Posted with permission of the transcriber, Barb. Baker. Geo. NEWS ITEMS. PROFLIGACY AND PAUPERISM. - A case was brought before the Sunderland Board of Guardians, last week, where it was shown that an able-bodied pauper, whom they ordered to be turned out of the workhouse, had married a wife two years ago, when she was worth £1,000; but that, through the grossest extravagance in eating and drinking, and pleasuring, he and the whole of his family had in that short interval been reduced to absolute poverty. They had driven about the country in cabs and carriages, living in tiptop style while the cash held out; and the spend-thrift actually confessed to the board that £237. 6s. of it went to pay a publican and eating-house keeper's bill in the town of Newcastle ! The fellow was particularly impertinent to the board, and asked if they thought 6s. enough to support him and his family for a week. "Sunderland Herald" ===========================================================