cosa bread, ioz. better, and is these/Mogan% plum-cake and an orange ; dinner, Boza. roast beef, Boss. potatoes, 4oze. bread, 1 pint Meux's porter, sad Boze. plum-pudding. Also a. unlimited supply of gravy. Weight of podding about 12131 a. ; 4016. flour, 1441ba. fruit, 181 a. rust, IR quarts of beat old ale, and spices. Provisions : -Bread, 12s. 191 per cwt. ; meat 8)d. per lb ; last year, bread, Its. Bd. ; meat, 7d. Increase on indoor poor, 20 ; on outdoor, 22 ; total in crease, 44. Homeless Poor Act. " As to working of House. less Poor Act, numbers increase during fine weather. Vagrants confine themselves to more thickly populated parts during stormy weather than such outlying districts as lolanmethad. The regulations at the Poor-law Board now under consideration will, when in full operation, tend to drive the vagrants to their own workhouse as inmate. leaving the poorlaw odious to devote their time and attention to that class known as tramps; those honestly searching for employ." Sr. MART, ISLINGTON.- Population, 190,000. Inmates of workhouse, 506 (last year 481)-males, 167 ; fonniko. 312 ; children, 27 ; also 101 boys, 83 girls, and 10 adults at infant poorhouse, Romney-road ; also formed out, 197 lunatics, 27 aged men. 1 woman, and 3 elilldrea. Outdoor, 2,556 (loot year 2,4021-increase am indoor 25, ca outdoor 134 ; total ;5ere.... 179. Fare , 6 oz. of rout heel, baked potatoes, 1 lb. rich plum podding, and 1 pint of Truman sad Haabary's palm Praleloes : most par slow of 14 CHRISTMAS WI TH. BENEDICT. THE ENGLISH ORDER OF ST lbs., Be. 9d ; breed, per cwt., 10s. 3d. ; flour, per irk, rota, Mr. Mildred sad his adherents will have a soon - 33a. 6d. ; lass year, meat, 7s. 6d. ; bread, 91. 2a. ; what heavy week of services. Dories the last few months 28.. 6d. No obeariatioas as to Bourke; Poor Ad. very great changes have been canted out in the church. The ;W ido ws rudi have .bot beL sod u entirely rem The oved. w.lis aad and laav ours • beau replaced swei.BaraxroinmalmUM4ziosiurtopalay. 5i ti0n, 363)_ 15, me5. 586 ; 146;aret4 w0m 20,7 . 1 . 6 , 130 ; hildren, 144. Outdoes poor, 1,440 (last yew 1,1123)- eNsPed.lued oleennasendrywal ee es Xdocee have beea ecee4!(dt 2 285; w omen 600 ; c hild ren; 600, p ar% at , r oast attires. n the renovations US s till been cf a very partial character. A handsome oak carved screen Ms bests erected beef, 1 lb. potatoes ' , 1 pint beer, and 1 lb.ilum padding each ; extra tea to all ; fruit, &a, to olaildir. Flour, between the channel end the body of the church, which 34e. ; best and mutton, 7d. sad 9d. per lb. ; lest year certainly looks much** better for the labour and pains IN) 30. . ; beef and mutton, 7d. and " Not under which have been bestowed upon it. So great, however, is Gala Poor Metropolis dd y b a t the gr a d bas been to the expense attendant upon the conduct of the "services" attract large numbers extra from the country who make which Mr. Hililyard directs, that hilt church b understood Galls hereto sad from London." to be burthesed at the present time with somewhat serious ala w a, 70, 108 ; pecriary responsibilities. The members of the choir wear • Sr. MART ABBOTS, KISIBINOTPop deer sorrehatsinfilar to _ that _erre _thears_istrte at the area, 1,942 sores. Inmates, 475 (last year, 415) ; mem, 156 ; 9 ,4 . services of the English order of Im. Benedict. This dress u a w "'"' 233 ; " Mr "' 86 ; owidw ' r ' l,6Bo U s " Year ' "'"""" long black robe with a bort white ea reaching slightly adult* . 462 ; " ddr " , 52 0 " Pla".""°4l ' 1 7 3. Fars below the waist, On 1 4uoday Mr. B r gdyard w some lb. roast beef, potatoes, bread, lib . pudding, and 1 pint of w hat similar costume himself , end he preached won in hie Barclay 's porter. Children, fruit, be. Beef and mutton, per stone 6d. Bread, per cwt., 10s. 9d. ,• last year, had suPlics. sheeteeen, lV e r feessrvlosee the prayers pea Subda yen y Inorn weie fo omwer. s woo cionsiodro ed, pa hl r Y . and mutton, . 13s. lid.; bread, 9s. 11d. lir. Banting has _ _ Hildysrd preached from part of one of the sentences in the tie fo : Ra bd am " gi o i t e t a Z isd p oo in r mata b m ' M ao , I Athanasian Cried-" And they that have dons good shall into life everlsatio... , condoled his gi°"bevii.nnar"inls4Opsra4"tioThdisne long enough enough to bear • test." dtsourse, Mr. Hildyard left the pit and repaired EDIIONTON UNION.