The Express. — London, England, 1861-03-21 00:00:00

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PA, No 4, Thrwmbeeedle-strevt, Larks. 11 e% h 14. 1404 tirjtEhy i;IVZ Nillter that a HALT- Tv.tltLY 101V11.1.•11 ..1 el.. e *hate, being at the rate d 6 rr rant p r sm u ts .et the capital etork 1.4 the 11'..rporatis. . 3 .1 3 1 3 .. 3 NMI'. at a.hlithesal lateral, of l.a • sharr, making tarrthrr at A ahem, er et the rate of 10 prr vent per annum, sill Le PlllO to. lAr pe.pri. ter. tree tar, a t this IRN,. on and alter 11 EaDA V. the lath .tpril ta at, lorterea the been as.l.l..cha . a . . . - _ Tran.f..r 11... .Inned ha= IdBII In.t and emi t, 1. n. und.l .IWWwin.l Afild Iroonso impala pioal.le -14 WOW a Lhe 111,14f1. WILLIAM MILUKLN. nwcr,lart. fIOCRT aail ORNZRAL MOURNING. oft.t.cr mai GAM( moperOMlß Datil tM atandlem mhdlOy sad UM imbibe I. Mair 'TOM d OENIRAL RrIANINti. _ . . . . . . 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Odra -8114 Mildishba Sofwatlied na nglal die& „ .. 114 hod 311 al W .r 7 44. 94 hit r. l 418 1W1 T .1 - 14eire•t. Lwow thitorialWels WiZszoide. Ileoper. 41. ►taw William% glegit. I. YeassaharcloWeel /twit, Wft, HANWELL LUNATIC ASYLUX—Pereons willing to TENDER for mureLviNii the alsivemansed Inatitiatkas, which contains aimed 1,100 inmates, with MEAT, Floor, Hay, straw, out, Potitoes, butter, Cheese, And Bacon, Lr .is calendar months from ands/ter the Ist of April nest. are riVioge I In DELIVER "WALED TENDER:4, addressed "To the Conanittee of Visitors." at the Asylum, at Ilanwell. by halfliwit II it clock on TN I' ItYIDA Y. the 2Eth hid . and he in Anita/MCC th re at 12 o'clock precisely. Kink Lim., in which the tenders must lw made, may he obtained, and the form of contract may .41Mr upon app&ton here or at the Asylum. The Committee will wit land else, to accept the lowest or any of the tenders. this 20th day of March, IPKI 'MARIAN WIRIONT. Clerk to the Wiliam Sessions-house. C7erkeo•ell TE R USA LEM RAND PICTURES. eI In HU 6111.ANDEl'11, AD. IS, with the Triumphant nary 4.loluttit Wu the Holy city. t In HMI TALI, as now vi...r.1 from the MINIM of inises. Them imeat wrshs rnstaln np..o l of 1110epwolal point. of Interest and 200 Nom:L-41N JEW .1.117 ham 10 In S, et the flalko7. Wattrloo- lace, 1.411 —Admihnion free, uu prenatal.m of private arMlrees c.4r.1. jMtENCH EXHI —The EIGHTH 1 A CAL EXHIBITION of PILTVRIX Use contributions of artitte of the I'rench and blemish flehoota, Is NOW OPEN at the Gener7. 120. htltesall, opfmnite the Opens Colonnade. A,ltol.Son, (Ate , Allltug. Catalogues, Sligent.x. Open from 18110 daily. • OXFORD awl CAMBRIDGE BOAT-RACE. EV A!I m'A °l' r PEI hie Carreit-issies Glees, Ileartgais, Re. ftr. Mealusey 0 11 30. • aew sow for the °cassias by lr. Sydirey The U.sratil Family la their arribalk perfisineaares —•• Playir.ers sip at Eram's to sten, at eirlreeeely well sars."—Atheeieum.—Cutwornee every imam 11 Waled. 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Containing the modern bet. meat les adopted at the Hospital St. Leo* Parisi for the tare at them diseases se prenatal la a high elate of civilisation, one seemat ca an homers Mate of the blood. causing esteasees erimesess. sesebatie alliestlean sad morels: treatment lei super &dal sad deep meted deers, M. Hy the mess Mahar, with mmtorrous Illaatrationt prim bi. : 4% : abridged 'dittos. Is • as. llealaid Wort. Lill WORM LMNO FOR: treaties ea Weraineasm. &a, era by dlseepard ef natere• lawn Sean of Oemeitellea from le te; andibill: or by appolat msne. TM New Web to bola trees thenallecw, re. thiory•- swat. lleasee Leads& W. p ar imemsel. " naiad Haglem. d and mad Dißun'T Wow Ph" gad rigil - tfi T. IL nous, to Os Yawl Peolaiss lairOrrionf Priglard is. 'Arks : af pat satin from dr Autism si. zkrikowsva. ROMANCZ al CRIME mares M wesersted. Ow /Way Weekly. . Strand, M.C. LONDON. THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 21. 1861. DRAMA. PRINCESS'S. The announcement that Mr. Fechter had been for some time engaged in studying the character of Hamlet, with a view to its representation at the Princess's Theatre, created a great sensation when, some weeks since, it was made public in London. Granted that the accomplished Frenchman was the beet melodramatic artist that fur years' hail been seen among us ; granted that his youth, his figure. his manner and bearing qualified him entirely for the part; was there nut his accent, slight though it might be?—and would not a British public, full of prejudice as it has always shown itself, regard a Frenchman's attempting the pour. trayal of a Shakesperian character as an act of sacrilege Men talked, but time rimmed ; the rumour grew into an advertisement, the advertisement into a certainty ; the cer tainty was last night elaborated into a fact. Last night, before an audience comprising nearly all the literary and fashionable world who take interest in theatri cals, and many of our well.k Down English actors, Mr. Fechter played Hamlet with the most decided success. He created an enthusiasm which has been rarely seen within the walls of a theatre, and be fully deserved the thunders of applause which greeted him from his entrance until the fall of the curtain. Mr. Fechter has achieved one of the most genuine triumphs of modern times, and ha has given • new reading to one d Shakespeare's greatest plays—a realm wooderfldly lifelike and thoroughly free from any traditional conven• tionalities of the stage. SADLER'S WELLS. That histrionic talent runs in the blood and is frequently