The Express.
London, England, 1860-03-21 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER AND THE NEW REFORM BILL.

The following report has been adopted by the
committee of the Westminater Liberal Registration Society:
" Thist own examination of the Reform Bill introduced
by Lord Je Reseell, the committee find that the altera-
tion there& proposed to seemed the elective franchise to
occupiers el lemese, he., of the value of 61. and upwards
er4 aomedieg to a parliamentary return dated March 9,
1980, give to the city of Westminster an increase of 875
voters. Me following is extracted from the above-nomad
return —Yale eocvpius el houses in the city of West.
minder ander the value of 101. and over 91., 1:x0; ditto
wider W. and over W., ; ditto under 81. and
over 71., 449 ; ditto ender 71. and over 241-875.
That sword* to a report et the secretary, Mr.. Huggett,
founded upon return& mode by the collectors of - the
hoe tax to the overseen of the various parishes in, the
city of Westminster on the Mid of June, 1859, there were
in that year no less than 3,726 paewna omitted from the
lista of voters, in consequence d not havt'og paid the house
tax, payable on the 901.1 i of December, 1868, on or before
Jely-11004 1859. That am by the sixth section of that bill
it is propmed that the law requiring the payment of the
hour, by a given day, m a oceditice of the franchise, shall
be repealed, such persons will in future be entitled to vote.
The committee therefore believe that by the operation of
the said bill upwards of 4,000 voters will be added
to the constituency of Westminster, the number of names ea
I the present register being 12,895. That the mid bill gives
a farther extension of the right to vote in existing counties
and borooghs, and confers the frensides upon other large
district& hitherto unniresented, and apportions Man
equally the number o ripessataiives to oonstitueocies.
That while the committee regret that the franchise is net
further extended by the evil M. and that it does not pro.
pose to give to the voter the protection of the ballot, they
still consider such bill se a step in the right direction, and
worthy of the support of the refeemers of Westminster."

BILISTOL. —A meeting of the Committee of the
Liberal Registration Society of Bristol took piece on Hon-
dastey for the purpose of oomatlming whether any and whet
ps shoal,' be taken to proms, by as ci the new
Reform Bill, a third member for that city. Mr. °gorge
Thomas presided, and letters from the members, Hamm
Berkeley
hav and Langton, favourable to the object of the
meetieg, Langton,
been reead, following notation was
adopted : " TINA inasmuch as Bristol is assessed for a
larger amount of property and income tax, end also to the
rates for the mad of the poor, than some of the constitu-
encies to which a third member is proposed to be given is,
the Reform Bill, and haa at Fromm and will bare under
the BOW **kilt 8,000 more electors than the borough of
Lae, tmr =engem, Hem Berkeley and Langton, be in-
stametsd ht me their mat atreanous effort/ to obtain a
third umestrie.. A ggieral desire seemed to be expressed
' mot to do as whisk would embower the government
ia reprd to the Bill.
Bair/Ina AOCIDINT. —On Monday afternoon •
I very scrims ansiaset was Ready occurring to the Harken,
for Surrealism, se she was havieg the Bleekwall cetera*s
of the Wert India Dock. She had get about into mid-
stream, whit the Beishores corvette *vetch steamer)
wee lamilted bus the yard at Mews. Wipam, at Bieck-
wail, mid swing to the strength of tide she left the slip
end swept right for the Hurkaru at the rate of mem seven
knees en haw. For the moment the moot deo:twos con-
seqemees to belie vessels were ealielpated. However, ea
the eirmeleted midyshammel her speed somewhat
sleeted,sleeted,en Mine eintsierm the river, she caught
the Haticani • if alaaAbas Woir jest abaft the main-
mast. The corvette esCained some dosage to her quarter,
but the ship proceeded ci boa muse down the
river. It is stated in the yak that the corvette mode a
siert, and that they were olabimil to let burr go when
tbag AIL

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

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ADMIRALTY, MARCH W.—PROMOTIONS AHD AP-
Poutionli—Rogisrere : R. Ovwsn. Prenalled to chid
engineer, and_ appointed to the Racoon ; T. Obese, °ly-
nx." to °hist at iftra effitEinted to the Cumber-
land, for terries in e molar ; and J. R. C. Blimp, pro
rooted to chief engineer and appointed to the Cumber-
land, for service in the Minus&
Chief Engineers : 0. N. Brooker, to the Bt. Jean d'Aere
J. Brown, to the Wellington, for earwigs la the Photo ; and
W. Gill, to the Wellington, for navies in the Forth.
Acting Third-class Assistant nakinwary Engineer W.
Bryan, to the Cumberland, as supsraunsseary.

CHATHAM, MAacti
ALervAi or TROOPS nom Iwpm—A body of
troops, to the number of 340 men of all realm,
various regiments • in lada, arrived at Bt. Nary's ber
racks yesterday evening m Gravesend, where they die.
oroharlsd from the Fist 113cliA troopship Hotlines, Com-
mander Lathy, which sailed from Bombay on the 10th of
December. The whole of the troops are limited servioe men,
who have claimed their discharge after 10 and 12 years' sor-
vioet refusing the offer made them to eomplete the term of
.spervice which would entitle them to a prawn. The fol-
lowing are the names of the yen who arrived in
of the troops':—Captain J.W Madden, Ist hattaliotaZ
Lag.
wowri Catalan ilsunant and Lieutenant G. M.
, 834 Rep:sent ; Lieutenant T. C. Bycreft, Urn- I
tenant Russell, and Sted-Bargeoo M'aregor. At the doss
pi the impaction oaly seven moo were ordered isito Fort
Pitt Hospital for mdioal treatment.