The Express.
London, England, 1847-05-21 00:00:00

SCOTLAND.

EDINBURG `May 19.
The weather continues cold and bleak, in conse-
quence of the easterly winds.' la Dumbarton, Argyll,
end Perth shires, the hills were, co Sunday, covered
with snow. The great progress made by the crops
daring the flew days of good weedily which we had
Nina Fromm that whir does ease
ve=irll advance at a ma.
• to tie resat at the amnia.
tins kr the telheatet saabialawattirDwatias healer
ON a cosapsmilioas *lv at the vistas sought to be
ahead

Is deeded odes int ens& ran try fres lingleod —is it fair
egjent to prohibit a Scotch staple manufacture front the
LOY market ? Why is it that a gallon of Scotch whisky
wrist in Bqbad to a duty of 400 per cent ! said even
is Medial toe duty of 200 per ant! and alter this grow
sad inigullswdy swim* restriction, the trader even then
amiss as h stennfactare detest by:the sufferance of
the aim_ 'Why is it that raannfarttuvd is irs•
Lodi ale sidtesd to the 13 • market at a leas duty thaa
Sesta spirits ? Why ths dealer, on taking Smith
aptelis bar bond, a coast time after its lawn hese ,
hooded, pay cache do}
_kr the *rig; he actually
tskssdiat Ow the spirits diajustled it night be years ago ?
when it Is well known, frees the salute el the article ova-
Malitakartis to a ssasidsealis extent, sad on itit
irveral awed, sto irked. He thus, •
Wag his pays duty en what is lest; sad why should
this to the law ono BftSch spirits, aim, is word to foreign
✓ibs, duty is paid only en the amend as dr She. of pay-
ing ? Apia, why sirculd a distiller Is basal to pay duty
es Ids Esseishwe—ernielateget Isha=ty setualty
hut ts la what the
gods dwelt bow; sod ia am of batit
iims armaistwor sot *alp a be apse dr
ilia grAntAt pays Wale ditty as what elese;
been theta, mime for the interiority of the
I grain ; el.*ia addillisa, paylag for what hw never re-
ceived. a arms se doe is mond to wawa
▪ as maws to as, waist sairiasysta, Apia.
the pow aswillislauss is, if possibi% fa a wows
peddle ; the trade is se hesdenel needy
se render it scarcely poisilde to sompas wow with
esotioros, Again, the cm of Wade Dad bulb kr Mi.
dna The permit system is altegreher tram ; the Yr sods
width &rim ere sudgeeted to aro owe* as
mho sem nay safer whaler's psalm awl ass& mese
salbsasse. bmiss Isamessids, wed Is tabs. wimp"—
wail, as put Umbers; bat ism oriloary sarsk, dal mkt
is law lad* ot_ swift ism sot busts our
Siam: have fital swim Bat asaS teadart
oppasrawa. awl spot Ohms awl in
thi msswp rasps SIM el the wsitwd an
sat Walk iiitilaistemillyirisior. The noses, how-
ever, is said. asselessask soil odd, Sad Ike tisalw Isol a
heavy peas half of all big paidover to the Meer
insights fesso.
The fthessollow*, eissiotioos is rearmed to °dandies '
were with a few abeantiorweless, carried in the sped
tithe united yeasbylielia abash at their ilisstag
yesterday. As * lob new embraces the ruby-
Wise Tolsoaelioni at Seethmd, it will be MR bent
the Ist rasoloass that Mr. Baines' Sesta nimbi
was a fails!, s
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4,04.1**8•808** P.M* too tie feebeilles et
tbesseyees. IL Meek ke not dr yorriese Odell
gemenset to reel& kr the re wieldsligiose brenseglee et the
sagest; sal dies Mt espertmest the elesslisa
elm&
et die
C ler slimokthe p seil tbe
owlets et sesibeissellse, le be- Need and
elhisato OW be mewled, sure or INA W bed mew
neat, swil pined sake fibs amegissies et-lesel beards,
strew
Igo &del emilleemy, eistelbeg to seise mehbem,
sal eiweisleellageillisalles. Otit. Mist West
ssiessees &milk eaglet by thb =he
etreiZatre illiblbasswese tibetuseet
sulailidee teessley lalsedesedet et
Wessel sr
howelbe stele patesbid Mewls 117 1; eel lb* •
110•11041111 be melees& levee& ever dam astir, set to
elm time fteipft resolellies bee ease&

THE EXPRRSS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1847.

