The Express.
London, England, 1856-06-24 00:00:00

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Clrobary North. d:.,— Du riete—
R,ad Bill; the
Colmar dad LlaiVadeo Read ; sad the MP' ydd Railway
Bina were read a third lie. sad parsed.

NA WAB OF SURAT TREATY BILL.
Sir F. KELLY moved the third reading of this bill.
The government, by the ermirrom'es they bad offered, bad
conceded the joatrees of this claim, and now the only oppo-
nent, to the bil7were the East Irdia Company.
8 r.l. W. HOOO moved as an amendment that the bill be
read a third time this day sin months, end observed that
if the government really did admit the claim, they ought to
be uheined of themselves, as for the last ten yeses they had
maintained a dirctly oppi sits opinion. (Laughter.) The
same was first decided by Lord Ellenborougb, in India,
viten decision was afterwards adopted and sctod
on by Lord IVron, Lord B. den, Lord Dalhousie,
Sir C. Wood, and his right hon. friend the President of the
Board of Control. The present claimants bad no right to
the annuity either in law or equity, and although the
government had discreditably 'unordered, he should fight
the battle to the lest. His experience is this ease would
make him cautious in futuriehow he trusted to the ski:wry
' eni.put of the gov-rnment. (L•tighter ) They had coerced
him into giving his assent to the second reading of the bill,
ant be very much regretted that he gave way then; bat to
eonvir ted was he of toll illegality r f this claim, that he
would not allow it to page without making a final sprat to
the levies of the house to arrest its farther peeress. (len.)
[The debate was proceeding when our report left.]

THE SOUND DUES COMMITTEE.-THIS DAY.

This committee met spin this afternoon, Mr.
Vtuazeie is the chair.

Mr. Thomas R. Amcor?, a merchant and shipowcer
of Liverpool, and ammber of the Chamber of Commerce ia
that town, was examined. He said the ',object of the Sound
Dues had been very much discused of live by the Chamber
of Commerce, sod two nal menial, had been test to the Tree-
nary prsyiog for some arrangement by which the dues
might ►e abolishes. Ose of thole memorials was sent in
1863 and the other last year. The witness read an abstract
of the second memorial, which, se the chairman observed,
did not tray so insets for the abolition of the dues
themselves u that they should be levied at some port
when the ships stopped to deliver their eargoes, and that
they should not be annulled to interrupt their voyage
at Elsinore; the Chamber of Commerce were air° of
opinion that the dues s►ould be paid on the eargoes, not on
the s►ips. The ameaat paid by Liverpool anunally towards
the Sound Dues we. tram 100,00 W. to 120,00 W.

The committee afterwards examined older mercantile
witoelees, who complaised of the esistirg sods of levying
the dues.

ELECTION OF SEERIFFS.-(THIS DAT.)

The election of sheriff, for the City of Loudon and
Middlesex took plaits at ose o'clock t►is day ha the Guild-
►all, he the protease of a large camber of the live:lms* of
the City.

Mr. J. J. Willi end Mr. Frederick Keats desired to be
pat in nomination for the year ensuing. the two aldermen
(Laurent. and Erglston) neat in rotation having notified
a wish that their nomination should be postpaid until the
neat year.

♦ few esisstee after see o'clock, with the usual for-
malities, the Lord Mayor took his pile), amenspenied by
several Alarm's, the Tows Clerk, Remambranaer, sad
ether dela fasetiosarim.

The Recorder stattd that the liverymen lad been celled
together for the election of the Sheriffs for London and
tiidJl.eea, for the year essaing.

The Common &least having sanoluseed tdat Mawr'.
Eariktra, Lawreaar, and Kochi had already been nomi-
nated.

Mr. Bicknell thou proposed, and Mr. Roberts seconded
the nomination of Mr. Frederick Kean.

The names wen Ursa pat, when no ham!' wars held rip
for Aldermen Bailment sad Lawrence, the liverymen anima
mot—" Nest year, or ems them,"—and a forest of heads
was held op for Mr. John I up% Menhi sad Mr. Frederick
Keats.

Mr. Sheriff Kennedy thee declared that Meson. Muhl
end Keats were unanimously elected.
The Chamberlsis sad other clams were then elected, and
the proowdiap leaded.

SHARE LISTS-THIS DAY.

Two o•Craas.

The railway share market continues very strong,
with a favourable tendency. In many awn prices
show a further advance. Berwick", Yak and North
Midlands, and Oxford and Worcester', are especially
buoyant. Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, Midland, Manchester and
Sheffield, North British, and South Eastern shares,
besides others, are in request. London and South-
Westerns are rather more offered. Great Western
stock, after rallying to 621 to 63, has again fallen,
and exhibits much heaviness, _ _

Paris and Lyons shares are higher, whilst Grand
Trunk of Canada have declined.

OIDDIAIT SHARES AND MOM

sew* 10.44,y
to 10.0.

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, NM