The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-11 00:00:00

NOTICES OF MOTIONS.

CIVIL BIIRVICZ EXAMINATIONN.—Mr. B. COCHI4ANE, on
Friday, the 25th inst., to move "That fur the future
the civil Novice commissioners shall publish with their
animal report all the examination papers submitted to
amadidates, specifying the proportion in which the ins.imnin
of marks assigned to 611 Ch branch of knowledge is divided
among the questions contained in each paper."
Tie FORTIFICATION COMMITTER.— By Mir F. SMITH, to
plc the &oratory for War, on the motion for tic daimon-
meat of the house till Monday, whether be had any objec-
tion to state who were the members of the committee now
inquiring into the eubiect of fortifications!
mad
in
REPORIA BILL.—By Mr. JAIIIOI, to ask the 141ecre-
tug for Foreign Affairs, on the motion for the adjourn-
ment of the house, whether it was his intention to proceed
with the Reform Dill (the committee of which WWI fixed
for the 4th June) in time for the consideration of the
measure by the other house this session

THE RIPORH BILL
Mr. BAXTER asked the Semetarr of State Pe Foreign
Alain whether. is c.isekleratioo c 4 the committee es the
Before Bill far Ettarlaad awl Wales having Awn deferred
WI June. sal with • view tai expedite the pawing .4 that
measure. he would woe to peewee the `.hutch sail Irish
Rakers BiUs till the neat session of parliamest?
Lord J —With respect to the question of the
bow twrober for Boatmen I think it would he a very in-
convenient opens to pronged with the seemed reeding of
the lab sad Scotch refceni bills until we have gone into
esennottee the English bill: beiteme we should
bare 4. delete quesmsis relating to the franchise.
*Well we have already diseunsed. sad which we must
tlinews again to committee on the English bill. It appears
to ins that the most eoevesisut plan would he to go into
rommittee a. the Brerbik bill ; and thee the moults of the
deacumbew whop • e should that by might he takes into
weerieriene ne the second reading d the Sem& and
trash 1011. A. to deferring the second main of tie blab
hill till nest mains. that is • question which lan at
wet es•oh to mower. het Wore_ we ae into cosainittee at
the English hill either my Debit friends: myna will state
what are the witentiose of the government.
THE PROJICTILU ROAD ACROSS HTDE.PARK.
rer N. PETO mewl the Tint Oriamimitmer of Wert
whether. in the emelt of she govenememt entertaining the
itrepeWhiee M cessectiag the earth and south sides of
=t r. b• reed, he would lay pleas metier, sad
see►h propmed Toed epos the table of the
elect
beer prior to my vote being takes to carry the nuns Into

mi. myna mid the making of • peat public the.
rerighlwe mime the park was • setter 10 mach affecting
the seenfert and recreation of so assay that no dad.
den would he come to lenient the fullest ilocumon ; and
be Shedd earleedy sot think of peopo ing any crenate
Mihail fiat Amite home the t information.
POOR LAW BOARD.
fir H. MO asked the Preeideat of the Puor•liw Board
whether. as the powers of the Poor-law Board espies at
the end of the preheat minim of parliament, it was the in.
bretion of the fors nseat to introduce in the present see
Wee • bill far the renewal of Mom powers ; and If so, when
sea bill would be introduced'
Kr. VILLIERS said it was the intention of the govern-
meat to propose • renewal of the act from which the Poor-
kw /hard derived its powers; and they would take the
mirlwist opportunity whichlresented Met( to bring in a bill
fey that purpose after the White= holidays. The question
of the hoe. member might possibly have been prompted by
sa elm that it was in contemplation to take powers in the
ressiswal bill to deal with the removal of nuisance. ; but the
gm. ramerat had no such intentioa. (Hear, hear.)
CHINA.
So DE L. EVANS asked the Secretary to the Admiralty
the ansaber of morns sad sailors now on the China
entices

