The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1866.

and the first train from the latter place wss more than an
hour behind its time, the driver having to clear the poets
sod wires before he could proceed on his journey, •
diet nos of oaly 8 miles.

EXETER, TauzsDAY.

The storm last night raged with great violence
in this neighbourhood. The South Devoe Railway
was completely blocked up with the snow, and between
Plymouth and Newton the traffic was totally suspended
until this afternoon. For miles the telegraph posts
were blown down and trees uprooted. Telegraph comma-
niceties in Eviler wee completely cut off. In Exeter
several buildings were blown down ; and large trees on
Nerthernhay, Southanhay, and Topsham-road are up-
rooted, but we have not heard of any personal injury.
DEVON, TlfinlaDAY.
A great destruction of telegraph lines has taken
place In the high Weds through the counties of Devon and
Cornwall in the late gales. After several minor accidents,
a terrific gale that blew on Wedneeda7 night did great
damage to the Electric and International Comy's lin
from Eingstridge-rosdstatioe, 15 miles on the Souse
hDevon
Railway ; from Plymouth to Henserdon, a distance of seven
miles, the whole of the wires were brought down sad the
posts broken off. On the Lewiston and l'avistosk
from Raley tunnel to Leacertoe, a distance of
twenty miles, the wires and poste shared the same fate.
On the Cornwall lies several miles of the telegraph are
also broken down at intervals. In addition to the telegraph
°communication being broken, on the South Devoe and
Cornwell lines, through the posts and wires falling across
the rails, railway communication has also been much im-
peded. The London mail train doe at Plymouth at 5.25
a.m. on Thursday did not reach that town until baltan.hour
after now on that day. The up-trains from Plymouth
could sot leave during the morning. The Cornish trains
were also delayed until the afternoon. On the Launceston
and Tavistook line the wires and ports fortunately were
blown off the line, and the traffic was therefore not
impeded.

WEATHER REPORT, Jan. 11.
—•--

Telegraphic communication being altogether in.
templed by the heavy fall of mow, no weather reports
have bees received this morning. According to the latest
reports el yesterday the weather was moth disturbed over
the greater part of Europe. Barometric pressure had
decreseed rapidly over Italy and the Mediterrasean. with
heavy falls of rain and very stress south-west winds, and it
was low over Ms whole of Ramps.

THE EXECUTION OF SOUTHEY.

