The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-22 00:00:00

LISBURN ELECTION commlrms.

(THIS DAY.)

There were only four members of the committee
present thiemorning, namely, Mr. H. E. Adair (chairman),
Mr. W. E. Forster, Mr. Peal, and Mr. F. North. Mr.
Stirling war unable to attend in camsquesee of fil•health.
After a short consultation bad takes place amongst the
members primed,
The Chairman raid be believed the committee bad so
power of proceeding in the 'buena of their hoe. colleague.
Mr. Clarke, who appeared ee behalf ci the petitioner,
laid he was afraid that was the owe, sad reprereeting am be
did, the petitiofter, he should sot like to ran any risk, when
each important inLireatie were at stake. There wore t
airtime in the act which were applicable to the case, rhe
75th and 177th section ; the 77th was rather directory to
the house than to the committee. The 75th section
was that by which the committee were bound. It provided
that no member of any select committee shall absent him-
salt from the mine without leave obtained from the house or
an excuse allowed by the hones at the next 'Min thereat,
for the cause of sickncen. verified upon the oath of his medi-
cal atteadant, or for other special muse shown and verified
epee oath ; and in every such awe the umber to whom
such leave is greeted or excuse allowed shall be dis-
charged from atteading, and shall not be enti-
tled again to sit or vote oe snob committee ; sad inch
Detect committee shall never sit until all the members to
whom =oh leave has not been granted, nor excuse allowed,
are met ; and in case all such members do not meet within
cue hour after the time appointed for the first meeting of 11
such committee, or within one hour after the time to which
inch committee has been adjourned, a farther adjournment
shall be made and reported to the home by their chairman,
with the mass thereof.

Mr. Bourke, who reprimand the sitting member, ex-
pressed his eascarreece in the view expremed by Mr.
Clairke. _

- i'll-,;- Chairman—tinder these eirmtmirtannee the only
thing we can do is to sit for one hoar and agree to report
to the house. _ _

Mr. North—Ls it aacesaary that we should nit in diem
in diem

—Sir. Clark—GMlnly not. If • member were to over-
sleep himself, end not attend before 12 o'clock, the
committee could not sit again until the re-emembling of the
bones

Mr. Forster—That is a strong temptation to boo. mem-
bers. (Laughter.) I did not know that before. (Renewed
laughter.)
After some further oonversation, it wee decided that me-
dical oriole°, should be taken for the purpose of laying a
foundation for the adjoarament.
Mr. George Harrison, a member of the Royal College of
Stirrups, stated that he was in attendance oc Mr. Stirling,
one of the members of the committee. He saw that gen-
tleman an hour ago. He was enlisting from epaams in the
stomach, and wee unfit to leave his bed. He thought Mr.
Stirling might be able to attend the meeting of the com-
mittee on the sth of
After some conversation, the committee adjourned to
Tuesday, the sth of April, when the proceedings will be re-
ported to the house.

A letter from Rome of the 16th says :—" Al-
though it is Lent, there is gaiety enough in old Rome.
General MoutebelloilOsivesevery Monday, and Count de Sar-
t*. on Temday *risings ; besides which we have innumer-
able smaller eater teininents. Last eight the Roman Amateur
Dramatic Society, as • few enterprising English gentlemen
call themselves, performed The Rings and • burlesque
named Aladdin with groat spirit before a large audience
specially invited for the measice. Mr. Stockdale's ad-
mirable dramatic readings terminated a few *Timings since,
and we are sow locking forward to the Fite of St. Gineeppe
(Garibaldi's nameday) next Saturday, and to the grand
concert (nothing more than • Papal demonstration) to be
given next Monday in the Baths of Diocletian. Four
eminent ecclesiastics are to preach, aid in the intervals
Liszt is to perform. The avowed object is to collect an
' °talus' for the pence of St. Peter."
TOTTENHAM AND HAMPSTEA D JUNCTION RA IL-
HAT. —(THis DAY.)—The half-yearly meeting was held this
morning at the offices of the company, 1, Poet's-corner,
Westminster, Captain Arrow in the chair. The report
stated that ommderable program had been made with
the works on the line, but that, owing to unex.
petted difficulties in obtaining possession of land,
the time for completing them had bees ex.
tended from the 31st of May, 186.1 to the 31st of October
following. Regret was expressed that the projected line
to the Alexandre-park had not been allowed to proceed.
The report having been adopted, the meeting was after-
wards made special, and power was given to borrow
53,300/. on mortgage.
THE UN I V LESITT RACKET MATC HIES. —Tbe
annual racket matches between the Universities of Oxford
and Cambridge oommeeeed yesterday at Prince's, Court-
house-place,Chelasa. There were present about 300 Uni-
versity men and a large number of visitors. The double
match was played in the afternoon. the condition being the
beet of seven games. Mr. Walker and Mr. Mitchell repre-
sented Oxford, Mr. Daniel and Mr. Warner Cambridge.
The betting was 2tol on Cambridge. After an exciting
contest the match was declared in favour of Oxford by four
game, to one. The single match will be played to-morrow,
between Mr. Walker, for Oxford, and Mr. Daniel, for
Cambridge, the betting being 5 to 4 on Oxford.

