The Express.
London, England, 1855-04-06 00:00:00

TO TNT )DITOI 07 TILT DAILY Kiwi.

Ste,—ln the Daily News, of the 9th Jennary,l
you published a letter from me, stades that the value of
each 1001. of tithe commutation rent charge for the year
1865 t• be 891. 15s. 81d., founded on the septennial average
prime published I. the London tiasetis of the 6th January

What 6i. Old. per imperial boatel.
Barley
Oata

The perfect amuse, of this statement I now beg to con-
firm for the satisfaction of your readers, am it bas been called
in question in a letter published in the Record, of the 26th
sit., signed by the Rev. W. M. Hind, of lltapenhill Vicar-
age, Barton•on-Trent, who states that, by a strict value•
tics, the septennial average prices should be—for
Wheat 6.. 047 66d. per imperial bushel.
Barley 3s. 7 27.28 d. ditto.
Otte 2s. 6 3-141. ditto.
making, in the valuation of 1001. of rent chugs, a differ-
ence of fle. 00. The Rev. W. M. Hind, in his letter,
alludes to this difference as an error of computation,
whereas the difference is really in the septennial average
prime, over which the authority of parliament slope has con-
trol. The 011iblialk of small decimal quantities in the average
prices from time to time daring the 'even years, or of the
fractional parte of a farthing in the pries per ►ushel, clearly
tend to diminish the valuation of the rent charge; but the
annexed clause of the Tithe Commutation Act will no

doubt satisfy your retain that I had no alternative but to
take the pries u published is the London Gazette u the
heals of ay annual tables.—Your, &a.,
- - --

CHARLES K. WILLICH,
Araary, traiversity Lite-cßee.
26, Soffolketzeit, Pall-mall, April 6, 1855.
MII CONNOTATION ACT, btu AID 7TR WY. IT., C. 71

Clause 66.—" And be ft enacted that, immediately after
the passing of this set, and also in the month of January in
every year. the umpteen*? of emu returns foe the time
being, or such other perms as may from tine to time be in
that behalf authorised by the Privy Connell, *hall mese an

advertisement to be inserted in th; London Gasetta, stating
what has been, daring seven years ending on the Thursday
'nut before Christmas day then neat preceding, the average
prim of an imperial bushel of British wheat, barley, end
oats, compute/ from the weekly averages of the earn
returns.

Clause 67. • • • " sad every lst day of January
the sum of money thsseeforth payable in respect of sacra
rest sharp shall vary, so as always to °pasha of the prise
of the sans number of bushels and decimal parts of a
bushel of whsat, barley, and oats respoottvely, aeoording to
the prime aosertained by the then preceding advertise-
asst."

rrR DB LACY EVANS AND THE FVJ
ELECTORS.

At a preliminary fleeting of the electors of the
city of Weetrainiter, bald at 4, Seaafort-bnildings, Strand.
ornweasel fn. ta, purpose Of sonsidertag the propriety of
proesstiag General Sir De Laoy Evens, }C.C.S., M.P. for
the said city, with mow appropriate testimonial of the
approval se the part of hie sostatitnente of hia distiagnisbed
service, is the Crimea, the [(Montag letter from Sir De

Lae, ETU., addressed to Thomas Preis, Bsq., was read :
" Brysasseas-eqsan, April 2, 1866.

"My dear air,—l find that a =wipe per paragraph alludes
to a wish of presenting ate with mese wady or valuable
teetimeay of approval on the part of the city of West-
minster; sad I am told that a meeting, with a view of
rwa-
sidsrisg the subject, is proposed to be held.
"Now, when I remember that on nturniag from say last
unitary anises to Spa the good opal= of Westminster
was unmistakably sward= in my favour—that a moot kind
public desonstaties, earmatlag from the ease mane,
generally concurred la even by political appease% took
plea on ay resent return from the Crinsea—resellectiag
also that I have, la fat, beea nothing for a long cause of
years reiterated proofs of the anildence and esteem of this
gnat sad distinguished constituency, I cannot but Walt
that the realised= of the inanition alluded to must be ob-
viously sad extremely superfluous, and that it would ill
become me to ageism, is oosedmaing my frieade the trouble
of any each prooadiag.
"You will, therefore, greatly oblige nie by taking some
opportunity of and= them that if they will have the
goodness, at my request, to relimpish it, for the seam= I
have stated, they will add very much to my feelings of
obligation, sad that by doing so I shall appreciate, if pos-
sible, more warmly sad gratefully the high favour they have
desired a bestow ea me. _ _

