The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-28 00:00:00

purpose among those who 'mist to destroy re._
but in their came we have had the moot remaehetc
owes of opinion amongst the supporters of the
Such is the state of opinion on all these pojet,.
any man to draw from these passages ezetit4
Meeent. That is the state of •
pTity, banded together fora chime
permanentlm purpose, meaning one thuag
' debate must come to an end. (Hear, hear 1
ask hon. gentlemen opposite to consider well befi.
embark in this new allude. Have jhe
of the three great battles you hi,
been so satisfactory as to induce yoe
another ? You have fought the battle of civii
on account of religion, the battle of the old Het
and the battle of protection. Has the result
eselefeesory that you are disposed to renew th,
went. Certainly those who fought on this sat
house have no reason to fear. The effect
former battles has been to give to there
power for five years out of every seven since the
the Reform Act, and it has been to relieve you I
share of the government of the country. j a state of crisis and peril, and the
along with it. We stand or fall with k
may fall now, or a short time hence, but If we de,
rise with it hereafter. (Loud chews.) I oftee,
with precision the forces that are to be sera
aiming struggle. Perhaps the great
to-night is not the last. You play
succeed at 'some future point of the
driving us from our seats. You may bury the bfii
introduced, but for its epitaph we will whit
gravestone this line with a certain
Hxoriare ali;%uis en nostris ossibus niter." aou
fist You cannot t against the future. Time is co-
The great social forces which move in their
majesty, and which the tumult of our
not for a moment impede or destroy, these ,
forces are against you. They ass arrayed,
shelled on our side. The banner •
will carry into the fight, though
may at one moment droop over our sinking hese,
soon again float in the eye of heaven, and will be
the firm hands of the united people of these
certain, and perhaps not distant, victory. . „
continued cheers.)
.

The SPEAKER then put the question, that th
proposed to be left out, namely, " That the bd
read a second time," stand part of the gumbo&
was answered by a tremendous shout of "Ate
" Noes" were, however, equally loud ; and the •
cleared for a division.
As the hon. members streamed in from the
underwent the usual anxious scrutiny of the
who spent the quarter of an hour in malass
guesses as to the accuracy of the various p
had been offered of the result. As the moms*
the excitement became intense, At last a mot,
Brand" announced that the tellers for the
completed their task, and presently a cry mee
It was fancied therefore that the maim* v.
hated. Intro or three minutes afterwards the &elk&
" ayes " also made their appearance, and amidst
silence gave their numbers to the clerk at the tat
were then read by Mr. Brand, as follows:
Ayes lll
Noes

Majority for the government . .
Thls result was received, however, wit► tiny
and oft-renewed cheers from the opposition.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Fe II
place the committee for Monday, and I will the mu
order of business. (Renewed opposition ohms.)
The house rose at 23 minutes to 4.

tlabai anti MtMarg.

(PEON LAST FIORT'S GA =n)
ADMIRALTY, Ana 25
Commander George Annesley Phayre has bees promnSs
retired captain under Orders In Coiled' of Lt lont,
9th July, 1804, and 24th March, 1936
Thomas Owen Jorason, Pas., was promoted to Re rant.
maater In her Majesty's beet on the lab inetaM.
ADMIRALTY, Aran, M.
Mr. William Pratt has Oils day base promote' to at is
Ant clam amistant engineer In her linlng's Mal
seniorit of lOth April, HO&
Yr. Irk Couper haa this day bees west: .1
rank of brat class assistant engineer In her liajestri I!. I
'seniority of 19th March, 1966.

ADMIRALTY, Aram 27. —APPollfflurn-ta
kin the Hon. J. W. S. Spencer, to the Posh*
Johnson, whew period ofservice has erpired.
Lieutenant—F. de V. Saunders, to the [Massy
lieutenant to Rear• Admiral the Has. J. ft he
mond, C.B.
Master—J. W. Lowe, additional, to the Melnik
Surgeon—F. Mercy, additional, to the thabedis
Assistant Paymaster—G. J. Sparkes, addition s*
Duncan. _ _ _

insistent Clerk—H. Latimer, to the Dona.
Naval Cadets (nominated)—A. B. C. Imytk,L Lk
bington, H. Lees, and P. Clinton-Raitt.
Chief Engineer—C. E. Chamberlain, to the Lia, fib
Ariadne.
thPgr—J. Davenport, to the For; F. 13esha
refor tenders.
Aet•ng Seoond-clsas Assistant Enginsere—G.J.lst
to the Challenger ; W. H. Davie, to the Cutback
the Adder.

