The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-20 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES.

1111t1T1PH Mrnat'3l. —This committee met aaggls •
yesterday, Mr. Gregory in the chair. The other
pre. of were Lord Stanley, Mr. M. Manes, Mr. Hardy, Mr.
and Mr. Lowe. Professor Maakeline, keeper of
the Miser%logical Department, was examimed at lOW
length as to the want accommodation foe he peeper
e. hileti,e. He stated the number of specimens to he shod
f0.1100..4 which from 15,000 to 16,000 are exhibited. A
Brat quantity were not worth cataloguing The light In
two of the morns was so eicemively bad that in the winter
season the study of the minerals was perfectly futile. A
mat improveamemt would be effected by the suhstitutiou
*lts 'tibia for the side windows, and adlitional space would
thus he sic...mired for a conaidemble number of fresh mesa
The aerie:stem in the mineral department were very
numerous, hut it would be difficult to form inch complete
..rculating collections MI would properly represent a science.
The wane.. then put in plans and pointed out certain extol-
se es 'slink ought he made by the purchase of houses me-
ttgoous t.. the Museum. After the examination of two
other witormies on similar points, the committee adjourned.
SirrLy sir GAS TO TN! MIT4IPIILIS. —At the
snorting of the committee yesterdey. Mr. Solitaire Bat-
court in the chair, Mr. Serjeant Wrath/hens, cm behalf of
the different ipm companies who had hitherto opposed the
bill now before the committee for regulating the price of
gs. in the metropolis, stated that his agate Lang mix.
needered the remarks which fell from the chairmen
oo the last dare sittiag, and beiag of • that the in-
terrace confided to them should ant be nodal y compromised,
including aa than leseists did betimes 6,000,000 C sad
7.umililif which bed hen Inverted as the faith of arta of
parliament, and fearer that the marmite& of the Merest&
at stake were not duly appreciated by the committee, he
must respectfully intimate to the commilible that be and
Wlearned (nee& should no logger matinee Air
atlesd-
ano• at their little"' sad would press., their ewe at
another tnkunal. The sheirmse expnmed hie ern *Wes
and th. 4 .4 his colleagues that the Moen et the sew
n,ittee hurl hero very exederially assated" by the attilllmiliy
piper way in which the came had boss dish MO by the
~us..l .4 1.4 h stake. Mr. Serjeaat Wrasjjhem thsalred
the rh.nnan for hie kind remarks as to the IBIZION
....0n...1 6.1 conducted the are. The maned se
both ...he then withdrew, and the remosieder of the sitting
a.. by the committee in going through the clansimel
of the 1.11

Tnitathi En IA Nall ZNT. —Th in committee cost
@pia yesterday, hit J. Pastas in the chair. Mr. Diabase,
1. L, wan ezatained—He stated he had been engaged on
varies* ',itemise telegraph and other iadertakiegs. He
had dev.weil he attention to the subject of the eastaak-
meat of the Thaniee, and in 11453 he submitted • plea for
flat purple* 4. the glovrrililiebt of the day. A bill WM
then brought ilia° parliament by the government to carry
out hae swim, but it was withdraws oe accoust of the tweak-
ing out .1 the ttiewian war The pleas sow before the
cogurnotteo were the name is he made oat
is linSt. sad gave evidence upon is lab& By
the tinairmaa—ne public money that would be re-
quired to carry eat the plen would be about 750,0001., for
whiel he Antall supply upward. of 5,000 yards of road-
way, sad Ns knelevel newer betides. Captain Morgan,
alio had bees many years superinteodent of the
Leave Docks, was neat eta:nine& He gave it as his
Grain. that as embankment of the Thames would be pee•
judicial to the asvigatios of the river, ea it would be
thereby awry/red. After hearing Now farther evidence,
the committee alljoursei.

ARRIVAL OP TES MOM= AMBASSADOR.
(THIS DAY.)

PORTSNOtTIi, WIDNIXDAT Mnixrso.