-Population, 59,325 ; area, 4711380 to the altar, before which he lens t sfisat ai tayer. sores. Indoor poor, men, 749 ; women, 162 ; 74. Alms wan thou tallo w sod hooded to Mr. yard, Last year, men, 256 ; women, 170 ; childreo, 197 . Fan :- who ma d a m u.* an d wales to the cooperation Boast be st and ••••tab lw s lib. Plum PbdaieSt_ l r dw __!lf gave them his blessing. The members of the choir porter ; tea, tobacco sad snuff supplied by ilium.: 1"."." then formed a procession, carrying at their head •large brava MOM about same price as laat year. A slight deressie m email', Mr. Hildyard and the churchwarden (also sr number of vagrants. ?hoed) ringing up the rear, sad the organ playing softly Warrucimen. Unws.-Inmates of workhouse, 708 Oast she while. The singing showed careful training on the part year 679); melee, 255 ; females, 373 • children, SO ; in- of the choir, and reflected credit upon it. cruses of indoor poor, 29. Christmas puddlug, emir, 350ibit. ; suet, 160Ibe. ; MAIM, 4481 be. ; currants, 1121bs. ; p*, 141 be. ; spies, 11b. ; sugar, 40Ibs. ; eggs, 72 ; milk, 90 n nazis. Fare :-8 os. of baked meat, - 11 b. potatoes, Lb. Plum pudding, and 1 pint Truman's porter ; children in proportion ; extra tea, sager, butter, be. No return as to casuals. Sr. LZONABD, S H OUDITCH.-Population, 129,364 ; ars, 646 acres. Inners, 782 (last year, 766); men, women, 458 ; children, 31; also, 314 children at Brentwood. Out door, 2,358 (last year, 2,336); men, 272 ; women. 974 ; children, 1,112. Face : Half ad of roast beef, 341 b. plum pudding, 311 b. potetoes, ad libitum, and one pint of Hanbury's porter. Children in proportion. logre' clients of workhouse pudding : 11 cwt. raisins, 1 cwt. our. rants, 4 bushels flour, 18 sore of eggs, 9 stone suet, spies, ho. Provisions : Flour, per sack, 32a. 6d.; meat, per atone, 84. 11d. List year, flour, Vs. 3d.; meat, 7e. tid. "As far as this perish is concerned no remelts to make respecting Cruel Poor Act." HOLBORN IlinoN.-Population, 44,299 ; area, 160 sores. Inmates, 475 (last year, 456) ; mac Pa; women, 194 ; children, 158. Outdoor poor, 1.215 ; la st year, 1,186. Fare : Roast pork ad libitum, lib. pudding, and or pint der be, with snuff, gin, sad tobacco for adnita, and oranges. he., for children. Christmas puddle% consisted of 1401bs. of raisins, 561 b. of currants, 360 eggs,. llb. spier, 12Ibs. peel, 1121ba. of suet, 120Iba. fiour. Premier : _see', s, awls per stone ; 31s. per sack ; butter, 97e. tid. per owt. Last year : Meat, 45. ld.; flour, 295. 6d.; butter, 944. In crease on hider poor, 19 ; on outdoor poor, 109 ; total crease, 128. 128. FULHAM UNION. -Population, 40,058 ; area, 3,960 Imitates, 380 (last year 343); males, 117 ; females, 138 ; children, 125. Outdoor, 1,2343 (last year, 1,408) ; addle, 699; children, 537. Fare cooked and distributed in the hoar 5001 W ; suet, 661bs. In pudding--cunreate and raisins,l6olbs. ; traded peel, 41be. spice, Mr. Oranges for children, 300 ; apples, one bushe l; nuts, half • bushel; porter, 108 gallows • tobacco, 13 lbs. ; snu ff , two pounds. Inmate' not limited to any quantity. Children 111011 tarsus and other entertainments. Provisions :-Beef and, mutton, per stone, 7s, bd. and Ba. ; brea m lie 1 144 per owt.; flour, 365. per sack ; butter, oees, s. per cwt. Last year-beef and mutton, 61. 9d. and 7s. ; bread, lls. 4td. • dour, 34e. ; butter, 905.; and classes, 40s. " klorele;s Poor Act.-Great alterations made in vagrant wards to carry out its provides& Bathe erected end super intendents appointed. Average weekly corals, 100. Diet -6 ounces of bread for supper, and like queasily for break fast, for which, where able, two hours task work exacted. Two months since numbers much larger, supposed to be owing to a pint of greet being provided to sack casual both for supper and breakfast. (ruder have individually expeller:l themselves gratified by passing of the act." Weer LONDON UNION.-Inmates 492 (last year 390) ; males, 149; feriae, 294 ; children 49. Christmas fare :- 60r. beef, 12uz. pudding, porter, tobacco,. snuff, oranges, dto Ingredients of pudding, 23 owl. raisins, 14 cwt. cur rants, 2 cwt. sugar, 14lbs. peel, and slbs. spice. Provi sions-Bread 10e. 11d. par cwt., beef and mutton 81. 6iL per stone. Increase on indoor poor, 102. The Hework. house of this union is at Comments-road, Upper way, but the casual wards are at the old spot, West-street, Smithfield. SZBNONDSZT.-Inmates 519 (last year 521) ; mum, 205 ; women, 246 ; children, 66. Outdoor poor , 1,219 (last year 1.211) ; men, 184 ; women. 