The Express.
London, England, 1860-01-27 00:00:00

CHURCH lAMB ABOLITION.

The following is the bill to abolish church Woo
prepared and brought into the House of Commons by Sir J.
Trelawny and Mr. Dillwyn :
"Whereas church WOO have for some years awed to be
made or collected in many pertains by reason of the opposi-
tion thereto, and in many other parishes where church rates
have been made the levying thereof has given rise to litres.
lion and ill feeling : And where's It is expedient that the
power to make church rates should be abolished Be it there-
fore enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and
temporal, and Commons, in this present parliament awes-
bled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :
" 1. From and miter the parlor; of this act ao church rats
shall be made or levied In soy parish in England or Wales.
"2. Provided always, That in any parish where a sum of
money is at the time of the pawing of this sot due on the
security of church rates to be made or levied in such parish
under the provisions of any act of parliament, such rates
may still be made and levied pursuant to such provisions
for the purpose of paying of the money so due, but met
otherwise, unless the same shall have been liquidated.
" 3. Any church rate tirade at any time before the passing
of this act may be collected and recovered in the same way
ma if thbi act had not been pared.

"4. This sot mq be did so 'The Chan% Rite Aboli-
tion kit, 1860? "

On the 19th of February, Mr. Pigott will move
for have to introduce into the House of Commons a bill en
the subject of poor-law medical relief, with a view to improve
the position of the medical officers, and to ware more effi-
cient relief to the working classes.

The Earl of lirtnehelsea, better known u
Viecount Maidstone, bee returned not only to parliament bet
to poetry. The author of " kbd.el-Kader " and the
"Delay, le rendering the "Book of Job" into Eoglish
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GENERAL Comiarrraz or Etzonoxe. The
Spanker has appointed the Bight Haas. Sir P. I'. Berle&
B. H. Wsipole, H. A. Herbert. Sir W. Miles, Barn ; H. H.
Selmer, Esq.; and J. B. Carter, Esq., to be members at the
General Committee el Bisotione for the present session.

CHARLES POZIIO.—It is with deep grief that we
(Nies.) announce the severe illness which has just attacked
the illustrious Baron Charles Poerio. His health, which had
suffered so ouch in the prisons of the Bourbon of Naples, is
now threatened by typhus fever. All his old 001:11p0110111 in
misfortune are constant is their attendance st his bedside,
and hie house is filled with dear friend•, who all express the
moat &mut wishes for Dia recovery. _ _

Yesterdey's Monitour &nominees that the Emperor
has conferred the order of Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honour on M. Rasher, Moister of Agriculture, Commerce,
and Public Works, in recognition of his eminent services.
The Motatewr contains also an Imperial decree, promulgat-
ieg the telegraphic convention ooncluded on December 9,
between France and Bavaria, and a report to the Emperor
by Marshal Bandon, Minister of War, containing suggestions
for the more rapid mobilisation and better provisioning of
troop. in case of war. A decree, enacting the measures re-
commended, follows the report.
Lettere fromPlorenee state that the Cardinal Arc-
hbishop of Plea has yWd.d at last to the remoostranom of the
Taman governmen and has substituted the nam. of King
Victor Emmanuel II that of the Grand Duke in the prayer
in the mane. _ _

Lut evening an influentially-attended meeting of
the friends of the House of Charity, Bohn. me 'held in flu
large room of the building in Res surest. Setu-guars. The
Rev. J. C. Chambers (ward's) occupied the chair; sad
smoaget tams present we potio! hire. W. R. Gleddone,
Hun. Mrs. John C. Talbot, Lady R. Cecil, Ides
son, Hon. Mrs. Walpole, Lady Louisa Rau, sad Miu
L. Twining. A wry large amber of essithesea. In-
cluding may of the clergy, were oho present. This In-
stitution was established to aid deserving peruse is
distress SA far beck es 1846, and Mose UM period dr per-
fumed ► wry large smut ofasefel MMus

TSB LAZE CAPTAIN HAIRRIBON.

SOUTHAMPTON, TRIIINDAY.

