The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-24 00:00:00

OUR coNTEmPoilli
(THIS DAT-)

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The May News einaiders the variotui grounds of opposi-
tion ellffelazchdasecot Denison sad certain church Asso-
eiationohe, raised to Mt. Gladidene's Church Rees
Etlk—
bill whisk though it .is conceived isk the true spilt of
campresdia. is so reebeaul that ft is tot improbable the
'House Commons isey after of ha's to choose between
the existing law and Mr. Hardourtle's nierbure of simple
abolition.
To the counsel in yesterday's Times upon financial Invest-
ments the Star replies that liability would be a fares--a
nonentity—if companies were tabooed in which trade profits
were contemplated ; and that the only means the direc-
tors of limited liability companies have of getting capital
together is by offering to the public a share of their trade
gains. No one puts money into finance companies from an
abstract preference for the security they offer, and no one
would put money into them at all if they only offered 5
per cent. That trade can be carried on safely without the
personal direction of the capitalist, whose dividends are
proportioned to the gains made, is proved by numerous
examples—indeed, the financial companies which fail axe,
after all, exceptions.

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EUROPII24 'AMIE&
Arguments and calculations ot .sintmoal inialmnb- •
respecting the usages of war are mostly disposed of, the
Tides says, by the feet that war itself is withdrawn from
the province of reason, and that its open and avowed work
in such conflicts as that which is threatened in Germany
for example, cannot be reconciled with the precepts of
humanity. When each party is bent upon the destruc-
tion of the other with the least possible injury to itself,
what room is there for punctilio or chivalry' War has
long been recognised as the only game at which neither
party can win, and the world appears actually to have retro-
graded in such matters, proclaiming wars on the least ad-
missible of causes. The Danish war was a pure war of
conquest, shamelessly prosecuted from beginning to end.
The German war, if it should actually break out, would be
a fitting sequel—a war undertaken literally for nothing
better than the chances of the scramble. We are doing
our best, little as that may prove to prevent it ; we
should be glad to see its horrors diminished or its cala-
mities alleviated by any practicable understanding ; but
the whole affair expreeaes resolutions and designs so ab-
solutely repugnant to both reason and humanity, that we
cannot tell how to invoke either of those names in any
argument upon the question.
The Daily News thinks it is evident that the peace-
makers will have no easy task with the Roumans, who
seem determined to proceed in a contrary direction to that
which diplomacy prescribes for them. It is the opinion of
the Porte, and apparently of the recent conference, that
the Roumans, in preferring a foreign prince, are simply
taking an additional step towards complete independence,
but it is the only way to bring about a coalition of the
several parties in the country, and it would be probably
better for the next conference to admit at once the Prince
of Hohenzollern, whose connexion with Prussia is distant
enough, to the Hoapodariat. Whatever objections there
may be to this course there are tenfold greater dangers
to be feared if he be set snide. The first result must be an
indefinite military occupation. If the armies of Turkey,
Russia, and Austria enter the Principalities it may be
more difficult to get them out again than it is to get
Prussia out of the Duchies.
The Pod suggests that some persons will question the
expediency of attempting by the ordinary modes of per-
suasion to induce states to desist from wrongful acts. If
one individual of a community threatens another with
violence if he will not consent to part with his property,
we should think very little of the system of jurisprudence
which,instead of visiting the offender with condign punish-
ment, devised some mode by which he might secure the
object of his wishes without being compelled to commit a
breach of the peace. Yet thin is very much what England,
France, and Russia are endeavouring at the present moment
to do.
The Herald declares that all Prussia, all Germany, and
the public opinion of all Europe are against the King's
government in Prussia. Even the Elbe Duchies are not
with him. The House towns and middle states are against
him even to the hazard of war. The Rothschtlds of Frank-
fort, and the Oppenheims of Cologne, refuse to raise a
loan for him ; and if he prove still pertinacious it is
among the possibilities that the Diet may give him the
humiliation of essaying the task of bringing him to reason
by a Federal execution. Things seem at their darkest
both for him and the country he has been governing so un-
fortunately.

Witt Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, MIT 23.

The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon in a
carriage and four, attended by the Dowager Duchess of
Athole. Lord Charles Fitzroy was in attendance upon
horseback. _ .

Her Majesty walked and drove in the grounds this morn-
ing, accompanied by Princess Helena.
Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice went out walking,
and Prince Leopold drove out.
Princess Helena, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce and
Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, went to London yesterday
and visited the International Horticultural Exhibition, and
afterwards returned to Windsor Castle.