transmitted from parent to child has been con stantly asserted and as constantly denied. Supporters of the argument point to Messrs. Charles Mathews sixd Charles Keen ; opponents urge that these are but exceptions to the general rule, sod ask where are the descendants of that glorious band of actors which delighted theatrical audiences half a century ago. Much is to be said on either side of the question ; but probably one great reason why we do not find the sons of great actors attempting to tread in their fathers' steps is the alteration in the state of the stage and in the position of its professors. Be this as it may, it is pleasant to record that the sae of one of the first tragedians of the present day has enlisted in his father's troop, and under the skilled guidance of the veteran pro mises speedily to attain to the first rank. Mr. Edmund Phelps, who during the last season has been playing at fladler's Wells, is a really valuable ac quisition to the English stage. Young, well-looking, of good figure, clear voice, and excellent address, be comes before us as the representative of what is technically called "juvenile tragedy," as the fitting delineator of those cha racters in which Charles Kemble (and after him Macready) was so groat, and all novice as he is, it is evident that be bee bra thoroughly grounded in the rudiments of his pro &iron, and that he has in him that stuff from which ex periesce fashions first-class actors. His principal character has been Ulric, in Werner, but on Monday last, for his benefit, he played Claude Melnotte with great spirit, delicacy, and artier') finish. ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY. A meeting of this society was held on Tuesday evenieg, in St. Mirtin's•plaos, the President, Jour CIAW FORD, Eq., in the chair. A paper, communicated by Dr. Knox . , was reed by Dr. Hem, me of the hoirary seeretaries, 'On some Ancient Forms of Civiliestioo. In this paper the author brought nadir review four forms of civilise/Mee in the early history of mankind among races of men remote from each other, and all remarkably different from the Western races who now play such an impanel= part is history. Those regions of early civilisation were ap p t, India, China, and the Valleys of the Enpluatee and Tigris. Dr. Knox, referring to the sculptured and pictorial remains of the Copts, the Heagele, the AnYilePee and the Hindoos, in the noun elan elaborate paper pointed out the =rims forma of civilisation which they had ori ginated. Is walking the pictorial reaise=kions ef the ancient Egyptians, he remarked on the of the gores of elephants, from which he inferred that those people were not acquainted with the interior of Africa. An animated discuamen took place, in which Hr. Amenney, an Ambles, Dr. Latham, the President, and Dr. Knox took part. A second paper, entitled, " A few Reemate us the Wild Tribes of Tierra del Fuego," was reed by Captaia W. Parker Snow. His object ro visiting those tribes was to discoverJemroy Button, a native, who was brought to Keg hind to be educated, and after remaining here three years was seat back again about twenty-three years ago. In the fuse came that came alongside the vessel wag Jemmy Button himself, who retained a knowledge of English words i though be bore little marks of English civilisation. Like the other men of his tribe he was perfectly asked, but he re tained sufficient sense of propriety to request to have clothes on before he went into the cabin to see Mr. Snow. He inquired after several persons who had been kind to him is Ragland, sad tsars came into his eyes when he spoke el the pretties= of English Ladies. His civilisation in this country has bad no Mauna, on his tribe, who are the wet reeve( all the Fuegians, and Jemmy Button him. self was, some time after Captain Snow's visit, charged with being implicated in the massacre of a whole ship's mew. Captain Snow, notwithstanding the rough character and appearance of the Fuegians generally, said be was fnvoesady impressed by them. He felt assured that they possessed the conmonfeelingsof humanity,andthat if kindly treated they would not be hostile. The women seemed par ticularly attached to their children. He admitted that they were cannibals, but he thought that it was from necessity and sot from choice. They greatly resented having their children taken from them by the Europeans, as had out *infrequently been practised, with the view of making th em Christians. There is a missionary station at the Falkland Islands for that purpose._ Dr. Larson ;ad the Pataporr soprano] surprise that the kidnapping of the children of these savages should be allowed. Theneeethei adjourned to the 3rd ot April. THE GRAVE OF L E. L-MRS. M'LEAN. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—WzmniDAY, MAica 20. (Continued from yesterday's Erprws .) Sir G. LEWIS remarked that the proposition that taxa tion and representation were coincident in local institutions was subject to exceptions. Originally the only rate into the imposition of which the popular element entered was the church-rate. He admitted that it was desirable to con vect taxation with representation in county-rates, and if nothing more was involved in the principle of the bill he would vote for the second reading. There was this obvious objection to the hill, that it would change the functions of the board of guardians, making the board as electoral body, who were chosen for • different purpose ; and the proposal that one-half of the financial boards should consist of members having • particular qualification wan 1 o p en to criticism. He pointed out other objectionable features in the bill. There were, he observed, two main questions—first, did any mismanagement exist under tho present system? He thought the county-rates not immo derate, and that there was no proved mismanagement. Secondly, was there any general discontent with the so s tem? He believed that in the rural counties it worked well, but that in other counties there was • jealousy of and dissatisfaction with the power of the magistracy. Nevertheless he did not consider that there was such a pressing demand for legislation on this subject at present as to induce him to promise to introduce a bal. He should vote for the principle, and for the se ceod radii* of this bill. Colonel PATTEN said there wu one glaring difficulty in the bill which could not be overcome ---ss4y that it would Istroduce into counties • esoilliof of jetildliCtibin. .111 wait, in his opinion, the duty of the government to take the matter into their own hands. The bill, as it stood, could not be worked. Mr. BARROW, whose name was on the back of the bill, "Mu) in favour of its principle. Mr. OSBORNE complained of the course taken by Sir G. Lewis as most extraordinary, and asserted that, iu the counties of Cornwall and Worcester especially, t h e tenant farmers were greatly discontented with the manner in which the county rates were managed. He called upon the house to put ► pressure upon the government to compel them to bring in ► bill upon the subject. Mr. DEEDHI expressed his surprise at the conclusion of Sir G. Lewis's speech, every one of hie arguments, he re marked, being against the bill, which, he contended, it would be impossible to work. Sir J. PAKINGTON hoped that the bill would be withdrawn. He had never known ► bill, he rid, so power fully opposed and so feebly supported. He likewise avowed his astonishment, aa well as regret, at the conclu sion at which Sir G. Lewis had arrived, whose speech, from beginning to end, had been condemnatory of the bill —a course, he thought, unworthy of a member of the government. The proposed change would be, he said, a most unwise one, and he showed what, iu his view, would be the resulted a revolution in the mode of managing the Whirs of counties. lii.ii.7.7;;;arks by Mr. WTLD in support of the essiond reading of the bill, Mr. HENLEY expressed his regret at the declaration of Sir G. Lewis, that he declined to talus up a question which could not be properly handled by any private member. No one, be observed, had supported mere than the principle of the bill, which was said to be local representative govern ment ; but, under its provisions, the power would be really vested in the Home Secretary. The whole scheme disclosed an absence of necessary knowledge of the subject. The debate was continned by Sir H. Verney, Mr. Parker, and Mr. Relater-Rooth. Mr J. TRELAWNY, in reply, said, if the house sanc tioned the second reading, all the objections which bad been pointed out would be removed in committee. The bones divided For the mooed reading 125 Against it 163-38 THE PUBLIC CHABITIBI BILL. HAiDCAiTan;oveliiii7seeentr reading of this bilL The hoe. member said he proposed by this measure to avoid the great expenses at present inadeot to convey ances of charity rotates of small value. and to provide a more see) method for the appointment of fresh trustees of pub& charitiei, in cases where tremolo had left the king dom or refused to act. The ATTORNEY•GENERAL said the provisions of this bill were quite unneosseery, and the objects *ought to be MM ined were amply provided for by existing enactment*. If be bad found anything in the bill which was not objec tionable be should sot have opposed the second reading, but ae he believed the measure was wholly uncalled for, that the preent state of the law did not require this mode of inter femme, and that the provisions of the bill were highly ob. he must do so. The boo. and learned gentleman wing Stied out the particular objections which he en tertained to the provisions of the bill, concluded by reoom meoding its withdrawaL Mr. HARDCASTLE was understood to say that, as the hon. and learned gentlemao had expressed Ito decidedly strong an opinion against the bill, be would withdraw it. Mr. HENLEY thought the bill was exosediugly objec tionable, and felt thankful to the Attorney-Geueral for h►ving pointed out that she provisions of it would not work. The bill wan thou withdrawn. THE VOLUNTEER. TOLLS EXEMPTION BILL. - --.. - -- The second reading of this bill was, on the motion of BT. BRISTOW, postponed to the 16th May. ---..---- - THE GREENWICH HOSPITAL WORKS BILL. Oa the motion id Mr. HIM, this bill wee reed a second time. - - TO TER XDITOR OF PHI ZIPILZBB. rend with considerable surprise, in your impreseks of yesterday, a paragraph taken from the Weir African Herald, to the effect, that as nothing marked the grave where the unfortunate L. E. L. lies buried at Cape Coast Cl.,ara his Excelleecy Governor Andrews, attended by the °Goers of the civil and military depart• manta, had recently repaired the neglect, by placing a Latin cross of marble, with the simple letters 1.. E. L., over the sacred spot. When the Niger Expedition, under the commend of the late Admiral Trotter, was at Cape Coast Castle in July, UHL I was far some Urns the guest of the /Me Governor rime ; sad on that occasion I copied from a marble slab. 1a the Glade yard, the following epitaph to the mammy of E. L (Mn. IrLean): Hic jacet sepultum Omen quod mortal. fait Letitia Erratical& M'Lesn Quern eye& ornatam iodole, Huai, /i nk ", Antietam, Onniunique Amore. Secure truhentem : in ipso watts tore Yon immature rapnit. Die Octobrie xv., inrcecxxxvni., irtatis xxxvtmo. Quod spectra, Viator, marmor vellum Hes doloris meaumentam Cesjux manners emit. By inserting the above you will render but justice to the late Governor X'Lesti, whom I believe to have been at no time, aad in no sense, unmindful of what was due to his amiable and accomplished wife. J. 0. M'WILLIAM, M.D., Late Principal Medical Mote of the Expedition to the Niger. London, March 19. Assists' Bsszvoistrr Sociers.