The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-26 00:00:00

TIIE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1866.

sellers who are attending the sale agree among
themselves not to raise the prim by bidding walnut each
other. The book gees for 61., and that is all the seller
obtains ibr it. But apparent buyer does not necessarily
obtain the book, nor is it really obtained at that price.
After the public sale, a " knock-out" is held by the book-
sellers who had previously combined: Here the book is
again put up, and goes, we will say, as its true price, 301.
The excess which the book thus fetches above the price
realised at the auction is then divided as so much profit
among the booksellers present. Another correspondent
tells us of a pair of Sevres vases which went at a public
auction for 13/. A " knock-out " was afterwards held at
which they went for 1801., and the balance went
to about 20 dealers, who had combined, and who received.
therefore, more than 81. apiece. It needs no argument to
prove the iniquity of this system. It amounts to a device
for robbing the seller of the true value of his article. If
the vases in question were worth 1801. to the dealer who
ultimately obtained them, they were worth that sum
to the owner, and the " knock out " simply inter-
cepted 1671., and transferred it to the pockets of
those whu combined in the transaction. It is as
direct a swindle as if the money had been taken
out of the owner's desk or purse. The sum
afterwards divided can only be considered as a bribe die.
honourably obtained for complicity in a discreditable fraud.
It is astonishing to be assured that the system is openly
practised even by apparently respectable dealer', and in all
kinds of auctions. If a gentleman ventures to bid at a
public sale, he is at once so annoyed and browbeaten, and
the article he bids for is run up to such an extravagant
price by sheer malice, that be is at length compelled to
retire, and either to leave the sale altogether or employ an
agent. If auctioneers did their duty the Times does not
hesitate to say such practices would not be possible. It is
obviously in the power of an auctioneer to stop a sale if he
sees that it is being unfairly conducted, and the public
will expect the auctioneers to find a remedy.

should choose advisers who Ow ogres-11ra
some public policy, and, squally so that
he should openly acknowledge and -trust
them. It is in this way *tat in coniiikutiOnal
countries the person of the monarch is preserved
in reverence by being kept aloof from the
passions engendered by the conflicts of opinion.
When those who surround the throne are known
to take different views of the public advantage,
and the Sovereign follows the counsel, now of one
and now of another minister, it is impossible that the
responsibility of the ultimate decision should not be
referred to him, to his great prejudice, as often as
an untoward accident brings the Government into
discredit. A true system of ministerial respon-
sibility, on the other hand, upholds the Sovereign
in a region far above the strife of parties, and leaves
him free in days of difficulty to call to his side
statesmen who have had no share in the events
which have brought the administration into dis-
favour. We trust that the EMPEROR may be con-
vinced of the necessity of breaking with the system
of the last few years, and that he will adopt the
only one which can give stability to policy, and
energy to resolution. Other things are important. It
is necessary that right views should be taken of the
vocation and corresponding interests of the Austrian
Empire under the new circumstances in which it is
placed, and that the ends of the Government should
be chosen in accordance with them. But the con-
dition of this and every other reform is that the
practice of irresponsible government should come
to an end, and that the EmrEitoit should place
himself in the hands of known advisers and give
them his confidence. Thus we may hope that the
old vacillation, and hesitancy, and weakness way
disappear, and that instead we may see signs of
unity of purpose and steadiness of aim, while the
Government labours to regenerate Austria by the
principles of public liberty.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

(THIS DAY.)

MR. BRIGHT'S SPEECH AT MANCHESTER.
Premising that the obviousness of the chief argu-
ments fur au improvement in our electoral system tend to
give reform tlenionArations au ail of sameness, and that
even Mr. Bright is unable to avoid something like repeti-
tion, the Time. proceeds to characterise the unusual ve-
hemence of the hon. member for Birmingham against

Lord Duoy as the most striking feature of his address•
For this there must be some special reason. Mr. Bright>
who can be polite to noblemen when he pleases, is not
likely to go out of Lis way to make au invective on the
chief of the conservatives unless with a definite object iii
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view. V It is plain that in the radial ranks a reform bill
from the present government is expected, and it scents es if
it were thought desirable to raise a cry against it beforehand.
The Tizno thinks it would hav,. been better if Mr. Bright
had followed the example of Mr. Gladstone and declared
his readiness to judge any forthcoming measure on its
merits, and to support it or oppose it irrespective of party.
Fully admitting that the settlement of the reform question
can be no longer delayed, and that if the government pro-
pose any measure justly chargeable with inefficiency and
evasion, they will deserve the downfall that will over-
take them, our contemporary nevertheless maintains that
there will be time enough to rail against them in February
next. To begin now will seem as if it was Lord Derby's
success rather than his failure that was feared.
_ .