Lord C. PAGET said • similar question had• been put to
him ember is the 'maim_ and be had then Mated that it
was notconsidered advieshie to make pnblicly known the
smart naval force whet we had on the China stations.
(Hear. Marl He should have no objection to answer the
gallant pewee gumbos privately.
Mir DE L. EVANS embed the Secretary of State for War
the number of reglesede or numerical strength of the gar-
risons of HUOIF Kong and Canton, Earoproe sad native,
of India, not nickeled in the amount of forces stated by
the Secretary of Mate as ing to or arrived in Chien.
Mr. S. HERBERT said the prisons of Hong Kong and
Canto* comprised three batteries of artillery, coosisting of
MK owe ; three companies. of Royal Engineer,. containing
NM men ; and a battabon of European troops, TM strong.
There were also three battalions of nativetroope, containing
1,6:11 mem, who were to be relieved by an equivalent form ;
sad orders had been given that the English battalion (which
was s.clil) ) should be mot home, wakes some urgent ne-
cessity should exim for • different course.
TH F. STOLEN EXAMINATION PAPERS.
Mere SININGRP uked the Secretary of State for War
whether any clue had been obtained relative to the late ab.
diadem of examination papers; and if so, whether the
mass of the parties eoecented were to be made pobbc,
and what steps had been taken in the matter by the
authocities •

Mr. 8. HERBERT had been in communication with the
n+•, wh•sw investigations were beiagponttuued, and hr
Mips.' would soon come to some conclusion, fur there were
prim• on whom impel:ion rested. If the inquiries
sow ginag ou gate them say means cif prooseding, the
geve•reememt would take steps to bring the guilty parties to
*dic. (Hear. bear.(

THE ARMY REITIMATER.
B. NORTHOUTE mired the Biscretary of State foe
War when it was to go into the army estimates ?
& HIiRBEBT maid he thought seat week, but he
vadd Wag them on earlew Y he could.
Lod LOVAINE asked if adios would be given of the
foe
Mt. IL HERBERT sephed la the airmails*.

THE NATIONAL DEFENCES.
Mr. PALE asked whelher the report of the ',lumina*
en the &knees of the cominry had Lem Mined ; and if go,
vbelber that report mould be laid on the table before the
tl~t► gentleman took the Me for fortifications in the
Mr. ft HERBERT said that the report would be laid
upon the table before be took any vote in detail for the for-
talk:allot» of the country.

1;1'..\ ERA L GA iIIBALDPS EXPEDITION.
Su DE L EVANS (who wav lhalttlhetlY heard) wag um-
derstieeil to salt the whist lord the Secretary for Foreign
Alrauv whether he had received any despatches relative to
any projected espedition uf lA:mend Garibaldi to Sicily, and
whether he would have any objection to lay them on the
table

Lord J. RIIIBELL win usdentood to say that it would
net he desirable t publish say despatch*, Irbil* bad come
to the heads of the tom the stibieet, suseidenoll
the ill effects wkicb had followed from the publication 4
despakhes relative to • provioua projected expaditioo 4
General Garibaldi in Castro' Italy.
Mr. HEN NIDISY asked whether the noble lore' would
bare any objeetios to provisos all the despatches that had
Deem vomited from Nr. 0. Rowell, the attach* at Rome
velour, to the administration 4 public affairs in the Mato;
of the eburrh •

Lord J. It I'&4ELL said that he was not prepared to
wade.* any deepstchee beyond those which had already
been pablkhed.
Mr. HEN N ANSY untintatal L.. intentioe of movies for
the unpublished deopatchea
Lord J. RUSSELL rid that he coold not agree to pro.
dorethetm inasmuch sa their pubbc.it.ou would 1/1, is viola-
I II I She pledge under which communication. had been
3 iieLylSrdinal Antonioni.
WAYS AND MEAN&
REFRESHMENT HOUSES AND WINE LICENSES.
upon the imoion of the CH•irtseuna of the &COMO=
haMon resole« steel( into a Committee of Ways sad

T ; 4'H.% EL Wit 44 the EXI 'H NUE/4 moved the
ellowleg resolution :--"flat, %%mode raiabamiiit.be supply
11, o'dwd to her 11.1witr, thew shall be e and
paid. oat. and for Me nee of her Majesty, f has sad
sun ...ors, for and epee the several beeline hereinafter
neeetioued„ the respective rates and duties following, that
is to r 1 : 144 every license to keep • retreahmeat-howee,
V the house and premien is respect of which each bone.
dealt be mew, shall be leader the not and yahoo at M.
arm, KM IL'
Mr. AI N7I,Y objected that ao explaastion was gives a
the jeuticular object of the des, wbetlier foe means or
police, and .4 the sasnieter of the bossed to b. taxed. They
had base told that this was sat • Goal question, and fur
Fehr. the tea aboidd Iw uoiforui.
The C A:WILIAM of Me ILICCHNUER data that
be had nsprewneed the queens* aot to be • decal 011 e,
though the oasis object was palace rseprl•itioa ; end he es •
Oftee.ll the mere of the dasseees in the animal of the
refenracc to the heerie•tex. The questa., what
was a refrusleaseat-laiese, was aot round by the present re•
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llr HAkDY sea. uptake that aU hones of public
neon end eaterteasaiest °tight to le Sated. Bat the
gnat sril. acconhag to the endear* before the committee
4 mist, wee ulnas to places that were kept open as
ealhe-hcenee sad uysterehupc, which were kept open aftrr
W public•horeice sad beersitus* were eland. He wee
pawed to rote fur team seek bones, if they were kept
opal between tens eight eed four is the imoonalm.
Mr. Aklrrasa SALO6ION:4 easpeted that the in.
erearod rate of homer ugly apply I. bourn a6ure
111 rest.