—The annual meeting of this institution toot piss yesterday at the Free seaeoes"Tavern, Quesetreet ; Beajamin B. Cabbell, Fee., P.R.8., in the chair. The minutes of the last mecticg having been adopted, the secarstary read the report, which stated that 52 widens bad received the est of 15f. scab, sad orphans, to the number of fifths, bad received respec tively eve pounds. The institution continsad to receive the liberal support sad patronage of bar Majesty the geese, mid the Right Hon. Lord Ashburton had eccepist the Mike of president in the place of the late Wasted Sir J. Bela learas. Prom the Wanes-sheet it appearedthat the bakes at the hankers' on the let January, 1860, was 2651., and the adeasrdinary income war 3531.., sad the ordinary income &la slaking a total of 1,5021. The speediture amounted le gni., lasher a bakes el 2811. Osage the tornados d fend the Mal of 13,040& had beam distributed is re- Bmietj e s;l t d eak ows mad sepias of British artiste. The re= sled the auditors sad o th er °deers reelsoted, the proesediap 116111114 wi th e vote ef l to the airiness STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES BILL. Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN obtaiosdies;; tOli;iroduce a bill to enable cities, tom, and boroughs of 25,000 in habitaate and upwards, to facilitate the appoiatawat of sti pendiary magistrates, aid it was subsequently read a first time. MINES TRESPASSES PREVENTION BILL. mr.7: to brin g in • bill for the discovery and prevention of tropisms and triode upon landowners in mines. The bill w•s afterwards read • Yost time. THE ANNOYANCE JURIES Sir This was SitiLLIT, sod read • Ent time. THE COUNTY SURVEYORS (IRELAND) RILL This bill eras beeeata is by Mr. BAGIVSTA is the absence of Mr. Canlwell, mai reed n int Woe. The bowie adkraraed at tea initiates to sic THE MANCHESTER CORPORATION AND MR. COBDEN. Yesterday, at a special meeting, the Manchester City Council adopted a resolution Premising the services of Mr. Cobden in connexion with the commercial treaty. The resolution, proposed by Mr. Alderman Heywood, was as follows :—" That this oouncil recognise, the important benefits which have been conferred by Richard Cobden, Fcq., M.P., upon the great interests of this city and dis trict, end, as the representatives of a large manufacturing and tali,' population, tenders to him this renewed public expression of its gratitude for hie eminently successful services, by which commercial intercourse has been extended between the people of France and Eng land, sad the cause of pesos greatly promoted." Mr. Heywood reminded the coned that the passiug of rook a resolution by that body was in conformity with prece dent. In 1846 they voted their thanks to Mr. Cobden and some of his coadjutors in the repeal of the corn laws. No one would now say that the mums then adopted was mil. takes. The 15 years sine elapsed showed a marked is. crease of national wealth and happiness as compared with the 15 years preceding. Agricultural distress was no longer beard of in parliament, and the masses of the people were tranquil and well fed. He believed that free-trade prin. triples would ultimately prevail in France as much as in England. Mr. Cobden had declared long ago that the greatest agent of civilisation was free commerce between peoples, and the efforts of that gentleman had always been directed to promote it, to the exclusion of all war fare. In times peat Mr. Cobden had been a distinguished member of this council ; he was one of the founders of the corporation ; some of those who then acted with him still held seats in that roam ,• sad by passing this resolution the council would show to the world their appreciation of Mr. Cobtlen's labours for the welfare of mankind. (Chien.) There was a large attendance of mambas of the council, and after speeches la support of the motion by Mr. Alder man Cloadeby (who wooded it), Mr. P. Roy* Mr. R. Rummy, Mr. Alderman Weld. 'and the Mayor (Mr. M. Curtis), the resolution was passed by acclamation. Tam BALLOT SOCIITT.—The weekly meeting of the executive committee we. held on Tuesday, at the offices in Guildhall-chambers; Mr. Sydenhani Nodes in the chair. Mr. Whitehurst, Mr. Bontems, Mr. Man, Mr. S. Clones, he., were present. Clair J. Greco, Eaq., Redhill,Surrey, was elected a member of the council : Thome. Bosley, Fah 111. P., T. B. Potter, Eaq. John Elides, Esq., and James sidebotham, Em., were elected members of thelnance com mittee for the M anchester district. The Wakedeld bribery case was considered by the committee, who came to the fol lowing resolution :— ' This committee, having remnd to the foot that the government propose to parliament farther peeal lKishition on Um subject of corrupt practices at elec. Mons, take this opportunity of calling public attention to the tedious, costly, and inefficient operation of bribery