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Yesterday Mr. H. B. F,
Greenwich Union Workhou,
urging upon the guardians of the uhiln taadellition
of a mode of relief, as regards the regular casual
poor, superior to that now carried on. Mr. Carter,
the chairman, presided over a full meeting of guar-
dians who were present to meet the commissioner.
Mr. FARNALL said he knew the guardians had a
most onerous duty to discharge in administering
relief in that union, for in it there were 127,670
people, and the pauperism being much above the
average metropolitan pauperism, the rates were very
high as compared with the average metropolitan
rating. The rates in that union were equal to an
annti"tl rating, for poor relief alone, of 2s. 22d. in the
pwhilellyere e
thecirt,ita,
tiln gw oo fuld bes
thewhole 1
thane
3d. in
the pound to cover all the charges of the poor.
The :2:3. 22d. with which this union was burdeac-(1
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theolis, if
rating
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did nothing More than pay for the poor rate of the
union, and there were many other rates besides, as
lie was well aware. The average pauperism -of
the metropolis- was a little over 8 per cent. on
the whole Dopulation, while the pauperism of the
Greenwich district was equal to about 5 per
cent. Here were reasons enough, he said, for the
guardians to consider whether they might not
adopt some means to lessen the cost -of the poor,
and he bad come there to give them his views. He
could do no more than this ; for, though there was
a central authority at Whitehall, that authority
could do nothing to enforce upon the guardians a
course of which they did not approve. Now, there
were in the workhouse the previous night 938 per-
sons, 810 of whom were temporarily diSabled, aged,
or infirm. 'These were not the classes, he ventured
to remind them, for whom the workhouses were
intended ; but they wereintsodcd_as.4Alkt forme ---
idle and dissolute, and a refuge-for those, not as
orphans, who had no place in which to lay their
heads. He believed the aged, infirm, and sick
would be, the majority at least, happier in. their own
little homes, if relief sufficient to keep them there
were given. Then there were 406 sick of these 810,
and to attend on these there were 40 pauper nurses,
and not one paid nurse. The " extras" given to
these pauper nurses amounted to an annual cost of
£315, and he asked the guardians if it was true
economy to give this large sum for irresponsible
nurses when they could get paid nurses for less.
He also pointed out that the itch ward was placed
in the receiving ward, and called upon the guar-
dians to remove it, as being altogether wrong. He
then went on at some length into the vagrancy
question, and he called the guardians' attention to
the fact that they had not yet adopted any measure
of labour test for the recipients of relief under the
Houseless Poor Act, so that they were really en,.
couraging vagrancy, and he warned the relieving
officers that they were not to- give tickets for the
casual wards to their regular poor, the poor charge-
able upon their own rates ; but that ail such relief
should be charged to the union.
Much conversation followed Mr. Farnall's ad-
dress, and some of the guardians acknowledged
that facts had been brought to their notice respect-
ing the workhouse of which they were unaware.
One of the guardians expressed dislike of the
Houseless Poor Act altogether.
The CHAIRMAN said he had no faith in paid
nurses.

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his opponent a,temporary advantage ; but after a succession
of spurts -Murphy again obtained the lead nearing Chis-
wick-ait, and bettered his position until, in the middle of
Corney-reach, there were three good lengths beta: en them.
Russell, however, determined to make ono more effort, and
in the midst of great excitement, gained upon his man until
at the bathipg-place they were again nearly level ; but
Murphy her., as •all through, rowed with the greater
amount of judgment, and finally shook his MTh off at
Barnes-bridge and won b four lengths. The batting was
2 to 1 on Russell.

COURSING.

GREAT WATERLOO MEETING—THURSDAY.
The Waterloo Cup, value £1,600 in specie, by subscription
of £25 each : 64 subs ; the winner to receive £5OO ; the
second, £2OO ; two dogs, £5O ; four dogs, £3O ; eight
dogs, £2O; and 16 dogs, £lO each. The winner to give
three dozen of claret to the dinner.

