The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-10 00:00:00

MICTIEOPOLITAN LOCAL kLANAGEMENT BILL.

The Lords' uneadments to this bill were oasaidered.
The amendment ceseerning the appointment of ehairenes
was disagreed to.
Lord BBBINGTON called attention to the reports of the
thief onstage:, to the Metropolitan Conntiaies of Efeeen,
upon pipe drainer, which captained, as he mid, SOON eot
siderahle mintatements, and were Wildest' to mislead the
bona, and to prevent the cheaper and readier system bMng
adapted.
Sir J. V. BHBLLBY said it was a questioa for the Con-
sissioa of &wen, and could not be fitly discussed by the
how.

—Aconference with the Lords was appointed on the
entendinents which were objected to.
OFFICIAL PROMOTION IN THE NAVY.

Capt. SCOBBLL mond for a ethic mounituie to Inge',
into the goveramont of the navy, with relation to the haw of
offieerr, pat:mugs, promotion. and the efficiency of the ser-
vice in ell its grades.
The notion was seeded by Mr. Tyra sad opposed by
Sir C. WOOD. itiOilla WALCOTT eta speekieg, whoa
An Hoe. Ilium= moral that the house be wanted, and
only 34 neaten bong preset so adjournetat took place.

REIIREMENT OF THE RIGHT Hos. M. T. Basso.
—The Manchester Poor Law Guardians, at their weekly
mutes, held on Wednesday morning, unanimously agreed
to tho following resolution. brought before them on the mo-
tion of Mr. Rickards That this board have learned with
sincere regret that the Bight Hon. Matthew Talbot Baines,
president of the Poor Law Board, hu foetid it necessary to
resign that dies on the ground of ill health. This board
cannot but remember the ability, courtesy, and industry
displayed by Mr. Baines is the discharge of the duties of
his 'Sec, which have neormarily segued for him the eon-
&dean and teepee' of those who, from their practical know-
ledge sad experience us best able to appreciate the diffi-
culties of the paint's: he has so long occupied, as well as
to know the value of those chugs, in the poor law Miro.
dead by Mr. Baines, which have had the effect of salad-
tuting simplicity for technicality, giving the law mac the
semblance of mason, sad .beeaiag uaneeeesery expesee.
This board avails itself of the present opportunity to ac-
knowledge the 'Mention Mr. Baizse has always paid to its
waste sod suggestions, sad to guinea the hope that tem-
porary Mauna from the responsibility and toils of office
may soon fit him to :easy past, or inatmenee other public
deity, which cannot but teed to the promotion of general
confidence sad advantage."
FATAL ACCIDENT. —Yestordoy morning, shortly
after nine o'clock, a fatal accident occurred to a draping
named William Willis, aged 42 peen. Thu demised was
is the act of removing a barrel of beer from the dray, when
be mimed his footing and fell heavily to the ground with
the barrel swan his right tag, which sustained • compound
fracture of the thigh joint. Hs was coeveyed to the Lon-
don Hospital, when he died from the effects of the injury
to the limb and lam Of Mud. Another fatal accident wok
place the some mairniag to girl named Mary Elvis, aged
eight year', who, while ationag the euxiage way in Can,
au-street-mad, St. George's•io-the-East, was kaock•ed
down by the wheel of a cart, whisk passed over her brAly.
She was canted to the hospital, bat Obi loos sleet her
edstiaeloo.
Narmsui Fooncoisus.u. Boarrir.—A Aiwa
IpteresUg
_eabibidiso ef Week phsee_yeseerdep. as the
Woes er Iddleedisol The haters of the
obey eedsided of a castoff suss, sent bbyy Yr. Peal, of
Clieshaat. As regards Mewl lei nlsetfes of develop
pet' ire have suet IS the Mirky
eft pislontay.