pro- secutions, se shown by the Wakefield case, and to the con trast between such prcormitions and the simple, inexper ' sive, sad effectual method of preventing bribery by scent voting, recommended by the commissioners hi the at. W W eeeseter, and akefield came to the Home of Cesamoris committee on corrupt were mode for holding a meeting t=shans Ar TalZs al ; evening. She lath Met. (Stamped, Id. AdditioilaL) [TWOPE N CE PARLIAMMTARY COMMITTEES. POOR RELIEF (ENGLAND.) This committee met again on Tuesday, Xr. Villiers in the chair. Mr. Yardley was examined. Re add, I was one of the Thames police magistrates during the late extraordinary severe weather. A very large amount of mosey was sent to the office by the public, which I and my colleague die triliuted to the poor to the best of our jadgmeat We had no means of ascertaining accurately whether the pemons ap plying for relief were proper objects, as we were obliged to proceed in a great measure haphazard. I gave instructions to the police to relieve no one without lookisg at their hands to see if they had the horny hand of persons accustomed to haru work. I have all along been of opinion that police magistrates are not it persona for dist,ributing relief in that way. My colleague distributed his part of the fund chiefly amoug the women, awl he relied In a great degree ou letters which those women brought from clergymen of various deoominations. I bad no reason to suppiree that there was any neglect whatever on the part of the relieving officers of the parish. During the fourteen veers I have been at the Thanies police-mut there was hardly a day that there was not sonar complaint brought before me againet some of the relieving officers. I always investigated those eases, and invariably found them ground less. In all thine fourteen years I was lever obliged but once to grant a compulsory order for relief. I did not com municate with the parish authorities as to distributing this relief, because I considered it quite lodepeisieut of parish relief. I distributed taW., M., and upwards, every day for several weeks. . . . By lied R. Cecil—The complaints I have referred to scaled the pima autboritien were *heel, for went of adequate. relief ; but, as I said been, I ethernet invariably found them to be groundless. At the beginning of the late distress I protested against pollee insrektrates being made distributors of relief in this way. My protest was widely circulated in the newspapers, and yet there was more money sent to us this year than ever oluriug the whole previous eight years. Taking the average of the laid eight years, the amount re ceived at the Thames Police.orlice for the relief of the poor was 5001. a year. while the amount received this winter was 4.0001. I have refused vary emaiderable sums of money, and 1 have also returned as much money as I possibly could. By Sir W. Jolliffe—l know it has been stated is the public prints that the poor-law system was insufficient for the purpose, but that is not my opinion, nor do I believe it to be the general opinion,though I have no special mean@ of knowing. The witness proceeded to say, in answer to further ques tions by different members of the committee, I observed a marked contrast in the conduct of the people is applying for relief this year as compared with that of the people in 1855, when there was severe distress. In 1855 there was • strong dispraition to riot, but this year the people were remarkably well behaved. I have no reason to say that owing to the religious prejudices of this country there was any unwil lingness to give relief to the Roman catholic poor. I re lieved many Irish Roman catholic@ on account ef letters they brought from ROOM' catholic priests, who I consi dered were better judges of three who were really in dis tress than • police magistrate can he. 1 am of opinion that money is a better mesas of relief than food, because the poor know where to buy what snits them best. I know that there is • public-house in my dis trice at which bread, ke., could be exchanged at any time for money (at • lower rate than the real value), and also for beer. la most cases, where bread was offered at such places, the equivalent demanded would be beer. A strict account is kept at the police-odthe of every item which is distributed. This account is kept by the clerk, superin tended by the magistrates. lam sorry to say it is too much the prude* to pay labouring men their wages at public-- houses, and that in too many cases the publicaa is the mid dleman, who employed those men. Mr. Legg examined—l am chairman of the Board of Guenther's, Bermondsey. The rental of the parish is 177,0001., and the ratable value, 136,0001. ; the population in 1851 was 48,000. The espouse of supporting the poorwsa rather under 17,000 f. a year. We had distress during the late severe weather, sad the leather trade was in • bad state. We had not to raise the rates or to increase the number of relieving officers. So far as my knowledge goes we had ample newest* relieve the distress. I have not beard of any death from starvation in our parish ; we re lieved the poor in the usual way, partly by work and partly by outdoor relief. I infer that when people don't aoftpt in-door relief they can't be really in great distress, and I can't help saying that the statement that the parish of Bermondsey was on the eve of starvation is more than exaggerated. I am of opinion that indiscriminate relief Mods to demoralise the poor, and takes them off their own resources. We use our own 