The mortal remains of the late Captain Harrison,
of the Greet Eastern, left hen to-day, by the 3 p.m. toile,
for Interment in the fit. Zaino Nona Wry, at Liverpool, to-
morrow.

At 8 o'clock this morning the church bells rang minted
psalm. The corporation, the gentry, and tradespeople gene-
rally of the town, however, considered that a. Southampton
was not to be the last resting-place of Captain Harrison, it
would be unseemly to form • funeral prof—lesion to the
railway terminus. At half-pest I this afternoon the
hearse with the corpse left Cliff-lodge, at Fremantle,
the residence of Captain Harrimon's family, for the rail-
; way terminus, followed by one mourning comb, con-
taining Captain Harrison'. son, a boy, as chief mourner,
his father-in-law, Mr. Towers, of Liverpool, and /duet..
McGully and Lind, two near relatives, and the private car-
riage of Dr. Wiblin, the family surgeon. It passed slowly
along Commercial-road, down the High-street, and through
Bernard and Oxford streets, to the terminus; two or three
private carriages and about • dozen flags joined the funeral
wrap as it pored along. The crew of the Great Eratero,
walking two and two and arm in arm, all dressed alike,
heeded by the boatswains, preceded the hearse. The lame
wee surrounded by the °Boers of the Greet Eastern. All the
shops in the town were closed during the procession;
flogs were lowered, muffled church bells were solemnly
tolled, and minute guns were tired from the platform
battery. The streets were crowded with persons, and
were scarcely passable in consequence. Many a tear was
shed by the bystanders as the procession paned on. The
crew also were deeply affected, and some of the officers were
overwhelmed with grist, and were obliged to be led along.
On it. arrival at the terminus, the procession entered the
lower side fetes, and the hearse drew up to the carriage
which was to take the corpse, which was enclosed in three
coffins, on to London. The inscription on the outer collie
was " William Harrison. aged 46. Died Jan. 21, 1860."
The union jack and the Great Eastern flag lay on the pall.
As soon as the hearse was opened, the offloers of the Great
Eastern stood round, and then carried the remains of their
beloved commander to the train, the crew fon=
• line for them to pass, and the surrounding
standing with their heads tutoovered. After the corpse
was deposited in the railway carriage, the officers escorted
the mourning family to a railway carriage, and sorrowfully
took leave of them. Mr. Charles Brooks and Mr. Edward
Mayes, undertakers, cooducted the funeral. Mr. Mayes ac-
oonicoake it to Lirool. As soon as the corpse arrives in
London • hearse will take it to the Beaton-square Station
for conveyance to Liverpool. A mega peal was rung again
this evening. Captain Lay, who lost a eon by the accident,
said who nearly perished himself, wee in the funeral pro-
cession, and appeared in great mental distress.
Mrs. Harrison looked on the corpses of her husband for the
last lime on Tuesday night, and, fainting away at the sight,
she became very ill. She is, however, now more compose
The nobility and gentry of the town and neighbourhood have
deity called at her residence, and made kind inquiries after
her and bet family.
Some surprise has been felt that Captain Harrison should
have ventured in a boat in such fearful weather as wee expe-
rienced last Saturday morning ; but Hytbe, from whence
Captain Harrison atarted, being on the south shore
of Southampton Water, was pertly sheltered, and
the weather would not appear so bad there as
on the Southampton side. When the captain left
the Great Eastern on the night previous to his death, to
proceed to Hythe, he shook Made with his oMoers, and
wished them • good night with more than his ordinary
affectionate cordiality.
Very few perms have had mach respect shown to their
memory In Southampton as Captain Harrison. Had he
been buried here, there cannot be • doubt but that half the
town would have followed him to the grave, to show their
respect to one of England's noblest and meet popular
seamen.

We understand that a meeting of the friends of
the late Captain Harrison will be held at the offices of the
Great Ship Company, King William-street, at one o'olock
on Monday next, with a view of expressing their feelings
of esteem and respect for the memory of the late 0301 -
=ander of the Great Eastern, and also of taking into eon.
adoration the beet and most enduring means of recording
their sympathy for the 101111 sustained by hie bereaved family.