The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-06 00:00:00

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be paid foe hy the guardians, and that moommeadate
m
hat been aelopieg by mope of lbw
.u. 14. InititPolii.
is to the third question, poem tiff a right to visit soy
peeper, b 7 resemmaime timaisater, subject to each reetrio.
tam NI the guardians might pmearibm The Poor•law
Bated hoped neither ceeditiona ace restrictions in this
matter.

THE ROYAL NAVY.
Sir L. PALM mked the Seerelory to the Admiralty V
he would state whet ISISSITIPO would be token by the
lords of the Admiralty to relieve the complaints of inte-
riority of pay sad mak et the staff commanders sad madam
el her MalieWs eery.
Lord O. PA GET said the lalbjost
_had bee nitader the
serious coseiderstioe of the Admiralty bat would be
premature to stake what the eropered alterstiose were et
present. He hoped, howeem,-to lea shactly.
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THE HEItOULN3.
Mr. LAIRD asked the Sacretary to the Admiralty
whether the iroa.olacl skip Hercules, adored to he laid down
in her Majesty's dockyard, Chatham, was to be laird with
two surdas, In addition to bee broadside armament ; sad,
if so, wbetbes the cupolas would to croastructed oa Captain
Cowper P. Colm's plan.
Lard C. PAGET said that !be qua*. of arming the
bow sod the stint of the Hercules, which was just Dow
bets g laid down upon the stooks, was not yet determined.
' or winther thermal woald be oa the cupola plan or a mo-
dification of it. Various plans bad been laid baton the
Admiralty, and the system of arming would partly dept
upuu the report of a *egomania" of nasal oaken sow

'Atha&
THE NEW PRUSSIAN TARIFF.
Is eerily to Mr. W. E. Foarria.
Yr. LLYAJ3D rid that ia cosseqoonoe of the treaty
entered isle between Frame and Prowls end the Zoliverein,
• 000siderable reduction would take place in the Zollversda
;miff, sod that redaction would be extended to all wan-
tries, and thst would be the ore whether the treaty hotness
this ornotry and the Zollserein should be concluded Wore
the Ist of July or not. (Hear, hear.)

THE INDIAN BUDGET.
Mr. A. HILLS asked the Lidice Secretary when he ex-
pected to brine forward the Indies flossieial etekimeirt.
Sir C. WOOD said he had oat yet remind from India
all the mama* end, therefore, he could cot fix a day.

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THE NEW EDUCATION MINUTE.
Mr. BRUCE brought up the sew education minute, and
in Lying it upon the table said he would make a short
statement in reference to its effect. The house was aware
that when the revised °ode was pared no change was made'
with respect to sedownriete. and the molt wee that if the
issolownwinte did not provide more than Me. per heed, no
reduedoe should be made in the pant. The conesquenoe
was that in many owe the payments were in excess.
Mr. AIJOUSTUS SMITH rose to ceder, and linked whe-
ther It was competed to the right hon. gentleman to
make a statement upona paper just prisearad to the hones.
The SPEAKER said that the right has. gentleman was
not out of order, for be was moving that the paper should
be laid upns the Wale. He naderatood that it was for the
oceveiriosses of the hoses, sod sotto invite dieceamon, that
the explanstlos wee made.
Sir J. PAICINGTON 1010 to order. The right hon.
ration:um fatly enough Have notiosiesterday thistle should
lay this minute upon the table, sad that was recorded in
the newspapers, bat it did net appear in the votes. It
might be desirable that a statement should he made, but it
should be aside in such • way as not to admit of answer or
debate.
Mr. BRUCE had no desire to make soy statement, but
simply to lay the minute upon the table. and leave the
statement to some other hon. member to make. He under-
stood that it was not °impotent to him to place say notice
upon the paper. The only object he had in view
was to meat the wishes of the house sod to explain
a matter which wee sot sufficiently explained by the
minute. The object of the present orients wee to extend
to all schools that concession whiols woe made by the
minute of fairish, 1864, to rural schools alono---
I.lciimel FRENCH roes to order, sad complained that no
notice had bees l&so of this motion.
The SPEAKER—The paper bad bees presented by imon-
wand, and the right hen. gentleman hod intimated that un-
less the hones thought It degrade he did not wish to

