The Express.
London, England, 1860-02-27 00:00:00

DEPUTATION TO THE FIRST COMMISSIONER

OF WORKB.-(TBI8 DAY.)

This morning a deputation from the vestry of
St. Luke's, Chelan, waited by appointment upon the Hight
Hon. W. Cowper, at the Office of Works, Whitehell-pinae,
to urge upon government the equity of eapendiog the matey
(38,1601.) now in their hands, and voted by parliament for

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that purpose, In continuing the embankment from Chelsea
Hospital towards Batteress-bridge.
The deputation was folrodund by Mr. Tile, M.P. Mr.
Byng, Y.P. for Middlesex, also accompanied the deputation.
Mr. Tres, If.P., stated the case of ti.. pariah. He
°Wend that, under an act of parliament passed in 1846,
the sum of 10,000/. bad been voted for carrying
out the embankment and road, the whole of which had
been expended with the exception of the balance above
stated. The powers of the act, though renewed by a subse-
quent one, had omen, and the object of the deputation was
to induce the government to recommend the revival of the
parliamentary powers to acquire the necessary property to con-
tinue the embankment which now ended at Chelsea Hospital
on to Cheyne-walk, sad so to Battersea bridge. The total
expense was estimated at between 60,0001. and 70,0001.; but
if the government would authorise the appropriation at once
of the 38,0001. balance from the former votes, the perish
suggested that the remainder might be spread over a series
of years.
Mr. Bvxo, M.P., the Rev. Mr. Soured, the rector of
the pariah, end severe! members of the vestry, represented
the importance of the Improvement in a public sense, as
up a thoroughfare along the banks of the
openingiin Thames_, which would communicate by roads in
contemplation with Kensington Gardeos, and the
parka. It was also urged that if the 38,0001. were forth-
coming to notions the embankment and road from the hos-
pital to Cherie-walk, the completion of the improvement
might be acoomplished by the parish.
Mr. Cow= hilly admitted the Importance, both in a
public and local amass, of the proposedembankment. The
misfortune was that the 38.0001. referred to not having been
claimed within three yeses from the time specified had
gone book tender ageseral role into the Exchequer, and was
ensiled se a geeing, so that If anything was to be done par-
liament would have to vote the money over again. In the
present state of the public finances, he thought very strong
and cogent grounds would be required to induce the
House of Commons to peas such a vote. He believed the
total expenditure would be very large, and that the 38,0001.
would be no more than irofficient to carry out the works to
Cheyne-walk, independent of the purchase of property.
From inquiries he had made he believed the reason the
works bed net been successfully carried oat wae the
difficulty =parleyed In inducing the landowners and those
who were interested in the foreahore to contribute to the
expense. He mound the deputation of his entire sympathy
with the obiset they had In view, sod promised to represent
their wishes to the government, but be could bold out no
hope of their scoomplhlunent under present circumstances.
Mr. Tire apprehended that the answer of the right
hoe. pntlecosa amounted to this, that be felt the depins-
bility of the improvement in the double sense and was in-
clined to favour it; that at the proper time be would be dis-
posed to advise the revival of the act; but that in the present
state of the public dawns he did not think it advisable to
printed.
Mr. Cows—That is exactly my view. I think the
parish of Chelsea should not lose sight of the matter, but
this is not the most favourable time for entering open the
question.
The deputation then thanked the right hon. gentleman,
and withdrew.

EiAcriox CommirrEzs (Tins DAY).—The
Carlisle, Great Yarmouth, Roscommon county, arid Wey-
mouth Election Committers were engaged to-day in hearing
'widener is redersnos to the respective petitions.

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A meeting of newspaper proprietors, metropolitan
and provincial, Is wronged to b held at Peale'. Coffee-hover
=Wednesday, to ooneert measure In favour of the abolition
of the paper duty, and of the establishment of an equal and
more minute seals of postage for printed m►tter. .

It is proposed to raise a subscription amongst the
regular travellers on the Hastens Counties Railway, and
more especially those who were spared from injury in the Main
which met with an awful accident on Monday at Totten-
ham, for the relief of the engine•drieer's hazily. The Lon-
don sad County Beak, which bee branches at Bishop'.
fitortfocd, Cambridge, Hertford, and Saffron Walden, hag
consented to receive contributions paid to the account of the
To•teeham Accident Thank-offering.

