The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-03 00:00:00

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LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 3.

To-rimwr will decide who in the House of Com-
mous is for Rotorua. Lord Pustaarrox has an-
nounced that against the attempt to prolong by a
further adjournment the dilatory tactics of the
BILICTINOU and Idowraotni, he will appeal to the
sense of the House. Surely it is time. Every fig-
ment which has ever entered into Tory brains has
been dressed up ; every kind of fallacy, every
class prejudice, every exclusive interest, has been
urged against the cause of the people. There
remains no more to be said or invented. The
imagination and fancy of the Opposition
are exhausted. Iteration has for some time
been their only resource. Now at length let
them vote. Let them vote the Bill—a delusion and
a danger, a folly and a crime ; let them vote the
new constituency--scum, and ruffians, seeking
only to plunder the rich, and fit only to fight and
pay taxes—but at any rate let them vote. And
besides the avowed opponents, Let doubtful liberals
make up their minds, and he under no concern
about those nice explanations with which they
would like to accompany a reactionary vote.
Their constituents will judge them just now not
by chat they say but by how they divide. There
will be plenty of time by and by to reconcile last
year's enthusiasm for Reform on the hustings with
this year's fear and distrust of the people. But
for the present—let them vote.

TRESS are few people who do not go into'
lodgings at some period of their lives : the
great majority of Londoners betake themselves to
sea-side quarters at least once a year. The houses
are crowded, different fantails occupy different
Boors, a perpetual series of lodgers come and go
without the possibility of the landlord or land-
lady ascertaining what sort of people they are ;
the doors, especially in the summer time, are con-
stantly open : in short, at the sea-side people
live so mock in public that unless there were
• fair amount of honesty it would be impos-
sible for a man to keep his property. In
London, too, there are multitudes who never
see their lodgings from morning to night.
They knee the mums soon after nine
sued only return to bedit In the meantime
all their goods and their wardrobe re-
main in the custody of the landlord,
or more generally the landlady. Now, suppose
that during the absence of our young friend
T01111t1,14 in the City or the Temple, some in.
genious person should obtain manes into his rooms,
and make off with his coat, or jewels, or stock
of cigars. Who is to pay for the lona
We suspect that a very general impression pre-
vails that the landlord would be responsible. It,
seems sensible enough to say that somebody
mid be considered ea left in charge of the
house during the absence of the lodgers, and
that the depredations are due only to his neglect.
And who should this somebody be but the
landlord I Besides, it is well known that if
the pirtmantesu of a guest at an hotel or a
annunon inn Is rifted, the master of the hotel is
responsible. And it may be asked where is
the essious distincbon between an inn
and a lodging-horse I In the nature of things
there is surely quite as much reason that a boa:ging-
koes*. keeper should ensure the saktyof the tenant's .1
property whilst under his roof as that the inn-
keeper should do so in the case of his guest. But
whatever may be the theoretical view of the law,
the law must surely be settled ; for the question •
mast have arises again and again. Not so seems
to have thought Mr. HOLDta, whose name is new
embalmed in the Books, as the lawyers say. So
doubtfill did the question appear to him, or his
legal advisers, that he brought an action to try
the question before the Court of Common Pleas.
Mr. HoLDIR appears to have taken
furnished apartments in the house of a
Dlr. Soruisr, and in them, of course, he
deposited his property of various aorta, Presently
Mr. Hot nom gave notice that he meant to quit,
end authorised his landlord to admit any person
who desired to see the rooms for the purpose of
taking them. Accordingly persons were admitted,
end they managed, as Mr. 110111.111 affirmed, to go
east of the apartments richer than they entered. In
fact Mr. Motors was robbed. That gentleman laid
the blame upon the landlord, Mr. S. ,i..1.411T. Accord-
ing to his view of the law, Mr. Florian( undertook
to ensure the safety of the property in his house,
and in case, as in het happened, any property
belonging to Mr. Hotncu or any other of the
lodgers were stolen, the property ought to be
restorol at the et wire of the landlord.
In thi.. Mr. rtor Lear did not concur. When,