The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-27 00:00:00

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OH the well-known road from Dolgelly to Bala
is an inn called Howell Dda, kept by Mr. Hownu.
JONES, and unfortunately at this inn Lord
MOOTYN and his brother happened last week to
be staying. We say unfortunately, for when
these aristocratic guests were in the house admis-
sion was demanded for a poor carrier, DAVID
Janos by name, who bad had a dangerous fall,
and was apparently dying. Perhaps on ordinary
occasions Mr. Howxt.r. Jos is a man of huma-
nity, but with a living lord in the house,
the risk of having at the same time
a dead carrier was too great to be
incurred. No doubt Mr. HOWELL Joare.s
felt the difficulty of his position, but he faced it
like a man, or, to speak more correctly, like a
landlord. Admission was refused to the sufferer,
who for thirty-six hours had been lying exposed
to the weather and undergoing severe pain before
he was discovered. JONES was then carried to
Dolgelly, and there seems to have received similar
treatment. It is not therefore to be wondered at
that the poor fellow died shortly afterwards.
A coroner's inquest was held in due course,
and the jury expressed their opinion that the
deceased had been'" zery badly treated." We are
curious to know what Mr. Howard, dorms and the
inhospitable villagers of Dolgelly think of this

at least be made to suffer in his purse, and we
trust for the credit of humanity that in frnry..
his ina • will •be shunnee t tihiCira
and by the tourist. We are enrlour to know
Lebo whether, Sand in Asia! ,
Marring and the Hon. PRY= Li orn have
pressed their-opinion of thivillegraeeful trunnion.'
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.seethiestivisateves of the manner in which
L name, heollesee used in order*. justify:in &bin*.
viable act, but it would be wilt they should, pub-
ikfr exPrine their -regret thit i. ',regard
';lbe thee& iodide! should have hit to Inol< an irie-
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THE rIESEIMITIONO., COMMONS.
• Taxan are oaies now pending •in our courts of
law, upon which thefuture of ouroommonsand open
spaces rests. Sir THOMAS MARTON WELSON, Earl
&FENCER, Lord Bitowwww, and others, appear to
*be respectively contesting, as 10fdR,Of manors, tint
alleged rights of ,those Who represent'the.
public. Hampstead-heath, Wimbledon, and Bark-
hampstead commons, are all representative cases,
of which the outside world has heard from time to
time, and which will be quoted as precedents here-
after. It is some two years or more since Mr.
Atrouerva 131trrif "bold experiment" was
related in the columns of the Daily Newe. A
large and important portion of Berkhampstoad-
common had been enclosed by the agents of the
late Lord Baowsrtirw, who insisted that the rights
of tho commoners had been sufficiently bought up
to make the proceeding legal. But Mr. Armin-ma
Sham, as a landed proprietor with extensive
common rights, thought differently, and, sending
a special train and some hundreds of labourers
from London to Berkhampstead at night, had the
costly and substantial railings forming the en-
closure uprooted in a few hours. Many and divers
comments were made at the time upon this " re-
" turn to an old constitutional form," but
it is significant that the railings have never
been restored ; that the disputed portion of
the common is now as open as it, has
been from time immemorial ; and that V. local
rumour be correct, it is Mr. Avousrus Smarr
who still insists upon the whole matter being
decided by a court of law. Wimbledon-
common was one of the earliest in dispute.
Earl Semmes proposal to convert a por-
tion of it into a park, and to make this form-
ally over to the public, roused determined
opposition. Men said that the common being
already the property of the community, it was idle
to talk of that being presented which was
already theirs. Those portions of the scheme
which provided for " the outlying parts of the
" common" being sold for building purposes, and
for a residence and private gardens for Earl
&Emma as Lord Keeper, were hotly condemned,
and the result is a Chancery suit between the
Wimbledon residents and the lord of the manor,
which, it is said, has been somewhat needlessly
delayed. Sir THOMAS Wu.sow's claims and their
present frustration are evidenced by the half-
built house to be seen in the immediate vicinity of
Jack Straw's Castle. An injunction in Chancery
has alone prevented the magnificent view
over the Heath and fields to Harrow
being shut out by bricks and mortar. The right
of Sir THOMAS WILSON to build on the Heath at
all is being actively disputed by Mr. fitrRNET
Hoaaz and the inhabitants of Hampstead, and
the decision of the Court is hoped for at the close
of the long vacation. We have only cited three
out of many instances in which the vagueness of
the rights of lords of manors is leading to con-
siderable public inconvenience. The question is
too important to be left to the chances of local
patriotism, and will, it is to be hoped, be
dealt with effectually by the new parliament.
The Right Hon. W. COWPER, Mr. J. 8. MILL, Mr.
SHAW LEFEVRE, Mr. LOCEE, Mr. THOMAS HUMUS,
and Mr. CHARLES Brawn are among the Liberal
members who are on the committee of the Com-
mons Preservation Society, and who are thus
pledged to seek a satisfactory settlement of the
law. As matters stand, a not unimportant con-
stitutional battle may be fought, as is the case now
with regard to the enclosure of Epping Forest,
with an indigent cottager on the one side, and the
rector, the justices of the peace, and the county
families banded together on the other.

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Ws are recounted to coatrailiot on authority-the
report which has. appeared in the Abbe press Of a
roan having been arrested at Lurerne on suspi-
cion of being s Fenian with designs against the
life of the Queen. Her Majesty has been imb-
jetted to- airsamorkase of any kind daring her
stay in Switzerland, and nothing has occurred to
interfere with the ezoollent arrangements made
for her comfort by the Federal and local authori-
ties.

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OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
(TH73 DAY.)

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