The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-27 00:00:00

wars BILL.

This morning the bill introduced in the House of
Commons by Sit George Grey for the amalgamation of the
City of London Polio* with the Metropolitan Police was
issued from the parliamentary printing-office. The title of
the bill is "The City of London and Metropolitan Police
Act, 1863." It is proposed that the bill shall take effect
on the let January next. It provides for the establishment
of one or more branch station or stations in the city, to be
wider the superintendence of • new Assistant Com-
missioner of Police, to be appointed by her Majeety,
the offer of such appointment to be made in the
first instance to Captain Hodpoo. The City Police Force are
to have the same rank, pay, and superannuation as they an
now receiving; while the constables of the Metropolitan
Police Force within the City are to have the same powers,
duties, ho., as are exercised in the metropolitan districts.
The Chamberlain of the City of London is to transfer all the
cash vested in his name in coonexion with the police to the
receiver for the Metropolitan Police district, and, after the
act has come into operation, the expense of main-
taining the addition to the Metropolitan Police
Force is to be defrayed partly out of monies
to be provided by parliament, and partly out of the police
rate leviable tinder the City Police Act ; the money payable
by parliament to bear the same proportion to the money
payable out of the police rate as the money hitherto contri-
buted by the Mayor and commonalty and citizens has borne
to the money payable out of the said rate. The Chief Com-
missioner of the Metropolitan Police is to have power to
issue a warrant requiring the Chamberlain of the City of
London to pay out of any cub in his hands • sum not ex-
ceeding the amount of the police rate authorised to be
levied by the City Police Act. The warrants of the City
justices are to be recognised and executed in the counties
of Middlesex, Surrey, Hertford, Eases, and Kent, and every
warrant issued by any justice in those counties is to be ex-
ecuted in any part of the City of London.

It is stated that the Emperor Napoleon wan
present during the proceedings at the election of the
'hooch Academy on Thursday last. The elections are held
with closed doors ; it is only the receptions that are
public, bat the Sovereign, ea ofScial " protector " of the
Academy, has the right to be there if he think proper.
A great agricultural exhibition is to take place
at Hamburg from the 11th to the 22nd of Jane. It is
said that England, Denmark, Sweden, Holland, France,
and Belgium will hardly be behind Germany in their
contributions, while even the United States have taken
so much interest in it that the sum of 10,000 dollars has
been granted for the conveyance of articles to be exhibited ;
and a further sum of 5,000 dollars to defray the expenses of
• special commissioner.
The Corrupoudance de Borne has an article
entitled " Garibaldi and Palmerston." "The grit of these
two men," it says, "is not in our eyes worse company than
the second. He is only lees culpable and lees loaded with
the horrible crimes for which history and God h►ve terrible
Judgments. The Filibuster, with a red shirt, say. that the
Pope is the `.nicer' of Italy ; the impenitent Octounarkus
Mee oat at table that the Pope is the ' incubus' of Italy.
Thus they are both rivetted to the same chair, and serve
the same master. This makes us hope for a more complete

vongeanes."
A Calcutta letter of the 23rd ult. says :—" For
years no such great heat has been felt in northern India so
early in the year as March. For the past fortnight it has
been eight degrees hotter than at the same period last year.
For • time it was feared that the crops would suffer, bat
in the north-west there have been heavy showers, as Lord
Elgin found to his oat, when his city of canvas had to
remain pitched till it dried, in the first march from Meerut
to Boorkee. But in Bengal the heavens are as brass, and
all weather-wise prophets, including the shipping is the
port, are prepared for one of those great north-waters
which are so grand in the tropics and occur so rarely."
For some mouths past large swarms of locusts
have done no little injury in Sande and the Punjaub, and the
fear is that they may take up their permanent abode in
the latter. They cling to the long spikes of the seer* the
Shittim tree of Scripture, and they breed, each female
laying newly • hundred eggs, which adhere to each other
like an ear of corn. The financial commissioner of the
Paojaub has accordingly addressed • circular to all the
subordinate authorities. All Is the practice in Persia and
Turkey, the villagers are to be induced by money and sweet-
meats to grapple with the scourge by, morning and even-
ing. forcing the locusts into bags while still drowsy or
numbed, and burying them in pita.
The Jesuits, who were for so long a period in ob-
scurity in Frame, unrecognised at the French court, and
fearful in any way of making themselves publicly conspi-
cuous in Paris, appear now to hove emerged from their
retirement, and openly show signs of wealthy resources in
the erection of new and magnificent buildings.
THE BOMBAY AND MBDITZBILANZAN