The chaplain did not leave Southey until bailout 10
o'clock on Wednesday night, and lie thee *unnamed
writing, and wee so engaged nod' 12 o'clock, and itupeared
as though he would have set up writing much logger. He
we., however, not permitted to do so ; and the writing ma-
terial' and papers were taken from him, and this appeared
to excite him. He, however, shortly ofterwards west to
bed and slept soundly for several hours. He was visited
by Mr. Wooliter at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, and the
prisoner then appeared • good deal agitated, and pomplained
of the writing material and his mere having bees takes
away from him on the previous light. Those papers were
restored *him, end among them was a long letter to Mrs.
White, which he solemnly committed to the owe of the
chaplain, to be delivered to her in the event of her return-
ing from Australia to this country. He talked in • some-
what tumbling manner, and said he had been afraid, or that
be was in great danger of his tumid= from this world to
the proems of his Father being • hurried, confused, and
scrambling departure, and that he should not be enabled to
tulle the solemnity of what be was about to undergo.
He thee said that he was most desirous of recandog the
be had made against society, and he was deeply
thankful to all those who bed prayed for him.
After be had finished the hitter to Mrs. White, the culprit
continued in earnest prayer with the Rev. Mr. Woolmer
down to the period appointed for the execution. Mr.
Soudamore, the underoheriff of the county of Kist, amen.
puled by some of hie officers, arrived at the gaol a few
minutes Wore twelve o'clock, and they at once proceeded
to the cell where the prisoner was confined, and announced
to him that the fatal moment had arrived. After the cul-
prit had been pinioned by Wanda, who was aniseed on
this occasion hy Smith, who Dote as executioner at Stalked
and in the Midland Counties, the prisoner asked permissiou
to my a few words, and he then exclaimed is an audible
voice, " I desire to say in the preemies of you who are now
mumbled, and in the presence of Almighty God, into
whose immediate presence I am now about to depart, that
I die trating only to the merits of the God Man Jesus
Christ." As he was proceeding to the scaffold the prisoner
prayed audibly, and jest before he was plead upon the
drop he shook hands with Major Bannister end also with the
chaplain, and 'equated the latter as a last favour, when he
was upon the seaffold. he would only utter the soutanes of
payer he should dictate to him, which was—" Lord, into
thy hands we commend the goal of this our brother, for thou
but redeemed hire, oh Lord, thou God of Truth." The
prisoner said that his reason for this was that he wished
to 000ceatrate the whole powers of his soul and spirit into
one mighty act of volition, and render himself op to
God in the words he mentioned. His request was, of
course, complied with, and almost at the instant the prayer
was uttered, the drop fell, and the culprit, after a very short
struggle, ceased to exist.
During the last few days of his existence all the eelf-ooa-
eels that had been previously exhibited by the culprit
entirely left him, and he must undoubtedly, under any cir-
cumstances, be regarded as a most extraordinary criminal.
It appears that the only education he ever received
wee at • penny a week school, and it is surprising bow
be should have obtained the acquirements which he un-
doubtedly permed.
The weather at the time of the execution was most
indecent—it was @posies, and there was a fierce gale of
wind. This would probably account for the comparatively
small number of persona who were present at the execu-
tion, which did not exceed 500, and it is • creditable fact that
there were very few women among the crowd. A rather
curious incident occurred at the moment of the execution.
The mourofull cavalcade, it was arranged, should
start from the cell at about three minutes to
the hoar of twelve, which was the time appointed
for the execution, and upon arriving at the foot of
the drop it wanted one minute to twelve by the
prison clock. The culprit wee then pinioned, but upon
the under-sheriff looking at the cloak again the hand was
still at the same spot. At the very instant the snow,
which, as above stated, was falling in large fishes, bad
arrested the minute hand of the clock, and the exscntios
consequently took place before the appointed boor bad
struck. By • rather curious coirmidenoe the town clock
outside the Court-house, in the High-street, also stopped at
the same time, and from the same cause.
As up= previous occasions, the scaffold was hung round
with black cloth to such a height that when the drop fell
only just the top of the culprit's head was visible to the
crowd. The body, after hanging an hour, was cut down,
and a cut of the head was taken. In the afternoon the
body of the culprit was buried within the walls of the gaol,
in pursuance of the sentence.

THE PADDINGTON MURDER.

Last evening Dr. Lankester held an inquiry at
the Hall Arms publiahoumadpware.road, touching the
death of Gnarl Ringwood, who died from the effects of a
Ptah inflicted oo her by her husband, George Ringwood, •
paper-banger, living at No. 15, Green-street, Paddington-
gram. The accused was not present. When the jury had
viewed the body, whisk lay on • sofa at the Greyhound
beerhouse, in the room where she was murdered,
Ann Toros, keeper of the Greyhound henhouse, deposed
—I knew deceased by sight for a year or two. She has
been in my boom frequently since Christmss. She has
come in tipsy sevenl times. She came into my house be-
tween 8 aed bon Tuesday night. She use not then sober,
and called for • pint of beer. Her husband cam* in
about half an hour afterwards. They seemed very
happy together. They eat down, and she Nang
a song. Myself sad a young man, • lodger, were
present in the room. The song wee called the "Jolly
Farmer." Her husband helped in the last verse, sad then
spoke to my lodger about • °attract he had been taking
during the day in Mortimerstreet. The deceased suddenly
jumped up, and said she would not allow him to talk about
bonnets is • publiclouse. He said he would tell the
lodger, and she said she would not allow it. She then took
up a glass bottle and threw it at him, but it struck the
fireplace. He mid " Grace, I will not allow it;" and then
she called him a thief. He then ran to the table
and seised a knife (a common table knife). I ran out of
the room into the street, and knocked for Mr. Stephens,
who came beck with ma. I went to the door of my room,
end saw her husband holding the deceased up in his arms.
I know nothing more of it.
By • Juror--I do not know whether Ringwood threw
the knife at deceased, or stabbed her with it. The knife had
been on the table from supper time.
Louis literal, • lodger at the Greyhound, 15, Green.
street, deposed—About a quarter to tee I came home, and
sew deceased and her husband in the parlour. They seemed
to be very happy, and were flashing a song. He began to
tell me about a contract he bad made that de , and she said
she would not allow him to speak of his be. that way
in a pnblio.house. She got tato • rage, and was going to
strike him. She took a bottle from the mantel.piece and
threw it at him. It did not bit him. She called
him • thief, and was in the act of striking
him, when he said, " No more of this."‘l do not
know whether she struck him or not. He then rushed at
her and took up the table knife, and ran towards her with
the knife in his hand, and struck her a blow with it. No
sooner we. the blow 'truck than I heard the blood gush
out of the doomed like water from a tap. I ran off for •
constable. When I went into the room the woman was
dead.

