The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-27 00:00:00

THE EXPENSES OF THE POLICE.

The Daily News calla the attention of the represents.
Oyes of the metropolis toe bill introduced into the House
of Commons lest Thursday, "to amend the law relating
to funds provided for defraying the expenses of the Me-
tropolitan Polioe," the second reading of which its author,
Mr. Secretary Hardy, proposes to move tomorrow. It is
a means for raising the expenditure of this metropolis
for police purposes from eightpenoss—its present oost—to
ainepeace in the pound on the full annual value of its pro-
perty rateable for the relief of the poor ; one fourth, of
course, oontinuing to be contributed by the treasury, and
to pay the house-rent of the two assistant commissioners.
The local taxation of London is already enormous,
but, except as regards police rates, we have at
least some popular control over it. This new
proposition is simply due to the fact that the
Hems Minister has not the courage to remove from office
a chief commissioner without whose removal reform can.
not be commenced or carried out.

THE TORT LORD RATON.

The Tr/crook regrets to observe a conspicuous ex.
(option to the usual abstinence on the part of Lord Mayors,
on public occasions, from partisan allusions in the harangue
of the present mayor upon the Irish church at
the ginner to the judges on Monday. To a coMpany in
which politics were supposed to have no place, and which
included Lord Justice Wood as well as Chief Baron
Kelly, Mr. Justice Lush as well u Vim-Chancellor Melina,
these remarks eould scarcely be other than objectionable.
But the crowning prof of bad taste was, that tire particu.
lar peer selected to reply to a toast introdueed with so
mesh partisan heat was the Earl of Dunravea, a liberal,
a Roman catholic, sad a nobleman who only a few weeks
back bcnoorably distinguished himself by the combined
firmness of tone and moderation of language in which he
advocated at a public inestini in Limerick the diseetab-
lishumnt of the Irish Church !

The Star, pointing out that tory and whit peers eat
aide by aide at the dinner irferred to, and that several
well-known liberals were anwmpt the guests, says that his
lordship's mine was a violation of oommon oourteq, and
that the livery of London should take steps to initruot him
in the limits of his duties.

A meeting of the Trades Unions Commissioners
was held yesterday. Present—,Bight Hon. Sir William
Brle (chairman), Bari of Lichfield, Lord Moho, ALP., Mr.
James Booth C.B., Kr. J. 'A. Roebuck; Q.C., M.P.,
Mr. Thomas Hughes, ALP., Mr. Frederic Harrison, and
Mr. William Mathews. Kr. J. C. Traill, secretary to the
comaimien, was also jpeeneat. • , t
LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. —The ad-
hourned meeting of the proprietors of this railway was
eld yesterday, for the purpees of deserve. the remelt of
the poll demanded late Thursday by Mr. &mud* os the
question of the approval of the amalgamation arrangement
with the Reath Viagra Railway Company ; Mr. lien,
M.P., in the chair. The chairman said that the only
business to be transacted was to announce the result of
the poll demanded by Arr. Elamuda on the bill establish-
ing an amalgamation witli.the South Eastern Company,
sad stated that that bill had been approved by much
greater thus Hsi throi.foenthe. mijority required. The totals
were :—For the bill, 2,000 persona, reprwntins
3,032,9951. capital and h,686 votes, as well as ,216,3711.
preference stock.
repressetingrepresenting 30,212 votes. Against the
WI, 77 pseaosa, 173.0001.• capital and 3,396
vows, mad 191,91F31. profaner* stook, representing 1,913
V 04414 The IsseWag may lasted a few minutes. ••
SHOCKING ACCIDENT' ON A RAII.WAT.--011 Mon-
day a yang men aimed Robert Mosereft, farmer, aged
Fllag at Blaekrod, near Bohm, kit home about half-
-0 with a horse which he rode) to be shod, at Adling.
Hs by • bproa ,d over which runs a
I breach el and Terialire Bailys, leading
to lbws Deeding, Hoyle, and arnothuintra tAnderlon
Colliery. At the Mme nine metepuha* some mac-
aw tho the
llneroft; bilierist t6s
fe
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p?rac vs.% hoWertf top lats, tz pealed
8112 NS" 11",12 Mak bO4ll hone &ad Attg
down, andiclee= vent ever Utak tru."
staatlyl ink beat marriad mix nesthe.'