The Press.
London, England, 1856-08-30 00:00:00

ilittrovolitan.

CONVOCATION was prorogued on Thursday, pur-
suant to Royal writ, until Wednesday, Oct. 8.
THE ST. PANCRAS GUARDIANS held a special meet..
ing on Tuesday, with reference to their dispute with
the Poor-law Board (who have taken the entire
management of the workhouse into their own
hands), and, by a majority of 17 to 4, carried a
motion denying the right of the Poor law Board to
interfere so far, and expressing their determination
tc manage the workhouse irrespective of the Board's
orders. The question will probably not rest here.
THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE'S private apartments
in St. James's Palace were brAten into last Saturday,
and a large quantity of valuable plate stolen. The
apartments are at present under repairs.

THE SAI.E OF UNWHOLESOME MEAT IN LONDON has
just been reported on by a special committee of
medical officers. The committee consider the frut
to be fully proved, that large quantities of unwhcle•
some meat are constantly on sale to the lower• orders
in London :

Twenty-sir live animals, 812 entire caresses, 69(1 var.
tars, 8 sides, and 227 joints of beef, mutton, veal, and lamb
were seized in the city of London alone last year, besiles
an immense quantity of poultry, game, and fish, on-
demned as putrid.
Most of the diseased meat supplied to the metn-
polis is killed in the country by persons who make
this a regular business. More unsound meat is
found in Newgate than in any other market, because
more country meat is sent there. But there are
persons, well known in the London trade, w:m make
it their business to dispose privately of meat which
could not be exposed openly in any market. As fer
the distribution of this meat, there is no doubt that
it is purchased after regular market hours, by trades-
men who retail it to the labouring classes late in the
evening, in the suburbs and what are called low
neighbourhoods. Much meat is sold by gaslight,
which could scarcely be exposed in broad daylight.
The report then shows the ill effects of unsound
meat, and traces many of the diseases of the poor
to its use. For preventive measures the committee
recommend that the several inspectors of nuisances
appointed under the Metropolis Local Management
Act be empowered to act as sanitary inspectors under
the Nuisances Removal Act for England, 1.855, and,
if necessary, that they also receive authority from
two justices, under the act 19 end 20 Vict., c. 1:31.
They further recommend that the inspectors be
furnished with a statement of the appearances of
unsound meat, such as the committee have drawn
up for the purpose, and that they be instructed to
visit the shops and the markets frequented by the
poor, especially on Saturday evenings. That they
should proceed cautiously, and take the opinion of
the Medical Officer of Health in case of doubt ; but
yet that they should peremptorily seize any meat
which shall answer to the described signs of un•
wholesomeness.

THE BRITISH MUSEUM closes for the anneal
autumn recess thii day. It will be reopened to the
public on Monday the Bth of' September, and con-
tinue open every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday,
from ten till five o'clock, during the months of Sep-
tember and Ociober, and from ten till four o'clock
during the remainder of the ye Ir. The admission
of the public on Saturday afternoons will be discon-
tinued until May. 1857.
THE REGISTRAR•GENERAL'S RETURNS for the week
show a decreasing mortality of 1,122, less by more
than one hundred than for the two precedin ! weeks.
1,520 births were registered for the same period.