The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-20 00:00:00

MSC lAL COEISTAALES.

A muster of the special constables of the Hol-
born division was held on Saturday afternoon in the
garden of Gray's•inn. At the time appointed (half-pest 2
o'clock) it was pouring with rain, but notwithstanding
this discouraging oinumstanos, about 250 out of 500 man
appeared upon pared* and were " put through their
facings" by Captain Lilacs, 40th Middlesex Rifle Volun-
teers, the divisional superintendent, end his assistants.
The Holborn force of specials is made up of men of very
different ranks and classes, end of various degrees of
activity and bodily strength, including no less than 100
stalwart draymen end brewers from the establishment of
Messrs. Reid. Next week the 40th Middlesex (Central
London) Ride Volunteers are to be sworn in as a body,
and the force for this district will then number 1,000 men.
! Messes. Henry White and J. G. Stilwell set again on
Saturday at the Vestry-offices, Covent-garden, for the
of swearing in special constables. On the previews
y the whole of the staff of the Strand Theatre (attended
by Mr. A. Swanbarengh, the manager), numbering 57, were
sworn in. Mr. H. While addremed them in • speech is
which be called attention to the importune of the move-
,' went, not only for the protection of the line and property
of the public generally, but to prove to foreign nations
that the Reelish nation wee united, and was as ready to
repel the cowardly and indiums Fenian as to guard cur
shone against a foreign enemy. He also drew attention to
tie noble manner in which all claws did their
=on the amnion of the Clerkenwell outrage of
be wall *sok, as he was an eyomitaleas
et whoa tech piss, end wen on the mess of the astray
isonseillsisly after the explosion, where he remained in
charge for two hours,question undl the safety of the pprisonersprisonershad
irbeseuhend be
have yielded their sharp with the warders
their llves.
The somber of special condole' sworn in in the pariah of
St. Paul exceeds that, of any single parish in the =strop°.
lis. The churchwardens, the vestry, and the whole of the
pariah officials hove est a good example to other parishes,
lig the unanimous and indefatigable manner in which they
have worked. The number of spacial constables for this
division up to Saturday evening amounted to 2,370. The
whole of them are so organised that at any given point
11,500 can be assembled within an hour, and full returns
have been made to Colonel Heart. Drilling is actively
carried on every evening.
The nearing in and emolanent el special constables far
the district aasigned to the Thames Police-mart has been
continued daily, by Mr. Paget. during the pad week up to
Saturday evening.

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PRIVATZ BILLS IN TRW HOUSE or COMMONS.-
Bsttuday being appointed by the standing orders of the
House of Oommous for the examiners of petitions for pri-
vate bills (Yews. Frees and Palre) to osmium* their
&inlay to inquire into the complianos or non-complianes
with the stm orders of the House of Commons, nine
bills were appointed to be heard before them, viz. :—Tbe
Haverfordw.st Borough, the Acton and Brentford Rail-
way, Worthing Gam, Wsterfonl Harbour, Bradford Water-
weeks and Improvements, Rochester Bridge Betstes,
Stourpart Bridge end Approaches, Bennington Market,
and Itaryport DisUiet and Harbour. The above gems,
however, were all postponed till to-day at 11 o'clock,
after which day the examiners will Mt daliy, with the ex-
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