The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-12 00:00:00

TAXATION AND EXPENDITURE.

The Illpof4ol motion (7nsippTiii;iogieWi;ought up,
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY drew attention to the enormous
rate at which the tangos and expenditure of the canary
bad augmented duelist the hat twisty ysera, and urged
upon the government and the house the duty of seeing
whether they might not Worm empathy_ without crippling
or injuring the naval and military establiebreests.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER mid he had
listened to the admirals of the hon. basorat with great nth-
!adios. He thought nothing wee more desirable than that
the representatives of the people should call attention
to the expenditure of the state. It was vain
for him is his position to deal with general
asouranoss. In some respects they must bear in mind con-
sideestions which tended to show that they could not
expect to go beak to the expenditure of former yew In
sumo branches of the public serene, the iomaesed wealth of
the manta, made it tommary that rammed expediters
should be incurred. He meant to say that what generally
was einneeted with the wages of labour whether
physical and material or intellectual /*boar, was
to such • state that they could not expect,
or indeed desire, that this portion of the pub& ex-
penditure could be limited to the point at which it formerly
stood. No doubt there was a general tendency to better the
condition of all those person' who served the State. la
some %dames that teecleacy bad bees allowed to go too
far. (Clams.) Bat there was • great praware for increased
remusemtiou, which at the Treasury they found it
difficult to keep within bounds. Ile was sere the
honourable lieremei would aid the goverment in
raspier: does that expenditure, sad he hoped his example
would be followed by others. But at the mere time be
most tell him that they could not hope to keep down the
expenditure to the point at which it stood thirty or twenty
veers ego. The hos. baronet spoke of the control of the
Treasurys. being lees efficient now than in former years.
To a certain extent be could not deny that that wee true.
That wee owls( in • great degree to the immense acreage
of the civil expenditure. It was not owing to any want of
deem on the part either of the political orperniabent °Moen
of the Trumpery to keep down expenditure. (Hear.) He
knew of no way in whielathe evil could be remedied except
by the goversmest obtaining a more permanent sad uniform
rapport from the representative' of the people when they
felt it their duty to resist proposals for adding to the publpublic
expenditure. (Hear, hrar.) When it wee eounidered that
during the last thirty yews the civil estimates had
grows from hr than 2,00U,C00L to something shore
8,000,000 i., rad this arawithissandiug the economy which
had been effected in many branches of the public
service, it was obvious that this indicated • totally
different state of thine as respected the duty the Treasury
bad to perform, and stowed the necessity of obtaining sup-
port from the house. He would not then eater furtherinto
taterake. When he made the finracial statement thee
wh
be the fitting ocaisice for • more general
die-
camios of thaszeisert, and of the masmer in which the
government ' the principle of economy in conducting
the serviced country. (Hear.)
Mr. NEWDEGATE said that at cos time the oMee of
Comptroller of the Exchequer afforded • very good cheek
upon the expenditure of the Treasury, but fora lapee of
I time and the Mmest mode of doing bather Dow nes
that sores Led beams almost useless for any effective pur-
pose. It was, however, the opinion of Moo
who held the 011011, that if it were improved and
to the present time it would dill afford a very 'Maine!
mesas of checking expenditere, end be (Mr. Newdegate)
thought theta was hishlyelearabra that this boorassthe guar-
dian of the public puree, should have through this names sane
astral over the expenditure of the public mosey, especially
such • meted as that which could be exerdeed hy ea otheer
who was free from all party trammels or goverment in-
fluence (Hear, hear.) Par his own part, he believed the
public interests would be advanced by the revival et the
poems of the Comptroller of the Exchequer rad the adap-
tation of the ethos to the presoak time : nth, th or
all part of the Malbain which from lapse time had
become defective or inoperative.
The report at 'apply wee then reerived end agreed to.
SIR J. LAWRENCE'S SALARY BILL.