EARLY CLOSING ASSOCLATION.—The annride
ral meeting was held last evening at the Londe*
house, Ludgate-hill; Mr. J. J. Knight Wenn. /NE
and Co in the chair. It appeared from the scat'
read by Mr. Henry Walker, the sonetary, thaw
ceipta for the year had been 1,4091.35. 4d., while it
penditure had been 1,304/. 19a. Id.. The labors,.
association during the year in theprometion of earlier
in the wholesale and retail trade:, and the BatunWs
holiday in trades, (manufactures, and jodon
had been attended with a great deal of sine
was to be announced with regret that the duos
to promote the Saturday half-holiday in the eird r
had not yet been consummated by the Aim ef nolo
of the Treasury, but there was every rearm to Want
steps which had been recently Wren weak! si as
period bring the subject into practical sad inmost:
wideration. The attention of the committee had s
directed to the necessity of providing additional WU
recreation for those for whom it laboured Petinte
been presented to parliament with a view to °twat
British Musetun and other national collections for;
hours in the week, vix., from seven to
o'clock, and with a kindred object the so "-
tion had directed its attention to the tweet of
of the parks for recreative purposes. Apnbostion
cordingly been recently made, although without iron ~,
success, to Mr. Cowper, the Commumoner of Witt
an extension to Hyde-park of the privilege now arc
Regent's-park of playing cricket before 9 am., so
permission to use the parks for the same posse u
evenings and on Saturday afternoons. The soccianat.
also desirous of manifesting in a practical wow 0
terest which it felt in the preservation of the coo
and open spaces around London. During the Pl'
society's aid and guidance had been sought in heti/
of the early closing movement in the preview. 01'
nese establishments in all the large towns hid P
the demands made on them. The Chairman exedeew
the members of the association on the satisbetall°
of its receipts as compared with previous MP' W.:
hap_py to say that City establishments hed in 6
wishes, but it was to be regretted that in the ha le
London the early closing movement had not ban 010
with the desired result. Mr. Burt nioved the antes
the report, which was agreed to.
RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PABU.OIII.
Yesterday in Lord Reclecodale's Committee of the le;
of Lords, the following bills were comideed '
:—The Dublin and Antrim Junetica
fro:tee Eastern Railway (Durham New Llast „'
North Eastern Railway (Yorkshire New Iree!•
and the Bristol and North Somerset Railway Inier:
Extension). Yesterday in group 1
winch,the 00.
Commons, the committee proceeded
group
the Edgware, Highgate, and London Brief",
group I A, the preamble was declared not to be., ~Por"
caseof the Croydon, Mitcham, and Kingeto9l4mr4
London and South Western (additional pow)lic
preamble was proved. In group 7 the precen,ji
Northampton and Banbury Junction Itailwiff "7,§
proved. The committee in group 15 passed the r:to
of the Lynn and Sutton-bridge Railway (Weeb,..
Lynn) ; and the Lynn and Sutton-bridge, Nwni
Bourn, and Norwich and Spalding Rada/an:l'o
Wenoum Valley Railway Bills. In groupl6,..w,r;cl
of the Burry Railway (Penarth and Cardm'"p
was proved. The Great Western Railway, cared
Docks (Cardiff) were adjourned.
STRIKE or PoaTeas ON THE LANCDHUIti
YORKSHIRE RAILWAT.—Yesterday the preen a1.„.,j
casbire and Yorkshire Railway struck at tbs. In
stations for an advance of wages from 21a to Ea
was posted on 'Change by Mr. Cullen, the vas OM
requesting cotton brokers no soul cotton to tha
on account of the strike. In consequence,el2,
cotton at the railway depots has been susPow"'"ol
feared that unless there is an early rearm Rice
the spinners and manufacturers will sustain Or
venienee. It is reported that on the Id of May tkes
employed by the London and North Wester? 95
straw also. The feeling on the Liverpool 13r
favour favour of the men, who are considered to be aBl7
that
lass,
the saddler, to
, and dese
.of tmasomheeadvanee,
btr=b-rs,
=ten and joiners of Liverpool ram w.--
P.an(4°PenlimthOr ofttehtehrte"
THR LATH TOWN CLERK 07 C• 24100008.1.1.
bust in the GuildhalL In a letter to Air. Swerf Antb
the Mayor of Cambridge, Mr. J. E. Mayor, of mt
has set forth the grounds of this proPeeidttir,
Alttehlaieenin:sedcpeTlangienaLpufell:lica.ort Cuismaw.:,bb_r,idgetoviee.ro,.
so has elven a sketch of Mr. Cooper,
the most graceful, animated, and pleasing Poryn'e"
ranter that we have seen for a long time.