Mr. Armistead nd Little Grey beat Colonel Bathurst nd
Godiva.
Mr. Brocklebank's Isaac beat Mr. Strachan's3larquis.
Mr. Mallaby nd Dacca beat Mr. W. Long's Lagrange.
Mr. D. Bateman nd Robe beat Mr. Jones's Jem Mace.
Mr. J. Johnstone nd Fieldfare beat Mr. Williams's ad
Good Gracious.
Mr. T. D. Iloraby nd Rower beat Mr. Bland ad Gaudy
Poll.

Mr. Callender nd Love Bird beat Mr. J. Blake nd Prime
Minister.
Lord. Bective's Lady Alexandra beat Lord Grey do Wil-
ten's Glendower.
Mr. J. Jardine nd Annabella beat Hon. Capt. Moiyneux
nd Saturn.
Mr. J. Savage nd Blue Eye beat Mr. Massey nd Canld
Rail (1)
Mr. Deighton nd En Route beat Mr. C. Randell nd
Monkshoof (dr.).
Mr. G. Thompson's Theatre Royal beat Mr. J. Hyslop
nd;de Moray.
Lord Binning's Basil beat Mr. Saxston's Samuel.
Mr. Blackstock nd (Mr. Holmer's Belle of the Cottage
beat Mr. J. Spinks's Sea Ranger.
Mr. Mather ad Megbeat Mr. Wise's Wee Bob.
Mr. Gorton nd Brigadier beat Mr. Stocker nd Herric.

Isaac beat Little Grey.
Rebe beat Becca.
Pieldfare beat Rower.
Lady Alexandra beat Love Bird.
Blue Eye beat Annabella.
Theatre Royal beat En Route.
Belle of the Cottage beat Basil.
Brigadier beat Meg.
The Waterloo Purse, for 32 dogs beaten in the first course
for the Waterloo Cup, amounting to £260, to be divided
as under:—The winner, £100; runners-up £5O; two
dogs, £l5; four dogs, £lO ; and eight dogs £5 each.
The winner to give one dozen of champagne to the
dinner.

Golden Hair ran a bye (Curiosity drawn)
Sea Fly beat Bonus.
Revelry beat Master Burleigh.
Whitehall beat Bull's Bank.
Stockwell beat Waterloo.
Wide Awake beat Dick (1).
Liddington beat Constance.
Bye Go beat Desperate.
Queei Mary beat King Tom.
Bess beat Simon Pure.
Eyes Right beat Gipsy Girl.
Johnny Cope beat Marquis.
Scapegrace beat Hydra.
Cassiope beat Black Boyd.
Black Topsy ran a bye (Sixty-Two drawn).
Naworth beat Marshal Forward.
LATEST BETTING: ON THE WATERLOO CUP,
LIVERPOOL, Thursday, Midnight.
7 to 2 agst Isaac (taken)
5 to 1 agst Lady Alexandra (taken)
6 to 1 agst Theatre Royal (taken)
7 to 1 agst Rebe (taken)
8 to 1 agst Brigadier (taken)
8 to 1 agst Fieldfare (taken)
8 to 1 agst Blue Eye (taken)
100 to 8 agst Belle of the Cottage (taken)

They agreed generally that a task of work should
be given to the vagrants, and they told Mr. Farnall
that the subjects he had . brought before them
should receive full consideration. They also
acknowledged the value of the information he had
laid before them, and the proceedings, so far as Mr.
Farnall, was concerned, then terminated,

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immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na-
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ALEX. ROSS'S ENAMEL (as used by Mdme.
V ESTRI3).—AII imperfectionb of the skin are hidden
by its use, and a transc.mdant beauty vroduced to the face.
Price lOs 61; sent for stamps. 243, High Holborn, London.

HAIR COLOUR WASIL—By Washing the
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ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains so
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The Poor-law Board and the Guardians of

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u-GLINESS and BEAUTY. A closely-printed
Pamphlet, descriptive of articles and means used for
improTine• the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 243, High
Holborn, London.

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gradually restores tne human hair to its pristine hue--no
matter at what age. The Agua Amarelia has none of tLe
properties of dyes ' • it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the
system, and when the hair is once restored one application
per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per
bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61. Testimonials from ar, fates
of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re-
spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John
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Highnessthe Princess of Wales.

the Holborn Union.

DROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
FOR
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
they are homeless and starving. The Manager, Sre,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, and have
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £l,OO more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
starving? The smallest donation will be most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT, D.D., No. 22,
Finsbury-circus, E.C.

Yesterday, at-the meeting of the Board of Guar-
dians of the Holborn Union, Mr. Trigs in the chair,
a letter was received from the Poor-law Board, stat-
ing that they had received a report from Mr. Far-
nail, their inspector, on the subject of the wards for
the houseless poor in the Holborn Union Work-
house, in which Mr. Farnall states he had heard that
in consequence of the vagrant wards being full the
guardians are, or recently were, sending sixty
vagrants nightly to registered lodging-houses, and
that having visited the workhouse he had ascertained
that the premises the guardians had promised him
they would take for the purpose of providing the
requisite additional accommodation for vagrants had
not yet been taken, and that if the negotiations
pending should be successfully closed next week, six
months at least would elapse before the new pre-
mises could be made use of. And further stating
that Mr. Farnall had reported he had in November
last pointed out to the guardians that the system
pursued by them was extremely injudicious, and
that, if continued, the wards provided for the
vagrants were likely to prove insufficient, and sug-
gesting that, under these circumstances, the Poor-
law Board have great doubts whether they ought
not to revoke the certificates they had issued under
the provisions of the Houseless Poor Act, and in-
viting the guardians to make any observations- on
lawth Boarde.subje took thatctthey might think
think right before the Poor

The Public Health.

(Signed) ENFIELD, Secretary.
In answer to the above the board of guardians
resolved to send the following :
" The guardians are as fully unprepared as the Poor-law
Board with the fact that under existing circumstances the
general treatment of the houseless poor in the Holborn Union
Workhouse is not in a satisfactory condition, but at same
time the guardians have used every means in their power
to meet the difficulties of the case ; they have had a per-
manent committee (appointed before Mr. Farnall's visit in
November) to superintend the matter and to endetivour to
obtain space for enlarged wards, and means for putting
vagrants to work. The premises referred to by Mr. Farnall
as those which the guardians had promised they would
obtain (if possible) are the same which the guardians have
now entered into an agreement to take a lease of, and the
agreement for a lease has been forwarded to the Poor-law
Board for approval. The first negotiation for these premises
failed in consequence of the parties holding them having
only a term'of about five years in them, and in their present
condition they are utterly unfit for the purpose for which
they are wanted. With much trouble the guardians have
at length secured a term which will justify them in incur-
ring the expense of erecting wards in them. Tho committee
referred to visited every space in the union to endeavour
to obtain the accommodation required, but unsuccessfully,
except at a cost which they dare not incur. Ono small plot
of vacant ground they negotiated for, 150 ft. by 50ft., the
proprietor asked 3,000 guineas for, and this is a sample of
the difficulties the guardians have met with. The guardians
have now appointed a superintendent of labour, with the
view of endeavouring to apply a labour test, but as they
expected, from the distance of the labour yard from the
workhouse (the only place they have the opportunity of
using for the purpose),
going to it. With respect to sending t
many of the vagrants abscond on
e ap
taken
applicants to
registered lodging-houses,
the guardians have
d that
laid
it
course because tho Poor-law Board have
own as
the law that when the vagrant wards are full the
for them
guardians must not say, Our wards are full, go to the
next wards, but must find accommodation
cannot do so except by means of these lodging-houses. and they
is. With
regard to the vagrant wards in the Holborn Union Work-
house, the guardians believe that in. capacity and condition
they are not inferior to the majority of the wards in the
London workhouses, and they can see no reason for the
threat of the Poor-law Board to revoke their certificate.
The guardians have done, and are doing, the best in their
power to meet an emergency which has come suddenly on
them, and they intend to use their best exertions to get their
now wards into operation as soon as possible, and they
leave to the Poor-law Board to exercise their power in
such way as they may deem right."

