The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURnAIt EVENING, DECEMBER

to,^ 'kn. Total in and oat-door poor, 1,677 (last year,
1,5891. Lessees, S.
Sr. WOW; itaNOTaI.IIQIJAII.-Area, 1,161 acres;
population, 87,711 ; inmates of the two workbouser,6o6 (last
year, 619). Cheirtmes far% roast beef, potatoes, and plum
padding. The inmates are allowed • gratuity on Christ-
mas-de sod New Year's-eve. They also bar. 14 es. of plum
podding on New Year's day and a pint of stout each. The
children have holidays and a variety of recreations and
amusements. Decrease on in-door poor as compared with
last year, 13.
Sr. GIORGI TNT MAIITTR (East), MIDDLE:MM.-Pop:11w
tion at last mesas, 48,388; viz., males, 23,129; females,
23,239. Inmates, 814-men, 236 ; women, 523 ; and 280
children at Placket Industrial Schools ; total, 1,004. Out-
door, adults, 1,054 ; children, 941 ; together, 1,995. Weekly
amount of relief, in-door, 126/. 7s. 4d. ; outdoor, 100/. Oa. 3d.
Christmas fare, roast beef 6oz, plum pudding 14cos, and
porter 1 pint ; children in proportion, with fruit in lieu of
porter. Ingredients of pudding, weighing 2101ba. : fruit,
spice, candied peel, flour and milk. Provisions : flour,
30a. 6d. per rack ; meat, 6s. 6d. per stone ; cheese Me,
and butter 70a. per rwt. ; last year, flour, 375. 9d. ; meat,
6s. 2d. ; cheese 365., and butter 70a. Total number of
poor, 3,089.
Cm or LONDON UNION.-Population, 46,555 ; in-door
poor, 1,167; at oonispoodiog period last year, 1,195;
males, 376 ; females, 461 ; children, 330 ; oat-door poor, '
1,913; last Christmas, 1,894 Children at the Central
Loudon School, Han well-Christmas-day fare :-Breakfast,
coffee, bread and butter; dinner, roast pork, roast beef,
pudding, and 1 pint of porter ; and tea and bread and butter,
with tobacco and snuff to inmates who require them. Inger
dienta of the City of London Christmas puddiog : dour,
40011 m. ; fruit, 4401 be. ; suet, 1601 be. ; pad, spin, de.,
12Ibs. Contract price of provisions:-Meat, 4s. 3d.
per stops of Mhs. ; flour, 30e. 6d. per sock ; potatoes, 51. per
ton ; batter. 82s. ; sugar, 365. 6d. per cwt. ; tea, 3a. 2d. pm
lb. Lest year, meat, :le. 9d. ; flour. 375. ; potatoes, 5!.15e.;
batter, 84s. ; sugar, :33e. ; and tea, 2s. 4)d. Total of in
and out door poor, 3,060; last year, 3,089 ; decrease, 9.
Weer LONDON UNION.-Population, 21,742 ; number of
is and outdoor poor, 2,045 ; at corresponding week last
year, 1,945: the children (138) at the district school,
Beneath Inmates regaled with roast-beef and plum-pud-
diog in large proportions, and each adult one pint of potter
the men tobacco, and women snuff, and oranges distributed
throughout the house. Innate of poor, 100.
EAST LONDON UNION.-Population, 40,673. loonies of
worithottse at Homertein, 631 (last year, 607)-men, 246;
women, 349; children, 36. Roast-beef, plum-pudding, I
pint of beer, and tobacco and snuff to those who nee it. No
return of out-door poor. Increase, 24.
Sr. LIONAID, StIOILDITCH.-Population 129,364 ; in-
door poor 716 (last year 700); men 263, women 408, bop
23, girls 22, also 272 children in the schools at Brentwood ;
oat-door poor 2,457 (last Christmas, 2,617). males 292. fe-
males 993, children 1,172; amount of relief for week,
money, 341. Bs. 4d. ; is kind, 97!. Its. 10d. ; together,
1321. Os. 2d. (last Christmas, 1351. 17s. 6d.). Fare to each
inmate, i lb. roast beef free from bone, i lb. of plum pud-
ding, 1 pint of Truman and Banbury's porter, and vegeta-
bles; aged inmates, tobacco and snuff ; children, oranges,
do. ',prodigals of Shoreditch pudding : Raisins, li cwt. ;
currants, I cwt. ; flour, 3 bushels ; six acne of eggs ; Nivea
stone of soot ; with spice, &a. Price of provision : Floor,
per sack, 11. 10s. ; meat, 7s. 6d. par stone of 1416. ; pota-
toes, per ton, 4/. Last year-Flour, 11 18e. ; meat, 6s. 11d.;
potatoes, 51. Leeman) in in-door poor, 16 ; decrease in out.
door poor, 160; total decrease of poor, 144.