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The Peninsular end Oriental Company's steam ship Pere, 11,
Captain Jamieson, with the heavy partite:of thitherto mails, ;
arrived at Southampton on Saturday ermine ; she brings
109 passengers, and has on freight, specie 100/.; pearls I
value 94,000 rupees. 10c:saes bloodstones, 47 cases shawls, 1
23 packages elephants' tusks, 7 casks wine, and 330 packages
sundries. The American sloop of war. Chippewa, left Al. ,
geoiras on the 12th for the West. Later intelligence from
the Barbary coast reports that fighting was still going on
amongst the tribes outside the walls of Dar-el-Baida (Cuss.
blanca), but there was reason to suppose that the contest
would soon cease. The safety of the Europeans in the town
had been placed beyond all danger by the arrival of three
ships of war, an English, a Spanish, and • Portuguese
steamer, which reseals were anchored off Dar-el-Baida.
Soenrrir or PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS, PALL-
NALL Ea rr.—The private view of the Illy-ninth annual
exhibition of this society took place on Saturday, and was
attended by a numerous company of the nobility, mem-
ber. of parlament, and panes@ of art. Amongrt these
present were the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Taunter),
the Duke of Portland, the Marquis and Mair.hioneas of
Normanby, Earl and Countess Grey, Earl and Countess
Stanhope, Viscount and Viscountess Chelsea, Lord
and Lady John Manners, Lord and Lady Henniker.
Lord St. Leonard' and the Hon. Mims Suedes, Lord
and Lady Stanley of Alder, Lewd Rechsclale and the
Hon. Mae Mitford, Lord and Lady Belper, Lord Henry
Gordon Lennox, ILP., Lord Lyveden, the Bishops of Ox-
ford, Rochester, Ely, and Winchester, the Deans of St.
Paul's and Westminster. the Lord Chief Justice Era and
Lady Erie. the Queen's Advocate and Lady Phillimere, the
Attorney•Geneml, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowpra, many
members of parliament, he.
EXTENSIVE FIRE AT YORS.--As one of the city
policemen was proceeding along his beat on Saturday
morning, in Colliogate, York. his attention was attractedto
the premises of Messrs. Clark, Bleardall, sad Co., in that
street, large wholesale druggists, which he discovered to
be on fire. This was about 2.15 a.m., and shortly after
that time, so thoroughly had he spread the alarm, that •
couple of engines were on the spot, and commenced play-
ing vigorously on the building. The large quantity of in-
flammable oils, spirits, and other materials contained in
there warehouses, aided by a high wind, soon set the
efforts of the firemen at nought, and • very extensive
conflagration was Noe perceived would be the re-
suit. The flames spread with fearful rapidity, and began
to threaten an adjoining block of premises belonging ton firm
• carrying on the name business es Masora. Clark and CO.
By-and.bye the flames reached u noble pile of buildings
comprising the Wesleyec Centenary chapel and school-rooms.
• The latter could not be saved, and were consequftili
, gutted and their contents destroyed. The chapel, th.„„..
' artreordinsuy exertions, is preserved. By five o'clock Use
fire was at its height, but after that time it beams subdued,
E and through the aid of the bystanders was quickly breught
, into subjection, end at nine o clock the name noes* was
• smouldering ruin.
MAILS poz THE CHANNEL ISLANPS.-011 the lit
klay, and theeoeforward until the sod of October, the
, supplementary mails to and from Jersey and Guernsey,
1 rid Weymouth, will be forwarded three times • week.—See
"British Postal Guide," page 164, paragraph 164.
GREAT NORTHERN iloorrum, K.INO'S-CILOSE
• Numbar of patients for the week ending April 26, 1,173 ;
of which 461 ware new cases.