391 ; children, 644. In addition thee are 87 boys and 74 girls at school at Sutton. Yore :- Pork, potatoes, plum pudding, one pint of Barclay's porter ; children, oranges. he. Dissolving views, fr., in the even ing. Price of provisions -Bread, per cwt., 10.. 10d. ; beef and muttoo, 7s. 7d. to 9.. per stone ; butter, 104 s. per cwt. • lest year, bread 9s. 10c 1., beef and mutton 7s. 6d., and butter Hounder Poor Act,-Number of casuals this week 205 (at correpondiog period last year 78); men, 83; woman, 86 ; children, 36 ; increase, 127. The feregoing returns establish the fact, whether result. ing from the high pries of provisions, or from whatever other cause it may arise, that there is • oonsiderable is crew of pauperism throughout the metropolitan districts. With regard to the effect of the operation of the House lees Poor Act, the tendency of the first year of its exist. ere has been to at least double in the metropolis that class of persons who come under the denomination of "tramps and vagrants." The omission of notice of any metropolitan parish or union from the foregoing report arises from the withholding of the necessary information by the authorities. _ NAVAL AND MILITARY. CHATHAM. Dec. 25. An order was this morning received at this gar dein directing a draft of the 21Ith Regiment, numbering 69 non-cominissionod others and moo, to be held in readi ness to embark for Malta. to joie the service companies of that regiment. Detachments of the 4th sad 15th Regioseato hare also been placed wader orders to embark for the Ma& terrearre. Oaptain J. 1.. Baton, 102 ed Royal Madras Fusiliers, hoe been ordered to proceed from this •• to Madras, to join the service companies of that regimrt. THE LOSS OP THE BARBADIAN. The following is the official report to the Board of Trade with respect to the ices of the above mend : My Lords,—l have, in cenjueetion with Copteins Harris and Hight, as nautical assessor% held the inquiry ordered by your lordship into the lass of the steamship Berbsdian upon the 'Backwater Bank on the 6th of December kat. The Berbadian was an km scroweteamer, built at South Shields in 1856, of 950 tons gross, with two engines of 150 bone power, and was owned by the West Indian and Facile Steam Demean, (Limited). She was commanded by Mr. James Graham, who held a certificate of competemy, and had a mew of 35 all told ; sad s h e had on board three lirstolsee permeate, and one consular passenger who was carried rao She had a general cargo of about 500 tons, end was boned to Barbados@ and other West lodise t he ts. The Barbadian sailed front Liverpool at no on the sth of December under charge of • pilot, who left at the Bell Buoy at two p.m. At sine p.m. the South Stack we abeam sosording to the *Adams of the deem of the wateb, her course betas thee 8. W. by W., which wee continued till midnight, at • speed of shoat knots. At 12.15 a.m. on the 6th the quartersiseter, who had come as watch at midnight, came end found the coarse W. by 8., which was continued till within a very short time of striking. At four a.m. the mooed mate mpun came on deck, found the coarse as just stated, and saw a a.. volving light two points abaft the starboard beans, which be was informed by the chief mate was the Tucker. In • few minutes • bright fixed light wee discovered on the port bow. TIN DOIM was pat • starboard, the light reported to the commie, who came upon the bridge, and having looked at it for a short time steadied the ship at W.S.W. The captain thee went below , s avindirections to be called at eight a. ua m. or is case thei neareds the laud. in about • quart er of an hoar the ship struck upon what proved to be the Blackman Bank. No soundings were taken either before or after the disaster. TM engines were ordered to be ravened, but became at once disabled, and they proceeded to get out the boats. In • few hours the ship parted in two. Bviedually 45 persons were saved, of whom four were taken from the mime rigging on the afternoon of the 7th, by the Routers lifeboat, after 27 hours' exposure. The captain, first mats, sad fear other persons took refuge on the form castle, from whence they were mesa by the men as the mime rigging to be washed away about noon. This is the fourth inquiry into casualties to vessels which have struck upon the Irish meet within the last few weeks, and though in one case before the