The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-26 00:00:00

CITY ELECTION.-(THIS
-.._

RETURN OF MR. GOSCHIN.
This day the election of a member of parlisemst
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the appoiatmeet 4
Goschen to the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of imm
ter, took place at the Guildhall. As there Ira, eo otheay.
didate than Mr. Goalies, and as his
was therefore regarded as • matter or
the procesdiegs excited but very little imam.
and few of the citizens—electors or nos•owess...
were preeirat. At 12 o'clock, the boar appetites face
commencement of the proored,up, Me. &eft %Mums
and Mr. Sheriff Figgie', with the 17ader-Shari6i, inhed
the Guildhall, aoccinpaged by Mr. Crawford, lus.,
Gassiott, Ur. James, IE.P., Mr. A/dentrea MeeM itt.
Hodgson, M.P., ke.

Kr. Sheriff GIBBONS mid that they were amembhg
she important purpose of electing a member for the
and he hoped that they would give every pence a fir
an impartial heariog. .
The writ having been met

tpheiainlifir.rsiof 11:tlemrieseurb:iiptioca7"pearebe lirt:i.ditbersooPfore"
jibed. m,thalßssedumirtlitipmultra
always been oa the winniog aide, he had so mon nab
before them with more certainty of a kind ntegtha est
on the present occasion, when be had to Teem*
friend Mr. Goeshea. (Cheers.) When Mr, Nubs. Ili
appeared before them it was sail that he ans apaw
man and a foreigner, but since 1863 Mr. Genes. hadlei4
some a rely remarkable Eogliahman, for the iaa
his rise is politionl life was almost amanitas& (s
hear.) They knew from the past what Yr. Naha wesil
be in the future, and that se a member of the Oahe* hi
would support those same primiplas of Mom, MTN",
resent, and free trade which bad gained the op,
rural of the citizens of Loudon. (Cheers.)
Mr. Ommuarr samoded the nomination.

Mr. GOneingit then came forward and said that far As
third time he 'eked them to entrust to him the high phi,
lep of returning him to parliament. They sea pm
that he had accepted office under the eewti
and it wee for those who elected him to IN
whether that aaceptanoe of office was seep%
with his duties to them as electors of the City of Leeks.
(Hear, hear.) The duties of the appointment ha wipe(
might be small, but he did not expect the pleasures of a ear
miss. Bed Russell, when he had appointed hie, whit
intended to get work out of him. (Hear, hew.)
taken as credit.end unless he f alfilled hisoblipticas,bekese.
that political bankruptcy stared him in the feta (Sol
All be could eel wee that if returned by thew be We(
do all in his power to redeem his soppenede.
dangers of 'Allied life were great, ter poi
had become lukewarm os subjects where they ist
been before ardent, and ardent on subjects en Mit
they had bees lukewarm. White the Alt
waters had bees supposed to be deep and calm they Igut
quicksands and shallows. There was a time she isM
government was regarded as the bulwark of thee leek
bat now government was cherged with pm*,
too little. With reprd to refot m be was too ese
aka to be able to pick his way gracefully sad siN ea
Mena. They knew it was the duty of ministate Wit
divulge the secrets of the isabilet With. meager witAtiq
had been occuridering had bees fully mature sad reedynig
laid before the country. It was the duty of the goveseelle
attend to material reforms and to do all that it we la
power of goverment to do to promote the welfare el ill
people. The question of education in &NOW aid Neils
of Ireland would require the sedation at fa..,
went. Education in England bad bele wield
by religious differences, and the state of Ireland as eat
stoned to a great extent from a dmilar came. Hs tiseel
it was unworthy of churchmen to be frightens&tfttl
removal of religious grievauret and restrictions epe
others. (Loud cheers.) With regard to the tattle piper Y
thought that the government acted with peat lbw*
towards the owners of cattle, and when it wea mid tides
government had been dilatory because they had act heath
mos methods to stamp oat the cattle plague winch hod rem
adopted by Frown, he begged to reeled Wen del
such methods would not be tolerated is 144
With regard to Ireland and Leninism it was ieposibhie
England to do anything for that country nabs Wiwi el
ns half way. (Hear, hear.) At the same time it write dely
of England to give that country the same laws is knead
powwow& making all due allowanes for the Wired peek
liarities sad dieticotione which existed in Wiwi (Ha,,
hear.) With regard to Jamaica all he eb odd ay wee, VA
whilst the government had not prejudged Ocoee, Ere et,
the black population of that island, they bet aeciwiedyle
sending out a commission to investigate themes% sessli
which had taken plans their. With retied to the tralt ad:
commie** of the country he need nut say that he thealide
all that lay in his power to promote and develop them 1111;
farther. (Hear, beer.)
Is reply to Mr. flareszt.L. who asked whether the
hon. gentleman woe'd support a lodger franchise `NI
new reform bill,
GONOM said the question way a very proper web
be asked, but under the circumstiumea it would be lap.
for him to answer It. (Laughter.)
There being no other candidate,
Mr. Sheriff GIBBONS declared Mr. Gashes to be 104
elected.
Mr. GOSOBRI returned thanks.
A reboot thanks to the Sheriffs terminated the pee*

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--(THI8 DAY.)

