The Express. — London, England, 1867-08-06 00:00:00

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Forrester, Gresham, Maclean, and hilerton : Misses E. Stuart, Nen) Moore, &c.—And THE CLOCK MAKER'S HAT. TIM STRAND EVENING, REVERS Meagre. Emery, Parselle, Bab a:M. mat 4 ..asAnemadt• Mesdames Ads Swanborough sod John stone —Aud THE LATtNT EDITION 07 VIA DLAVOLO. Ileum Thorne A James Moldamea Holt, Newton, Ac. BRITAIfIRA. Tug Emma, SCARLITIVAV; 02, ME ROAD AND ITS BJUKRS.—The Champion Skaters; Mr. C. Woodman. Little Levitte . Jessie Nen& : and Mr. J. liumpton.—And JACK CY LANTKRS. Mr. Reynolds and Min K. Mules. DIGIT WATICIL AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tun DAT —llnrning, 6h. 12m......Afternoon, 6h. 33m. To-lloazow—Morning. 6b. 6boa..._...llftarboob. 7h. this. LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6. A VERY important Report has just been issued by the Select Committee on the system of retire ment in the three non-purchase corps of the Army —the Artillery, Engineers, and Marines. These branches of the service have long maintaired themselves as an example of the possibility of keeping up an army even in England, without the adoption of the purchase system. Their officers do bard and various service, and at least in the two former branches they are distinguished by passing through a complete professional education. Yet these corps are as much as any others composed of gentlemen, and the vacancies in them attract a far larger crowd of candidates than the Line. They, too, have however laboured under their disadvantages. Promotion, being by seniority alone, has been very slow. At certain periods, notably at present, from the effects of the extens;on given to the service in years of war, and subsequent reduc tions, advancement conies almost to a standstill. And as promotion in them is not regimental, it affects too wide an area to admit of the applica tion of the Indian method of securing a reasonable rapidity of rise in separate regiments. In these circumstances it was natural that grumbling should reach the House of Commons, and it was proper that it should receive the attention of a Committee. This body comprised a large proportion of military members, and in addition the Marquis of HARTINCION, Mr. CULL DKR; and Mr. TILZVELYAN represented the com mon sense of the public. Its recommendations come with more weight because they are in the main unanimous, the Report, drawn by Mr. Cam- DERN having been adopted with immaterial variation by the Committee. The way in which the matter is at present managed is, like many of our other arrangements, at once complicated and imperfect. For the two corps of Artillery and Engineers, an annual sum of 48,000/. is provided for retiring pensions. When by death of pensioners any part of this amount is set at liberty, it is applied to give an annuity to the senior officer of the rank to which the sum available is considered applicable. Thum, if there is a pension amounting to 6001., it is given to the senior major-general or regimental colonel ; when between GOO/. and 4001., to the senior brevet colonel ; when below 4001., to the senior officer of Tower rank who has applied for retirement. The Marines have a sum of 35,0001. applicable to their corps ; but from their smaller number this is found more than sufficient to give a pension of 7001. a year to everycolonel commandant retiring after 30 years' service, and a pension equal to his pay to one of any other rank retiring under like conditions ; while in the case of officers above sixty years of age, the Ad miralty has power to compel retirement on the same terms. But these regulations are supplemented by others. Under a warrant of 1854, six officers of Artillery and three of Engi neers may annually retire on half-pay. The like privilege was given last year to every officer after 25 years' service. And the inscrutable army re serve fund has also been employed to create va cancies, by buying out officers of Artillery or Engi neers, thus introducing the thin endof the purchase wedge eveu into these corps. The Committee propose, in substitution for all this machinery, a few simple rules. They would make retirement from regular service compulsory at 60, leaving power to Government to employ an officer so superannuated on any staff or spe cial service. They would give a graduated rate of retiring allowances, commencing at the period of 22 yews' active service, irrespective of rank, with an annuity of 2501., and increasing to the amount of 6001., when 40 years' active service has been reached before retirement. To those sums any special pensions for wounds or distinguished service would be added, and a step in rank would besides be given on retirement. Finally, they propose that Government should, in the option of the officer retiring, commute his service annuity for its value in cash, having regard to his health and age. In this case his connexion with the ser vice would be considered as thenceforth severed, and he would be ineligible for any further employ ment. This plan introduces two novelties. The first is the Absolute right to withdraw from the service on a pension as soon as 22 years' active service is reached. The second is the proviso fur com muting the pension for its value in cash. We are disposed to think that these methods—which, in deed, we have before now advocated—will solve the difficulty. If the pensions are adequate—and this is a matter of detail to be settled by expe rience—they will present an alternative which a considerable number of officers will be disposed to accept. The system also will be self-adjusting, fur whenever a period of stagnation is seen to be impending, there will be an additional motive to accept the retiring pension, and by the operation of this motive promotion will be quickened among those who remain. Since also the slug gishness of rise is greatest as the higher ranks are reached, it is well that in them there should be presented the additional motive of a very consi derable increase of retiring allowance. But while we reserve any definite opinion on the adequacy of the amounts proposed till they have been tested by experience, we are inclined to think that they will prove sufficient. An officer leaving the army at 40 years of age, with a secure income of 250 L. a year, or at 48 with an income of 4001., will ' still be in the prime of life, and will often And civil employment more profitable than remaining in the army would have been. In the service of many of our great joint-stock companies, in the command of the police force of our counties or i principal towns—wherever, in short, a power