The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-08 00:00:00

THE POOR-LAW BOARD AND THE PARISH

OF ST. PANCRAS.
Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the directors
of the peer of the psi& of St. Pancras, held in the Board-
ing= kimg weekbeese, WRIONT in the
gar, the tallowiag letter from the Poor-law Board was
read by the clerk to the disteime:
Poor-Law Beard, Whitehall, Sept. 3, 1852.
" Sir,—l set dimmed by the Pew Law Board to call your
attention to their Mew of the Ks of )nay last, desiring
that you we 11l tip add twit to them a list of the
diresees el the poor aad pald slims in the pariah of St.
PINNEY for the current year, end to request that you will
forward the list in questioa to this office, without any
further delay.—(Signed)
. o'. Frtimtwo Assistant Se•
cretary." To the Director. of the Poor of St. Pancras.'
Mr. Fun:sass moved that the letter do lie upon the table,
and that the vestry clerk be requested to inform the poor
law based of the decision of the directors. If any other
course was adopted it would be inconsistent with the course
adopted in the ease of the dismissed master. This question
would be decided by the judges of the land in the ensuing
term. It was the duty of the directors to resist the Inter-
ference on the part of this arbitrary body.
Mr. GODDEN moved, and Mr. CLARK seconded, that as
a antler of courtesy the letter be simply acknowledged.
Mr. STOCKTON could not undentand the power of the
=board over that parish. What right had they to
the mew of the directors of a parish go-
Weed by hail arts ? They had
on appliesths before. At least, they ought to state
by what setherlty they made the application, before the
reser* Ins esmolied with, which would place
tbe pada seder Ms leader care of the Poor Law Board.
The fedi was already in litigation with the board as to
their power to interfere in Its Meal government, and until
that ease was decided in the Queen's Bench, it was the
duty of the parish to resist to the uttermost the power as.
semi. (Heer, hear.)
Kr. T. 11. Stuns could not see the objection to comply-
with the request.
In this view,
Mr. RIALTY and Mr. Howse ecucurred, but eventually
It was unanimously resolved that the communication of the
Poor Law Board should be simply acknowledged.

THECHoLuta.—ThePosencorrespondontof the Co-
lors. Gassita writes on the tad inst. The local commit-
tee of health has unanimously agreed to combat the cholera
with gunpowder. Application his been made to General
Tietzen, the commander of the fortress, who has jut had
the 'misfortune to lose his consort by cholera, to make an
attempt to purify the air by discharges of artillery, and he
has declared his readiness to comply with the request, if
the permimion of the civil government can be obtained.
AOCIDINT AT A BURY 171011 T.—On Monday, as
the troops of the different depots at present in Canterbury
were mimed in a shun fight, in a field at the rear of the
barracks, one of the party belonging to the 6th Foot was
running with his loaded musket, when it by some accident
went off, and wounded him severely in the right arm. He
was taken at once to the military hospital, but there is very
little doubt the pour fellow will be disabled fur the rear of
his life.—South Easters Gazette.

THE INRITEAT BRITAIN.—ThiII noble vessel t►Y
spoken at 8 o'clock in tho morning of tho 25th nit., in lat.
42.37, lon. 12, by the brig Lisbon, from Lisbon. The
Gnat Britain wu crowded with sail, and going at the rate
of 13 knots an hour. An estimate cf time and distance
gives her, so far, about 10 knots an hour.—Liverpool
Standard.