POOR-LAW BARBARITY

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2091, 16 September 1875, Page 2

POOR-LAW BARBARITY

seconds police? indiscretion* the perils of London. But then, who cares for the:'*'paupe'r' 'that* nobody owns .until tke_g£ttl em en tLhy. .tbe_paris.h_isjle«' termined and the pauper \s owned by the guafdiians add becfiunpstpto-bijic? va^go i et'the'pauper "fieL^a* person whV'nts casually;- fallen _ into- dire by thei;3ail*fr©a4)D CsS&e t Ipoo)-B.Industry or thei r.-.w4nt u .;,and ;rr =;dt;siti l tiM;ioir of mating shirfs* for three farthings apiece, ' and H feßeimay'die' jby the l roadside %fbrs ill the provision'"tbat Kthb ?JPo-'>r'iia# Boat* makes administer;-consolation* if-QnJy the rottier^day. «^dregsma>er*i without a home, was turned—out of Wandsworth I^nion'withan drderlfor hßßadmission> to the workhouse at Poplar. Those of as-irho know what a union breakfast is will fonder how fit wa* possible tor any ipdor, yweek creature to-get orer the ten or twelve miles' walk irom one end of suburban Ldnd-ri to" the~~otbreirwrthout iany«>mea,qSj9f fConveyancey-TTbiej "iguardians " didnot knpw7<|nel;"h theycajreji, they cared very little. * "*" ' The wQmjnlwJbibAW^rs^ent^put to find " relief" afc Poplaruvas taken into custody «Defore3rijme>dhad:; accomnlishedcanyiicoiiqsidMasble) paW>€>fi* the Jdisfeiß catrin* fa|t, before she had got out of ( WsjidiM>rih. The name of the place where the police noticed her* s> Lof^e-lane. She wagcharged with'being dVuWtand ineapanle^,;. of course. _ r That is the usual elmrge^ever since espeimeKlal J©&Mafi3n ha¥aoopted the " Licensing Act" as its pet subject. Perhaps she:^ha;dXcpntri^di.|o save twopence, and with the dread of such a long journey bsfore had-tJjQ^l|.t(/tpiilßSfteer courage from a glass of gin. Perhaps somebody, hadlJJrtsateii^iheXribr charity's .sake_L_QrJ_fc niay_have_been_that she had a penn'orth of beer, ana helT^wealT" head couldn't bear even that mild dissipation. .1 Ajyhow,»she wa t sx takcji inty cns^pdy, and the magistrate, Mr Bridge,"" tajkffig a humane view of the matter, was^not slow to denounce I %ejbr ) u)ali i ty ir o| sending a woman such a distance without providing means for her conveyance. The chairman oWe Wandsworjfboard of guardians, who happened to "be in court (curious CQiftcidence!), said they had no funds for such a purpose. If they ;paid the expenses they would be struck .out by the.poor-JaiT/auditor,:, j Th^.happeamgi gentleman also,:wished: l ta.-kqow why she did riot tell the: relieving, officer she was not able-to walk. The prisoner said, • /she £ told .him. ; . shq could not walk, but he said ahe mustC Mr Bridge said the case showed the evil of such an arrangement, and the chairman, having promised to^briug; the case unJer the notice of the jjuard**iis, discharged the prisonei'j and'recommenflcd her to remain in.tU'e workhouse^njtilt^e ,meetin« qf tip ' , '.^ 'j We haven't he^'What^ecaaji^of-Wr, or whetlu'r s. o i§ still on" the road tot Poplar. lOtTNI) MViIDJUMEP. Not very long'ago,:"in remarking on

those sudden' tffskrMea'rarfc&s! 1' 6ccasionally startle the public and ■- are a nine day's wau'clfiivstfe-calledaitlention lo two-tbings—fipstrthe-probable frequency with which missing persons return or are restored, and the advantage that it would be if inisueh veases the facts were'inacl.e known in order that confidence in the public safety niighfc—be restored ; aud, secondly, the awful possibilitiea of ufcter disappearanc'e/oi bfTfl^'tii'^Ky'^foul means, ■which arc suggested bj such a vagt city... asrTOdMlfegißi^t aUin%htyi. wilderness "of houses, there are streets, courts, and alleys—where concealment would appear to be comparatively easy and cringe, lto'deteeliJ ' ■ iT 1 jSTqw and thenisdme^ppalliß^diitoveFy^ seems to remind us'pf-this' subject''of: disquiet, and We has occurred l&tfely'whieh hasisofaaethttig* strangely' hoVfibte abrratht. 1, The dead'body-dfk'vvb'intfn h^'beedtoiitid 1' in the area of a house in TicLfield ,stree,t. Wh&liSrWe felFoPf^l^hVr^fr^^, upper window or ttiet with an accident in the street, or was killed, by .some, sudden MwStiMf icPfell^^TKere in the midst of that crowded tangle of cou|ls ;fs and, .alleys and, flfnpwn" .a5;.,,,,. ewp0rt..., M aivketf,j\ a? mysterious!! an:d^ilent T witness: to ■ ihei a^ful'pexilsof this jgreat; city. But this: ss.uot; all:,. .The occurrence .is like one of' those: s^ranfje conditions -of which we are sometimes conscious: wh^n? fixe ;wftrds: we 1 are saying, the place in which, we sit, the persons itcOTfthoinii WeQi're^lalWn&'^airappear,; by some sudden 'flash^of memory; to bee-xacbrepetiti<">nsof some'citcumstance ml a-'prewou^'stale pof existence pi* ages ag^p; i!at!wher-incidents iii' #hfch we have forgdttetf. 11;. 1 "!jif" J' ■: ;v- ';; ■ ,\:.'.:"; r '.'V:.; f,':'! : "Plij'siblogfst's'! explain 'this sensatipn"by'. a :l;tffial f8r J! imperfect action o£ the b/ajn : *j but there is no such explanation of the —years ago the' co.r t p,sQ, t pF| a, ;,w,Qrn&n iwas:, found in the same area of the same house i^ o .^ijh^e{4.-lti]e||| A ujidgr> jai^otlieT sagie circumstances. We remember' > writing?' about it at the time, and drawing trom it tJ^rsjsiga:i£#s6'n} joftJawa|i^e ': -lahd?' isileht menaceu'ln-thiss'^reat desert "of .bt'icjy^iatntl^ mortar .to-'thoatf'who -iriky:t/b ;ffi^|r^ies's 7 atfd? unknown 'of ''■ p&o p and: Sheared ;foi''.— ' P^nn^lllu§tratea. l! ■Il'v >i<i:u>:™ :-n;f;"' ?