Mr. Villiers has consented to the abolition of beggars. He
has added a clause to his Bill for the houseless poor under which the police have power, whenever they see any one destitute, to remove him to the refuges. The casual wards are bound to admit him, and are made permanent, so that parishes have no excuse for not receiving them. This provision seems wise, being at once humane and efficient ; but we are doubtful as to its operation in two cases. Will the children who are sent out to beg in dozens be taken up, because if they are they will be sent out in scores, in the hope of getting rid of them? And what is to become of the worst class of all, the impudent scoundrels who, under the pretence of selling combs, regularly bunt well-dressed women, and if they will neither buy nor give, adroitly splash the black mud over silk dresses?
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