"I thought on Blenheim—when, at once, upon my startled ear
There came a sound; it chill'd my veins, it froze my heart with fear,
As from a wild unearthly voice I heard these accents drop—
'Sarvice is done—it's tuppence now for them as wants to stop!'"
FANNY.
Pauper's Badge (Vol. iv., p. 294.).
—The 8 & 9 Wm. III. c. 30. s. 2., required all paupers in the receipt of parochial relief to wear a badge bearing a large Roman "P", together with the first letter of the name of the parish, cut either in red or blue cloth, upon the shoulder of the right sleeve of the uppermost garment, in an open and visible manner, under certain penalties, and prevented paupers who neglected to wear it from being relieved. This provision of the statute was repealed by the 50 Geo. III. c. 52.; and although by the 55 Geo. III. c. 137. s. 2. parish officers might cause goods, &c. to be branded with the word "Workhouse," and such other mark or stamp as they thought proper, to identify the parish, it was nevertheless provided, with the view of preventing a revival of the former mark of degradation, that such mark or stamp should not at any time be placed on any articles of wearing apparel so as to be publicly visible on the exterior of the same.
FRANCISCUS.