The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-08 00:00:00

• PARLIAMENT.

1101:113 OF 0021310M—(raw DAY.)
os flreaws• tort tbe akar at 13 o'clock, bat it was •
war pot beim 40 members wer• proem
NRCRUITING IN THE ARMY.
(YNNILLY gave • seek, et motion for the appoint.
pit of • esembeem to *eke lido gm made of reer sidag
kr gie owl.

EDUCATION.
erAysTatartbro settee Matt sew Sk J. Fairish:4es I
kg a of isqldry Into the cooduet of the
lowa of the Oommittee el Conseil. ke should move te
al week eatereding am Inquiry to the (abject of the Is.
modis el "Meek
dITERLtL DRAINAGE IN IRELAND.
is nay to a quintets from Mr. MAGUIRE,
sr 1. 'isu said that the goverment bad the subject of •
&lamp is baked eagles Wok eassideestiont, but
ist mewed be Merano, a stemare.
TO COURT OF ADMIRALTY EN IRELAND.
Tar* goodies frees Lord NAMI.
eir Pte'g said the gevernisest
Ireland
a bin
wawa the Cbest Alinairalty ie
THE ADDRERIL
0. Us more of the abbess, Is answer to a speech flews
tirli.aLLY moved " to molt the paragraph relating to
t.d." sok* lased " We regret that the genera see&
riaTif Imbed newt be regarded ea prosperous or Widow
.206:1 dal multitudes of the inhabitants coadissa to
to foreign countries through the salt of reassue.
pave WlFltYmmt at home." indeed thereof. The kw.
imwbw said ha bed no wish to go over the same
sit he did ra the previous day, but he denied tElltre
rioseb ocmcatalating the Lows on the Improved
ilmap ia Ireland was jusUbod by
thria The growth of trade sad manufactures
Ord to is the royal womb sr very 'macs". mid the
mow was by so mama in the state as prosperity indi.
.64 Whetter he premed Ws astredrosse to a division or
sat staid domed co the support white be received from
Ye hie tory members, who took so part in the debate
44 4A, Am regarded than rasoabara goastally,
they milled themeless Irish manhole he
shlirjniat they had lay real sympathy with the
lolority el the people in time musky. W boaster any
hat
seesaw wee involved they §lloinli that their
sus ewe as the other side. Inked Ina taxed •Ca.
the
„dal cOOO. is the lona ts Manemitted
beta • 4000t.,000,000i. wee spinsren Upon foreign
..ggsg, I there being say Irish experts as
;-mastarpoivo ; end 4.000.0001. more was abstracted for
romp reseoleatoree. These was serious drains apes the
mato. &Mirada' was Mill preseediag at a fearful rate.
woo trielhaw kit the country annually ; and settles
tits does at ally half the pries of an American nigger,
thee was melba dmin of 10,000,0001.
ER Ultentv emended the amendment, which °p-
rod by Sir R. Pen.
Ns* GAVIN sad Dr. BRADY having pokes, the awed-
mat me pal, sad the hosts divided :
For the entirdmiat l2
Aftizat

Majority against the antstadmast 55
Oar inns remadaa from Sir J. Et.ranurroits, taw repeat
iligesed le, and the bows adjourned at 5 agnates to 2

REPEAL OF THE MALT DUTY.

GMAT FARNICRir it =TING AT FRI'S-
YAWNS' HALL—{THIS DAY.)
This afternoon the long announced public meet-
ing et the farmers of Baena& in tamer of the repeal of the
wait taa, emumesed at 9 reek*. in the large mom a
Preemasord Solt no atbeedance wee very numerous.
In fad the hall was oraronsed throughout, and it were own.
pubed that net Is. Own SOSO perms were present. Sir
BrisnOr MUST, LP., presided, and among thole present
were observed—Sir M. H. Beath. ILP., Mr.
Water Booth, XP., Sir John Trollops, M.P., the
How W. Duncembe, XP., Mr. Goddard, ILP.,
Mr. Browdey, Major Beresterd, M.P., Mr. Barrow,
XP., 001. Fate, ILP., Lord Holmes/ale, M.P.,
Lord H. Thynne, XP., Mr. Start, XP., Lord Owns,
M.P., Mr. Banks Stanhope, M.P., Col. Cartwright.
ILP., Mr. Josalhan Pad, M.P., SirTMoataga_
=slay, LP., Major Parker, M.P., Mr. Monk*, LP..
Lord A. Hervey, M.P., Mr. Alderman Sidney, M.P.
Oakes' North, M.P., Mr. Pierrepoint Beetle*
LP., the Hon. Ralph Dation, XP., Mr. Towline, M.P.,
Mr. ()Meet, M.P., Mr. Bee* LP., Sir JOllll Hay,
M.P., Mr. Abel Smith, M.P., Sir IL BnitittleY,
Sir Gerard Noel, M.P., Si John Mordent, M.P., Sir
During, M.P.
Thu resolutions to be proposed and seconded are as fol-
lows :

