The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-22 00:00:00

INDIA.

BOMBAY, Jmcs 14.
71bs. shirtings, sr. 14a. ; 811bs. ditto, 7r. Bs. ;
40'e mule twist, 14s. Cotton quiet. Dhollerah,
235. Shipments of the week 22,894 bales.
Exchange on London, la. 111 d. Government
securities : Four per Cents., 88 ; Five per Cents.,
106 ; Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 111. Freights
to Liverpool, 655. The latest London date is the
9th inst.
CALCUTTA, Juin 13.
Shirting., 7r. 12.. to Br. 2a. ; 40's mule twist,
Ma. Exchange on London, is. Hid. Govern-
ment Securities : Four per Cents., U..;- Five par
Cents., 105 ; Five-and-a-Half per Cents., 1101.
The rate of discount has been reduced 1 per cent.

The Indipendance Beige lays : " La France, con-
trary to our information corroborated by several Berlin
journals, denies that there is any talk of a visit of the Em-
peror Napoleon to the Prussian court. This excursion cor-
responding with that which King William has just made
to Paris would have nothing of an exceptional character,
and before sharing, in this respect, the scepticism of La
France, we shall await fresh information."
REYRERENTATION Or BIEMINGHAM.—BIRHING-
HAM, FRIDAY NIGHT.—A town's meeting convened by
the mayor, in pursuance of • requisition by the
town council, was held to-night in the Town Hall, for
the purpose of taking steps for obtaining additional parlia-
mentary representatives for Birmingham. The mayor
(Mr. G. Dixon) presided over • moderately large meeting.
The following resolution, moved by Alderman Ryland,
seconded by Mr. Thomas Avery, and supported by Mr. J.
S. Wright, was carried unanimously—" That • petition be
presented to the House of Commons praying that the bill
to amend the laws relating to the representation of the
people in England and Wales be amended, by enacting that
this borough shall henceforth be represented in the House
of Commons by additional members ; and in the event of
the bill going up to the House of Lords without such an
amendment being made, that a similar petition be pre-
sented to the House of Lords." Other resolutions carrying
out the object of the meeting were also carried.
THE ANTI POPERY LECTURER AT BIRMINGHAM.—
RIRIIINOHAM, FRIDAY NIGHT.—Mr. Murphy to-night de-
livered his lecture on the Confessional. The "Tabernacle"
was densely crowded. It was rumoured that nearly 6,000
tickets of admission had been sold ; the building, however,
would only bold about 3,000, and the authorities were
naturally anxious lest some disturbance would take place
from so large a crowd being collected outside. The pro.
seedings, however, passed off quietly.
THE SENTENCE ON THE FENIAN MEANY.—Dus-
-I.IN, FRIDAY was passed to-day OR S. J.
Meetly. The prisoner addressed the court, contending
that he bad been unjustly convicted and that he bad com-
witted no overt set, and he protested, in the name of the
American nation, of which country he was a citizen,
against sentence being passed. Mr. Justice °Magus
sentenced him to 15 years' penal servitude.
ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
—Lamm, FIUDAY NIGHT.- -An alarming accident oc-
curred to-night at Copley-bill Junction on the main
line of the Great Northern Railway Company near
Leeds, about six o'clock. The engine of a goods
train ran off the line, and fell down an almost perpen-
dicular embankment thirty feet in depth, dragging eight
or nine trucks after it. The driver and fireman were
thrown from the engine and so seriously injured that
their lives are despaired of. The up line was blocked for
some hours, but the traHc was worked on the down line,
and little stoppage of traffic occurred.

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PARIS EXHIBITION.—A meeting of her Majesty's
Commissioners was held yesterdays* the South Kensington
Museum, in the Sheepshanks Gallery. The Prince of
Wales presided, and the following Royal Commissioners
were present:—The Duke of Marlborough, the Duke of
Cleveland, IC.G., the Marquis of Salisbury, K.G.,
Earl Stanhope, the Karl of Clarendon, K.G., the Karl
de Grey and Ripon, Earl Granville, K. 0., Lord
Robert Montagu, /4.P., Lord Talbot de Malahide, Lord
Taunton, Lord Houghton, Right Hon. W. F. Cowper,
M.P., Right Hon. William Chambers, Lord Provost of
; Sir Alexander Y. Spearman, Bart., Sir
Itoderick 1. Murchison. Bart.. K.C.8., Sir Francis Grant,
P.R.A., Mr. E. A. Bowling, C. 8., Mr. Charles Forster,
M.P., Mr. John Fowler, Mr. William Hawes, Mr. P. W.
S. Mills, Mr. Richard Realgrave, R.A., and Mr. W.
Warington Smyth. Mr. Henry Cole, C. 8., the Secretary
to the Commission, was also present.
THE ACT ON THE SHETYIELD OVTAIIOOI.—The
act under which the inquiry at Sheffield is now taking
place was passed on the sth of April hist, and it recites
that it would be "to the advantage and satisfaction of the
workmen and employers" if a searching inquiry was made
at that town. The Inquiry is limited to matters within 10
years, without the written sanction of the Secretary of
State, obtained on the written request of the chairman of
the commission. The section as to indemnity to witnesses
declares that any witness under the act who in the opinion
of the person or psnoas conducting the inquiry " makes •
full and true disclosure" touching the matter on which he
is examined shall have a certificate, which is to be • pro-
tection against any civil or criminal proceeding. False
evidence in an inquiry to be liable to the penalties of per-
jury. The expenses of the witnesses ars to be allowed by
the Treasury.