The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-16 00:00:00

♦ GANG OP

GOODS.
Mary Jane Smith, aged Si, and Louisa Mot-Awn, srd
30, were charged, on remand, with being in raceme if
various articles, the proceeds of a burglary at tile bow ot
Mr. Smythe 1, St. Jaznee's-street, Hatcham, N esr•crsa.
and also with being in of other piorert/, "Iwd
at nearly 1001., sup to be stolen.
The case excited great interest in a crowded court, of
the circumstance which led to the detection of the fn'
sneers and the apprehension of three men sod a boy acv
awaiting their trial at Chichester fur housebreakii
and horseetealing in Scene was ....enst to
tfultf• It appears that Smith some few watts
sum married a London omnibus coniluctor, ID'
than double her own age, and after remaining v
him only three days she absconded, taking with her to
his hard ravings, about W. She then formed an solo*
dine, with the prisoner Stockwell's son, a returned, co-
vict, and had lived with him, occupying a kind of atlas!
van, which had been drawn on to • piece of waste Wg
at Hatcham. two other men, and also a boy, stsl'
in the name van. About three weeks since the Prim's!:
Smith was detected in the possession of a wino
cabbage., stolen from a market garden, and being O'.
A''
with the stealing she was sentenced to 14 days impOte
=ma Pollosemmtable Yardley, who took her as
custody, acting under the instructions of Inspector Ihiblt
proceeded to the van in question, which be found in for
session of the primmer Stockwell, and under PretW.
ci searching for potatoes, gained admittance. lie that
saw so greet and mimelleneone a collection of stacks
tkth
rioeteirseasion of tie van and goods, and likelstaljt
into custody, she claiming goods now
as having been stolen from Mr. Smythe's lame, which
burglsriously entered on the night of the 27th Julie Isai

REMARKS.
In the north•eut barometrical pressure Is low and decreasing,
hut .n the south and west coast It Is increasing. Windsare from
et,t L. north-west and moderate. Weathers cloudy with de-
armed temperature ; and rain has been prevalent excepton the
northern coast.

While inspecting the convalescents at Netley
HosOW on Friday last (says the British Medical Journan
her Majesty observed one soldier with six or seven medals
ea his breast, and among them a Victoria cross. The
Queen stopped, and taking the cross in her hand as it
hang smapanded by its riband, asked the owner about the
circumstances under which he had gained it. No doubt
the man will value the decoration all the more hereafter
from its having been in the Queen's hand : he had got
it for saving the life of his commanding officer, Major
Ewan, of the 03rd Regiment, when attacked by several
sepoys during the Indian mutiny. After leaving the
central hall, the Queen went through the wards of the
medical division of the hospital. Two of the patients
were in an almost dying condition, and to each the Queen,
in a low voice, addressed some consolatory remarks,
staying by their bedsides for some minutes to do so ; and,
indeed, to all the men who were so ill as to be confined
to bed her Majesty made some kindly observation or
other. The Quern seemed to be in good health and spirits ;
but it was understood to have been intimated that she was
not competent for Ito much walking exertion as she had
undertaken on some of her previous visits to the hospital.
Altogether, her Majesty's visit lasted about an hour, she
having landed at 6 o'clock, and re-embarked for Osborne
'little after 7 p.m.
Sir F. Crossley, Bart., who in 1857 presented to
his fellow-townsmen a people's park, which cost 30,0001.
(subject only to the payment of the amount necessary for
its maintenance in good order), has commemorated the
tenth anniversary of the opening, by presenting to the
town a sum of 6,300 f., the interest of which will provide
eafficient funds for the payment of the salaries of the park
keepers and the other expenses, and the park thus becomes
the unrestricted property of the town for ever.
THE LATE JUDGMENT IN THE THWAYTES WILL
Case—Upon this judgment (says the Lancet) we may
remark, after according it the very high praise which is
due to its candour and to its subtlety of discrimination,
that it was unnecessarily cautious and modest, air J.
Wilde might fairly have amend that he could carry
every logical reasoner with him to the point (which his
own mind had evidently reached) of admitting the exist-
ease
of general, and not merely partial, insanity in the
testatrix. He accepted the lower ground of declaring
Mrs. Thwaytes to have been at lout a monomaniac.
And he gave the whole weight of his distin-
guished authority to • confirmation of the legal
doctrine' that every species of monomania mutt-
tntee • complete bar to testamentary capacity. The
definition of Mrs. Thwaytes's medal state as one of mono-
mania was • piece of superfisous caution. The question
'bother simple monomania is a complete bar to testamen-
lazy capacity has of course two tides. In its purely legal
aspect we understand that it is open to some doubts, and
that amongst lawyers there are men of eminence who hesi-
tate to completely endorse the judgment in "Waring v.
Waring ;" but this is a matter with which we are imam-
patent to deal. _

