The Express.
London, England, 1858-07-16 00:00:00

DESTITUTE POOR.

Mr. JOHN toCia 1;14a the Presidint of the Poor Law
Board whether it was the intention of that board previous to
the next winter, to call upon the guard's= of the several
instropoacrishes and anions to maks better provision
for UM of the destibits peer who hen not opal-
*Med In =ler thee der NM NOW bridaimbe requffed
for the raps= poor may be aeon equally divided somept
the pariah's mad &mirk= the/ it mtge. to be atesc.:h
shown by • parliameatery return, No. 281, of ibis
and is order Met seek parish or union may bear its Air
share of this bertha, la conformity with the spirit and in-
tend= of the act 701 and Bth Vic., c. 101 P
Mr. 8. BBTCOURT said that the act in question pawed
in 1844, sad the thee_ poor law board took manures to oarry
it into eureka. Before anything, however, could be done,
• select committee was appointed to inquire into the working
of the act, and that committee never made • report, the in-
ference being that they did not approve of it. His opinion
was most favourable, and daring the mons he should com-
municate with the various parties laberetted, with the view,
if possible, of restoring next meek= the law to the position
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in which it was placed by the bill d 1844. He knew that
such • step would be looked upon by many as one towards a
general equalisation of poor eMss, bat be believed that both
those who hoped and those who Mead such a commutation
would be greatly disappointed In the result.
OUR CONSUL AT NAPLES. _ _
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Mr. DALGI11311;riaiaatoTino;;;;;;;; Mr. Barber,
the British Consul at Naples, had neosival soy prentotou or
other mark of approbation from for his great
kindness to the English engine= ortbelend Cagliari while 'ca-
rtooned, and far lus succendul exertioas in procuring their

Mr. S. FITZGERALD was No sensible of the zeal end
latalligenc• of Kr. Berber, that he was not dimmed to min-
cies tee ereurely the tormie of the hon. member's gnostic.,
but he mold net help ranialsi him that the seal and intel-
ligence of Mr. Wore W elm onmethiag to do in roodir=
the Aldred MEL 7_llegenmarnwt led already
the monism eft Mr. Barber, br 'shim, although not
• naval seem aim ego Ile to the Sardinian
go= whin he reedved personal thanks.
Mr. Barber bed boon eppolnied, milijeot to her
llajesty's Omer., to &poet of double the mine to that whioh
he now tilled. ( ear, bear.)
ROMAN CATHOLICS IN THE NAVY.
Captain D. O'CONNELL asked the First Lead of the
Admiralty, if Roman catholice serving on board any of her
Majesty's chips at present in commission, wore osempelled to
attend protestant divine service when mad on based; and,
if such were the cue whether the practise of compelling them
would be allowed to eontinne—whether the Admiralty would
consider of allowing catholic@ on ouch axasions to assemble
on lbs fortowlio• apart from the rest of the ship's company,
under the charge of a warrant or petty officer of their own
communion _

RT.I.FAKINOTON was informed that it was not
the practice in ships of war to compel Roman catholic& to
attend protestant worship. If in any cue a different oon-
dnot had been punned, he thought it should be molded.
He feared than would be practical difficulties in the way of
allowing Roman catholic' to worship apart, as the =pert-
mot bad already been tried in the tees of protestant dis-
senters and bad not eucosecisd.