The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-26 00:00:00

THE WORKHOUSE INFIRNIARY ASSt)CIA-
TION AND THE POOR-LAW BOARD.

fished of the Wand of Cantlia. The map comes too late.
we fear, to be of much service in assisting us to trace the
progress of actual operations, but it may help the public to
review those which are past, and perhaps may be wanted
again before long for other purposes.
THE SUNDAY Qt•EsnoN.—A public meeting con-
vened by the Sunday League was held on Friday evening
at Dunces Rooms, Southwark, Mr. Marriott occupied the
chair, and the room was crowded. Mr. Stafford, secretary
of the Southwark branch of the league, moved, and Mr.
Horton seconded, aresolution—" rejoicing in the formation
of a South Lond ui branch of the league, and of a Crystal
Palace Share Club—urging its support as a measure of re-
ligious liberty, andcalling upon Sabbatarians to agitate, for
consistency 'e sake. for the closing of the parks and public
gardens." Mr. J. T. Dexter moved an amendment. to
the effect—" that while expressing no opinion against such
an observance of Sunday as any individual conscience may
dictate, yet this meeting protests against the opening of
any public exhibitions which would necessitate labour on
aeveu days instead of six, espeeial:y as the expetience of
exhibitions, concerts, lectures, benefit societies, &c.. proves
that the opening of the national collections on week even-
ings. as recommended by a parliamentary committee, would
amply meet the wants of all classes of the community.- Mr.
Prichard, a working bootmaker, seconded the amendment,
and stated that he opposed the opening of the Crystal
Palace, &c., on Sundays ; Ist, because it would involve
a large amount of unnecessary Sunday labour ; 2nd, be-
cause the opening of such national institutions on Sunday
would be a national violation of the Sabbath ; 3rd, because
the Sunday opening is not required by working men, who
can and do go to places of instruction on week evenings,
as proved by the large attendance at the Industrial Exhi-
bitions and the Kensington Museum. If the Sunday
League are so anxious for working men to visit museums,
&c., why don't they help to get them opened on week
evenings ? The amendment was put to the meeting, and
on a snow of Mods, and then on a division, it was carried

by a large majority.
TUE W ORK'i AT THE MANSION-ROUSE.—The I
Baildihy News explains what is doing at the Mansion-
house. where a number of workmen have been for some
time employed. The building is being almost entirely
underpinned. The foundations of the Mansion-house
were laid on three tiers of gin. planking, on gravel made
wet by the neighbouring Walbrook. This, of course, as
long as the gravel and timber remained wet, was no had
basis ; out when Walbrook came to be drained, and when,
consequently, the gravel was simply damp, the effect on
the plonking soon became manifest. Indeed, it is a
matter for wonder why the building did not sinkly bodily
through the 27in. of rotten wood which separated it from
the gravel. Jealous eyes, however, detected partial set- •
tlementa, and the resources of science were in good time
brought into play. Gradually the underpinning has been
proceeded with, until the foundations rest on what is now
firm and comparatively dry ground. The work has of no-
amity been of a costly character, though from its very
nature it makm no show. The rumours of extensive tam
rations in the Mansion-house are inoorrect.
Tar IRISH CAMP.—A project is said to be tinder
consideration (says the Obserrer) for calling out twenty
regiments of English militia, and quartering them in Ire-
land, thus effecting the twofold object of releasing some
14,000 or 15,000 troops of the line, now available for reliefs
on foreign stations, and quenching among the loyal portion
of the community the growing ernes of distrwtihat is en-
%risked of the Mality of the men in cartels °ceps

The committee of the Workhouse Infirmary held -
a meeting on Friday evening to discuss the TO THE EDITOR or THE REPRESS.