of organisation and habits of command are essential, there will be found numerous openings for the well-educated Artillery or Engineer officer. But the addition of the power of commuting a pension fur its value will, while it costs the country nothing, be often of the highest im portance t., the retiring officer. It will give him command a capital of from 3,0001. to 6,0001., fairly earned by his industry, and now available to launch him in some more profitable enterprise. Between these two inducements there seems every probability that a sufficient flow out of the service will be steadily maintained, to keep up a satisfac tory Row of promotion within it. Of course this will cost the country something, and the Com mittee do not offer us any estimate of how much. But it is quite clear that the country must submit to pay what will be necessary in order to make the services attractive to men of ability, and its con cern is only to adjust the system so that the smallest amount shall by a sound system be made to go furthest. The Committee have, we think, hit upon the sound system ; the actual cost of its inevitable working remains to be discovered by experience. Efte egurt. OSBOItNE, Auaus? 5. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise and the Princess of Leiningen, walked in the grounds this morning. Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice also went out. The Prince of Lainingen has arrived at Osborne on visit to her Majesty. The Bari of Malmeabury has left for London. The Queen has honoured Mr. Joseph Wyon with sittings for a portrait for a medal. The Prince of Wales presided yesterday at a meeting of the Council of his Royal Highness, held at jhe office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Buckingham-gate, St. James's-park. There were present Lord Portman, Lord Warden of the Stannaries ; Sir William John Alexander, Attorney- General ; General Sir William Thomas Knollys, Comp troller of the Household of his Royal Highness ; Herbert William Fisher, Req., Keeper of the Privy Seal ; and the Earl of Leicester. Mr. Bateman, the secretary, attended as Clerk of the CouneiL The Prince of Wales received his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador at Marlborough-house yesterday, who pre sented to his Royal Highness the insignia of the Order of St. Stephen, together with an autograph letter from his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria. The Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords in the afternoon. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Earl of Leicester, Captain Ellie, and Mr. Odo Russell, honoured the Strand Theatre with his presence last evening. The Princess Alice of England and her husband, Prince Louis of Hesse, with their children and the Princes Arthur and Leopold, arrived two days back at Antwerp on board the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, and left for Germany on the following morning. The Duke of Cambridge, Field Marshal Com manding-in-Chief, paid a visit to Aldershot yesterday, and reviewed the whole of the troops forming the division at that station. The Queen of Wu Lemberg has arrived at Ostend for the purpose of sea bathing. The Duke and Duchess of Aosta, during their short stay at Lucern, made the ascent of the Righi, in the hotel on the summit of which they passed the night, in order to witness the magnificent sight of sunrise from the spot, one of the great attractions of the locality. Prince Metternich will be the only diplomatist who will be present at Salzburg at the interview of the Emperor and Empress of the French with the Emperor of Austria. PRUSSIA. On Sunday, the Emperor received at the Tuileries Charles XV., King of Sweden and Norway, who arrived the day before in Paris. His Majesty travels under the name of Bceekaskog. Sir Moses Montefiore, Batt, had the honour of an audience on Sunday with the Emperor at the Tuileries. The Emperor and Empress were present on Friday evening at the representation of the American Cousin, with Mr. Sothern an Lord Dundreary. The Palace of Tervueren, where the Empress Charlotte is at present residing, belongs to the Belgian State-domain, and was placed by a law at the disposal of the royal family. Before the revolution of 1830 it was occupied a part of the year by the Princes of the House of Orange, and has been preserved in the same state. The furniture has not been changed, and visitors are still shown the splendid ball room and the apartments of the family of Holland. The palace is by no means of considerable ex tent, and appears to have been originally built as a shoot ing lodge, being surrounded with an immense park, en closed within walls, and well stocked with game. M. Thdophile Gauthier, who obtained a con siderable minority at the last election for a seat in the French Academy, is at present a candidate for the fauteuil vacant by the death of M. Ponsard. AMERICA. The Gazette de France publishes a letter from Mgr. Dapanloup, Bishop of Orleans, concerning the pro jects of Garibaldi against Rome. The eminent prelate manifests a certain uneasiness, which he developes at some length. Abd-el-Kader and his two sons, who have re cently arrived in Paris, paid • visit on Friday to the Universal Exhibition. The Maharajah of Gwalior, better known as Scindia, has just been marrying his her, and splendid have been the festivities. His highness has issued his Gazette, with a description of the splendour, in red ink. The ac count closes with the statement that thousands of rupees were distributed among the needy and distressed. " This is true," lays a Calcutta correspondent, "but the rupees will be repaid by the native method of finance, which will leave the G wailer treasury with a surplus Mr. Massey clan. not create, although he clauses such irritation by the license tax. Every landholder, trader, and banker will be squeezed, and every official will be reduced half his month's pay, to meet the marriage expenses ; and no one dare grumble, as we guarantee our feudatories against the revolutionary consequences of their acts." The following advertisement appears almost daily in the Anglo-French Messenger, and a reply—post paid—is requested to be sent to one Michel Monceau, Munich :—" It is youth, education, and sentiment which, united with riches, constitute the charm of human life. I am young, well educated, and possessed of feeling ; but, alas ! lam not wealthy. Now, which of you who have • surplus of riches is willing to bestow on me • share But do not offer a smaller sum than 10,0001., for to accept less than that would be to beg." CIVIL SERVICE COLLEGE.