The Express.
London, England, 1856-09-27 00:00:00

AT THE HARTLE-

BONG WORKIIOUSB.

Yesterday the guardians and directors of the poor
of BR Mary'oboes assembled for their meal weekly 'nesting
is the heard-room of the workhouse, New-rood, Mr. Baum
presiding.
The fizaahrsiv nod the following imperative OONIZEIN
niestlon with referees* to the lab women-floggleg M the
we/I'llmm.

"Poor Law Board, Whitehall, Sept. 21,1866.
" 814-1 Ns mated by the Poor-Lew Board to askaow-
e& ledge the reseloted letter of the UM lest., lawbiolt yes
infers them la to their Isle. of Me 11th Wt. thee the
Onuses mud of Ms pa ad 80. Mmyblese,
bavie.ii OIMMHS No* odmiibilag the seer sat
rztaie of Os sembhume is raped Se their noires is beat
or itinniMbi M Its bobs, sertels Annie pauper la-
mella of sme, aall deetteleg to re open the arse,
*. heed soot to eleerat that the directors sad gam,
Mem loam to iteseete to the request nods by their Weed,
that Ids raw of the workhouse absold he iMkd ems to
resign kb Am I as desired to remind the dimities awl
'audios that by the 48th modes o' the 4th red NI War
sV., esp. 76, the Pers.law Band live the poor by mks
wader their hands rad seals to moo may tarter et way
wishbone, of any perish es mime, whim they Mall deem
silk or laompstest to diesheres the ditto dna idle•
sod to require the prom amapsioalt la that behalf to sp.
p fiat ilt sad proper ppeerww Whim sew, and the Wier at
releeted Is readout YMapdmf be he applaud or Is fll
weeeippmmeelodwllbtbeitillretile poor loamy eget
pol whs. lit meets to the lewd shot the dimmest
aza nlMldieee Wail peobahly prella Meeraider their si.
n wad ed thewsalves to termSnate their eseilliblibi
with the poissat mdse of the witithesse, rather them lid
the bred,lowlsgreeesee to the sWielala power umbseed
op is them, Sitiehl OR toss that aim to resits hI. it
bon. Habit, loweva, the dlreatere and goasdiemt IMO
prepared to take the former emonee. I am dirsered to Was
you that the board hulas dulled that thine*: h ate
all his office, will have no other sitermatio than to adept*.
lulu. (Synod) I. W. Garr, Itrareesey,.
Mr. RIDDING said he soppiest tide ounemication frail
the Poor law Board should le treated as their former fro
(Hen.) Betting midi the quieties of the right of iota*
taros, is the pert of Me Pear.law Board, he found by the
act of puller/O. Sill Geo. 111., ass. 150, that they (the
portliest) had • slight to whip pawn.
ldr. POW= (taieraptieg)—This teillia lad iehelmeil
to the whippimg et pamper children. aid the set hes tomml
l•Poakel• • I
Mr. RWDING Idea sheered that by the 7th sad BA
Vittoria, cap. ICI. Me. 44, It was evident that the Poor-Mw
Bowl had so aOheeiq to Warfare in the local Oaks rii
OW parish. (Hae)) That motion directly elated that.**
simmleisaers alandi live as authority over a perish when
the babobiltasta aanhered ONO soh without the autho-
rity of aortal& sash., eities.‘seestiel mobilities. Bub
Naafi
as euestmest evidently " the toonnialesere eels-
phoelyeat of court. TM perish of llaybalisse his upwards
N
MAN soute. sad
(Bri thessione the Poor-law Mama awl so
wow to lateen.. der.) Takla( late eoaelieeedlea that
tar a may yams the gieeddese bad had MAW. peados
MIN. Mel heads, wham* lido alle be said list aeon
me hew the Poor law Bard we sew *Mild is Isteethe.
beg. (Hear, hear.) It had gem the .mind el the with-
rem journal that them girls hut Mete becks eueriated
emitted been beatea—indeed, the pulls wee made to believe
anythieg. Bat what did the ratspoyere say ? Why. that
it served them right. (Hear, hear) They were the worst
of chars/tett, !hang on the very shame( the rltelleyere, eel
what they received was truly jut what they down
&
(Rear, bear.) People talked le Gm. (eho sew
dies) sad told tkem It was illegal so to paella
the girls, but did mot tell duo what to do with they that
wee, the Pleoloot Bead did sot tamp to dud WM
then. Mr. HMI* osaoludil * mole& at se rim
to die eolanuakatioa be. Ilte literhaw Maga& "!led Ila
board of guardiame N IL Werylebeee Wog ebesdp
(leveed era the wow destke farther to INGIMI% Ida mew
especially as tha P..,-law liemsd. Ila theliemialielleaM
the Ilth inst., state. . that so mem Menge ogles aim of
the boom will suable the dimities led eilellaball elieelle•
fully ts sopa with the stile width milt: "
Mr. dorm° wooded the =Am
Mr. BADDITLT waned the board net to act precipitately.
Mr. VANNTIMS seed, SS as aeseedihant, " that the
seater be called is, sad the letter road over to him." It
would the be for him to at if he would resign, or run the
risk of Wag sompelled to do so.
Mr. CARS SeCtilidtd the propeaitios, but it met with
great opposition, sad ester semis thumbs it my with-
drawn.
Mr. Casa remarked that Mr. Riddlog had takes
,E
palm to try ant lad out that the goardiess bed a ur
whip purport ; but he thanked Ord that Oak sad ell
owns, bad bus log ago takes oat of their hands. The
question, fa the first place, was, bad the outer dose what
was legal? The Poor-law Board:had pawed he had sot;
sad now what was proof for them (the gemilans) to do ?1
What all the couatry use ealbsg aeon them to do—samely,l
to dials the water. It wee a tut well knows that the',
parishes of Maryiebone and 5t Pancras were the worst ma-
cued; and the number of poor and the mono of the rates
were more as the ineteue than is any of the perishes under
the goveramest of the usual body. I. enciesioa, Mr.
Can orgitilhe board not to pus such • resolution, a It
would 'stall on the pubis melees Ittpl proceedings, puling
to the coat of sone thoursads, whist meet be old out of
I the rates. . . _