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JAW Intelltanut.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Present : the lord Chseseeller, Lard Brougham, aid Lord OaeeptelL
WORDSWORTH 11, WOOD,—cONSTRUCTION OP A WILL,
AS TO THI WORD " SUOVIVINO."—The facts of this case,
and the questions raised ow the argument, have been already
teen to the readers of this journal on Tuesday and Wednee-
rituilt.Brougham now moved the judgment of the house,
the appeal having been against an order of the Lord Chan-
cellor. The question, his lordship said, was, what meaning
should be put upon the word " surviving," in a gift to the
testator's "surviving female children ;" whether it was to be
referred to the death of the testator or to the death of his
widow, to whom, in the same clause of the will, he gave
all his property for her life. The will was very inartificially
drawn in other parts of it, as well asthose on which the ques
Lion awe ; hut his opinion certainly was, that no great
doubt could be entertained on the meaning of the word
" surviving." The same word was used in a preceding part
of the same clause in connexion with the word " thee,"
which clearly referred to the death of the widow. The
burden of showing that the same meaning was not to be
given to the word in both passages lay on the appellant.: '
for, to refer it to the death of the testator was ineonsistent
with the whole disposition made by the will. He
was not satisfied that the appellant' had discharged
the burden which so lay on them; and he was of
opinion that the order appealed from ought to be affirmed,
and affirmed with Neste. It was an a peal against two
orders, one of the Lord Chancellor atßrming another of the
Muter of the Rolla.
Lord Campbell expreesed his concurrence in the osnetruc-
tion put on the words, but he certainly did so with re-
luctance, because he was quite sure the testator, bad be ma-
te= plated the death of his daughter, laming Minibus, is
the lifetime of his widow, would have panted he end
event, and would not have left bat iiilines without some
share of the property.
The Lord Chancellor said he had no doubt at all that the
proper construction had been put on the will by to courts
below.—The order was then affirmed with costa.

Kea. WOOD (01 WILLCOX) O. MRS. DZLL (Oa YorNo).
—ADMOISIBILVIT OP • WlTXlllo.—Thim appeal against an
interlocutor of the Court of Session, was partly argued on
the 6th inst., and the facts of it having been reported in the
Express of the 7th, our readers will remember that the
question which was raised on the trial of an issue in the
Scotch courts was, whether a witness, who was one of the
next of kin to an intestate, being called to prove the degree
of relation of one of the parties to the issue to that intes-
tate, wu • competent witness ? The Scotch courts held the
witness incompetent on the ground of interest. The same
question was formerly of some importance in the courts in
the country, but cannot arise again, in consequence of the
alterations made in the law by statute.—Mr. Stuart Wortley
was now heard to reply to the arguments urged on a former
day by Sir F. Kelly, and the cue was adjourned for the con-
sideration of their lordahips.

M•cLINZIL O. SCOTT.QUIROTION or JURISDICTION.—
This question arose in a suit brought by the appellants, in
Scotland, to reduce, that is, give up to be cancelled, a bond
executed by them in 1836, ender these circumstances. One
of the appellants hanviasidess ems silly sets (written offrn-
dye letter, and i ildinbarsh), the re-
spondent, r Promoter r=a:tok prom:ethane against
him in the Medi? Oland as an insane person. The other
appellant are froward, both Wog in the relation of uncle
sad eepisew,.and gave his rod ito the sheriff of the shire,
thereby Maim; himself, ander piamity of 1001., that his
said nephew Arad be put under pew restraint until it
should he waled by a proper mattlag pep
py
that he might
be allowed tosaLtislazea with edgy la himself and others.
This was** la be enamelled, upon the
alr uhmtreeristiessaVthe reepteder of the state of
=der w b• bed peoeseded ere
the junior appel-
lant. The Court of Seeds& held the soft wee improperly re-
preeented, and that it bad an jurisdiction over the matter.—
Mr. Wortley and Mr. J Asthma were heard for the tipped
lents ; and this Seliellsresseral for Scotland and Mr.
Moncrief for the seetileed.
The Lord Chwesir mewed that the judgment i
from be dinned, as the pa mil ti the cidlamartVro
jurisdiction.
Lord Brougham and Lord Omplosil eswirdly =premed
their concurrence, and put the ere of this Mai fa ithelimed
on the footing of a rensgthamme kr kespilmi the =ll-
- into before • surphkele eektkel alert ht
The proper application In gush the lasmgaimass be
to the court bensre whisk was estraterlass.—The interlo-
cutor wee then aimed, with meth

