The Express.
London, England, 1865-07-19 00:00:00

THE BISHOP OEXPENP OAPSSE& TOWN AND

This morning wasianued, in a return toparliaalet,
• copy of a memorial to the Treasury from the Bidt"
Oapetown, praying for compensation for expenses fan'
in taking legit proceedinp against the Bishop el
This document was forwarded by Mr. Predict& Peel
Ooloisial-ofroe, with • request as the part of the
that Mr. Oerdwell would favour their lordships
views-on the matter. On the 3e dof June a rep 4 waits
"that it appears to Mr. Cardwell that whiten, mighai
bee• t►e egoism of the }Belay of Cape Tows respeatiegi
pewees conferred by his letters patent preview',
judgment in the case of ' Loeg r. The Bishop r
Town,' he must have twee folly aware, ate, the s'
that judgment, that any attempt to exercise aces
diction under his letters patent, was attended .
greatest risk and unoestainty ; and that if, ender them
mundane's, he chose to incur that risk, it was eleady,
to be expected that her lbjeety's govesnmeut should,
him from the oomequenees." On the 24th of
Peel wrote to the bishop, ma behalf of the Treasury.
abated identical with tbe above, adding that their .
were therefore not prepared to authorise the moat d
ail compensation on account of the expensed incurred.

DRAMA.

PRINCESS'S.

Arrah-na-Pogue was performed at this honselm
night for the hundredth time, with every sign of whole
lobed popularity. The drama has received few altchtim,
either in dialogue or incident, since its introdnctim Ws
London audience on the 22nd of March, and the actiat I
some of the principal parts has been unusually stash.
Shaun, Amin. Fealty, and the O'Grady are as distant ul
welLoontrarted as they were when first ropmeented, ad
the stage management is still aa admirable. Mr. 800
malt may be honestly congratul►ted on the sweat cI or
of his beat original works--an Irish drama that hu no mei
on the English stags.

7HZ NSW BLACWHARS AWOL
(THIS DAY.)

This morning the preporations were mamma
for laying the brat atone of the new bridge at Blackings,
which will be performed to-morrow by she Lord Mays
with considerable ceremony. The fooodationatooe to bs
laid to-morrow formed • portion of the old bridge, tal
weighs nearly three tons. It will be laid is the cofferdam
formed for toe abutment of the bridge oo the Surrey elm
The interior of this coffer-dam has bees prepared
for the reception of the Lord Mayor sad the al,
Magniahed pessousges by whom he will be aeoom•wita
Over the dam a tent sweisig has been erected slag dew.
length, sad galleries formed round its sides for the alma
modatio• of ',baton having cords of admiwios to API
lla
eeremooy, end a temporary staircase oonstructed to milk
the Lord Mayor, ho., to descend to the level of the rine
Where the stool, will be laid. The temporary woodman*
will be entirely closed to public trefho from I &dab
1110011 till 5 o'clock in the evening.
The following is the inscription for the foundationatas
of the new bridge:

Yoatie noei
voters ism dilspeo
is Flemine Tnsomei site eorlem mdifiesedi
smtmi Vrbis Loodineasis Oa mila ins?,
Warren Stamm Hale, Priem Vrbssve,
Anno Domino MDCOOLXVdie Enemas DLO u ,

Primvat Lapidem poavit
avapizna carte nielioribva
quid illvm Bello vodiqvc flagrante
hvoc &ovate Pace,
Victoria iam &nom 'wawa et vicaiimvm reguak

voiverei(en orbie tot rum,
per nova commerce 'coders
eater se ivoctis popvlis
Civitas Loodissosis ivopodvm cmvit;
qvod CUM, Dive Optimvs Maslow.,
pro beeiguitate sve
amity comprobst.
Doestrezit.