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returned to London.The Prince and Princess of Wales have been dailycompanions in public. The Prince has taken equestrian exercise, almost daily, while also the Princess has repeatedly honoured Mr. Gibson with sittings for her bust, and the Prince and Princess have paid visits to Mr. Heath, and sat for photographic portraits. The event of the week has been the visit of the Prince and Princess to the Guards Ball, on Thursday, which was a magnificent affair. The Princess on the same day received, in state, the beautiful presents of the ladies ofYork and of Hampshire. His Royal Highness has also presided at the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall. .... Yesterday the Princess Mary of Cambridge visited the Princess of Wales, at Marlborough House... .The Prince of Wales rodo on horseback... .The Princess of Wales took a carriage drireOn Wednesday the Prince and Princess of Waleswere present at the inauguration of tho new building of the British Orphan Asylum at Slough, formerly Dofcesio’s Royal Hotel. In reply to one of the inevitable addresses on this occasion, the Prince of Wales said “ It has given the Princess and myself great pleasure to be present at the opening of 5 our new Asylum, and to have been invited to take part in so good a work. The benevolent purposes of this widely extended institution speak for themselves. It is one in which the Queen and my lamented father, the promoter of every scheme for the relief of the necessitous, evinced warm interest, and the details which you have given of its formation and progress furnish another appeal for aid from those whoe highest enjoyment is to give a home and education to the fatherless and destitute. It is a privilege, I assure you, that the Princess and myself value greatly to have our names associated with the British Orphan Asylum.”The Prince and Princess of Wales honoured the Earl and Countess of Derby with their company on Wednesday evening, in St. James’s-square.Prince Alfred, accompanied by Major Cowell, landed on Wednesday at Portsmouth dockyard, from his ship, the Racoon, lying at Spiihead, and paid a farewell visit to Captain Scott and the ollicers of her Majesty’s ship Victory. The Racoon was under orders to sail for the coast ot ScotlandDeath from Overwork.—In consequence of theinquest on the body of Mary Anne Walkley, who was found dead on the premises of Madame Elise, the dressmaker, at 170, Regent-street, Dr. Lankester visited the place on the following Monday, and has presented a report on the subject at the meeting of St. James’s Vestry, held on Thursday. Dr. Lankester found the whole of the rooms clean and in good order. He found single, double, and three bedded rooms, each bed being occupied by two jroung womon. He especially examined the room in which the young woman died, and found it to contain 1,360 cubic feet of air, giving 310 cubic feet to each of the four occupants. There were two windows in the room, which, like all the other bed-room windows in the house could be let down from the top to secure ventilation. He next visited thoworkrooms: 60 girla woro working in the rooms, whichtogether contained about 3,630 cubic feet of air, or little more than 60 cubic feet to each individual. Dr. Lankester then gives tho number of occupants and the cubical contents of the other rooms, the allowance of air to each person being in some cases as low as 108 cubic feet—the general average being 300, or below that of the room in which the unfortunate young woman died. There are 19 bedrooms, containing 74 occupants. Dr. Lankester goes on to say that the case opens up the whole question of the interior condition of the workshops, workrooms, and sleepingiooms of the metropolitan workpeople. It also opens up the question of the number of hours that persons may be employed insedentary occupations in ill-ventilated rooms. Dr. Lankester considers that it is a question worthy of the attention of the Legislature, to see whether some systematic co-operation, under properly constituted officers, might take place in all cases where large numbers of persons are domiciled, as in schools, shops, workshops, and workrooms. The confinement of young persons in close rooms from 10, 12, 14, 16 hours a day must be destructive to health, and no amount of sleeping space can make up for the evils inflicted by such confinement. In the winter the case is worse still, for many of the rooms arc lighted with gas, each gas burner consuming as much air as five persons. The vestry referred the report to a sub-committee, to consider what steps should be taken in the matter.Board of Trade Returns.—The Board of Trade
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