The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-26 00:00:00

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

(THIS DAY.)

,a. lONIIIIST.
21te despair which seems to have seized upon
some of its contemporaries at the prospect of Mr. Glad-
stose's suceusios to the leadership of the Hones of Com-
mas' is partly attributed by the Daily News to the
interregnum which hes • natural teadency to produce
,doubtful rumours sad evil prophecies. The dangers to
which Mr. Chides's' fa by tempeasinent exposed, are is
reality far less formidable this those which Lord Palmer.
atop so triumphastly ~WM after his 000spicnons failure
daring his first premiership. Mr. Gladetoce will ride over
• foe in the host of battle with as little oomprinotios as
most moo ; but it is sot the blow dealt iR fair debt which
leaves the deepest pulp behind Lord Palmerston
had at orre time a trick of givisg his adversaries • fall
merely as • fat of wrestlieg, who, U he had been so
minded, be used have dose wales bat return • common-
places amerce ; and that is • far surer way of making as
essay thee an encounter in a pitched battle. As
to the eseservativie--bow they reseesile their theory of
Mr. Gladstras's position es virtual dictator with their
theory that he to distrusted .by his friss& and by the
cosstay, the Daily News is usable to say. If be has bees
thus proved an impolite, and been held up time after time
to the scorn of so undeoeived =Hoc, to whom is it that be
is indisputable ? If he teal that the tosses say, he can be
11 nothing better thee a politioal Dern, who must tall at the
line approach of the opposition obsespion. The time of
forbearsose is now surely at an sad ; and we have • right
to sell oat the prophets of the conservative makes to
justify their mudiotioss before the world.
The Post predicts that the fealieg of the toiletry towards
Lard Romall's misktry, as sees as each &Bastions as are
is hike plies have bees aide, will be ens of total apathy,
hat in the Roam of Doormen@ the diflicelthe will be
swim. It will be so wry MIMIC for Lard lieenall to re.
imensteme hie governmest in the Hoses of Commons ; bet
he mast sertainly latitudes* souse fresh Momenta if it is to
I retain the majority that it has nossiaelly aspired.
'Ph, Hassid eau meads* Lord Russell that be will have
the " fair play" whisk he spin asks, but the oppceitios
will not sacridoe its prlsciplee to hie convenience. If Lord
Rowell desires to amps the attacks of an opposition to
whisk he as offer so little defence he must abstain from
the introductios of measures to *bleb, he koows the ripped.
tics mast give • determlsed residence. Uhe decides to
embark his foetuses is • Gladstose Reform Bill, the truce
is st once at ea end, and he will mast in ths now parlia-
ment an oppositioa prepared to do its utmost to thwart earl
defeat him.