progress of events since their last gathering a few Sia,—Forty-one weeks out of the fifty-two that
months ago. Statements were made showing that make up the year have been fully occupied by the racing
considerable concessions have been made to the
of Fetniafair; Ma 'Lela:eluded lerein—
affair lf the
du!il!litrac: time
views of the society. The workhouses have been some two tliouland prizes have been contendedgfor on the
thinned by the removal of children to the district flat ; but I question whether there was ever a duller week
thanef
bringing that havewtehe, ' astlngiaat ''v'edre'inangsdtowhiaa!l had
lehefiremafir
schools, and by the transfer of imbeciles to the
was
proper quarter. Paid nurses have been appointed some little excitement on the first day of the " Lea-
in many cases, the appointment of an assistant resi- !niAgt4) its htirero
stay
ynpt DI :Ills ,"
anilstreu e, the
threatsfiofalir Yolarn"
dent medical officer has been advised, and the great lord dispute tending to enliven the busineesP; but otherwise
question of cubical space is under consideration. things were as dull as some of our modern sensation
yhatheintakatinagtthaet to I
was T:epe:lys
To this extent, the action of the association may dramapatronsai.olertlellr fourry a
or huel"
be said to have borne practical fruit. Its main ob- way to please them. However, racing frombefore noon till
lightiedimdeentotwemmd to be
certainly eft!!! tieltreicnial tedrov'eadfi3
ject seems, however, to be as far from realisation
aa ever, and it may be fairly doubted whether the 1 it had been cut down one-third, whereby theprubbish
"nth:l:nen-
would not have preponderated quite so much over the
improvements we have cited may not be so I
many stumbling blocks in the way of a I gneomsr
did
tteyproramms
ams meo.reTthhesalwaepre not veryte numelenaeusp;
really comprehensive reform. The essence of lin the case orLandlord's race, which is still in emtiaryo so
the movement of which this association is the fcr Ty, rommereyrailed,coenecteiredg,tthhee new
backers of the colt to
mouthpiece has been a separate administration for the bets, fairly as the filly is entitled to the stakes. The
1 law that bears on the point Rays : "If an objection be made
the sick poor, and a distinct organization of nurses,
; to the qualification of. a horse on the ground of incorrect
medical staff, and government. The whole of Lon- or nomination, after the race is run, the beta
don was, according to the theory to which the eh 1, to the horse that come
es in first, provided he is of
association pledged itself, to be made chargeable ~Lgthe right:sr e,
and
thenaaotothe
objection was Our onl the
i laws ol
for the support of those hospitals, and. a central of inconect 'nomination, and nut made unlilafterethe rauoen ,
management was an integral portion of the scheme. I Angell °as
inn clear enough. The error made by Mr.
The inadaptability of existing workhouses, and the ..latepenat
,enwtaterin4ryLanexdoluosardbifoor
considering
enintinhn
impossibility of ensuring trustworthy discipline and ! twice entered the colt under his new and old names only a
management from their staffs, were among the (r)ofonntlitiorse ago,
nan,ndotthi: theieelimereeriLintit that alletehaaeitenateees
strongest pleas advanced. The unsatisfactory alloy ! until the change has been duly registered in the Book
therefore in the good said to have been effected is , Calcull'aorf"tlizea Nierativelydneeewt oil; an.
se d
disqualified
that it is calculated to bolster up a system known
by the laws of racing,"a'
it is ;trills"' there should
to be rotten ; and to further the wishes of the op- .be men who still maintain, with the Claxton and
Hall Court precedents before them, that the bets
ponents of a radical and sweeping change. It is, I must go with the stakes. The Claxton case was
indeed, freely stated that the permanent officials of , clearly one of fraud, and to prevent any such job being
the Poor-law Board are determined, almost to a dPerpetratedea again the law
_quoted from above has been
man, to resist all alterations likely to bring them beta, Ag
to, so
,thtilte no second Claxtontahe vitaowideryd everdii) get themuilat to
into collision with the guardian class, and the Fairplay affair at Barnet, concerning which Admiral
that even the action of the cubical space corn- ! tollotTehas dr7iiileod that
rse. itehree bets go with the setttekes, fir):
mittec has been more circumscribed than the not disqualified simply because hiYa'owner failed to enter
public had a right to expect. It is certain .ha ini as