We read in a letter from Milan:—" The Venetians
who are no more young enough, or too young, to go to the
army of Central Italy, all come to Lombardy, where they sot
received with open arms, and end a home, if that could exist
away from hank When they appear in society they become
Immediately the objects of general attention, and even is
the most crowded rooms everyone Mends aside, doing homage
to misfortune. I have spoken with several people who have
lately escaped. They all agree t►at the late meth was
simply a measure of blind fear and fury without any system
at motive. Unable to find any trace of conspirators, and yet
experiencing everyday the opposition of the whole people, the
Austrians tooled shoat in the hope of stumbling on some-
thing or other. It was precisely this blindness which enabled
many who were down on the list to escape. One gentleman
tactually met two of the commissaries sent to take him, bag
they, being foreigners, let him esespe."
A letter from Rome, of the 21st, says :—" This
days brings the Carnival to a close, and nothing to be
regretted has occurred. Indeed, the Corso has been, so to
say, deserted by carriages and their occupants, and casual-
ties have been limited to a few broken bones amongst the
spectators of the horse races at the end of moth day, those
unridden barbs having occsaionally turned eccentrically out
of their proper coarse and dashed in amongst the bystanders.
The great and unusual feature of the Carnival this year has
undoubtedly been the unanimous concourse of people in
carriages and on foot on the Porte Pia road, In preferenos
to the Corso, at the hour of the customuy amusements.
This m►y be perhaps looked upon as a silly and modem
demonstration; but everything which shows unanimity of
thought and intention has importance in somo moments of
political preoccupation."

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The Entr'acte says :—" The priestess' knife used
by Mom, flehettel, when she performed the part of Norma.
hot been deposited by her eon In the National Mom= et
Pisa. It is in silver gilt and wished with 209 precious
stones from the mines of Hungary, end was presented to the
celebrated Mager by her admirers in 1840."
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A letter from Rome says :—" M. Louis Venillot
has had a long audience of the Pope, end was recommended
by his Holiness to remain at Rome. When the Pope re-
ceived on the 16th the ecclesiastics who are to preach during
Lent, he told them Met ha was resigned to al: his trials. Ha
draw • very deplorable picture of society, and represented the
esproachas addressed to the pontifical government as calm-
aka inveated by ignorance, malice, and irreligion."
The Levant Herald of the 15th says :—" On
Friday night his Excellency Mina lincissin Khan, the
Persisn Minister, gave a sumptuous diplomatic bsnquet at
the Palace of the Legation at Foundoukii, Constantinople,
to which were invited his Excellency Sir Henry Hahne, the
greater part of the blade of the foreign missions, his High-
ness the Grand Vizier, his Highness Aah Pacha, their
Excallensier Rica, Mousse Sayfetti, &hem, and Negib
Pardus, and Kemal Effendi."
Advice. from Teheran of the 24th ult. state that
the Shah was preparing to make an excursion with his court
into the provinces of Persian Khotassan, and that his
Majesty had invited hie Excellency Sir Henry Rawlineon to
accompany the royal Fifty.
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THE CSIISCS lit INDIA.—The Bishop of calrzz
we learn from the Barker", of the 26th ult., has
Aliahabed. Duties hie progress up the river his lordship
had two attacks of fever, but is now stated to be much better.
Blocs the visitation oommenoed confirmations have been held
at lierhuopore, Hamner', Besulesh, Bhaugulpore, Mongbyr,
Diaspora, Bow, Ohaseepore, Chimer, Benares, end AIL.
habad. 123 oonfinnatioes were in the Buglish longing%
end 68 in the Urdoo. The Barkers adds:—" At 'tamper%
Beauleeb, and Boxer, rameterke were consecnired, and at
Allababad two are to be consecrated before the bishop leaves
the station. At many stations the holy communion was
administered during the bishop's *try. Him lordship preached
at every place except Runners, Besuleab, and Boxer, where
he was too unwell to do so, and Chimer, where he only
stayed one day, end held two confirmations—one for Euro-
peens, Dad one for oativ-s—each, of course, aoconipenied by
addretreee to the candidates,. He visited the hospitals of
Berhampore, Dinspore, sod Allehabad, and held a skeet
service in sob. He also visited the mission schools at
Bhaugulpore, end the Government COll4lO, Jaynarabee
College, and other mission schools at Senates."
GOLD IN PECBLEMIBIRE.—An interesting di♦
covet), has been made in Prebleashire. Gold has been found
among the qusraz detritus in Glengsber burn, a small moun-
tain rivulet which falls in' o the Megget about a mile and •
halt from St. Mary's Loch, and which forms, se we under-
stand, the division between Henderland and the property of
the Earl of Weems'. The gold is in small nuggets, some al
them resembling flattened split try. The qusnuty picked
up is in weight equal to half a sovereign. Whether era
minute investigation the gold will be found to an extent worth
working remains to be seen when the state of the season per-
mits. The distravery, so far, I. due to Mr. 1111CliPtOT, school..
mister, at Henderland, and the specimens which he has
been able to collect have been remitted to the museum of the
Chambers Institution, Peebles, where they may be semi by
the curious.—PeAlsasitire Aderrtsior of Saturday.