The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-17 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARTAAmRyr.

HOUSE OF COMONB.—(THIS DAY.)
TM Erma= tech the ahair at a quarter past 12.
BlitiVillEAD AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY BILL.
Xi. ROGERS moved that the word report from the
committee on Group 9 of railway hula, is the eras of the
Bieksebewl sad Liverpool Railway Hill, together with the
mimeos of Me 'Masse takes before the ocamnittes oe the
WI, be referred to the select committee on Mewling
maws; that it be es iastinotion to the onormittee to report
to the house their opinion whether the Mote stated is the
sorixial report °militate an Jamaica or evasion of the
°Awe, or of the acts of parliament relating to
parliamentary depedle ; and, if so, whether the promoters
should be permitted to proceed with their bill
Om a how words from Hr. WHALLZT. the motion was
aped to.
THE LEEDS REGLSTRAESHIP.

Nr. FERRAND gale notice that liewvold, oo to4norrew,
ash the Attorney-Gomel by whom the written etatemsee
which be read the other evening relative to the bankrupter
out of Leeds was prepered, and also whether he would
lay on the table the letter whisk he reed last night from
Yr. Welch, and the letter of Mir. &Melt to which he
Weald.

00IINT8 OUT.
Mr. MOFFATT gave anise that, out the motion for the
Ottumwa of the house or Friday. Jun 2, he should
move that whim in future • member Awned that 40 men
hen were act pressuk he should Tin in his plan to do so,
an that the name of nab member be inserted in the
minutes. He she gave notice that he should renew his
mono with regent to the bankruptcy law at the motioa
for gong into restunittee of supply.
ROMAN CATHOLIC BILEOATH
On the motionmotionfor the snood media(this at,
Mr. LEFROY moved that it be read a mooed time that
day as ninth& The oath prowled ma obstacle, in his
opinion, to any attempt on the pan of Roman anholios to
injure or to subvert the atablined church, and that was
the opiates of Roma canons UMINI•11141. He did not
Wyk that the aka and be safely dispersal with, and he
hoped the bone would be of the mme opines.
Mr. WHALLIY roes amidst laud arise " hear, bore'
to Paned the motion ; and °Wenn& that the oath was
smeary to preserve the 014111 of debate ia the house, sad
ma the dignity of the chair. The hot. pennon read ion
'Oran& from a book called " Ones of Comeinria," during
which loud cries of " tioestiok" " divide," and calls upon
the hon. member to" megt
sitin" wore heed.
[Lefg.]

IISTIVAL OP THE SONS OP THE CLERGY.
(THIS DAY.)

This afternoon the 211th festival in aid of the
fads of the corporstion for assisting useessitaas olsrgyssim,
wee celebrated under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedra.
Ics Royal Higbee= the Prism of Wales and suite were
motet, and the eoegregatios Wended so unusual number
of mums of distisetion. The choral eereios was performed by
ths choirs of her Majesty's Chapala Royal, St. Peel's, West-
minim Abbey, and St. Georges Chapel, Windsor, with
cam choirs (bs all about 250 voices). The Right Hon. the
Led Mayor, the sheriffs, the archbishop cad bishops, were
only in attend's°. ; sad on the arrival of the Priam of
Wales the following order of praceraion was observed as
entering the cathedral :
Oki Msrshals.
Vergers of t►e OathadraL
Members of the various Choirs.
Canons and Prebendaries of the Cathedral.
The Archdeacon The Bishop of The Dean of
of London. Loodoe. St. Paul's.
Members of the Festival Committee.
Treasurer of the Festival.
Stewards of the Festival.
The Sheriffs of London sal Middlesex.
The Aldermen The Bishops
(Juniors anat. (Jesters firM).
The Lord Mayor's Chaplain. Tbe Larderchhishop of York.
The Lord Mayor. Chaplains of the Archbishop
of Canterbury.
The Lad Archbishop of Can.
testacy.
His Royal Highness the Prism of Wales, 11. G.
Earl Spanner.
Liestessust-General Knollys.
Major Teesdale.

The Primo of Wales, with his attendanta, the Lord
Mayor, and church dignitaries were seated at the north-.sat
side of the domes Dines service then commenced, the
=topical portion of which included an anthem ooulpaeld
expresaly for the emission by J. Goss, the words by the
Dew of St Paul's. The menu= was preached by the very
Rey. Harvey Goodwin, D.D., dean of Ely. At the alas
a hymn was selected to be snug by the whole of the
raggregatioe.

fliiieveoing the annul dinner will take pines in Mer-
chant Taylors' HA when the Prises of Wales will be sup•
ported by the Lord Mayor, the Archbishop Canterbury, the
Duke of St. Albans, the Duke of Manchester, the lied
lamer% the Earl of Harewood, Viscount Midleton, Sir
L. T. Stamm, the Dean of Westminster, Mr. Macsulay,
M.P., the Provost of Eton, and other patlemen.

