The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-08 00:00:00

TAI LATE ELECTIONS.

The following is printed with he parliamentary
rotes, issued this morning
" Elections.—Ordered, 7th of May, that all perms who
will question any returns of members to serve in parliament,
for any county, city, borough, or place in the United King-
dom, do question the same within fourteen days neat, and so
within fourteen days next after any new return shell he
brought in. Ordered, thet all persons who shall question
say return of members to serve in the present porliammt,
upon any allegation of bribery and corruption, and who
shell in their petition specifically allege any payment
of money or other reward to have been made by any
member, or on his account, or with his privity, shire
the time of such return, in pursuance or in furtherance of
such bribery or corruption. may question the mine at any
time within twenty-eight Jaye after the date of such pay-
ment ; or, if this house be not sitting at the expiration of the
said twenty-eight days, then within fourteen days after the
day when the house shell next meet. Resolved—That if it
shell appear that any person hath been elected or returned •
member of this house, or endeavoured so to be, by bribery,
or any other corrupt prectioes, this boom will premed with
the utmost severity against ell such persona as shall have
been wilfully coneerned in such billowy or other corrupt
practices.
" Witneraes.—Resolved, That if it shall appear that any
person bath been tampering with any witness, in respect of
his evidence to be given to this hours, or any committee
thereof, or directly or indirectly hath endeavoured to doter or
hinder any lateen from appearing or giving evidence, the
same is deviated to be a high crime and misdemeanor;
and this house sill proceed with the utmost severity
against such offender. Rewired, That if it shall appal:
that any person bath given false evidence in say cam before
this house, or any committee thereof, this house will proceed
with the utmost severity against such offender.
" Ordered that all petitions complaining of undue elections
sad returns be printed."

Tax Pol.let. or 1.0• n ors.—Yesterday en interest-
ing volume was issued from the office of the Commissioners
of Metropolitan Poll e, Whitehall-place, being a return of
the apprehenaione effected by the force during the year, their
melons, and their r.aulte. The return of course does nut
include the operstions of the City police. It appears that in
all 73,240 persons were taken into custody, of whom 46,941
seem Wee and 27,299 females; 18,000 of the apprehensions
were on account of drunkenness, 8,160 for unlawful posses-
don of goods, 7,021 fur simple larceny, 6,763 for com-
mon assaults, 2,914 for assault. on the police; 4303,
women we taken into custody as prostitute.. The
period of life nowt prolific of crime is that between
the 20th and 25th year. The coavietions upon trial
in 1866 were in the following proportion. f —tinder 10 years
of age, 1; 10 years and under 15 years, 91 ; 15 year. and
under 20 yew, 610; 20 years and under 25 years, 770; 25
yews and under 30 yeses, 390; 30 years and under 40 years,
410; 40 years and under 50 years, 188; 60 years and tinder
60 yea.., 00 years end upwards, 37. The emoraittals for
murder in the year 1866 were 11; they were 12 in 1866,10 is
1854, 7 in 1953, 11 ill 1852. 8 in 1851, 11 in 1850, 19 in 1849,
11 in 1114$, and 10 in 1847. Of the Weenies in dwelling
I honer last year ocly 315 wen committed by mew of false
keys, as many as 2,175 through doers being left open, 679 by
lifting up a window or breakieg ghee, and 31 by entering
attic windows from empty houses. Again, 1,595 each la-
maim were loromitted by lodgers, 1,701 by wriatts, and as
many as 637 by means of false merge. The ow esianse-
rWd under the last three heads am such ma the police could
hardly be expected to proven• 2,371 pewee watt repotted
het year to the police as last, and of these the police motored
1,006. la the memo period 127 maiden mem committed.