same court the evidence was each that no positive conclusion could be attired at as to the cause of loss, there can be no doubt teat in two of the cases, and in this the disas ter arose from bad navigation and a total neglect of the lead. This is not • question of either tides. Or ligbts, or compasses. If the whole estate west of Ireland was made to bristle with lighte, and masters of vessels atill WC* tinned to persist in swede, a westerly instead of a southerly courm after rowdies the Stack and before they are clear of the Tanker, while a chanael which is between 30 and 40 miles wide in its narrowest pert is open to them, these casualties will constantly occur ; sad the more so if, when indications of danger appear, the lead which is, or ought always to be, at hand, is utterly disreprded as if it were useless lumber. In this case it is almost incredible that the low light on the Arklow Lightship should have been taken for the Tasks', as there I. a considerable difference io the revolutions of the two lights, or the bright light of the Blackwates for that of the Sates', which exhibits two lights, especially when they ought to have known from the course and distance run from the Stack it was utterly impossiblethey could have bean Bear the Tudor. Nor would any allowance for tide maks an error cif above 30 miles in their calculation in so short a period of time as to account for the position in which they supposed themselves to be, when the captain shaped a course to the W.S. W. under the belief that he bad passed the Tuakar and was thee rounding the &Item While my assessors and I feel it to be an imperative duty, in the interest of public safety, to speak thus plainly in this report, and to point oat as clearly as is possible the errors which have caused the loss of so many vessels, and in this lutes°, hes produced so lamentable a lass of life, w cannot but regret that we are compelled to say anything which may call to question the seamanship of men who have loot their hem in the catastrophe, and cannot be heard in their own defence. The evidence of the survivors is, however, too conclusive to leave • doubt on our minds that the Barbadian was lost by a repetition of the fatal error of bearing sway to the westward too soon and disre garding the lead. In the course of the inquiry it transpired that the Barbadian sailed without the requisite certificate under the Merchmt Shipping Act, I.d'4. for vessels ca. eying passengers. But it was explained that the ship had been surveyed and reterung to adjust her compasses, and the usual declaration bad been made but not exchang ed for the certificate of the Based of Trade. As this circumstance has been already brought to the knowledge of the board, it is only necessary for nie them incidentally to allude to it, as it hoe no bearing upon the loss of the ship.—l have the honour to be, any lord T. s, your most obedient servant, 8. RAFFISH, Police Magistrate. Liverpool, Dec. 21,1865. We concur in this report. Hester FLABRis ' / Nautical Ammon. EDWARD HIGHT, The brethren of the English order of St. Benedict at Norwich have been at considerable pains to celebrate Christmas in accordance with their principles. The revolt of the order in June proved • great blow to the delicate organisation of Brother Ignatius, and his health waa so com pletely prostrated that it was deemed advirithie to remove him from Norwich in September, and he was taken first to Maori. in Kent, then to North Wales, and finally to his father's house at liambledoo, kfampshirs. It bad been hoped that he would have been able to return to Norwich, to superintend the Christmas celebration, but be was unable to do so. The gentleman who has been in charge at Nor wich in the absence of Brother Ignatius is Brother Placidus, who seems to have discharged bin doubtless difficult duties with • considerable amount of real and discretion. In one or two respects, however, it is understood that the rules of the order have been slightly relaxed. Cer tainly it is a self-evident fact that the brethren are allowing their hair to grow again on the crowns of their heads, while rumour also biota that they are allowed more hours of uninterrupted sleep I than formerly, to their great comfort and advantage. Their dress has, however, undergone no change, and although the weather has been somewhat cold during the last few days, they have walked about with sandals as usual. On Sunday evening the brethren celebrated nervier' at seven p.m., and DEC. Tax OUTWARD CAPE MAIL.