The Express.
London, England, 1856-09-20 00:00:00

WORKHOUSE.

Yesterday the guardians and directors of the poor
of Muylebone assembled for their usual weekly meeting,
in the board room of the workhouse, New road, when then
was a larger attendance then at the previous meeting, whim
the decision of the Poor-law Commissiontre oa their in-
quiry into the alleged woman flogging in the workhosies
was reoeived. It was now expected that the minutes of the;
previous meeting, placing at defiance the authority of the
commissioners, would be brought up for c nfirmation, and
determined opposition was threatened to it.
When the general minutes were brought on for reading
and confirmation Mr. VANHIZIII moved that they should
be holdover until one o'clock, when there would be a fulled
Weidman.

.CoSic4l4ly the minutee were allowed to remain omr
until that beer, when to the great surprise of several mem-
bers of the board, the Secretary stated that the minutes
relating to the proceedings with the Poor-law Board had
been confirmed by the " Committee" before the meeting of
the General Board, at eleven o'clock, and the resolution
relating tbereto bad already been forwarded to the Poor-lets

Mr. Vertances said, with marked indigestion, that
leader each circumstances it would be a later. farce to pro-
ceed to Macaw tb. matter. The resolution already /arrtred
at by certain members of the board had teen forwarded to
ita destination, sad, of teem, the affair would now have to
take its sane.

Dr. BAC/101'1MM impaled his astonishment at the MC •
lotion being forwarded before it wee confirmed by the Ge-
netal Board_._ and he regretted the coarse that had been
adopted. When the communication was read from the
Poor-law Bosrd, with indignation the guardians buckled
on their armour, and in a most hasty manner threw down the
gauntlet of defiance. He had hoped, therefore, that a dif.
' (erect course migbt have been pursued on calmer considera-
tion now, when the matter came on for confirmation, and
that they would have used more deliberation before sending
such ache/lenge to the poor-law authorities. They should
have considered they were dealing with a very power's(
body. It waslamentable, he considered, that the next pro-
ceedings had been so hastily adopted.
Mr. RIDDINO, as the mover of the amendment defying
the power of the oommisaioners, denied that the guardian.
had acted with haste and precipitancy; they were bat
acting for the true interists of the parish in not allowing
the Poor-law Board to interfere, whose power they did not
in the least acknowledge. Mr. Ridding further remarked
that the fact of his amendment being carried by
12 votes to 4 showed that they did not act precipi-
tately. It might have appeared inconsistent in him
(Mr. Riddled), after expressing his intention of moving
the dismissal of the accused officers upon the investi-
gation by the committee on the 23rd of July, now to
take the lead in the present proceeding, but to wished it to
be known that, as en individual member of the board, he
was always ready to fight the Poor-law Cominissionen.
Some further discussion d, during which much feel-
ing was exhibited by I members of the board at tho
clandestine manner in which the communication to the

Poor•law Board had bees dutpowd of, the general minutes
were confirmed, sad the board, after some routine bonen
of no public Bap 'fiance, edj mimed.
An erroneous (tonna has got about reaming the sup-
posed dismissal of the porters. The truth is that they never
were dismiseed. Brown had resigned for a better situation,
before the flogeing took piece, and Green is still ia the Hr.
vice of the parochial authorities as gate porter.

CANDIDATES FOR EXAMINERSHIPS, INLAND Rs-
Timm—The following gentlemen successfully passed theft
examination at Somerset-house on Wednesday, the 10th
Instant, for promotion to the rank of Easmicer. :—Mr. Ed-
ward S. White, of Dew.bury ; Mr. Philip T. Evans, of
Pimlico; Mr. Edward T. Gnsh, of Bromley; Mr Mows
Peacock, of Sunbury ; Mr. John Mullany. of lsley ; Mr.
William Young, 01 Ret'ord.—Civil device aszette.
GREAT FIRE IN UPPER THAMES-STREET.—LASE
night, et a few minutes before eight o'clock, a fire, attended
with the cleat-notion of a very large amount of propeity„
and which wee not extinguished at nearly 2 o'clock this
morning. broke out in the extensive premises belonging to
Monte. Matthews and Co., booth manufacturers, situate at
No. 106, Upper Themes-street. The fire was first dis-
covered by one of the workmen employed on the premises,
bat notwithstanding the most strenuous exertions of all pre-
sent, the Hanes in the mine of a few minutes assumed such
an ascendancy, 'hat it became clearly manifest that the fear-
ful element would mane terrible havoc. Somethicit, bat
what it was could not be asorrained, exploded, and made •
great noise, causing terrible confusion throughout the
densely packed neighbourhood. The ward schools of
Candlewick and Dowgate being next door, the
roof soon took fire, when the mistress cf the
schools, who hal hems confined only a few days, was carried
out by the neighbours and taken to Mr. Everett's, the Old
Swan Tavern. Wit% as little delay as potable, the engines
of the London brigade, the powerful floating engine, under
the command of engineer Gerrard, and numerous other
land engine., under the superintendence of Mr. 13raidiread
end Mr. Fore, attended, and also those of the West of
Entitled( Moe end parishes. A plentiful ,aptly of the New
Riser Compeny's water was obtained on the land side, from
which ',the engines were set to work in Thames-street and
Swett-lane, whilst the powerful fl sating engine threw about
6 tone from the river Thames per minute, but notwithstand-
ing the work of destruction continued, the flames crossing
Sivan.:ane, and were attacking the personae of Messrs. Har-
ker and Co., end from thence eastward to the premises
known as the Old Shades Tavern. By pest exertion on
the part of the firemen, by half-past 1 the Mates began to
palpably diminish, but they were far from being entirely ex-
tinguished, and even as late as 2 o'clock this morning the
fire was not utterly put our.
AMATEUR THEATRICALS AT ROCHESTER.—The
°Moen in garrison at Rochester intend next Tuesday even-
ing to give an amateur perferteamse at the Theatre Royal,
in aid of the fund for the relief cf wives of invalid soldiers
and sailors. A prologue, written by Mr. Leonard, of the
Royal Regineers, will be op 'ken by Captain Frederick
Brine, after which is to be performed the comedy of S/14
Stoops to Cciviiser, the characters being cast in such a
ris aaaaa as to promise a very effective representation ; a
comic song byllr.Bedford, of the Hon. East India Company's
SIITTiell, soma is as interlude, and the farce of the Boordsno
&Iwo! is to marinae the evening's anti rtainmen.. On Thurs-
day, the 26th, the gams gentlemen will give a performance
in aid et the Rochester, Chatham, and Stroud Dispensary.
The herring fishing in Lochfine during the pant
week has been plentiful and very g I, and the fish con-
, tinue excellent in qualify. Salmon 'revery rearm, and the
pities has risen to le. 3d par lb.—Stestish Guardia*.