The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-01 00:00:00

THE MALT DUTY.

Mr. !MERIT T gave notice of his intention, on Tuesday
week, to move, " That it is the opinion of this house that
there ought to be a re.luction in the duty on malt, and that
this subject has a paramount claim on the attention of her
M.ijsatis government."
THE DEVON PORT ELECTION.

Mr. FERRAND gave notice of bit intention to ask the
Secretary to the Navy. to-morrow, whether it is true that
the sweat controller of the easy, when captain of the steam
reserve at Devonport, attended the noininatfon of candidates
for the borough in 18.59, in the neiform of his rank, and it
so. whether he had taken en active pert in the proceediags
in &kenos of the rides and orders laid down by the Board
of Admiralty for the control and saasagernontof the naval
service.
COAST AND DEEP SEA FISHERIES.

Mr. BLAKE naked the honourable member for Stirling
districts whether the royal commission for inquiring into
and repretiog on the coast and deep sea fisheries of the
Visited Kingdom, of wLich be was a member, would visit
Ireland during the present year.
Mr. CAIRD said the corm:ll.6°lmm hoped to be able to
finish the inoniry on the Enlist' coast by August oast,
after which they would prooeed to Ireland.
DANISH VESSEL OF WAR.
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Mr. DMA; LlBll asked the Coder Secretsry of State for
Fortin Attu's, a•lvertine to the .tatemeot teat a steamer
of 3,000 toss and haseeposeer, plated with 44-inch
armour from stem to stern, yes laucched oa Wedimeday
from the yanl of the builders of the Pimple*, sod said to
be the property of the D inish covererne.t. whether, if such
should prove to be the ems, the soveraineat would seize her
as they had seized the Pamper°, Of would permit her to sail
front the Ciydel (Hear, bear.)

Mr. LA l'A RD—ln answer to the question of my hon.
friend I will state exactly what took place shortly before
hostilities hroke out between the German powers and
Denmark. The Danish minister to this country informed
the noble lord at the head of the Foreigmodioe that a
vowel hitereled for the purpose of war was being built is
the dockyard alluded to, but he said that it was not his
desire to pat byr Nlajesty's roverament to soy limos.-
oieoca or trouble in the matter—that he wished to do
what was right. and would at ones stop the fitting out of
the yeast& It w.a thought bitter to stop it, but the
builders remonstnited, stating that it would be very hard
opal them, awl that it would put them to groat Mame.-
nieece and loss if the vessel was not sufficieutll finished to
enable them to pot her off the stocks, The 'rapids
minister oommunicated that fact to the noble lord, and the
noble lord said that he had the most implicit reliance upon
the good faith sat word of the Danish minister,
and that if he gave his word that the vessel should
not leave the Clyde, be would consent to her being finished
and leaviug the stocky. The banish minister did gi,e his
word to that effect ; the vessel was completed and left the
stocks, and sow remains in this country. (Hear, hear.) I
cannot coeclude my remarks without Leming testimony to
the meat loyalty and hooourable conduct of the Danish
Egoista. (Cheers.)
COUNSELS' PEES DI PARLIAMENT.
lr W. M 1 LESS, in the absence of Colonel Wilson Patten,
asked the Preeident of the Board of Trade whether be in-
tended to proceed with his bills for the smetidnient of the
private haloes, of the home, so MI to enable parties to take
advantage of than durisg the premed swim 1 end whether
the parliamentary her lend made any communicatioo to him
with respect to • change is the system of onotie•W fees,
Yes Y. GIBBON—The two Mk to which the how.