The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-21 00:00:00

WORKHOUSE REFORM.

The session of the health department of the Social
Science Association was °perry(' on Wednesday
evening last, with an address by Mr. Ernest II tr t
on a national scheme for the better government of
workhouse infirmaries in London. Mr. hart re-
viewed the circumstances which, from the Gibson
and Daly incidents down to the present time, have
directed public attention to the defects in the
existing administration of workhouses ; he 'attri-
buted these defects mainly t the want of
technical knowledge in dealing with the sick
ind infirm inmates (who form the majority of our
present workhouse population) on the part of the
poor-law inspectors, and to the absence of any pro-
perly constituted representation ou the Poor-law
Board itself• of the medical interests concerned.
Th? broad outlines of Mr. Hart's plan of improved
organisation are these : the adoption of a series
of general principles to form a code for the
guidance of officials ; the medical officers to
hold their appointments for life, or, at any
rate, subject only to dismissal by the Poor-
law Board; paid nurzing ; free access for visiting
committees of ladies, and for the medical profes-
sion, to the workhouses at all reasonable seasons ;
the appointment of -technically qualified inspectors
with fuller powers ; and the creation of a medical
department of the Poor-law Board. It was pointed
out in the course of discussion that an example of
what should be done is furnished by the system
under which the Irish poor-law is conducted at the
present time. We have not at present space for dis-
cussing the many branches of this interesting and
important subject which were touched upon at the
meeting, but we may say, ad interim, that our ex-
perience teaches us very plainly that an infinitely
greater amount of good would result from a pro-
perly organised system of out-door medical relief
than from any scheme, however well devised, which
applies only to the inmates of workhouses.—
Medical Times and Gazette.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENJE—This Day.

(By Telegraph.)
Gna.vr.srgn, Saturday Morning.

Arrived.—Lord John Russell, from Dvnkirk.

Arrived, Dec. 21. Moselle, and Florence, steamers, from
Antwerp; Durham Packet, Mellona, and Josh. Carroll,
from Guernsey; Latona, steamer, from Tarragona; Dagmar,
steamer, from Grimstadt ; Granton, steamer, from Ham-
burg ; Severn, steamer, from Uthlowalla ; Germania,
steamer, from Hamburg.
Sailed— Coimbatore, for Port Philip; Golden Bea, for
Sydney.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed (iu tow), Dac, 20.—Forost Quan, ship, from
Halifax, for London.
Passed.—Empress, barque, from Akyab, fur London.
Anchorod.—Priuce, George, from Loudon, fur New
Orleans.

ICNICN G.t.ZETU LMT EVENING

DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 19.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Rtivlins
Semper, Esq., to b 3 Chief Justice of the Island of Stint
Christopher and of the Island of Nevis.
Majesty has also been phased to appoiut Thomas
Bradde Esq., to be Attoruey-General ; \\Waal ‘ViHaus
Wtllaus, Esq., to be Treasurer ; Chimes John Irvin,
Esq., to be Auditor-General ;. and C apt iin Jolla Frei:3:l6c
Adolphus ..N.l‘Nair, R.A., to be 0 'lonia' Elsineer f.l. the
Straits Settleiwints.

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Rotterdam
Antwerp —2 Z-. 35 25 40
Brussels
liamburg
Paris Short 25 121 25 20
Ditto 3 Months. 25 80 25 35
Niarseillos
'fr0...11140r: on the Nl:due 12t1f 1201
Vienut. — 12 3c l2 4.
Priesto — 12 3,'.. I'2 45
Petersburo - 31) 32i
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Madrid —
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Genoa
Naples _ 98 60- 28 80
Palermo ._ , 28 ;,0 26 8j
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