The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-13 00:00:00

SAVINGS BANKS.

Colons? W. PATTEN gave notice that he should to-
morrow mei.; the Chancellor of the Excheqner whether his
attention had bees directed to private bills istrodueed
during the re isant session giving power to corporate bodies
to establish miring' banks on the secarity of the corporate
hinds, and if so what was the intention of the government
with respect to t. hem.
,CATTLE STATISTICS.
Admiral DuNcirMßE inquired of the President of the
Board of Trade if he wag aware that the schedules prepared
by the Board of Tra, is, calling upon the owners of live
stook to make a moon* thereof on the sth day of March,
bad never been issued L * many townships, and how he pur-
posed to Wawa an mom ate return of cattle throughout the
coantry on a given day
Mr. X. OLBSON said a Ist in consequence of the notioe
he had resolved of the qua. than of the gallant admiral ho had
made inquiries of those chat bed with the duty of ?shahs
the schedules, rind there was every reason to believe that
the officers :shar,ired with the t luty of issuing schedules for
the return of live stock had complied with their instruc-
tions, and had seas schedules to all occupiers of land whose
names appeared oa the laud asee.ument returns. The only
venom to whom they had not been sect were some small
occupiers, being sub-tenants or pen Wall described as WM-
piers of houses sad gardens. In at. olle lONS steps had been
taken to assertala the number of the it live stock.
Admiral DIINOOMBE said that Were were to his know-
ledge many townships in which the °occupiers had not had
the returns mat to the=

THE RINDERPESY AMON(.I SHEEP.
Sir A. AGNEW inquired of the Vice'-Presideat of the
Committee of Privy Council on Education if he could give
any information u to whether the dise au mid to have
broken oat among sheep in some parte of Soodeed, had in
ady instance beets reported by esaipelost antherity to be
identical with rinderpork.
kir. BRUM mid that no official information had been
received as to the existeoce of rioderpeat among 'heap in
&ottani, but he was sorry to say that other credible infor-
-nation bad reached the government which left Mlle doubt
of the existeme of the disease in Porfaishire and the county
of Fife. As to England, he was sorry to say that there scold be
no doubt. An inspection of sheep seed to have died by yin.
demist bad been made by Professors Simoods ant Brown
on behalf of the Veterinary Department, and the result of
the examination was to establish in their minds bused ell
doubt that the riederpeet had existed in ten differial cues
among sheep in England, and had been attended with very
serious loes. He had been informed by Professor %moods
that in every awe where he trued the loss of sheep to its
source, they had been in contact with cattle subject to the
disease.
SITE FOE NOTTINGHAM BARRACK&
Sir R. CLIFTON asked the Secretary of State for War
the date of the purchase of land at Nottingham for site of
barracks, from whom it was purchased, the extent of land,
and price paid.
The Marquis of HARTINGTON replied that the land
was purchased in 1860, by order of the Doke of Newcastle,
and that the extent was 21 sores, and coat 5,2001.