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London, England, 1866-07-27 00:00:00

TEE SUN, LONDON, FRIDA Y EVENING, JULY 27, 1866.

dictum—although what they had witnessed during
the past few months was eminently calculated to
impair public confidence in great financial companies.
He could not doubt that the current half-year would
bring them a large increase of business, as they
would not have to meet that competition with which
they had hitherto had to contend. He felt confident
that the increased business would be conducted with
the same ability and prudence as had been manifested
during the past half-year.
After some further observations, resolutions were
unanimously passed adopting the report, and de-
claring a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per
annum for the past half year, payable on August 1.
Votes of thanks to the chairman and directors for
their successful and prudent management; to Mr.
Webster, the general manager, and other officers of
the company, for their able, zealous, and efficient
services, concluded the proceedings.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIMITED).
The ordinary general meeting of this company
was held on Wednesday, at the London Tavern ;
Mr. Donaldson in the chair.

The report stated that the profits derived from
the voyages completed during the current year were
£28,479. The work done at the dockyard had in-
creased during the past 12 months, and the profits
from this source amounted to £7,038. The direc-
tors regretted the loss of the Fairlie and the Ade-
laide, but the loss was more than covered by the
company's insurance fund. Out of the net profit of
£30,482, the directors had added £15,000 to the
reserve, insurance, and depreciation account, there-
by raising it to £35,000. Against this had to be
placed £9,224, the cost of the Fairlie and the Ade-
laide. The directors proposed a dividend at the rate
of 10 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, leav-
ing a balance of £2,722.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report, said that notwithstanding the political, finan-
cial, and commercial disasters which had occurred,
it must be satisfactory that so little damage had
been done to the company. The Fairlie was lost
last year and the Adelaide during a storm. Both
these vessels were old ships. In answer to questions
he said he was quite aware that the amount of in-
surance at present was insufficient, but they were
adding more to it every year, and he hoped in a
short time they would be able to place a handsome
sum to the reserve fund.

The resolutions adopting the report and dividend
were agreed to, and a vote of thanks to the chair-
man terminated the proceedings.