" Media. that pot will pee with sla fa this °plaice,
" I rataia. up dear it, ram GM meat truly,
" DE LACY JAVAN&

"To Themes heat, Esq."
Whereupon it was unanimously tesolved, that in defenses
to the wishes of Omen' Bir Ds Lisp Enos, as expressed
in the above idle; "This meeting, with nub regret,
deems it inexpedient to mooed forth* wit► their ins
Masse' •

WAR.

Awarding to Itaarian lettere from the Crimea of
the 22nd ult., Prince Gortehakoff bee expressed his
high approval of the works constructed in front of
the Malakhoff Tower. The Fines, whose specialiti is

the artillery, immediately gave orders to treble the
number of workmen employed thereon, marked out
positions for new works, and ordered up a reinforce
went of troops to cover the position. The print*
stayed only two days at Sebastopol. He is said
to be greatly irritated at finding his bat year's
acquaintance, Omer Paoha, on the territory of
" Holy Russia." His first care, it is understood, will
be to purge the soil of the "pagans" of hie earlier
proclamations.

From Odessa, Warsaw, and Vienna, we have ad-
vices, all speaking of the immense efforts which
Russia is making to oppose an overwhelming force
to the armies of the allies in the Crimea. Without
permitting ourselves to be misled by the figures
which the German journals produce, reproduce, and
confuse, we must still admit that the evidence
abundantly shows that the Russians are augmenting
their armies by new arrivals, to which the reinforce-
ments of the allies bear but a feeble proportion.
The best troops, and some of the best generals of
Russia, are at this moment in the Crimea. A
German officer in the Russian servios writes :—" We
in the army know little about the diplomatic niceties
upon which the good people of the West seem to be
bestowing their attention. We know that, before
and after the signature of notes, protocols, and trea-
ties, the greatest influence in the Rest will belong to
those who make the best military figure in this war.
People in this part of the world understand victory
and defeat in battle, and they understand little else.
We are fighting to uphold the military prestige of
Russia, and if that remain we win, whatever we con
cede on paper." _ _ .

The Emperor of Russia, on the 24th ult., reviewed
the 6th and 6th battalions of Grenadiers, who are to
proceed to the scene of war, and expressed to Gene-
ral Rudiger his satisfaction at the efficiency of those
troops.

FRANCE.

SHIMMY or THU DAILY NEWS.)
PARIS, THURSDAY EYRNING.

The general tenor of Vienna letters is more than
ever against the probability of peace. If it be true
that the Plenipotentiaries of the Western Powers
have gone further than, in the opinion of the
French and English people, they ought to have
done to conciliate the Emperor of Russia, their
weakness has been neutralised by the Czar himself,
who, it is now thought, will not, when it comes to
the push, make any substantial concessions whatever
with regard to the third point—the limitation of
Russian power in the Black Sea. I hear that the
Emperor Napoleon expresses his firm determination
to go to the East. "Je pars," he i/ reported to have
said, and if they should make peace at Vienna 1
will sign the treaty at Constantinople."
You may expect now to hear of serious fighting in
the Crimes every day. Letters from the camp,
written by officers of rank, state that the spring
has a palpable effect upon the blood of the French
soldier, and that it would be impossible to keep the
army long in a state of inaction. Recent telegraphic
despatches speak of a movement towards Sebastopol,
from Eupatoria, by Turkish troops, supported by
French. All that I bear in ministerial quarters tends
to show the probability of this intelligence being
correct.

The Bourse was dull with little business doing.
The Route fell 20c.. closing at 70fr., after having
fluctuated between 891 r. 90c. and 70fr. 30c. In rail-
ways there was no change beyond Ur. or 3fr. There
was a report of the death of the Duchess of Berry at
Venice. I have inquired of some members of the
Legitimist party as to the truth of this rumour, and
find that they have no knowledge of any such news
having been received.
The bill imposing a tax on dogs passed the Corps
Legislatif yesterday.