The Express.
London, England, 1861-07-31 00:00:00

CASE OF THOMAS CiRTER.

Sir G. C. LEWIS said, with referewe to the above ease,
Le hail jute received a letter f r the outgistrute who hid
committed Wier. to the effect that the conduct of the
latter fully justified the sentence under which
►e was committed to pol. It appeared that
titter heal so alarmed too young women that they
were obliged to call in the brother of one of them for pro-
tection. He had pmviouvly been found in a liehl hy the
police in • state of intoxication. 'lle utsgietrate who
wrote from Ayniaire, promised to een.l the evidence.

NAVAL RESERVE
la &sewer to acle.tage b 7 Yr. Al RION
Lord C. PAOET matedßlO.r,
it was not proposed to insert is
the Naval Reserve Bill say provision for the ramuswestios
of the naval moors (Moen. is On, estimator sect year
there would be • mull sum set aptrt for allowances duriag
JAIL

IRISH F.NIGRANTS.
Colonel FRENCH asked the ruder tiscretary of State
for the Colonies by whom sanction the rule had Lem made
at the Emigratioe.onice that perigee to Australia wall be
given to English And Sintairneti, but not to the Irish?
Mr. C. Final:Selig said that the Australian govern-
ment required that the sums voted by them for emigration
be divided ausiougst the three kingdoms
in prolvirtion to the reapective populittme of each.
In formtr years Inland received more than its
sh.ire, in consequeme of the reluetanee of the English
and Scotch to and the rule of which the lion.
member complainA had linen made to equalise the popula-
te'. From 1347 to 1i4.15, out of the whole number of go.
virainent emeralds to Australis, the number from Ireland
wad 79,UU0, whereas properly it should hare been only
tamixt

I.IIBANKHENT OF THE TH.t3IES.
'tie .1. SHELLEY 1..4e.! whether the ,;overnment intended
to adopt the reeoniniendstion. Co.ntails,4l in the report of
the Thames Eruluoknient Commissioners, as tram. the
line of embankment proposed to bo Liken ; and whether
they intend to appoint another commission fer the purpose
of carrying out the work ; and if out, to what body they
propose to entruit the comtniction of the embeaktuent
Mr. COWPER said that the royal COMMUSIOU had just
lewd • report recommending a phut for the enibnokment
of the 'flumes which wouhl provide for the public eon.
Vollieber without nattily interfering with private interests.
It would be his duty next session to introduce • bill to
wry out the rec 11111 l netelstiose of the commistioa, but it
was alas the intention of the meat that the execution
of the plea &bilk( be intros le the lletrupolitan Board of
Warta

[Left dUkts.]

MT EZAKTION.-MXIS DAY.)

The day the official declaration of the poll was
mob at the OtmMall, which was attended by large earn.
ben el pewees, ebiedy the fries& of Mr. Wool, the success-
(el caudidate. Yr. Wood who war attended to the hustings
by SirJ. bake, Mr.erarrfotil, rod &roe Rothschild, theother
three saseabers for the City, was received with loud cheers.
'The ',septum of the Lord Xetor was quite of the opposite
diwarlptios-- hats is mourning being exhibited in the hall,
and miss ol "lw to Aatiourr," " Lord Eed-over," ate,
base lewd sad (.panel.

Ili. IJdorima ad ShadOf Assts, Zasaoaaesel the poll as
lenses :

West
Win ..

5,747
...-......- 5,241

Majority
H. en aired Mr. Wood ils lava b elected ooe of
tbe oweedion for the City, whleh woe weeived with toed
cbeen.

