The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-11 00:00:00

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k -THE MERINO top PARLIAMENT.
The Herald mien* that if ministers hod any
idei el an aupianal "pianists would not lama absolute
mill* upon eiteAphintlArind infers that, unless some uo-
Viela eircuoistiiii, er some neexpected expression of
c opioioc, should induce them to change their purpose, 1
*calming of the seedoe will be postposed until the
beginning or middle of February. The Herald objectei
betel says :—" The reasons which make ministers I
and ministerial members anxious to postpone the ,
opening of the Heim are reasons which mast'
make the publics feel that, at whatever cost to phaseouts*"
,bootleg end fox-booting, it is desirable that the homes
should meet in the autumn in order to get through the
forinal brines which must otherwise occupy the early
weeks of spring, and delay, perhaps shoat ail the end el i
the session, certain matters which ought to be promptly
decided. The lavish expenditure of lima °naiades—
which has been more audacious and more open than on any
previous 0001600 nine the Reform Act —ail furnish an ;
unusual amount of work to the election committees ;
and unless the appointment of a Speaker, the i
estsblishenent of the standing committees, and the selection
of the members to be charged with theme ievestigations, be
accomplished by an autumn seseion, it la too likely that fee
may than half the seseloa seats will be ocospied by those
who have no claim to them, and the decisions of the House
of C./MOW= morally vitiated by the vote' of the pseudo.
representatives of diecootoeted sad roes:planing cionaist
tummies, aid by the exclusion of those who ought
t, sit there. Leominster is without a member.
A doable return leaves the representation of Dumbertoris
shire in dispute. A scrutiny is required to restore her
legitimate member to Biirigeorth, sad the mine process
will pretty surely return Mr. Hennessy foe King's County
end Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald for Horsham. The elections
vitiated by libels' bribery which must be contested sad will
probably be penned are more numerous than we penetrant.
It will not be well that the earrectioe of all these flaws in the
perweal constitutioo of the present house should be de-
, loyal no long es it must be if the preliminary stops are not
taken before February ; and we cannot but that that It is
, the duty of ministers to vindicate their own insomnia of
i the misdeeds of their Maids by advising the Qoesin to eon-
, yoke parliament in November, and of her Majesty's Opp-
; sition to give up even a fortnight of the beet days of the
; sporting sewers to the public serviesand the purification of
the House of Commoes."

THE ST. LEGER AND "OLADIATEUR."

On Wednesday, for the ninetieth time, the pine-
wreath of the Bon will be contested, and, if concurring rie-
ciente may be teethed, under circumstances of unparalleled
brilliancy and excitement. Gledisteur has won both the
great three-year-old races of the year ; Gladiatenr has
beaten every horse that has been opposed to him ; and
Cladiatimi is, in the stable acceptation of the term, aY
" Frenchman." Will Gladiateur continue his triumph'
If. has, as yet, won everything in a ouster, and is
by the cognoscenti in such matters, expected to repeat the
performance. Ceder this prospect, so humiliating to this
national vanity, we regret to learn from the Post that the
" ugly whapere are abroad to the effect that, as fair lamas
are likely to fail in protecting its fulfilment, foul meant
will be resorted to, sod that Gladathur •is not to eta.' It
is rumoured—with what truth it ie impartible to say, bat
the rumour is prevalsot—that a unchain section of a certain
class, whose livelihood depends upon their makieg ' things
plea. ant' on the turf, will be so grievously compromised
by hie victory that some mesas or other will be taken to
prevent it. It is asserted that they know he can win ;
that they feel &denied his noble owner, Count
de Lagrange, is beet as eloping with him ; that the
protest against his age is simply nonsense ; and
that, therefore their oily resource is to ensure his defeat
themselves. As bribery is out of the question, hneuuing
impracticable, and 'shutting out at the beet of times
doubtful, it is feared that if this disparate expedient be
attempted at all, it will be by some violent mach on
the oourse, snob as was hazarded in the ease of Acrobat in
1651, and of Caller.Ou ten yore later. It is needless to say
that such an evert, if permitted, or indeed, if sot per
would be a greater disgrace to us than if all our
Derbys and St. Lows were won by costioental hones ter
the next 50 years. It would be ludicrous to suppose that
our racing supremacy could be patched up by such means.
It would rather be the most perfect and entire
admission of our inferiority, gem we could eon-
demand to a dirty deed to stave off its proof.
Moreover, rival nationality, even if it could be any
excuse, would go for nothing in such a design, for at could
only be projected by thins worthless enough to hesitate at
nothing to secure their plunder, and who would do just the
earns organist au English horse. 11 accomplished, it would
be a positive blot on the national honour. But it must be
horse in mind that in the ease of desperate and determined
men it might not be a very difficult matter, and would
be irretiievabla Not many weeks ago a c•se was cited
where a violent mob tore away a stirrup and leather from a
winner as he was returning to aisle. The jockey was
thereby unable to draw his weight. Bat, though it was
demonstrated to have been au intentional fraud. there war
no redreer, and the stewude of the meeting had no alter-
native but to award the stokes to the sewed horse. It
is to be trusted that efficient are will be taken that the
S. Leger of 1865 shall sot be tarnished by any such out-