tood th"alt.aireleilt, late Chirp,"all but because it was under-
that no representative of the association as such named " Faf rplaym"finatel'e "Z"hirp7anciwacf.tedriffentefiritg the
has been invited to its counsels, and as the whole former elected to run the latter. Nothing could be gained
question this committee has been created to
, finyomidrual'it.n, thetfill " tteavinPgafibielemn 'c'reaciltet ri'fwitii hisd
Landlord's
discuss was originally raised by the deputation names when returned in Ikei's Life as a starter for a re-
which waited on the Poor-law Board, it would 7,Jitt raceduneantood t Nevon
wraktettiley so that betetingritla menou generally
have been, perhaps, more satisfactory to have had tool the pains in my last, wLerenpwroag.,noab.gt hisand I
sue
some assurance that the sick paupers were efli- tees, to let Lour readers know who and what Landlord
ciently represented. This is the more necessary jwusut.beHat7ng*ltitactlequitea:atupatondhiiisasldeefeoonfir two of °tall;
when we remember the controversial tone which absentees run he might have been beaten ; however, most
has been adopted by certain prominent members cf
ttotheoopdrislesr put forth at Warwick were left to platen,
horses that did show being chiefly of the
of the committee. The professional gentleman hats elder school
pinned his reputation, as it were, to a ! One of the best of the juvenile performers was Lady
theory utterly opposed to that of the recog- ' Cindeed, it who won 'll' ttehe
alatst fitat Lace oef 1;66" vury. easily
nized authorities on ventilation. Officially inspired galloping homebeinge:nin in the old Saxonse Jemmy
and gold,
articles on the extreme healthiness of workhouse with which he did so much when he was the "popular
light for is
ever, ae
weight." But
thisa atl
ycannotear i,is c
hold3eetheee posatitionje ust
infirmary wards mysteriously find their way into named
is
the newspapers. Personal predilections and anti- to boast of being the most successful yjockey,fig albeit hehe is
pathies have been notoriously at the buttons of far
rtlbee IX: 171 Jemmy
Wry,' h" aiinn hisw hgorttatsansott7ilibaaseason, and very
so
certain omissions and appointments, and political by half a dozen score, so that fortune-hunters must not'
statecraft has not been without its influence in run away with the idea that backing Kenyon is " making
money." His average is not so good as that of Custance,
determining recent policy. 1 Fortiliam, or J. Snowdon ; nor better than that of three
The plain inference is therefore that those bent • or four of his brother artists very little known to fame ;
upon workhouse and parochial reform have their btalefortitehe peritdyancre;ffe theotase who follow jockeys I willt
amoutnings
work still before them. To quote a small improve- are represented by two figures, and, winning
the
ment here, and a slight concession there, as reasonssa dieni naar
(leaving outof taiikover, mes they have been in the
for delay, is like giving a hungry man a whet and of odds they should have
o course),
wefandasthow ; (rirhtsiteiraetete
then asking if his appetite is satisfied. I make a " draw" of it at the end of the year. Following
The Lambeth case is sail, on what seem . taahe.
itfiwasj tsotnicy)layh'il'a hao.ineliaLw, oauljeabecit zee the champion,
The
insufficient grounds, to be beyond the scope having piloted Elland in all tie' eleven victories, owing to
of
of a society which confines its attention , which. werel" certainties." i:ities." But he only won four times ou
anything in Lavingeelv takeneee
ipeat butinm twenty-six
calculation,
to the sick, but the action of the Poor-law Board . ys
algtogesetherancen
has been so lax, that we may well hope sonic in which proves that it was (1,,,,qt 7 to 4 eget Justanceeach
dependent individual or association will take the timeag phfxroonder4
.a2i .
ito.k e
.1 t
,aig)setae.
n 1 Snowdonti.oonr
or
rordlitam .
Coates a ; 1-3' to
o i
matter up. Briefly, upon additional medical ser- • agst Cameron ;7to 2 agst Carroll, J. ' Grinisnew' , poor
vices being called for, the Lambeth guardians hit roirri
Murray,'i'Poaratia' narePtoeuliers(t
Morris-1 to 1
Cannon,
F. Adam*,
upon the happy expedient of dressing up an aged loner, H. Covey, Edward:, T. French, 'Sopp, ly
eTe. ,
,Cwh tiil-.
pauper inmate in black, and creating him deputy Jackson. 2 ;A:tito 1 agat Cradock, J. Mean, or Wyatt ; 11 to
medical officer. This person had formerly been in I agstt X. C'harlos'nepr
uenabia,r, Hyu.xtateblei
aogratJ.H`ea"°rtfirneid; H" itbo-
the profession, but thoroughlybroken-down and old, . berd, or Peake ; 17 to 2 eget H. Clarke, and 9 to 1 eget J.
