The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-01 00:00:00

LIBERTY AND PRIVILEGE.

Ors of our morning contesnporaries—it would be
as injustice to forbear to name the Daily Telegraph
—enjoys, we believe, alone of the whole foreign
press, the proud distinction of being sold at the
kiosques on the Boulevards in Paris. This exclu-
sive privilege is all the more remarkable, that it
bee never been accorded to several independent
French newspapers, and from several has been
taken away. It would be impertinent to inquire
by what process of negotiation, or on what under-
standing, or for what consideration (of course we
mean a moral one) this singular right was conceded
to our multitudinous contemporary. But it is no
more than consistent with such a privilege that
the favoured journal should discourse on French
Imperial politics in a manner that would not ill-
beeeem either the Conetiiutionnel or the Pays, with
just so much of that local colour of a journal pub-
lished in a free country and primarily addressed to
a free people as may be necessary to lend dignity and
verisimilitude to its foreign criticisms on the public
policy of the Second Empire. It seems to us that our
contemporary has managed this delicate business
very cleverly, and has discussed the Second
Empire and the Christian dispensation with an
equal freedom from prejudice and an equal in-
dulgence and condescension. The odd thing is that
while the Daily Telegraph is being sold on the
Paris Boulevards ewe privikgio, La Lanterns is
being hawked in the atreete of London, and find-
ing eager purchasers without privilege or permis-
sion of any sort, and without any assistance from
the commercial treaty.

PHOPLI are asking what could possibly have
impelled the Camiauxon of the ExamEouse
to write a letter from his shooting quarters, near
Inverness, to a Tory candidate in Lancashire, ex-
plaining and justifying the progressive increase
of the national expenditure under two Con-
servative administrations. The solution of this

enigma seems to be that Mx. WAND HURT is
so very unlikely to be responsible for next year's
Budget, or to make another financial statement
in the House of Commons, that he is naturally
anxious to contribute a cairn stone to the monu-
ment of his Liberal predecessor, and to the pedes-
tal of his Liberal successor.

A deputation of the inhabitants of Killarney
waited upon Lord Castleroese last Friday and presented
him with a copy of the address agreed to at a public meet-
ing held on the previous day, congratul him upon
ating
the escape of himself and family from the fate which
lately betel so many of his fellow-travellers. The (14,4
tation included the Right Rev. Dr. Moriarty, the
Sheriff, Lord Headley, Mr. James O'Connell, Mr. .
O'Connell, Rev. R. Herbert, Rev. E. Herbert, vicar of
Kills= Mr. J. Leahy, Q.C., and • number of other
inhabitants of all shades of political opinion.

AIN CULLING BARMEN, BART.—The life in-
terest of this gentleman in the Borough Pen Estates in
Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire was sold by auction
in London last week by Masora. Ruaiworth, Abbott, and
Co., and realised (subject to heavy mortgages) the sum of
9,200.
THE FAIIIMITNIAN STATUE 07 TEE DUES Op
CONUILLND a CATINDUIE-SQVI.II4 which stands upon a
stone pedestal in the centre of the enclosure, and which
was erected in 1770, has become so dilapidated that it is
about to be taken down to be recast,

DEATH OP DE. GTOPHE SWITH.—The Wedern
Mamie 1 Xmas reeorde the death at Dr. George Smith, of
Trevor, which took place at Camborne on Sunday
after,
noon, at the age of 68. The deceased gentleman, who
was distinguished member of the Wesleyan bud],
married, at the age of 28, a daughter of Mr. W. Maek.
ford, inventor of " the see' safety fuse," which after-
wards came into general use in the mining district, under
the joint direction of the inventor and his son-in-law.
Nearly 30 years ago Dr. Smith published a lecture on the
Chronology of the Book of Genesis, which was followed
by an essay on " The Origin and Antiquity of Alpha.
Detail Characters." His next efforts were of a more
pretentious character—a volume on " The Religion of
Ancient Britain Historically Considered." HUI chief
literary work, however, was ,"Sacred Annals ; or the
History and Religion of Mankind from the Creation to
the Time of Christ." Several other works, chiefly on
theological subjects, have in later
.years limed from his
pen, tie most popular being his History of Wesleyan
Methodism," which is regarded as the standard work of
its class. _ _ _

—DEATH- OF Ma. Hum TAYLOR.—The Northern
Daily Espnoss records the death of Mr. Hugh Taylor,
which event took place on Sunday, at Hendon. Mr.
Taylor had reached the ripe old age of 79 years. He has
always been considered the father of the coal trade. In
October, 1860, the coal owners of Northumberland and
Durham entertained Mr. Taylor at a sumptuous dinner in
the Assenibl -rooms, Newcastle, in recognition of his
valuable servkxe as chairman of the coal trade committee.
For many years Mr. Taylor was agent for the Duke of
Northumberland, and by an members of that house he
wan held in high mud.