COURT OF EXCISE.
INFORMATION AOAINsT • HAIRDRIMIRIL—DILICATI
DisCLOSIIRES.—A: one. T. Doye, a hairdresser, was darted
on two Infonnetinns with having retailed foreign wines end
whits without Homes. The thief vitamin was Kra. G.
r Hem, who said :—la January lest, Dorel/2.as at iffy rediense,
Bentinek-terrace, for the parpses of any ha e, when
I ordered him to send me three bottles of pages and a
bottle of pole brandy. I frequently had wise item
. him. I seat isy servant, Henry Parker, for the tra
which he brought is a amen hamper. I paid 30a. for it sad
the brandy, and Is. dd. be es krage.—Croasemeied by
Mr. Shushan, for dolooksi. My muss is Georgians Pass,
which name I got by niamlege, bet Wan marriage, vs
Wit Fry Prescott. I bernelisess Misr erne. I
that of Wards when I meet es the I have bees M-
imed im weld ta•mmiki Imw Oen at them
wee pratkialarly N to mti Yrtngthe In.
wheat Dikes Hemet ahead Ow yam cgs, ime
Wised
le net deed, WI eta eelecl kom him by it dimes sh.
hied la the Heeleak Omni I did net WOW' the
sek, bet It was promoted against see icy say liedient. Prior
Is tile, premedisowasetakes end images shales& against
enetber pop. Thy were wry
light, Ming *sly 4,0001. or
SAW. The geedememwelt% did astpciff the damages, and lam
net awan whore its est I sever thsegim it worth
my eh& te *ee. I eke pasiti=lise
lbreei at
diesEhuZiii. Pee trawl 12 mentisill lievelived
st•lemma Ragents-peek,tiewhieh I pay
1,41, per etessms. I norm TYtem of heti seem
I meet my expeases ems I receive hem my Mends
sal ihmi.y. I hemp seised sok with Use elige destiny ; bet
have net nee much etersig lady, es when a lady is
dimmed she le not resehel- hie misty. I knew a
rest maw baronets. bee new lived under Ike
of any one, whether a duke er •
Rare truism Mil treeemelms with the deihnderm...ltt
dehmient Weems very pasedeg visa me for Isms maw,
sadfasashlistft the heavy Ws I hod paid Yea I did act
late bliss Masa to I allege neinelsei that wises
leen te he a reedy teensy teseenribm My bill Ilia the
diked gesiWly averaged 411 M or 701. per year.—H.
Perdue. a Isielatam " tiger," peeved ibialteg the wilts
II hem the dedendents hem, yid* ke took home. He took
a NM hem lb mistris and gave it to the servaii&r.d.
deiledime Mee& hint the wine in a hamper.
esaminedi : The betties might have contained " Base's
Psis Ate." as he did net tents it. He often rented motes from
his sibtree to ladies' homes. Had never been to the Albany,
the Topple, or the lons Hoards, with three.cornered notes
—llf. UM. curse of Hooke, proved that the defendant
led se lessee it ides or spirits—Mr. Sheehan laying
eilesesed the seem on behalf of the defendant, his servant
we Wiwi M peen that she frequently fetched wine for
Wpm when they required it ; but when ermossainined
admitted that she saw the boy Parker receive the four
Mike et wise she "kits which aisenteted the subject of
the indensefies.—The court finally gave judgment in the
pre* el 1401.