The Express.
London, England, 1856-02-14 00:00:00

ST. PANCRAS IVORKBOUSE.

Yesterday, at a meeting of the representative
vestry of Bt. Pancras, herd is the great hall, King's road,
Camdn.tows; Rev. T. Dram, M.A., the vies', la the chair,

Mr. 13rwoma presented a report of a committee 011 the
gerernmett of the poor and the state of the workhouse.
The report states tl at the hour* is ill ventilated and over-
crowded, and quits inadequate in many respects to meet
the wants of the parish. That in the casual wards there is
a el sot of decency, many c f the males eleepiog in a state of
nudity, two in a bed; sail that tro frequent', the profligate
and abandoned characters are Owed in the same ward with
respectable married women; that the iniimriminate ad-
mimeos of tramps into the wards bee been a prolific
soarer of disease and moral contamination, to remedy
whisk the re port team:suds the introduotiou of
atone yard as • labour teat. After pointing oat
the crowded state of the children's infirmary, the committee
recommend that the young should be entirety removed flea
t►e workhouse, and proceeds to point out the evil of em-
ploying aged sad latemurate paupers se nurses. riser
iLISIN ward was described as being underground and muck
crowded, and t►at in one ward containieg only 2,800 cubic
feet there were nine pitients manias from syphilis. The
water supply had been somewk at defective, bat the supply
of beer was unnecessarily great. The re port recommends
the ertiblishment of • new laundry and various other reme-
dies for the evils named.

Mr. STAMM MOVM, MI Major COBBS eeeoaded, the
'Boum that the re I) irt be received and eatered on the
minutia.

Mr. Browns mated that the report be printed. The
workhouse management was truly in a lamentable state.
Only the previous night a man was taken to the workhouse
is an theessible atett—that man was his servant. When
sailed to him he found him stripped of his garments, lying
in • it of ideate:6c ap pinny. The surgeon, Mr. Walden
grave, was celled, and be ordered mustard tv be applied to
the extremities; instead of which", the men who had charge
of the unforwsome man in • fuel ward had druidic d been
with cold water, and but for the sedulous attention of Mr.
Welds rave there Auld be no doubt that this treatment
would have caused the poor man's death. When hot water
applications were metered, it was found that there arm not •
drop of hot water in the house—(Bhanse)—and be (11r.
growler) and the doctor were oily enabled to restore any-
thing like snistatiou by ece.tinued fnct:on. The man was
still ease utible, and hi a very dangeroue atath. It was to be
hoped that now, at heat, vines step would be taken to
remedy such • diegraceful state of Wage. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. MANNOCK 14.0112.11 d he motion, which wet cup-
ported by Mr. W.D. Coors'', who pointed out many of the
.vii whisk had been looked into by the board of dareciors,
who had recommended the late astirf to take step' for re-
medyisg the same, bat they declined to do so on the score of
toD•Wit.
The resolution was carried, and the report will be again
rJught up for c maideratioe.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

The programme of business for the next meeting
to-armor (Friday) is as follows :
To receive end consider report from the temmittee oa the
*starlet and duties of oilcan. As t, the secur.ty te be gives by
the Beak of Leedom. As to the a; p Automat of °Seers in
the departments of the engiseer sod seperiateniling
archi-
tect. As to the appoiatatent of a solicitor t t the t ostd. To
toesider the re port of the csnonrlttes on the s. levies and
deities of alters presented to the board on the Bth instant,
the conekhostion whereof wee aiijoareed. To restive the
report of the saperiateading architect as to the appointment
of district serny ors for certain dietricte within we limits of
e metropolis. To amides. the following =otiose, of
which notices were reeptxtively given at the meeting of the
let and Bth instant :—By Mr. Deputy Harrison—" That
townie vibrates of thy, prostediaps of tee toad be printed
to the iateemetion of members." By Mejtr Lyoct—" To
tossider the gelation of cravul•ing ergiriern to this Toned.
with a view to se early eppolatmest of **seise." By Mr.
Bristow—. That a soeisise statement of the several works in
p• ogress under the late Commisesoaers of &ware, and sow
being carted on wider the sanction of this be tied,
be prepared by the siert and er Siaser, end printed
sad circulated same, the member' of the board,
two days at least before tie Ant tweeting of the.
board la Kush ; sad *at the pleas, le., corrected t` er • -
with books is readiness tor the isepeehto of the board et
that raiseass." By Mr. Thebolay :—u Tt at all repeats of
committees be printed and circultiteti ammo; the members
of the board three:steer day. it but previous to being
brought up for coati& ration, salmis sposielly ordered othrt.
wise in the reforescs to the committee." lly Mr. Contu-
ses That %skies into eoastderitica the greatly, in-
crossed sad daily iscreesieg surest of truffle over London-
Yd is Welkagtos*treet sad Highcoreet,
Southwark, sad also eoesithwieg that t is e sant of
80,000,. midair from the coal deities set spent for making
improves ants in Southwark, it is swat desirable that imam.
diet* mad reties measures be takes to provide for *skies a
new has of street trove seas part of the iiigh-strest, South-
wark, towards the western part of the district." By Mr.
Wright That a committee of works be at visited, eon-
slating el Ahem membere." By Ith. Davis That a
plea of the ogees cad glossa ia Greek•street be prepared.
showing the height, srea, and mode of veatilaticn, sad host
sepplied to the varies' idiom" To reesive epplientirmalDi
oesmaseicatioae, sad for mint purpose.

Tin But Mono CAli2m—lbwrrox, Jas. 3r,
1666.—The ship Nestaae's !'soothe, Capt. Lute, t '
.
Live/peel, arrived it this pert to-dage imports that ea • no ;;,
last., la lat. 30 26 los 80, she fell to with the Bre.,,h kirk
Castle. Capt. Molted, fnat Bt. Jobs, kr Gm_
rock, waterlogged aid dismaatsd. Caplet" Luis task off
elibt it tat stew; the rensiader, eor
~„ti., of floo of
the stew, the aptalaj Asa OM Pial,...ffer. wen pikes oa
:ward the ship Alfred Storer, Cs aia Carney, from New
Oates., bawd tor Liempeol. :be Moro Castle wit dk-
sasted is b pie ow the fib Yet