Prince Alfred, attended by the Ron. Eliot Yorke,
arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon. His royal higu•
ness went to London this morning.
Earl Russell had an audience of the Queen.
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Lord Talbot de Malahide, and Major-General F. Sey-
mour, C.B. , have succeeded the Earl of Caithness and
Colcoel the Hon. A. Liddell, as Lord and Groom in
Wai

iting.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by
Prince Alfred, visited the Horse Show at the Agricultural
Hall, Islington, yesterday afternoon.
Their royal highnesses dined with Lord and Lady Foley,
in the eveniog, at their residence in Grosvenor-square.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY YffENING, MAY 24,- 186fg.

THE OCCUPATION OF MOLI*VIA•:
The Journal des Debdts of to-day maids the fol-
lowing comment on the reported entry of a Row-
Turkish army into Moldavia :
Until we are more amply informed we may be permitted
to doubt the accuracy of this report, although it is not
wholly improbable. Russia, which fomented the recent
troubles in Jassy, would naturally only feel too anxious to
seize upon the first opportunity for sending her troops
into the Principalities, and as to the concurrence of
Turkey in this proceeding, it ought not to astonish any-
one. That the Porte should ally herself with Russia—
that she should with her own hands introduce her into
Moldavia, and take the trouble of opening out the road to
Constantinople, is a miracle of ingenuity which might
have been expected. The Russian diplomatists are con-
sidered very clever in the art of " making things plea-
sant,• and the Turkish politicians are quite capable of
presenting to their eternal enemies the keys of their
country on a silver salver, believing this to be a master
stroke of policy and a solution of the Eastern question.
It would, indeed, be solved, and then such would have
been the will of Allah. But the will of Allah does not
alone govern the affairs of this world, for there is likewise
the will of France which may have something to say in the
matter. Now it is the interest of France that the Prin-
cipalities should be limited, strong, and independent,
and therefore France did not oppose in the conference
the election of a foreign prince. Other powers have
equally strong reasons for opposing a barrier to the en-
croachments of RUM* and have said so ; and amongstthese
is the Porte itself, which now seems disposed, from pure
good nature, to plunge herself into the abyss from which
we once delivered her. However, it is not Turkey or her
destiny that creates any anxiety at present, but
the fate of a people whose independence is necessary
to the equilibrium of Europe, who have nobly fought for
it and whom we could not abandon to Russian ambition
without danger to our interests and a diminution of our
influence. It may be thought at St. Petersburg, that
the time is come for regaining, under cover of existing
complications, the ground which was lost 10 years ago,
but ought France and England to allow the political
results of the Crimean war to be now jeopardised in this
unexpected way ?
The indeperidante says that the occupation of
Moldavia—which, however, requires confirmation
—is a piece of intelligence, the gravity of which
must strike everyone.

INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

BAIL COURT.
Sittings at Nisi Titus at Westminster. —(Before Mr. Justice
Ludt and Common Juries.)
TILBILOOX v. TILBROOK.
This was an action for seduction. The defendant pleaded
not guilty, ke.
Mr. .HawkinsSerjean and Mr. Day were counsel for the
plaintiff ; Mr. , Q.C., and Mr. Henry James were
counsel for the defendant.
Mr. Serjeant Atkinson, in addressing the jury' said he
regretted he had to open this case because the parties were
somewhat related, the fathers of the parties _being first
cousins. The plaintiff's father is a farmer at Havering
Hall, near Saffron Walden, and the defendant's father is a
builder and in the same neighbourhood. The plaintiff is
one of nine children, seven sons and two daughters, and
up to the time of the occurrencescomplained of her parents
had every reason to believe that her conduct was ex-
emplary. The improper intimacies took place first in the
father's house, whilst the defendant was there attending
to certain repairs, and twice afterwards, the last time
being on the first of June, as she was returning home after
having visited her grandmother, and the result was the
birth of a child. The learned serjeant was about
to observe that the plaintiff would be put into the
box, and there she would have to undergo a most
rigorous cross-examination by his learned friend Mr.
Hawkins, when his attorney made • communication to
him, and a conference took place between the learned
counsel, at the conclusion of which Mr. Serjeant Atkinson
said that as the parties were related he would rather spare
the girl's feelings than proceed, and it had been arranged
to withdraw a juror.
Mr. Hawkins said his client had no desire to proceed with
a case which must have resulted in most painful family
disclosures. His client would have been prepared to
go into the box and swear most positively that he
was not guilty of the conduct imputed to him. He.(Mr.
Hawkins) was also as anxious as his learned friend to save
the girl from what would certainly have been a most pain-
ful cross-examination ; and, as there was no desire to inflict
costs on her, he had no objection to allow her to retire by
the withdrawal of • juror.
Mr. Justice Lush said he had no doubt the learned
counsel exercised a wise discretion in the course they had
adopted.
Juror withdrawn.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief Justice Brie, and
Justices Willes, Byles, and Smith.)
KITCHEN T. HAWKINS.
This was an action to recover a sum due upon a bill of
exchange for 1071. 10s., and the answer to it was a compo-
sition deed.
Mr. J. Browne, Q.C., in moving for a rule to enter a ver-
dict for the plaintiff, stated that his client had dissented
from the deed, but believing that it was binding upon him
he took the composition money under it. Subsequently
it turned out that the deed was not binding upon dissen-
tients, and the question now was, whether, under the
circumstances, the plaintiff was entitled to sue upon the
bill. The learned counsel also added that the question
was a new one, and was also ono of considerable import-
ance.
Rule granted.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
Sittings in Banco.—(Before the Lord Chief Baron, and
Barons Martin and ChannelL)
BUCILLUV r. VALENTI!".
In this well known case Mr. John A. Russell made an
application to the court with regard to the production of
certain documents. It appeared that there were certain affi-
davits and also certain exhibits which were referred to in
those documents. An inquiry wasdirected to take place before
the master of this court as to the circumstances under
which a capias was issued, and for the purposes of it the
exhibits were left in his possession. In the action of
" Valentin v. Hall," in the Queen's Bench, a commission
was issued for the examination of witnesses in France, and
the exhibits were required for the cross-examination of
the defendant's witnesses. An application was made to
Master l'ollock on the 19th instant to hand over those
documents to Madame Valentin's attorney for that pur-
pose, but he did not feel justified in delivering them up
without the authority of the court. The learned counsel
now applied to have the exhibits delivered out to the
plaintiff's attorney.
Mr. Baron Martin—To whom is the commission
directed
Mr. Russell—lt is directed to two French courts.
Mr. Baron Martin—This is a very peculiar case. There
has been a conviction for perjury and there is an indict-
ment, and we ought to be very careful as to the custody of
the original documents.
Ultimately it was decided that the documents should
be given up to the court, and that arrangements should be
made by the master with a view to the object of the ap-
plication being attained.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
LATH,ASI V. WHITTAKER AND WHITTAKER.
Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Dr. Spinks for the plaintiff ;
the Queen's Advocate and Dr. Tristram for the defen-
dants.
The testatrix, Judith Ball, was the widow of a tobacco-
nist, at Chester. She had herself been a dressmaker, and
by the two businesses they had been enabled to
amass property to the extent of 22,000 f. At his
death Ball left his wife the bulk of his property,
and in the following year the testatrix executed a will
bequeathing a number of legacies to charities and to
private friends, but giving the residue to Mr. Henry
Latham, chairman of Chester Waterworks, of which
her husband had also in his lifetime been a director.
The defendants were her sister and her hus-
band, but it was suggested that they were greatly
disliked by the testatrix, their marriage having been a
runaway one, and one very distasteful to her. She there-
fore only gave Mrs. Whittaker a legacy of 2001., but by a
subsequent codicil she increased it to an annuity of 45/.
The Whittakers opposed probate on all the usual
grounds, and alleged that the deceased having been
a person illiterate and given to drink could be easily im-
posed upon, and had in fact executed the residuary clause,
under the undue influence of the plaintiff.
Soon after the opening of the case, an arrangement was
come to ; the pleas of the defendant were withdrawn, and
The Court decreed probate.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commiseioner Holroyd.)
IN RE WILLIAM WRIGHT.

The bankrupt was a builder, of 15,Warrington-crescent,
Paddington. Thin was the sitting for examination and
discharge. The figures are very large, but, contrary to the
usual run of cases in this court, those on the credit side
preponderate. The amount due to unsecured creditors
in stated at 7,8441. ; to creditors holding security,
94,653/. ; liabilities on bills receivable, 601 W. ; good debts,
SW. ; property held an security, consisting chiefly of houses
in Warrington-crescent and Portsdown,gardens, 144,310 i. ;
thus givin•; an apparent surplus of some 40,0001.
The accounts have been prepared by Mr. Smart.
Mr. Bagley, for the assignees, required further particu-
lars as to the property held as security, and the nature of
the charges upon it.
The bankrupt, in examination, stated that the estimate
put by him upon the secured property was the value of the
houses when completed, and it would require from
30,000/. to 36,000/. to complete them. With that ex-
penditure there would he a surplus of 41,0001. A year
ago he had called his creditors together, and got a letter of
license from them for a twelvemonth. He laid before
them a statement of his affairs.
Mr. Bagley said it was most important that the creditors
should now see that statement.
After hearing Mr. K Reed for the bankrupt,
His Honour said that the accounts must be amended,
and directed an adjournment for that purpose.