The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-15 00:00:00

THI MINISTERIAL REFORM BILL

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I Deg to
give adios that as Monday, the Sikh latent, I shell ask
kayo to introduce a till to mood the low relating to the re-
prenistation of the pool& of Engler! and Weirs, end to
beaks* the registration sad voting of electors. (Chorro.)

SALUTATION OF TEI 1108 T.

Mr. oßiiiiiiilieWil4-4 ick-est7r:Wrie etas for
Me Coksiaa whether any cedar, emanating has any autho-
rity ot bens er at Malta, was la meteors requiring the
tams al the gerrisoa to palate the hove; co whether than
To say soh ease to slate the erehbirkap of Nitta, or
soy ether lam catholte diguitary, by the operation of
whish web Weis via rendered la him while carryliti ea air
away* the baet is public! pea:erica
fik Z. 11. LITTON, fa reply to the but pert of the
am graltheliniell Ciantleit, would Otte that as melt order
ommatteg has asp authority at hoes had tars giver
estridbe Maps hi the pith= of Malts to Wars the hest;

v bet he believed rare was an old garrison order at Malta by
which the host was saluted. All such garrison order, wee%
however, superroded by Lard Rill's circular of 26th leas,
addreamd to all penal officers in command of oar
Roman catholic colonies. That circular was in strict con-
formity with a practice that had hithetto prevailed as to
military honours paid to religious ammonite By that
circular troops were prohibited from eking any part
ia any religions proostecn or cemincnial ; but manse were
adder to salute them at their posts aa they rave(, and
bodies of trove under arms were directed to w-
ant to them, but not t) remain under arms
until their real. The circular said nothieg whatever
about saluting the host, and it wee clear that the order for
ark military salute was not to be taken es any recognition
et err Roman catholic tenet or rymbol, but merely to lig,
alty its respect which, by the terms at the err elation, the
Ilostreiga was to direct should be paid t, the relgionot the
rertaise and its ett•blishmiats. mie at present la oor-
respoadeace with the governor of Meta to suedes whe-
als thee on say misoosesper r to the relative elect of
re prima cadre and Lord Riles exert which sageneded
le Be could sot speak with any poet certainty are the I
point, bet vas informed by a Roman adhalic prelate of
Brest miners, sad attached to the Maltese arch, who was
saw In this country, rat a point of practice and
Milo= he bad pared by the troops while carrying sad
accompanying the host, red that error himself as the
hat had been saluted. With regard to the second part of
therestion, araishal there was so order to salute any other
fri=llllll.oBC except the Roman corolla bishop
a. But from the earliest iron military hems Bed
bora pate lea net bares he ores • Rorer retire ocelett-
own,the peeler guava of the reek he held, whir
was pertly of a military rammer. In the olden time he
reeked se re oota v r rand master of the /Web*
of Yalta ; he yes the Ant digoirary of the order, sad as
each be ter mink nest to that of the sovereigo. Them
military easplaBmateoo, bed continued to be paid ever &toe the
tate** of 1 sad at the time of the capitu=lt
was aaderesed tad speed that they sh be ould
Be lied received re before he came into the house a letter
from the prints averstery of the Governor of Maks,
which explored this. (The right hoe. gentleman reed the
least, reariblag re circumstances ander which homers
were paid te re bishop, bet it could not be hard *the
gantry.) The house weer ess how little the nillitarycan-
pliers ware *the bishop ha his pertly or pastoral
(reeky. The role was to award to him the one harm

ar eLfon - - Ti ;GC I t was ly rare occa:
alviet‘Plid I.
a bligadler'M that ths oa
archteshop
strase,oot °flew tbssa twos as twitn n”sr,em km
ma vais
did sampan, ry7he host in the
the compliant ofe In Mary ruts wu pied to .hitc, it wiesot
' his priestly gawky, bat ht his tapsoity es the second dir
in
of the kind.