London Workhouse Infirmdiea

ments with 39 committees employed for this time.
In conclusion, he urged upon the President of the
Poor-law Board the desirability of not allowing any
present local expenditure for buildings by boards of
guardians, but rather to encourage them to give more
liberally outdoor relief, to prevent overcrowding the
workhouses until at a future period some better pro-
vision was made for the sick poor. (Hear, hear.)
Lord SHAFTESBURY said it was not necessary for
him to make any lengthened observations, as he en-
tirely concurred in all that had been said. He was
yesterday at the London Union Infirmary, and he
had never seen anything so excellent, so satisfactory,
or indeed so beautiful, as the management of the
sick people, and if they kept that model before their
eyes, and did all they could to follow it, the greatest
results would follow. Every one would agree with
him that it was the duty of this country to im-
prove the position of the sick poor. Every other
country in Europe had greater hospital
accommodation than England ; and when he had
used this argument he had been sometimes told that
he had forgotten the provision made for the sick
poor, but when he looked for that provision he found
there was none. While he was in the neighbour-
hood yesterday he visited the lunatic asylum at Bow,
where several of the inmates were suffering from
cholera, and he found that by the use of the tents
for those who could not be removed, and placing in
tents inmates as to make room for others in the
wards all overcrowding would be.avoided. (Hear,
hear.) He felt sure that if the Hon. President of
the Poor-law Board would bring his powerful mind
to bear upon the subject of the sick poor he would
be able to carry improvements out to such an extent
that the poor would soon enjoy the privileges so
eminently called for. (Hear, hear.)
The Rev. Dr. ALLEN wished to say that bis parish,
St. George-the-Martyr, could not bear any additional
local taxation, as at present a large portion of taxes
were collected under process of law, and even if
money could be collected there was no possible
means of extending the workhouse on its present site.
So that, on behalf of the poor of his parish, he urged
the adoption of the general infirmary scheme.
Dr. ROGERS had been requested to read tha fol-
lowing resolutions :--
"At a meeting of the council of the Association of the
Metropolitan Poor-law Medical Officers, held at 37, Soho-
square, on July 24, at half-past 7 o'clock, p.m.,
"It was resolved unanimously, That the council of this
association having taken into consideration the report of Dr.
Smith on workhouse infirmaries, &c., desire at once, and
without now entering into any detailed refutation of the
various statements to which they shall subsequently referat
greater length, to reiterate their conviction that not less
than 1,000 feet of cubic space and 80 feet of floor space
should be allowed to each sick inmate of workhouse infir-
mary wards.
" They feel it proper to repel without delay the expressed
insinuation of Dr. Smith, that the opinion of the medical
officers on this subject, which was officially and urgently
sought for by a printed document issued by the Poor-law
Board, can he set aside as of no value, now that it proves to
be contrary to that of Dr. Smith.
" The council also express the pain and regret with
which they have read many disparaging remarks of Dr.
Smith, in relation to their qualification, conduct, and posi-
tion as medical officers. These they feel to be entirely
undeserved, unjust, and ungenerous.
" The council refer with confidence to the more just esti-
mate formed by Mr. Farnall, who as poor-law inspector in
the metropolis for several years, has had numerous opportu-
nities of knowing the continuous efforts made by the
medical officers to improve the condition of the sick poor,
and faithfully to perform their duty."
Resolved unanimously,--" That Dr. Rogers, president of
the council, be requested to present a copy of the above
resolution to the President of the Poor Law Board, on
Thursday, the 26th instant."
Having read the resolutions, Dr. ROGERS ex-
pressed a tope that the President of the Poor-law
Board would not allow himself to be influenced by
the permanent staff, who, as it were, had been born
and lived under the old system. (Hear, hear.)
Dr. ACLAND (of Oxford) pointed out that any
legislation with reference to the metropolitan work-
houses had a large effect in the provinces, inasmuch
as the guardians there would follow the example
set by the London poor-houses ; and it would be a
serious blow to the efforts of medical men if the
Poor-law Board should sanction a standard so much
inferior to that which they knew to be necessary as
was the total allowance of 500 cubic feet. From
1,000 to 2,000 were absolutely necessary, according
to the class of cases.
Mr. Tit 03ISON HAMMY said that ten years ago he,
with others, went over the workhouses in London,
and he was bound to say that the charges of inhu-
manity then made were exaggerated, but the City
of London union was in every respect so much
superior to the others that it might be taken as a
model. The great difficulty they then found was
the want of sufficient room.
The Rev. W. DENTON complained that the three
unions of the City of London were too far from the
places in which the poor who were likely to use them
lived, and when ill it was impossible to remove them
such a distance.
Mr. G. HARDY said—lt is my wish to do what is
right in this matter, and it is quite clear that a great
evil does exist, for it has been pointed out by the
inspectors in their reports. Both of their reports
make out that there is an insufficient mode of caring
for the sick poor. That is what I have to deal with
at present. Before I come to any decision as to what
I can do in the future, my first attention must be
directed to the temporary remedy of these griev-
ances. Many of them arise from over-crowding.
This at present can only be met by a liberal system
of outdoor relief, instead of driving them into the
workhouses. The authorities, I think, are bound to
take a step in the right direction. There have been
some. points to which I hope you will excuse me
from adverting, but, so far from the permanent staff
endeavouring to force me to any particular conclu-
sion, they have given me every information they
could to enable me to come to an unbiassed conclu-
sion. I assure the deputation I shall come to this
question with a perfectly unbiassed mind, and
when I have come to a determination I have no
doubt whatever from the short experience I have
had of the permanent staff, that they will give me
every assistance. (Hear, hear.) As to some of
the unions being some distance out of London, that
state of things exists because it is almost impossible
to get land in London and the neighbourhood—
with land selling in London at so much a yard, or
an inch, it would be impossible to build a workhouse
there. As to the question which the Earl of Shaftes-
bury has mentioned, viz., the want of inspection by
the guardians, it is an enormous tax for any body of
unpaid persons, and to do it efficiently they should
be assisted by the medical officers in charge. With
respect to those medical officers, their case will be
considered by me. It will be my desire that they
should receive proper remuneration, and be placed
in the position which gentlemen of their profession
ought to occupy. (Hear, hear.) I feel that Lord
Grosvenor, in pressing me to delay coming to any
decision, is treating me justly and as the meeting
would wish to treat me. I have been in office hardly
a fortnight, and have during that time read as many
of the papers on the subject as I could apply my mind
to, but so long as Parliament is sitting I cannot sit
down and deliberately investigate the question as I
wish to do; but I have made up my mind that until
I come to a decision on this subject I shall refrain
from taking my usual holiday, and shall remain in
the neighbourhood of London and make it my busi-
ness to investigate the question of metropolitan
workhouses. (Applause.) I hope to come to such a
decision by the month of November to mature a
scheme to carry out the wishes of those who have
taken an interest in this important subject. In the
meantime nothing has struck me so much as the
difficulty in finding out who is to blame, andit seems
to me that on that head we had better let bygones
be bygones. As to the cubical space to be allowed to
each person, there are in this office papers, recom-
mendations of medical men of the highest ability,
which state at that time that the amount of air now
required by our regulations is sufficient; but we must
of course deal with that which is before us at the
time we have to act---as in converting rifles to
breech-loaders we may not have got the best wea-
pon that may be invented, but it is that which is
recommended at the time, so we have to adopt it,
and so now we shall have to consider, guided by
greater lights, what course it is at present desirable
to pursue in this matter of air. (Hear.) I deeply
feel the responsibility on me on the subject, and 1
intend to exercise the temperate, but at the same
time the firm authority of the board in carrying out