BANK OP QUEENSLAND (LIMITED).
(THIS DAY.)

This afternoon the third ordinary general meeting
sl the above bank was held at the offices, Old Broad.
*set ; HEW 8./LOCKETT, Esq., in the chair.
The dirtetors reported that the boluses of undivided pro-
%on December 31,1864, amounted to 6,9991. la. 10d. Tide
ram the directors proposed to appropriate as follows :-6001.
to be added to the reserve fund ; 5091. 16s. Bd., or 10 per
esat. of the balance, to be written off preliminary expenses ;
5,0081. 16s. in payment of a dividend of 12s. per share, free
of ammo Mx, on the shares issued, which, with the divi.
died of 14e. per share paid for halt-year to 30th June loot,
wit be a distribution for the year 1864 of about 6f pm cent. ;
1211. 41. 3d., in payment of biome tax on the dividend ;
and the balance of 8551. 4s. 9d. to be carried forward to
pelt and loss new account. The directors report that
duo{ the half year the circulation of notes and dermas
hoe increseed 89 and 55 per cent. respectively ; and that
dining same period the number of current accounts hoe
unused upwards of 80 per cent.
Tie report was adopted.

A curious and interesting return to Parliament, '
published this morning, gives the terms of each oath and
dechration now required to be taken by any of her Majesty's
subjects in the United Kingdom, stating by what clams or
individuals each such oath is required to be take°, and of all
ratio sad deffstatioes that have been abolished or altered
dare the 14 of January, 1829.
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The usual
that& and floral and fruit sresetinp of this society took
place yesterday, when plants of great beauty were exhibited;
moot them we may mentions from Mr. Veit* admits-
Sleuth oordatnin, retinospova obtuaa DMA mune, aameto-
Milne domino, goodyersdomiuii, Bertolocia satiate, Mad°.
daldreeNeitchii. From Mr. 8011, cams colosoatum mague-
path fieue suites's'. From Mr. Bathhouse, myeethis
MIAs. Mr. Saunders sent a fine collection of mime
seeds. The Duke of Burden& presided, and 16 sew
fellows were elected. prompt whom were Lord Bolton, the
Bon. Mrs. Preston Bruce, and H. E. Wasters, Esq., Royal
Bone Guards,
USITLROAL BAZAAR.—trader the above title a
bens of an unusually comprehensive nature commenced
yesterday at St, James's Hall, and will be manned every
day this week. Remus are ;Mainly no novelty daring the
Loudon season, but so cosmopolite° an affair as that at yr-
t•nlaY has perhaps never been known before, for contrtba-
bons from many a distant country bad bee° sent in the hope
that by their sole some ore asylum or institution would be
ensued to continue in its beneficent course, and would be
hillod leeward in its work of usefulness. Moire than a doses
Rothe catholic institutions are *mastoid in the meow of
the uodertaking. Amongst the ladies who lent their aid
it the disposal of the large stock of articles contributed by
the charitable were the Countess Apponyi, the Maniacal.'
of Lotdonderry, the Dowager Marchiooess of Lotbise, the
Comets of Newburgh, the Dowager Counter of Botha°,
Virountese Norreys, Lady Edward Fitz Man Howard, Lady
William Hervey, Lady C Fullerton, Lady Armada
Wudoor, Baroness kfaroefistti, Hon. Mrs. Moors OTer-
Koo. Mrs. Henry Petra, Hon. Mrs, Charles Pare,
1-14 Blount, Lady Bediagfeld, Lady Chieberter, Lady
Clifford, and many others. Lady Georgians Fullerton was
also misted by the Fricassees Blanche and Marguerite.
the daughters of the Duke and Duchess de Nemours. His
total highness woe present during the day, as were also
the Duchene of Newcastle, the Doke de Sotomayor, the
Pith and Countess of Fife, Lady Taranto& and Hoo. Mies
thbanchere, Lard Berries, Lord sod Lady Petra, Lady
Arthur Lennox, Lady Caroline Towneley, Bemoan Limel
is itotheahild, Hon. Charles Langdale. Hoe. Henry Petrie,
800. Themes Stoeor, Sir Charles Clifford, Sir Charles
Winetoto Barra., Sir Reginald Bernewali, Madame de
Liz*.zd