had been an inmate and worn the uniform of the tGhooater.dleTldiesenworrehiroes died tthheeechhiefthof the business in
house until, to save expense, he was declared fit new
gentlemen who Lad overg
fifteyremwouenrets ce aaaie(fia
to visit and to treat paupers. These awkward facts teirof,,theuy.sa many as seventy or eighty) without making
came to light somehow, and be has been quietly had an average of twZiave fion'euns i s whilst
each wlat Toeudt aozne cen oilersgr -
put back again ; but other and equally damning log a judge first. But if we come to actual figures even'
Thomas's
andomae aeleingeweeheas
Lavingbeen beaten, two jockeys styled Pot-
facts have become known. The master stoodree
charged with cruelty and irregularities of a ape- recorded in heir favour,
aedwao
„r...l.lteoriut,
, ativethout
citic and damaging character. He, as well as the of
rkeight. I should not have dwelt on such dry
guardians, is said to have ordered impristinment ingwo
passionra racing
(tack trettikeseybanmt that there
thei such a
abstract
ad t-
illegally ; old pet pie have been " caged" for might deter parties Prow playing such an uncertain game,
or, at t
iiiineynrkara,tet,alnetoretaliseftul
arseteistast aygrelan). cwehwatfier tarp"oeli
hours together, and for days consecutively, for
being physically feeble, and young women have un- lect, Snowdon would Lave been the gold mine this year,
dergone similar treatment, that the house should as he didaed not tad nearly so many " certainties" as cas-
tle distasteful. Why the appointment of a very long odds. ifit'iasnusealaesmse, L'fowhete fro, 'gq:inwgeirentolatnhdeeldaastt
sham " deputy " doctor is not thought relevant to career of jockeys with a view to draw out a plan for tFe
future
the present treatment of the sick poor we have yet ata,aoenly"stleb men
yeara aster Custanceye an
year, and their
kordham scoring
eia'ahew was
to learn ; but while credit must be given for any this season materially assisted by the number of matches
they rode in.
efforts which tend to improve our workhouses, the
fact of such charges as those made against Lam_ . rinTstonugnhletrt`o`r
rocinuarte"oseLsonnohrasmbe to
en brohueghitdltoe' a con-
i
beth having been hushed up by the guardians with steeplechase meetings having to come oil between now and
the concurrence of the l'oor-law Board proves Christmas; and
latpedintct Great Metropolitan Handicap at
how little the true functions of either body are un- the Croydon
Grind National next
n al promisee
the afimmoruatttooPeexlcriitteh-
-leret o 0 d , and how much parochial ill-doing may meat and speculation it will engender. Already heavy
sums have been got on Astrolabe la Frenchman), Globule,
be still perpetrated with impunity. and Meanwooti, and other " good things" innumerable are
. spoken about ; but with Hornet, Daisy, and Patience look-
._ ing quite as well as the three favourites, and mysterious
THE FENIAN MoYEMENT.—The arrest made on hints abroad concerning Milford and others, Ido not in-
tend to meddle with a jumping race for which there may
Friday of ~ supposed Ftnian emissary immediately after
be nearly twenty starters ; and my winter labours shall, as
he had obtained from the Ilibernian Bank a letter of credit
usual,
be confined to an analysis of the two-year-old
on the Commercial Bank of Glasgow for the sum of 9001., form," with a view to show where the winners of the
naturally increased the uneasiness which exists in the Derby, Two Thousand, and other great events of 1567, are
public mind with respect to the conspiracy. The man ar- to come from.—l am, k.c., METROt.
rested may be innocent, but by his failure to give any
satisfactory account of himself he has justified the suspi-
cion of the police, who have been narrowly watching his BETTING IN LONDON.—SATURDAY.