necessary improvements. I shall hasten nothing
but the improvement of the condition of the sick
poor, and I shall look forward to the future with a
view to effecting a careful and final settlement of
it. (Hear, hear.) As to Bethnal-green, I heard
yesterday that 17 or 18 persons have been carried
there with cholera ; the house is already over-
crowded, and the master of it has been here. The
vestries of London have charge of the sanitary ar-
rangements, they has been summoned to meet, and
will take steps to provide temporary accommoda-
tion in the neighbourhood for these cases. (Hear.)
Moreover, I propose to write to all boards of guar-
dians in the metropolis, calling their attention to
the epidemic, and inviting them to take the neces-
sary steps to provide for the emergency. lam very
thankful to you for all the information you have given
me, and I shall be glad to receive any further informa-
tion, and I assure you I desire to do that which is
most beneficial for the sick poor, and, at the same
time, that which is most just to the ratepayers.
(Hear, hear.)

Lord SHAFTESBURY wished to call the attention of
the rev. gentleman who proposed that the unions
should be nearer London to the advantage the in-
mates derived from the fresh air they enjoyed a
short distance from London.

Mr. HART added that it was proposed that there
should be urban receiving houses for the suburban
infirmaries.

The deputation then thanked the right hon
gentleman, and withdrew.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

SOUTHAMPTON RACES—THURSDAY.
The STEWARDS' STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 40 added, for
2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b; the winner to be
sold for 200 sovs; if for 100 allowed 71b; if not to be
sold to carry 51b extra ; last half mile.
Marquis of Hastings' Duchess, by St. Albans—Bay
-Celia (100 soya), 7st 111 b (car. Bst 21b) (Fordham 1
Duke of Newcastle's Misfortune, Bst 91b (inc 51b extra
(Custance) 2
Mr. Hope's f by Lord of the Isles—Dulcibella, Bst 41b
(Maidment) 3
Mr. Marsh's Pakida, Bst 91b (inc. 51b ex.) (Storey 4
Mr. W. G. Craven's Bravura, Bst 91b (inclu. 51b extra
(J. Goater 5
Betting-5 to 2on Misfortune, sto 1 agst Duchess, 7to
1 agst Bravura.
Duchess made all the running, and won by a length and
a half; four lengths separating the second and third; Pakida
and Bravura beaten off.
The CORPORATION PLATE of 50 sovs (Handicap), for all
ages ; winners after July 19 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra ;
T.Y.C.
Marquis of Hastings' Mrs. Day, by Knight of Kars—
Jocose, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (H. Day) 1
Capt. Christie's Salliet, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Custance) 2
Mr. Hope's Signet, 3 yrs, Est 41b .(l Sadler) 3
Mr. J. Powney's Menace, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (Fordham) 0
Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Tho Masson, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b
) 0
Mr. T. Read's Lancashire Witch, 4 yrs,(Hibb iste 41 rdb
Viney)
Mr. Hodgman's Vexatious, 3 yrs, 7st (R. 0
(Quince) 0
Betting-2 to 2 agst Salliet, ato 1 agst The Masson, 5
to 1 each agst Mrs. Day and Signet.
Won by three lengths; a similar distance separated the
second and third.