Ir is a sound maxim that nobody should be his
own lawyer. The man who draws his own will is
almost sure toentail a Chaocerysnit upon his succes-
sors, and thou who expected to benefit by the
bounty of so self-sufficient • testator will probably
find very little left after paying the costa of the
lawyers. Nevertheless there are some every-day
matters of law with which every man ought to be
familiar. If such knowledge is of no further use,
it will at all events prevent those who possess it
from urging claims which have no foundation. I
Most people attend auctions now and then
in search of curiosities and old furni-
tare. There are handsome cabinets, and
escritoires which contain secret drawers
and unsuspected hiding-places. An accident will
sometimes reveal such nooks and corners to an in-
quisitive purchaser, and not unfrequently articles
of rare value have been discovered which were on.
suspected by those who sold them. At all events'
valuable things are often lost and found, sod
honest people like to know what right they possess
in articles which may have fallen into their hands
by mere good fortune.
Naturally enough, the rights possessed by those
who find property have long been ascertained.
The Romans had very distinct rules up= the
subject, and the moderns of course borrowed
the Roman notions. It may seem strange,
therefore, that upon • subject which has
so long engaged the attention of lawyers any doubt
should exist, or that any man should find the least
difficulty in ascertaining his rights without the ne-
cessity of bringing them before a court of justice.
However, it seems that points of law which occur
but seldom are sometimes forgotten, or possibly
some men are so obstinate as to refuse to acknow-
ledge the justice of what any educated lawyer
would at once admit to be well.establiahed doctrine.
These remarks have been suggested by • case
which occurred the other day at the Clerkenwell
County Court, before Mr. Macitameaa. It ap-
peared that • Mr. Isaacs purchased of an auc
tioneer privately a number of articles, and amongst
them a box valued at one shilling. A Mr. Bauman
presently saw this box in Mr. ISAACS' shop, and
purchased it for three shillings. After Mr.
Banctio got the box home he began to examine it,
and in a secret drawer, which he managed to open,
be found • very handsome gold coin of the reign
of Cli•zuts I. in an expellent state of praisers-
tion. Mr. Barnum, elated by his good fortune,
called upon Mr. laLkcs, and showed him the oaks.
Mr. hues asked to be allowed to look at it ; and
upon getting it into his possession refused to sur-
render it, saying that be had never intended to
sell it, and that, therefore, the coin was still his.
The only remedy left to Mr. Bauman was to
bring an action, which he accordingly did in the
County Court, and the question which the judge
had to decide was whether Mr. Isaacs or Mr.
BRUMAN was entitled to the coin. The judge de-
cided in favour of Mr. Barme', and there can be
little doubt with perfect justice.
it was admitted that Mr. BSUMA2I, when he
bought the box, bad no knowledge of the exist-'
once of the coin ; and Mr. 'sums was in precisely
the same position. If Mr. Isaacs had succeeded
in discovering the secret drawer, and opening it,
be would have been in precisely the same position
as Mr. Bauman was, who actually made the dis-
covery. Mr. BRIIMAN was in the position of a
finder of hidden or lost property, and Mr. Isaacs,
if he bad been equally inquisitive, would have
been in precisely the same position. It has long
been settled that the person who finds goods is en-
titled to keep possession of such goods unless the
real owner makes his appearance, and therefore the
only question in the ease was whether Mr.
BRUMAN occupied the position of • finder. Now
whet is it that constitutes • man a "finder"? Some
curious case. have occupied the attention of the
courts, which plate the meaning of the term in the
clearest light. Thai, upon one occasion • person
had bought at a sale an old escritoire, for which
gave 265., and in • secret drawer he forted • large
quantity of money. It was held by the Judges tbadl
the person who found the money was entitled to
hold possession of it until the real owner was die-1
co rered. In soother case, • chimney.sweeper's boy
took • ring set with stones which he bad found to
• jeweller's shop. The jeweller, seeing the stones
were of great value, took them out and offered
the boy three halfpence for the metal. The boy

nveslA AND nAxxvoirr.
The agreement of Pros& and Austria to bully Frankfort
reepectiog the meeting there of delegates from the
German Diets, is regarded by the Times se another proof
of the fees that these two Powers are taking into their owe
hands the power of the Confederation, and wielding the
strength of the =unity se they think fit. The equal of If.
de Bismarck's despatch (published I. yesterday'. Express)
has hardly been seen in our time. One would
not suppose that it wee an independent State which
was here addressed, and that the only fault
laid to Its charge is that it suffered some
people to hold such • political meeting se English.
nun hold every day, and es It is declared Germans
have by law a right to boil as well as ourselves. The result
will be, says the Pima. that the two powers will be obeyed,
sad that no such gathering will be again allowed. it Is
way* we the force of this precedent. What hes been
'dew to Frankfort today may be done to more considerable
antes to-monew. There is no kingdom or duchy in Ger.
sway which could resist Prussia for a week, except by the
senstawe of the other leading power, and of course no state
steed expect ansiasses from Vienna when it offends by
snowing the last action of the two powers to be celled in
question. Preetkelly. therefore, the Confederation is sup-
planted by • sort of double dictators carried on by Prussia.
and Ludas.
The Poet does not doubt that in the souse takes, the
Prunes goverentent Is ie anion with that of Austria.
But where is this to atop? Where is the hoe to
be drawn? It is now unequivocally asserted that •
weak state only warden its sovereign rights by the
indulgence of its strong neighbours, and that its
pendia a:Wow* is entirely upon sufferance. Will
the miser Germs* power' tacitly wawa to we
their political saddens, to the " indolgews" of Andrie
end Prussia? or will the greeter European state* silently
acquiesce in this sesemption of universal sovereignty in
Central Europe by the loading powers of the German con-
federation ? Surely there most be some limit*, thinks the
Poet, even to the endurance of the most pews-loving of
states.

