The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-06 00:00:00

ATROCITIES OF THE ENGLISH POOR LAW.

Three miserable looking women, attended by five or six
wretched looking children, were brought before the magistrates
on Monday, under circumstances of the most abject want and
poverty. They arrived by the London boat, and appeared
before the magistrates on Monday, without the means, amongst
the entire number, of purchasing a pennyworth of bread. The
first witness, Mary Leary, stated that she was a native of King
Williamstown, near Santurk, and that she arrived in Cork
with one child depending on her. She had lived in London
twenty years, and had married a soldier in the first Coldstream
Guards, who afterwards died an his way to the Crimea. Her
husband was an Englishman, and a native of Devonshire;
and at his death she received, about two years since, twenty
pounds, but at present she had not ono farthing in her posses-
sion, nor the means of purchasing the smallest article of food.
The next applicant was Honors Brosnihan, who stated she
was a native of Tralee, and had lived in London for 27 years.
This woman had four children with her, all of whom had been
born in London. Her husband was a native of London, and
had been in the London police for eleven years in the H
division, Whitochapel. He sailed for America thirteen weeks
since, and some time after he went she had to apply for relief,
upon which she was taken to the steamer, and that morning,
before their worships, she had not a single coin but one farthing
in the world. Mary Sweeny stated she was a native of the
city of Cork, and had lived in England for twenty four years.
She had not a soul belonging to her in this country, and they
sent her away from England against her will. Witness got a
rheumatic fever, and lived with a countrywoman of he; own for
four months, and during that time she never applied to the
parish even for so much as a loaf of bread. She then applied
for relief on Saturday, sod the Thursday morning following
they placed i❑ the steamer against her will. If they allowed
her to remain in England, after she recovered, she could have
earned her bread ; but they forced her to come over here, to
where she had not a friend in the world. In answer to Mr.
Mahony : I was never on the books of the union before,
though I have been in England for over twenty four years.
Head Constable Crowley : Your worship, they have only one
farthing between the whole party. The unfortunate women
appeared to feel deeply the utter hopelessness of their position,
and cried bitterly while detailing the crneities of which they
are the victims. The applicants were directed to await the
arrival of the relieving officer, when an order for their admis-
sion to the workhouse would bo granted.—Cork Examiner.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
100 to 8 agst Emigrant (offered)
13 .. 1 ... Minos (take 14 to 1)
20 .. 1 ... Free Trader (taken)
25 1 ... Casse Cou (taken)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
10 to ] agst Skirmisher (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
14 to 1 agst Leamington (taken)
28 ... 1 Sir Calin (take 30 to 1)
30 ... 1 ... Rogerthorpe (taken)
30 .. 1 .. Claret (taken)
50 .. 1 Swindel Dbygga (taken)
50 .. 1 ... Alice (taken)
DERBY.
16 to 1 agst Tournament (taken)
50 1 Messenger

THE LATE ACCIDENT AT GOOD WOOD.--The following
statement is published in the last number of the official
oalendar. The contributions by the gentlemen connected
with the turf for the maintenance and medical attention
to the jockies who met with serious accidents in the race
for the Goodwood Stakes, and for the benefit of the said
sufferers, amounted to 4469, the Duke of Richmond and
the late stewards—the Marquis of Anglesey and Rear
Admiral Rous—have agreed to make the following distri-
bution, which they trust will meet with the general
approbation of the subscribers :—Chichester Infirmary,
including expenses, £lOO ; Bartholomew, concussion of
the brain, £80; Mundy, broken leg, £BO ; Hearnden, very
severe injuries, .180 ; Ashmall, broken collar bone, £5O ;
J. Steggles, contusion, :920; Cresswell, contusion, x'2o;
Hall, contusion, £2O; Salter, contusion, £2O. Total,
£470. The money will be paid to the above jockies at
Messrs. Weatherley's office, on their personal application.