The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-15 00:00:00

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partlyundreseed himself, and, armed with a poniard and •
caning knife, took up an expectant position under Madame
Deniongeot's bed. There he was when the unsuspecting
husband came home at midnight. The wife, who had been
playing at the Island theatre, in the Bois de Boulogne, did
not get home till half-an-hour later. The couple took
their supper together leisurely, sad it was about 2 in the
morning before they retired to rest—in separate beds.
Dumont waited quietly till they were well aaleep, and
must have remained in his hiding place for nearly four
hours. At three in the morning he got up and made a mur-
derous attack on M. Demongeot in his bed, intlining no Ism
then fifteen wounds, none of which, however, happily,
proved fatal or even dangerous. The wife, awakened by
her husband's screams, ran down stain in her night dress,
crying for kelp. A polite-sergeant and • neighbour quickly
came to her assistance, and Dumont was mound while
draggling with his victim, with whom he was rolling over
and over on the floor. Under these circumstances Dumont
is indicted on the capital charge of having, vrith.premedita-
tion and put* d prose (lying in wait), attempted to
murder Demongeot. From the depositions and the
examination of the prisoner in court, it is to be
collected that his intention was to murder the
husband, and then, if possible, ponds the wife ; or, in case
of her resistance, to murder her and kill himself. As soon
as the examination of witnesses was ooncluded, the Imps.
rial Procureur moved the court that, inasmuch as some of
the prisoner's witnesses who of him as reputed insane, the
trial should be postponed to another session, in order to
afford time for medical examination. This motion wee
energetically opposed by the prisoner's counsel, M. Alger-
non Jones (a French barrister of English birth), who con-
tended that during the three months which his client' bad
been in prison the public prosecutor had had plenty of tine
to inquire into the state of kis mind, and abundant natter) .
that the question would be raised for the defence. The
court, however, to the great disappointment of the an&
cote, acceded to the Imperial Procurenr's demand, and so
the trial stands adiournod.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of the Right Hon. Mary Anne Julia .
Louisa Harriet Lowry, Countess Dowager of Sandwich,
relict of the late Fed of Sandwich, was proved in the Lou-
don court by the Right Hon. Jobe William Montagu, Earl
of Sandwich, P. 0., the sou, end the Bight Hon. Henry
Thomas Lowry Cony, P. 0., Mat executors nominated in
the will, dated December kat. Her ladyship, who attained
to a great age, conimeneed her will by expressiog her grati-
tude to Almighty God for His peat mercy in sparing her
to the lengthened period of upwards of eighty years, and
without experiencing those infirmities incident to • long life.
The testatrix was lat • widow in 1818, and bar eon, thee only
seven years of age, succeeded to the titleand estates. To him
she bequeaths many specific bequests some of which an to
be held as heirlooms ; and to her ether executor, and to
her granddaughters, Emily and Florence Montagu, legacies
of 5,0001. each are bequeathed, beside specific bequests.
Legacies are also left to other members of her family, and
the residue of her money. she bequeaths to her grandson,
Oliver Montagu. There is a legacy of 1,2001. to a faithful
man servant, legacies to all her other servants, and some
bequests of • peculiar description, being three annuities
amounting to 361. to be paid to those who may have the
charge of some domestic animals belonging to the testatrix
—namely, a boarhouod, a terrier mite, and two perroqueta,
which annuities are to be paid during the lives of theme
favourites.

The will of the Rev. Edward Brown, M.A., of Lydon,
Rutlsodsbire, was proved in London under 400,000/. per-
sonalty, the executors nominated being his nephews, -Ed-
ward N. Conant, Faq., and the Rev. J. W. Omani. The
will is of moderate dimensions. His freehold estates he
deviate amoogat his said two nephews and a niece, Mrs.
Catherine Ellis (a daughter of his bite sister, Mrs. Catherine
Commit), and to them he also leaves one-fifth of his par-
tneri property, bequeathing the remaining four-fifths, in
equal proportions, beiween his four sisters. There is a
legacy of 200/. left to each of the following charitable insti-
tutions fr. e of duty, namely :—The Society for Promoting
Christina Knowledge, the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts, the National Society for Educa-
tion, the Church Building Society, the Society for Amisting
Additional Curates, Lincoln LumAiti Asylum, County Hos-
pital, Stamford and Rutland 'Miniseries, and the London
Orphan Asylum, to be paid within six months after the de-
cease of the testator. _ _ . . __ .

John Almond (hopper Req., herrieteret-law, of Fed-
wood House, Gray's ban, died in September last, aged 79,
without any relator his ooly ton having died unmarried
23 years vines. Kr. Cropper was possewed of considerable
property, reel and personal, the bulk of which he has left
to charitable institutions, devising his freehold and other
estates, smarm d over seven counties in England, amongst
the three ueder-mentioned hospitals, which by eel tsin acts
of parliament he is ambled to do, notwithstanding the
statute of mortmain. These estates will produce to the
Westminster Hospital a rental of 8001. per annum, to St.
Geor,,e's Hospital 7001. per annum, sod to the Middlesex
6431. per annum. To the last-named hospital he has alio
bequeathed the residue of h's persooel property amounting
to about 4,001. Legacies me oleo left to the twenty
following institutions, free of duty—viz., the Kent
and eanteelnui Hospital, Midland Institution for
the Blind, Lidaster Infirmary, Stafford I efirmary,
each 20X ; and to the Royal Free Hospital,
St. Mark's Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, Great
hortheso kiospitet, Brompto• Hospital for Consumption
City of London Hospital foe Diseases of the Chest,Hospital
for Sick Children, Great Ormond-street ; University College
Hospital. Strangers' Friend Society, Royal General Annuity
Society, Society for the Su of Mendicity, London
Society for the Protection of Young Female" Female Aid
Smiety, lodigent Blind Visiting Society, Ragged- !school
Union, Fox-court Ragged Schools, Adult Orphan lostip=
& Trinity National hods, Bedford-row ; Field-lane
School and Night Refuge for the Utterly Destitute, and
the Bethnal-green Philanthropic Pension Society—each
1001. Mr. Cropper has ?leo left several small estates and
other legacies to has personal friends ; and appointed W.
Wham, Esq., of Melton Mowbray, and George Capes, Esq.,
of Gray's Ina, his executors and trustee:ie.—lf luetrated
Loudon New.