This hall was read a mooed time sod ordered to be com-
mitted to-morrow.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER obtained
leave to ten to a hill le emend the law reializsg to the
puremes at goverment *suited thruagh the medium of
noisy ham*. and the punting of life seemitaces by (o-
vertime*. At mem* sums esa be received for deterred
aasuitiss only is large amounts, and the objects of the bill
were to eeebie them to lake smaller stuns through the
shadiest d the PllllkAglei marlins ken*. At present go-
vernment ace gm* life asuman@ to the amount of 1001.,
but only to *noes who poiamed deferred assoutia, and
it we. proposed to abolish that restrictioe.
The AITORNEY-GIiNERAL for IRELAND endued
leave to **is • bill be samosa the promdureol the county
courts in
Mr. FERRAND, is mmoog for some *terms a/ the
memo sod employes ol the 'chart y oommiesiouers, took
cored= to animadvert strongly on the conduct of the com-
missioners, and complained of the expense to which they
' put the coastry.
Mr. LOWE defeeded the commissioners, and the return,
with some modification, were agreed to.
TUBLI C PETITION&

On the Radios ci Mr. CReosOir:iii;.l;ilowirig committee
was appeieled to classify sad report epos petitious pre-
sented to tits house —Mr. Grogeon, Mr. Boultem-Carter,
Sir James Fergosooa, Mr. Charles Forster, Mr. Gard, Major
Gavin, Captain Gray, Sir Edward Grope, Mr. Hope Juba.
stone, Mr. Lyall, Mr. Tamer Jobs Miller, Sir Colman
Michael O'Laghlen, Mr. Hastings Rossell, Mr. Alderman
Salomons, sad Mr. Owe

' BANK A(718 (SCOTLAND.)
O■ the motion of the CHANCZI.LOI of the Encomium
this bill was brought in wed read n first lima

REMOVAL OF PAUPERS.
A return shown" the *umber of orders for the removal
of pompon obtaieed daring the year 1863 was ordered, on
the motion of Mr. VnLuras.

The Howe adjoanked at quarter to eight o'clock.

ST. MARK'S HOSPITAL.

The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the friends
and supporters of this iaetitatios took place yesterday at
the Landes Tavern, Btahocoaate•atreet ; Mr. Alderman
Carrie in the chair.

The Sscarrs ea (Mr. Whiekin) read the report of the
committee of management, which commenced by apostate-
latieg the subsigiben upon the cootinuing sod growing pro-
sperity of the hospital If the subscriptions Dave fallen
somewhat short of those of the preceding year, via, from
their hay* best 4104 12s. as against 421!. 155., tbe dona-
tions for greed persica"' have encoded those of 1863
they having "moulded to 744!. Is. IL as against 665/. 6e. Id.
among them. The committee Dave to record the usual ge-
nerous retribution from the auxiliary society (amounting
this year to 15 gainer). formed sod supported by relieved
patients and their friends. In addition to these, there have
been added to the endowment food during the pest year—
from James Foster, Esq., the muoificisait sum of 5001.; and
from T. Them Esq. (being Dis6tb rinikr doories),so/. ; wog-
mentag by investments the stook amount W8,542/.144. 10d.
From that account, however, there was during the year
entbdiaws the arm of 11004 Consols of right appertain.
big to the general fond, it having been a legacy to that
amount left in the year 1859 by George Schacht, Esq., for
the Donal porpoise of the hospital, but, being is excess
of the than reqsirameota of the charity, it was carried,
temporarily, to the credit of the endowment fund. By
the present appropriation of the legary to its legitimate
object the committee have been enabled to clear off all
outstanding claims and demands upon the institution,
including 2501., the baser of 5004, money borrowed ;
leaving the eadowmeat Nod, therefore, at 7,6421. 14a. 10d.
in Console. The legacies received daring the past year Dave
bees :—From W. F.. Lackner. EN., 901. ; from M. E. Bond
(formerly a patient), 64 ; and there still remain outstanding
other legacies amounting 404504 Ansa:Sally, therefore, the
hospital has during the pest year more than " held its own.*
Raving liquidated every pecuniary obligation which attached
to it, it now stands before the world uniocumberd, lade-
pesdeot, and advancing. It has been enabled dories the
past year to minister to the needs of no fewer than 964
patients, of whom 639 have been cared, numbering among
them 346 came requiring the aid of surgical operations. The
three-and-thirty beds, all that the committee lute yes bees
ambled to provide, have bees always full. But there is still
ample room for 15 more beds., which it is Doped may be 'ap-
plied before the seat annual report. Nevertheless, large as
Das bees the somber of the passer an analysis of the
gross outlay of the hospital for the year gives only 4/. se.
11d. as the entire cost per bead of the 1164. The founder,
being appreheesive that he may shortly be compelled, by
declining health, to resign his appointment of bosarary con-
sulting 'urger, and the necessity being felt for mestitg the
growlsg important," of the charity, Mr. Salmon beg recom-
mendd appointment of two assistant surgeor, which
recommeadation is now before the notice of the governors.
The committee think it equally desirable that, wharves.
the hospital shall be deprived of the valuable profes-
sional servicead the founder, no medical Greer shall thence-
forth be eligible to sit oo the committee of araeginseat.
The swirl report for the year ending Dermber 31,
1863, rated that tbe number of patients admitted was
984; of wham 639 were discharged cured, 907 were relieved,
16 were discharged for non-atteodacos, Dc., and 102 were
ander treatment. The notaber of patients received since
the foundation of the hospital to December 31, 1862. was
14,977 ; irking a total to Demeter 31, 1063, of 15,94 L