—PLYMOVTFI, speak more correctly, we believe "the blessed sacrament 25 . —Th e Union Company's Cape Royal Mail steamship at midnight, holy communion being admin istered—or to being exhibited"—on the latter occasion. Yesterday morn- Natal, Captain Riddle, left Southamptoe, on take. out Saturday iog service was again held in the chapel, which was oftomoo , with mails di c ed for t h e c a p,,, sh e decorated io an almost entirely different manner from last but one passenger, Manger, praif ri lig to Mk, the pee. year. True the walls were draped with some red sod white in the compsny's fine new steamship Norseman, material, the colours alternituig, and being divided as it C o pesin W. Ladds, that leaves with the regular mails on were into panels by lines of white paper roses. The eat the 10th of January next The Natal's saloons and cabins iron pillars supporting the low roof of the poor room which are crowded with cargo. Her mails consist of 6 Racks the brethren still use as • chapri—altbough a new o f letters , and 7 mho o f papers and h aa h h _R oo t o ,.. s and more pretentious bolding has now made con- Ezpress. siderable progress—were also decorated with ever- on ... HE NEW DOG LAW IN IRELAND. —Every dog greens, while over what was formerly the his his day, but of a good many of oar Irish curs the days principal entrance were two large statuettes of angels, with between of the Latone on the Ist of next month , ou g ht to have as effect • figure tent Jams them. The altar was r e now numbered. The new Deg Act, which coma into covered with candles, while on the super altar was an ivory in bringing down the price of dn./life gloves for a meson crucifix ; the super altar was draped with white satin, and at least. On or before the Ist of April next, every white may be said to have been the prevailing colour about dog must be registered with the Clerk of Petty Sessions, the altar generally. There were two alcoves with • lesser number of candles, and with figures in both. The general at t_,_°°_°_,t of __hal_af,_,,` crown. and a _ an d_„, nn y a _ k rjer _of_ penalty• Do!,* effect was lighter and more cheerful than Sam last year. The r a ll;;r . "'", ri ' l l' a s it; after that -- us z7 o ,- tb r e ::::: r go e weabat chapel was also lighted with gas as well am with innumerable "'. decidedly good news for the human race. There is some hope now that the cur-dog nuisance will be abated—that candles. The chapel on Sunday evening was crowded. The brethren entered the chapel from another part of the build the country will no longer be overrun with nasty, yelping, log in procession, &large brass crucifix being carried before 1 i thieving, abeep-worrying moogrels ; that the roads will be them by one of the choir boys, who wear red and blue dresses, MOTS free from those abominable little brutes that rush covered with white surplice.. Four monks followed in the I , 1 cu t_of_theLr_ s_ dre___ . and_tevrifyh_o ta rzs e , nts and . Th are m the in ea ll use bs o a f prooession—viz., Brother Placidus, Brother Damien, Bro ther Bannock, and Brother Philip. The three first wore , a_?_,aaaf..7.2fga7owa7l a? many . dogs, we th ink, during the coming very rich gold embroidered dresses. The services consisted ' I r a Z to i 77t ad come police arrangement should he mid, for of intonations of portions of the Book of Common Prayer. .1 , the ir _ , p i , extermination. Everyone who has • dog worth keeping hut, except for the value Towards the close all the candled about the altar were lighted, the blaze of light being afterwards dimmed, how- I ot.'"ltheTr the eideeregistre registration n on f tliss ael curs against which the act is directed are not worth half-a.crown a dozes. ever, by clouds of incense. Then Brother Placidas ascended t h e pu l p i t , and preached a sermon having Christmas , Some „ovules . . for ha subject. Brother Brennack then proceeded to col- ! nu persons are disposed to think loot alms in • email wooden platter. The sing. Ift hard that a poor man may no longer keep i his faithful coney to watch the house at night ; but, ff iog of the choir wits very good, but the musical pact 1 __,_ ____,___ _ watchdog are worth thythiog. thee are of the services of the brethren a scarcely distinguished by • ww.;;;Len.:rreistaiataaifpoong a week i and oollog will at the excellence which distinguished it when the order had aa ,l se much potatoes and stirabout ea one of the children. The tieadvapta lg i a Brunner Ignatius' exquisite we " Poor Dog Tray" business is all very well ; but Tray not skill in this particular. On Saturda/ the brethren uafrequently plays the very demo with an/ mutton that distributed meat among the poor around them, with _„,..