rage."
" Argos," of the Poet, says if no " unforeseen accident'
aware, Gladiateur in u certain to get retereed for Don-
cuter as be wu for Epees• " Bayne the Mates inane
there will bee dose fight, and perhaps Klerieska any have
eahade the beat of it."

PATHOS or • SCOTCH RSOUITILILIA—The registrar
of frisodle societies ia Boatload (Yr. A. Carasgy Ritchie)
In the coarse of his report for the past year, just head,
comment. as the matters which have coma under his cog-
abaaoe in a style which is somewhat new is oar bluebook
Santora Thus, after alludiog to the vicissitudes is
worths( mas's war, he premeds to observo—" It is ia tbe
darks's' of this melancholy condition of things that the
friendly society prosente itself as a messenger of pewee cad
consolation, restoring strength to the weak, homes to tie
homeless, free from the goading sad lambdas wises of the
workhouse, food and Tainnut, sad spirit to seek sod cabin
week with Om voice and maltose of • hamlet. Boat us
the benefits of flimsily moieties, whose kis& and radon,
influence, silently, and all but apperceived it may be, pen
Pads' lb. lead and permeates its society, sod its many thou-
sands of families, sad yet atm so patty that the dew itself
falls not more softly nor mots sweetly." Kr. Bitobis„ we
may add, dwrlh in his report on the fact which be views as
oat of great imporlasce, that female friendly welshes are
mach ea the increase In Scotland. They do a groat dig of
good, he rya, and are is gssecial very well managed.
A gentleman who had advertised the birth of his
child in the Times • few days afterwards morived the an-
nonucement cat out and neatly pasted on a eard with as
ornamental flowered border, with • teat from Exodus,
"Take this child and nurse it for me," printed at the • IM-
tom. Accompanying it was the Monts( latter :—" Will
the happy and the prosperous moms their joy by caste-
bating something ta a straggling pariah? A nalssrable
church, too small for the people ; • wretched schoal shish
needs rebuilding ; • coosidersbls dabs epos the parsonage-
boum ; these and other matters are pressing is a village
whom there are no rsaideat gentry. The Befog worth less
than' 301. a year. Asy donation, however small, will be
acceptable. Address," kn.
THE SWINDLING SYSTEM WITH POST-OE7IOE
011DELS.—The sew swindliag trick of altering a tketedrece
order, sod cashing it with a trammel" for mars thee it was
dr oeo, has Imo soccesafally performed on some tradminsin
at York. ID the coarse of ppusst week • stranger ctllad
as several plumbers carrying ea at York, aad mad*
isagegiemsata with them to meat bias atShipton, to repair
some of his property. After making this arrogant:se, he
seems to have produced • Porn-ofitee order, is ens cam for ,
81. 4s. Zed , of which he said the Post-efflos authorities had
net beep advised. la the instases referred to he teased •
plumber to let him have Si. on the odor, ow onoaat, aid it
was further arranged that the balance should be paid at Ship-
I too. It was 'oboe:mostly discovered that tits order had
only bees takes ens at 4s. 2d. sad that the 81. bad hem
added to it. Throe or four plumbers west to Shipton as
requested, whom they rotted that they bad boss victimised
by • swiadler. Of wares Um steamer has set IMOD bees
beard of ; but it is tows that • pampa soorerian bin dee-
eriptios has similarly duped leadseems is Itewassfeao,
Derby, Waloschampsaa. Llvespool. Oblate, Clertiele, loo• '
,
easter, Kesdat, Appteby, sod Nettiagbaa,
At • thINTiNARIAIL—We have to record tits
death OD the Tad last, st Woe Hordev. sem Ouildfords of
Mrs. Hasaah Gander. who bed astatood this groat ago et 1/8
year, having bees hors is Jawaim, 1770—the wear sifter
these peat military hares', W gMa. Napeleoe, sad
Both, first saw the light. Moms mica vespesesd by a large
• clefts of friends.— West dun* Masa.
ROYAL PRES HOSPITAL, GDAY'S-wit-IDAD.--Tbs
somber of pettiest relieved at Ibis beeellel &Mee Iblelleek
ending September 9 was 3,686, of *blob I,BM wise maw
mom