The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-15 00:00:00

TEE EED#I4,

Mr. FRENCH having athed etheler may thirdly would
be made into the mused which led to the faders of the
British attack on the Sodas,
Lord PA LbIERSION said that os the drat receipt of the
intelligence of the repels* of our tre cgs at the Sedan kis mo-
ttle friend at the head of the War Department wrote for fur
ther &tele= the satject, which had b•en receivid, sad
which were otheidere• to be quite satisfactory. He agreed
with his boo, friend, nut so far trim thinstog that the events
of that day cast a slur on our traepe, be thought It
clue of the meet hr nostable and glorious day' in which do
British tie ps were ever engaged—("bear, hear," and
elteers)—for nothiag (mild exceed the valour both of alms
and sore, fame sedertaking of the most desgerate chanethr.
Bat it mast be remembered that the a•ratelt on that day
was the result of a joint arrangement between the French
aid Begbish ecesamaading odicers, sad it the Br tub troops
Sid hot sumetd at the Great Rodeo, so slur the French did
sot succeed in three other at empts on tb• name day. The
whet* of the operations were intended to ',nag about this
menpatioa of the mice position the Malthltel4
theft was earned ; aid nothing tended men to
the themes of that. the prinepel op reties), than
the &Meek ea the other quart.,. of the wen. So far
from the events of that day hang a clue on the British.
troops, he thought that their oxidant os that day and is
the previous meek on the 18th Jane, eked reamed lustre
OD the British arms. (Heer, he r.)
The adjoursamat ed the house to the glut lastaat trestles
agreed to.
NOTICES OF MOTION.
Kr. ROEBUCK !peva notice that ou the Ist April he
should move an eddies. to her Majesty, requeetiog her to
give orders reepeciting the salaries of the *runty martsr.
ir G. GREY gave coda that on the let aril he 'hook'
move for leave to bring in • bill for the better regulation of
tee eorporatiem of London.
Mr. KUNTZ gave totes that be should move a ?moie-
ties on the Bth April, declaring the newel, y of an equitabb
adjustment of the Ream and property t.a, as it affected
industrial or preausinal incomes, compered with those de-
rived from
Mr. ISPOOPNierput socks that he should move on the
16th April for a committee of the whole Rome to ermine,
the endewment of the College of Ma Tooth. (Laughter.)
Bit J. W. 11000 would on the Bth Apnl cell atteotioa
to the claim of the Rant lonia Company on the government
for the balance of tht cost of the expedition to Chine.
Mr. MALINB, in the ateeere of Mr. Whiteside, gave
notice of a modem oa the 16th April for an inquiry into the

circumstances of the fell of Kan..
Sir B. PEERY gave notice that en the Bth April he
world bring former t • motion neative to the law. effecting
the property of muffed noose.
Mr. HEYWOOD gave roves that on Go 10th April he
sltoeld move for a committee to inquire into tie tinwares
iderted by governme at for the advainemtet of science.
Mr. OLIVEIRA gave sittce that, it the tree?, of plum
should be agreed to by Tommy, Ape l lb, he would mire
that, with a view to an eittimon of o•-r engem rcial and
amicable rotations with France, bract, Poi toga, and other
:era``towing cosatriee, the house will re•ove itself into
nee for rede orlon of duty on I‘, reins wines.
THE BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE.
A short discussioa followed upon • motion by Mr. DUN-
LOP that upon the 17th of rl, and all subsequent
Thenidays during the *swami, orders of the thy bate pre-
eedence of notices of motions, which was uvula to, erupt
the date, which wit alit r-ft to the lit of May.
SUPPLY.
The beau rrolvel Wolf into • Committee of Supply
apon.the remaining Army and (Meant. Eetimates, when
varoos votes were agreed to, titer mush discipston.
A division tsc k pleoe upon the vote for rewards fa dis-
tinguished serviette, which
Mr. LAYARD propoted tt reduce by 1.0001, rte amount
of the annual grant, beam that to Sr Richard Abey, bat
the proportion wee unsaved by 82 to 9.
Toe resolutions were ortierea to be reported.
The other orders of the day were sone th ough.
LOCAL DUES ON SHIPPING.
Oa the mo ion of Mr. Lows, • select commilee was op-
parted to inquire into keel et urges upon thioping, after
discussion, is which Mr. Vane Mr. W. Lindsey, Mr.
Feewick, Lord Paiseent n, Mr. M. Clitscii, Ur Wapiti%
, Mr Labouchent, Mr. Cot.eien, and tther members pirtiel-
pitad. some of whom condemned wt at they c nosivad to be
et e pets ate etitluirewel f their bill by toe e..ventment.
UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGES OF CAMBRIDGE.
Mr. BOUVERIE moved for leave to berg in a bill for
the imuovement of the Ileivenity and C. lieges of Cam-
bridge.
After a few words from Mr. WIGIAM, le,ve wit even
to bring in the bill, and it was brought in accordingly sad
reed sliest time.
TESTAMENTARY JURISDICTION.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL obtniued trove to ten(
in a bill t abolish the, j,riici.c.ioia of the trod stastiell and
peculiar courts in Eng,end and Wales, on eta. juts /elating
to the probate of wills sod pointing lettere of administration,
and also tlutablish a cloth ct court of probate. and to amend
the law in r.ference t the +demi@ iin of .st
LAW OF PROCEDURE AND EVIDENOE.
Sir F. KELLY moved for and otalried have to int:oases
• hill for the lasthat amendment of the law of procedure
and evidetce.
The hoes* then adjourcel, et a quarter pest 1, till the
filet of this math.