The marriage of the Marquis of Quel
and Miss Sybil Montgomery, reseed dmghter iir•
Montgomery, sad grand.daughter of Lord LecosfirK
solemnised this morning at St. George's Church, limegfit
square, in the presence of a very numerous couspreP
Br
church was filled with friends of both (snub. N
spectators on the oamsion. The bride Iris &timid
to the altar by ten youthful ladies stab{ 111
bridesmaids. The bride wee gives sway by tee felber-
Tire Hors. end Rev. Grasithsm Nantes Trek, Mlle dib.
Philip's, Birmingham, officiated at the orremellf•
the commie), present at the church were the 11011101111
of Queeosbeny end Lelia Gertrude sad Flamm Dess%
the Duchess of Marlborough and Lady C. Made* kr
Early in the afternoon the newly-married couple left INS
for Branton-park, Essex. the rest of Mr. Du Case.

We (Post) hear it is probable that either ei
John O. K. 0.8 , or lisjor.Geseral Sir Thews&
Biddolph, S.C. S., will be appointed to the poet tweellAt.
isooseijaence of the lamented dtath of Sir Charles
K. O. B.
The Rev. .1. J. Stewart Perowne, clerk,
Vies-Priacipal of St. David's College, Lampeter, see
sit
lated on Wednesday, the 21st of February, by the kirk*
of St. David's, to the third cursal probend bawled ill
cathedral church of St. David's. jjzhibiiiaa
Intending exhibitors at the Paris
should recollect that if they do tot slain spare before go
end of this month they will sot be able to demand say site
wards.
The Lancet says it is now an established
is this country males are cut off in • biffter Pg"te",
than females, and that the ratio of that WU°
in tae males is nearly constant from year to year.
The exploration of Kent's Cavern, near Torqgth
undertaken by a committee appointed by ths British UV
station for the Advancement of Sciecuet fort"' the
jest of the lecture at the Royal Tostitatioe on Frldul
lug, by Kr. Polarity, who is wall known for his Pliao•
researches is Devonshire.
A pay corporal of the Bth company of WO
Engineer., named Tyler, stationed at Wooled* MI
sueeeirdsd in fraudaleatly appropriatieg aad escaping wit

about XX
RMINAILIABLZ COINCIDENCL-00 Friday 1#
his EcTsl lligkeem the Priam of Wel"
from basthig, armed his attire and
the Aiwa Hotel is Gruttliam, aocompaniod bv ",
the Dein d Bathed, the Duke of Basufert. orii:
Wiltoe, sad sevaral other noblamse. It oonarred te ~
Boyall, the lancUerd of the hotel, that just 03 741" bid:
that very day, via., in the 23rd February, 1213—as
patent rolls of his reign rose—Kim Jobs hekl
ohciscut46l
io the same room that the Pt ince of W 1110111"
This fact was dsly made knows to his royal Wine" 141
party by Mr. Boys%
TES SICK Foos. —Tbe Earl of Carmarvoll
commated to pamide at the meeting which is le be Willa'
Saturday sort, for the purpose of foamliag • eon* fir
the improvesseat of the infirmaries of Londea incidental;
The ansisty will aim be bring before the onblis
asst
peritonea* is the serreet session the argent
aresealag the present tallrmary system slmam tn..'
bosses, and providing an improved organisation fce *NW
cd the skdc poor chargeable on the rates.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
AM, Term Nisi Prim /littler at GuildhelL —(Before
the Lord Chief JeWee and Special Jame.)
Tag TUTU OP 11:. YLTTHBW, 11101•4011111 V. Tit UNION i
BMOC 01 LONDON.
This was an action to remover 1501. The defendants
eieeded never indebted end a set-off.
'3f,r. W. Chambers, Q. 0., Mr. Hance, and lip. Dickson
fve comsat for the plaintiffs; gr. Hawkins, Q 0., Mr.
&et, Q.C., ani Mr. R. Clarke were counsel foe the de-
fendant/.
Tie tent', kept an amount at the defendants' bank
oniog from 20,0001. to 25.,0001. sneakily. The sum
woo to be reoovered was the amount of a cheque that
ysd begs fervid by one of the clerks is the employ of the
vestry—the name ot the finance coalmines sad the in.
aorsmeat of the vestry clerk. There had been two
..,tfflogs oheatars—one for 631. 13s. and the other for 861.10 a.
L-4 by the defendant., but it wee not until
liter the payment of the third cheque of 1501. that the at-
twice of the bank was brought to she rent that they oleo
fen forgeries—sine months after the ptyment of the first
sod two menthe after the payment of the ascend. The
teak punned their ordinary course with regard to thmtetry
0, dm par-book, and their return cancelled; bet it
grayed they could Dot be found, and it wee supposed
ea the clerk who forged them bad abstmeted
skles. The bank had coedited the company fir the
gag cheque of 150/., but bad declined to pay
rye previous two cheques, as they oottid not be found.
was given by the vestry clerk that the cheques bad
been forged by a clerk named Mathiseoc, who afterwards
amended ; and he described the signatures as bad imita-
tions. The munterfoils of the cheque-books were prodoos
end it was evideat three blank cheques, about the dated
Ms cheques, had bees abstracted. After this proof the
task withdrew, and
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs for the
'mount claimed.