The SOUTHAMPTON STAKES (Handicap) of 10 sovs each,
h ft, with 50 added ; winners of any race of the value of
100 sovs after July 19 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra ; one mile
and a half ; 9 subs.
Mr. T. H. D. Bayly's Old Warden, by Gibraltar—Queen
of the Gipsies, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Maidment) 1
Mr. W. G. Craven's Provisor, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ...(Storey ) 2
Mr. I. Woolcot's Ropley, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (inclu. 71b extra)
(Hibbard) 3
Betting-7 to 4on Provisor, 9to 4 agst Old Warden, 5
to 1 agst Ropley.
Won by half a length; two lengths separating the se-
cond from Ropley.
The STONEHAM PARK STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with
50 added if three horses start, for two year olds ; colts
Bst 101 b, fillies, Bst 71b ; winners once 41b, twice 71b
extra; T.Y.C., straight ; 16 subs.
Duke of Beaufort's Lady Hester, by Thunderbolt—Lur-
ley, 9st (inclu. 71b extra) (Fordham) 1
Marquis of Hastings' Lupa, Bst 71b (H. Day) 2
Marquis of Hastings' Hornet, Bst 71b (Salter) 3
Betting-25 to lon Lady Hester, who indulged Lupa
with the lead up to the Stand, and then went on and won
by three parts of a length ; Hornet was tailed off early,
and pulled up a bad third.

The STAND PLATE of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap of 5 sovs
each, 2 ft (to the fund), for all ages ; winners after July
19 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra ; T.Y.C. ; 16 subs.
Mr. Hope's Signet, by Vedette--Ellen Percy, 3 yrs,
6st 41b (l'. Sadler) 1
Mr. J. Powney's Menace, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (Fordham) 2
Captain Christie's Prescription, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (car. 7st 71b)
(C) 0
Mr. W. Ford's Professor Anderson, 3 yrs, istustance 121 b
(Maidm en
Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's King Christian, 3
yrs, 7st 71b) 0
erd 0
Mr. T. Bead's Lancashire Witch, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ((Hib R. Vibney)) 0
Marquis of Hastings' Mrs. Day, 3 yrs, 7st3lb (including
71b extra)
(H. Day) 0
Betting-5 to 4 agst King Christian, sto 2 agst Mrs.
Day, 7 to 1 agst Professor Anderson.

Won by a head.
The SCURRY HANDICAP STAKES Of 3 sovs each, with 30
added ; winners extra. T.Y.C.
Mr. R. Smith's Discretion, by Fazzoletto—Prevention,
4 yrs, 6st 121 b
(Storey) 1
Mr. Lapidist's Vampire, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b (Forclham) 2
Mr. Ford's g by Vedette—Passion Flower, 6 yrs, Bst 211? _

iid
Capt. Morgan's Adele, 4 yrs, 7st 51b Ckl
(Vine ment) 3
y) 4
Betting-6 to 4on Vampire, sto 2 agst Discretion.
Won by a length ; three lengths between second and
third.

BETTING ON THE COURSE.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
5 to• 1 agst Midia colt (taken)
Bto 1 agst Black Prince (taken)