BoommoroP.-Population. 44,048; inmates,4s3 (last
year, 360)-males, 155 ; females, 214 ; children, 84 ; out-
door poor, 1,057 (last year, 1,069) ; adults, 562 ; children,
496; week's relief in money and kind, 76/. 18..9d. Fars,
ilia.. roast beef, potatoes, 1 lb. of plum pudding, and 1 pint
of Barony's porter ; children (124 of whom are farmed oat
at Si. George's Industrial Schools) in proporti with fruit,
and snuff and tobacco to adults Holidays ere allowed.
Contract price of provisions-Beef and mutton, per done of
14 lbs., 6s. 73. ; bread, lie. per cwt. ; flour, 325. per sect
potatoes, 68a. par ton. Last year, meat, fe. 10d. ; bread,
12e, sd. ; flour, 37a., and potatoes, 90a. Increase in in-door
poor, 93 ; decrease in outdoor poor, 12. Total in-
crease, 81.
Sr. Lag% CHUMMY-Population, 63,423; inmates of
workhouse, 552 (last Christmas, 616); males, 199 ; females,
304 ; children, 49 ; children at North Surrey District
School, 132 (lad year, 1501; boys, 74 ; girls, 58 ; out-door
poor 1,126 (last year. 1,051) ; make, 335; females, 417;
children, 474. Fare, Boz. roast beef without bone, Bos.
potatoes, soz. bread, Lb. plum pudding, and 1 pint of Bar-
clay's porter, tea sod bread and butter in the evening. In-
gredients of Chelsea pudding : 1681 b. of flour, 7711*. of met,
Ilb. spice, 1.20 eggs, 8 galloss of milk, 2241 b. of fruit, and
281 b. of sugar. Moat and sod, 6s. Bd. ; bread, 10s. 11d. ;
flour, 365. ; last year, fe. 5d., 13s. Bd., sad Ms. Decrease in
is-door poor, 72; increase In outdoor, 75 ; total increase, 3,
Bagerroin UNION.-hooded's. 50,536. Inmates, 390,
viz, men, 118; women, 127; children, 145. Out-door poor,
1,629-men, 417 ; women, 520 ; ckildrso, 692. Christmas
fare, 8 oz. roast beef, 11b. potatoes, Ilb. plum-podding, I
pist of beer, and extra tea ; fruit to children. Ingredients
of pudding, 1601 n. flour, 1201bs. plums, 42Ibs. currant',
841bs. beef suet, milk, sugar, sod spice. Bread baked in the
workhouse for in and out-door poor. Price of proviaoas
generally lees than last year.
WANINSWORTII AND CLAPNAN UNION. - Population,
70,601; in-door poor. 525 (last year, 524) ; men, 241 ; women,
239 ; children, 46 ; 173 children at North Surrey District
Schools, Aoerley. Fare, ilk roast beef, 11b. potatoes, Db.
plum pudding, 1 pint of porter, with tobacco, snuff, and
nuts and oranges for childns. Provisions:-Bed and
motto% 7s. per stone ; malt butter, 66e., and cheese, 39a.
per cwt. ; flour, 295. per sack. Increase on indoor poor, 1.
Sr. Oars'', CAMNPRWILL.-Population at census of
1861, 71,489; at census of 1851 54,688. In-door poor,
630: men. 163; women, 196 ; chilli.% 66 ; at schools at
Sutton, 205 ; total lest year, 554 ; number of out-doorpoor,
1 651 (last Christmas, 1,675) ; adults, 970 ; children, 881.
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Out robe/ for week, mousy, 291.12. 9d. ; kind, 83!. Itia.
11d.: total, 1131. 9s. Bd. ; oorrencediag week lac: year,
1131. 4s. 6d. Each person receiving out relief an extra allow.
mead meat for Christmas. Inmates. resat beef, plum pad-
ding, I pint of porter, tobacco, muff, oranges, sweets, do.,
and tea and cake in the evening ; the guardians and friends
have also subscribed for a treat for the inmates on New
Year's-day. Pries of flour, 29e. per sack ; meat, te. 4d. per
stone ; last year, floor, 35e. 6d. ; meat, 4s. ld. Increase
on in-door poor, 76 ; on out-door poor, 176 ; gross in-
cense, 252.
