The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-07 00:00:00

PARTY PRdCBSSIONS.

In reply to Mr. Laxrox, --
The Earl of MAYO stated that the government had
submitted the reports of the oonetabulary and of the sti.
pendiary magistrates respecting the party procession at
Cork on Sunday last to the law officers of the crown, in
order that they might give their opinion as to whither the
law had been infringed, and if it had been infringed every
effort would be made to bring the parties to justice. These
displays were to be deprecated, as they had for their object
to elevate an act of murder into one of patriotism.
Mr. HUNT having moved that the house at its rising
adjourn till Thursday the 13th of February,
Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked whether it was true that Sir
W. Maasteld bad recommended that a bounty of 31.4,.
per bead should be given to every soldier who served in
the Abyssinian expedition, although Sir Robert Napier,
who had the political and military command of the ex-
pedition, disapproved of such aooiuse.
Sir S. NORTHCOTE observed that the official cones-
pondenoe contained no sueh statement, but in a private
letter to him there was a statement to that effect.

Mr. SCHREIBER called attention to the absence, in the
papers laid before parliament, of all official information re•
'peeing Mr. Ressam's mission on the 28th January and
18th April, 18titi.
Sir P. O'BRIEN wished to know whether it was trite
that a certain Count de Wesson had formed a Preach
colony in Abyssinia and whether the government had
endeavoured to avail themselves of his services!
Mr. D. GRIFFITH made some remarks in reference to
the projected European conference, in connexion with the
recent official declarations in the French Chamber. The
French government had, he observed, never known their
own mind before in reference to the temporal power of the
Pope ; but they had now got their clutch on the throat of
Italy.

Lord STANLEY said he had stated more than once the
position of her Majesty's government in reference to the
proposed conference ; and he did not know that
there was any necessity for him to repeat it. (Hear,
hear.) Of course if one could hope that the Roman qua-
tion could be arranged in a satisfactory way there might
be a great gain to Europe ; but it was equally obvious
that it would be of no use for a conference to mere
for the parties merely to find that their views
were opposed. He did not himself see how it would be
possible to reconcile the conflicting claims of the Pope on
the ono hand and the Italian government on the other.
He had seen no such plan at present, and he did not
much expect to see one. (Hear, hear.) As re.
garded Mr. Rae= there was a despatch from him of the
12th of February, 18.16, which bad been moved for, and
would be laid on the table ; but so far as be was aware,
there was no other of any importance. He might
take that opportunity of stating that he intended
during the recess to look carefully through all the papers
relating to Abyssinia, it being quite clear that there
were early papers which it was not at the
time thought desirable to publish. As regarded
the French gentleman in Abyssinia, he did not
think his intervention would have been of any use.
He did not say that from any feeling of jealousy of French
influence. Her Majesty's government ware on the best
possible terms with the French government, and be be•
Level that if it were in their power to help them out of
their difficulty they would do so. (Hear, hear.)

Mr. AYRTON Called attention to the proceedings of het
Majesty's government respecting postal service between
England and the United States, and asked the Seeretaryof
the Treasury what course they intended to pursue. The
hon. member deprecated lengthened contracts, as being
prejudi-ial to the public interest.
Mr. O'BEIRNE recommended a liberal policy with to
gard to the mail service.
Mr. HUNT defended the course pursued by the govern-
ment, which be contended was the best for the public in-
terest. The American postal service would, he aid, be
about self-supporting.
Mr. GOSCHEN dwelt on the necessity of the femur
meat's taking steps to secure competition for these coa-
tracts.

Mr. NEWDEOATE renewed the question relating to
Dr. Broke and the Foreign-office.
•

In reply to a quastiorifrom Mr. MACI:1111%
Mr. 111'NT said the Inman Corniyiny's vessels ad
the Cunard vessels would both call at Queenstown.
The motion for adjourning till the 13th of February
was then agreed to.
Several notices were afterwards given, including are
from Colonel Taylor, on behalf of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, of the introduction oa the 13th of February of
• bill relating to corrupt practices at elections.
The house then adjourned, at a quarter to 2, until
Thursday, Feb. 13.

Wild horses are now found in great numbers on
the Lachlan plain., in New South Wales, and are lr
come a scourge. At some seasons they are dangerous to
approach. The squatters lose a great many stock horses
and brood mares which join the wild herds.
THE AGRICULTURAL WEEK.—The Smithfield Club
cattle show will open at 9 a.m. on Monday, when the
udge* begin their labours. The public are admitted at
2 p.m., and the show remains open till Friilay evening.
',WO!. are given in mins for cattle, about 601. i/. for sheep!
and 140/. for pigs. It ix announced that the several
classes competing for these prizes are better filled
than on any previous occasion. In addition to this, dis
main agricultural feature of the week, it is full of
other agricultural meetings and engagements of inte-
rest.—On Monday evening Mr. J. A. Clarke will speak of
Steam Culture at a meeting of the Central Farmers Club.
On Wednesday the general meeting of the English Add'
cultural Society will be held in the society's rooms, Haw
over-square. We wish we could state beforehand, as
we can of nearly all the other public meetings which are
announced, what are the subjects to be laid before the
members. Probably now that the society has oomph ted
three ti :cranial courses of implement competirion on the
plan de% iced ten years ago for the correction of the faulty
system then in operation, under which prizes were awarded.
it may now assent to a further alteration of its plans. in
order to the correction of the undoubted faults which .611
remain. If its trials were conducted so as fairly to ascertain
what the avenge experience of the implement in the lianas
of it. purchaser must be, no manufacturer, we imagine, could
object to the test. Among the other meetings of the
week are those of the Central Chamber of Agnculture,
and of the London Farmers' Club. Wo may add, that on
Wednesday afternoon a lecture will be given in • room
near the Agricultural Hall, on the nature and advantages
of the co-operative system for the supply of agricultural
implements and manures at manufactur,i• prices.—
Gardeners' Chtvnicle.
THE CELLARMAN'S POINT OF VIEW.--Joey Ladle
shook his head. " Don't look to me to make we on it,
Young Mater Wilding, not at my time of life and wide
the circumstarness which has formed my disposition. I
have said to Pebbleson Nephew many a time. when thef
lane said to me ' Put a livelier face on it, Joef-1 bawl
said to them, ' me,
it is all wery well for you that
has been accustomed to take your wine into your write°
by the COll% ivial channel of your throttles, to put a Biel,
face upon it ; but,' I says, I have been accustomed to
take tny wine in at the pores of the skin, and, took that
way, it acts different. It acts depressing. It's one thing,
gentlemen,' I mys to Pebbleson Nephew. 'to cbartw
our glasses in a dining-room with a Hip Hurrah and 6
Jolly Companions Erin), One, and it's another third
to be charged yourself, through the pores. in
low dark cellar and a mouldy atmosphere. It makes
all the difference betwixt bubbles and wapours," I tens
Pebbleson Nephew. And so it do. I've been a collarless
my life through, with my mind fully given to the busiots‘
‘That's the consequence! I'm as muddled a man as brew"
you won't find a muddleder man than me—nor yet Ins
.“
won't lied my equal in *molloneolly. Sing of i""
bumper fair, Every drop you eprinkle, O'er the brow
care, Smooths away a wrinkle? Yee. P•raps no. But trf
filling yourself through the pore., underground, when 1,6
don't want to it !"—No Thoroughfare, by Chas. Dines'
and Wilkie Collins.