'discretion as to giving relief in kind or in money. Generally we relieve old people with money. The committee adjourned at 4 o'clock. Niter ReftweeLut —Yesterday, in the Com mittee of the Rouse of Commons, the case of the Leads, Bradford, and Halifax Junction was opened, and witnesses were called in its support. Further argument and evidence were heard on the Oswestry and Ellesmere Railways. and Mr. Pbinn, Q.C., conducted the case of the South Wales Railway in opposition to the Monmouthshire Railway's proposed new liner. The further hearing of the Scottish North Pastern Railway is adjourned for considera tion of the proposed increase and alteration of tolls and charges for passengers and goods. In the committee on the Hell Docks further evidence was taken on the opposition raised b 1 the Trinity House. There were no committees sitting in the Lords. . _ _ Nzw UNIVERSAL " PRIVAI7L " TELEGRAPH COM PANY.—On Monday the committee, of which the members are General Peel, chairman. Mr. Fenwick, Mr. Mildnuiy, Sir M. Ridley, and Mr. Agar-Ellis, met to inquire into the merits of this company's bill, the object, as indicated by counsel for the promoters, being the establishment and maintenance, at a small Axed annual rental, of "private" hoes of telegraphic commnuicatioa throughout the various large establishments and districts of the metropolis and the principal eities sod towns of the kingdom, by means of Pro femur Wheatstone'■ improved systems. It is proposed to give each establishment a diatinet wire and private means of communication exclusively its own, a desuleratum that cannot be obtained unlearn by means of cipher under the existing system. Mr. Jeyes, the solicitor, Mr. L. C. Hartalet, and others having given evidence in oupport of the bill, from which it appeared that the eompany bad already laid down numerous seta of wires for large manufac turing establishments, private firms, and the proprietors of newspapers. the committee unanimously decided on paus ing the bill. REFORM MEETING AT LEICIATER.—A requisition, signed by upwards of 100 inhabitants, having been presented to the Mayor, E. S. Ellis, Esq., his worship convened a public meeting, to consider the propriety of petitioning par liament in support of Mr. Baines 's motion for the redaction of the borough franchise to 6i. • The meeting was held on Tuesday evening, in the New Hall, Leicester, when upwards of 1.200 pervious were present. The Mayor presided. Mr. William Biggs moved the first resolution : That, in the opinion of this meeting, a liberal extension of the suffrage is a reform imperatively required by the spirit of the age, by the advancement of general intelligence, and by the progressive increase of population ; while it is also no less due and demanded as a fulfilment of the promises which have been held out to the people sines the pawing of the Reform Bill of 1582." Mr. R. Harris seconded the motion, which was supported by the Rev. C. C. Coe, and carried unanimously. Mr. J. Whetstone moved "That this meeting regards with high satisfaction the measure introduced to parliament by Mr. Edward Baines, extending the franchise to every Gi. mem pier in boroughs, as a step in the right direction ; that such bill i• worthy of the united and ardent support at all true reformers, whether of the electoral or non-electoral body ; and that it is the duty of every liberal constituency in the kingdom to urge upon the members of the House of Com mons the paramount obligation of doing all they can to pro mote its success." Mr. Wm. Richmond, a working man, supported the motion, which was also carried unanimously. A petition was then adopted, to be signed by the chairman and presented to parliament A vote of thanks to the Mayor concluded the proceedings, which IMO maintained throughout with great unanimity. THE POLISH REFUGEES AND THE PATRIOTS SLAUGHTERED AT WARSAW. —The Polish refugees in this country, sympathising with the sufferings of their fellow countrymen at home, and with a desire to do honour to such of them as fell in the late emesle at Warsaw, designed to have yesterday a solemn mass and requiem cede belted for them in the Roman Catholic Chapel, Warwick street, Regentetreet. They went to the expense of erecting a catafalque and clothing it with black cloth, decorated with the national emblems of Barmatia, and also ea special choir to *log the "De profundis" and othe chants peculiar to the cetemomy. When the time arrived for the celebration, the chapel was thronged by an anxious crowd deeply impressed with the solemnity and sacred character of the service in which they were about to par ticipate, but what was their amazement when the mitred ecclesiastic, said to be the Bishop of Dora (ro hahl a diocese in partibus) whose presence at the altar they as an honour to their compatriot dead, fenrard and announced that the intended service could not tithe plies within the sacred walls of that building, upon taiwlLrostad that, being, in fact, apolitical demoostration, it be an act of desecration °alas part if he allowed it to The indignation of the congregation was intense. y could not understand how such a thing was possible in a free country, but the greeter portion of them attributed the bishop's conduct to instructions received from the Base rho minister, the chapel being that set apart for the use of that legation. Puntac-nottaz lacznale.