The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-10 00:00:00

PAIRS ON MR. SONES'S SUNDAY CLOSING
BILL.

Yor. Azatast.
Mr. Lindsay Mr. ticholedeld
Mr. R. 0. YriceMr./3 Oochrade
Mr. Wood Mr. Bus

For. Asking.
Sir I. Crossley lA. Liunkellin
Mr. Laird Quitain Grey
I.d. R. Montage Sir R. Stacey
Mr. 011t.in Mr. M.l. smith
Mr. Baines Mr. Neate
Mr. Murray Mr. (hewn
Mr. D. Seymour Mr. Butler
Mr. R. Long Mr. Ouslow
Mr. Mailman Mr. Seely
Mr. North Sir J. Tre away
Mr. P.WyadhamMr. Padmore
Mr. Rogers Mr. Beaumont
Mr. J. hardy Mr. Greenwood
Mr C. Moroanut Mr. Vyner

Mr. B. STankopeilaj.l3ereaford
Mr. Wickham Mr. ►oley
CoL Penunt Mr. Cobbold
Mr. Leslie Mr. Matheson
Sir H. Cairns Mr. Matins
Mr. Daum.° Sir E. Kenison
Mr. Halihurton Mr. Adair
Lord J. Mullets Mr. Liddell
Mr. Malcolm Mr. Conolly
Mr. W.O. Poster Mr. Nay
Mr. Enmity. Mr. Ricardo
Moore
Mr. M•CormarkLd.A.Churchlil
Mr. Lee I.d. Athbonny
Me CoreLang.Mr. Humphrey
ton
Col. Pakenham Mr. Holland
Mr. Roll ihr Jobs Hay
Mr. Leath= Mr. Paget,
CoL Sykes Mr. ham

Waldron Mr. R. Duff
Sir L Daring Mr. C. Clofford
Major O'Reilly The Lend Ad-

.fie_
Mr. H. Robert.

Mr. King

MOT
Mr. Et Fitzgerald Mr. Mackinnon

THE CASE OP ENLISTING BRITISH SUBJECTS
ON BOARD THE IfEARSAGE.

This morning further correspondence was issued
respecting the enlistment of British seamen at Queenstown
on board the United States ship of war Keersage. Oa the
Met of March, Earl Russell sent to Mr. Adams an extract
from the Dublin :ming Hail, containing an account of
the trial, and requests that his excellency will inform
him whether he has any explanation to offer on the sub.
jack. Mr. Adams, in his reply, states that as long ago as
the 26th of December last, his government addressed to
him iustructioea to investigate the charges, and if
he found them sustained against the lionsal, Mr.
Eastman, to dismiss him at once, and with respect to the
commander of the vessel he, if found guilty, should be
promptly relieved of his command ; "and other satisfactory
amends would be offered so her Majesty's government."
Mr. Adams goes on to state that the reason why he
has not acted under these instructions is that he has seen
no evidence to justify him in doubting the statement
made to him by the officers concerned. He then goes
over the facts which lead him to believe that
Captain Winslow never gave any authority to enlist
any one in Queenstown or elsewhere. Earl Russell, on April
9, writes two very brief letters to Mr. Adams, in one of which
he says, " I have only to regret that Officers Than:doe sad
Haley. who appear clearly to have violated the municipsl
law of this country, which they were bound to have
made themselves acquainted with, should still be re-
tained in the sonic* of the United Staten" In the
second letter his lordship encloses extracts from the
deposition of a witness, and adds, " I know not
how these circurastaoces, occurring on board a ship of war,
can have taken place without the knowledge of tha captain
of the vessel." Mr. Adams, on April 11, examines these
extracts at some length, and compares them with the state.
meat of the American captain, contendiag that the latter
amount is altogether the most consistent sod credible.
"The others," he says, "conflict with each other and with
probability so strongly, that %trust I may ha pardoned for
withdrawing the little credit I have been benstofore dis-
posed to give them." His exaeUipecy admits, how-
ever, that there is el:denos of some connivance
on the part of one or more of the petty-officers
of the yowl. "I do not," says Mr. Ad‘ms. " regard
myself as possessed of authority to direct a punmit of the
investigation on this side of the Atlantic. But understand-
ing it from your lordship's note to be the wish of her
Majesty's government that farther measures should be taken
to ascertain the precise astute of the action of the sus-
pected parties, sad that they should be visited with a suit-
able penalty if found guilty. I shall do myself the honour to
communicate your wish for the consideration of my govern-
ment. Ido not doubt that the proper authority will direct
further proceedings to be had, in order to arrive at the pro.
cis, truth, and to give just satisfaction to your lordship in
case of the proof of any offence."

CLAIMS ♦OAINST THE lINITZD STATER GOVERN-
MENT. —This more* was Wised ► Mara to parliameet of
claims of British subjects agaisst the United Settee govern-
ment, from the comeseoosnient of the civil war to the 31st
of March Wt. la a tabular form are gives the same of
the claimants, by whom reported, the data and number of
despatches and letters to and from the Foreign-01E0e, the
ground of claim, and how disposed of. The number of
claimants is in all 411, and of despatches sod letters, 2.871.
At the sad of the return the following memorandum is ap-
pended :—"Thu return comprises the result of the fullest
examination of the oorrespoodsoce in the Foreign-once,
and is tailored lobe complete as far as that oorresposdesoe

goes. In order, however, to guard egaiust any prejudice
which might result to British clsimaats from their claims
not being inserted in this list, it is necessary to observe that
the return is not to be taken PA conclusive ; and this many
is the more necessary, inasmuch as it is understood that nu-
merous claims have been registered in the Britith mission
at Washington, though not reported home, which may in
due meson be brought before the government at the United
States."

On Friday Earl Granville will move the adjourn-
ment of the House of Lords to Monthly, the Ma hut.

Mr. Trefusie intende, on the motion for going
into committee on the Testa Abolition (Oxford) bill, to
move that this house will upon this day six months resolve
itself into the said conimitttes.

Mr. Caird intends on Thursday to ask the
Secretary of Siete for the Rome Department whether his
attention had been called to the riotous proosedinp lately
enacted in Edioburgla, arising out of the seizure and sale
of the furniture of certain citizens who refuse to pay that
portion of the local rates which, under the lams of police-
rate, is (under an act passed in 1860) levied to pay the
stipends of the City clergy:—Whether it is true that
several thousand ratepayers have resolutely refused to pay
that portion of the rate, and that the arrears of the several
local rates collected along with this rate are aocumulatiog
so rapidly is to have reached nearly 20,0004 ; and whether
it is the Ideation of government to propose soy alteration
is the law.

Mr. Peel will move Civil Service Estimates
Clams 1. 2,4, 5,6, and 7, is Committee of Supply, ou
Thursday.

Mr. Caird, on Friday, will ask the Secretary
of state for the Henn Demi /reset when the promised
amendment of those enactments of the herring fishery
laws In Scotland, which bans been rsooeuasedad by two
royal OCKOULIMIdOW, will be introdyeed.
DUIPCNEIMIX.—The annual festival of
this praiseworthy institution will be held at the Albion
Tame, Aldenwate-street. to morrow. The chair will he
taken by Wm. Philips. isoports4 by assay of the la-
eusatial inhabitaate of the borough.