The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-06 00:00:00

No. 15393.

Local Committees be formed for the purpose of receiving the
contributions of such town or district ; and, wherever prac-
ticable, that such Committee, shall agree to furnish a Stall in
the Bazaar, and depute o .more Ladies (who will be hos-
pitably received during' by friends in Manchester) to
superintend its arras kg s, and the disposal of the various
articles during the a. 17, •ale.
3. It need sea ated that every variety of the arti-
cles usually contributabil similar occasions will be highly ac-
ceptable ; but it miy'be observed that much of the value of
the contribution will necessarily depend on the design, inge-
nuity, and state of the donors.
4. The Committee take leave to suggest the following de-
sirable additions to the ordinary contributions of dress, orna-
ment, and vertu :-
1. Pecuniary Contribution
2. Articles usually contributed to Bazaars
3. Articles of Manufacture—British and Foreign
4. Models of Mechanism, &e.
5. Designs—Architectural, Fancy, &c.
6. Specimens of Coins, Minerals, Birds, Insects, &c.
7. Manuscript Works of Eminent Authors
8. Punks and Publications from Authors, or the friends o
Authors (if from the former, with Autographs).
9. Autograph Letters of celebrated men or women of for-
mer days
10. Autographs of eminent men and women of the present day
11. Portraits and Pictures
12. Philosophical Instruments
13. Music
14. Poetry, &c.
Communications to be addressed to the Chairman of the
General Committee, 5, Newall's-buildings, Market-street ;
or to the Honorary Secretary of the Ladies Committee, Coup-
land-street, Greenheys, Manchester.
By order of the Committee,
GEORGE WILSON, Chairman.

POOR-LAW COMMISSION OFFICE,
SOMERSET HOUSE, December 3, 1041.
STRAYED CHILDREN AND INSANE PEUSONS.
Sie,—l tm directed by the Poor-law Commissioners to
request that. you will call the early attention of the Board of
Guardians, to which you act as Clerk, to the subject of the
means which the Commissioners have determined to adipt for
effecting the restoration of strayed children, and insane per-
sons found wandering abroad, to their friends and relatives.
After confer; ing with the Metropolitan Commissioners of
Police, and the Commissioner of Police for the City of London,
the Poor-law Commissioners have determined on issuing the
order, of which three copies are herewith transmitted to you.
You are requested to place one of those Copies in the hands
of the Master of your Workhouse, and direct his attention to

its provisions.
The Commissioners of Police for the Metropolis and for the
City of London, will respectively take care that all possible
publicity is given to the notices forwarded to them by affixing
the same at the principal Police Stations, and the Poor-law
Commissioners do not doubt that the Guardians will zealously
co-operate in promoting the speedy restoration of children, and
helpless persons, to their parents or friends. Independently of
the obvious humanity of such a measure, the Peor-law Com-
missioners conceive that it will have a tendency to prevent the
prolonged chargeability of parties found destitute under such
circumstances.
The need of some measure for this purpose is proved by the
fact, that in the six months of the year 1840, from March to
August inclusive, no less than 349 children were found by the
Police and sent to different Workhouses within the Metro
politan Police district.
It will be necessary that the Master of the Workhouse and
the Clerk to the Guardians should be furnished with a
sufficient number of printed notices in the proper form.
The Commissioners will take care to give due publicity to
this circular, and to their order, by advertisement in the public
papers. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient
servant, EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary.

To the Clerk of the Board of Guardians of the-
To the Guardians of the Poor of the several Uriians and Pa-
rishes under a Board of Guardians named in the Schedule
hereunto annexed.
To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the several Parishes
and Places comprised within the said Unions, and of the
several other Parishes named in the said Schedule.

To the Clerk or Clerks to the Justices of the Petty Sessions
held for the Division or Divisions in which the Perishes and
Places comprised within the said Unions and the other Pa-
rishes named in the said Schedule are situate ; and to all
others whom it'may concern.

In pursuance of the authorities vested in us by an Act o f
Parliament, passed in the fifth year of the Reign of King Wil-
liam the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for the Amendment and
better Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in Eng-
land and Wales," we, the Poor-law Commissioners, do hereby
,Prider and Direct, as follows
•Art,_ 1.--. Whenever any child supposed to have strayed, or
any insane person wandering abroad whose friends or relations
are unknown, shall have been received into any Workhouse be-
longing to any of the Unions or Parishes mentioned in the
Schedule hereunto annexed, the Master or other person having
charge of such Workhouse shall properly fill up Nur Notices
in the Forms marked A or B respectively, hereunto annexed,
and shall forthwith cause one of such Notices to be affixed on
the outer gate of the said Workhorse, and shall forward one
other of the same so filled up, to each of the three Police Sta-
tions, whether of the Metropolitan or City Police, nearest to
the place where such child or insane person shall be understood
to have been found.

Art. `2.—• If at the expiration of twenty-four hours from the
reception of such child or insane person into such Workhouse,
no claim or inquiry respecting the same shall have been made
at the Workhouse in which such child or insane person shall
have been received, the Master or other person having charge
of such Workhouse shall send a copy of the notice already
filled up as hereinbefore directed to the Clerk to the Guardians
of the Parish or Union to which such Workhouse may belong,
and such Clerk shall immediately cause tir be prepared forty-
eight copies of the notice so filled up and forwarded to him,
and shall forthwith transmit thirty-six copies of such notice to
the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police, at their Chief
Office, and twelve copies of such notice to the Commissioner of
Police for the City of London at his Office.
Art. 3.—ln the construction of this present Order-
-I.—The word " Child" shall be taken to signify every per-
son being or appearing to be under twelve years of age.
2.—The words " Insane Person" shall be taken to signify
any idiot or other person of unsound mind.
SCHEDULE Containing the NAMES of the UNIONS and
PARISHES to which the present Order applies.
LIST of UNIONS and PARISHES.
UNIONS.
Poplar.
Saviour's, Saint
Stepney.
Strand. tft.
Wandsworth and Clapham.
W hitechapel.

Hackney.
Holborn.
Kensington.
London, City of
London, East
London, West
Olave's, Saint