The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-24 00:00:00

PRIVATI 311.1,8.

The following rules for the practice and procedure
of the referees on private bills, in cases of objection taken
to the loons utast& of petitioners, framed by the Chairman
of Ways and Means, order Standing Order 89, have just
been issued :

"1. Novice or OBJICIION TO LOCOS STAND! OP Arm
Timms now To as orrix.—The promoters of private hello
spinet which any petition has been presented, who intend
to object to the right of the petitioners to be heard on such
petition, shall, not less than three dear days before the
first meeting of the committee to which the bill has been
referred, give notice in writing of such Intention, and of
the grounds of their objection, to the clerk to the referees ;
but it shall be competent to the referees to allow inch
notice to be given under special circumstances, although the
time above limited may have expired.
"2. NOTICTS or OantertoN TO Locos &am MAT BS
WITEIDRAWN.—Portia who have given such notice se
above may at any time withdraw the same by giving notice
of withdrawal in writing to the clerk to the referees.
"3. Nonce or HWANG ro Ee Omar Tzekuoa Tag
PSIVATI BILL Oriel.—Not less than one clear day's notice
shall be given by the clerk to the referees to the alerts
the private bill office of the days on which the objections to
the right of petitioner' to be heard will be severally taken
into consideration by the referees.
" J. G. DODSON, Chairman of Ways and Means.
"House of Oommone, Feb. 22,1865."

Colonel Gilpin will ask the Under-Secretary of
State for War, on Monday, whether the number of the
army on the let day of the present month was not below
the proper establishment by the number of 4,000 men.
Mr. Alderman Salomons's bill to facilitate the
traffic of the metropolis and to improve the oommunications
across the River Thames by opening the present toll-bridges
for the free use of the public is deferred till Wednesday,
March 1.
On going into committee of supply, Mr. Adder-
lay will move the following resolution :—" That this hones
is of opinion that so much of article 52 of the Ruiseil Edu-
cation Code, 1864, as appropriates private esdowmente in
reduction of public grim* should be cancelled in respect of
all schools receiving aid from the Treasury, provided that
each endowments, with other private subscriptions, and
the grant together, shall in no cue exceed 30s. per scholar."
Sir Harry Verney intends, on the Civil Service
Estimates, to move, "That it is the opinion of this haws,
, that a statue of Sir John Elicit, temp. Charles L, should
be placed within the precincts of the Sew Palace of West-
minster. in addition to thus of persons who rendered dis-
tinguished service to the country in those times.'
The general committee of elections have selected
the following members to serve as chairmen of election corn.
mittens during the present session :—Knees. W. E. Barter,
J. W. Buller. E. C. Egerton, T. W. Evans, J. M. Ossksll,
1 and It. Longfleld.
A singular fact was made known at the meeting
of the Liverpool health committee yesterday. It win
there stated that 3,200 inhabited places is the borough, foe
which corporation rates were piid at the time, were
omitted from the census returns of 1861, melds', as le
calculated, a difference of 20,000 in the population of the
borough.
i At a meeting of the Sheffield board of guardians
on Wednesday, Alderman Saunders stated that a rear,
named Sayler, bed become an inmate of the lunatic asylum,
in cousqunce of religions excitement in sennewicia with
the senior of the " Halielejetk Bead,"—. body of " revi-
valists," whom stooge damp were nonotly noticed in oar

eoloatai.
CRYSTAL PALALCZ. ONZ SWUM DAY.—
THURSDAY, rim Ailienileilrne oa 1.098 ; ditto
by soma ticks% 4022 told villa. 11R

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ITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Fn. 23.
MIDDLE Cute qin•tritiarlOns.—ln • coogyegalisa
hoiden this afternoon • form of statute relating to the
Oxford middle clam araminatioas was prole and
called forth a very anboaled sea.cM Mee gam-
tion being spin the difficalty pr only
continue in force this year, sad is the absence of
• WOW
statute being carried by oolagragatioe and esamestise the
examisations would ease. The-dlapssitice of the
who took part la the debate
_was !avowable war
Volans" el the system of the lead imeminations.
V
views vies held Wilk reed to the astaMeal t
amosare. datooset the emendessnts pad i 2, the sok ha-
portent was that el Profamer finlike of Barna, who pro-
posed that the words " conetientis esesa,* now conteined
in the claire relating to relight% should be expunged so as
to Ow the religions examinailea en • more satisfactory
tarts LThe Rev. Dr. Pray seppertei the Ma-
the present form, but the Niedar el &I-
nd, the Remand Dr. Sealt,
_wee not favourable
to it, and likewise said it did sot meet with the
approval of the majmby of the Middle Oleas Examinalka
Itaiesser &wows vas ke the Metals sit
stood, Proforma, Cosiagles eampleined cd the aware-
nem of the weeding et the instate . •and •seggisled
the propriety of patting the inns so *A
there maid be no mistake, • stenmeien wee opposed
by Mr. Brealey, Magdalen, who said dare lie own allege
(Magdalen) deletes were pat into !agile tiny bid load
mons dismission misting to the peepsemeiredien of the
statute than they had in the previous 400 yam with the
Vihsal Latin statutes of their foasessr. The emendamets
of the hones will have *pis to be ma-
sider7gryg: Hibelemedal Counoi/, who being forward
another measure at the earliest opportunity.