—Tbe general licensing meetings were held on Tuesday. In the case of Nathaniel. einaincialy known as Nat Laughers, whoapplied fora license few the "Omani= Coffee-haw, ' ! the license was greeted. Carnet's applicationl for a license for the Coach and Horses, in 64 Martin's-lane, was refused. THE VOLUNTEER SHAM-FIGHT ON EASTER MONDAY. (From the &nix Advertiser.) The greatest intermit continues to be felt in the forthcoming volunteer retiew, and notwithstanding the op position that has bees met with, it still promises to be agreat • merest. Thuraday Lord Itanelagh bad an interview with the Mayor of Brighton, at the Town Hull, to explain hie plan of operations, at which several intluential gentle men had been invited to Le present. His lordship entered into the details of his plans with the greatestresdioess,andstated that he was determined to go through with the work be hod taken in hand, although the opposition lie bad encouutered had been much greater thee he had expected. The follow ing are the principal details of Lord Ranelagh's statement : The operations of Easter Monday will not be under the control or supervision of the governnient. They will Ls conducted entirely by the voluateen themselves. Lord Bane high himself undertakes the responsible office of comnander in-chief. He will be assisted by Lieut.-Colonel Loyd Lindsey (colonel of the Berkshire Volunteers), and Lieut.- Colonel Cole, as quartet-mater-generals; and, doubtless, there will he then officers on the staff. But each battalion or Inigade will be left to the command of its senior officer ; for Imitative, in the case of the Sussex Artillery Brigade, Lieut.-Colonel Estrike ; anti that of the 3rd Batta lion of the Blume: Hides, LieuL-Colonel Mocireoen—both . alms of many year** experience the British army. With respect to the volunteer' generally Lord Ranelegh (who has Mansell had many yam' experienoe in different parts of the world, both os the staff end otherwise, apd is now colonel of the South Middlesex Volunteers) expressed great confidence. Ile had seen them at. Ohiselherie arid on other acessions act admirably under very trying aroma- . Stinted, and he believed they would go through all the movements requisite on this occasion. The number of volonteree that will take part in the prooeedinp will, Lai Itanelagh anticipates, in consequence of the opposition he had met with from some of his fellow-commandants, be under 20,000, consisting chiefly of those of Middlesex, Sur rey, Rent, and Sussex, with the Cinque Porta Artillery. A great many of these will, doubtless, come down to Brighton before the Monday, and will meet and fall in on the Level according to their oorps. Six dela* a.m. had been fixed for the departure of the first train from London on Monday moruing ; and it will probably be nine before the last gets o ff . They will not be brought into the Brighton station, but "landed" in front of the new shed which has just hoed built on the west side of the Lon dim line, on the site of the chalk hill, now wholly removed. Here is an open and level space on which thousands of men can be formed, and, what is more, here is a road with an Outlet on the Montpellier-road, and by this road the volun teers will leave the station without interfering with the ordinary traffic. They will march down the Montpellier road, cross the Loudou.road, peas along the Viaduct terrace, and debouch upon the Level. The arrangenieuta as to the Same: corps, who are to meet their Brighton and metropolitan comrades, are not quite settled ; but those trout West Sussex will probably be set down at the Hove Station, while those from Fast Sussex will get out at Fainter. The rendezvous of thee* corps will probably be the Old Steiuu or the Pavilion grounds, and there seems to be au idea that the whole of the Stumm Artillery should constitute one brigade, and the Sussex Milks anoth - er. But of all matters apperthining to the Sussex Corps timely notice will be given. The Level well be the grand rendezvous. The centre of it—the green sward—will be kept for the volunteers, who, as they arrive, will be formed into battalions and then marched off to the field of action—the Race-hill. But they will not reach this by the mine mote. As we have shown, the ant part of the force will have arrived in Brighton before the last part has left London ; and yet it is de sirable that all the force should arrive on the Downs about the same time ; one of the great points in military tactics being to avoid a tail. To accomplish this end they will proceed to the hill by different routes varying in length according to the time of their arrival, by which means Lord Banelagh anticipates that by half-pus 11 the whole of the men w il l be on the bill. Ile number he estimates at from 14,000 to 20,000, and there will probably be five or six brigades. The marsh through the town will probably occupy an hour and a half or two hours. At the Grand Stand the Lord-Lieutenant of the county (the Sari of Chichester) will be stationed, and the brigades will march past his lordship. Aa they do so they will be within hearing of the inspiriting strains of the band of the 6th Dragoon Guards, now stationed in Brighton, and who, by the kind permission of Colonel Calthorp, will be in attendance. _ . The idea is, that the volunteers should represent • re treating or retarding force, falling back before, but pre paring to receive au enemy's army, landed at Shor eham, and who are marching out of Brighton to give battle. The for mation will be that of two lines of defence. On arriving at UN end of the short mune, Use Ist, 2nd, and lid Brigades will forma line facing the Grand Steed. This, the first line of