Bf • Juror—Ringwood did not appear to be under the in.
nuance of drink, but the demised was. When tipsy ahe
was quarrelsome, and in the habit of nrieg very bad La-
voie. Ringwood held the knife back-heeded, like s dagger.
The woman was about to attack Ringwood when he need
the knit..

George Thomas Hammond, M.8.C.5., deposed to
the injuries received by deceased. When he entered the
room the husband of deceased was holding the wound,
which was just in front of the left ear. Witness made no
examination of the body.
The Coroner said it was incorrectly stated in the papery
that Surgeon Beale was called to see the woman. but he
(the coroner) proposed to ask Mr. Beale to assist Mr.
Hammond in making a post-mortem examination of the
body, so se to ascertain the exact 'nature of the wounds.
No further evidence would be gone into at present, and the
inquiry would be adjourned to a future day, when the
accrued should be present. Perhaps inspector Steer would
bring him tip.
Inspector Steer said he could not do eo without an order.
TheCoroaer said be should take oars about that. He knew
the police too well not to be prepared with an order front
the Horne Secretary.to bring up the accused at the ad-
journed inquest. In the meantime he should make as
order for the burial of the demised after the post modem
examination was made.

The inquest was then formally adjourned.
The nine children of the unhappy couple remain inmates
of the htarylebone weekhonae.

ANOTHER DEATH FROM DESTITUTION AND
NEGLECT.

Yesterday afternoon an inquiry was held by Mr.
Humphreys, coroner, at the Duke of Cambridge Tavern,
luc-street, Cambridge-heath, relative to the death from
destitution of Margaret Fairservis, aged 48 years.
The deceased was a member of a very well•todo family,
but being, it was stated, of somewhat weakened intelligence
(her family alleged that she was simply given to drink), she
bad sunk into a state of the moat miserable poverty, and
received no effectual aid from her relatives._

Mrs. Annie Miller, 2, Victoria-street, Hackney, said
that she was the wife of an oilman. The deceased was her
sister, sod worked as a sempetress until six months ago,
when she became unable to follow that avocation. "
need," said the witness, " to give her relief every Monday.
She always came for it. I need to send it out to the door
to her generally ; .be used not to some inside my door ;
she was not fit, not clean. I gave her a shilling and some
bread and tea and some meat when I bed any left. When
I met her in the street I would give her 3d. or more, but
she used to go into the public-honse and spend it.
Coroner Did you see her do that?
Witness—No, I did not. But I know she did it, and
I often saw her drank. She bad two brothers, both well
off. James Faireervis gave her Is. • week, but William
never gave her anything, although be had 101., and often
201. • week. She would not let me go to her room, or
know where she lived, and ber temper wee very bad. She
one* tried to takes knife to my husband. She used to get
tickets from clergymen, but her getting drunk lost her that.
A few da)s ago the deceased called upon ber very ill, and
said that the hospital told her she would die of disease of
the heart if she went out in the street. Witness offered her
• bed to take home, bat she declined it, saying she was
going into the hospital. Os Saturday bee niece came to tell
her that " Old Moggy" mu very iIL WIWI= took bee 3a,
sod next day took her • bed, &c., and some underclothing.
Witmer; was going to take her to the workhouse on Tuesday
in a cab ; but she died on Monday.
In answer to a juror, the witness said that on Sunday she
took deceased • chemise and a bedgown. Witness did not
know whether the deceased had either of those articles on.
She had something which witness was afraid to look at or

