The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-26 00:00:00

THE CREDIT roweimx and MOBILIZE of ENGLAND
(Limited', In CONJUNCTION with the AGRA and MASTER-
MAN'S BANE (Limited), and the NATIONAL BANK. will
RECEIVE A PPLI. ATIONE for the CAPITAL of
THE IMPERIAL LAND COMPANY of
MAESEILLIII (Limited).
Capital, 81,600,011 R In 811,000 Stares of Meech.
Deposit on Application El per share, on Allotment Et per share.
It Is not anticipated that more than E 6 per share will be
required In addition.
In'srest at the rate of 10 per cent. Fier annum will be paid
(half-yearly,
Wotan Interest warrants, payable
will be attached slum certinostea. After the
two years, the profit income on armies of land airead effected,
and profit on further sales, will be applicable for tion as
dividend or bones
DIIIIOrOng.
Albert Grant, Esq., M.P., } Directors of the Credit Iron.
william Harrison, Eng•, der and Mobilise of England
Edward Name. lea, M.P., (Limited).
Conel James Holland. Directors the Arra and Ilat-
J. Sydneylo Stopford. Esq., j lemon'sof Bank (Limited).
Joseph Neale McKenna, Eel
M.P.. Directors of the National Bank.
P. H Llenshaw, Esq.,
Harverlevris, M.P.,
OMet Arrow. E4W Brother of the Trinity Howe.
IL 'W. Edwards, Esq Director of the General Irrigation Com-
pany of France (Limited).
J. M. Larking, Esq., Director of the Egyptian Trading Company
(Welled).
IL Emile de Glirardln, Paris.
IL !beetle Abhatued, Deputy sod liserstery of the Chamber of
Deputies, Pada.
Comte d'Ayguesvives. Chavolmriain to the Emperor, and Member
of the Chamber of Deputies.
m, P. papnelli, lA, Pines de la Madeleine, Paris.
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The Agra and Masterman's Bank (limited), London and Parts.
Eke litakeiel Beek, Leedom, and Ida Itramthes In Ireland.
The Sealseal flank of Liverpool (Limited), LiverpooL
SOLAI/TOl6.
Mews. Newbon, Evans, and Co., IS, Nicholas-lane, E.C.
Mews. Valiance and Valiant* Emereirest, Strand. sad
Lombard House. Georgryard.
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Mews. Mallens, Mamba% and=eß, I, Lombard-eireet, E.C.
Mears. WA Fawcett, and Thremlneediernteset, h.C.
Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, T, Angel-con" Throgreorton.
street, EC.
sosolawacsasr—iii. Peal Ramie,
I).Marseilles (Member el the
Colleen 06ntos
Sirentlirr (pro tern.)—Altred Lowe. Nag.
Temporary Offices—lT and iB, Cornhill.

STAKPED, H. ADDITIO2I4I#.I

endeavouring, with the aid of the Greek clergy,
to excite the Christian population to an insurrec-
tion against the Sublime Porte. The garrisons of
Banjaluta, Mostar, sad Trebigne have oonae-
quently been reinforced by several battalions. •

TWOPENCE

TAB OLRRNZN WELL GUARDIANS AND
THE HOUSRLEBS POOR.

The condition of the Clerkenwell casual wards,
and the infamous treatment of those applying for
shelter, calls for prompt action. Nothing has been
said or written in condemnation of any other work-
house in the metropolis which would not be appro-
priate to this. Public opinion and the expressed
wishes of the Poor-law Board are as openly defied
as they were formerly at Bermondsey; and riotous
indecency and uncleanness are as palpably fostered
as ever they were at Lambeth.
The night after our visit last week more than 50
people were crammed into the dark closets and
cellars which have nominal accommodation for 30 ;
and fights and scrambles for sleeping room are of
common occurrence. These unlit cellars and
closets are so wretchedly unsuited to their purpose,
that the certificate of the Poor-law Board has
never been granted; yet nearly double the
number for which even the guardians profess to
consider them fit have to be thrust into them.
The master of the workhouse has no choice in the
matter. The law orders him to shelter all destitute
scums, the guardians refuse to authorise
any af these to a lodging-house, and the result
that the sleeping dens of this workhouse-yurd
witness scenes it is impossible to describe without
appearing guilty of exaggeration. The torture-
chamber, known as " Little Ease," in which the
victim could neither lie, sit, nor stand, and the
Black Hole of Calcutta, both occur to the visitor
who hears of the number of paupers occasionally
crammed within these narrow walls ; and it is not
too much to say that if horses, dogs, or cattle were .
proved to undergo such treatment as casual paupers
are liable to at Clerkeuwell the Humane Society
would interfere. The statistics of the number

sheltered in a week furnished us by the matron and'
published last Thursday were incorrect, the
figures being unintentionally quoted from a
previous return. The real number shows as
average per night in excess of the accommoda-
tion, and it is clear that these had neither
beds , nor sleeping places found them. The
guardians are still considering what steps they
ought to take, and some stress is laid upon their
having failed in procuring premises they thought
of converting into casual wards. It is obvious,
however, that this failure does not excuse the ob-
stinate continuanoe of evils which a small weekly
outlay at a common lodging-house would prevent.
The more intelligent of the Clerkenwell guardians
are painfully aware of this, and at their last board
meeting one of their number warned his colleagues
that "H they allowed things to go on (i.e., in the
casual wards) as they had been for the last few
weeks, they would fall, into the same bad odour as
Lambeth, Bethnal-green, and other places."
Public opinion has done much to brin4 parochial
guardians to a sense of their duty, and it remains
to be seen how long those of Clerkenwell will be
permitted to "adjourn" and "consider," while
dirt, contagion, fighting, and unruly licence are
forced upon the casual paupers claiming shelter at
their hands.

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