Carom Pairoa.—Oxa an Dke.—Tarss-
DAT, Pa. Ill.—Admissions as pqrsist, 70€; dlOto by
moon ISMS. 821; SSW, 1.828.
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In peek sad wboleceseir t sou Thus aew&aps secured
for QS Tor a poor& prISSOSOS IS Is gold la pads Its I.2ta
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'QUITY 00IIRTS.—Fisa. 11,
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WALLACI V. 211:1 ASTORIITI-01203AL.
This suit was instituted for the purpose of
the parties entitled to a share In the residuary estate
hoed Henry Seysieer, who died is Paris, where he bad
spent the greater part of his life. By his will, which was
written in French, be gave the residue of his personal
estate, which Is said to amount to about 80,0001. in value,
to be divided between " las hospices de Paris et deLoadrea,"
and the pre.eet question before the court was the interpre-
tation tote put trope the word "Dandies" There are up-
wards of 100 hospitals and other charitable institutions in
and near London claiming shares in the fund, and it was
therefore arranged by the Mester of the Rolls that they
should be divided into four classes, in order that
the question might he fairly brought before the court.
The case was argued on the Ist of February, when four in-
terpretations were contended for. First, that the bequest
ought to be roamed to institutionswithiu the City of Lon-
don; secondly, that it should be extended to the district
within the bills of mortality ; thirdly, to the metropolitan
boroughs • and forthly, to the district included in the
RegistrarGeonral's return's.
The Master of the Bolls mid that it appeared to him that
there were insuperable objectioas to all these interpreta-
tions. The testator had in other parte of his will shown
that he understood London to iodide a wider district than
the City. His Honour concurred in the arguments of conn-
ed that the word " London " had • fluctuating mean-
big, but sow of the limits contended for were
satisfactory, and be must therefore consider each
institution separately, to decide whether it came
fairly within the designation in the will. He would,
however, lay down as a general rule that he should abide
by the definition of London given by Sir W. Petty, in the
mien of James IL, and consider that it would include all
institutions in streets contiguous to the cities of London and
Westminster, and the borough of Southwark. For instants&
he was of opinion that the Hospital for Consumption at
Brampton was within the designation. He was also of
opinion that hospitals which are intended for the inhabi-
tants of London ought to be included, without regard to the
situation of the huddle's. With respect to the meaning of
the word "hospia," he should not decide that point until
the French courts have determined the same point with re-
spect to the " hospices de Paris."
The following counsel appeared for the various parties
Mr. Selwyn, MD. Southgate, Mr. Holhoese, Mr. Baggallay,
Mr. F. J. Wood, Mr. Schoenberg, Mr. De Gex, Mr. Mae-
asghten, Mr. Streetoe, Mr. R. Hawkins, sad Mr. Ware.

(Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart.l
THONNTOS r. AIR JOAN IA.NeDIDI AND OT $.

Me. /Wins, qc., eoatutud hr orgumee to-day es
behalf of the *loth! in this slut, but bad not concluded it
whoa the court roes. We shall mune any :arther notice
of the one until it has areired at its termination.

Mr. Daniel, Q.C., and Mr. Fielding Nader were with
Mr. Melina, Q.C.: and Mr. &coo, Q.C., and Mr. Chapman
Harker, appeared for the defendant.