Louise Emmerton, 27, Matilda-street, Bethnal-green,
said that since August last the deceased lodged with her
and paid ls. 3d. a week. Witness was never in her room
until Saturday, when a friend, a person of French de-
scent, called to see her. The only furniture in the room was
a bedstead, not a bed, sad a table. The deceased was sitting
on the bedstead clad io one garment. She was deplorably
dirty, and the room was in the same state. On the previous
Thursday night witness had seen her take her cape to the
leaving ;shop. There was an old meat pie in the room, but
deceased could not eat it. Witness gave her food, bash,
could not eat much. The Frenchwomso Mrs. o'Blein,
west and got a parish order for the demised, and witness
sent in every direction for the relatives of the deceased, and
at last found out her brother at 9, Prospect-place, a confec-
tioner. The same night her sister came and brought things
to her.

This witness also said that the detwasei was given to
habits of intoxication, bat nearly all the jury said that they
had men her daily foe years, and they never saw her drunk.
Latterly, however, she was not very " sharp," and people
would mistake that for the effects of drink.

Mr. 0. Walsh, perish surgeon, said that he visited de-
ceased on Saturday at noon under an order. She was in •
most destitute condition, having no bed, and scarcely any
clothing. Witness certified that she ought to be at once
takes io to the workhouse infirmary, and told the poisons
about her to send to the workhouse at once. He heard no
more until Monday night, when he was sent for and found
her dying. There was then • bed and a fire in the room,
but deceased died. The post-mortem examination showed
that she was much emaciated. She died from suffocation
from asthma. There was no disease of the heart. In •
cam of asthma, clothing, bedding, and warmth from fuel
were essentially necessary. The want of them accelerated
the demand's death. The internal organs showed no trace
of drinking habits.
A juror said that the deceased was well known in the
neighbourhood for years. She bad been used as • kind of
serf or drudge to do dirty work until she got ill, and then
she was sent adrift by those who could well have afforded to
support her. . . . . .

The Coroner said that the case was a most shocking one
in every reaped. The deceased had about 2s. a week to
live upon, and after paying Is. 3d. for rent she could hardly
have spent much upon drink, as was-alleged.
The jury returned a verdict, " That the deloused was
found deed from the mortal effect, of asthma, accelerated
by destitution, by want of clothing to wear, and by the
want of bedding, warmth at night, and necessaries gene-
rally, through the neglect of her relatives." The jury added
that the parish was io so way to blame io the cue, and that
they desired to unsure the relatives alone.
During the proeudings it wu mentioned that the rela-
tives of the deceased, who stated that they did not
know of the extreme poverty of the deceased, " would
bury her

Site, the close of the cue, however,birs.Miller, the sister,
demanded her fee as a witness for goring evidence, and ma
being refused, she said, " I intended to have buried my
sister, but now that I am refused the fee I shall leave her to
be buried by the parish just as they like."

EPPS'S HOMEOPATHIC Cooo.l.—Homoeopathic
Practitioners. and the Medical Profession generally, recommend
cocoa as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the
doctrine of homeopathy was first introduced into this country,
there were to be obtained no preparations of cocoa either attrao-
tive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach the nut was
either supplied in the crude state, or so unskilfully manufac-
tured as to obtain little node" J. Epps, of London, boasts°.
patkic chanty'. was induced In the year IWO to tura his Wen-
floe to this subject. and at length 'seconded, with the mastenes
of elaborate machinery, In being the first to produt e an article
pare in he own and me refined by the perfect trituration
it receives in e proems it pass through, as to he most accept-
able to the delicate store . lot general use, Itpps's cocoa is
distinguished as an invigoniting, tete breakfast beverage.
with delicious aroma. Dr. in his work, "load and
Its Adulterations," says :—" Coosa medal= a great vanity of ins-
portent nutritive mintiplas ; every ingredient nseemary to the
growth and sustenance of the body.' Again, "As a nutritive,
eocoa stands very much higher than either ease or tea." Dino.
dons Two teaspoonfuls
eet the powder In a breakfast cep,
wed up with Man wsur or milk. Secured in ttn-lined I-Ih,
g-th, and 11b. labelled poke* and said at Is. 6d. per lb., by
grown, eacikeilowirs, ate obirdsta—palverlimonta

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF QUSZNI3 BRNOH.—JAir. 11.
flittiapin &m.o.—Wore dm Lard Chid Jartiao, aatl
'Wien Maskbars, Y.llor, sad Loh.)

