. . "Its basic principle???that ???outdoor poor relief??? (i.e., outside the workhouse) should cease and that conditions in workhouses should be ???less eligible??? (i.e., less inviting) than the worst conditions in the labour market outside???was as bitterly attacked by writers such as Thomas Carlyle as it was by the workingmen themselves.Queen Victoria???s coronation, 1837.The Print Collector/Heritag" . .