Sr. Maim EZWINGTON.-Population, 82,000 ; in-door
poor, 542 (last year HO) ; men, 146; women, 250; children,
67-at South Metropolitan School, Sution. 148. Out-door
relief, 1,642 (last Christmas, 1„52 ; adults, 846; chiclies%
798. Christmasday fare : breakfast, tea and bread mid
butter ; dinner, 6as, roast beef, with vegetebles, ]lb. plea
pudding, and pint of &relay and Perkins"' best porter ; sap.
per tea and bread sod better. Ingredients of pudding:
fruit 2400 m, suet 12016., sugar 5616 a., floor 2001 be., mini
spice 21be. , an its 200-weight 6 cwt. Leave of abases
granted to old and Infirm. Dwane in in-door poor 18, is
out-door poor 110 ; total decrease 128.
Sr. 'tear MAGDALEN; EZIMONDSIT. - Population,
53,355 ; inmates of workflow% 529 (Usk year, 565) ; me%
181: women, 260 ; boys, 51; girls, 37 ; there are also 136
&thine at Industrial Schools, Sutton; outdoor poor,
1,166: able-bodied, 165 ; aged and infirm, 426 ; under
sixteen, 575 ; week's amount of relief is money, 521. Is. ; in
kind, 14/. 10a. 111 d. ; total, 66L 12s. 110. Christmas-day
fare, by the request of inmates-Boast pork, potatoes,
plum pudding, and one pint of porter each adult ; &Adria,
oranges, As. ; deceesse, 36.
Num END OLD TOWN.-Area, 681 acres; populatioo,
73,064 ; homes. 11,244; rateable value, 162,3301. ; poor
rate, 9d. is pound per, querter ; rate of pauperiem, about 3
par amt. on population ; inmates, 187 (last year, 036) ; men,
1.80; women, 291 ; chitties°, 220 ; Nastier; in asylum, 52 ;
last year. 79 ; out-door poor, MO ; last year, 1,286: week's
relief, 541.4.. 7d. ; last year, 53!. Id. 2d. ; loaves given
during the week, 666 ; last year, 817. Christmas' fare, alb.
roast beef, free from bone ; Ilb, baked potatoes, Ilb. plum
padding, and I pint of porter ; oranges amide, nuts, and
toys for children and imbecile, and muff and tobacco for the
aged. Increase in indoor poor, 49 ; decreer in out-door
poor, 306 ; total decrease. 257.
STZPNET UNION.-Populatioo, 56,572 ; in the workhouse,
1,000 (last year, 9137)-men 228, womes 310, children 462 :
lunatics is asylum this year. 129 ; lad year, 131 ; out-door
poor, 1,391 (last year, 1,660) ; able-bodied, 325; old and
infirm, 387 ; children under 16, 379 ; mat of relief is money
and Mod, 871. Is. 9d. ; last Christmas, 821.11,. s)d. ; vagrants
during week, 81; last year, 86. Fare : &mat beef and
plum pudding, with baked potatoes ad Mete a, sad 1 pint
of porter, with tobacco and snuff, onuses, apples, die.
Price of provisions : Bread, 104. lad. par cwt. ; floor per
sack, 29,. ; meet. Os. 2d. per stone. lest year : Bread,
lls. 9d.; dour, 375.; meat, ss. 7d. lacrosse oe indoor
poor, 13 ; decrease no not-door, 2161; total decrease, 256.
SACKNIT UNION. -Populatioo, 83.295 ; aninker of in-
door poor. 526 (last year, 5665)-adult males 146, ISM'S@
207. children:. 173 ; outdoor poor, 1,884 (last Christmas,
1,9521-men 406, women 611, children 867. Christmas
fare : Half a pound of roast beef, mutton, or pork at option,
Mb. baked potatoes, plum pudding I lb. (the pudding was
composed of 100 lbs. of raisins, 10016. of canasta, 100 eggs,
81be. peal, Ilb. nutmegs, 3 gallons of milk. 4 gallons abort)
coffee and bread and butter re evening, with apples, oranges,
tee. Provisions: Flour, Ma : meat, 3e. 104. ; potatoes,
755. Lest year : Flour, 975. 9d. ; moot, 3s. gad. ; sad pon-
tos% 90e. Decrease no in-door poor, 39 ; on out-door poor„
68 ; total decrease, 107.
