THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
7 NR 
40—1854.] 
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bros ЕВ” 
are the rules with reference to this subje 
EE mira wife is co. to relief whose n ame M px enter 
1 
by УТ [А relie the йшй, and thus 
aeknowledged. 
rx ent makes no erona between these women; 
and the pen of all are equally defrayed to the parishes | 
E T ue tbe "relief of. soldiers' wives married withou 
E ате is only ; for no soldier who has marrie 
wi eave since J uly, 1854, will be entitled to relief Рая 
th Joly, 1854, „at the largest meeting ev d by 
е: Гб (General qe. ul of (Sms eid 
in the , chair), it was pa Saa pa re d,— 
the date of this b ug the 4t th J 
rvice, or to re nts now under orders 
rvice, Йө that such orders of 
d СЧ to the formation of this 
ice rs comma — йрн Ж 
un 
{о а ce — ame nt, marriage without rebum: and as it 
sot the married men of the 30 regiments 
еони сезт "s could not find amongst his 
k with their husbands, aud leave their ere behind, 
The 
| Fond. all over the k 
wives married with leave a sufficient uumber Mesi to 
the 78 Local Com- 
'To the 
nsioners, 
sistance a рана peel 
ertions 
h 
d 
workhouse, for in and no 
staff- s i is the ж 
ad taken in relieving the poor 
wives in bis district, «хей “Сбор Ыар tim т "4 
eme TAKE ANY PAYME ELPING MY COM 
m FAMIL'ES IN THE E "s ым 
m is now establis һе ah 
are Кам, 
nu mber of women and ehilaren, and the 
to distribute 
ir. on 744 ris р-а handed over the bala 
funds to the Association, nt. муа with its Morin; an 
perfectly content to abi de b сынду апа езен parap: It 
necessary to state, however, th Y e Associa not m 
itted to relieve any bu 
Guards, the officers commanding vtt regimen € funds 
of their own for the reliet of the wives and families of their men, 
and iation. 
Extract Js the Report of the Li mmittee. 
LE 
"We have 17 P esos ed with le 
appears that the rried vit leave have the heavier 
families. Iti is foenum that the — ME of m women 
relieved by this c ad ould, been in the 
workhouse, if they not Bei 1 aid p d safely 
eelare our т Даа саи that the list of women, 83 
in ys have shown them 
teri 
ral of them have obtained situations 
wet nurses, a great fact t. proof of Е decent, Жее апа 
vell-eonditioned state of qd - vidua Man workin 
selections 
which their beloved Queen 
Albert oured ше the 
smmeneement. Had 
madeon the day of Humiliation, this — would hav 
been totally unable to grapple effectually with the dire ье 
Щн brought to light by its operations АП the A 
unities in the kingdom, except oman Catholic 
ted largely 
nd generously ; the Jews joined niünifieentdy fi in tis national 
бог by having collections in their 
rifle, to earn which "they must 
labour all day 
without wages, Ў in әй of че able to assist themselves. U 
а fair review of their conduct and their general appearance, we 
can safely say diat thé women relieve 
Even with the relief they re 
position is far ing a one to be anything but a warning, 
instead of an каннан to other females to enter into the same 
EN and we adv visedly give it as our opinion n that t the оре! erations 
leul 1 f which 
тото imagine is likely to result from the charity and sympathy 
d by the 
which h British public for this most un- 
happy class of women, suddenly deprive ed - 2 elp of their 
hu sbands, "R. P. Do 
** Colonel, Assist. Adjt. Gen., товене Committee. т 
Extract from the Manchester м4 Salford. Local Committee. 
rsynagogu 
remark with much pleasure. that these astonishing не 
volun No Queen's letter was issued, and т 
С da beerigtion So heartily assisted by iu) бт 
man's penny. Їп к, — more 
stan one poued's worth of halfpe the pri- 
, p heroe: d Sonet cea Fes their! e бс for . 
н more than 204. The total cds iet hà e 
oe grea of the 
or the sailor's as well es the soldiers ‘wife. 
ат о had the ds 
E e ун easnre of paying 
T vier m for ws of Sailors and 
A AW d Comittee a wuti ri P e out most emphatically 
oM Muss remarkable exception in the Fast Day Còl- 
есй e aei whateveris made in the distribu- 
dd oble: peni em e recipients are not even asked to 
what т-д е 
юни 
au R COLLECT! 
M qo e hend of koky ^ the tie ы "York. The York- 
їйгє Association y. 