proceed.
Sir L. PALK thought it was desirable that no statement
should be made to which no boo. member could reply.
The SPEAKER—The motion was that the paper should
lie on the table, and that did not open the question for
debate.
Mr. BRUCE said be bad no dads* to raise a debate,
and u it was not the unanimous wish of the house that be
should make • statement, he would not proceedfurther.
The motion was the* agreed to.
SUPPLY—COMILITFFI.
On the question that the house go into a committee of
supply,
THE BRITISH MUSEUM, &c.
Mr. GREGORY called attention to the coo litn of the
British Museum, the National Gallery, sod the Kio
easingtoa
Museum, the admioistration of which he criticised at some
length, declaring that the present arrangements were most
defective, owiog to ioefficient management and want of
space. If the government would act in accordance with
public opinion, and what he believed to be the opinion of
the house, in providing proper accommodation, sod placing
the administration on • right footing, there was no doubt
that the house would be iodised to deal generously is sr
siding them to redeem our national collections from the
deplorable state in which they now were, and wbi:h was •
discredit and reproach to the wealth, the chancier, end
the intellectual eminsoceof the country.
Mr. 00W PER observed that whoa the National Gallery
was built the best arrangements for the exhibitioo of the
pieturee were not understood, and it was • very interior
building to what any architect of the present
tditow.ould
erect The reams of the delay which bad takers was
that there bad been two alternatives, in favour each of
which much was to be said—one was that of enlarging the
present building, the other of removing it to soother bite.
A suspicion was entertained that some undue Ihd•
vantage had been conferred upon the Royal Aca-
demy, but this he disputed, for it should be re-
membered that at this moment it was the only large
sad cheap exhibition of maimsl pictures, and gave
great encouragement to art. Although it might be desirable
perhaps to erect • new gallery from the ground, if that
were possible, he was glad to adopt the alternative of ex-
Media; the present structure and making all the necessary
oddities, with such perfection as the state of knowledge on
the subject could supply ; sod fortunately the space in the
rear was well adapted for the purpose. As to the British
Museum sad the public accommodation required there, the
formal decision of the trustees was taken on that point is
1862, and be had now in the office of Woods and Works the
plea that was then prepared npos the recommendation of
the trustees, and which be thought would adequately meet
the requirements of the institution.
Mr. -WALPOLE bad hoped to berth a clear declaration of
what was intended to be dose with the British Museum,
and that the house would have been informed whether it
was intended to keep the collections together or to separate
them. With regard to the date of that institution, he
magnificent collections were so crowded, were so mach
added to year by year, and the space was so inadequate
for their proper exhibition, that it was not creditable
to the country ; but to attribute this to want of manage-
meat by the trustees was meet uojust They wen
booed to add to the oollectithe is order to make them wet-
, piste and perfect, and for fifteen years they bad pressed
• upon government the necessity of providing better sworn-
motion ; but Datil there was • response to their applications
the trustees as a body were blameless for the inconvenient
manner is which the collections were distributed. Space
might be found by purchasing the buildingsaroundthe
Museum, and by pulling down the houses as additional epee
was required. Having done that, they might reserve the
rent of the remainder of the buildings, which would suable
I them to pay the interest on the purchase money. The ex•
poem would in the end be considerable, but it would be
spread over several years, and the pressure on any one year
I would be comparatively small. Another tonne was to
I have divided the collections into two, putting the art col-
' lathiest in one place and the natural history collection in
another. His advice, these, was that these proposition;
should be laid before the house, its decision taken upon
them, and the question be then settled ono* for all.
After acme remarks 'rum Sir 0. Bowen and Mr. TISZ,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER justified
the course which the government bad taken in Menace'
to our great national collections, adding that, except is
one instance, they had carried out the slake expressed by
the house on every occasion. lo considering the question
I of extending the Museum, the two points that presented
themselves wets the amount of accommodation required
I sad the price per acre to be paid for the Wad. &wording
to the opinion of Professor Owen the space necessary
for the purposes of the natural history collection alone
would be eight acres, whilst it appeared that the
seat per acre would be 50,0001. The public, how-
ever, had sow soother most eligible site, at South
Kensington, which bad been purchased with the
suction of the house, aid bad cast about 7,0001. an sore ;
and the government were negotiating with the trustees ol
the British Museum with the object of making arraogemeuts
for an extension of the peewit building.
Mr. AYRTON deeded that by sanctioniog the purchase
cd the lead at Booth Ktheington the house bad in any way
approved of the proposal to remove thither any portion of
IM collections in the British Museum.
Observations were also made by Mr. H. SZTIIOIII4 sad
the subject dropped.
A question put by Lord NAAS relative to the leasing of
the Cornell of Kildare to the Wu Department elicited en
explanation from Mr. Peet, which was followed by a die-
minion in which Lord Duakellin, Colonel Duane, sad
Colonel French took part.
The house then went into committee pro forma.
The committee of ways and means resolution, woes agreed
to, authorising the issue of one million of Exchequer Bonds,
to be paid off at par within five years.
On the home resuming, the Writs Registretioe (Scollead)
'Bill was reed • wood time, the opposition having been
first withdraws.
Leave was giver to the Miaow Gthenl to bring I. a
bill abashing forfeiture for tresses sod felony and making
other previsions is veletas theeets
THE DUBLIN EXHIBITION.
Mr. HENNESSY roes to call the athletics of the house'
to the feet that the programme sanstfoned for the opening
qf the Dublin Exhibition did not wade any Irish muds.
At the first Irish Rehibitioa, bald is Cork is 1852, Lord
Wird.= agreed to the programme, sad it ocietaiaai as ode
Thai labels arepori- by as Izieksera. sea Math amble

