The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-26 00:00:00

THE SUN,

Union, West London, East London, and St. Saviour's
Unions-not farmed as formerly. The out-door poor
is 3,300 (last year about 3,000). Each has one
shilling in addition to the weekly relief, besides the
gifts they obtain from the various parishes through-
out the union. Decrease in in-door poor, 50; in-
crease in out -door poor, 300 ; total increase, 250, as
compared with last year.
ST. GEORGE'S IN THE EAST.-State of the house,
Christmas-day, 1850:-Men, able-bodied, disabled, old
and infirm, 207; boys, 40; women, abled- bodied,
disabled, old and infirm, 458 ; 27 ; total in the
workhouse, 712 ; children at Mitcham, 208 ; lunatics
at Peckham, 62 ; total in-door poor, 982 (last Christ-
mas, men 209, boys 31, women 425, girls 20 ; chil-
dren at Mitcham, 62 ; total, 950). Christmas fare :
roast beef, plum pudding, and potatoes ad libitum,
with 1 pint of porter each, and tea and sugar. Chil-
dren at Mitcham, similar fare, with fruit, nuts, &c.,
instead of porter. Out-door poor, 1,049 (last year,
1,841); total receiving relief, 2,031. Increase on in-
door poor, 32 ; decrease in out-door poor, 792. Total
decrease, 760.
STRAND UNION.-Number of inmates at present,
491 :-viz., males 194, females 257, children 164 (last
year 644) ; children at the new establishment, Mil-
field-house, Edmonton. Christmas fare : boiled pork,
peas pudding, and potatoes; also lib. of plum pudding
each, and 1 pint of porter to each adult. No return
made of out-door poor. Decrease, as compared with
last year, 153.
ST. MARY MAGDALEN, BERMONDSEY.-Inthates of
workhouse :-181 men, 226 women, 91 boys, 84 girls ;
total 582 (last year 627, viz., 172 men, 245 women,
100 boys, 110 girls). Christmas-day fare : roast
pork, potatoes, and plum pudding for dinner, with a
pint of Barclay's porter each adult. Oranges and
sweetmeats to the children. Out-door poor 1,157
(at corresponding period last year, 1,486). Total
receiving relief, 1,739. Decrease of in-door poor, 45;
decrease of out-door poor, 329. Total decrease, as
compared with last Christmas, 374.
WANDS WORTH AND CLAPHAM UNION. - inmates,
407. Men, able-bodied, 21 ' • temporarily disabled by
sickness or accident, 62 ; old and infirm, 125 ; youths
from 7 to 15 years, 7 ; boys from 2 to 7 years, 12 ;
women, able-bodied, 9 ; temporarily disabled, 63 ;
old and infirm, 82 ; girls from 7 to 15 years, 7 ; from
2to 7 years, infants, 17 (la-r.t Christmas 476). At
Industrial School at Penge: Boys, 41 ; girls, 28 ;
total, 69. Christmas-day fare : 1 Ib. of roast beef
without bone, lib. of potatoes, lib. plum pudding, and
1 pint of porter. Aged inmates are supplied with
tobacco and snuff, children oranges and nuts, and all
the inmates tea in the afternoon. No return of out-
door poor. Decrease in in-door poor, as compared
with last year, 69.
HOLBORN UNION.-Inmatas of workhouse, 673 :-
viz., 190 men, 288 women, 195 children (last year,
702 ; viz., 202 men, 287 women, 213 children).
Christmas-day fare : rounds of salt beef and potatoes,
plum pudding, and 1 pint of porter for each adult, end
half a pint to each child. Number of out-door poor
this year, 1,565 ; last year, 2,173. Total receiving
relief from the union, 2,238 (last year, 2,875). De-
crease in in-door poor, 29; and in out-door poor, 608.
