The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-04 00:00:00

ABItAIIAII LINCOLN.

By the President,
Wm. H. SEWS AD, Secretary of State.

Whereas it appears to me, the Right lion. Sir G. Grey,
Bart., one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State,
that the use of loconwtives, unless restricted as hereinafter
stated, on or along the highways in the division of Balmer
West, in the North Riding of the county of York, is dan-
gerous and inconvenient to the public :
I do hereby, by virtue of the provisions of the Locomo-
tive Act, 1861, by this order under my hand, prohibit the
use of any kind of locomotive whatever, propelled by steam
or any other than animal power, on the above roads, except
between the hours of twelve o'clock at night and six o'clock
in the morning,
Given under my hand at Whitehall, this 2nd day of
February, 1865.

(Signed) G. GREY.
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 31.
The undermentioned officers have been promoted to the
rank of Assistant Engineer, First Class, in her Majesty's
Fleet, with seniority from the dates stated against their
names :—Mr. Thomas Carter, Mr. George Frederic Greaves,
Mr. William Henry Moon, Mr. John Leigh, and Mr.
Walter Crichton.

AMILRALTY, FEB. 2.
The undermentioned officer has been this day placed on
the Retired List, with the rank of Captain ;—Henry W.
Allen, Esq., Staff Commander.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Iast Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 14 11 15
Ditto 3 Month.% 11 171- 11 18
Rotterdam
Antwerp -- 25 45 25 50
Brussels
Hamburgh — 13 7 13 71
Paris Short. 25 15 25 20
Ditto 3 Months. 25 421 25 47f
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine —119 f
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Petersburgh
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Berlin
' Madrid — 461 47
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Leghorn
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Genoa
Naples 25 57i. 25 624
25 57i 25 62 Palermo
Messina - 25 62
Lisbon
. 25 571 25 62
- 511 511
Oporto — 51-Y 51i
Foreign Gold in. bars (stanclard).....C3 17s. 9d. per oz.

POOR LAW INQUlRY.—Yesterday the Board of
Guardians of the Strand Union received a commu-
nication from the Poor Law Board stating the result of the
investigation which has been made by Mr. Farnall, the
Poor Law Inspector, into the case of Mary Gibbs. It
appeared from the evidence adduced that Mary Gibbs,
residing in the parish of St. Anne, Soho, within the ambit
of the Strand Union, was deserted by her husband, a jour-
neyman baker, who was alleged to have gone away in
eNtrch of work, whereupon the landlord seized her goods
and turned her out of the house. Having neither home
nor food she applied at the offices of the Strand Union,
Bow-street, for relief. She was there told that Mr. Lock-
hart, the relieving-officer, was absent, and she had better
apply at the workhouse in the evening. It could not be
ascertained who told her this, but it being past 12 o'clock
Mr. Lockhart would have been absent at the time. On ap-
plying at the workhouse in Cleveland-street she alleged she
was told that aashe had no order she could not be admitted,
but that as she then stood in St. Pancras parish (the work-
house of the Strand Union being locally in St. Pancras)
she must apply at the St. Pancras Workhouse. On going
to St. Pancras Workhouse she was admitted into the casual
ward. Tho next morning, on inquiries being made, she was
told that as she had resided in the Strand Union she must
apply there for relief. On making application at the Strand
Union offices, Bow-street: sho was told that as she had
slept in St. Pancras she must apply to St. Pancras for relief,
and she had to return to St. Pancras Workhouse, where she
is now staying, there being difficulties in the way of re-
moving her to her husband's parish. These circumstances
having been brought under the notice of the Poor-law
Board, Mr.Farnall was directed to investigate the matter, and
the following letter of the Poor Law Board to Mr. Kilner,
clerk to the Board of Guardians, Strand Union, states the
result :—" Poor Law Board, Whitehall, Jan. 31.—Sir,--I am
directed by the Poor Law Board to inform the guardians of the
Strand Union that they have received from their inspector,
Mr. Farnall, a report on the inquiry which he held into the
case of Mary Gibbs, together with a copy of the evidence
taken by him. The Board have carefully considered the
evidence given in the case by Mary Gibbs and by Mr. Lock-
hart, and other officers of the Strand Union, and
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ance at the gate, but that though the bell of the workhouse
was rung repeatedly (as entered on his book), about the
time at which Mary Gibbs says she rung it, he did not
see her, nor did she make application to him for admission
into the workhouse. From whatever circumstances the
failure of Mary Gibbs to obtain relief may be attributable,
this result must be considered unsatisfactory, and every care
should be taken to prevent such an occurrence again. For
this purpose the Board would suggest that the relieving
officer should be enjoined strictly to observe the regulations
as to the attendance at the office in Bow-street, which have
been properly laid down bythe Guardians, and that all per-
sons at the office should be instructed to refer any applicants
for relief to any one of the officers who may be in attend-
ance, and in the event of the accidental absence of all of
these that the applicant should remain until their return, in
order that the applications might be properly dealt with. The
Guardians should also give positive orders that not only the
porter, but any other persons temporarily in charge of the
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plying for admission without informing the master,i and
egate of the workhouse should not send away anypersonseP
re-
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