The Press. — London, England, 1856-04-19 00:00:00

r ~~~~, APRIL 19, 1856. the House of Commons in this view was unanimously ,reed to. It was also agreed, with one ih,sentient, not to siiiiport Mr. Dillwyn's measure for introducing flagging as a punishment for wife-beaters. A MONUUENT TO JOHN WESLEY is about to be erected at Epworth, in the Isle of Ash°lme, North Lincolnshire. The design of the proposed monu ment represents John Wesley attired in a gown, with a bible in his hand, and preaching from a tombstone, h e having once itelivered a sermon from the stone over his father's grave in Epworth churchyard. THE HEAVY GALE of the last few days has caused some wrecks off the coast, as well as many minor casualties to shipping. The wreck of a large ship oil the Kentish Knock is rumoured ; and the total loss of an American bargue off Kiligs,lown, Dcal, is authenticated. THE GREAT FLOUR SEIZURE CASE at Wakefield was tried on Wednesday oefora the Bench, and, after a protracted inquiry, the charge was dismissed. ptlant. A SECOND PRISONER, THOMAS DUNN, was convicted on Saturday of aiding and abetting in the murder of Miss Hinds. Both prisoners, Murphy ann Dunn. were then sentenced to be hanged on the 16th May. A third villain, known as Red Pat Bannon, engaged in the actual murder, is believed to have escaped to America. _ _ ME. J. W, KNIGHTING !WEIR fully committed on Monday upon the charges of forging the transfer of railway shares. MR. JUSTICE KEOGH took his seat on the bench on Tuesday morning. THE MASTER IN CHANCERY has notified that be will settle the list of contributories to the Tipperary Bank on Monday the 28th. THE EXAMINATION of a Mr. Law, in connection with the London and County Bank, has, it is said, led to fresh discoveries. Two MORE MEN have been arrested on suspicion of murdering Mts. Kelly. Several of the articles worn by the murderers have been discovered. The body of Mr:. Kelly was removed to London on last Saturday, and buried in Kensal-green Cemetery on Monday morning. gatu an Volta. A DECISION OF VICE-CHANCELLOR STUART this week has excited from its novelty some attention in legal circles. One John Williamson, who died in 1830, left to his dam/ titer Elizabeth, then married to Mr. John Booth. a distiller, the sum of 120,0001. This legacy was given to trustees for her separate use and benefit, but there was reserved to her the power of appointing the whole or any part of this sum, or to dispose of it by will, in any manner she pleased. In default of exercising such power of appointment, or of making a will, it was provided that at her death the money should descend to her children and be equally divided amongst them. When the affairs of the deceased Mr. Williamson were examined it was found that his estate would not pay this and other legacies in full, and a sum of about 85,0001. was set apart as the portion of Mrs. Booth, and on that amount interest was paid to her at the rate of four per cent. In the year 1833, she exercised, to a limited extent, the power of appointment given to her, and executed a " deed poll," in which, after re citing the provisions of her father's will, she did "absolutely and irrevocably direct and appoint the sum of thirty thousand pounds of lawful money of Gr at Britain, part of the said sum of one hundred and twenty thousand pounds, to be paid or assigned, transferred and made over, unto the said John (lillyatt Booth," her husband. In • January, 1837, Mrs. Booth died, and the estate of Williamson was some time afterwards brought under cognisance of the Court of Chancery, through the claims of unsatisfied legatees. In the course of this suit, the deed of appointment made by Mrs. Booth came under review. Mrs. Booth left three children, and as their shares of her original legacy of 120,0001. were reduced in amount by the diminu tion of that sum to 85.000/.. the question was raised whether the sum of 30,000/. which she had given to her husband should not be reduced in a like propor tion. It was this point which was argued in the dice Chancellor ' s Ice Chancellor's Court, on M on d a y. O n the one side t was held, that as in the "deed-poll "by Mrs. Booth the sum of 30,0001. given to her husband was constantly described as "part of the sum of 120,0001." left her by her father, she intended to dispose of only a fourth part of that amount, leaving other three parts to her thr ee c hild ren; w hil e on t h e faller side it was co n t en d e d t h at t h e express words of the deed, " thirty thousand pound s l aw f u l mone y of Great B.neja.” mast be lit era lly construe d, more especially as Mrs. Booth was well aware at the time when she executed the deed that the original legacy of 120,0001, would be reduced to 85,0001. or th ere THE PRESS. &bouts. On the face of the deed there wos no evi lence that Ilra. Booth designed the gift of " 0001. lawful money of Great Britain "to be re duced under any circumstances whatever. The decision of Vice Chanc.llor Stuart was, that this sum must abate rateably