—The committee of the Civil Service College have recently appointed Mr. W. G. Goodliffe, of the India-office, and Mr. J. C. M'Caul, of the Civil Service Commission, as their honorary secre taries. The Earl of Derby and the Earl Russell have each contributed 1001. towards the building fund of the college. The committee wish it to be distinctly understood that, although the school which they are endeavouring to found is primarily intended for the benefit of civil servants, the sons of gentlemen not in the Civil Service will be eligible for admission, and that the school will be generally con ducted, as far as the different circumatanoes will admit, upon the model of Marlborough College, Wellington Col lege, and other similar educational institutions. ' WESTERN CHAMBER OF AORICULTURE.—The pro pmition to establish at Plymouth a chamber of agriculture for Devon and Cornwall has been very favourably received in the two counties. Above 400 members are enrolled, including Lord Churston, Lord Poltimore, Lord Eliot, Lord Vivian, Sir L Palk, M.P., Sir Massey Lopes, M.P., Sir J. Trelawny, Sir William Williams, Mr. St . Aubyn, M.P., Mr. Kekewich, M.P., Mr. Kendall, M.P., Sc. It is stated that the reclamation of waste lands will be discussed by the chamber early in the autumn, with a view to the cultivation of a large of land in the two co un ties now com_paratively w orthless. Ma. COBDEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—A cere mony of considerable interest has been quietly performed in Westminster Abbey. On Wednesday hat a bust of the late Mr. Cobden, which has been placed in the northern transept, was formally unveiled in the presence of Dean Stanley, of Mrs. Cobden, of Mrs. Seltzer, and of Mr. Wool. ner, the sculptor, to whom the nation is indebted for this latest attempt at the portraiture of the great free-trader. The bust has been plated on that aide of the transept which is adorned by monuments of Cornewall Lew is , Charles Buller, and Francis Horner. The inscription is as follows: "Ri chard Cobden, born June 3, 1804; died April 2,1865. Buried at West I*vington Church." Ma. WOOLRYCH, THE MAGISTRATE.—MT. W OO l- rych, the magist ra t e , been appointed in the place of the Hon. Mr. Norton at Lambeth Police-street, and will take his seat on Thursday next. MR. CHARLES KEAN.—A favourable change has taken place In the health of Mr. Charles Keno, who has been for some time past on a visit at Court House, near Taunton. He is suffering from a total prostration of the nervous system, brought on by overwork and excitement. DEATH OF Ma. WILLIAM CRAWSHAY.-011 Sun day night, Mr. William Cr...shay. the well-known iron muter of Merthyr Tydvil, expired at his seat, Cavenham house, near Raiding, at the advanced age of 82 years. For • considerable period Mr. Crawidiay and his family have been leading members of the iron trade in Wales, but during the last few years the deceased had resided at Caversham-house, and latterly his health had given way. The decease is announced of Mr. George Pollard, at the advanced age of 76. He was the founder of the London Joint Stock Bank, and commenced operations in the year 1836 in Moorgate-street, with five clerks. He was then 4.5 years of age. He had filled the office of ma nager during the whole time be was connected with the establishment until within the last few years, when he was elected to • seat at the board of directors. Yesterday the parochial choirs of Berk' and Bucks, in the rural deaneries of Burnham and Maid en . head, held a grand choral festival in Eton College chapel. Upwards of thirty choirs, comprising more than 600 voices, joined in the festival ; and the general effect in • place so well adapted as the ancient chapel for the occa sion was very grand. PATENT OFTICE MUSEUM, SOUTH KENSTNOTON.— Number of visitors for the week tending August 3, 2,666 : total number since the opening of the Museum, free daily, (Mey 12,11368), 1,165,580, THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING; AUGUST 6, 1867. ' x LATEST INTELLIGENOL THE LUXEMBUAG QUESTION AGAIN. The Paris correspondent of the Nord says : A note was recently sent by our Minister of Foreign Affairs to the government of the King-Grand-Duke, on the subject of the position created for Luxemburg by the new German Zollverein. The delegates of the Zoll verein are, according to the new Prussian plan, to form • special parliament, for the discussion of economical subjects in the Federal parliament. The cabinet of the Tuileries considers that this mode of organisation is a kind of parliamentary annexation which would be in manifest contradiction with the neutrality stipulated for by the recent treaty. This note is addressed to Prussia in a roundabout way through the Hague. But it cannot trouble the peace of Europe because the King of Holland can easily decline any responsibility in the matter. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S VISIT TO AUSTRIA. VIENNA, AUGUST 6. _ _ The semi-official organs state that the post ponement of the journey of the Emperor and Empress of the French to Salzburg to the 16th or 17th inst. is not occasioned by any political reason. The delay is necessary, because the Em peror Napoleon receives the great bodies of the State as usual upon the 15th inst. They add that the visit will be paid exclusively for the purpose of condolence, the Emperor Napoleon desiring, by a courteous step, to insure the journey of the Emperor Francis Joseph to Paris. The return visit of the Emperor and Empress of Austria is therefore certain. The New Free Press says that the Papal govern ment, in reply to the request of Austria, has de clared its readiness to enter into negotiations with a view to a modification of the Concordat. It stiff pulates, however, that the rights of the church should be strictly maintained. The Austrian go vernment, in answer, laid stress upon its wish to be enabled to acquaint the Reichsrath upon its re assembly with the progress of the negotiations. BERLIN, Auaust 6. The Spenerache Zeitung, of this morning, says : " Our news from Paris does not confirm the report that the Emperor Napoleon, after meeting the Emperor Francis Joseph at Salzburg will extend his journey to Berlin." Yesterday a convention was signed between Prussia and Austria laying down detailed regula tions for the new railway communications between Silesia and Bohemia, which is to be established in conformity with the treaty of Prague. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, Atousr 5. The Bangalore left at 5 p.m., and the Pera at 6.30 p.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the 11th and the latter at Southampton about the 18th instant. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF ANTWERP. The Inman steamship City of Antwerp, from New York on the 27th ult., arrived at Queenstown at 4.40 a.m. to-day (August 6), with 68 passengers and 166,262 dollars in specie. She landed the mails and passengers and proceeded for Liverpool. All well. NEW YORK, JULY 27, 6.35 A.K. . , A serious riot occurred at Rogersville, Tenneseee, on Tuesday. Some radical negroes interrupted a conservative meeting, while being addressed by Mr. Emerson Etheridge, candidate for the governorship. Pistols were used, and two persons were killed, and seven mortally and 30 slightly wounded. A conservative meeting took place at Knoxville on Thursday, and was interrupted by armed negroes. A fight ensued, and several persons were wounded. Governor Brownlow's militia being distributed through out the State, the people are generally arming, and serious collisions are feared on the approaching election day. The South Carolina Republican Convention have rejected the resolution proposing a coloured candidate for the Vice- Presidency. It is reported that President Johnson has determined to remove General Sheridan. It is believed General Meade will succeed him. The clause in the Suffrage Bill disfranchising all who participated is the rebellion has been struck out by the New York Constitutional Convention. According to ►deices from Vera Cruz to the 13th July it was reported that up to the present none of the foreign ministers except that of the United States, had recog nised the Mexican republic. The re-election of Juarez wee considered certain. (e ATLAWIIO TILZGRAPIE.) NEW YORK, Auaver 5, 6 P.M. - The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Cimbria and the North German Lloyds' steam ship America arrived out on Saturday, and the Guion steamship Chicago on Saturday. Closing prices :—Gold, 140. Sterling exchange on London, 110. 5-20 United States Bonds, 112 i. Illinois, 1172 ; Erie, 69. Cotton : Middling Up land, 29. . . . PHILADELPHIA, Aucesr 5. Petroleum, standard white, 281. On Friday Mr. Newdegate will call the atten tion of the house to certain circumstances connected with the select committee appointed to consider, to bear evi dence with respect to, and to report upon the Ecclesiasti cal Titles and Roman Catholic Relief Acts, to the evidence taken by, to the proceedings, and to the report of the above committee. The son of a former minister of the Abbey Chapel at Rommel, in Hants, paid ► visit last week to that town, where he wu born. He had not seen his native piece for 70 years. During the month ending the 30th of June last France and the Channel Islands exported to England, by way of Southampton, nearly 20,000,000 eggs, 14,000 bushels of fruit, 4,800 tons of potatoes, and 1,700 tons of butter. There is only one freeman of the city of Win chester and only three freemen of the town of South. ampton now living. The police authorities of London telegraphed to the authorities at Portsmouth that 200 thieves had left London to attend Portedown fair. An army of thieves reside in London, and they invade the provinces in orga- nised detachments. OFFICIAL PRAYERS. —The Minister of Justice and Public Worship has addressed the following circular to the archbishops and bishops of France :—" Paris, Aug. 1. Monseigneur,—The fete of the 15th August is soon about to furnish us with an occasion for offering up to God the expression of our desires and the tribute of our thanks giving. Providence has again given us this year ample causes for gratitude ! The peace, happily strengthened, presents to the admiration of the universe the con junction of all the splendours of civilisation, without the conquests of material order producing any neglect in the moral progress which the genius of the sovereign is pursuing amid the applause of the whole nation. An enlightened patriotism unites the populations more and more around the imperial dynasty, whilst their religious faith joins with pleasure in the great ideas of the catholic episcopacy, freely combined with the voice of the head of the state. It is with those feelings, Monseigneur, that the faithful assembled for the solemnity of the assumption will address to Heaven their earnest prayers for the Emperor, Empress, and Prince Imperial, whose destinies are so closely bound up with the honour and prosperity of the country. I have no need to remind your grace of the measures which it is customary to adopt in this circumstance, in order to fulfil his Ma jesty's intentions. Accept, &c., BAROCRE." A similar circular has been addressed to the beads of the protestant confessions in France, and of the central conaistory of the Jews. .c 0 LAW INTELLIGAINCE. (THIS DAY.) . . COMET OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) NIIITH AND OTHERS O. TRUITT AND OTHIII3e—JUDOIUNT. • Sir James Wilde delivered judgment in this remarkable , ease, which was heard at the end of April and the begin , ning of May last. It will be remembered that the plaintiffs had c o h unded (dated ) ( larch n 2, 1866), of Mrs. Am Worthingtea, late of , and of 17, El T yde-park-gardens, and that probate bad been re . sided by Mrs. Tebbitt, her sister, and by other next of kin, on the ground of undue execnition unsoundness of mind, and undue influence. The facts were briefly as follows: Mrs. Thwaytes and Mrs. Tebbitt were the daughters of • Mrs. Hook, who died in 1803. After their mother's death , they supported themselves by taMng situations, and Mn. Tebbitt became housekeeper to ILL Thwaytes, ate& grocer , in Fendienth- street . In 1816 she married Mr. Tebbitt, • clerk in Mr. Thwaytes's employment. In the game year her sister, the testatrix, married Mr. Thwaytem In 1833 Mr. Tebbitt died, leaving his widow and seven children unprevided for. In 1834 Mr. Thwaytes died, leaving his wife, who had no children, about half a million of money. Mr. Thwaytes had been attended before his death . l2 Mr. John Simm Smith, a surgeon, who then in the City. He continued to attend Mrs. Ice=ytes, after her husband's death, and became her intimate friend and confidential adviser. A few days after her husband's death she made • will leaving small annuities to her sister ' and her sister's children and the residue of her property to Mr. Simm Smith. Shortly afterwards she was intro , duced to Mr. Simm Smith's brother, Samuel, a stock , broker, who was • widower, with two daughters. She purchased • house at Claph am, where she resided for a few months with her lister and her sister's children, and then removed to a house in Finsbury-circus. She allowed her sister to occupy the house at Clapham rent free until her death. After removing