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DONORS AND SUBSCRIBERS TO THE REFUGE.
His ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G.
His Royal Highness the Duke D'Aumale.
His Excellency the Count D'Apponyi.
His Excellency the Count Lavradio.
The Earl of Abergavenny. Messrs. Dimsdale, Drowett,
The Earl of Desart. Fowler, and Barnard.
The Earl of Denbigh. Messrs. danbury and Lloyds.
The Earl Grey. K.G. Messrs. Prescott, Grote, Cave
The Earl of Harewood. and Co.
The Earl of Eglinton. London Assurance Corpora-
The Earl of Kenmare. tion.
The Earl of Durham. Royal Exchange Insurance
The Countess of Albemarle. Company.
The Lady Ellen Browne. Sun Fire Office.
The Lady Camilla E. For- R. W. Barclay, Esq.
tescue. J. Bethel], Esq.
The Viscount Gage. Mrs. Baru9wall.
Field-Marshal Lord Gough, Miss Burton.
K.P. Mrs. Curling. '
The Lord Dormer. J. Henry Challis, Esq.
The Lord Petre. Dr. Carvalho.
The Lord Leigh. R. Crawford, Esq., M.P.
The Lord Chelmsford. H. Cazenne, Esq.
The Lord Cranworth. Mrs. Chesterton.
Baron de Rothschild, M.P. A. H. Campbell, Esq.
The Hon. C. Langdale. Miss Douglas.
The Hon. W. Browne. Messrs. Durant & Co.
The Hon. H. G. Campbell. Messrs. Dawson & Sons.
Sir Charles Price; Bart. Miss Dobson
Sir Robert Gerard, Bart. Cursetjee Furdonjee, Esq.
Sir Pyers Mostyn, Bart. Miss Franklin
Hon. Rustomjee Jamsetjee Dr. Gull.
Jeejeebhoy. • C. Gould, Esq.
The Governors of the Bank H. E. Gurney, Esq.
of England. Messrs. Hills & Underwood.
The Worshipful Company of Capt. Hogg.
Armourers and Braziers. Miss Kaye.
The Worshipful Company of J. Kynaston, Esq.
Tallow Chandlers. J. Knight, Esq.
The Worshipful Company of L. Lloyd, Esq.
Drapers. J. Lewis Mieville, Esq.
The Worshipful Company of Miss M'Mahon.
Grocers. C. Manning, Esq.
The Worshipful Company of Miss Martin
Saddlers. Breton Martinez, Esq.
The Worshipful Company of Messrs. Ponsford and Sou-
Salters. thall.
The Worshipful Company of F. X. Pereira, Esq.
Merchant Tailors. Mrs. Palmer.
The Directors of the Bank of H. W. Prescott, Esq.
Australia. F. Philips, Esq.
The Directors of the Bank of N. H. E. Prowett, Esq.
Australasia. M. R. De Quadros, Esq.
The Directors of the Colo- G. A. Shee, Esq.
nial Bank. H. Riddell, Esq.
The Directors of the National T. Riddell Esq.
Bank of Ireland. Messrs. Ralli Bros. •
The Directors of the Provin- Messrs. De la Rue and Co.
cial Bank of Ireland. Miss Rombold.
The Directors of the Char- Mrs. Simpson.
tered Mercantile Bank of Mrs. Scott.
India, London, and China. Mrs. Southby.
The Directors of the Impe- Messrs. Tucker and New.
rial Ottoman Bank. F. Ward, Esq.
The Directors of the London G. Basil Wcod, Esq.
and County Bank. Miss Young.
The Directors of the Union J. Young, Esq.
Bank. Messrs. Zulueta and Co.
Afessrs, Coutts and Co, &c, &c.

State of Trade.

The following is the weekly return of the Regis-
trar• General of births and deaths in London and in
12 other large towns of the United Kingdom :
In the week that ended on Saturday, the 10th of
February, the births registered in London and 12
other large towns of theUnitecl Kingdom were 4,642 ;
the deaths registered 3,165. The annual rate -of
mortality was 27 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,166 boys and 1,149
girls, in all 2,315 children, were registered in the
week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years,
1856-65, the average number, corrected for increase
of population, was 2,194.

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BRADFORD, Feb. 15.—There was considerable in-
quiry in the wool-market this morning, but when
it was found, contrary to expectation, there was no
reduction in the Bank rate of discount, there seemed
little disposition to do more business. The demand,
which was restricted, was still confined to deep-
grown wools, the finer qualities of Southdown,
Shropshire, and colonial wools. Prices were more
steady than they have been recently. In worsted
yarns there was no appreciable change.