(with his din the Argatatos, and с-а the 
d of а wnty and liberal sub- 
b A 
patro 
в Cent ntral босоо the чета stt 
: eed Press y: very considerately and — € 
he canse of the genes family; but no paper, either of 
ly n. has э о practically a My thess poor 
je The Edit 
have been. m from all parts of tbe world ; 
quod V Scotia, St. [RN 
w 
i 
my poor old woman ib. not have died in 
Several bodies of men of th 
in weekly penny „contributions; the 
Candle чеч the men of the 
ha A— pai 
Е way. рса several large town 
"hare been € ted, from раан, Chel- 
wn ОЁ Ba has exeeeded them all 
S—LYING.IN HOSPITALS. 
i^ Y MES аа ME t 
May 
MA 
di 
j 1 mei Astens Y which thís Association 
“ І send you а statement P a few cases which strike me as 
being. unusually me 6; There аге many nearly as b 
гата number. ofthe women who have young children 
an earn a 
Of course 
үз jk vafe аи irit eu Ting у barracks, &с, 
: pu if they leave. them at home an 
«А.Е. Вохр, ness and Staff О 
Extract from. the Report of the Woolwich Local Com 
* Woolwich Rectory Wen HE 1854. 
“The w re left in very many cases, I am а І тау 
say in pimak all, without any means for themselves and their 
children. Many w ere on эе? eve of confinement. "Their only 
resoufcé would have been to become paupers on the parish, and 
their т ки € have | been the workhouse. generous 
ftt of а teful country for the wives - 
go depended, under God, for 
successful — лек? the ies in atua we have been compelled M 
ted this. ippose this had not г ©: 
Ww debt would the siar жены of so many h 
pon the Coen payers! and in many instances Mt 
Take Woolwich, for пам mg the case would b be 
| -E са some, 
about 
WIVES. AND FAMILIES"  ADVERTISEMENT.— Continued. 
all pittance, &c. Every day I feel с. thankful for Аа 
›ой your Society is Pss. upwards of 30 receiving 
fom you at this place. I — wish those who dads тишет бает, 
large sums to your Society could witness of the 
E women für the bir Кеў receive; per would indeed feel 
more than repaid for all they have done 
OLD IERS’ WIVES AT VARNA. 
Мт. Ray, formerly the active and e Inspecting Officer "= this 
Association, writes from Varna to т — i 
* Varna, August 4, 1 
—I beg to draw your attention to "the meine T the 
n here. Many of them have died, and otbers a 
* Sir,— 
i who are in a state of ріг р" escenee, are not able 
to proceed further with their regiments, 
to leave this in about 14 days; M oat 
provide for st 
them Lee: blankets, but to those 07 have not, I would propose 
who are able to get 
on the cook, а and w f your гаг 2 
sanai = aree of thi plan, I shall js iat happy to st 
intend the whole matter, and I am quite sure it would b 71 
— a poor man of intense anxiety. The cold weather will be 
n setting in, then what will these poor women do? If 
ladies i in England would send us s little fian — а few blankets, 
and left-off garments, the uld be ng us a t 
service, &c. "The great vo i [a is Pindi н Tor the wives and 
families of rar ^ ders by m Ld Assgciation in which you 
take so and isnt art, cau 
pro ses ndant А to 
the Cle tk үч "adi fathers here; = when I СЕ" — of what 
is doing, the m overjo oyed, and many tha re expresse 
both to уо! urself ЖА the Committee, and бебе svolent te fo 
e sympathy shown them ментн pi = 8 fron 
cholera and fevers, and doubtless ma A v 
о ociation are really widows, эы news ofi e feet may no 
m. They have not yet e en 
every day the nea X embarkation for the Cri expec 
where doubtless many will fall, and these poor EA have — 
eyes upon your MOUSE. to "protect their LEITOS and childre 
T: bu 
е 
nl SRM 
I am happy to. say I hav ve been хут» eived by the м 
generally ; that taketh away 
the sins. of the world, is my а үи and to tell t. 
€ I work going on in England good of t 
e left behind, is in perfect kee cte it is indeed good ne 
"he poor women who have followed their husbands to this хафа 
аге іп а most pitiable condition, and when 
association here for these poor objects! 
confusion; 
nations, fierce, wild, desperate-looking fellows, armed to the 
teeth, anxiously waiting f for the signal to summon them to the 
fight. May you long be spared in your ГЕТЕ work, of all 
ees the аа коет ац to care for the poo с. &c." 
‚эй имаебимеү on the receipt of these cete the Committee 
met, and decided that a donation r S, &e. 