from Clapham in August, 1835, she executed a deed settling 30,000/. on her eider for life, with remainder to th e children. Ica 1&39 • quarrel took place between the sisters, arising from the refusal of Mrs. Tebbitt to accept an Indian cadetship which Mrs. Thwaytes offered to one of her sons,. and since that time they have never seen or com municated with each other. In 1840 Mrs. Thwaytes bought the house in Hyde-park-gardens as a town resi dence, and in 1841 • house and • small estate called i I Shermandean, as a country residence, and she continued to occupy these two houses until her death. At her in vitation, Mr. Samuel Smith and his daughters took up their residence with her at Charmandean, and from that , time they were entirely supported by her. The two daughters were educated at her expense, and remained with her until they were married, and Mr. Samuel Smith continued to live with her until her death. Mr. Simm Smith and his family resided at Croydon. He continued to have the management of her affairs, and was in the habit of visiting her at Charmandean a bout once • fortnight. In 1846 Mrs. Parrott, • married daughter of Mrs. Tebbitt, went to see her, but on the day following her visit she received a lette r from her de siring that it should not be , repeated, and stating that , ' the interposition of Provi dence had prevented their again meeting,' and that she had made up her mind never more to see one of the family. In 1850, however, she allowed Mrs. Cook, another married daughter of Mrs. Tebbitt, to visit her ; they after wards became on intimate and friendly turns, and in 1854 she took a house for Mrs. Cook and her family at Broad water, near Worthing, and made them an allowance of 450/. a year. This intimacy continued until 1857, when she took offence at the conduct of Mr. Cook in having, as she alleged, applied some money whi c h t h e h a d given him for a particular purpose to some other purpose. She then desired Mrs. Cook to leave the house at Broadwater, and broke off all communication with her but continued the allowance. With this exception she had no personal com munication with any members of her family after her quarrel with her sister, but she made small allowances for some of her sister's children, and from time to time sup plied them with money when they asked her for assistance. She died on the Bth of April, 1866, at the age of between 70 and 80. She had been suffering for • short time from en affection of one of her eyes, but she bad no serious ill ness, and her death was sudden from a stroke of apo plexy. The amount of her property at the time of her death was estimated at about 400,0001., half of which she left to the two Smiths, and the rest she distributed in legacies amongst her friends ' dependents, and acquaint ances. To her sister and her daughters she gave 45,000/. in addition to the settlement she had already made on them. She gave in her lifetime 10,0001. to the son of Mr. Simmfimith,on his being called to the bar, and 20,000/. ass marriage portion to each of Mr. Samuel Smith's daughters. Mr. Simm Smith had himself received from her 2,000/. a year for managing her property, and pre sents to the amount of 40,0001. besides the gift to his eon. It was admitted that the deceased was a woman of very singular ideas on religious matters, and as against the will it was contended that these were insane delusions, which had bated from a short time after her marriage to the time of her death. On the other hand It was alleged that the late Mr. Thwaytes had led an irreligious life, and that his widow bad afterwards conceived the notion that she waamarked out by the very fact of her becoming so strangely possessed of so enormous a fortune, as a person called to do souse great work for God. It was suggested that she might not have fully understood various received doctrines of Christianity, such as regeneration, the indwelling of the Holy Ghat and communion with God; or what was equally probable, that her conversation on those subjects had been misunderstood by ignorant or unsympathetic witnesses. In particular she had enthusiastically adopted the Millenarian hypothesis, and it was alleged that she had actually expended an immense sum on her house in Hyde-park-gardens to fit it for • residence for the Supreme Judge; but it was contended on the other hand . that even if she had done so, an erro neous religious belief would not necessarily be an insane delusion, for it bad been held by . the Court of Chancery that a bequest to circulate the writings even of Johanna Southcott was a good charity in law and would be enforced by the court. There were, moreover, indications that whatever her visions might once have been they had grown more sober as she approached the close of her life ; for example, though it was alleged that she had at one time represented herself as destined to an immortality upon earth, she had, before her death, purchased • vault for her own interment. The learned judge, in giving judgment, alluded to the principles and practice of the courts in deciding came of in sanity, referring particularly with approval, so far as gene ral principles were concerned, to the case, Waring v. Waring," and without travelling through the paths by which the conclusions in that case were arrived, took them as the starting point in the present inquiry. If disease had once shown itself to exist in the mind of a testator, it was not enough to show that it was merely discoverable on one subject while on all others the testator was rational Up to this all was clear, but beyond it his lordship had searched in vain for any certain test. To say that there was mental or morbid and insane delusion, was only postponing the question, and not answering it. The word itself was an unpleasant one, as it was applied in common parlance to persons who were only mistaken. After quoting several well-known authorities, he concluded that the court must judge such cases from two points of view, that of the physician who could compare cases of supposed delusion with those of actual and un doubted insanity, and of that of mankind gene rally who judged of delusions by the obviousness of their falsity. Thus, if • man believed that his body was made of gla ss and his legs of butter, there could be no doubt as to their being delusions; but when the delusions were solely on matters of reason, and were addressed only to the intellectual faculties, the matter was more difficult. There were many whose insanity was suspected, but not proved ; but the ordinary mode of judg ment was that of comparison with the conduct of other men and women. It was the office of