The Express. — 1867-05-01 (London, England)

HEYWOOD." Mr. T. Weld Blundell wrote :—" Ince Blundell-hall, April 29. Dear Sir, —I regret exceedingly that I shall not be able to be present to-morrow at the meeting called to express the confidence of the liberal party in Mr. Gladstone. I hope your meeting will go off well, and assist in encouraging Mr. Gladstone. If you think it worth while, state to every one an unavoidable engagement in London has pre. vented me from attending, and that I fully concur in the objects of the meeting. mrs sincerely, T. WELD Btonnui.."  We (Advertiser) have much pleasure in being able to announce that Mr. Graves last night intimated his intention to various members, and other private gentlemen, of withdrawing his bill relative to the licensing of public houses, which stood for the second reading to-day. On the 1 ith Serjeant Barry will bring under the notice of the Henze of Commons the loss of life which took place at Dungarvan during the late Waterford county election, and to move the following resolution :—" That, whereas it appears by the verdicts of coroners' juries, that two persons were killed by a soldier or soldiers of the 12th ]cancers at Dungarvan during the late election for the county of Waterford, under circumstances which led in one case to a finding of manslaughter, and in the other of wilful murder, it is not, in the opinion of the house, satisfactory that the conduct of the military on that occasion has not been made the subject of further inquiry before any tribunal, either military or civil." _ _  Mr. Moffatt intends on the motion for going into committee on Factory Acta Extension Bill, to move that the bill be referred to • *elect oommittee.  Mr. Chichester Forteecue, to-morrow, will ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland what course the government propose to take with respect to the Queen's University in Ireland, and whether they intend to bring in a bill to remove doubts as to the validity of the acceptance by the senate of the supplemental charter of last year, and to place the graduates to be admitted to degrees under that charter upon an equal footing as members of the corporate body of the university with the other graduates. Sir Frederick Heygate will ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland, to-morrow, whether he intends to bring in any measure this session on the subject of Irish railways.  In committee on Representation of the People Bill, Mr. Candlish intends, at page 2, line 6, after "dwelling-house," to move to inaert, "or part of a dwellinghouse." Mr. Biddulph will move for leave to insert a clause repealing so much of the Act 41 Geo. 111., c. 63, as relates to non-beneficed clergymen.  An examination of the Registrar-General's returns shows that the last quarter of the year, classed as the autumn quarter, is that in which there are most marriages. There is no exception to this rule, and the difference is very great indeed. The quarter least favourable to marriages is the winter quarter, or that terminating on the 31st of March, during which the marriages in all England are about 36,000. The two following quarters are tolerably near each other, with about 45,000 each, the spring having rather an advantage over the summer. But in the autumn quarter the numbers jump at once to 55,000 or 56,000, showing an increase of at least t 0 per cent. over the totals of winter. Whatever may be the explanation of this phenomenon, it is absolutely invariable. The rate of the whole year may be high or low, but whether it be high or low, or whether the marriages be many or few, it is quite certain that in the last quarter of the year there will be half as many again as there were in the tint.