Sr. JOHN'S, HAMPaTZAD.-Population. 19,104 ; inmates,
132 (lest year 145) ; males, 45 ; hoys, 6 ; females, 70- ' girls,
• 11. There are also 9 boys sod 10 girls. Christmas hee-
lteased bread and butter for breakfast and sapper. Dienes
goo, wet, 80s. potatoes, 4os. bread ; adult% 1 pint of
porter ; Andrea, half apint. Pram of proven's : Dread,
416. led, 4. ;
meat, 4s. per sten ; potatoes, 90a. par tea
' lad year, bread. 5( ; meat, 4s. 4.1. ; potatoes. 51. 16e. par Sew;
Sr. MART, PADDINGTON.-Popoistioa. 75,806. tematse
of the workhouse,
Harrow-road, 351 (last year wai • maa 101., womenl4s, children 102; ooadoor 1.066 nose
as Christm 9541-574 adults, and 466 • , ctim,,i.
Aim a plentiful supply of roast rumps of beef, mashed
potatoes, sod a pint of ale or peeler each with plum pod-
ding. The sired men tobacco and snuff, the women egg hot
on the evening of boxieg-day. The Paddington pudding
weighed about 40016., and cognised 13016 of fruit, 13016.
of flour, 7016 a. of suet, sad 161 be. of sugar, mixed with
ale, do. Price of province:di-Beef and motto, 6s. 43. per
stone, breed 14. Bcl., butter 84... sod sugar 365. per cwt. ;
last year, meat 65., broad 12s. 10d., butter 895.. sugar 375.
Decrease in in-door, poor 18 ; increase in out-door poor, 76 ;
tool ionises, 58.
EDMONTON UNTON.-Populatkra, 60,000 ,_. Janata of
workhouse, 408; children in school at FaSeld. BB: 14414
616, being rather under the number last year; total ausober
rossitviag esit-door relief, 1,302 Out (Irillms, 1,220);

amount of relief, 15.. (last year. 931. 3a.). Christmas
fare, roast best, vegetables, 1 pint of porter, and 1 lb. of
good plum pudding ; tea ; and breed and cheese for sex ;
tobacco and melt supplied by a kind friend to aged
Bra children in proportion, and Christmas tress supplied
by friends. Increase to out-door poor, 18.
CENTRAL LONDON DISTRICT SCHOOL'S, LIANWILL —NUM-
bar of &Mese la the school 874, belonging to various City
parishes. Christmas fare: Roast beef, pork, potatoes, and
plum pudding in proportion to age. The children attended
chapel, sod a sermon was preached by the Rev. 8. V. Ed-
wards, chaplain to the acbooL The dining-ball was deco-
rated with appropriabe &Mess and texts, sad the juvenile
band played during the dinner and afternoon. The ingre-
dients of the Chrirtniss pudding wore—rabliss 1701 b•,
currents 180 lba, sugar 168 lbs., suet in lbs., flour 420110.,
mixed peel 14 lbs., and apioe 41bs.
St. Martina-in-the-Fields, St. Lute, Old-street, and one
or two other unimportant districts We omitted in the fore-
going report, for the simple reason that the masters of the
workhouses did not think it worth while to supply the in-
formation in reply to a respectful application.
The general result exhibits a coesiderable reduction in the
number of poor receiving relief as compared with previous
years, aotwithstanding the increase of population in the
various districts. Another important eireamstsoos to the
ratepayers is the fact, that, generally speaking, with the
azespient of meat, which is much higher than last year,
these is a general redaction in the prim of provisions, in
those staple commodities, Hour, bread, and potatoes in
pertionler.

CHRIBTXAS-DAY IN THE Psieoics.—Notwith-
daadissgg the alteration is the law of imprisonment for debt,
amebic of debtors speed their Christmas
in custody, either in the metropolitan prisms or in the
spooling-bums.. The diminution of the number of the Maar
oersted, as eompared with the mnster-calla of the army of
=wipe in peat years is, however, highly gratifying, there
sow seareely scone where there were formerly
h In Whiteerme-rtreet Prison the number of
prier/sera is 90. Many of those in custody ate detained on
county court warrants for debts of trivill amount& In
aoooedasos with time-honoured custom, they received
yesterday • substantial repast of rout beef and other Christ-
masters, which is principally provided by the benevolence
of the Lord Mayor. Horsamongerlan• Gaol contains is its
debtors department only 27 prisoners. This was fortunate,
as the:, is no fund whatever for those who may bare to
pear the Christmas within the massive wells of that peat
prioon and if he be not able to buy hie Mistime dinner,
he must fast. In the criminal department the semen tainp
no solace whatever to the guilty. The Queen's Bench Primo
is no longer occupied by debtors. It is now a place of
confinement for offenders who are undergoing the sentences
of courts-martial.