the court to inform itself, then, both of the medical and the general aspects of the case. Hie lordship then at great length quoted and commented upon the religious delusions of the deceased, which left no doubt that these ideas had a per manent if not • constant position in her mind. She did not exhibit herself as a religious enthusiast—she preached no faith, held no doctrine, and sought no converts. Except when she made the extraordinary statements attributed to her, the subject of religion was never approached by her; she never went to ',beech or chapel; and she was remarkably ignorant of what may be called the literature of religion. The comparison which the learned counsel bad made between the deceased as an enthusiast of Johanna Southcott, and some of the writings of Bunyan and Luther, was therefore wholly inad missible. On this branch of the subject, then, there wall no doubt the deceased was of unsound mind. The learned judge then turned to the comparison with the insane ; and quoted several eminent medical authorities as to the delu sions of really insane persons and contrasted them with those of Mrs. Thwaytes, concluding that in nature they were identical. It was said by the counsel for the plaintiff that if Mrs. Tebbitt believed her sister was insane, why did she not, by a oomrniesion, have th e matter settled in her lifetime She did not so, and therefore it was alleged that Mrs. Tebbitt believed her sister was sane. There were, however, good reasons why Mrs. Tebbitt did not do that; but the court bad nothing to do with that—it had only to judge of the fact of sanity or insanity of the testator. The strongest point in favour of the plaintiff was the strong common sense and capacity exhibited by the testator in all the ordinary transactions of life. It was, therefore, .proper to inquire whether these delusions actually existed as evidence of a diseased mind, and the court had most carefully considered this point. , But this was hardly born.. out. Did she conduct her ; affairs with ordinary prudence? Considering the large I amount of her income, it was surprising that she had left no more than she succeeded to, and the evidence given of i her habits and memoranda and books, although no proof of her insanity, failed as af fi rmative proof of tier mental capacity. The learned judge thought that as the perversion of the natural affections were 1 often the first indication of • mind diseased ; so the conduct of Mrs. Thwaytes towards her ' sister and relations could not be overlooked. It was not 1 much that the cause of the estrangement was a trifling , one ; but the language she habitually used respecting them, sad particularly that of the letter to her neioe, Mrs. Parrott, was proof of a thaordarod mind—a con clusion 1 OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) TB! RECON‘TDCRATION OP TB! LORDS. The unwritten law of parliament required, says the Times, that the compromise in the lower house agreed to by the government in the matter of the lodger Iran chise should be upheld in theHouseof Lords, and thiealone should have prevented the acceptance of Lord Cairns's amendment by Lord Malmesbury, but there were higher reasons for insisting on its rejection. The object of the clause was the enfranchisement of the skilled artisans of London ; and those who know the class are aware that very few of them could have reached the register had the 15/. limit been maintained. To confer the franchise in form while withholding it in fact must have served simply to foster a spirit of exasperation in the class affected. The Time. cannot understand the perversity which refused to accept Lord Granville's amendment excluding under graduates from the elections for university towns, and entirely agrees with Lord Cranworth in thinking its only fault was that it did not go far enough. The admission of members of the university will serve no purpose but that of irritating townsmen ; and the Times hopes the Commons, in revising the clause, will except under graduates from the operation of the bill. Our contem porary earnestly hopes also that the Louse will refuse to approve of the machinery of voting papers. The clause, however, embodying the representation of minorities daily commends itself to the most enlightened minds. The reversion last night by the Lords of their vote on the lodger franchise is characterised by the Daily News as a prac tical confession of the levity and recklessness which have marked the conduct of the Peers. These contradictory deci sions within a single week are only to be explained by the absence of Lord Derby on the first occasion ; and his lordship's explanation of his reasons for accepting Lord Russell's amendment involved a rebuke upon his colleagues. Lord Cairns states that if he had been apprised of the understanding in the Common, he would riot have made his proposal. Of course Lord Cairns was ignorant of that of which be says he was ignorant. But the statement which comes upon him as a surprise from Lord Derby was repeatedly made in the debate upon his motion last week. At all event' the same apology cannot be made for the members of the cabinet in the House of Peers, whale blun ders Lord Derby has been obliged to come down night after night to undo or to limit. Three other points at issue not less important, remain—the use of voting papers, the in crease of the copyhold and leasehold qualifications from 51. to 101., and the restricted vote in the three-cornered con stituencies. It remains for the House of Commons, and especially for the liberal party in it, to re-affirm on these points its original decision. ICI The Post thinks the recantation of the Lords will smooth the way to an adjustment of those points of difference which still subsist between them and the Commons. Practically, last night, the Premier ate as much of the leek as he forced down the throat of his subordinate. The TekgrapA urges that both three-cornered represen tation and voting papers must be swept away if the bill is to satisfy public opinion, and Mr. Disraeli will add another leaf to his political laurels by sagacious action on this point. In that case the bill will be a valuable measure, enriched with the grand and wise concession of a suffrage based on the Englishman's home. To win for it immediate favour from all parties, and to secure for it a signal place in history, nothing more is needed than the blotting out of those preposterous clauses which are a denial of justice and an incentive to fraud. The Standard is glad of their lordships' determination, because it will greatly diminish the chances of a successful resistance to their other amendments. The