lir PALK rd t►o ►mu• wan •till without any ituswcr
to th• yw•Awa what ar•tttat•d • r•fr+hmoot hour.
Would • •buy io the araittry whom Iq•cwt• art apple• Were
saki ••ne wrier that dasonimahloa

The CHANCELLOR ut the EXCHEIII'ER said he had
wit oterloolord that questilea at all. It was stated lieut•.
rally us the 1411: but his delhiliao howl been objected to,
mod ioodileatiow hed bu prep.:not He wygrewol
that the 1.4 tune for auwellerios tbat .pseetios would be
.onoesttee of the bal. The aoly queetiou now was,
wheelie. • li.e.we duty should be ou lo.urte other Oulu
peblic.house. awl heerLouwat The alteration suggested by
11r. Alderuotr AILIVELNAr would operate very isoouvesiently.
Peri wig bower helve.. EV. and V. would obtain*
relief (row the houee ditty, while those below that enamel
woukt arcs

Mr. HENLEY .41.1 e. unater‘heel that the protest two.
.lel Dot plohie the eosinittee t • say pertieekr duo
el Ile •hookl 1w OM to we the tax oreallaed to
6•l4laew W hlt:b were kept ,yea during the Eight. ow
seevt ut th..e !wefts., .01 hitherto for...eels, would be to
tren.forre roeey henna into buy,.sad thus reduce their
rate of Lowe July. He should out oiler all opposition to
the wrest reeolamies.
le =ewe, to Lad J. Ml!litlhn.

iii•-iiiiiticiiiiii;iieViat•uzgr ER mi.l it v.
'hie to funs say trustworthy e•titsiste of the •umber
d t►at weakl hi fra•te.' meter the new L.. As a
="he alight say that inclathog
eamel. the wise haserce mat oboes for refrestimee..
booms might 7144 *ALUM or 70..u.fri a year the gneiews
rearlibm d w►teh w ith be &rival from the wine lionises.
Mr. T. DUNOOKIIE tibleetird to a &ease being required
for any hare wtsistever where eat kind of refrestinteate
wary sold. The effect would be thus persons going to them
Lawn would have • policeman to wait uptou them.
4 Hein. hear.) There wee no objection to wine lavabos;
but the public would wean subsist to sunk •
prejsmil as this, far holleil Rif every bows. where my-
... 1.1 in the shops .4 refrmhusent. This we •
Telugu t.. days .4 Lid Castlereagh. Iffe.,,e, A
sb..rt e. ..ot- t any were told by the goveranomi yid t►e
wrosto.g sr...ir .o much iniiircsed that Oa Inanities

' might to be lowered to 61. ; now the government said they
were not fit even to eat aad drink without having police to
watch them. U this tax were good fur England and Wales
it was good for fleotissid, sod ought to be extended to it.
After a few WOMB from Mr. Upon!,
Sir J. V. SHELLEY said the house was shout to decide
how much refreshment houses should pay for • license
without defusing • refreshment house. Though be much
wished to me thew of light wines extended, he felt the
greatest objection to this extension of the power of the
p lice. As the resolution stood he could not possibly sup.
port it.
Lord J. MANNERS had inferred from the Chancellor of
the Exchequer's own explanations that the whole imam deny-
abbe ben the refreshment-house homes woad ad mead
I ender .lutioo mastarising
Thelumt
fromfr° the oparatiw of
thb
the result cold be that there would be an improthistim
map •and
I tan., which would be attended with peat inoonvesienoe to
I those who .upplied the bumbler classes of society with re-
! f fths ents.