The Mel p. queue frigate hail arrived from Tangiers,
with the Moorish Ambler.lor and suite on bout They
will had by at trader.
The Melpomene sailed from Tangiers on Thorley Ind,
attpo.

Too PRINCI CONNORT AND THE GAIN•DIZE
GUAIDOL— If the Prince had forgotten to remind se that
the (:renedises fought at itsdruntstr to 17 • b•••••• 4
on the throne, said played the part
the master Jeffreys and kit Weiso Tension Aaiun, In
.h.ndd bees blasted him for the dellillo6. we ,Lost
hove cosstrised it into a *diastole dehreey, inspired by
the recoguition of the fact that the coselitutioned rights et •
Icrito,h «menials are kientical with those of the pee*, and
tii ...I,lars, despite their oaths, become traitors whom they
,14..n.1 the oppressors of their country, crossed or us-
, rowor.l. Its not pleural to be retnieded ef the base um
• 0% may be served by • steadies army, of the deadly
blows it may dual to tbs ewe of freedom, or the support
which, irrespective of all pelitisei end moral °biotic's,
its very virtue* may betray it into rendering
4. despollent A eritis, not unduly captious,
bight stippst that his royal highest., has failed to
r.,sgeor absgailbsr the pasisnabie prejudices of hi. educe.
Loa, sod that Ids speeshon would heeeesn • German auto-
rat quits et neck se they do the consort of • conetitu•
noted queen. The satilimetil of absolute attachment to
the Sovereign is happily unknown in this country. We
re pact the weave b fee her pumas,/ virtues, we vene-
rate bar es the plass and the representative of
illegal freedom ; bet we love not learned to
.

wrestle ;;Zie affsotioe for the throe* ban that
which we cherish foe the whole d the meditation to
which it beh,nea. sad for an the delta of wheel" it is at
awr the "mambas@ awl the sesereereet. Time perhaps are
tnriai (ribs frau the lipie of a sea se aseisbil and Jest as
the IN ism Voseert, the sorpeemeises Sawfish we hese referred
hew ably s banshees weeseieg. This my he eased pies far
e.voleatews bet sot few eseeeptise teem sal in. We
marvel altogether with the peed bete ad time Meer
noammeres ; aad we certainly hope that. shield Ma
eh.elo r tvrast as James 11. ever till the throne, the Ow
taater Foot Omer& will refuse to lake orders far !Meg
th• t lrnate of their countrymen. MtvoriieWer Eremite,.
Ise flelar Y A RII or TH EIIeTION CA/41 —The
.tasiinaticei of Henry Formulae, on a charge of peer.
t..c.:r committee of the Roam of Coserosee oe the t
sriiiouth election petits HI, was caseload yesterday at the
Wr•tiiiiitster puliortvert. Prisooer was coot/tutted for

A N..V no &tun a. —ln Sheffield, as in many other
' the pieleat high prime of butchers' meat have given
much direatofaction. The idea he• often been thrown
at (Lot am elatiamee hem the we of ma food f,e • abort
in mom way. Shea as., b. useful ; but hitherto
e.,,inhiosed action hes takes shoe to effect that self-dear
".4*.1.p,t. la Shield, however, adrertiarmenta here boas
the kes3 papers as the orbjjeeeett,, end the town le
!Lensled with a terms that the ihahitante generally will
....alias, the seassesetlea of meet avail it is reduced to
ir.aviehle prim." The workmen of the following moan
:41.• r tem. have issblidy algsilled their determination to
e).r.,on from the nee of balthetw' meat until there lea
6.14 se/nett= I. the peter of it :"—llosee. C. (Net
.e.l , Cyclops Steel week.: MAXIM J. lima sad
• • V.ldleamel work.: Yaasn. J. Y. ley and Qe.,
4.4.1 %%eke ; and Mom% John Roned lad 14., Teem
^ rk, Th. number of awn aapteyed at them wane
'446. b. upwards of 3.000.