___, in a live state, and hie touchingmaw; habits whom they are not unpopular. The works of the new l. 7 g•°.isec u. a I day are not unfrequently a necessary relaxation after chapel, which atand. in the read of the Preaen- the night's prowling and mauradieg through the country mourittry. have been cerried to an vanced stage, sod aids. Th e new act will do gnat good in lowoniag this our. the building is expect to be opened for service on St. Benedict's day—that 1 ., 5, in March. All these results could ~ , , keeping nuisance in all parts of Ireland.—Nortittrit Whig. not be attained without funds , and funds the brethren of Advertisement.]--Hotiowsrls Ovrrstraer Aim P ms.—Many thousands of martyrs from the English order of St Benedict mast have, although I Pius. - lith"matic. di ....... 1 au . their townie may be • p_recariorm one. rheumatism have found human life but one tong consulting all the most eminent medical men in vain, and trying The Rev. E A. Had, ardo rector of St Laorestsr all sorts of supposed remedies without relief, have grows weary Nor wicb, has also been keeping Christmaatidis is an 1111pesisl I s g e x ig e nce, sad h ave m um t o b o p s Ice a renteet ee this ride of manner. On Sunday morning there were " matins'' at the ' the grave. that some lucky accident boa called their attention to usual hour and at 7 p.m. there MSS " eversion," while at I Holloware PIO and Ointment. These are genuine remedies in midnight the holy C302011.10i00 was celebrated. Twosorrices i dam. Persona bedridden for maths with rheumatic pada& and also took pleas in the church yesterday. To-day being the swellings, after the ointment has been well rubbed late the ‘„ affected parts and the blood pcuided by the comet of those gills, festival of St. Stephen the Martyr, tomorrow that of .t- hare toned themselves reflood In an incredibly abort Mies Se Joim the Apostle, and Thursday that of the Hely Isno• what Malta. INFANT IIIuKTALITY. LAW NOTICES.-(THIS DAY.) METROPOLITAN MINTY COUNT& (Bitting days appointed: fee the pigment week.) mnu, St. Meettelebae.—Wedoewley, Dee. IT : nut. Bow, Bow-road.—Frldai, Deo. V.. Orr or Lona!, GliMilikbauoap.—irstimsday, De c . ; Thondiv, THE BRITISH CORN TRADE. (From the Mari-lane Express.) Favourable weather during the put week has permitted the further peewit:Mimi of wheat-planting, 10 that we hope before the year is out the usual breadth will have found its way late the "oil. With increased mariners them will be a:waded growth in the your plants, all of which, from thou jerk appearing above puled to mush which thew a stock in growth, look promisieg ; but the battle of winter has yet to be fought, and the vintesite.des of ibis ehangmbh climate to be passed through, before any opinion cm be formed of the coming cup. AU we yet can say is, there has been a good beginning. With the holidays in in. mediate prospect business hoe been of a quiet &meter, bat the market for all fine quality whist has stood firer, The balk af samples, we an sorry to report, has little benefited by the moderate portion of dry days. A frost is wanted, and that a smart me, each as we had last year. The upset of the trade abroad, trader the same ie110400.11 as our own, hes shaped its warn like ans. With Chest. mas and the new year slued, who cares to go deep 'abbey. lug and selling? and perhaps, to be wigs as well as marry . , it is best jut to look mt. Wheal, however, fairly lanached Into the new year, we shall begin under very differeet resmstances to thou with which the preeeat wee opened, A third year of low prices has been pared, and though mere amendment on this score has been experienced mot her. vest, the Gazette tells us weekly that sot a few tilled cif the ground hays toiled in vain. We have heard of the country's sapid strides in wealth, but the farmers ha.. been treated as though belonging to the "awkward squad:" sad yet an high-ridged farrows who could beat them ? Oar greeter leisure this week permits as to allude to grimmest. sod as a new pselhament will shortly be called together, se ed there is already in some