Moved by P. S. Puirinerr, Fag., Chart, Sutton, Keel
seconded by J. Bosoms, Fog., Klug's Norton, Bir.
mingham That this meeting Is of opinion that
the excise duty upon malt inflicts gnat end
satiOoa injustice upon the growers of barley, which
n almost the chief product of our native son —in a
eases. burden upon the 001=108111 of our national home
beverage, especially the working clams, by wham beer is no
largely used as a portion of their diet, 'ad is wholly at
MIAMI* with the free.trade policy of the oeuntry.•
Moved by H. 091101" Erg., Weeford-park, Temercothr
seconded by G. WOOD, Beg., Ath.lbamptoo, Crocheter,
that "Strongly bolding theme views, this meeting is doter.
mined to persevere by eve* available means is demanding
the repeal of this obnoxious tax, and ogress to the following
petition to parliament (to be signed by the chairman on be.
half of the meeting), and sioommeede it for adoption
throughout the anontry."
Moved by G. Brow, Eeq., Thoretou-hall, Bingham,
seconded by J. B. BOADDIUX, Egg., Wan, Herta :—" Th►t
t►is meeting gladly resspiess and approves of the esta-
blishment of the Central Anti-Mall Tax Aincreiatioe,
in London, as the medium of communisation with
parliament, and the central authority for organieirag the
various anti-malt tax armistices, Lod hereby appoint. the
following gentlemen to be the oromell of the easociatios,
with power to them to add to their number, vin. :
Moved by J. B. BOOTH, Beg., Oatteriair, Yorkshire ;
seconded by the Bev. H. 0. Una; the vises of Sortedon
" That the beet thanks of the meeting be, sod are, hereby
given to Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., far his conduct in the
chair, and for his able advocacy of the repeal of the malt
duty."

Time reeolutkee will also be link= to respectively by
seaters of parlisassai yeensat

METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.)
The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was
sad this them= at tits Load's Tama ; Mr. W. A.
Vin Amos is the chair.

The report (published in the Express of Feb. 1) having
been takes an read,
The Csainntan, in moving the adoption of the report,
congratulate/ the shareholders upon the satisfactory na-
ture of the statemeste contained ia that document, and
thought that thane was every reason for congratulation
upon the Datum of the resells which were thee recorded.
The lint thing to which he wished to direct their attention
was the dhideed they would receive. The dividend which
they would receive that day would be paid oat of the earn-
lap of the whole hoe, Lad would be the name as they
would have received if there bad been no extension
of the line to Finsbury. The arrasgemeat entered into with
the Great Western Company was cue which would prove
mutually edvastageous, had it not been for the Fiesbury
arteasioa Obey would have been esabhd to enter iato that
arvangsweet. With rasped to the proposed m of ad-
ditioual capital, it had been duly oomidered, and the
directors had, after mature deliberation, come to the
determiestion to advise the shareholders to amalgamate the
several extensions under ow general company.
Mr. PAM/lONS, deputy chairman, is seconding the motion,
expired himself as willing to give every information which
might be asked, and to answer every question which might
be put.
[A discussion was proceeding when our report left.]