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tko Quoins aid Priam Albert. Al the home woo so or
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The theleopeo coned "Order. order," sod attar
the eseekleee bed rea eta be °Nutted the bowie, sod then
Wag stay esseebere preseet. he, et qoarteritest eight,
derkred UNA the home we/ adjoersed to Mooday.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

AD111:111721T, MAT 5.....-APPOINTIONI4.—Acting
Seeded
auClam
t. Ambient Presser F. G. arms.,arms.,a,
to
the
/level Wet (eaokbated) T. H. B. Bereeterd.
Psomariors.-1. 13. Lee sad 0. Fordham to be kill elms
sotisteat eeibseese.

PORTSMOUTH, iiAT 5.
The General Cauldfield, sailing transport, arrived
at Spithesil this morning, from India, with military invalids
sad time-expired see. 'Th• former will be treader:Bd to
Braley Hospital, and the latter sent to their WSW depots.
CHATHAM, Mao 5.
ARP.IVAL or THS 17TH IaNCIRS 11,011
Ito charteredteoopshiy Agamemnon, 1,431 toe; Ciptel• N.
ldarder, Royal Naval lleeorvF arrived at Gravesend, from
Bombay, last evening. having ooh the headquertars of
the 17th Lamers, oa the oomple their tine of ear-
vies is India. The strength of the regiment weskits el
390 sea d ell ranks. 26 women sad 51 &Mao, live oaken'
wives sad mon obildrisa, together with the following el&
eon. via, Lieutiesant•Ooloriel L. E. Height, Captain 3.
Disney 0. Weymouth, J. Ovid* W. Balla, sad B. Chem-
,ley Lieutsrmate A. J. Billing, B. T. Goldsworthy, K. B.
Abed* O. Ramer, and 3. D. Jeoknon ; Cersele
IL H. Mandell. B. Y. Clark, and W. A. Bilis ;
Adjutant G. Pamfrett, Riding-master T. Maras,
alder Benlwanj and Burgeon J. Kell* ILD. 12
addition to the ath Looms, the Aganiemnoa also broght
homes number of lune-expired men and other troop he.
looSinit tow let battalioo at the Ist Hayek. The
Agamemnon ailed from Bombay ci the Met JON
retalld the Ceps os the 4th March, end touched at St.
Helms co the 19th Mush, the voYet• ocesPYiagt&fisi;
in oaorgaeaes of light winds and calms.
voyage deaths sad two births took they
Ora
the Steep
_bola. landed this afternoon they were eoaveyed
by the Leo&si sad ilibury Rearm to Colchester, where
they will be quartered. The Agarniganna also linage bone
a valuable ono of gums, seeds, and coffee.