THE LATE SIR WILLIAM STEVENSON, K.C.B.—
The mail from Mauritius of the 13th has brought the
account of the erection in the capital of that island of •
bronze statue to the memory of their late governor, Sir W.
Stevenson, who died at his post from over exertion in the
discharge of the duties of his °Moe. Within • few months
of his decease • sum of more than 2,000 f. was raised in
the island by voluntary subscription for the purpose of
erecting this monument to his memory. That the work
was completed at a time when the colony is being devas-
tated by one of the moat fearful scourges of which we have
record, and which from a small community hasaboady
carried off more than 30,000 souls, proves how strongly
they feel on the pier, and
speeches of Sir Henry
Barkly, Sir Gabriel Fropier, and others on the occasion
show how thoroughly the character and work of Sir Wit-
ham Stevenson are appreciated by those in whose service
he died.
THE LATE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN.—ACCOTIEI4
to intelligence received in Paris from Mexico, the follow-
ing is the official proclamation by which the execution of
the late Emperor Maximilian was notified to the Mexican
people:—" Ferdinand Maximilian von Hapsburg, a grand
duke of Austria, and an ally of Napoleon 111. of France,
came to Mexico to rob the country of its independence and
of its institutions, and, although a mere usurper of the
national sovereignty, mimed the title of Emperor. This
usurper having been captured by the Republican forces at
Queretaro on the 15th May, 1867, he was sentenced to
&Mb by a military court-martial, with the concurrence of
the nation, and wee shot for his crimes spinet the inde-
pendence of the nation at Queretaro on the 19th June,
1867, in company with Generals Mirsmcn and Media.
Peace be to his ashes."
THE EMPRESS Cammorrm—Aocording to the
Memorial Diplostatertie. the celebrated &Iglu phydsian.
D. Balkaos, was celled to Ilbossest to peon,Man{,
lion upon the state of the Empress Oharbttecareful study of the case Dr. Butkus uprooted his hope of
a slow but certain cure if be were allowed to sithisei the
illustrious patient to a system of treatment different from
that hitherto adopted, and esteolally to dimatinae the
Mete of complete isolation in which theOurnan physicians
have kept her. "We are glad to Lima," adds the Memo-
riot, " from a letter addressed by Dr. Balkan to the
Journal dc Bruxelles, that since her Majesty's return to
!Agiam there has been • progressive improvement in her
health."

Tag PARLIAMENTARY TRIBUNAL. —A bill intro-
duced on the lath kirk, and now on the point of passing
its final dace in the House of Commons, is likely to exer-
cise an important infinenae on the future ramie and juris-
diction of the parliamentary tribitnal. Under the previ-
sions of this measure, the courts of referees will have their
powers considerably extended. It will be remembered with
what cautious steps the referee system was established.
At first the functions of the new tribunal were confined
to the decisions of questions of lame stand(, and to the
investigation of engineering details involved in water,
gas, or railway projects, leaving questions of policy,
finance, de., to be dealt with by members of parliament.
Then, with the consent of clia: at either side, the referees
were enabled to hear and of the entire ens ; and,
finally, the monopoly of gee bills became vested in them.
It is a natural consequence of the discharge by the refe-
rees of the duties of committee that it should be proposed
to intrust to them the same authority with which commit-
tee upon private bills have hitherto been armed—namely,
to administer oaths and award costs in certain cases and to
visit any witness giving false evidence before them with
Penalties of perjury. Still, the bill by which those powers
will be conferred marks a distinct stage in the legislation of
the House of Commons affecting private business, and
Points, and that probably at no distant date, to some gene-
ral revision of the parliamentary tribunal. The sponsors
for the new bill are Mr. Dodson, Colonel Wilson-Patten,
and Mr. Wood&
Tim Twrarra OF ALTOUST.—The morning of
this day of annual interest to sportsmen dawned most
suspiciously, and throughout the day the weather for man
and dog was all that could be desired. The sky was
bright, with not too powerful • sunshine, tempered by
fleecy clouds. The atmosphere was clear, the air
balm
with just such • light refreshing breeze as the
ling sportsman and his earnest doge equally require ;
sod the blooming heather was dry and fragrant, in-
viting sweet rest on • soft couch at intervals. About
3 o'clock the breeze fell, and the air felt rather
dose for comfort ; but on the whole, in point of weather,
it was the finest " twelfth "in our remembrance. Reports
will vary from different districts ; and, indeed. In so
disease has been so severe that there was no shooting. Our
remarks on the sport are confined to the shore moors of
Carrick, and we are glad to say that the result confirmed
the anticipations we have a:Pressed. There were not so
binny birds as last year ; but though well-grown and shy,
they were not nearly so shy as last season ; and on the
whole more birds were brought to beg. There were • few
late covies, but in general they were strong and in fine
plumage.—Ayr ddvertieer.