quarters as swirently yore nue* movement in the way of reform, we on the part of the farmers • roil and substantial reform ea two conete—ld, the lawn; godly, the malt tax. Under some pre phetiml inflames" that seems to hug about as, we are di" posed boldly to promise them that if agrioulturide am united end only half as noisy as those clamorous poll. who ward to be hand-posts to the goveremest, they will be able shortly to do wind they planes, berlay distil. lotion excepted, sod clear o ff all steer of pa from their pow* mope. The irrigate off the coed etas" 15th Dumber were 54 of which 34 canoes wire wheat, 15 lasi" sad 2 Bashing was dose out the following terms : —Wheat, arrived I woo lisrdianiki, 445. 3d. ; 1 eagle d Mirka, 424. 3d. ; 4 cargoes of maize, 294. 6. to na. ; 1 cargo of peas, at Montreal, 38s. 6d, ; 1 cargo of cats, 225. 6d. per qr. The sake of wheel noted last week was 91,844 qrs. at 461. Bd., against 78,074 qtr. In 1864. The Leaden averages were 49e. 4d. oe 5,797 qrs. The Imports into the thirteen for the week siding 16th Dumber wire 713,300 oda. wheat ; 183,124 owls. flour. Monday in Mark-Lee began ao readieste arrivals of wheat, both English and foreign. The show of samples In the course of the morning from Kent sod Emu was very limited, sad most were in very poor wearier Everything dry sod good brought fully the previous rata with more readiness, bet damp qualities win neglested. The foreign trade was very . firm for extra floe high mixed Dude and the best Knew" sods ; but the deemed, se usual at this perk d of the year, was limited. Bat few floating cargoes were offerieg, indeed not enough fee best nem, end prices were therefore seminally the ease. Oa . Wee ay there were 620 qua per coast, sod so forer al :e y market thee was very sleek, but without any gi way in the value of dry samples, while some of Monday's conditioned lots were still on hand. Bat little was resin In ferries : bat holders of all diaariptions wire very firm it their demands, the general inferiority of the et meet ing rather more inquizy foe legal Meadafe =r a rt . coantey floor was liberal, the arrivals being Norfolk aid other curstry sorts were difficult to plea, but there was no disparities to give way is the face of a firm wheat trade. Amadeu barrels. being rather mare plentiful, found buyers in retail at full pekes. Flee Preach maintained farmer values, sad tows-ends quilt's were unaltered. On Wednesday there were 490 seeks per Boast; 150 maks 310 barrels ienriu. The trade for elf node was them much the same, buyers not aeries to W afts* their stooks at the close of the year. Barrels and French woks remained in very seediest" retail tape= , end town miller" kept up their top pure to 46e. pee with lower qualities in proporika. The supply of British barley on Monday was good, that from the Continent being about equal to it. Extra ens malting, beim soiree, was fully as dear, some Boesch beteg saleabie at 41e. ; bat medium qualities, both Eoghsh sad foreign, were scarcely qootsble as to their value, I root their dehisce. Low grinding, though not in active domed, was fully as deer. On Wednes day the returns were 2,640 qrs. per coast, 3,810 qtr. foreign. Business was mush of the mu character as on the previous day, imoondeat• paresis being by far the most difficult to sell, sad holders of low grinding being firm in their demands. The malt trade on Monday was exceed ingly slack, being anciently under the Whence of the bon dage, and too little was &tag to Dots any change. Wed seeday's market was of the ISM chlraCtOr. The apply of foreign oats on Monday was heavy; that from th I pasted Kingdom being also fair, more especially from reland. The principal part of the supply this week wee from Sweden, Denmark, and other Baltic ports. with a few from Canada, the entire quantity being over 80,000 qrs. The market stood well ; bat to have forced sales ex ship , hold ers would have bee' obliged to make a slight coecomion. Oa Wednesday the returns were 2,160 rpm per aunt no Irish ; rs 3,120 q. foreign. There was then no quotable difference in the trade ; but the inqairy was far from active, dialers being pretty well in stock, and not being coneweed to M oreau liabilities at the close of the yew. The supply of Bitglieh beans on Woodsy wee good, with but little ham foreign pods. The Iste &demo" having drawn farmers' at bastion Wiles desirablecers of making take there wee • beg ter supply of