--.I)OPULATION COLUM2I.—For the benefit of
thorn who disease the subjeate of moieties. wart Pootf-
"Deei famine, he., it may be as wall to aunties that the
somber of human beinp living at the mid of the hundredth
loorration, commencing from a single pair, doubling at
Nob poeration (say in thirty years), and edowiog for sea
ow; woman, and child an average epos of 4 feet in
aad I foot square, would form s vertical °elms, he
for its base the whole surface of the earth sad see
oot into a plane. glad for its height MU times the "°',
dietana from the earth. The number of humus strata
thu Piled on* on the other would =IOWA to
000,000,1130.—8ir Jobe Herschel in the libriniqAtly
Amen" MD:

'NO/WM
1110111 DAT. 0111 NOS FRIDAY.
Southwesterly hush to CuASSO,. &S.W. to W.N.W. and
strong, showery. back. eagles and
.Tto moderato,
.Ify, unsettled.
As ahem

&S.W. to W.N.W. 'ad
back. froth to strung.
rata at Ulm&

8. W. to N. W. and back.
trash to strong,
showora
As nest above. LAMM As nest 'bore.
Northossesketiland. Westerneetreland, Wales, sad alljs •
nods& Bontbarn=logllsh Channel and Bay cd Biscay.
lantantaleatward lanilsad and North Be►

SOOTEISIL S.W. to N.W., fresh to
strop& showers.

CONVOCATION. —gins DAY.)—This morning the
Archbrahop sad Bishops of the Coevocation of the province
of Canterbury assmabla at Quail Anne's Bounty-MBoe,
and proceeded to • oosaiderallon of the new moon, with •
view to • settlement of its deMils. Their lordships ad-
jammed at 1 o'clock, having to meet the Prince of Wales
at Bt. Paal's Cathedra The lower house met at 12 o'clock
sad proceeded to buboes.
Fosziox-nrrice, MAY 13.—The Queen has been
• - "

plasma en approve of Mr. Alfred MOW& is consul at Moo-
treat for his Majesty the King of Denmark. The Queen has u
also bean plasma to approve of Mr. Johann Heinrich
Da: Webers as maul at Singapore for the Free Hamatio
City of Hamburg.—Gam Ire.
ST. Juan's PAL/xi', MAY 13.—The Queen bee
been pissed, on the Domination of the Right Hon. Lord
Foley, to appoint Captain Frederick Robertson Aikman,
V.C., Wiley Indian Army, one of her Majesty's lumen',
able *Eve of gentietnen-at-erms, vim F. V. Mills, Fag.,

reused.
THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT CAMBERWELL RAILWAY !
Srartost.—An inquiry was held by Mr. W. Carder, coroner
for Surrey, last evening at the Marittomogh Arms Tama, sc
Boothatseet, Camberwell,riepseting the death of Alfred
Hunt. aged 21 years. Edward Josses, • railway labourer, II
said that he was employed with the deceased and dace $
under Mows. Thome and Co., contractors, in doubling the
width of the Metropolitan 'audios La of the London, u
Chatham, and Dover Railway Oompany between the gs
Camberwell Matins and the Blusher !aced On Saturday
evening, at 5 o'clock, witness gave deceased a bucket con. I
fain* 2i gallons of hot liquid asphalt, to take down to el.,
some of the arches. Deceased. contrary to orders, proodded
to moss the metals of the line, because doing so would r,
save him two husdred yards. Wither called out, " A u
train has left Camberwell,; look out." Deoeued took no Is
nodes that witness saw, sad directly afterwards he was *
fated dead in the six-foot. It was to save themselves It
trouble that the men walked acmes the line, (smithery to !!
the regulations. Thomas Snowman said that on the evening IT,
in question he drove a train from Stuart's-lase to Lod. j
gate-hill. Just after leaving Camberwell station he saw
three's= striding ie the sizsfoot An express train was C
coming alai the up line. Ooe of the three men ran off the *
boa Witness blew hie whistle, and the deceased looked I,
steadfastly at him. He then stepped right in hoot of the
express engine, the buffer of which caught him and pitched
him wish greet force against witness's engine. He seemed lt
to be killed latently. The third man escaped by standing 1
half upright between the two trains. He, too, had buckets
of hot asphalt. in his heads. Mr. Marcbmont, the fore.
man, stated that the men were liable to a floe of 21. 6d. for I;
crossing the lice, but the Sae was not 'enforced. The jury
returned a verdict of " Accidental Death," aid moms •
mended that in all future oases of recklessness the tine
should be enforced.
FATAL Acc IDIOT ON DERWENTWATEL—About 6
o'clock on Sunday eves* this lake was the scene of a most e
aide' ooeuneas. Joseph Williamaon and Edward Clarke,
)(doers, accompanied by two farmers named Earl and Wit-
moo, were returning from. Lodore in a light, shallow skiff, I
when it shipped water. In order to preserve the balance
Earl rose to move towards the bow, when the skiff suddenly
capsized, Williamson and Clarke, who were rowing, sinking '
immediately. Their bodies were not recovered till nearly 8
o'clock. The other men kept afloat and were rescued. Mr.
Wilson mainly owes his preservation to his sheep dog, which
brought him to the swims of the water after he had twice
sunk, and as be was going down for the last time he was
taken oat. The dog swam ashore.
THB RIVAL RAILWAYS OF NORTH YORKSHIRL—