Star contends that the Lords by the details of their scheme have realised to the utmost that magistrates' drawing-room ideal which was the essence of its original conception. The notion of outweighing numbers by artifi cial advantages lies at the bottom of all such proposals as the representation of minorities and the voting papers. THE Mu TING IN HITE-PARK. Such demonstrations as that of last evening, do not add, the Times thinks, to the dignity of the class which makes them, nor do they tend to raise the character of English men abroad. They have a large element of puerility and folly ; they are not without danger to the public peace, by calling large numbers of the very lowest class from their hannta, and giving them an opportunity of instruc tion in the arts of plundering passengers and assaulting policemen ; and, not the least, they enoourage the ten dency to rant and empty talk with which Democrats have always been charged, and which men who aspire to politi cal life should do their best to avoid. The truth is, remarks the Daily News, that all the excitement about public meetings in Hyde-park has been purely artificial and factitious, due solely and wholly to her Majesty's ministers. This Hyde-park legislation is altogether anti-national, inasmuch as it is utterly opposed to the spirit and genius of English institutions and of the English people. English order is founded on liberty, and English legislation, in sofar as it touches upon public rights, is enabling rather than restrictive. There may be times, and seasons, and places more or less fitting and opportune for the exercise of public rights and the enjoyment of public liberties ; but in England freedom was always its own best and safest censor and controller. It is only under arbitrary governments that liberty and authority are divorced. Let us hope we have heard the last of " Parks Regulation " bills. The Post quotes from yesterday's proceedings in the park to show that even demonstrations are not impervious to reason, and that they are capable of accepting conces sions made to their opinions without necessarily regarding them as a ground upon which to base fresh demands. The revulsion which yesterday showed in the manner of viewing Hyde•psrk demonstrations is not due to any change either in the character, conduct, or proceedings of the demon strations themselves, but solely and entirely to the diffe rence of treatment which has been adopted with them ; and that such a result should have been obtained is of itself quite sufficient to show that the present course is as reasonable and proper as the former was absurd and un justifiable. The Standard reads the proceedings in • very different way. If the radicals, it says, choose to keep up the Beales imposture they must no longer count upon the use of the parks for its exhibition. The Reform League itself sup. plies the strongest argument fer proceeding with the measure now before the House of Commons. Society cannot afford the perpetuation of • state of thinxs under which the fiasco of last night might be a riot to-morrow. The Te/egraph sees in the order and in the tone and temper of yesterday so many additional motives for, at all events, reserving for another time, the discussion of such ► measure as the Parks Regulation Bill, and the Star assumes the acceptance of that measure to be now simply impossible. lustified by the dicta of Dr. Pritchard, which the learned judge quoted at length. The relations of the testator to the Smiths was another important consideration as to her general conduct. It was evident that Dr. Smith had great influence over her ; and that she continually gave him large sums" t o carry on t h e work. " While all the witnesses uniformly described Mrs. Thwaytes sa referring to the time of her illness as the commencement of a mystical and spiritual connexion with Dr. Smith that gentleman wholly denied it. The c o n c l us i on o f the courtsa to the validity of the will must be already obvious. I think it cannot stand. That being the opinion of the court, it is unn to go into other particulars which would otherwise have undoubtedly arisen. If Mrs. Thwaytes bad been capable of making such a will at all, it is doubtful if a will with such dispositions could have stood. The court would have regaired more infor. motion as to the relations of the deceased with the Smiths, to whom as residuary legatees a sum of no less than 180,000 f. would come. The result is that the court pronounces against the will. I make no order as to costs. To decree the costs out of the estate would be to inske the defendant pay them. The court then rose. The counsel in the case were—for the plaintiffs, Sir R. Palmer, Serjesnt Balbuitine, Dr. Spinks, and Dr. Swabey. For the defendant, the Queen's Advocate, Mr. Edward James, and Dr. Tristram. For the other defendants, the Attorney-General, Mr. Coleridge, and Mr. Searle. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commiseionez Gouthem.) Ix es.081(011Nr- The bankrupt was the well known cheesemonger in Lud• gate-hill. He came before the court • few weeks once upon the question* of examination and discharge, and the sitting was adjourned at the instance of the assignees, in order that he might furnish additional accounts. It was then stated on behalf of the bankrupt that his health was very bad, and the court was asked to allow him the assistance of a professional accountant at the expense of the estate. The application stood over. and it was now renewed by Mr. Munns, who produced evidence of the bankrupt's weak Mate of health, and it also appeared that no allowance bad been made to the bankrupt for his sup. port out of the estate. Mr. J. Linklater, for the soignee', did not object to the application, it being understood that the amount payable to the accountant in respect of his charges should be in the discretion of the court. Mr. blunns observed that the bill would have to be taxed in the usual way after the work bad been done. His Honour granted the application. (Before Mr. Registrar Haslitt.) IN RE JOHN THONAR NORRIR. The bankrupt, who was formerly member of parliament for Abingdon, was described as of Alderegate-street, and of Sutton Courtney, Berks, printer, stationer, and paper manufacturer. The adjudication took place in November, 1865, upon the petition of creditors, and in May, 1866, Mr. Norris obtained his order of discharge. A sitting for dividend was now held, but it appearing that various claims, the validity of which would have to be decided judicially, had been made to the assets in hand, an ad. journment sine die was ordered. The accounts discloae debts and liabilities, 74,262/. ; besides debts fully secured, 11,9541. ; and the sum of 6,938/. is returned as standing to the credit of the estate. Mr. Hughes (from Messrs. Linklater) attended for the assignees. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) BOW.STREET. ALLEGED ATTEMPT AT AKRON AND MURDER. Edwin Chapwas, a designer, living at :12, Castle-street, Lo was charged with being drunk and threatening the lives of hie four little children, and attempting to set fire to the house. George Gunter, bricklayer, stated that he was landlord of the house, and being yesterday informed that the pri soner had threatened to murder the children, he made up his mind to stay at borne all the evening and watch. About 12 o'clock he saw some flames in the place, which he thought was " not right." He went into the room, and found the prisoner there drunk. One of the chain was in a blaze, and the prisoner was setting fire to another by holding the lighted candle under the cane seat. The carpet had been set on fire and was smouldering, and the house was filled with the smoke and smell. He went for a policeman, who put out the fire and took the prisoner to the station-beams. When the policeman came into the room the prisoner was lying on the bed helplessly drunk. The children were also in bed. Mr. Flowers—Where are the children Witness—At home. We are taking care of them. The prisoner declared that the statement was false and the witness perjured. He bad never threatened the chil dren, and the fire was purely accidental. He had left the candle burning on a chair, as one of the children wee timid in the dark, and the paper wrapped round the candle had caught fire end fallen on the cane. It was not reasonable to believe that a man would attempt to burn himself and his dear little children. He pointed out that his own clothes were very much burnt. Police-constable Croucher, 61 F, said be WWI called in by the prosecutor, and found the chairs blazing and the carpet smouldering. The prisoner was lying upon his beet upon the bed. The children were in bed, three of them sitting up. Mrs. Hertzlett, a foreigner, said she was a friend of Mr. Gunter, and was staying at hie house for a few days, having just given up her house, as she was going to Ger many in a few days. Yesterday morning she heard the prisoner say that "he could stand it no longer; his wife had left him with the four children and he should do away with them." Several times during the day he attempted to stab hie eldest boy who, however, got away from him. When the place was on fire one of the children came out on the stairs and told her that his father set fin to the place on p The prisoner, who persisted in saying that the fire wag accidental, and who cast some imputations on the prom cuter and the last witness, was then remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY IN All 0112,11818.. A man, who when first charged refused his name and address,but subsequently gave them as William Mormon, of No. 29, Queen-street, Brampton, was charged before Mr. Arnold with stealing front the pocket of Mrs. Rog& of No. 11, Grove-terrace, St. John's-wood, a purse cow taming two and a half sovereigns. Mrs. Christians Rugg, wife of a surgeon, said—Tester. day afternoon she was in an omnibus in Park-line. The prisoner sat next to her and got out in Park-lane, and directly he got out the omnibus conductor spoke to her, and on putting her band into her pocket she found that the purse had been taken out of her pocket and two sore. reigns and half a soverign taken out and the purge replaced. The conductor and Captain Richardson went after the prisoner and be was taken into ceahody. In answer to Mr. Arnold the proeecutric dated that the money was safe in the purse when she got into the oust' bus. She wan not aware whether the prisoner was in the omnibus when she got into it or not. Martin, 626 A, said that on taking the prisoner into cwt. tody he found two sovereigns and a half in his hand sad some other money in his pocket, also a gold eye-glass. locket, and a knife. While the prisoner was in the dock he said, " I have done it." The prisoner, who is above SO yews of age and ratbez bald beaded, was remanded, be declining to say earthing. THAMES. Mr. Ralph Benson, barrister, of the Orford Circuit, who has been appointed a magistrate of this court, in the place of Mr. Partridge, who goes to the Southwark Court, ..as on the bench this day with Mr. Paget, the presiding sip gistrate. Mr. Benson will commence his official labours in this court on Friday next. CHARGE AGAINST A DEAF AND DCWR MAN. Adam Bryden, a man about 25 year. of age, whisker. leas and with a ruddy complexion, was brought before Mr. Puget, charged with being drunk and furiously chitin.; $ horse and cart to the danger of her Maje.ty'. s ubject , .. Police-constable 40 H said the prisouer was dent and dumb. Yr. Paget—ls there anyone to interpret or maks air. to him! __ Witness—No one, sir. Police-sergeant Harris, 684 A, stated that Inv' Holloway, of the H division, procured an interpreter whit knew the deaf and dumb alphabet, and all that could be obtained from the prisoner was " Adam Brrlen." He ame the prisoner drive very furiously from Whitechipel 11 . 1zIt• street into Leman-street, after he had run into a VAn with police-constables returning from Hyde-park. , The policeman 40 H, said the prisoner was anvil! horse and cart along the High-street, Whitechapel. bast , night. at a furious and reckless pace, and a mounted polo" constable rode after him and stopped him. The remaer was charged with assaulting a man and steAliug three sovereigns from him, and nothing could be node of him nor could he understand anything until be was charged when he appeared to understand the person who signs to him. The prisoner had been convicted of but glary and sentenced to three years' penal .ervitude. Mr. Paget—Surely some person can be found who CM make him understand the charge against bim and the evidence. The police constable 40 If said a policeman named Cot, of the K division. and attached to the Betbnal.green atee tion, was the interpreter on the last OCCII.iOP. Mr. Paget—Can the prisoner write? iThe magistrate made signs to the prisoner. and directed he should he supplied with writing materislal The prisoner shook his head vehemently. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner, and directed that Cot should attend the neat esaminatics. BIRTH EXTRAORDINART.--011 Thursday morniug the wife of Mr. Patrick Malian, Bel'validly. Nordic. 1 0 .' seated him with five children, three eona art tee daughters. All were bora alive. 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