STEEPLECHASES AT LA MARCHE. —As might hive
hem erected from the lovely mummer weather yesterday
(Sunday), an immense crowd of spectators thronged the
mune at La Marche. The mass of carriages was immense,
and the brilliant spring toilettes of the fair occupants,
as viewed from the stands, presented all the variegated
hues of a wide-spread garden, while the black coats
of the sterner sex. who had come by the road, were
whitened by March dust sufScieot to form many • king's
random. The "Pm du Printemps," which opened
the business of the day, was marked by an unfortunate
accident; Maritana was made favourite at 3 to 2, and,
mounted by Lemplugh, was running well in the van, when,
in crossing the river opposite the stands, she jumped short ;
the loose earth which formed the brink gave way beneath
her hind feet, and the strain suddenly thrown on her loins
was so great as to came her to break her back. She fell,
rolled on her aide, and after a short convulsive struggle, ex-
pired. The race then lay between Af ricsin and Valentino,
and the former being thus rid of his moat formidable adver-
sary, repeated his victory of the preceding Sunday. and won
with ease, beating Valentino, to which he gave 111 b. The
" Prix de Moutretout,," for gentlemen riders, brought
nine second-rate animals to the poet, and fell to the
lot of M. Ragde's Mousquetaire, after a pretty race between
four of the starters. The number of amateur riders is evi•
deutly increasing, and it is to be hoped that the case, which
occurred more than once last year. of horses being brought
to the ground, and not starting for want of gentlemen
capable of mounting them. will not he again repeated. The
"Prix l Riklamer," carried off by Baron Finot's TtModurs,
after an exciting ram with M. Caillerd's Glow worm, brought
to • close • very successful spring meeting, favoured
throughout with good Gelds, delightful weather, and ex-
cellent running.—Oakosoni.
SHAKESPEARE'S WILL—The will of this illus-
trious man, which colorists of three sheets of brief paper,
has, by the direction of the judge of the Court of Probate,
been very carefully cleaned, and each sheet placed in an
elaborately polished oak frame, between shear; of plate
glass. The frames are made sir tight, and on the top of
each is • brass plate engraved, " Shakepare's Will, 25th
March, 1616;" and each one is fastened with one of
Chubb's patent locks. This excellent plan prevents its
being handled when shown to the public, and will very
much add to its preservatioo. The three frames St into a
beautiful oaken hog, and the memorial is now well worth
seeing by those who take an interest in the coming
" Shakespeere Tercentenary." The judge has also sanc-
tioned the taking of photographs of it, but in the preienos
of one of the record keepers of the court. This permis-
sion was refused by the late Sir Cromwell Cromwell—
Carat Service Gazette.

DEsTrITTIuN A.ICD DEATH.—An inquiry wan held
at the Green-gate Tavern, City-road, by Mr. John Hum-
phreys, Middlesex coroner. last night, respecting the death
of James B.A.:lick, aged 52 years. George Steed, 248 G,
raid that on Tnesuay last he was on duty at half-past 10
a.m., in Dudley-court, Central-street. He saw a man
lying on the pavement very ill. He had no coat, shoes, nor
stockings on. He mild hardly speak. He said be wee
quite destitute, and that be bad slept in the work-
house the night before, and that hie name was James
Paddick. He had with him a small bag of leather
cuttings, and he was supposed to have been a leather
seller. Witness removed him to the workhouse. Inspector
Fyfe said that the police had made inquiries, but
could eacertain nothing about the deceased. Mr. William
Harris, house surgeon to the St. Luke's Workhouse, said
that he saw the deceased at 11 o'clock on the morning in
question. He was destitute and very thin. He was mutter-
ing from typhus fever. Witness ordered him stimulants,
but he died the next morning. The post-mortem exami-
nation showed that there was no food in the stomach of the
deceased except a little beef tea which bad been given to
him when he was brought into the house. The death of
the decried was caused by the second stage of typhus
fever. The coroner said it was most desirable that it should
be ascertained whether the deceased had slept in a workhouse
the night previous to bis being found dying in the streets.
He should therefore adjourn the court in order to evade
the police to make the neormary inquiries.
THE SHEFFIELD RELIEF FUND. —A numerously
Wooded meeting of the subscribe?* of the Lancashire Re-
lief Food was held in the Council Chamber, at Oxford.
yesterday, to consider what steps should be adopted in re-
sponse to an appeal from the 51zypr of Sheffield, towards
the relief of the sufferers by the calamity. The mayor
stated that the local treasurer of the Lancashire fund bad a
Wane* of Lirlor. in band, and he bad aseertained it to be
the general wish of the subscriber, that a portion of that
sum should now be forwarded to Sheffield, as the citizens
were averse to forwarding anything further at present to
Lancashire. where they had in heed 260,000/. unappro-
priated, and that at a time when trade was rapidly revivisg,
and when the distress was virtually at an end. This was
the general feeling of the meeting, and it was resolved to
forward 2001. out of the 1,150/. immediately to Sheffield.