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6th February 1836
Windsor Ball
Windsor Union
The accounts of this Union have been made up for the quarter, and we rejoice to learn , that already a saving of one half the former expenses has been saved to the rate payers, notwithstanding there is at present no general workhouse. This year there is no doubt but that four rates will suffice, and even less would have been necessary but for some debts being due by the parish of Windsor. Next year it is calculated that three rates will be sufficient. The beneficial results from the Poor-law Bill are thus strongly apparent; and when it is considered that in addition to the great saving of the rate payers the poor are infinitely better off than under the old system, and that ample provision is made for the education and preserving the morals of the children, we are sure that the out-cry raised against the Act of Parliament, though encouraged by many persons for factious purposes, will soon subside. A rumour has been prevalent that several inmates at the workhouse at Sunninghill had been poisoned, but there is not the slightest foundation for it. How such a report could have been propagated it is impossible for us to say; we understand that the Board of Guardians are anxious to afford every facility to any respectable person in visiting and inspecting that establishment, where it will at once be seen that the utmost cleanliness and good management prevail.Commissioners Of Pavement
On Monday, at a meeting of the Commissioners of Pavement for Windsor, . Charles Stuart Voules was elected Secretary in the room of Mr.W.J.Voules, who had resigned. The Commissioners also came to the resolution of transferring their powers derived under the 9th Geo. III chap. 10, to the new Corporation, under the provisions of the Municipal Reform Bill. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr.Blunt for his services during the time he had been Treasurer to the Commissioners.
Windsor Police
(before R.Blunt, Esq, and Capt. Thomson)
Eton Police
On Thursday two men named Stannett and Chamberlain were committed by the Rev.Thomas Carter, to the Bucks House of Correction for one month each in default of paying the penalty of 10s each and costs, for assaulting John Martin when he endeavoured to prevent their stealing a bundle of wood from the park of Grenville Penn, Esq.