The Express.
London, England, 1856-02-27 00:00:00

SPECIAL INQUIRy BY ORDER OF THE POOR-

LAW BOARD.

Darin the pesiticnib, Dr. Bence Jones, accom-
panied by one of the inspector' under the Poor low Board,
has been making an isweettgatioe into the condition of the
stove w,rlthou.e, and the general trio merit of the poor,
concerning whreb so much has lively been made public. At
the ordinary meeting of the vestry, 11,Id yesterday, the fol-
lowing commit Ica I. n was read:
" Po.n-law Board, Whitehall, Feb. 25, 1656.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Poor-law Board to refer you
to their letter rf the let Danner„ 1856, in which they in-
formed you t' at they had th ught it necessary, under the
powers conferrei upon them by the 10 & 11 Vic:, cap. 109,
can. 22, and with [h. anoint a the Lord. Commiemonen of
her lifekety's Termery, to appoint Dr. Bence Jcies to set
seen haw:4 r of poor laws fa a period of thirty dale; for
the purpose et conduct iog a special inquiry into the tehtti-
the cf the workhouse e f the parish of St. Pancras, with
reference more particularly to the number of persons that
the workhouse can t rope ly ac.vmstiodate.
"Dr. Bence Jones hevieg etmpleret the neeessar_y in-
spections and investigations ht• made hie report to the Poor-
law Board, and I am directe2 to forward to you, (or the
directors of the poor, the al: copies wh co accompany this
letter.
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"I am directed to recruit the immelieta attentirn of .he
dirt ctors to Oh• *totems. to of the report, and to express the
desire of the Po ,r-:aw Board that me.tecr. s may •ithoat
deity be taken calculated to renely the evils la-
yette' to in it.

"I am further to noun' thet you will inform the Poor-
law Board of the proceedings which the directors take
rpm the receipt of this letter, and of the r medial measures
they prof oa to adapt--I am, air, &0.,
" Covarseur, Secretary.
" To the Clerk to the Directors of the Poor,
St. Peacrei,"

The rope rt, welch occupies 18 puree, descrites the state
of the workhittee it be highly uniatiefactory. There
are 300 more to tie house than there wer• in 1846. TM
wards are described em te=g offensive, and almost without
ventilation. In four of the rig priocipal wards there was a
draught of air from without passim, through the pr;vy into
the war!. Th. medical othi er is up rrd to have stated
that the crowding of the wards amounted f. r the slowness
of the recovery of many pstieirs. Clo one occasion ten male
patient. and two wi men were lying upon tt e floor. Mr.
Colter, the relator surgeon, stat-s that the ground td,or intlf-
mar, had been so offensive that he considered that dysecuy
and otherdiseases,causirg death in some caw, had revolted,
and that ia the b ia' ishrotery, he (Mr. Coate?) bed been
nauseated from the offensive nese proceeding from a sink and
urinal is the ward. The total comber .of sick is ',great
that the i.flrmariee are incapable of t =staining them, and
they are esueeqtrently put wherever from can be found, the
result being the greats at want of or!. r and c0nf•14213.
Mr. 'N. D. Cooria resorted, tact although lie. Humeri'
had Weed in the Boa* 01 Commons on Friday that this
report bad been forwarded to the directors of tie poor of
St. Paner.e, they did not receive it until that morning, the
letter sooommaying the document Wog dated the 25th.
Them was ao dersylog the (act, that, is the main, the =-
V rte though very painful, was correct. Many of the reme-
dies suggeeted bad been prop wed to the late =airy, through
whose stupidly conduct they bad not been tarried eat.
They would cut grant the money, and asks* the gew
vest y epened their puree si rings more free:y thaw 'he= pre-
. deeseeere, the fearful state of things could not be altered.
It was no um to .kirk the matter, the evils pointed out did
suet, and the best thing that meld be done was to meet the
matter =aurally and try to remedy the evil. He therefore
moved that the letter be entered on the mina's,, and that it,
the retort, and the report of the vestry esounittee ea the
rested the work hour, be refereed to a committee of five.

Mr. F. &faunae eftweded the motion, with the under-
steadies; that the cmonti•tro would nit shirk their duty,
het proceed streauowily and immediately ts provide s remedy
for • rate of temp which was, alas! too trots He begged
to anent the toted that there was as aaaaa st desire on the
Mt of • 'ergs mejority of the present vestry to mske a
great alteration in the government end relief of the poor,
sad he aiooerelf brped thst the directors would co.opsrate
with them in c aquae out some impottsat changer. (Hear,
beer.) Sure he was that the ratepayers wattle be too gild
to op./owe of any alteration tending to Dement those towards
wbo.e insist eeeeee and support they toattibuted. If the
important eugsa,tiess were not immedietely carried est, it
would he a lostinp disgrace to the authorities. (Heir.)
Ms. Drill. as • director for stay yea., approved, of the
sepot. tennis, although highly coloured, .0 In the meta
tree. Me entirety torrobore•el all that Mr. Cieper had
said with respect to the late vestry, who, over sad over
agate, rejected proposal. for the improvements now sug-
gested.
Mr. 1". H. B•zna took a similar view ; and after some
O'NOITStiONS free Mr. STOCKTON sad Mr. TORNIA, the
resolotos was carried, sod the hoard broke up.

The Comminionen for the Revision of the Statutes
Of the Co!leg.' of the University of Oil. r 1 have proposed
to convert the felluw.h.pt ht loaning to t c Cr motel Islands
into a certain somber of scholarship,. Tie di as and
just. of Gnome, have given their ailment to ihis proposal.
TISTIMONIAL TO A CLEZOTMAI4.—An elegant Bauer
Inkstand bas venally been promoted to toe Rev. Edward
Rode., bearing the following inrcriiVon :—•• Presented Is
ftte Rev. E. Radge by the teachers, other oflice,s, and ser-
vane of the North Seim Industrial Scho Is. Anerley, on
his reslgnaiou of to ct plainer, Fehroary, MAC' Mr.
nudge ha. r.cei•ed the appointment of chaplain to QM
Brideviell Rcapital HMO 01 Or:ligation.
FIRE AT STOCKFORT.—Between 12 and 1 o'clock
Le4bt'srrtiscr3m,door: morning actr hi
cr,r,init Lcunntdien, then end engine
eof b !Imo%
Stock's wt. A bui ding of great length 000 three stories
Mgt. containiag valushle I.t has, to in., and patterns, was
meidtra.,:y damaged, toe toil and pattern room being de-
, etroyed and the inschioery g 11v much injur►d. The
loss le estimated at %mama of 5,0001. The It iperty is
insured