The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-08 00:00:00

tics from as emaciation calling itself " The Society
for Promoting the Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge' poiet-
leg out how !my BUY security was •ffirded to tie public
2 the provisions lustier the head of !melioration. They were
agrmd that whatever wen really required for the Men-
rity of ooriety against the yubtication of biamhenous, intim
mot, and librilons mater, ought not to to interfered with
hat, on the Moor hand, povisioss initialed to Met a bypass
Mate of thing•—provisiona which were pawed sore after the
Preach Revolution to provide against a temporary state of
things, ought not to erotism In force, sad , the governmset
were prepared for their repeat. Having considered the whole
matter, with the &mistime of the Sobeitor-Geneeal, be
could not assent at that rooteset to the paring of • Dill
which would sweep away all the legislation of fifty yams oa
this sub** ; but if the hon. and learned gentleman would
withdraw his bill, be would nederiake to consider the subject
in the approaching moms with the view of tepee/leg all that
was not was neat to the protection of the public aptast what
was antra bonos mores. If he had $ mat in the new peas-
swot end coatinued to occupy his present position In the
government, ha would either betrothed. a hill himself far the
purpose which he bad mentioned, or give hie beet considera-
tion to any an di bill which might be ialroduced by the hon.
end learned gentleman.
Mr. B. JAMEB would deems that, so far as noterspepers
were concerned, whines by the 6th and 7th Will. 114 ch.
761 it woe provided that the name. of the proprietor and the
printer should bothappear, it would he quite militating If the
name of the printer appeared.
Mr. M. MILNE:lewd that there wea*othing novel in the
proposition before the house, because no far book as 1156 the
right tuce.gru, lama the membe-r for Oxford Usivrreit (Mr.
Giedst us) brought in a meanie having the same objet se
the bill of his hon. h Mod. It was considered by the then
government, and they were prepared to 'sedate is the
meaner proposed by Mil bill. He thought, therefore, that
the tight lull. gentleman (Sir 8. Northcote) would And
in his depertineet all matters and information reedy to
his hand. The principle opal which we should act would be
to apply the same rule to Dawspapers se was applied to all
other printed papers. There should be no separate legisla-
tion for newmapors. (Hear, hoar.) They would then get
rid of the difficulty which none of the omits had solved
setieleatorily, via, to define what Is a newspaper.
Mr. AYRTON said, after what had fallen that the right
has. petitnian, he ohoold withdraw his bill.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was glad that the hon.
gentleman did not insist nom altering the law which re-
quired the publication of the winters Dime. He thought
that they ware signet upon the expidienoy of altering the
law requiring semi, to he given. The rely citation re-
sealing was, %hither It wee deetrable to ramie the system
of regimration. That, no doubt, hi. right lata. Mari would
emeader in the mem The Mating system was cemaiely
epee to the objection that no means existed enabling the
aighorittes at ffeceme-reet-bouse to register.
The measure was then withdrawn.
COMBINATION OF WORKMEN BILL.

The bows west into committee on this bill.
&r S. NORTHCOTE did not rise to oppose this bill. On
to contrary, he thought that the hen. member had cootie red
10pest benefit on the workmen by the introduction of this
01. The object of the measure was to give s legal meaning
to tette& terms, the result of which he btlierel would be
very beneficial to the clan to which the ms re referred.
The bill thou passed through committee.
The house adjourned at seven o'clock.

SPOR7ING.

TATTERSALL'S.-- THIAIMAY.

The room was sitnewhat thinly attended, sad the sob-
writers devoted their time to the d sousaioa of the recent
death of Sir Charles Month. Sir Chaska was an eccentric
but a popular patroo of the torf withal, end he had his share
of good fortune. By his death Gansseter, who held • promi-
nent posilon in the betting, is disqualified for the Doty,
Barefoot for the Great Northern, &c., and sevetal other
aelmals for important engagements.
The bushiest traneeted was so unimportant that the fol-
lowing scanty het of quotations may be given without
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LONDON AND SOUTH WPAIERN RAILWAY.

Yesterday afternoon a special general meeting of
the proprietors of the London and South Western Railway
Company was held at the Waterloo [Ratko, Roes MANGLES,
Esq., M P., in the chair.
The SECA/START having read the advertisement committing
the matting,
The C IMN AN said that cdrcums'ances had eiders since
the laming of the c:renlars which would materially shorter
the bissisesa of the mediae. The nand bill upon the list,
thatfeirauthorising the amalgamation of the Portsmouth
line with the eln.inny, ,had sot advanced sufficiently In the
committee of the House of Commons to be submitted be'
the consideration of the shareholders. The lam MESA •
applied to all the remaining bills which it wee the
intention of the directors to bring before the meeting.
He th dila therefore move that the consideralos of them be
adjoutned till the 111th indent. The first bill on the list,
t surly, that authorising the company to raise 100,0001.
capital for the emit/action of new works and bronchia In
moinezion with the male undtrtaking, was the only one
which it would be nemseary for the thaseholders to give an
opinion upon.
The tioucrrok having expltined the various chutes of
the bill.

SHASZUOLDZU asked when It was likely that the
Fatuous cimpotiticak which had *prang up bays= the Beath
Weston sad South &eters Companies would be dleena-
tinned.
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The CZAIZMAN mid he was about to antleipata the goes-
tion of the hen. proprietor. The subject alluded to had 00061.
pied the moat serious atteat'oe of the dipletots. The camel
which bad been entered into had neither hien begun nor
provoked by the South Weetcro Comp,ny. They bat not
only made every route..o4c concenion to the South Eeetern.
bat • good many which were more than reasonable, for the
purpme of preserving peace, but without cif ct. The South
Western hid not taken the initiative in lowering the ins;
It was the act of the Brighton Company ; and, AA a manure
of self-defence, lied only been followed by the &nett Weitorn
board raspy day) after. The board, notwithstanding the
many concessions they had made, were etill ready to come to
au amicable underetandieg„
A SHAREHOLDER *Awl, was there not an agreement be-
tween toe two companies that neither should take up an in-
dependent line fussing throve' the districts ; and had not
that agreement been broken by the South Western taking
up the Mean Portematith line ?
The CIIATIUI•N said there certainly MAO such an under.
taking, but the South Wintery did not encourage the forma-
tion d the Portomoeth direct line. It was made In epiu3 of
them, and the board were obliged to t die it up in self-de-
foram ; but in doing so they bad offered the South Pe tern
the moet liberal traits arrengerneat. The Smith &elan
had, however, in the opinion of the board, boken other parts
of the same agreement. The board had done all they could
to forward a settlement of the differences, and were ready to
do nimbi( the South Eastern would meet them half- way.
Mr. Pt seven soil that the whole complication was due
to the hoard taking up the direct Portsmouth line; that line
was a lad undertaking, end the ditecton had no right to
patches* it with the peopristord money. He should isomdtat
the meeting be adjounied, with the taking into coselderation
the bill brought forwent, till the 15th inst.
Mr. HIRAPATH said the bill which it MD proposed to
unction had nothing whatever to do with the competition in
qw ; sad, though they all felt very Wrongly on that
subject, they ought not to postman the legitimate boatmen of
the compaey on thearcount.
Mr. Amelsee's motion for the adjournment having ham
pat was negatived.
The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution that the Mil be
apwrat sad ratutioned by the proprietors, which wee
tweeted.
The totaliag woe then sebouesed till the ISth Inst. at one
o'ciock.

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