The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-18 00:00:00

TO TUB IDITOI OP ISM ZIPRISS.

SlR,—Oarsyou not urge some "friend at court,"
lay or clerical, to steak a word on behalf of the over-taxed
clergy in respect of their rating to the poor. If their case be
fairly stated it will appear that their payment of pools ratios
now levied, amounts to a mooned income tax even more
heavy to bear then that which they pay to government.
They and they alone are rated upons their income. In the
malittritYglebe if any, bi aaea l'ist in allvicarl have but
but
charged int upon their glebe and house, sadi
wan spa their tithes (to wit, their income). A and B
have es& a beam and garden of equal value. Ale a lay-
man, with some S(K Y. • year in the funds. Bie • vicar,
with 1001., derived front tithes. The collector comes round
and receives from each the sum levied on home and land.
Ais dose with. B mod pay the extra levy on his tithe.
le this fair !—I are, ite.„ ZERO.

HIGH COURT or JUSTICIAILY IN 1301YILLID.—We
learn that Lord Ivory has reigned he gown as ease( the
Lords Consmitioners at Judaism to whist' he
was appointed to 1819, in room et Lied /leiltrys,
who at that date retired from the Justiciary
Court. Lord Ivory was the sealer
jadgekit
the Justiciary Court, as he still is in the Gann al
in which he took his seat in lain, sine yaws betas he nn•
cairn' he commission for the High Court. It ie rumoured
that Lord Jervuwoode, who has had mach e:pssieoesto
crimisal erne, will succeed Lord Ivory.— •
COIL/MIL - . - _ _

RELIEF.—The bill introduced into the
House of Commons by Mr. Bouverie and Mr. Edward Mlles,
for the relief of persons in holy orders of the united church
of England and Ireland declaring their dissect therefrom,
has been printed. It provides that persons in holy orders,
and becoming dissenters, are to be exempt from ecclesias-
tical penalties. A declaration made by such persons is to
be recorded at the quarter erelong, and the person nuking
it is to transmit a copy to the bishop, who is to record It as
antes.* of deprivation and deposition ; each declaration ia
also to be recorded as sentence of deprivation by the bishop
of soother diocese in which the person making it holds pre-
ferment. The office or place is to be ipso facto vacant after
the entry is the registry of the bishop, and the clerical
rights and obligations of the pampa declaring are to deter-
mine. _ . _

A. FOREIGNER'S CRITICISM UPON THE EXHIBI-
TION BUILDING. —The following appears in the Time, :
" Sir, —I am told to understand that you go to ask our
Emperor to open your exhibition. I hope in charity you
will bring him into the building bßadfooled, and so be
shall save the miserable indignation we have suffered from
looking at your horrid building. HI! HI I we mock
ink
our-
selves
at you when we see from the the big Dome
built on boards and half hid by the shed. on the
ugly brik and the frightful shed to call Europe to see!
Why you bort so much? If you only say we build the
shed then no one laugh. Eno the little boy the guide be
say 'dam ugly.'-1 tan, BC., JULES Plata.—Leicester.
square, Hotel Sabloniire."
Tw RED SPAWNING SEASON. —The spawning
season for salmon being now over, and the waters rapidly
clearing themselves of foul fish, it may not be amiss to
ante what has been the practical result of the new system
of enforcing the Tweed -Fisheries Act, adopted in this
county. Hitherto, in truth, the innate, as far as Upper
Tevimalale is concerned, has been little more than a
dead letter, and poaching, so far from being looked
upon as immoral, used to be • common and much-coveted
pastime, even by the respectable section of the work.
mg classes. The appointment of watchmen, in plain
clothes, not generally known, and going about their
business in • stealthy manner, was not calculated to inspire
respect for the law, or to reduce the illegal fishing to as
execrable act in the popular estimation. Hence the scenes
of outrage spinet water-bailiffs. committed by indivi.
duals in other matters orderly and well conducted.
There can be no doubt the extension of the county
police n"yimr over the river has placed things on a different
footing. No one will question the fact that this season
there has been less river-poaching, and that this has been
confined to the profligate and lowest orders of the commu-
nity; and it is equally evident that • more healthful
sentiment is arising upon the subject. Whatever may be
said on politlial grounds an to the legitimacy of thus em-
ploying the police force, practically it must be admitted
to be • great improvement on the old system.—Zdinburg•
Courant.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.-Since our last
the weather has been dull, foggy, and cold, with occasional
suushine and occasional storms of wind and rain. The
wind has been mostly in a cold quarter. On the
whole it can scarcely be said that the weather is other
than seasonable, though somewhat less boisterous than
is usual io this ,uonth. Vegetation seems making
coesideniblc progress, though unquestionably checked
by the general low range of temperature which has
prevailed. The wheat plant is looking strong, healthy,
and vigorous, but not too forward. Reports from all parte
of the country speak of a larger breadth of land planted in
wheat than usual, and all aixonnta agree as to its healthy
appearance, and as to the excellent state of the Lad
Agriculturists have made full use of the favourable season;
on well drained soils farm work is stated to be more than
usually forward, and even on other lend satisfactory pro.
gress has been made. Altogether the farmers' prospects
may be said to be favourable.—Sossez Adrertieer.
grLSON'M OPINION Or Tug FitiNCH POSBII9BIO/C
oP Sasunuria.—The following letter is contained in vol. 4
(just issued) of Feel litenhope's "Life of Pitt " :—" Lord
Nelson to Mr. PAL—Gordon's Hotel, 6 am., August 29,
1806.—Sir,—I cannot rest until the importance o[ Sardinia,
in every point of view, is taken into coseideratiou. If my
letter to the different secretaries of state aannot be found,
I can bring them with me. My belief is., that if France
possesses Sardinia, which she may do any moment she
pleases, our commerce mart suffer most severely, if possible
to he tarried on. Many and mad or remoras could
be given why the French must not be suffered to peewee
Sardinia ; but your time is too precious to reed more words
than is necessary; therefore I have only stated two strong
points to call your attention to the subject. lam sure
our Beet would Bud a difficulty, if not impossibility, in
keeping any station off Touter', for want of that island to
supply cattle, water, and refreshment*, in the presses state
of the Mediterranean ; and that we can have no certainty
of commerce at say eiele, but what France chooses to
allow us to either Italy at the Levaat.—l eat, he., Neuron
Ain Basra"
Resolutions have passed both houses of the
Californian Legislature, protesting against the policy of
taxing the Californian gold mines by the general govern-
ment.