HUNTINGDON RACES—THURSDAY.
The CAMBRIDGESHIRE TWO-YEAR-OLD HANDICAP of 5
sovs each, with 50 added ; the winner to be sold for 50
sovs ; half a mile straight ; 14 subs.
Mr. Pryor's Princess Thyra, by Newcastle —Tomyris,
Bst 61b
(Loates) 1
Prince D. Soltykoff's Delium, Bst 101 b (Mann) 2
Mr. J. Nightingall's Ambitious, Bst (Elphick) 3
Mr. England's Stud, 7st 121 b (Prior) 0
Mr. Ten Broeck's Piano, 7st 131 b (Alurray) 0
Mr. Ten Broeck's Scarlet, 7st 81b (Evans) 0
Betting-7 to 4 agst Princess Thyra, 9to 2 agst Delium,
6to 1 each agst Piano and Ambitious. After going a
few strides the favourite took up the running, and never
being headed, won easily by a length and a half ; a neck
only divided second and third, Piano was fourth close up,
and Stud beaten off. The winner was bought by Prince
Soltykoff for 250 guineas.
The MEMBERS' PLATE of 100 sovs added to a Handicap
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, 3 ft to go to the Race-fund,
for horses of all ages. Any winner after the publication
of the weights (July 19, at 10 a.m.) to carry 51b extra ;
three-quarters of a mile. (22 subs.)
Prince D. Soltykoff's Seringapatam, by Arthur Welles-
ley—Beauty, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (Kenyon) 1
Mr. E. Porter's British Tar, 3 yrs, Est 121b...(5. Mordan) 2
Mr. H. Chaplin's Arbutus, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (car. 7st 81b)
(Cannon) 3
Mr. J. Wood's Rose, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Parry) 0
Count Battyany's nti-Macassar, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Smith) 0
Mr. Ten Broeck's Forester, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (S. Adams) 0
Mr. Fleming's Cadiz, 6 yrs, 7st 51b (Elphick) 0
Mr. England's Zingyni, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Murray) 0
Betting-5 to 4 agst Arbutus, sto 2 agst Seringapatam,
8 to 1 agst Anti-Macassar, 10 to 1 agst British Tar, 100 to
8 each agst Forester and Cadiz. Won easily by a length
and a half.
The HITNTLNGDONSIIIRE STAKES of 100 sovs added to a
Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft and 3 only if
declared on or before the 17th July ; the second horse
to save his stake; the 'winner of any handicap after the
publication of the weights (July 13, at 10 a.m.) to carry
71b extra; two miles. (46 subs, 27 of whom pay 3 sovs
each.) The highest weight accepting being Bst 71b, it
has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the rest in proportion.
Mr. Barns's Oberon, by Tadmor— Water Lily, aged,7s t 101 b
(Loates) 1
Count Batthyany's King Charming, 4 yrs, Bst 91b(J. Daley) 2
Mr. W. Davis's Duchess of Wellington, 3 yrs, 6st 31b
ameron 3
Mr. Bond's Musketeer, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (C (Coslett)) 0
Mr. Spencer's Longdown 4 yrs, Bst 81b (Osborne) 0
Mr. R. B. Jeffery's Wild 'Poppy, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (
M inc. 71b
e.
xtra) ...................................................... (Perry) 0
rT. Parr's Lochiel, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Hopkins) 0
Mr. W. Morris's Ambition, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (S. Adams) 0
Mr. W. G. Bennett's Iconoclast, 5 yrs, Est 111 b (S. Mordan) 0
Mr. T. Ballard's Loaf Sugar, 3 yrs, Est 51b....(H. Clark) 0
Betting-3 to 1 agst Longdown, 10 to 1 agst Oberon.
Won by a head ; a couple of lengths separated second and
third, Wild Poppy was an indifferent fourth, Iconoclast
fifth, Lochiel sixth, Ambition next, the two last being
Longdown and Loaf Sugar.
The PITZWILLIAM SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs each, with
50 added ; two-year-olds 7st 31b, three 9st 31b, four 10st,
live, six, and aged lOst 41b; mares and geldings allowed
31b ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs, but if entered
for 80 SOTS allowed 71b, 60 121 b, 50 161 b, 30 211 b ; three
quarters of a mile.
Mr. Chaplin's Rosa Nera, by Pelion—All Black, 2 yrs,
(£3O) sst 71b (Kenyon) 1
Mr. Ballard's f by Cannobie—Hopbine, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 71b
arroll)
Mr. W. G. Bennett's Practitioner, 5 yrs (£3O), (CBst 1111 2
(Mordan) 3
Mr. W. W. Baker's War Eagle, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 101 b
Mr. W. (Wyatt 0
Smith's Begum, 3 yrs (£5O), 7st 121 b (Parry) 0
Mr. Partner's Mona 3 yrs (£3O), sst 71b (Hopkins 0
Mr. J. Wood's Nighlshade, 2 yrs (.£3O), sst 71b (Sayers) 0
Mr. Godding's Homely, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 71b (Huxtable) 0
Betting-5 to 4on Rosa Nera, 4to 1 agst Begum, 10 to
1 agst War Eagle, 100 to 8 agst any other.
Won in a canter by two lengths. The winner was sold
to Mr. Morris for 270 guineas.
The KIMBOLTON CUP, a CT Cup value 50 sovs, added to