The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-01 00:00:00

SUNDERLAND.

As was anticipated, the contest in this borough
was fought out with great earnestness and bitterness
yesterday. Mr. Fenwick was unable to take any part
in the proceedings through illness ; but he had a
very energetic and determined committee, who, with
a large body of supporters, wrought hard for his
return. Mr. Candlish's party were equally power-
ful. ,What they wanted in position they made up in
extraordinary determination and perseverance, and
never in the Parliamentary annals of the borough
have more warmth and zeal been exhibited for the
return of the respective candidates.
The polling commenced at 8 o'clock in the morn-
ing, and the following official returns were published
during the forenoon :

. 9 O'CLOCK.
Candlish
10 O'CLOCK.
Candlish
11 o'CLocK.
Candlish
NOON.
Candlish 1073 I Fenwick 992
Wednesday Night.
After 12 o'clock Mr. Candlish increased his ma-
jority. At the close the numbers were :
Candlish 1430 I Fenwick

The contest was carried on through a series of
snowstorms, but the interest never flagged. The
numbers are as large as any ever polled in the
borough.

TIVERTON,
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Denman

The London Workhouses.

Some interesting facts relative to the management
of the London workhouses by " guardians of the
poor" have been brought to light in papers just
issued under the authority of the Poor Law Board.

It is an ascertained fact, but one not generally
known, that the greatest diversity prevails among

I the Loudon guardians as to the amount of food
which shall be given to a pauper ; and, indeed, to
such an extent is this diversity carried that while the
average weekly cost of a pauper in one London
parish amounts to above 55., in another it is as low
as a little above 2s. This is taking classes together,
but the distinction is more marked when a particu-
lar class is taken. An " able-bodied" man in one
union is estimated to cost for food alone something
over 3s. a week, while in another he is only allowed
food for the seven days to the cost of under 2s. On
inquiring, more curiously still, it is found that the
guardians of one union allow their able-bodied
paupers as much as nearly 120 oz. of bread a week
each, while the guardians of another give the same
class man 80oz. By the tables composed by Mr.
T. Ilarries, of the Poor Law Board, on the die-
taries of convicts, it is shown that at Pentonville
Prison a convict gets 140 oz. of bread a week, and
at Millbank Prison 1500 z., so that, as regards the
" staff of life," the convict has the advantage over
the pauper. With respect to meat, in no London
workhouse is meat given every day, and the maxi-
mum amount given in any London workhouse to
" able-bodied" is below the minimum given in a
London convict prison, that minimum being 30oz.
In fact, the quantity of meat given at some of the
workhouses to able-bodied paupers cannot exceed
half this amount, calculating even the meat given
in soup, broth, suet pudding, and in every other way.
The days in workhouses are marked by the dinners.
Sunday is invariably a " meat day," when, taking
Hampstead, for instance, an able-bodied man or
woman has soz. of meat, Boz. of potatoes, and 4oz.
of bread for dinner. Monday is a " soup day," when
an able-bodied man has 6oz. of bread and a pint and
a-half of soupand an able-bodied woman soz. of
bread and the same quantity of soup. Tuesday is a
" cheese day," when able-bodied men and women
have 2oz. of cheese with Boz. and 7oz. of bread re-
qpectively. Wednesday is a " soup day," when
Monday's fare is given, and Thursday is the only
other "meat day" in the week, when Sunday's din-
ner is repeated. Friday is a "pudding day," 14oz.
and 12oz. of pudding forming the sole dinner of an
able-bodied man or woman ; and Saturday is another
" soup day." _ The breakfast for this class is 6oz. of
bread for men and soz. for women, with a pint and
a-half of gruel; and the only other meal is the supper,
when Goz. and soz. of bread for men and women
respectively and lioz. of cheese constitute the third
and last meal for six days, while on the seventh a
pint and a-half of broth stands in the place of the
cheese. This is said to be a " high dietary" house,
but nearly all the other workhouses give three meat
dinners a week to the able-bodied. Children have
but two meat dinners a week in this house, 4oz. at
each meal to those below 9 years of age, and soz. to
those above. In St. Luke's, Chelsea, children under
3 years have 3oz. of meat every day, and those up
to 9 years have 4oz. six days a week. The general
quantity of meat given is soz. three days a week
to able-bodied, but St. Luke's, Old-street, a gene-
rally well-conducted workhouse, gives 60z.; at St.
Giles's and Bloomsbury workhouse Boz. is given twice
a week, and 4oz. of bacon on a third day. In the
dieting of the infirm and aged, and children of dif-
ferent ages, there is so great a variation in the diffe-
rent workhouses as to lead to the conclusionfeedithoerr
that at some the paupers generally arei than sufficient
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is, without doubt, Du Barry's Ilevalenta Arabica Food, con-
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potassium ; it also includes casein, the same principle as Welt
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