UNIVERSITY INT'ELLIGENOB.

OAMBRIDGE. ][et &

Knto's Couto& —Or= Boionnwasun.—The
two open adiolatehipe M tbb senses bone Um aoudad so
follows :—Bodkin, Kion's OM**, Loudon ; likkeeley,
Charlatans* %%001 Them am sae drat open sehoJerehipe
at Leto, sad me of the value of 601. a year, with trotket
hasp are tenable for four years, and hare boon Owes
to two candidates rider 90 years of nee who moat distin-
guished ilwaiseirm in Um essoliaatio• in mathecootios sod
physic'. Snob was the propose], bet *sly the two moor
fel candidate presented tNemselves.

01701 W. MAY 5.

Beaannoen Coulon —The following gentlemen
were Ms day elected scholars of this society, viz.
Peter Berkey, from Bristol Gramm: &hoot ; Mr. Robert
Heywood Redfern from Baotou School ; Mr. Wiliam 0.
Croft', exhibitioner of re lota of Bedford
School. Mr. John Look Watson, kom Blundmati==
Tiviltoe, woe ow the maw day elected

et. NAST Semi Ant:oboe Cartwright. of
the Groomes Wool. Hoottee, b been elooted to tko
moist Doke Kkoletakip st this halLoo

RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.

The aisty-sixth annual meeting of this branch of
saissioaary enterprise was held at Bleier-ball last evening ;
Lord HMIZOWIIT in the chair. The
mimwere
ed by prayer. The emorMary_ (the Cir Pr.
read the report, of which the following is an extract
Dating the year end* Barth 31,1866. the society bad
issued over 300 differeat publications. Of these, 19 were
books far adults, 15 were books for youth of both senssald
17 were Ishildrea's books. Sevesty-four tracts Whom
in differeet propoytiass, to the various series—drat
tymead, biographical sod narrative, Monthly Mumma aad
book and ,bs
wise. The remainder
raciadd the
leisure Hour," the " Son-
day at Hoene," the " Cottager," " Child's Cozies,*
" Tract Naprine,"—pictures sad miscollimeone Gotha&
The total curculathe amounted to forty-one re seven
hundred and ninety-four thousand, six hundred and ifty-
three. The total groats to the British Isles have been
6,385,387 publications, uthroated at 7,3074 la. 3d. The
Perk Tact Society had put tato circulation 900,000 Chris-
tine Absthathe. 289,000 tracts, 1,843 books, and about
120,000 copies of • periodical for the young. The Toulouse
Book Society had published a large number of works, some
especially suited to the ematroverthe is the Protestant Na-
timid Charch. These operations and some others had been
aided by grants from the Bablion• Tract Society, menet-
ing to nearly 1,4001. The total receipts of the society for
the year amounted to 110,9281., being an increase of 3,1r4
over the previous year and the total expenditure to
109,4794. The bethvolent receipts, exclusive of legacies,
IMO 10,2261., and including legacies. 13,3581. The grants
bad amounted to 14,626/., so that they bad exceeded the
benevolent funds, exclusive of legacies, by 4,437/., and
Jae-Mint legacies. by 1,3070
The Causius sad that the society was in fact a wimple.
meat of the other missionary enterprises, because it enabled
the inhabitants of remote lands to mad in their ow
War the Scriptures and the tracts by which :•ifil:1111-
truth was illustrated and enforced.
• The meeting was addressed by several clergymen and
r gentlemeo, sod the proceedings terminated with a collection
towards the funds of the society.

EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION.

