The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-09 00:00:00

ILLRY OF CAMBRIDGE.

The report of the resolution for granting an increased
annuity to the Princess Mary of Cambridge was brought up
and agreed to.
THE REFORM BILL

On the order for going into committee on this bill,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he did
not propose to proceed with the bill that night. They
had-iondeavoured to have it brought on, but the fates had
been against them. (A laugh.) Under those circum-
stances the committee would be taken on Monday.
Mr. BOVILL wished to know whether any further in-
formation was likely to be laid upon the table of the
house with respect to the franchise portion of the Reform
Bill—also with reference to the disfranchising and enfran-
chising clauses.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said with
respect to any further returns that might be called for,
they were not prepared in his department. Perhaps the
hon. and learned gentleman would apply to the depart-
ments in which the returns were prepared, or if he made
known to him the particular returns he required, be
would endeavour to procure them.
The order for going into committee was then postponed
until Monday.
COURT OF CHANCERY (IRELAND) BILL.

The house went into committee pro forms on this bill.
CARRIAGE AND DEPOSIT OF DANGEROUS

GOODS BILL

This bill was reed a second time and ordered to be corn.
=Med.

STANDARDS OF WEI.GI7II, MEASURES, AND

COINS BILL.
This bill was tend a third time and passed.
COUNTY ASSESSMENTS BILL.

This bill was read a third time and ordered to be own•
mined.

TB.ANSUI3STANTIATION, &a., DECLARATION
ABOLITION BILL.

The house having, on the motion of Sir C. O'Loninzar,
gone into committee on this bilL
The preamble was then postponed.
The schedule of the bill and the preamble were then
agreed to and the house resumed.
The house adjourned at five minutes to 1 o'clock.

THE THEATRE IN ROPE.—We read in a Florence
letter, published by the Arenir !Calton& : —"A drama
was being acted at the Capranica Theatre on the eve of a
fast day, which is supposed to begin at midnight. But
the piece was long, and only three acts had been played
when the manager came forward and announced, in the
name of the cardinal supervisor of theatres, that the public
must withdraw, as the hour of mortification had arrived.
The whole house was immediately in a tumult, and cries
of The fourth act," We do not want to fast,' We are
in a theatre and not in a monastery,' &c., were heard on
all sides. The police officers at last yielded to the clamour,
and the piece was played to the end without interruption.
This popular success will have its significance in the eyes
of those who know how tenacious of their privileges are
the Roman authorities."
A litcr. Lorreny. —A correspondent of the
Arenir N0.,,,•t0/ mentions that the lotto, or authorised
lottery, in Rome. produces a considerable revenue to the
Pontifical government. "It is closed (he adds) on certain
fixed days, and remains so until the drawing, but imme-
diately after the tern of legal gambling has expired, the
petty or sub-lotteries spring up like mushrooms. The
other day the contractor of one of these had the impudence
to offer a young girl as a prise to be raffled for. The
tickets were all taken, but the affair was thought so scan-
dalous as to warrant the intervention of the police."
GRAY'S INN. —Last evening the grand day of
Trinity Term was celebrated by the members of the society
in their ancient hall. Among the guests were the trea-
surers of Lincoln's-inn and the Middle Temple, the Arch-
bishop of Armagh. the Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron, the Lord Justice Turner, the
Vice-Chancellor Stuart, the Vice-Chancellor Wood—Mr.
Justice Lush, the Solicitor-General, the Right Hon. J.
'Whiteside. Q.C.. M.P., Mr. George, Q.C., M.P., Mr. Ser-
jeant Payne, ~.nd Colonels Id`Murdo and Sargent, of the
Inns of Court :rifle Volunteer Corps. The benches of
the society present were—The Treasurer, the Right
Hon. the Lord Romilly ; Messrs. J. W. Huddleston,
Q.C., M.P.; Henry Blanisty, Q.C., A. J. Stephens,
Q.C., LLD.; W. N. Hindmarch, Q.C., T. Southgate,
Q.C., T. Greenwood, S. Turner, T. IL Marshall, W.
Wilde, J. Barstow, and T. Norton ; also the Rev. Dr.
Hersey, the preacher of the society. Previously to dinner
tha annual prize, amounting to 23/ (an exhibition founded
by Mr. John Lee, Q.C., LL.D., late a bencber of the Inn,
deceased), for the hest essay selected for this year " On
the history and advantages, or disadvantages of the
changes in the law of civil or criminal pleading since
1530," was awarded to Mr. William Arnold Lewis, a student
of the society ; and the subject of the essay for the en-
suing year was announced to be as follows, " What con-
tracts can be enforced (having regard to the pith section
of the statute of frauds), and whether any (and if any),
what alteration is desirable in that respect."
MANCHE,IER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE
RAILWAY. —At a special meeting of this company, held
yesterday, at Manchester, the Central Station and Linea
(Manchester) Dill was formally approved by the share-
holders present, with one dissentient.
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORHS.—At theweekly
meeting of the board yesterday, Sir John Thwaites in the
chair, Mr. Savage introduced a deputation from the vestry
of Islington—the deputation being headed by Mr. Alder-
man Look, 31. P., and Mr. Torrent, M.P.—and presented a
memorial protesting against the proposed appropriation of
a portion of the land purchased for F' -park for
building purposes. On the motion of Mr. Savage, the
memorial was remitted to the streets committee for con-
sideration. The other business transacted was of no public
interest.
" A good family medicine chest, with a prudent
use. has saved many a life ; and yet we think the idea might be
improved up. di, and reduced to a more ample form. Take some
good compound, such as Cockle's Antibflions Pills, and we find
that the desired end may be obtained without scales and weights,
or tittle mysterious compartments, and enchanted bottles with
crystal stoppers. Others might be used, but Cockle's Pills, as
tested by many thousands of persons, and found to answer their
purpose so well, may be est down as the best."—Observer.—
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