Total decrease of pauperism, 637.
ST. GILES-IN-THE FIELDS AND ST. GEORGE'S,
BLOOMSBURY.-State of house this year, 752 :-viz ,
men, 219 ; women, 391; boys, 65 ; girls, 63 ; infante,
14 (last Christmas, 765). Fare, of roast beef to
each adult, llb. to children, alb. plum pudding, in-
fants, 4oz. beef; potatoes ad libitum. No return as
to out-door poor, Decrease of inmates as compared
with last year, 13.
Sr. MARTIN'S-IN-TUE-FIELDS.-InMateS of the
workhouse, 667. Men, 187 ; women, 388 ; children,
92 (last year, 645). Christmas-day fare : 11b. of roast
beef, lb. of plum pudding, ilb. potatoes ; one pint of
porter for each adult, half the quantity for each child,
with tea and sugar for the aged and infirm. Children
at Norwood, 161: viz., boys, 87; girls, 74. Out-door
poor : men, 102 ; women, 207 ; children, 231. Total,
540 (out-door poor last year, 600). otal receiving
relief, 1,346. Increase in in-door poor, 22 ; decrease
in out-door poor, 60. Total decrease, 38.
%VEST LONDON UNION.-Inmates, 411 :-viz.,
males, 151 ; females, 205 ; children, 55 (last year,
496: viz., males, 162; females, 247; children, 87).
Christmas-day fare : roast beef and potatoes, plum
pudding and porter. No return of out-door poor.
Decrease in in-door poor, 85.
POPLAR UNION.-Inmates of workhouse, 540 :-
men, 169 ; women, 196; boys, 95 ; girls, 80 (last
Christmas, men, 170 ; women, 198 ; boys, 110 ;
girls, 96; total, 574). Christmas-day fare : roast or
baked beef, with vegetables, and plum pudding. No
return of out-door poor. Decrease, 34.
ST. SAVIOUR'S UNION.-Inmates, 450 :-males,
145 ; females, 269; children, 36 (last year, males,
152 ; females, 265 • children, 22 ; total, 439).
Christmas dinner : Plum pudding, roast beef, with
potatoes cooked under the meat, and a pint of Barclay
and Perkins' best porter. Out-door relief : males,
84; females, 322; children, 393; total, 799 (last
year, 1,024). Total receiving relief, 1,249 (last
year, 1,463). Increase in in-door poor, 11. De-
crease in out-door poor, 223. Total decrease, 212.
WuITECLIAPELUerorn-In the workhouses :-men,
208 ; women, 416 ; children, 372 ; total, 994 (last
year, 1,013). Christmas fare, baked beef and pota-
toes, with beer, &c., for dinner. Out-door poor :--
2,229 men, women, and children (last year, 2,253),
to whom relief in kind is given to the extent of 401.
6s. 71d. ; money, 621. 6s. 9d. ; total, 1031. IE. 4kd.
Totat receiving relief from the union, 3,223 (last year,
3,366.) Decrease in in-door poor, 19; decrease in
out-door poor, 24 ; total decrease, 43.
STEPNEY UNION.-Number of inmates in the four
workhouses of this union, 252 males, 470 females,
and 423 children ; total, 1,145 (last year the numbers
were, males, 281; females, 492 ; children, 436;
total, 1.209). Inmates regaled with the good old
English fare of roast beef, potatoes, plum-pudding, and
porter ; the children, apples and oranges instead of
beer. Of the adult iu-door poor, 246 males and 405
females are receiving relief on account of mental or
bodily infirmity, sickness, or old age. Number now
receiving out- door relief, 3,849 (last year at corres-
ponding period, 3,869). Decrease in in-door poor,
64; decrease in out-door poor, 20; total decrease of
pauperism in the union, 84 ; total receiving relief,
4,994. The Registrar-General estimates the present
population of this union at 107,408.

