§ MR. P. A. TAYLORsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Poor Law Board, Whether it is true that the Guardians of the Narberth Union have resolved to continue the practice of putting refractory vagrants in sacks, notwithstanding his declaration that such conduct not only contravened the spirit of an Act of Parliament, but was repugnant to the feelings of common humanity?
§ MR. GOSCHENsaid, in reply, that it was true that the Board of Guardians had resolved to continue this practice. The sacks were common sacks, and the vagrants were inserted in them by a hole ripped through the bottom. Re-monstrances had been addressed to the 1891 Guardians, but had failed, and the Poor Law Board, would now told the master of the workhouse responsible for the supply of sufficient clothing to all classes of vagrants under his care, and he would be removed from his post if he failed to do his duty in that respect.