The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-25 00:00:00

SLAVE TRADE.

Lord BROUGHAM gave notice for Tuesday next, to cell
etteatton to the admirable conduct of Brazil in inppremitig
the &lave trade.

ROYAL ACADEMY.

Lord STAN HOPE called attention to the present peti-
tion of the Royal Academy, end to the various proposals
made with regard to that body by the government and the
royal comin.ssioners appointed to inquire into the state of
the institution. He cited the recommendations of the re-
port of the commissioners, to some of which the academi-
cians had objected, and contend( d that no site for a new
building for the Academy ought to be given by the crown
till an understanding should be made as to as amendment
of the rules.

Lord St. LEONARDS thought some of the diapnted
points were on matters on which the house could rive no
opinion ; but, after the decision of the liaise of Commons,
it was certain the Natiooal Gallery must be Maimed in the
muesli building. The government ought not to impose
any terms on the Academy which it wu not disposed to
accept.

I.&d TAUNTON said, if the Academy was to be con-
tinually interfered with by the authority of the govern.
meat and parliament, because it indirectly received some
assistance from public money, it would be better for the
inatitutios and art itself if the Academy refused the assis-
tance and relied wholly on ita own resources.
Lord HOUGHTON approved the general conduct of the
Royal Academy, and thought it well deserved the patronage
of the governme•t.
The Duke of RUTLAND hoped that in the erection of •
wow picture gallery some attention would be given to ita
architecnral effect.

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Lord II A RDINGE believed the Academy bad a moral, if
sot a legal claim to some accommodation at the public ex-
pense. But. au the other band, it wu r.ght the goverment
should exact some condition from the Academy is rotors.
Lord OVERSTONE wee of opinion that the lees the go-
vernment had to do with the Royal Academy the better it
would be for both. The institutio, should be left to its
own energies.
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Lord GIANTILLE said that, with respect to the pro-
posed new gsllery, the government felt bound by the recent
decision of the House of Commons, and would endeavour to
form another plwu instead of that which hot been rejected.
As to a:cautions is the rules of the Academy, that bckly
denied the power of the government in reference to them.
But he thought some of the rejected suggestions denrved
oonsideratioo, though i► was rather for the governing body
of the institution to decide on them than parliament
The subject then dropped.

NOXIOUS VAPOURS FROM MANUFACTORIES.
Lord RA VENSWORTH asked the Postanister.Geoeml
if he bad received say islormation through the Board of
Trade of the sumer of the recent act of parliament for miti-
gating the ultimate occasioned by noxious vapours from
chemical masufectories ? Hie lordship said that when be
wan bat in the neighbourhood of Newcastle be observed,
with no small disn ay. the immense number of tall obtai-
ns's that ware vomiting forth volumes of smoke, and it ap-
peared to him the fames were greater than before. The
act, of last session had come into operation on the Ist of
January; but he understood that no reports would be had
from the inspectors as to the working of the sot until the
Ist of ILtrch, 1863. His own inquiries bad led him to
believe that the eat wee working very satisfactorily ; but be
wished to Iwo, what information had reached the Board
of Trade on the subject?
.Ford STANLEY of ALDERLEY said be was Dot able to
st it the noble lord mach uiformatioo. As the noble lord
had Matta, the reports would not, owing to the short time
the act bad been in operation, be sent in till vest March,
and he wee very happy to be able to call the noble lord him-
self to beer testimony to the satisfactory working of the act
it the mean time.

The Earl of DERBY said that the favourable report of
the working of the set was the more satisfactory, because it
showed that the fears of those who apprehended that it
would occasion great injury and inconvenience to the
facturess hod cot been realised. Amongst those who bad
expressed their fears most strongly was the noble lord
(Suinley). He trusted this amount of success would encou-
rage the attempt to carry the same system into other mann-
factoriee. which were almost equally noxious, if not so pro-
minently *Bessie..
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Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY aid be bad expressed
no apprehimeioss with respect to the alkali works, for the
pr pa remedies bad bee suggested by the manufacturers
themselves. He did, hooey'', feel, and still felt appre-
hensioca respecting the great inconvenience end mischief of
applying the system to other manufactories.
After a short further moversatioo, the subject dropped.
ARMY PRIZE (SHARES OF DECEASED) BILL.
Earl DE GREY sod RIPON, M moving thew:wood read-
ing' of this bill, said that its object was to remove doubts as
to whether the representatives of deceased persons could
become entitled to t►eir shares of prize money without
taking out probate or letters of adminiatratioo.
The ball was read a woad time.
The Countess of Elgin and Kincardine's Annuity Bill was
reed a second time.

The Beer.howea (Ireland) Bill and the County Cosatebn-
larl Superannuatine pulsed through committee.
VACATING OF SEAM BILL.
This bill was road a third tine and pared.
RNE BANKING COPARTNERSHIP BILL.
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This bill woo road a WA time andpm ;ed.Tbo house adocouraid at 25 micodoo to 8 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.FILIDAT, Joss 24.

thll &MAIL= took the chair at tour o clock.
ABSENCE OF THE POLICE PROS ST. JANES'S

PARK.

Mr. J. HARDY asked the Reerelary of Slate for the
Ham* Department whether it was the fact that the police
were not employed in St. Janata-park as they IMO in the
Grew-perk and other parks ; and, if so, why that was the
ems ; sud whether frequent complaints had Neu mode to
the Home-office of the proceedings which had taken place
frees want of police supervision in St. Jamee's-perk.
Sir G. GREY said that since 1840 the ordinary police had
sot bee. employed in the inclosed part of St. James's-park,
as distinct from the Mall and road' and the open apace
round Buckingham Palace. The moon was, because that
portion of the park wee put on the same footing as Ken-
sington-gardens, and was under the immediate charge of the
. First Couartissioner of Werke. The park-keepers, however,
were sworn by the ooruntiasimiers of police as constables,
and performed all the duties of ordinary police.
THE, INTERCOLONIAL RAILWAY.

Mr. ADDERLEY asked t►e Secretary of —State for t►e
Colosiee wbethereorreepondence bad been renewed between
the North Americas provinces and the imperial government
on t►e subject of t►eir application for assistance in raising a
Um for an intaireolmial railway ; and, if so, whether par-
liament would he folly informed sad cocsulted before any
promise was made of an imperial guarantee.
Mr. CARD WELL said that no fresh correspondence bscl
taken place on the subject between the colonies and the
Lome government. Asy correspondence which hod taken
place be should be happy to produce if the right boo.
gasilantan thought proper to move for it. The govern.
meat had no power to pledge the house to any Iw) ; all they
could do was to promise to submits proposal to parliament
to give the required guarantees
TIIE °HAIN ARMOUR OF THE KEARSAROE.
Mr. OOBRY asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whe-
ther t►e Admiralty would object to mod a competent
*Mort to Cherbourg to mambas and report on the mode
adopted to streegtbee the sides of the Kramarge sonnet
shot sod shell, as described by Captain Semmes in hie letter
which appeared in yesterday's Times.
Lord C. PAGET said perhaps the boo. member bad for-
gotten that the vessel in question had been is this country
in dock, and that we had the information.
THE PASSAGE OF THE TRANSPORT FROM THE