movements since he made his appearance in Dub-'
an a short time ago. The seizure of arms and Considering the lateness of the season, a large number
ammunition on Friday in Limerick, and the ar- of members Resembled at the clubs to-day, and speculation
rest of ten persons on suspiciou of Fenianism, was commensurately brisk. The Croydon Steeplechase,
are incidents still further calculated to cause which is gradually expanding into the dimensions of a
apprehension and alarm. It is now evident that "girond annual," was made the principal medium of wager-
'wither the late convictions nor the suspension of ing, and for this event several horses were backed to win
the Habeas Corpus Act have had the effect of wholly a good stake. Globule had slightly the call in the quota-
crushing the formidable conspiracy against the peace and thin at 100 to 12, with Astrolabe closely beading on his
good order of society which was so fully revealed (luring heels at 9 to 1, while backing the two coupled appeared
the trials at the Special Commission. The conspirators to be a favourite mode of investment. About 2001. was
became less demonstrative, but it is clear that they did laid out by one commissioner or. Meanwood, the odds of 10
not abandon their designs, and the re-appearance on the to 1 being accepted kindly, and several minor outlays were
scene of American agents, anti the attempt to introduce effected on the same terms. Daisy came in for a con-
anus into the country, indicate, we fear, an intention sidcrable amount of support, all the 100's to 5 being taken
on the part of those who control and direct the confe- freely, and backers would Lave gone on at that price, but
deracy to make some effort to carry out their threats of towards the close it was not obtainable. Hornet was not
insurrection. We still cherish the hope that the wicked de- so wealthy as he had been a day or two previously, and
sign may beabandoned, but we cannot ignore the fact that in receded several points. Reporter found friends at 100 to 5,
many parts of the country considerable apprehension does and Little Frank was supported at 100 to :i. Several
exist, or deny that there are reasons to warrant this feel- other horses were mentioned, but the actual business was
ing. The letter of our Cork correspondent supplies us confined to those we have enumerated. An attempt at
with some information on the subject of Fenianism in the speculation on the Chester Cup proved a failure, and the
south of Ireland, showing the unsatisfactory state of only Derby candidates invested upon were The Rake,
affairs which prevails there. The alarm that exists has l'laudit, anti Dragon, the two former being in great re-
caused numbers of the small depositors in the banks to quest. At the close the quotations were as follows:
withdraw their cash in gold, and on Wednesday last there GRAND METROPOLITAN SZEEPLECHASE CROYDON'.
was an unmistakable run upon the Cork Savings Bank. 100 to it agst Globule t. 100 to 4 agat Arlescott .t•
lining to : 9to 1 Astrolabe a a too to 4 Ben Nevis "mTrade is at a standstill, the small traders dec
off-. Patience .off, ,
purchase from the travellers, on the ground that "no one ' 10 to 1 Heanwood It I rea) ton
4 loattle
t.Funk o,
couldsay what would happen between this and Christmas." ' 100 to e Balder .ott. lot) to 3 =
The circumstances just at present are such that too much 100 to 5 Daisy t and w) Ito to 3 311liordoeIff
caution and vigilance cannot be exercised by the autho- ' 100 to 5 Hornet t 109 to 3 Portland ,off)
rities, and we believe that in this respect they are not un. 100 to 5 Reporter ,t;
mindful of the responsibility that devolves upon them.— ' DERR,
Saunders' News. 8 to 1 asst The Rake (t)
10 to 1 Plaudit t;
REINFORCEMENTS FOR IRELAND.—It WOUld ap-
pear from the following announcement, which we are
enabled to make on the best authority, as if Her Majesty's
government were taking all necessary precautions against a
Fenian surprise in the sister country. A party of 200 officers
and men of the Royal Marines is under orders for imme-
diate conveyance to Queenstown. The dispersal of the
force will be as follows (—One captain four subalterns, and
97 non-commissioned officers and men of the Chatham divi-
sion will join H.M.S. Frederick William which is perma-
nently stationed at Queenstown ; and a similar party from
the Woolwich Dimon will join H.M.S. Black Prince, also
at laueenstown.— United Sorties Oardte.
HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST, VICTORIA-
PARIL—The number of patients relieved at this institu-
tion during last week was 1,339, of which 279 were new
OMI.

TICO. to C agst Dragon

CHERTSEY RACES.-SATrRDAY.

This meeting was concluded to-day under favourable
auspices. The weather was extremely fine, the eompany
much larger than on the preceding day, and the ring espe-
cially well patronised. Unfortunately, the day's sport
was marred by several accidents, some of them of a serious
character.

A HEN-rens' STALES of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added, 12st
each, with penalties and allowances ; gentlemen riders.
About three miles.
Yr. Cnei Yellow Jack, aged, list 7th (.22M (.7 New) 1
Mr. Thomas's Brunette kpedlgree unknown), aged, list 71b
((O 'Mr. Grant) 2
Mr. Aldridge's brown mere (pedigree unknown), aged,
list 71b ,LSO; 'Barry)
Betting : 7 to 4 as Yellow Jack, 3 to 1 aid Brusetki.