English than experieued since harvisLand some not being hard enough for splitting prices gave way generally for new sorts Is. to 2s. per qr., sad there was so selarequest change. The quantity of English peas was moderate oe Monday, the foreign arrivals being abundant. More dun samples being up from the near counties, prices were le. to 2e. per qr. lower for them. White oleo, being more plea- Wel nue the Cuadra arrivals, were down Is. per qr. Monday's supply of linseed was moderate, with but few exports. The arrival consisted partly of woe Bataan, bat more from India, and rates °cottoned very firm for both seed and cake. The seed trade generally was firm. Clover seed aid trefoil were both tending upwards. Canary was steady, as well as mustard seed and tares, though but tittle barium was gene rally passing. The wheat trade all through the country has this week been of a uniform cheracter. Samples not as yet having gained much is condition beanies, has been limited to the purchase of wheat salted for millers, who, to make up their weekly quantities, hase bad recourse to the stocks of foreign, which for the present have given them a fair opportunity of choice. Everything has bees retail in its proportions, or very little above it ; and till the season of festivities is over, we can look for little MOTs. Here and there, however, under the urgency of their wants, millers, in some short markets, bave had to pay about Is. Per qr. advance. But little change has generally occurred in the value of oats ; but medium 'barley has cheapened, and beans and peas have experienced a reaction from the late advance, of about is. to 2s. per qr. In So:Aland the markets have been calm, but little alte ration occurring in value of wheat or other grain at Edin burgh or Glasgow, the decline on the former being 6d. to is. per qr. Ireland has felt the influence of the approaching holidays, and very little trade has pasted in grain, with values about the same. - DII BAILEY% Druclors HEALTH assroanto Rz- TELMA AnAMOA Fools cures, without medicine or incotivw clews. dyspepsia tinditteeth.o;, cough. asthma, constimPtion, tionstipatioo, diarrhma, dysentery, nervous, bilious, 11 , er• asid Moms& complaints, and eaves en ti me. 4groot its cost in other resnedim 60,000 cures annually. Du and Co., No. 77. l.nt.eutrest ib Leedes, W. In Una, M Is. ler•a HU, Id. M. lfibs, 22a.: IA Me. : also 61, Oraohu : taxon side : 63. HO, Oztord at Mrest and lc at all Grasers.--(Advet . Hutment) BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTH& BRADFORD.—December 32, at Ecelestoooquare, the wife of H. W. Bradford, i.q., of a sou. MURRAY.—December It. at Oreett-tenace, Westbourse-trersoe, the wife of C. F. Murray, Eat., of • BOIL PILOTHEROL —December tl. at Hasler Barracks. Gosport, the wife of Surgeon-Major R. 8 Protheroe, of • daughter. PA9BMORE. —December Y!, at Thuriow-Alias, Meat Dulwich. the wife of PASIPOOTO.Eng., &c., of a sou. 110 CB K.— December 22, at Blackheath terrace, the wife of Edward Roche, Req., of a sea. TV Vi e . December 20, at Wimpole-stivet, the Wife of H. G. TEsq., of • daughter. IIARRIACM. BARCLAY ANDREW December a n t n Letteringham I hurch, Norfolk , by the R em. W. don, Um Bey. .1. Barelsy. LL D., of Chrim's Church, Jerusalem, to Lucy Wo od Haldaaghter of the Bar. W. W. Andrew, of Wood Betbereett I.lllki DAWSON. December it, at Grewille-place Chum% by the Rev. Wow DWinou, J. Leeds, of Abbey-gard,eus, John's-wood, to "fbetti. daughter of the late J. Dawson. Pa i n ER—GRlVFML—Deemnber 21, at St. George'', Blooms bury, by the Rev. C. H. Orlfilth, T. Parker, Esq., of Henrietta. street, Brunswick-square, to Caroline, daughter of the late Griffith, Yaq. DEATH& BALBIRELL—December M, at ' , impact House, Stoke Beerier ton-road. Maria Ann, the wife of Mr. B. Balbtrnle, aged M. BEOUGHTON.—Doonsber 42, Kent•terrace, illagent'elmrki Mr. J. V. Broughton, aged 60. EUNTES.—December 23, Mies Hunter, of Southwood-Mee, lllV l l " December 12, at Odlham, Banta, Anne sane Runk BA ll VlDeesusber 22, at the Heath, Putlarrßoalh. tadratlu IpatkL Wu, Dm., lased B. TADIITOW. Dectimba'.2l, at liallmeprden, C. Taunton, Esq., 1 111 14 Ott Monad and - Publish - nli Wituam 'Coo HALMseNO. h. Lesiberd-etreet, la the City ot London. Printer, at the Ogee la Lainberdetreet. to the Precinct d Wlthatrlars. neannT. DICm S'S eh 1111, l~ ~, 1 / 4 / r // 7 / o .o‘ q . 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