The Express.
London, England, 1853-07-30 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA.

ROTTERDAM, Tat:11811AV.
The Dutch government have just received the
ufficiat notificatian tram the Dutch minister plenipotentiary
at Stockholm, that the Swedish government have declared
that the cholera prevails in Abo, Elsinore, St. Peters-
burg, Cronstadt, N , ittval, Riga, and Copenhagen ;
and tl.at the fallowing places and territories are " inept eted
to be infecteo :" all the Fionian harbours from Christian-
stadt inclusive to the Russian frontiers; all the Russian
ports of the Gulf of Finland and 1.124 B2itie, and the ports
of Zealand.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT A CUCKCII.—Ott Thurs-
day, a man amid Adams was killed at Twitchen, is the
north of Devoe, by falling trout the tower of the parish
church to the ground. Ile was engaged in repairing the
bittlemen:s cf the tower, and was suspended in a cradle"
by the bell ropes. Suddenly these ropes broke, and be luta
precipitated to the ground, where he lay for a few steonds
in excruciating pain. lie was token up to be conveyed
home, but life was found to be extinct. He bas left a wile
and Metal children.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—FHIDST. JULY 29.
The Loan Cstaxcm.l.cin took his seat at 6 o'clock
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
COUNTY COURTS AND BANKRUPTCY COM-
MISSIONS.
Lard ST. LEONARDS understood that the government
were to issue a e omission to inquire into County Courts.
Their lordships would recollect that he had brought in a
bid to amend the bankrupt law, which was sent to a select
committee ; but in consequence of his noble and learned
friend ou the woolsack stating that it was his intention to
a C /Ininission to inquire into the operation of County
Courts and into the law of bankruptcy, he did not proceed
any further with his bell. He wished now to know what
the intention of the government was as to the issuing of the
commissiLin in question ?
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had been waiting
for the exact terms in which he ought to issue the come-
miadon on the bankruptcy law until the evidence was
prisvad. Ito had been tatremely anxious to unite the two
into the county tout ts and bankruptcy, and had
boos in eimmunication with several persons on the subiect,
last he found great didculty in accomplishinpt his object,
lad h• famed he could nut unite Bic two commissions sari -
feetweily. The object of the commission as to bankruptcy
wield be to considor the working of the las: act—the ear.
blesta—and what prohibility there was of the present
rotas being em..rined ; whether it might be desirable to
reduce the es.ablielustnt to prevent the court becoming
bankrupt it.•:if. He heind to issue the commission in a
work or ten dm.
TUB EDUCATION BILL.
Lord BROUGHAM was anxious to knew whether the
Governisiint wended to proceed with the Education Bill ?
Th. Earl of ABERDEEN said that it was with great
regret that it had been fund impossible to proceed with
die measure during the present session.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT AMENDMENT
BILL.

This Lill went through committee.
SCOTCH SCHOOLMAST ERS.
The Duke of BUCULEUCH wished to know what was
the intentom of the government with nference to Scotch
schoolm,,, r. ?
The EA of ABERDEEN hoped his noble friend would
believe that tos felt as great an intetcst as the noble duke
did in t o a. (fare of the most meritorious body to whims he
had referred. He had undertak, it that a change should
be mule in the pcsition of schoolmasters either by
means of the education measure which hid been
introduced in the present session, but which the govern-
ment hail been of,liged to postpone till nest sessionor by
means ni a separate ►ill. The subject of the position
of the schoolmasters would moire the best attention of the
government; hut they did not think it desirable to intro-
duce a bill for the purpose of securing the salaries for the
neat year, when it appeared that no doubt canted a, to the
right to reeirive them.
The Re►ident Magistrates (Ireland) Bill, the Turnpike
Trusts Arrangement Bill, and the Sheep and Contagious
Diseases Protrusion Bill, were severally read a second tim.•.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES (IRELAND AND SCOTLAND)
BILL.
The hill was then read a sewed time.
The Registrar of Meetings' Bill went through com-
mittee.
CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL.
This bill was read a third time.
DUBLIN PARLIAMENTARY REGISTRATION
RILL

This bill was read a thirdtre;.
STAMP DUTIES BILL.
This bill went through committal.
This llurgh Harbour (Scotland) Bill was read a second
time.