Reform agitation, observes the Dodo News, has already
reached limits at which the share in it of individnals, how-
ever eminent, and their eloquence, however brilliant, are
leas important than the general movement, in which mere
personal influences and ascendency have become merged.
The silent multitudes are more important than the leading
speaker, for whatever the exact number / resent it is
certain that the expression of feeling on the part of the
wlrking men of the district surrounding Manchester was
practically unanimous ; Lord Derby, at least, who is nn
stranger to South Lancashire, is nut likely to underrate
the nuportance of the meeting. The Lancashire
operatives understood the bearings of the American
war better than Lord Derby and his friends, and not
only helped to keep the nation right when its ruling classes
would have led it fatally wrong, but proved that they also
knew what are the evils which must be borne without a

legislative remedy. It must be shown, and not merely
asserted, that their discernment fails when it lcials
them to political action ; and it is the fact that, rightly or
wrongly, they charge the party of which Lord Derby is the
chief, and the class to which he belongs, with misgcn can-
ing the country, either directly or by the exertion of a
secret but overwhelming influence. The movement of
which the Manchester meeting is • part, is the natural
effort of an overwhelming majority of the nation to obtain •
Clare of the power from which, under die present system, it
is artificially excluded , and the reform party has been forced,
1 by recent e‘ cuts, to look upon Lord Derby's government
:dal the House of Commons which placed it in power not
as organs to be used, but as obstacles to be overcome. The
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demand for umuhood suffrage has not yet assumed the
character of an ultimatum, but how long they who ask
for it will remain in the present placable mood it would be
hazardous to predict. Lord Derby and his friends will
do well nut to protract an experiment on the public

which is said to have given it a warm support. A CHILD OP THREE YEARS-AND,CRALP nr.
" What," says the Temps, " will the shades of the ,yLEANBTOEuIifED TO IMPRISONMENT 420- ifoa •••••
Cheops, of Sesostris, and of the Ptolemies say to —....
this transplantation to the borders of the Nile of
our modern forms and institutions ?

(From the Dublin Ercniny Mail of yes 71.
The following circumstances relating to s
esV
disposed of at the head police-office, Dublin, oo gdithl
last, have been communicated to us.
Shortly after mid-day on Saturday, two obagru4
Bryan—one a girl aged eight years, the other a bye oes
three years and six months—were arrested by o
constable in Westmoreland-street fee elgoithe
They were taken to College-street pollee
and charged in due course, and wets thee
before the magistrate, Mr. C. J. &Dow, We:
head police-office. The charge was peon* and ;
magistrate made his decision. That &milks was, thug,
girl should undergo imprisonment in Grangsgerom
tentiary for fourteen days, and be kept to hug his;
and that the boy, 31 years old, should begat to Riehooii
Bridewell—be there detained for 14 days, and kept,*
labour ! The next questions were—what cloths he shag
be dressed in, and to what hard work put? Near amt
plating that each a youthful prisoner would be wag
gaol, the board of supenntendeuce had made so @velig%
their wardrobe for him, nor the inspeeteragemeg
what bard work was suitable for his age, Tho vault,
that the humane governor was obliged to proms
Is
alight articles of clothing for the poor creature, sad 04
biro to the hospital ward to be taken cue of. Moss*
the inspectors-general have been communiratodoitkos

(aztrEß's nugawis.)
FRANCE.

PARIS, SEPT. 713.

Yesterday the rivers Allier, Loire, and Yonne,
and other streams continued to rise. The waters
of the Lot and Dordogne appear to be decreasing.
The river Are, in Savoy, has overflowed its
banks.
The telegraphic communication between the
centre and the south of France is difficult.

by their instructions the local inspector has this is/
ti
warded to the government a report on the ease as%
psnied by a copy of the magistrate's committal.

EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE ON A D00&&114
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INQUEST.—(THIS
This forenoon Mr. John Ilutni
diesel coroner, held an inquiry at
Mayfield-road, Holston, respecting the
Nathaniel Trigg, aged 32 years, who
committed suicide.
Mrs. Eliza Trigg No. 32, Blooostlek
widow of deceassd,said that her husband
phic artist. On last Saturday evening
band by appointment at the come-
Barbimn. She had been separated
month ago. On Saturday she spent
She left him at ale o'clock in Finshen
home. At nine o'clock the deceneed
the door-step. He let a bottle fall from
By the Coroner—The deceased was
spirits when he left her. They had }
rate in consequence of his failing
Witness was compelled to return t
went hack to his. They had nothi
Saturday the deceased was very do
Mrs. Emma Guillin, sister of tht
on last Saturday night she heard a
door, and upon going to it she maw t,
at it. He was very pale, and he had
She cried out " Oh George, what has
and called his wife. A doctor was see
Dr. William Hewitt, ICingslaat:
when he was called to the d,,eamsed
A post-mortem examination of the de
the cause of death to be poisonim
tassium.
The Coroner having summed m
verdict that the deceased was ins
himself on a certain door-step.

MELANCHOLY LEATH OF A HERCBAIifs
CLERK IN THE THAMES.

An inquiry was held by Mr. W. J. km,
deputpooroner, last evening, at the Veetryhall,
street, Hoeselydown, touching the death of Mr.
Horgan, aged 37 years, who was supposed to ha
nutted suicide.
Mrs. Amelia Horgan, Upper Pr '
said that the deceased was her hnsl
Mr. Barber, the provision merchant, and ,
at the wharf in Upper Thanimstreet. WiL
had a quarrel with him although they had
ten years, and he was given to habits el is
At live o'clock last Saturday evening the damned
wharf to go home. He was then under the '
liquor.
'Mr. Hyde, No. 4, Cherry-prdenatreet, Reid
knew the deceased. On last Sunday morning, bet
and 1 o'clock, he met him near the European
Rotherhithe. He was walking towards the firer. .
home did not lie in that direction. He Ilk
tipsy, and witness said, " I am sorry to see pica
that state." He replied, " I can't help it, I have aid
wife. I don't care what becomes of me. is
will do me a favour if you will lend no •
d." Witness said he had not got it, and nt
replied, "I know you have. Get me some ail."
Witness, who had been talking to the deceased fa Mill
minutes, then walked on, Lut as the deceased tolled
him he called a police-constable, and said, "This as
wants money and drink from me. He attacked me fa no'
lending him money, when I was showing him the
ness of seeing
_him home." Witness then left to wins
police-constable and three men. Witness never in is
deceased alive after.
James Burratt, a labourer, said that on last Sods
morning, at ii o'clock. he found the body of the domed
lying in the river, near Pickled affriligttlia. Hail
been drowned.
A juror said that the deceased might base fallen don
the stairs into the river while intotiated. timid
drunken men had been found lying in the river insd
the bottom of the stain. They had fallen a disuse
eight feet. The stain were very diuigerom
Only Is. 4d. was found upon the deceased. He has
five children.
The coroner said that as there was no evidence
could throw any light upon the circumstances of the
ceased's death, the jury had better return an mm the
The jury, after a short consultation, tanned the follo
ing verdict, " That the deceased was loud darnel
; I the river Thames, but how he Mme into the ttiii
there is no evidence to show."

WEATHER REPORT.-{THIS DAY.)

WIDSESDAT, SZPTENCBER sa, g Li.

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Aberdeen 29.6764 B.W. 4131 I. n,- j•
Leith
Animalism.
Greencastle 29.60 66 /I.W 6 6 N.R.W. f., ill i
Valea444 26.67 66' W.S. W. 6, 4 S.W. , c It!
Cape Clew_ 29.7162 B.W. 6 4 • B.W. ila OM .
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Peasamos 29.W 117; B.W. 4. 9 I 8.8. W. et 1111
Brea .. 89.09 661 W. ,4 7 I W. 1°
Lanese use sal, w. ,6 6 1 s- 0 0.12.1.
Rochefort ..
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Portmemouth 29.96681 W.s.W. L2' 6 ! 6.6. W. r 43.1
London
_ 10.97 67! S.B.W. 12 1 4 SSW. 140 :I i
Yezmotath ~. 30.00 66 8.3. W. .2 I SAW. 1 c
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S'Arbelengh. 29.90 66 S.W. ;2. 6 B.W. I 0 •
bideitls .... . 29.8666 .3.W. I 2 4 6.W. I 4 --