with the original legacy; and, as twenty-three years have elapsed since the deed; was made, nineteen since it took effect, nineteen also since this sum of 30,000/. was assigned by Mr. Booth in satisfaction of a mortgage debt, and sevoral years since his own death, new interests have The conn el who attended at the hearing indicate the number of parties concerned: there appeared Mr. Bacon, Mr. Malins, Mr. Elmsley, Mr. Craig, Mr. Selwyn, Mr. Sliebbeare, Mr. Hardy, Mr. MactieSoll, and Mr. C. Hawkins. THE EASTER TERM commenced on Tuesday. On Wednesday the Attorney-General moved for a rule, under the recently-passed statute, that the prisoner Palmer be brought from Stafford and tried at the Central Criminal Court. Lord Campbell said there ought to be no delay, and that the prisoner might to have notice. Rule granted. Mr. Grey then, on the part. of Palmer, moved for copies of Dr. Taylors re port upon his test made "for antimony and strych nine." Rule refused by the court., after consideration, on tho around that the prisoner could elicit such in • formation on cross examination. AIRS. MARY ELIZA M`NAIR, widow of the late Captain M'Nair, of the 19th Madras Native Infantry, who died in 1838, was brought before the Lord Mayor on Tuesday, charged with defrauding the East India Company by representing herself as a widow, and continuing to receive as such the widow's pension since her remarriage in 1846 to a Mr. Miniken. l'he evidence of Mr. Mason, clerk in the military depart. ment at the India•house, was to the effe:t. that. Mrs. Miniken came on the sth instant, represelted her self as Mrs. M'Nair, gave in the usual declaration that she was a widow and unmarried, and received a warrant for the payment of her pension. Mr. Han vard, clerk to Messrs. Grindley, agents to the military fund, said he had examined the registry at St. Mary Bdw, and found an entry of the marriage of M'Nair, widow, in 1840. The solicitor for the prosecution requested that his lordship would remand the defen dant. The solicitor for the defence hoped the bail required would be of moderate amount : The LORD MAYOR: 1 shall be satisfied with two sure• ties to the amount of 1001. I suppose the lady's husband can come forward and bail her without difficulty. The Solicitor for the Defence : Our defence - is that she has no husband. The case was then remanded. AN IMPORTANT CASE OF RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS was brought before Alderman Carter at Guildhall on Tuesday. Henry Edwards, landlord of the Blue Posts, Holborn-bars, was charged with receiving a quantity of silk goods, knowing them to be stolen. Evidence was given to prove the finding on the pri soner's premises of a vast quantity of silk tassels, girdles, gimp, silk twist, reels of silk, etc.; all of which wai recognised, besides two desks, by Mr. Potter, silk merchant, of Ball-court, Smithfield, as part of his property, stolen from his premises on the 28th of March last. The prisoner was remanded. MR. CHARMER, the Ordnance clerk at Portsmouth. who lately absconded with 1,1301. of the officers' sale- Hs:, was tried last Saturday before the Recorder of Portsmouth, and sentenced to five years' penal ser vitude. THREE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN POISONED at Long benton, Newcastle, it is supposed by doses of adul terated 11 .ur of sulphur. They were suffering from some cutaneous disorder, called by the villagers the " water jogs," for which an old woman in the villages recommended and sold to them doses of flour of sul phur. The children died within a few hours after taking these doses. An investigation is being held. A SCHOOL ASSISTANT, George Henry Sipple, was charged on Wednesday before Mr. Henry, at 13.-ev street, with stealing a blanket off his bed at a Hol born coffee-shop, where lie bad slept the night before. The prisoner admitted the theft, hut. said he had stolen the blanket to buy breath. He was out of employ anti starving. Committed for trial. A CrtuEt. ATTEMPT TO POISON was made at Old bury, Worcester, last Tuesday, by a man named Reynolds forcing some biehoride of mercury down the throat of a woman he cohabi•ed with. The man appears t) have been alarmed at d.-ath no:. imme diately taking place, and to have calle.l in assistance. Reynolds was arrested, and the woman is at present under medical treatm.nt. MR. WOOLER, OF DARLINGTON, appeared in the Darlington C.unty Court, on Wednesday, for refusing to pay Dr. Jackson 161. 124. 6d. for attendance on the deceased Mr 4. Wooler. The jury returned a verdict for Dr. Jackson for the full amount. The court was crow:led, and the e'idience manifested no little against Mr. Wooler during the proceedings, and drew home Dr Jackson in his carriage in triumph Mr. Wouler declared in court that he would not pay a farthing—" it was his wife's blood•money." 