The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-05 00:00:00

CRIMINAL LAW.

The ATTORNEY•OENERAL ggaave notice that on tbat
day fortnight ha should more for 180 C to introduce a ►dl
for the corielidetion of the criwired law of Erghind and
Ireland, and ts place the Jaw of both countries on that subject
on the same fovting.

SALE OF POISONS.
Mr. WALPOLE gave notice that on Tuesday next he
.houll ask lease to introduce a bill to regulate the sule
r.oisons.

LUNATICS.
Mr. WALPOLE pro notice that c n Feb. II he ahould
introduce two fib for the purpose of emending the law with
regard to lunatics in private follow.
HIGHWAYS.
Sir J. HARDING gave notice that on en early day he
aho.dd ask leave to intrAuie rain fur the rogalatiun of
highways in England.

THE TROOPS AT MALTA.
Sir A. AGNEW Wuxi the Secretary of State foe War,
whether a garlison order bra beau trued at Malta to the
eft'ect that all purls and sentries are to present
arms to and salute the Host whenever it may peas
their rerpecrive pre.. ; whether her MOrsty's government
had sanctioned this order, Of were prepared to allow a
similar one to be enforced In any British dependency ;
whether Captain Fhefileld, of the 2lat Royal North
British nudism, had been plead under arrest for declining
(as a protestant) to e miply with this order.
G.neal PRIM said that all orders issued to the troops
In ganiien abroad were of noun trasemitted to this
country. Ile had made in miry at the Henan Guards, and
could fled no trice of any t rder the could h►ve a Luring on
this matter, except the circular issued by Lord Hill in 1837.
That order had boon acted on et er 'into, it had never been
comtlsined of, and it wee not the intention of government
to alter it.

THE MILITIA.
Colonel NORTH asked the Secretary of State for War if
there wes any truth in the rumour that it wan in the contem-
plation of her Mo.* govenuneat to reduce 10,000 of the
present embodied militia toms.
General PEEL said that the strength of the embodied
militia must depend upon the number required to make up
the maximum voted by the house. That number was 22,000
men, and the number now required would depend very much
upon what regiments might be rent home from India. With
reopen to the rumour of cotes regiments being about to be
disembodied, be did not think it expedient to keep the regi-
ments too long embodied, as the men would theta altogether
lose their civilian habit', and their connexion with the pieces
from which they came. it was, tbeesfore, intended to die-
nobody some regiments awl to embody otkers, so that the
letter night have their turn is learning the chinned °cunt-
intim which it was desired that the whole of the militia
should pawn.

POOR EATER.
Mr. WILSON asked the Peed lett of the Peor-law Booed
whether it was hie intention to introduce a bell in the paceant
sermon for the purpose of stihke tint properties. In the occu-
pation of the iprearement and other public) hod ea to simes-
nt for the yo,r and other local retro, in pursuance of the
recocirnendalon of the committre of the lest erosion; and, if
110, St whet time be will be able to lay such bill upon the
table.
Mr. S. ESTCOURT rald that the subject had received the
best attention of Os gove.nmeot, sod that the Chancellor of
the Em hequar wool,' state the course that wen intended to
be token.

LAW OF BANKRUPTCY.
Mr. RBADLAM asked *he her the bill for the eteanolb
dation or the baokrapter laws wee to be introduced to that
or the 4th. r house of pub meat., aad whoa it wtuld be in-
tioluttd.