Let night, the annual meeting of the friends
and subscribers to this association was held at the London
Coffee-boom, Ludgete-bW, tinder the presideacy of Kr.
HANSI Mourner+, of Mincing-lase, who observed, In °pon-
ies the pcoossdisp, that the society bad been in operation
fo rlB years, and it was instituted for the purpose of re-
ducing the bows of labour in places of business, •
the half-holiday system and the early payment of wwaurealgill
first it had very up-bill work, and far some
I years it wee iocumbenxl with debt ; bat more recently it
had obtained much sumer sot only in London but also in
the provisoes, ms the report now to be submitted would
show.—Mr. Henry Walker, ore of the escrstaries, read the
document, which supplied some interesting details of what
had been accomplished daring the past year. Shopkeepers
in most of the leading bonnets thoroughfares of the
metropolis had adopted the early closing sad
the Saturday half holiday. Lineedrapers, smelters,
grocers, obearemongers, and in fact every breech
of retail trade, were gradually amiss round to the views
advocated by the society. Milliners, dressmaker, and
clothiers had also been induced to close their houses earlier,
nod although not to the extent that could be wished, the
society had been instrumental in diminublog Sunday
trading. The isoome of the year, including a balance
of 781. ss. 6d. brought forward, had amounted to
9571. 17s. 4d., of which 7934 Us. 3d. wr dmiyed from
subscriptions and dossatioes. The income had peeved more
than sufficient to meet the demands made on the moiety,
sod the expenditure left a Wanes in band of 561. 18a 2d.
Oa the motion of Mr. Pines, seconded by Mr. Bur* the
report was unanimously adopted. Loral organisation was
strongly advocated, and it was urged that a more extensive
caravans should be mad* amongst the mallet okapi& vipers.
It was stated that five local committessalready misted, and
others were in contemplation, with the view of bringing the
movement to bear upon low neighbourhoods. The baud
of management, the treasurer, auditors, and secretaries
were re-elected, sad a vetoer thanks to the chairmen closed
the business of the evening.

GOVialft mite Iburrxo22oT Iserrrurrow.—The
maid meeting of the Weeds sod supporters of this charity
was held yesterday at the Henoverequius Rooms ; Mr.
T. Hunt ia the chair. Mr. Wash, the secretary, raid the
report, which was me of great length, sad of which the fol-
lowing M en abstract :—" There bad been • considerable in.
Orems la the urinal subscriptions during the past year,
al wing the moiety was issoonsing more appreciated. The
amber el asmilants now ea the fuede wee 122 ; inmates
of the asylum, 22; and provident annuitants, 608; making
the ebb rumbas receiving the benefits of the charity, 752.
The egpliestioes for temporary 'mistime in 1864 had bin
792; mi gnats had been mode to 536, =oting in this
wheletn 1,4641. 9s. 3d. The elective nannity un
dopartment
was b • sstiefactery ocaditioe, and the kb Miss Fryer, of
Reading, hod left • legacy ci 3,0003. to made three annuities
of 301. mak, the elections to which would take place in
November. The total sum now invested by the charity is
the Provident Aansities Fund was 248,0001. The Home
esatianes to be of great advantage to theme oat
of employee's% sad 267 ladies alloyed its ts daneg
the pad year. Mad at whom ware provided with *ha-
lides@ by the aid of the registration department in connexion
with the Boom no asylum is much appreciated by its
imostes. Daring the mar, anseaget other legacies lime
Imo ressived tie Mewing :7Frera Mks Fryer, 3,0001. ;
hem Mr. John Yarnell, LOOK ; sad hem Wee K. Kw,
LOOK The total Masa fel the year bad bees 13,808 k
12a 7d. ; end the expenditure, 13,1901. lb. 2d, ; Mavis; •
lobes; of 4111.19 a. bd." Os the media at Mr.
sinsisi by IL% &stns. the Mod wee earetai re*
essissithm sad for the emu* year min sysidoexei.
As index On six annuileste thm tab pica, PRI of
ono of 251., end leer et Mi. trob. Ms ix highest Amer
received a intudky 31 101. each.
CRTIM4II PAincia. 099 !Imam DLL ••-•
Maar, lILAT Lk—Miriam as 1.710; IliNe
by sum WWI. IN; lead vidir,