PROROGATION 07 CONVOCATION.—(THIS DAY.)—
This morning the Archbishop of Canterbury, who ti
was accompanied by Mr. Francis Hart Dyke, the regis. 1
trar of the provisos, and Mr. Watts, attended at the Jim- M
'glom Chamber, Drae'ryard, Westminster, for the purpose
of proroguing the Convocation of the prelate. and clergy, ■
which stood adjourned until to-day. Io the LOwsr House 11,
there are two vacar.cles, ono by the elevation of Dr.
Wordsworth, proctor for the chapter of Westmin-
ster, to the Arehdeaooory of Westminster, and one p
by the elevation of Sir George Prevost, Bart., proctor for 11
the eery of Gloucester. The archbishop prorogued the
Coevocatioo until the 14th Just, when it is understood that
the question of the constitution of the final court of appeal I
in soolesisatical caner will occupy both houses, with a view g
to a representation on the subject blase made to parlia-
ment. Many aotioes of motions on questions of importance I
have been given by the Dean of Norwich, Archdeacon
Wordsworth, Chancellor Massingberd, Archdeacon Denison,
Sir Henry Thompson, and other members of the Lower i
Homo. e
Taa Lars Sia Jonx Haar., 1.0.8., F. S. A
We note the death of Sir John Hare, a well-known citizen !
of Bristol. Sir Jobe died on Thursday at his French
residence of Chateau d'Hardeleit, near Boulogne. He was
bore is 1784, ad was the bead of the firm of John Hare
mid Co., door-cloth manufacturers. Sir Jobe Hare was •
chiefly notable for his connexion with the auaialavery
movement. In the best of the disenasioos on this subject
there wee an election for Bristol, the candidates being Mr.
James Evan Bailie, a whig, who supported the West
Indian interest, and Mr. Edward Protheroe, a whig, who
supported steaccipatioo. Sir John Hare took an active
part on behalf of Mr. Prettier's., and barely escaped with
his life at one of the party banquets at Bristol—the
Baillieites making a dead set at the Protheroeites. Sir
John was knighted in 1840, through the influence of Mr.
F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P. for Bristol. on the presentation of
a congratulatory address from the city of Bristol on her
Majesty's marriage. Sir John was a radical in politics, and
an ardent Baptist in religion. He was the owner of the
ship Cambria, which is said to have saved the mew and
the pease:niers (including the 31st Regiment) when the
Seek Eat lediemen, was destroyed by fire in the Bay of
Meaty.
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. —The
report of the directors to the half -yearly meeting on the
15th inst., states that the amount of capital on the 31st
December, 1864, on which dividend or interest is payable
out of revenue, excluaive of the leased lines, in as follows :
—Consolidated stock, 12,093,5941. ; guaranteed and
pre-
ference stook, 3,171,4424 ,• loans, 4,798,1484 ,• mosey in
advance of calls, 192,1871. •, total, 20,255,3714 The ex-
penditure charged to capitol for the past half-year, exclu-
sive of new limps, amounts to 128,3511. 19& 7d. ; the follow-
ing constitute the item:—Extension of elation; 65,145/.
12s. 7d., against 80,0001. voted by last primal meeting.
Land for stetson purposes, 2,8854 Is. 24., against 10,0004
voted by last general meeting. Rolling stock, 60,3211.
ss. 10d., against 60,0001. voted by Wt general meeting.
The expenditure on new lines has during the half-year been
188,8341. 19s. Bd.. under the heads mentioned in account
No. 2. The receipts of the company during the half-year
have been as follows :—Passengers, parcels, and mails,
CW..,0 437/. • goods, minerals, sad live stock. 575,4964 • rents,
1,081. ; Preston and Wyly Railway. 27,91/4 ; Manchester,
Bono°, and Bury Canal, 4,0931. ; total, L 041,6351. The
disbursements as follows :—Workng expenses, 383,498/. ;
Praetors and Wyre Railway, 14,4751. ; rates, taxes, and
duty. 31,703/. •, Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal,
1,0491. ; total, 430,7254 The balance of revenue applicable
to the payment of dividend on the ordinary stook of the
company is 371,5761. 19a., and out of this amount the
directors recommend the proprietors to declare a dividend at
the rate 46 per cent. per annum, less income tax,and to carry
forward the balance, 8,7691. 2s. 74., to next half-yeer's so-
count. The markedincrease in the company'srevenue, referred
to in last belt-year's report, wee continued up to the month
of September last ; but the fluctuations in the cotton
market have again prejudicially affected the trade of the
district, and for a time diminished the baffle receipts both
in Lancashire and Yorkshire. The engineer reports the
permanent way to be in good conditioe, and the superin-
tendents of the locomotive, carriage, and wagon depart-
ments, also report the rolling stock to be in good order.
The estimate of the probable amount which will be re-
quired 'snug the curries half-year for the extaosion of
stations, for land, and for rolling stock, is as follows :—Ex-
Mineola of stations, including land, 75,0004 ; rolling stock, ,
50,0004 ; total, 125,0001.
When Mr. Blair entered Jeff. Davis's study, on
his Bret visa to Richmond, the rebel chief did not at first
reee him. Davis was dreamed In coarse grey homespun,
and looted more like a poor clerk than a President. —Ante-
ricon.paper.
It la stated that in the late memorable conflict at
Fort Fisher, theagrste of the United States Sanitary Com-
missies effected a on the day of the battle, and
were on the hospital Foetid, with ample supplies, some
hours beers any otthe wounded =incl.—New York Sun.

SHARE LISTS.-(TRIE DAY.)
Two o'Cincm.
The railway market continues heavy, and prima
have further declined in several instances. Great
Northern stock has receded 1 per cent., South
Eastern I, London and North Western 4,
Great Western, }I, and Metropolitan. Lan-
cashireand Yorkshire, and Great Eastern, 4.
London and North Western stook is now quoted
121 to ; Great Western, 804 to 81 ; Mid-
land, 1374 to 138 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
117 to ; South Eastern, 87 to ; Great
Eastern, 484 to 47 ; Great Northern, 190 to
132 ; CalecTonian, 132 to 133 ; London and
South Western, 984 to 994 ; and Metropolitan,
1274 to;
Imperial Mexican Railway shares have declined,
and West Flanders are flat. Bahia, on the other
hand, meet with inquiry. Indian lines exhibit a
drooping tendency in some instances, and Canadian
are inactive.