The Express.
London, England, 1862-06-14 00:00:00

iItaSELYTISM IN SOOTLAR

Lord NORMANBY, on presenting • petition signed by
3,740 Roman catholic inhabitants of Edinburgh and Leith
compltining of attempts made to tamper with the faith of
ROMILII catholic children in poor-houses, warmly denounced
the intolerance with which the Roman catholic children
had been treated by the parochial board and board of
supervision in Scotland.
The Duke of ARGYLL defended the parochial board and
board of supervision, and declared there were no grounds
whatever for the sweeping accusations made against them.
After a abort conversation the subject dropped.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY BILL.
The Earl of DERBY, in moving the second reading of
this bill, explained that its object was to enable the uni-
versity, by statute, to make regulations with regaird to cer-
tain professorships and scholaraltipe ; and it provided that
all statutes so made should have the same publicity given
to them, and be subject in the same inane.? to inveit4a-
tion, as the statutes passed under the authority of the Um-
veraities Act.
The bill was read a second time.
RED SEA A-ND INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY
BILL.

On the motion for going into committee on this bill,
The Duke of ARGYLL explained that the bill was
int„..ded to give parliamentarysanction, not to the arrange-
ment between the government and the new company, but
only to the more limited arrangement with the old com-
pany, which consisted in as agreement that in considera-
tion of the transfer of the cables to the new company the
government should convert the annual payment of 36,000‘.
into the more negotiable security of annuities, chargeable
upon the consolidated fund.
The bill then passed through committee.
Their 'welling adjourned at 7 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FturaT, JoNE 13.
The &UM took the chair at 4 o'eleek.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Lorde amendments o• the Hall South Bridge ; the
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (New Lines);
and the Soottish Northern Junction Railway Bills, were
read and agreed to.
The Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway ; the
Cannock Chase Railway. (Extension) ; sad the &Ware
Counties Railway (Epping lines) Bills were read •
thin) time and agreed to.
The Bristol and South Walla Union Railway; the Bristol

Port Railway and Pier ; the Briton Ferry Dock and Railway;
tbeCowbridge Railway ; the Reading and Reading Union Gas
Companies ; the Shrewsbury and Veyeletipool Rail way ; the
Swansea Harbour Trust ; the West Cheshire Railway ;
and the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Bills were con.
adorned and ordered to be reed a third time.
The Leedom and Coleraine Railway Bill wan read a naiad

RELATIONS BETWEEN EGYPT AND THE PORTE.

Mr. GitIFFITH, who had on the paper a oaks) of motion,
to call the attention of the house to the existing relations
between the Pachalic of Egypt and the Porte, and also to
the relations between both those countries and this country,
said that in consequence of a communication which he had
received from the noble viscount at the head of the govern-
ment, reminding him that the Poch& of Egypt was a guest
of this country at this moment, he would withdraw his
motion ; but would renew his notice after the 00011100 bad
gone by.
POSTAL 001131UNICATION BETWEEN GALWAY