The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-30 00:00:00

THE REFORM LEAGUE.

Last night the ordinary council meeting of the
Reform League was held at the offices, Adelplai-terraos,
lir. EDISON!. BEALE.. in the chair. The following letter'
was read :—" 4, Whitehall-place, Jan. t 2, 1868.--Sir,—l '
have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the I
20th inst., stating that the council of the Reform League!
have been informed that on several 000asione lately ,1
officers of the police have interfered, by threatening
communications to the landlords, and in other war, to
prevent branches of the Reform League from holding their
usual legal and constitutional meetings at licensed houses ;
and that the council bed directed you to address me on
the subject. That you hail, therefore, on the part of the ,
council, to express their regret at the information they
had received, not being aware that the meetings referred
to have been of a nature to justify their being thus in-
terfered with. And that you had further to ask whether
this interference has taken place by my authority, or by
that of the government, and what are the grounds for
such interference. I have to state in reply that I am as.
cured that there has been no such interferenoe as supposed
by any offioer of police. I have given DO instructions OD
the subject, and it is hardly necessary to add that none
bare been given by the government.-1 am, sir, your
obedient servant, RICHARD Hats.—Edniond Reales,
Es q."

THE REPRESENTATION OF CAMBRIDOZ.--It is
rumoured that Lord John Hervey. youngest brother of the
present Marquis of Bristol, will contest the city of Cam-
bridge in the liberal interest at the neat general election.
CAYBEIDOISHIBA; AND ISLE OF ELY AORICCL-
TTSAL SOCIETY.—The anneal meeting of this society WU
held on Monday, at Cambridge. Lord Royston, M.P.
oocupied the chair. The Duke of Rutland cram elected
president for the year ; and Colonel Duncombe, Dir. S.
Newton and Mr. H. Thurnall, vice-presidents. The report
spoke of the success which attended the show held at Wier-
bech last year, and that there was now a balance in favour
of the society of CV. ge. 10d., while the arrears were
99/. Lis. It was agreed that the next annual show of the
society should bs held at Newmarket in July, the day to
be fixed tip= at a future meeting.
THE NATIONAL BIBLE SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND.—
The Duke of Argyll, in resigning the presidency of the
National Bible Society of Scotland, spoke on Tel:: ja!
the annual meeting at Glasgow on the society's
He congratulated its members on the great advance that
had been made in the acknowledgment and practice of the
principles of toleration among the nations of the world ; for
the society waa hindered in its work nowhere in Marveling
at Rome. He observed that the society was not heartily
supported by some of the great religious denaninatiesta
in this country or by those who set an excessive
value on the features which dirainguisk the MACON
Christian communities from each other. He did net
believe that the circulation of the Scriptures would teed
to unite men in one ecclesiastical body ; but he believed it
to be the best antidote to the error of those who thought
that a religion could he maintained In the mind and heart
without some intellectual eon one as to the definitions
of religious dogmas. The Bishop of Argyll also spoke,
and painted out that the foreign allegiance of Irish
catholic' to the Pope was a circumstance which kept
England and Ireland from coalescing so completely as
England and Scotland had done. It was then ap• to
elect the Hon. Arthur Kinnard, M.P., as president, and
Sheriff Jamaica as chairman, of the board, for 1868.
Yesterday evening Mr. Spurgeon's Tabernacle
was exceedingly well filled by an attentive audience,
which had uoseabled to hear the Rey. Newman Hall on
the subject of " Our Political Relations with America"
The lecture delivered by the rev. gentleman on this occa-
sion was on whisk he had already delivered in America,
and which bad been highly appreciated in that country.
The their was lakes by Mr. C. Gilpin, M.P., and the
meeting was opened with prayer by the rev. lecturer.
The legal arrangements for the Kahle College
at Oxford were completed on o
bey,Mo, and building
operations will, it is andaltood, man ssuasssed.

ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. 29.

The new St. Petersburg Gazette announces that
all the Russian men-of-war available for service
are being equipped for a foreign expedition. It is
understood that the Grand Duke Constantine
will accompany this squadron to the Pincus, to
pay a visit to his daughter, the newly-married
Queen of the Greeks. Rear-Admiral Popow has
been appointed to the command of the Russian
squadron in Greek waters, in place of Admiral
Bontakoff.

TURKEY.

OONSTANTINOPLE. JAX. 29.

The Lerant .Fferaid publishes advioes from
Svre of the 22nd inst., announcing that the
blockade runner Enossis has made another suo-
°maul run to Crete, and landed a cargo on the
island.
A heavy snow fall has oocurred in Bulgaria, pre-
venting postal communication on the Danube for
,ten days.