On the 
Varna is in t 
how 
жаз reque Н 
Verus. A bin Tat Ае iue UR 001. w 
authority, with instructions а aniority to Mr. c 
the almoner of the Associ e vate let eeeived 
fuel, eom pany’ s ahd officers" ы. вау den 6з. а and 
emi ne am Rh + "E here OF a very 
ifferent sort costs- . they will bi 
ar worse s than when in. I send yon the cases of | 
four. wo all.inarried with ove one with гр 
other five, another. four, od ; there are many others | 
married with: leave, having two or three hilaran, nearly аз | · 
destitute. There. is no. е Mie BE that they. eof, | ha 
h am ет as еу. are with young children, for M een care they. 
nd seek employment а 
t of the dist Wen of these 
peor women; for though vm e nes "brem rations, 
no other female eomfor ts can be provided for t 
еен JO ше арай 
EL 
poe rr lee 
0 that i mere t 
j rici ed 
I үтү: YEA you w mg ec 
MO 1 dont dust A idy t дү, married y. 
I got be 
= 66 m es — т white bre 
r supper bd. 
which we cannot eat, but boil down and make 
I said before, 15. М, | day pay. Out 
rations, and da 
something there is not mue 
sorry to say 1 hav 
to let ue die. the whole truth, I must 
ad the cholera; I was very bad while it lasted, but thank - 
similar кэне respeet to all garri e have 
of 200 women, besides their chidren, to же seid rr н 
Ithink it quite possible burden would уте ев. T 
во heavily, that a memorial might have been sent - Govern- 
ment. But however this might be, the expense would have 
been wnfairly — upon 5-е shes such rim our iini but this 
із а trifling matter tm compared with гле pauperisation of 
respectable wives о, — army 
wm Dr А r rs | Rector of Woolwich." 
t from the Report of the Dublin Local Comm f 
M" TA op seh asc "sra 18и. 
“т find that since the 1st July to the 2d inst, I hav 
abont 3400 payments (in small sums, varying леа 1s. to үн e) 
ias A MI women, soldiers' wives. e hav ai several 
а а - their friends gov "relative , released 
for 
Ше majority would. ouse, 
Modi d only received 3s. 6d. a-week, ben thus ke I Lond. 
and e SIME ID Pp work. for themselves and child 
RLES Новт, Seni or Garrison son Chaplain, an 
Honorary Secretary 
Т Tract. from the Җире. 
have MES Танете M au 
on th *d strength. 
much distress w 
P Mas: excom Society та men KA me hand. at timely 
aid was offered, it was not before any 
with nearly s everything, 1 EVEN IN TWO CA 
What would have been s Рай ex condition 
h 
Local Митт? "We 
ed 7 leave and 
gene 
ub usus had part 
TO M мы Г 
of th tures if no such society ав yon isted ! 
many y of Mer far too high-spirited to have 
x & workhouse, would have been plunged into a pel of егу 
earful {о contemplate. But even as it is, muc misery is to be 
Prid А poor delicate creature with two children, married with 
leave, to whom your Society grants a weekly all. , has been 
eom 
confidenee i in 1 myself quite 
His mercy; ani poets ihe. ee of my illness, I felt 
before Him in whom alone my salvation is sure. -—Xet 
loving i E. et 
The wife of the writer of this letter (a most excellent non- 
commissioned officer) was left nearly destitnte with five young 
children. he bears a most irreproach character, "ert 
most anxious to exert herself to obtain s поза айцу ШИ 
before the Committee, 
the poene d pedir iti ia 
is always re- 
have already been brought be: 
do een i than p apply to 
needless to add how readily their application 
sponded to, 
WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. 
The first efforts of this Association were limited to the im 
ir ug эрй of the Wives of 9 егей on active aiite, 
uence of their hi mie were left behind, 
ene асын чар: ail papa ve the tempora 
our-door h relief. oem e ext and the pesti- 
lence have fatally done their sad work, а any of these 
have become helplessly destitute by the dea 
of their hu ds. 
The Committee, poe rg жы wm ificenf с 
e received from e found ү ж 
г ition to Le the Phe от ir ale ri Sontions E 
анч which is the same that was 
trators of the Waterloo Fund, jn 1815 
ved,— * That relief in the shape of а dona- 
adopted as S О 
Officers = ‘Soldiers now serving against Mad 
ылу “Part 
woman's ease, and so 
be, that some of the ег wow have helped ber ont of their 
“A Pen may be granted, in the ees of the what 
of such белешеп, Should $t appear exp 
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