Telegrams were received in Makin on Monday afternoon
111111101106k4 the :potion at the Gitlin, Huey, end
Pickering scheme the North Eastern, the competing
scheme with the Leeds, North Yorkshire, and Durham,
which was quashed on the referees' report os Wednesday
last, bleessegers wen despatched to the towns in Eyedele
(Helmsley, Kirby, its), where the news was received with
rejoicing. The effect of the decision will be to insure the
reprosecutiou of both schemes de nom next 'erica. Mean-
while the great agricultural district of the North Riding
and the vast ironstone deposits of the Yorkshire moors are
deprived of the funnies so greatly desired. The promoters
will now have time for the better perfecting their schemes,
and it is mid that both parties will include the tows of
Melton in next year's projeeta, so as to utilise the Milton
and Drifflail and give acmes to Ma—Tinier.
Hammt OP LONDON.—In the week that ended
oe Saturday, May 13, the births in London and ten other
large towns of the United Kingdom were 3,967 ; the deaths
2,453. The annual rate of mortality in the week in thew
eleven towns was 22 per 1,000 parsons living, and was lower
than in the two previous weeks, when the rates were 25 and
24 respeetively. In London the births of 1,008 boys and
991 ern. la all 1,999 children, were registered in the week.
In the corresponding weeks of ten years 16515-64 the
average number, corrected for increase of papsictioe, was
1,971. The deaths in London in the same period wen
1,167. The average number in the nineteenth week
in ten man (corrected) is 1,308. The deaths in the
present return are less by 139 than the average number.
This is the healthiest sauce of the year in Leedom, and the
mortality in May is pitman low. The actual mortality in
the two last weeks is mach below the low avenge. " If,"
says the teenier, "the London boards pat the great sewers
in oommunloation with every house, and if every family get
a supply of pure water from the companies, while the pope.
Union itself does its duty is promoting cleanliness of person,
house, and street, the mortality in summers to come will
not be excessive." Two hundred sod thirty-two person*
died from symotic diadem, the corrected avenge number
being 296. Eight deaths occurred from small-pox, 18 from
measles, 22 from scarlatina, 5 from diphtheria, 57 from
whooping cough, and 45 from typhus. Yhthisis proved fatal
to 151 metes, 96 deaths manived from bronchitis, 54 from
pastimes* and 67 from dilemma of the heart.
GOLD PROM NEW ZKALANIL—Since the dieette
of gold in Otsgo in 1861 the yield has greatlyisreasad
Otago sloes has'Knotted 1,705,677 or. of tie prisiems
metal. If we take 31. 17s. 6d. as the local current vales el
the mem we have an Sienese of 6,610,3741. ss. to the
wealth of this province. Enormous as this is, these ohm
are by so means exhausted. During the tint quarter of
the preset year, according to the &atheistic goverennet
relenta, the yield has bees 55,713 est.—New lostostal
ixaminer.

laiietoited States there are 53 religious sects.
=ore them are 10 differwat kinds of baptists, 9of
is* 13 of preehyteriam, sad 2of Takers. The
baptists number 1,724.373 matnbas et eemmanioasts, sod
the methodists 1.651,732 The 'ember prefemisg rM
Raman catholic religion is 3,171.140. The baptists are
divided into the toiletries mines meets, via., regular, anti-
missioe, etweethday, sixpelesipte, lrmetrill, riverbrethten,
winelisseserlans, dashes, nieneeattee, sad eanspbellites.
The qualms are divided late wend= sad bisirsite.—Aineri•
ma ppm