The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,316. It was the sixth week of the year, and
the average number of deaths for that week is, with
a correction for increase of population, 1,509. The
number actually returned is less by 193 than that
obtained by computation.

The mortality from bronchitis, as well as that from
pneumonia, exhibits a slow but constant decrease on
the deaths in previous weeks ; the former complaint
being recorded in 145 cases, the latter in 67. There
were 154 deaths from phthisis. The most fatal of
the zymotic diseases was whooping-cough, which
was returned in 58 cases, and almost as fatal was
typhus, returned in 55. Thirty-seven young per-
sons died from scarlatina.

The total deaths referred to pulmonary diseases
(exclusive of phthisis) were 237, against a corrected
average of 348 ; those caused by zymotic diseases

were 293, against a corrected average of 325.

The following seven deaths by carriage accidents
in the streets were registerel in the week :—The
son of a labourer, abed 10 years, rim over by a
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Hansom cab ; died on the sth February, in Roches-
row, Westminster. A groom, aged 57 years, fell
from a carriage ; died on the 14th January, in Mid-
dlesex Hospital. A scavenger, aged 63 5 ears,
jammed between the curb and the wheel of a cart
driven by himself in Fetter-lane ; died on the 28th
January in King's College Hospital. A labourer,
aged 34 years, fell on the footboard of a Hansom
cab; died on the 3d February in Wells-street, Cam-
berwell. The widow of a labourer, aged 56 years,
run over by a cab ; died on the 2d February in
Westminster Hospital. A spinster, aged 82 years,
run over by a cart in Long-lane ; died on the sth
February in St. Bartholomew's Hospital. The son
of a labourer, aged 8 years, knocked down by a
dog cart ; died on the 23th January in St. Thomas
Hospital.

The annual rate of mortality last week was 22 per
1,000 in London, 21 in Edinburgh, and 30 in Dub-
lin ; 29 in Bristol, 34 Birmingham, 37 Liverpool,
34 Manchester, 31 Salford, 33 Sheffield, 35 Lccds,
22 Hull, 30 Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 28 Glasgow.
The rate in Vienna was 35 per 1,000 during the
week ending the 10th inst., when the temperature
was 5.7 degrees Fahrenheit lower than in the same
week in London, where the rate was 24 per 1,000.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.624 in.
The atmospheric pressure rose to .29-91 in. on Sun-
day, and fell to 29.23 on Saturday. The mean tem-
perature of the air in the week was 45.8 deg., which
wasy Alr. Glaish
theer
veris 7.2 deg. above the average of the same week in
msoeayneadrsail(yas
temperaturedetermined b
above )a.Talgiee
throughout the week, and this excess was equal to
12 deg. on Tuesday. The difference between the
mean dew-point temperature and air temperature
was 5.5 deg. The mean degree of humidity in the
air was 81, complete saturation being represented by
100. On Friday the humidity was as much as 97.
The wind was usually in,a south-westerly direction.
The rainfall was 9-10ths of an inch. A severe
thunderstorm occurred at Manchester on Sunday,
the 4th instant, and at Hull and other places there
were storms of more or less violence on the same
day. At Hull snow fell during the storm.

A JUVENILE TRAITOR..—At the Cashel petty
sessions, Patrick Dwyer, apparently
16 or 17 years of ago,
who had been arrested, pleaded guilty to having torn down
a proclamation that had been posted at the church gate,
John-street. Dwyer, in extenuation of his offence, said it
was for the purpose of making a cover for his copybook
that he tore down the proclamation. In default of procur-
ing bail he was sentenced to two months' imprisonment
with hard labour.— hick Paper.
A triple marriage in one family took place last
week at Lyons. The three couples, representing three
generations, were united by the same priest; and at a tall
in the evening they figured in the same quadrille—father,
son, and granddaughter, with their respective spouses,

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIS DAY.—Morning, 2h. 45m.—Afternoon, 3h. 3m.
To-Mortnow.-Mornimg, 3n. 22m.—Afternoon, 3h. 44m.

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