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

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OV LORDEL—Tveo" Lars 20.
The Loan enairrod.oa took his seat as the woolsack at
5 o'clock.
The Aughteranler COSMOS Muir Bill, the Cork and
Limerick Direct Railway PAIL the Inverness and ROWNIWTS
Railway Ball. and the Dover the Bill, wen read a third
time
The Ear! of SHAITIBIBURY presented petitions against
&tali rates from Wichenford Hoye Chapel, Wigan. and
also a petition from W;chenford, against any
alterst,u in the marriage
THE WILMA ARTILLERY.
Ti. • Earl .4 till A EIIitSBURY observed that rumonrs had
vet) generally prevailed which caused considerable public
ala•Ilt, and be trusted that the noble lord ilmeite would
be able to give an mower that would allay pob& apprehen-
ai.si It had been stated that it was the mteetiis of the
gm,rmnent to order the disembodiment of the artillery
militia. He was the more anxious i.e the subject, because
he had been ithemed that the kirds-beuteaante of the
English counties bad dose all they could to encourage the
kw malice of those corps. It was now mud, how-
r. that the militia was to be disembodied.
Earl DE OBEY and RIPON replied that the statement
referred to by his noble friend eras nut in any degree
°once,. the seine in which he made it. No regi-
ment of ankh' whitey. lad been disembodied up to
thi- time, lot resat anises had been given that
four regiments--the lerfar, the Edinburgh, the Waterford,
rd whale r —dasidabsibmikeed, and that was the whole
nemlur of mill& enniments which it ea. now proposed to
disembody. The SPDVISSIBInt had increased the fore* of
the meal artillery by wisling a new brigade of 1,000
1a.1.1 to the merles artlisey, and ;100 men to the semi
se6lieer ; short, there was a tobil lacrosse uf IAO
men, whilst the decrease by ilisembislinient was 1,501 k
Comeguently the house would see that there was no much
inient.on on the part of lass government as that which kis
noble friend seemed to Of course when the artil-
lery returned from India there would be • further &sem-
bodianit .4 the militia.

DEFENCES OF THE COUNTRY.
The FAA of ELLENHOROUGH had seen in the daily
sevrigepers that the Isteatioe on the part of the vern-
am! to nacres-se the royal srtillery had been ahaaelooel ;
ionic additional brigades which it had proposed in the first
instance to mime were not It seemed now about to be raised.
Be earnestly unrested her Itsjesty's government to con-
es& r well and deeply the Mato a things which now existed.
The state of things which alined when parliament met had
!educed the gewernmeat to propose very large naval and
military ettiesthes. The Mete of thnp sow was cinch
mere serious thew it was them. (Loud cries of "Hear,
kw." Aad whatever miscue existed then for placing the
eseittry le a state of thorowo defence existed to • much
pester sliest a--(hoar, bear)—and certainly it was not
at Ude tine. Ma so loamy threatening appearance*, they
had a right to SIMI' that the government would make any
UM reductive. of the forme (Hear, hem )
The bake of NEW/CANTLE could assert his noble friend
that the tweet he bed Merl had no foundation whatever.
is he Mimi the bum the ovigin of the report had been
AM he me am AU fully to saderstand what
Matillat eta mid by lit amble Mod No alteration whatever
had lakes place. Ns reheetlee had been made with a view
to make 1118 fame emus with the estimated. He amid
amour hi ashes Mead We Ewe hail been no such change,
but nadsolmeny ?Mier dlitena..iiment of the mllitie
we
tehe yieee epee the erriral of the m line the from
Lodi&

Ruottaims prorrred severs: petitions from Dit-
toed. Unsawich, sod Woolwich, in of sus y
'bobs(
Tr Enri or Doan presented a petition from Newport,
Isle of WightelPlast the abolitioa of church rates
PACKET SERVICE (TRANSFER. OF CONTRACTS)

This bill passed through eanunittes.
CONIOLIDATED FUND (4,300,0001.) BILL.
Tie bill ale.. pawed through aaumitt.e.
THE E.A.
The Earl d DERBY said he hoped the mob's duke eppo-
dle Valid ha able ill 14•41 as Thursday on what day, sad
far whattime, parlament peak! be adarsed for the Zeman
WPM.

The Duke of NEWCASTLE said he trusted he shoal
be able to comply with the whit earl's wishes oe Thunday.
The house iiejewsed at ID Yute. to 6 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONti—Trower, MAsen 20.
Thip arum lool!liir ark at four o'clock.