Yr E JAMES thought the course pursued by the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer m postponing any modification of
his plan eras • very 'Determent one. They were asked to
adirm that all houses which supplied refreshments should be
licensed in order that the puhce might have control over
than. Why did not the government bring in a bill for that
rupiee? It wee just as if a Chancellor of the Exchequer,
instead of bringing in a bill to put down garebbug houses,
proposal that they should be taxed. (Hear, hear.) If the
resolution were not modified at once, he should certainly
vote amulet it.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the hoe.
sad learned gentleman seemed quite to misunderstand the
revolutioe. It did not declare that every refreshment
house should be bound to have • license, but simply axed
the price of every license that should be issued to a refresh.
meet house. The only question, therefore, which the house
had to consider, we. whether there were some refreshment
houses which ought to he taxed.
Hr. AYRTON had not the least objection to any houses
being brought under the supervision of the police, if that
were desirable for the purposes of morality ; but he ob-
jected to the confounding of a moral with • financial ques-
tion. (Hoar, hear.) The interest of the metropolis in this
Emetics) was very peculiar. It abounded with lodging
houses, and every householder who supplied • lodger with
coffee and bread and butter would be liable to taxation and
to police visits. He warned hon. members not to rely on
their voting power, for if they did so, and there should be •
new Reform Bill, the people would remember it.
The committee than divided :

For the resoled=
Against it lO3-70
On the next edema, that the license should be V. Is. on
all refreshment brume rated at 'AY. and upwards,
Mr. AYRTON moved that the Wens, should he 10s. 6d.
For the clams
APinal
The resolution was then agreed to.
On the proposal that for every Beene, to be granted as
hereinafter mentioned to any licensed keeper of • refresh-
! went house to sell therein by retail foreign and British
wine, to be consumed in such house or on the promisee be-
longing thereto—if such house and premises shall be under
the rent and value of SOL • year, the license shall be 31.35. ;
sad if the same shell he of the rent or value of 501. a year
or weenie, W. 3s. And for every license to be takes out
by any person for the selling by retail in any shop of
foreign wine not to be consumed in the house or shop, or
on the premiers where sold—if the house and premises
shall be under the rent or value of 501. a year, the license
shall be 2/. 2e. ; 'radii the same shall be of the rent or
value of 501. • year or upwards. 3/. 3s.
Lord J. MA.NNERB asked whether colonial seines would
be chimed underthe head of British or foreign wines?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said they
would be classed as foreign wines (A lank.)
Mr. AYRTON wished to know whether the Chancellor
of the Exchequer meant to keep up the difference between
licenses grunted to wholesale and retell dealers. The license
at poem; he believed, was 10f. 101. for persons who dealt
wholesale, and 21.25. and 31. Is on retail dealer,. Preserv.
I Mg that difference would not promote the consumption of
unadulterated wiz... The difference between the two ought
to be abolished and one uniform license established. He
had opposed the resolutions purely from a desire to promote
temperance, aed he left the regulations for intemperance
to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the hon.
gentleman had raised a perfectly legitimate question for
diecuasioo. The wholesale dealer was • man who usually
dealt is large quantities of wine, or wished to have the
power of doing so, sad he therefore paid ten guineas for his
license. But it would be scarcely fair to charge the retail
dealer, whine shop was open for the sale of other
so large • sum, sad be could not see that any ;imbed in-
convenience would arise from maintaining • dietniction. An
eight or ten guinea license would press so heavily
upon the retail dealer that be would be required
to dispose of wine some hundreds of pounds in
value before he could realise any prollt. if on the other
head they were to reduce the 10 guinea wine license to five
or six mimeos he was afraid the next step they would be
celled upon to take would be to reduce the 10 guinea
spirit license.
Er. GRIFFITH was not disposed to take a puritanical
view of the question, but he should like to know the de-
scription of shops likely to lip engaged in the retail of wine.
He hardly rammed that there was to be no check upon
the retail of wine, though it did not appear at present that
there was any
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had
acted upon the principle that there was no objection to the
wide este/sloe of the sale of wine to be consumed on the
premises ; but regnietiews would be enforced far pram
the abused the privilege in consuming wine on the
pnmuies.
After a few words from Er. NEWDICIATZ, the resolution
was agreed to, as also was • resolution that the licence epee
of the rent or value of 60/. a year or upwards should
bs 31. Te. par an um.
The house the:resumed.

The CHANCELLOR of. the EXCHEQUER said that, if
it was agreeable to Use house, he would more that the re-
solutions Just screed to should be reported forthwith and
ineertsd in the bill, so that the committee might consider
the n...1111/1, LI a whole.

The vigg.tion was;Ceded to, and the report of the reso-
lution. W lffought up sad agreed to.