Mr. Forma asked what had ell this oshwybeta shoat f
Merely the teat that physical force had twee wad after ea
sacral force had failed• Thls sem admitted by the nee.
low Hurd. (Hear, hear.) Whets morel fere, filled, be
(Mr F. Vet) was for physics', sad the girls bad get eatlYft
more than they richly deserved. (Hear, hear.) If his bed
been the master he would have seted I. the flew

manner' sad indeed with a greater degree of es.
verity than he did. (Hoar, hear.) The girls were
a nay net, and of the wont alma, Inlet, as bad beim
mid, on the vital, of the ratepeyen. And what Watt
meat was Atte 1 fee them but phjeical force ? He hoped
that in the moniag conflict with the Poor-law Board then
would be se talk about resiguadons, bat that they would
and trgether end fight to the had' if required. (Hear,
hear) Boon years ego thi parish of St. Pacers. came tato
eollinn with the board r. spatting their teeter. It wee
sot a gumbo* of dismissal, but the Poor-law Board in-
sisted on his being rein. tend after the guardians had dis-
missed his. The result of the sonnet wet that the parochial
authorities nmalaad triesepheat ; and so it would be with
this parish soar if they remitted nagebnowe la say stele
they proposed to take. (heer, hem) The two caw
showed the leeesoletemay of the Peet-law Beard. le the
flt Pancras ease the booed had insisted on • man who wee
omonmed for improper contact being reinstated. la
the pretest aloe they were &nines with an upright,
honewrable' and faithful effletr, mid they wished him
to be sommarily discharged. (Hear) If they searched ell
Cheineadom be scattered tbeyemeld so: meet with a more
upright gad honourable mu than theft resent master, and
be was only dong hi. duty to the aged sad yeas' by laying
the lash ea the vagrant set. (Hear, hoer.) The Lester had
done no more than his duty, and he (Mr. Potter) trusted
that the board weeld give him enty protective. (Hear.)
For his part he would do everything to prevent the mascot's
dietitian), and to prevent the Poorlsw Coamandoners from
spiking la. (Ben, hear.)
Dr. Bacitorntaa said that he had no doubt bat that
every =mob. r of the board, if asked oat of that room, would
eanacieotiossly say that the girl. only got it hst they really
deemed. (Hear) However, they, as the authorities. had
to rlsp:ore the wait of judgment displayed by their °Seer
nu that memos. but. at the same time, be looked um the
mister as the most proper man for such an eatsblialsment,
and he had no doubt great ninon wield take plass cadet
his maaagement. (Hew, hear.) The clue-tics cow was how
they were to pruned with the Poor-law Board; mad
repugnant es he was to all such ioterfereinee, he trotted
that the beard would he discreet enough to take the matter
atrain tato their mond. rition. before returning an answer.
He should he for the subject going to a committee. (Hear,
sad great direst.)
Hr. Cahn salt that ea one ineasion he had bees eharged
with cruelty to the poor, and now with tea smith lenleney ;
ever sloes he had been conseet.d with the board he advo-
cated hard Moor god confinement es a workhouse test, but
set nth treatment as was used In the present laatence,
for tint only tested to brotallee the naknumate meataree.
Mr. RIDDING objected to the tonne proposed Dr.
Seslbtsfraer, as said be moldered delays wool may
perish.
gly• the Peor.law Comemimbaers a greater hold oa the
The twitted resolution was then put and carried by
eleves to two these voting in the 'minority being Ham
Vitalism mail Carr.

I The United States frigate, Merrimac, lying In
Bentnempton water, Painted the town yesterday. The salute
was answered from Vie seas alit* platforms battery. In the
liftman the Americas deg was Belated from the battery.