BY—MAIMS. •••
The winds are still chiefly smth.weaterir, and
coasts rather trap, with s somewhat Waterbed lea •
fallen In the meth and west IviroAeters Ore ag—•'"
1./1 the 'bathers and eastern coasts temperatures bme
considerably
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DREADFUL EsrLosioN. —NORWICH, Trrug
NIGHT.—Thie afternoon a boiler explosion, attroa°
!death to three men named Taylor, Breeze, sad 61'14„„,
occurred at Messrs. Starks' dye-works, Norma- '"
other persons were injured.
The Royal Italian Commission for the Exhilo...
of 1867 has posted up at Florence a proclasstuo 44
by the President, M. de Vicenii, APPealint to '''&
tthgererinatiolntal"pyroe. :—"
peri prosperity bccacou:seslh7afiret haTinlim:ii7"t
country. We ought to direct all oar efforts go tlao
account the natural wealth which we possess, als°
‘3ll iii,
manufactures, and ameliorate those whisk we ~„
battlesru Store
of o
vin ourselves."and which cannot as yet rival those of otter sm'"-••
The exhibition which is being prepared idi tel*Atii
ctreiy,
make ours known to other nations, and sash 0 t°
instruction
William Mead died at Gillingham, to
on the lfith inst., at the age of 90.
He Wet "
sa(t.threl"' AmericanMyeagoemil. ptor) stank of 111
has just arrived in England from Italy, ands/ t
by the owner, Mr. Stone, M.P., to the LOSS
:0,
Southampton. Crowds of people an going t°
bition daily to ern it.
Port
orttoNtweynintriza:atabulne.:Odthp,thuboceooo:rtainseat:lintebaratiofpopofb:nuthahhospitationiipmppodaicing:
4:7:01r ~.e#140.14,,
• both inward and outward at Port Elisabeth, jar,.
elusive of goods anetwiee, wu upwasds of & IP7OI,
ling. Among the exporta were nearly 30,00tts, 011
value of its fixed property is upwards of 1,00000
grammar school, and 14 places of worship, ii
The potato blight has made its sPrefilligi'
the neighbourhood of Southampton. ,

t"
othe "drift, may
he r a boy to
arreeted by a 14%
ke masigai
riet Pollee dada;
wen aim tra.l,
• &Dusk -ail:
18,
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de mu, that%
Gramettiamese pe.
kept to hard lowa,
i hermit to Rieke/1i
alio, and he
what clothe he Megd
`pmt? Nftilt ceder
ear maid be eau
►
d made so yrovidmi
uteri/earn) &hi
Me. The melt ea
IN* to procure isa,
aor creature, and sot
st cue ed, Rion%
mmeniceted rith,
eater has this dsy 1
t on the use, auk
committal.
ON A DOOROD,
DAY.)
mphseya, the
tt the Crown Tun,
the death of Mr. Gyp
no was alleged to
matieldeemet, Debak
üband warn a pito*,
ming she toot her to.
ner of Itedircumak
I from her hulled
S two hams with he
nry-square,aad retitled
1 was fond dyug
from blobandset hg
was veil *mg i
id been obliged to eep
Ilk to tot Inkwell
to her funky, sad t
:hing to lice upon h
lionding.
te last Intuit, esid th
a loud knack at the tai
w the demand ataada,
had a bottle in his bat
has happened,' and et
sent for.
aad-Cfeltellt, 'Martha
Reed he found Lolled
deceased's body peg
ning by manila g po
up, the jury retried a
mane when he pewee
oF A MERCILOTS
THANES.
Mr. W. .1. Payne, it
IA the Veetrylun, Pis
the death of Mr. Jai
as supposed to VAR •
'ark-terrace, Het
iusLand. He Ins clett
ant, and he wu es**
;rem. Whom hal arm
,eh they had been mend
Intims of tower=
ling the deosued Loft di
under the hatter a
rdenetreet, said the is
allay more*, betties% 11
isr the Europese Tame,