(Bohm Vico-Chisoollor Mr W. P. Wood.)
TA17117011 r. Tait ZOTAL II UP.ARCI COMPANY.

behalf of :.1.7.1;mer in
the stove company to restrain the oompsay from paying
/Lima made in newt of damages suffered in the resent
explosion of the ship Lotty Sleigh. Tim ground of the
motion ens that His knees warred not through firs imme-
diately. but only
indirectly and by masa of explosion.
Sir H. Cairns and Mr.Woodiwff were in the ow.

The Vioe-Cheneellor granted ea interim order over next
sea

0017 RT OF QUEEN'S BKNOEL-Fm. 11.

After Tenn Sittingsat Nisi Prins st Watannstar.—(Befors
Loyd Chief Justice Cockburn and • Special Jury.)
PLIIIOIIB r. sower._
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The farther header of this ow, which was an action for
libel is coonection with the liammeranith and City Railway,
was resumed this !nankin.
Mr. Morill we. still addressing the jury at • quarter to six
o'clock, when
The Lord Chief Jumbos asked if he thought he would be
much longer in his address.
Mr. Barill—Yes, my lord ; I den say I shall not finish
much before sine o'clock, if I bare to °cowhide to-night.
The Lord Chief Justice—Thee if that is the cam we will
adjourn until to-morrow; but mind you begin when you left
ilAudalor4
The CYO was than adjourued.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-Fn. IL
(Before Yr. Oommissitmsr Genlburn.)
DAVID 11001.111.
Tb. bankrupt, who .as a solicitor, in Greekametreet,
failed some years ago, owing upwards of 100,0001., sad ale
weeded without surrendering to his bankruptcy.
Yr. Goodman, representing the wipers, said be hoped
that the estate would be very shortly wound up. A dividend
of a little over ls. in the pound would be shortly declared.
H. bad now to ask the court to sanction the assignees
destroying by fire a loft full of pep" of about a ton
weight, which were a animism, and of no utility whatever.
His Honour did not see what power be had to make say
such order.
Yr. Goodman referred to the ogee of Holden, when the
Lord Chancellor had laid it down that the books of an
attorney could not be sold.
His Honour took time to meads, the question.

THE POLICE COURTS.
SOUTHWARK.

Willies Riley, a inal:cfreeserl young man, whole eon•
noxious are highly respectable, was brought up for Anal
examination charged with stealing a Tamale liver watch
sad Albert chain from the pinyon of John Samuel Edwards,
in the Royal Coffee-house, Duke-street, Leedon.bridge.
The prosecutor, • young miler, deposed that on Sunday
Its met with some friends, and unfortunately got drinking
with them. He knew that his watch was safe when be
left them. sad he hardly recollected anything afterwards
antic be found himeelf in the station-house with the pri-
soner, who was charged with stealing his watch and chain.
Mr. John Beckett, one of the relieving officers of the
West tondos Union, said he met the sailor in the
City on Sunday erasing rather the worms for liquor, and
lading that he was in rather suspicious company he put
him in an omnibus to bring him towards Tooley.etregt,
where be said he wanted to go. The prisoner eameiltili.
them, audit was suggested that they should enters coffee-
house and have some tea. They did so, and tea was
ordered. Wilames eat on one side of the prosecutor, and
the prison ea the other. After • while the prosecutor
put his arms cm the table sad leaned his head down, and
soon fell asleep. His watch chain thee hung down very
loosely. The prosecutor had then left a half sovereign on
the table, which the prisoner took up and rid, "That
will do for um ; we'll share that. Witness made
no remark, but he bad his suspicious about the prisoner,
whom he closely watched, and is a few Wander saw
him take the welsh out of prosecutor's pocket and
put it in his own. Witness instep ytl went out and fetched
• ccastable, and as won as be returned with orie, and the
prisoner saw them, he put the watch bark into the prose-
cutor's pocket. He was given into custody.
Police constable 62 ft said be had made iaquiries about
the primmer, and eacertaieed that his family were very re-
spehly connected. He believed from what he had beard
that he had never been in trouble before.

In rsisTs; to the oharp, -------
prieoller rid that he Derr had the watch in his
posserion. and he was entirely innocent of the charge.
The onnetekile aid he saw him put the watch in as pro-
escater's pocket, r he was entenng the coffee-Door with
Mr. Beckett. _ _

11ie---taagiterate okeerred that the ram was quite char
againat the prisoner, whom b• fully committed too trial.

THE NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL