The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-02 00:00:00

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Bammetrical pressure hra-,;;;;ti;i4 to Increase mince yester-
day over the greater portion of the British Isles ; but a decrease
has occurred to the south-west and on the west of France, where
the pressure Is still diminishing. The winds are light and vari-
able. Weather Is generally floe, but rain has fallen hi the south-
west.

FALSE WEIGHTS AND BALANCES.—This morning
was issued for the information of parliament a return, corn. I
posed of 106 pages, of " the number of persons convicted
in Great Britain of using or having in their possession any'
false or unjust weights, measures, or balances for the
quarter ending the 24th day of June, 11466 ; showing the
nature and extent of each inaccuracy, the business carried
on by the offender, and the date when the offenos was
committed, together with the penalty and costs in each
case imposed ; and whether any such weights, measures,
or balances were seized and condemned; and whether all
or any portion of the said penalties and costs and articles
condemned was given to the informer who laid the infor-
mation, or other persons engaged in enforcing the law ;
distinguishing between offences committed in any shop,
warehouse, or store, and those committed in the public
streets. Also, the amount of salary and other remunera-
tion given to the inspectors of weights and measures (in
continuation of parliamentary paper No. 56, of Session
1865)."
Mr. Maguire to-morrow will ask the Chancellor
of the Exchequer whether it is the intention of the govern-
ment to allow the adjourned debate on the Irish Land Bill
to stand for the first business on the evening of Monday,
the 13th of May. . . . .

Mr. Pint has given notice of a bill to facilitate
the Improvement of Landed Property by extending the
powers of limited owners of land in Ireland.
Lord Ernest Bruce will ask the First Commissioner
of Works, on Monday, by whose authority the statue in
St. Margaret's-square of the late Right Hon. George Can-
ning has been removed from its pedestal, and in what
situation it is proposed to re-erect it ; and whether a site
has yet been granted for the erection of a statue of the
late Right Hon. Sir Robert l'eel, Bart., subscribed for in
1850 by his political friends and admirers, and long sine*
executed by Baron Marochetti.
THE LATE CARLO PORRIO. —Raised to high die-
' tinetion by his sufferings, and by the character of the man
who described them, Poerio could hardly ever be induced
to allude to the subject, even in his freest intercourse with
intimate friends. He did not add his volume to the al-
ready extensive library of which Pellico, Maroncelli, An-
dryane, Pallavicini, Trivulzio, and other political prisoners
filled the shelves. A less egotistical, self-asserting man
than Petri* Italy never produced. Like other victims
familiar with thedreariness of prison life, Poerlo in hislater
days was sociable, genial, and jovial ; but as to story, " he
had none to tell." That story had been so emphati-
cally, so efficiently told as to work out not only his de-
liverance, but also his vengeance. Mr. Gladstone's denun-
ciation determined the fall of the government, which be
described as a " negation of Providence," and Poerio, who
exulted at that overthrow leas for his own than for his
country's sake, seemed as much above any idle expression
of resentment as above any vain display of forgiveness. Cer-
tainly by nature no man was leas calculated to play the part
1 of a conspirator or of a revolutionary chief than Mr. Glad-
, stone'sbero. In ordinary times, under a free and enlightened
government, Poerio would have been an, unassuming, un-
influential citizen. Under Bourbon prosecution he mu;
sublime. He had the genius of endurance. reerio's mis-
sion was over when suffering was at an end. The very
softness of the nature on which the blow fell bears witness
against the tyranny that dealt the blow.—Times.