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The Duchess of Beaufort and the Marquis of
Worerster hays arrived in town from Bedmiston for a
few days.
Yesterday Karl Granville paid a visit to Earl
Russell at Pembroke Lodi*, Richmond-park.
Lord Stanley of Alderley has arrived at his resi-
dence in Dover-street, Piccadilly, from Aided.; Park,
(rhombi».
His /Excellency M. Eichemann the Prussian
Minister at the Brwilian court, awl Madame Eichemann
have arrived at Mauclgy's Hotel.
The anniversary of the battle of Inkermann falls
this year on Sunday, the bth of November.
The half-yearly muster of the Brigade of Guards
is dead to take place in St. James's-park on Mooday, the
Bth of November, for the Ist sad 3rd Battalions of Gilal.
diet Galeria, the let Battalion of Coldstream Guards, sad
Domaine the domestic; polities el America, Des Times the Ise Bamboo et the Scots Fusilier Guards. The muster
sesames that the policy likely to be expressed by the Ow • kt the 2nd Battalion of Coldstream Guards and the Tower
cuss—elected at a time of »sakes» oxottemoat—oe the Wards» (Beefeaters) will take place at the Tower on Wed.
negro mango goodies la not the policy of the country. I amday, the Bth of November ; and for the 2nd Battalion of
The Tinto is moored that the republicans. as • body. °needier Guards, at Wiedsor, on the Bth of November.
are sot disposed to carry the smascipatioa of the Nsw Linz or SrEammis —The Phare de la
meg» further than it Las been serried already. Loire contains the following :—" A new lino of steamers is
Nevertheless, the mom* of the "nubliraara In the about to be established between Saes sod Bombay by the I The Levant Herald of the 18th says :—"
Mato elections which have jest taken place io Ohio, Preinsular and Oriental Company, so as to »sure, Sys de-1 coiodoo arrived oa Thursday nerving brew Trieste. with
reoea7le"i". and 1o". TlLYgivethe."6"ll """deece, postures and as many arrivals of steamers between ladle Lord Lye., on hoard. His lordship, who bag balm mat at
and urge them to PM their strength 10 direst offiroaltien ;and England every mouth. A project attributed to the the Dutheadhe by Ariti Bey en the part of the Paste, sad
to the Prosieket and his rosorarnalaa In this consul French gotaremoni would farther extend the regular by Mr. E. pima, first dragoman, disembarked at Tephaneh
°pintoes sad sympathise es the qemstioes thew raised will sordoos far passengen and marls by steamer. It would andpnaeded at moo to the polo" of the Dobbs'''. where
be divided. The American radicals may be few in number, 000siat In prolonging, in the southern Met of be has sines semisined as the guest of Sir Hoary Daher.
bat they are elseeee, ardeet, and active. Pubs,* ties Indian Ocean, the French lines already seta- 00 Friday be visited the British nasal ossestrery at
their YAW. Ray to theoretically the most inelaieble, Wished la the ludo-Chimes waters. Mauritius and Rd- Them* where his brother, Captain Lyme, R.N.—who
bat the midwives is that it Weds to prolog( the dieing% ; woks woold be Walton as the Rake° of tki paw postal was mortally wounded whilst in command of the Itirsada,
ilea of America, sad to impede a work which me : service. The three lines proposed are said to be :—L That fit **wog attack os Sebucopol—lies Wild. Os Saint.
procuediag with unexpected since*. I frees poet Loafs to P°llat'deGu_ll°, R
eneßan with the day his leedskip paid his official visite et the Parte, whom
The Telegraph MD if the A• 1•160•• people are aeziem Pima lime to Swops, ladle, Lama. sad Japer ;2. That he oat mewed by the Grand Vizier sad the Minister of
gale the geed *aloe of um. ..ism it may plow them I from New Caledosia to Sydney, In omeeeden with the boo Foreign AQ.ir with. it sand hardly be eth% the rnaai Oar
to knew that, thanks to the conduct of their 'oversews», already established with Aden and Sues ;8. A third lino, dial courtesy. To-day Sir Henry Myer dill have his
*e last yeennest of that hostile footles with width its to be hereafter created, from Port Louis to the Cape of farewell andaan_„,°° of tilt/31._ Itaa,_"'d !rail*y iftr!
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seta ware so ohm wit :deed while the war lasted, P Good lime, sad theme to joie at Rio limbo the Preach Lord 242."` eilnisr"ltryetri oases &buil° ices 1"-on
repidly dioappseciag. New that the cause of cectiaties limo to the beadle rwisTsY. Henryn will

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