The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-23 00:00:00

Ono al them delasaded 501.1

The tenants of the Marquis of Conyngham hare
bald a public meeting at Slane, the parish priest in the
chair, for the purpose of expressing their abborreuoe of the
crime lately reported—the sending a threatening letter to
the noble lord's steward. The chairman denoueeed the
criminal is very strong terms, and repudiated all such acts
be the suns of hie people. Ho spoke is the highest terms
of the marquis as a landlord, and also praised the conduct of
the steward. The meeting agreed to give a reward of 501.
for information that would Mies the offender to justice.
Imroara AND Erman or Horn.—A parliamen-
tary return issued this merging shows that the total import
of foreign hops into the United Kingdom from Sept. 16.
1862, to Much 31, 1864, amounted to 299,709 owns. The
total quantity of foreign hope exported from the United
Kingdom in the same period was 8,836 cwts. ; and the
qu►ntity of British hops exported, 26,276 cwts.

Smarr Mraic.—Tbe following is a copy of the
instructions (dated Dee. 17, 1859) which at premed define
the duties of police-oonstables of the metropolitan district
with regard to the removal of street musicians :—" The
superintendents are to give instructions to the constables,
that the law does not authorise them to remove street
musicians, unless at the request of an inhabitant on
acoonnt of illness of an inmate of the house, or for other
rescuable cause. If it be stated that an inmate is ill.
and there is no reason to doubt such statement, tbe con-
stable is to require the musicians in the street to depart
from the neighbourhood of the house. Wh any
ammo other than that of illness is stated by the inhabitants,
the constable is not to remove the =ageism, but report
the first opportunity to his sergeant, or at the station, the
canes stated to him for the removal ; the constable is not
to take any further steps without instructions from hie su-
perior officers. The superintendent or inspector ou duty at
the station is to give directions according to his dis-
cretion ea to the sufficiency of the cause al.
lsged by the inhabitant for the removal, sod
if complaint is made against the constable for
removing the musicians, the householder is to be required
to attend before the magistrate to give evidence of the came
for which he required the constable to act, and a report is
to be made to the commissioner whenever a constable re-
quires musicians to depart for any other mum than illness
of an inmate of a house. Should the musicians motions to
play in the street after having been required by the con-
stable to depart, the constable is to anoettain ►heir names
and addresses, and if he cannot obtain this information,
be is to take the musician' into custody, seconding to the
law S and 3 Viot. cap. 47, sect. 63.—(3igned) 2tICHAID
MATIti."

PLELIAMEST•RY DEPOSITS Ili 1864.—1 t appears,
from a parliamentary return issued t►ie monist, that 270
parliamentary deposits on railway bills have been tramp
furred and paid into wart during January, 1864. The
unmet of cash deposited was 667,3351. 15a. Bd. ;
of Exchequer Bills, 578,8001. ; and of stock transferred,
5,076.7541. Is. 7d.

Tan COURT AT BALKORAL.—The Queen arrived
et Balmoral at • little past 3 p.m. on Saturday. and had •
drive in the *reels( by the Balmoral cottages, the Doug-
chlaish, and the Wok of Crakewes. returning to the
ensile by Mr. Gnat's. Oa floaday, with the exception of
Lady Churchill and a few others. nose of the royal. party
attended Divine worship. The Queen had a drive is the
early part of the day to Ballocbbnie, and was
out solo in the afternoon. Her general roomettes, ki
driving through the district and walking ahead the grelinano
while the ~teem et the wart emir tbeinedies atM.
leg. he. Oe Turk? attereoces. her Idajetty sad party
drove by Lochrtagar Distillery, Boltchaok, aad the Giestaisk.
ereesieg the Moick. and drivlog down by Blrbhall, Want-
ing by the Knocks and Abergeldie, while another party from
tin eagle weet to a plonk is the " Dee of Abeenddin
Alas witk bar
at Majesty is Prises Lennessa sad snits.—
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