The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-09 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE,
Tits NEW POOR LAW. —A man, named Shillingworth,
aged 26. and hip veil..., aged 24, were brought before Al-
derman Pirie, having been found in a destitute condition
in the City on Saturday night.
A policeman stated, that at 12 o'clock on Saturday
night he found the two di4treFsed persons standing in Klieg
\NI They stated to him that they were in
the most deplorable condition, without food o: lodging.
Air. Th a altss (the relicvirg officer or the City of 1 it.
don Union) skid that this was the third time t- e two pour
persons had been brcught to him fur re ief, although they
belonged to the Lambeth Union, which was at so short a
distance from 'lre City. He was glad to have the cppor-
tanity of i•opreteni ig, in the presence of witnesses,
which the Una m ;t elf furnished, the manlier in which the-
out-Unions acted. The man, who 'IOW complain d of
bell g in a state of destitution, stated to him a s'-lort time
ago that he belonged to Lamb, th Union, and that the au.
thor itics had refused to assist him. He (Mr. Thweites)
the.eapon gave him a letter to the relievng overseer of
the Utii)r, mentioning that if something were not done
for him and his wife, and they returned again to the-City
of London thion, tbo case must be represented to the
Lord Mayor, who no doubt would take 11.:4:1
in a manner t` at might be unpalatable. Uni
the writing of that letter nothing bad been basid of the
rico: persons until they were found in King Williele-ftfe.et,
and then the letter which be (Mr. Thwattes)
ee
to the relieving cfficer, and the answer to it trai!t
the man's possession. The answer stated teed, b 4
It
n
was able to work he should be emPlerd, bat th4t ko
ought to live in the parish.
Alderman PIRIE asked Shillings:worth why he did not
work when work was offered
Shillingsworth said that h
d him'
id all be could to
.p.
bim.and his wife into the
upon the Lambeth Union bad offered to do any
house, but t'ey would f
t_c!
n:ut his health was extremely bad,
work he was able to
'3°1,1,4 i.ories shook him to pieces, end
and the labour of breasa
after the most dreadful exhaustion
all that he coulddear
which would not pay for h 4 lodging.
was fourpcnce a
satayt,cd to him that they could not give hint
The Union, too,
except
he lived in the parish. and h
e
any empl?ymen ce completely excluded from a 'd
and his wife ever rest etee in
byr rags and misery.
the parish is—And what did
. Alderman Praia—" And they say when you said
you
had not strength to weirk ? Shilliagsworth—They
I must get a
toll me that medical eat ,ficate to that effect.
A klerMan PIKIE—An ito whom were ycu to go tit
the medical certificate ? Shiilingsworth—l did
not know
where to go for it. I had implored them to -let me into
the liousl for the love of God, and we would do all we
could; but no, the doors were shut upon us. laced we
would not have cared what sort of employment they set
us to.

Mr. Hobler said, that the means of exclueen daybed
were effectual.Tht.: poor
t were refused work except they
paiii
resiled in the ani they were refused reSideiree in
the parish werebetauseotmhtoychfurther.
in extreme poverty. Inge.
nui:y could not
g
Alderman PlatE es _y ; and the idea of demanding a
medical certificate from a wretched man without a farthing
in Lis pocket, before they excuse him from exhausting la-
boor, is rather shtrp practice too. This man has all the
a.oi.earance of being in ill he ilth, and certainly if the au.
t.orities require a mccical c,:rtificato, they ought to send
hhim to their own medical attendant.
Mr. Thwaites —Certainly they ought. We are pea.
tcrcd with cases of ti i 3 kind, and most decidedly if the
out kari3hes did their duty, a vast deal of misery would ho
alleviated.
Alderman request PIRIEtan —Let this man and his wife be taken
to the Lambeth workhouse, with the of --
the sitting
Alderman at the Mansion-house, that something
for them, and that if a medical certificate be requtlitreda"abo-
fore a ren.iTsion of any part of the labour required to be
pc' formed, the me,lionl attendant of the Union do what is
necessary. It is most sftet;nry
„, to witness the cases of
, distress which constantly esent themselves to us, and it
is &grading to human rial:inre to heir the reasons vvbicaa
a c itequently given for
'cluing to do what common ha-
wanity dictator,