THE OMNIBUS AND_caH AccommrDATioN

IN THE STItEhTS OF 7112 CITY.

The following letter upon the subject of the in-
enTeelooo* miring from the alleged want of regulitione
with respect to the emaibuste and c the in the streets of
London has been trateraitted to the Police Committee.
Mr. Harvey hes frequently made complaints spat as sub-
ject at the Marsion-house :
Te the Cleared Purposes Crmmitti e of Alienate.
" City Polio'-JfEc-", Old Jen ry, Feb. 2.
" Oestlemsn.—The subject to which your attention fu
called by the h litter of Mr. Deputy lon hoe frequently ga-
med shy ow*, sod though it to scarcely p ,s.Able to suggest
a men by which the mc.nvenienoes complain. d of cm be
entirely suppressed, there are various m. des by which they
might be materially mitigated. Flea, An .'der from
the canimireloser, if it as be legally infanta, by
which omnibuses should he compel!. d to rake up
and eat down only oe the new side. Secoodly,
'lint the law to enterer the regulations to be
observed by omnibus and cab driven ehosid be more
striageetly ea fumed by the infliction of higher penalties. The
leniency which is shown in this teepect rather ercouregee
then checks the evil. This is illestrited by the m is
whisk 984 aussmoriese brought tends tie mairestrates from
the let of January to the let of December, 1855, have hem
disposed of :-680 have bee. eithjected to co,. only, 33 to
fires of Ir. ; 291, Is. to 6.. ; 35. 6e. and not exceeding Ifle.;
6, 20.. sad not less than 10.. Nor can Vie leniency it pa.
nishment be attributed tt the lutilty of the cheerio, as
only 11 have been dismissed and 29 ordered to In with-
' drawn. I enter• is suggest tta sitar mon notice
to those whom it concerti', the ful penalties should
be imposed sad est. reed. At pre•ect th- pei attics are
rather ridiculed than heeded. Thirdly, Much di prods upon
and ought to be eapecieed of the pudic. Every one c=-
plains of inconversienees, but no one c intributes to their
estop on. Persons aspect to be t-ken up Ina s t dome
et ea eel plow, getting in sr out at apt rosineate plaan.
sad rarely siten pt to avoid ca.) by betting the fare in
band; on the cestrary, they will 'tend at the steps of the
omnibuses bunting for their purses, and then requiring
charge. It would be attended with some inconvenience,
but at the same time greatly dimir ish the danger of fn.
quint stopping, to flu places at vehicle al.ne panel gore could
be taken up and put Gown, nye. i►.ly in crowded streets.-
1 have the honour to be, gentlemen, s our m. brdlant
servaat. "D. W. licaviy."

SUICIDE IN ST. PAUL'S CATIIEDRAL.—Yeeterday
at PM n a reap stably dressed ma• pu• a tend to his mist-
eaca by preelpitatieg himself fr•mr Vie whifteeriog gallery of
Sir. Paul's Cathedral Into Ito n.vo, a (Demme. of nearly
160 feet. The uotostenste gesil.man, whine came was
Alszasder Smart, rear ones ea intensive Mock and witch-
maker, but of late to ben residies with hie wile at No 4,
South.threet, Betkeley square After he bad waitw iI mo
11•1417 until the itrr &rel. Mt of the eethedr. lilies& the beet
of 12, he lamented the handrail 0! the gallery, gase three
hysterical laugh., end cried out each time An ! h ! ab I "
Two verger*, suited Thompson end who were Is
the gaiety, rushed [.award, ant oipattog what toe deceased
intended, bat before tt.ey could pit to the spot the auto,-
tenet* man had emended is jumping from the hand-tail.
When the diseased wen ticked up We was extinct, the head
hayloft bees beaten is, and other itightful lajones having
been Maimed ; but, strange to say, to blood I at Sown hem
any part of the body. Thelma's* were reon.ves to one a
the small chapels is the cathedral urtil the inquest is held,
which milt tube place either Ibis 84,urday) afternoon, or
on lltnday. Upon the bi dy of the elect a.fael ware hind
several pieces of pew bearlng his town 'admits, also some
money, sod a letter addressed to • noblemeo. It appears
tlat the deformed mice made en attempt on his life by shoot.
lag himself with a pistol, end it is believed that kis mind
has been deranged fm some time.
TELEGRAPHIC FEAT.—The important correspond-
coos (usblithed in the colonise of the Daily News of yes-
t• 'day) between the governments of Great is,, sin end the
Unites States was conveyed by the wires of the Magnolia
Telegraph Coo piny from Livetprol to Loecon,
mmedl-
ately on the anneal el the Atlantic, and only °omit el two
boors In the tranusiseio•—• fest hitherto asks, vu is the

senile of telegraphing in England. Two in.., muskets men
engaged in the o,lersCon, and th. amount seal in the tine
specified woe two oolnmas and a WE