defence, will probably be about a mile in length. And we may here mention that the Sussex Brigades will occupy a pontion on the left of this line. The engagement will commence by the Artillery on the extreme left opening fire on the imaginary pursuing enemy, and (the skirmishers having been driven in) the whole line retiring before the enemy, who are supposed to drive them from their position. In he retreat they will form squares to resist amain, and perform other evolutions possible under the circumstances. Meanwhile the 4th, sth, and 6th brigades will have marched on past the Industrial Schools and will have deployed in line, forming the second line of defence (in rear of the first line) on a ridge which ex tends from the Industrial Schools to Ovingdean. A third line of defence is within the bounds of probability : and if deemed practicable there is plenty of ground available for the purpose—a third ridge extending I•e hind that just de scribed, towards Stammer. But leaving that out of the question for the present, we may return to the first line, which will continue the retreat, the artillery holding • position on the left, and disputing the advance of the imaginary enemy, covered by the rifles (Sussex Brigade). Atter the Ist line has retreated through the 2nd line, the latter will advance, drive the supposed enemy back across the intervening valley, and regain the heights at first occupied by No. 1 line, while No. 1, having reformed, will occupy the position on the ridge in rear, which was first held by the second line. To give di versity to the movements, it' is intended that the mounted rifles shall charge through the line, and otherwise take part in the action. The troops will return into the town by two routes. A portion of them will move off in the direction of the Rot. tingdeanevad, and so enter Brighton by the Manse-parade; the remainder will re-enter the town by the Lewes rood. They will still remain under the direction of the several commanders of brigades. It was generally allowed on Thursday evening, that one of the most difficult points would be to get the men home again. And, certainly, looking at the extent of the route through the town to the Bace-hill, and the op hill nature of the ground over which the volunteers will have to make their way, there inn be no question that a hard day's work is cut out for them. The ground will be kept by the Surrey Mounted Rides, assisted probably by a detachment of Dragoon Guards. and also by the county constabulary, under Lieut-CoL Mackay. A correspondent writes:—" AA the period ahes for Lord Ranelagli's proposed sham fight, near Brigh pproac ton, on Easter Monday, there appears to be a falling off on the part of some Metropolitan volunteer regiments, and the field day at Wimbledon will, no doubt, be a much more impos int affair, so far as numbers are concerned. The last laces skin from the Brighton proposal has been that of the North Middlesex Rides ;I Viscount Enfield, M.P., as colonel, having taken the sense of the effectives upon the subject at a numerously attended parade, they decided in favour of Wimbledon by an overwhelming majority. AMON thirty or forty bands only being held up so favour of Brighton. As en equivalent for not going to the sham tight, the 29th are, it is understood, about to appeal to the lieutenant-colonel, to permit them to have • march out to Hampatead-heath on Good Friday afternoon for skirmishing and light infantry drill, and blank cartridge firing, as well as to march to Wimbledon on Eaater Monday. The North Middlesex will also panicle foe inspection on Saturday afternoon next at Regent's Park Barracks at 5 p.m., and march out. and on Sunday next they parade at 2 p.m. in the inclosure of Morningtou-erruent, to march headed by the band to Christ Church, Harylebone, when by the permission of the Rev. L. L. Davies, the rector, the Rev. Wm. Williams, the chaplain, will preach his inauguration sermon. To-day Thursday) Lieut.-Colonel Biggs intends to take the sense of the 20th or Railway Rifles as to going to Brighton or Wimbledon. Amongst the regiments going to the latter on Faster Monday it is stated are—the Hon. Artillery Com pany, the Victoria Rifles, the North Middlesex, the lit Middlesex Cavalry and Artillery, the 4th Middlesex, the City of London Brigade, the greater proportimiof the Queen's, the Civil Service, the London Seottish, and Indeed, with the exception of the South Middlesex (Lord Bane high's own regiment), most of the largest and important metropolitan corps." • Tins CHINA TRADIL —We understand that pre liminary steps are being taken to form a company for the purpose of riming steamers on the Yang-tre-Khing, end that Captain Mame, lately in the employ of Menne. Dent sad 00., in China, is engaged in the andertsk- Mg. We beer also of a steamer building by L ayn t. Birkenhead, for Messrs. Jardiae, Mathews, and Co. Two on the Clyde, for Mesas. Apsar and Co., ese ne wly ready to be launched for thews. lan% p so d mhos, and another laid down for the same One for Meets. Lyall, Stall, and Co. is shortly to yid ' down, and three are sai d to be ordered at the yard of l b ws . m e re and Co., Blackwell. From America the Airs Dart and Hankow have already sailed for Hong Kong. —Loader sad Chins Telegraph. HANCISMZ, 81131711LD, AND bacouranisit RAILWAY. —The Wahl expenses of this company's railways, wiggle( man, te ll s, dal), he., from Jan. Ito March t i 186,1 arasested to PAK, as against 52,9661. Slaked of et se stated yesterday) for the corresponding period DM.