- BRENTWOOD UNlON.—Number in the house,
Christmas, 1850:—men, 129; women, 145; children,
138 ; total, 409 (last year, men, 135 ; women, 133 ;
children, 142 ; total, 410). Fare to each inmate 8 oz.
roast beef; lib. of potatoes, 11b. plum pudding, and 1
pint of good beer. Tea to all in the evening, with
snuff to the aged and fruit to the children. No return
of out• door poor. Decrease, as compared with last
year, 1.
ST. MATTHEW, BETHNAL GREEN.—lnmates Of

the new workhouse establishment, Bonner's Hall-
fields : men, 230; women, 290; boys, 99; girls, 81;
total, 700 (last year, men, 273 ; women, 324 ; boys,
126 ; girls, 113: total, 836). Christmas-day fare : a
liberal allowance of roast beef, plum pudding, and ale.
Out-door poor, 665 (last year 732). Total receiving
relief, 1,394. Decrease of in-dour poor, 136. De-
crease in out-door poor, 38. Total decrease, 164.
EDMONTON UNlON.—lnmates of union, 340, viz.,
males, 196 ; females, 144 ; children at Enfield (last
year 410). Christmas-day fare : 6 cz. of cooked beef,
with potatoes, 1 pint of porter, and 11b. of plum pud-
ding each. No return given as to outdoor poor.
Decrease of pauperism as compared with last year, 70.
ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK.—Num
ber in the house, 552—viz., men, 156 ; women, 202 ;
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boys, 124; girls, 70. (No return was given last
year.) Christmas dinner : roast beef and plum
pudding, with vegetables, and 1 pint of porter each.
CENTRAL LONDON DISTRICT SCHOOL (late Infant
Pauper Asylum, Norwood).—lnmates about 1,000
children, belonging to the City of London Union,
West London, East London, and St. Saviour's
Unions. The children regaled at the expense of the
unions with roast beef, pork, mutton, and plum
pudding, and with tea, coffee, &c., in the evening.
One thousand is the average number of children in
this establishment.

ST. LUKE'S, CITY-RoAD.---Inmates of workhouse,
534 (last Christmas, 561) : viz., 128 men, 251 women,
90 boys, and 65 girls. The inmates were regaled
with 8 oz. roast beef (free of bone), 12 oz. potatoes, 16
oz. plum pudding, and 1 pint of ale. Children in pro-
portion. After dinner the children and sick patients,
with the aged and infirm, were supplied with oranges,
and the rest of the adults with tobacco and snuff.

The churchwardens, overseers, and guardians were

present with their families during dinner. The num-
ber of out-door poor at present is 991 viz., 127
males, 390 females, and 474 children (last year
1,123). Decrease in in-door poor, 27, in out-door
poor 132: total decrease, 159. Total receiving relief,

1,525. Children's Establishment (Chase-side, En:
ileld).—The inmates are 175, consisting of 5 men, 18

women, 86 boys, and 66 girls. The children re-
ceived :—For breakfast, 1 pint of milk porridge and
5 oz. of bread and butter ; dinner, -Vb. plum pud-
ding, 6 oz. baked beef and vegetables; supper, milk
and water, and 5 cz. bread and butter.
GROVE-HOUEE ESTABLISHMENT (BRIXTON IIILL).
—Tile only inmates of this estAblisliment, all of whom
b,lorg, to the parish of St. Mary, Newington, are-
-86 boys and 66 girls; total, 152 (last year, 176).
Tot Christmas fare :—roast beef, potatoes, and plum
pudding, ad libitum, with cringes, nuts, Ste., after
dinner.

Sr. LUKE, CIIELSEA.—This parish
allows
to its
inmates, as before :—viz., to the adults, 11b. of roast
beef of superior quality, 11b. potatoes, ilb. of plum
pud,lieg., and 1 pint of Barclay's porter each. The
children at the master's discretion. Total number in
the house, 396 (Inst year, 507; decrease, 111). Of
this 396 there are—able-bodied men, 35; tempora-
rily disabled by sickness or accident, 23; old and in-
firm, 106; boys, 21. Women—able-bodied, '22;
temporarily disabled, 13 ; old and infirm, 147 • girls
and infants, 29. Out-door poor 826 ; weekly re-
cipients (last year, 976), decrease, 156; casuals,

LONDON,

1,115 (last year, 1,870), decrease, 755; making a
total decrease of .in and out door poor of 1,022. I !
Chelsea forms part of the North Surrey District
School, situate at Penge, on the London and Brighton
Railway, where there are 110 children; lunatics at
various asylums, 60.
From the foregoing statements the gratifying fact
is elicited that there is a vast decrease in pauperism,
as compared with the returns of the previous year,
taking the entire metropolis, little less than 30,000.
It will also be readily seen that there are from 80,000
to 100,000 in the receipt of parochial relief. The
parishes of St. George (Hanover-square), Clerken-
well, the East London Union, St. Leonard (Shore-
ditch), St. Margaret, and St. John, and one or two
others, are omitted in consequence of the want of
courtesy on the part of the masters of the workhouses
in not having complied with the request for infor-
mation.