The numbers who voted far Mr. Weed eredebei et viz
liverymen oat 4,413 Itoreheidoms i for the Ind Meer.
2,V0 liverymes and 3.011 lireaasiden. ?be Wei trochee
of electors who soled ea this semi= was 10,1111).
Mr. Wool) then MIMS forward, cad said that tie the&
dram which he had is Um principles oe which M ems
forward to de betas for the oiliness of Use= Imd net
beim sabsitheed. felmers.) He wished to fight the battle
fees. the limiest's es the ground of principles, sad it
was to the troth of thew principles, sad not to say merit
of his owe, that he ascribed his triumph. (Cheery.) He
should not at the close of the corer, a he
hal mot during its °optimums, say con word
calculated to excite personal feeling. (Cheers.)
lie thanked Lime who gore him theirsupport on this occa-
moo, but in should endeavour to do his duty as repressor-
t,ve of the toward, all the coostituency indiffereotly.
The numbers of Over who pullet en both sides showed that
hi. excellent friend the Lord Mayor had bees deceived as
t.. the extent of the sepport he might expect
to the City. The importance of the costra sod the
toomph by which it ems tonoinated could bet be saw.
fordntet it lad has otherwise it would ben been mid
that • munchers bed eet ins, sled an attempt wield hare heels
mode to upset the goverameat, awl to champs the whets
erre) of their policy at home sin abroad. (Hear.) It
sho showed the enmity of thinking that the liberal feeling
of the citrons of Lemke had been changed. (Hear, hear.)
H. hoped that the p.n.s folio; which subsisted between
Imo mid his friend the Lord Mayor would matinee as need,
as .1, again returning them thabks for the highgtottossi. in
whizti he had been placed, he begged to retire. )
The ',MID MAI..K then came forward, sod it WOW 800111
time before he orb! olitaio • Merin ; laded, Mr.
Wood had to intervene and heg au impartial beeriag
for his lordahip. The Laid Mayor thee proceeded to
say that his position, there that day was ea a happy as..
He had hoped to have made the lint speech on that Gee-
don, but his boo. friend took the first place, and he mate
to noly as wood best. He was out going to blame anyoke,
Of to read tiro • lecture Hr acquirersl in the verdict which
had been pm: Hymned. He hopial it would have been other-
wise. He must take that opportunity of thanking his friends
for the support they had given him during the corer.
(Interruptioo, during which the Lord Mayor retired.)
tm the motion of Mr. Wool), seconded by the LOUD
Marlin. a vote of thank i wan peewit to the Sheriffs, for the
ear-Aleut arrangements made by them.
The proccediap then terminakod.

ENGLISH. SCOTTISH. AND AUSTRALIAN
CHARTBRED BANK.-(THIS DAY.)

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was
hid at soon, at the offices of the bank, 73, Cord:till ; Mr.
fitssAßD in the chair.

Thedirectors, in their report, referring to what wan said
at the last meeting on the subject of a change in the colonial
management, mid they hell great unsfaction in informing
the peopneton that they bad appointed, as manager of one
of the brunches, Mr. John Salmon, a gentleman of bank-
ing sod mercantile ex perienee, strongly recant-
-11101:11161, and who bad already sailed for his destination.
Although the profits of the past six months bad considerably
•ineeded these of any precious half-year, yet owing to the
en...1,0n made for losses, arising from failures which had
••- erred Woos the date of the last report, and a cooseqseet
&low-intim in the •aloe of PeCtniiifi, the amount available
for distribution leo reduced to 16,600 L 12s. 6d The general
annhonition of circumstances ie Australia, and the increase
In it.• lan le+ profits for the halfyear, semen. justify the hope
of a steadily improring future. Thedirectors recommended the
following appropriation of the balsnoe of pridlt and kiss se-
eouutos. To the payment of arlieideed at the rate of 6 per
seat. per annum, foss of income tax, on 500,000 E, the paid-
-51, cspital of the hank, 15,0011 t/. ; tuwardn the reduetke of
the onnunts at debit of • -preliminary ex 600/. : bank
Itemise. awl fumigate acasenta, 1.6001. ; ring 100 f.
to be added to the reserved hued, which will Mum
lonouat to ?..!,SATI. lid N.
After some disernies, the rowed re ere reletard-

Viscount Powerneoent has eatabliabed before the
Wen al Lamb Ids eines to Tote for representative peen
fw imbed.

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Neweraththa nra Pos-TrarrY.—At the laying of
the lathieles Atha recently of • sew chapel in the viei•
Myst plime.ana a bottle, which was placed inside the
a". ninlnlaad in oddities to a oopy of the Holy &rip.
L'olcieei • peveltheat bearing • deeeriptioo of the build-
.ll. • Tad" diremeActie Journal, the if alaNd
the Patriot., and the Neeeenfuneset.