371 A TERRIBLE CASE OF ASSASSINATION °Ma% ed iD Riipk rt street, Haymarket, on 'lllur.day evening. It appears that at No. 45, a low lolging-house, the lower rooms were used by an Italian, Stucchi, as a French and Italian cafe. Stucchi went into the country about a fortnight hack, leaving his rooms in charge of his waiter Rouelli. On Thursday evening four friends of Rouelli—Rossi, De Rudin, Chieza, and Foschini—were holding a kind of parting fes ival in honour of Runelli, who was about tr return to Italy on Saturday. Suddenly Foschini either felt or feigned illness, and lett with Rossi to go to a chemist's shop. On their route thither Rossi accidently felt a poignard in Fosehini's pocket, and asked him whir, lie meant by carrying such a w apon about with him. Fuschini appears to have made no reply, but to have turned back to the restaurant, Rossi going with him. Th!) , reached the house, and just as Rossi was opening the uoor, Foschini rushed at him and struck him the regular assassin's colpo di coltello, aiming straight for the heart over the shoulder. Luckily the blow was stopped by the upper ribs, but Foschini withdrew his poignard and struck at Rossi a second and third blow as he re treated into the house. Chiesa and Rudio hearing his cries ran to his assistance, and Rouelli, coining in from the passage, was instantly attacked by Foschini. Rossi escaped out of the room, when Fus chini, deliberately turning off the pas, attacked the three men lelt, and striking Rouelli and Rudio to the ground fled from the house, followed by Mesa, who grappled with him in the street, but rece'ving a terrible stab in the stomach let go his hold, and Foschini escaped. An immense sensation was of course created in the neighbourhood. The poor sufferers were speedily removed to Charing cross Hospital, and Rouelli, who was thought dying, was induced to make a brief statement of the affair, which was taken down by the police authorities, assisted by the interpreter of Marlborough street. Various reasons are assigned fur the attack by Foschini : one is jealousy of some French femmes; another— and the more likely one—that Rouelli was known to he possessed of 5/. to pay his expenses to Rome. The police are in active search after Foschini, but as yet have not obtained a trace of him. Up to a late hour last night Ruielli still lived and the others were going on favorably. 0b itu ar g. EARL COWPER, eldest son of Viscountess Palmers ton, died very suddenly on Tuesday evening, at Maid stone. The noble earl, in his official capacity as Lord Lieutenant of the county o' Kent, attended the quarter sessions held at Maidstone on Tuesday afternoon, and while addressing the court was seized with violent spasms of the heart. Medical aid was at once called in, but all remedial measures failed, and atter being removed to an adjoining house his lordship sank under repeated attacks, and expirei at twenty minutes alter nine o'clock in the evening. Lord Cowper's health had been much deranged for some time past, but the fatal character of the attack which has terminated in his death was quite unex pected, even by his medical attendants. The Coun tess Cowper left town by special train, accompanied by her two sons, immediately on receipt of intelli gence of his lot dship's illness, but unfortunately did not reach Maidstone until after the death of the noble earl. The deceased peer was born in 18" served for some years in the Royal Horse Guards Blue, and represented the city of Canterbury in Par liament from 1830 to 1835. He was Un‘ler-Secre- Lary of State for Foreign Affairs, for a short period in 1831, but in 1837, on succeeding to the earldom and the enjoyment of an hereditary pension, he re• linquished all active share in polities, though he i variably gave his support to the Whig party. In 1810 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the county of Kent. The late earl is succeeded by his son, Viscount Fords ich. THE RIGHT HON. G. L. DAwsox DAHER, C. 8., ex pired on Monday evening, after a short illness. The gallant deceased was third son of the first Earl of Portarlington, and wan born in 1 7 88. The gallant officer was present at Waterloo, and in 1838 entered Parliament, on his return for Portarlington, and subsequently for Dorchester, fur which borough he was the unsuccessful candidate at ti e last general election. Colonel Darner was made a Privy Council lor by Sir Robert Peel, in Sept., 1841, and appointed to an office in the Queen's household. He sueport.d the political measures of the late Sir R ibert. Peel. CAPTAIN C. J. W. DEANS DUNDAS, Esq., formerly M.P. for Flintshire, and a captain in the Coldstream Guards, died at the United Service Club, Queen street, Edinburgh, on Friday week, at one o'clock. The deceased gentleman had only been in Edinbur_h a few days. He was the eldest :on of Admiral Sir James W. Deans Dundas, G.O 8., formerly M.P. for Greenwich, a Lord of the Admiralty, and commander in chief of the British naval torces in the Black Sea. Captain Dundas was in his forty-fi th year, was married to a grand-daughter of James BrutAi, the traveller, by whom he leaves a son and heir, Charles Amesburg, born in 18t&