MINT= v. ISIUSEL.--11BIL.
In this ems which was as notice for libel brought by
Dr. Hunter :phut the Pall Mall Gazette, Mr. MUDS Wit. I
Hams applied for a rule, calling opal the defendant to show
came why the second plea at justification should not be
struck out, or, if retained, why he shanld not furnish the
Plaintiff with the particulars to *relied upon. The article ,
iniquestion appeared dim the prooesdings against Dr. Han-
ter, stubs Marylebone polio" court, for ed indecent assault
on Mrs. Merrick, • married woman. The !thane question
referred to medial quacks and asouadrels, and stated that
medical men pawing themselves off in this country with
foreign degrees was like minim base coin ; that the
was an impostor and duped his patine, and that reptigo-
ceding, in the polio" court had revealed the existence of '
the ramifications of this detectable system. The article in
question, it ma contended, made several imputations
against Dr. Hunter. He was charged with being • medical
impostor, assuming to have • foreign degree of M.D., to
which he me not entitled.
The Lord Chief Jostles said it aeared to him from the
reading of the article by the learned counsel that it was a
comment upon allowing persons in this °poetry to use
foreign degrees. That wee a matter for fair comment, upon
which the writer might entertain a very honest opinion.
Mr. Hume Williams said the article charged the plaintiff
with arming the degree, and Insinuated that he did not
presses it. They even go further, sad s 2 that the
assuminguming of the degree was like uttering forged
The Lord Chief Justice—Has not the allusion to the base
coin referenos to thephysio and the treatment! (Laughter.)
Mr. Julio" Blackburn said he understood the alharim in
the article to the foreign diploma that it was used as • een
taints of charioter. It might be a very good one in OM
or Peru, but it was in the nature of forged coin in this
country, or like uttering • Bank of Elegance note for • Bank
of England note. The defendant might not rely on • justi-
fication, sad the jury on the plea of not guilty might say
it was no libel at all.
Mr. H. Williams said the libel wart alluded to the
existence of certain ramificaticce. Whoa the libel was
writhe, certain promedinp bed been liken at the police
court upon certain acted charges made against Dr. Hunter.
and it would appear that the reference to the existence of
oettaia ramifications alluded to the proceedings is the

polies court.
The Lord Chief Justice said if that wee so, sad be was
tryisg the Gabe. be should adjourn it, to allow the plaintiff
to rebut the defendant's evidence. What he understood the
article to mean was that Dr. Hunter professed in his ad-
vertisemeeta to cure ooseamption by a mode of 1,0111:011011
which be had die:snored, and which he exclusively pos-
sessed •; but that after petiolate had gees to him and paid
him large fele, they found they had been duped, and that
many wars Induced to go to him nods: the impression that
he possessed an Fr dopes, whoa in fact he had
not *us.

Williams said the first tamp made against Dr.
Hester was that he was an impostor, sod that he assumed
a title which he did Dot poser's.
The Lord Chief Justice—That he assumed a title which
the public might believe wee an Boglia title, when le
reality it was not, and that he was an impostor, by holding
out a cure that was delusive.
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Mr. H. Williams—AO that his patients were dupes.
On the plea of justification, the defendant might call any
number of pence. to my that they bad been attended by
Dr. Hunter, and had paid him money, bet that he did
them no good. That was a general allegation of fraud in
the practice of his protemion and according to that rule
such • geassal allisphou :add not be admitted. The
plaintiff might come into wart and not know what he
would be called on to answer. . .

Justice Blackburn rid ha knew pretty wall what the
charges were. It was not usual under the circumstances
to oompel the defendant to give a list of his witnesses,
which wu the object of the present motion.
The Lord Chief Justice—He kriows from the contents of
the article what the malpractices mean.
Mr. H. Williams said the article mixed up three distinct
charges against Dr. Hooter, which the defendant met by
one general plea. The defendant under that plea might
call witnesses to explain the 'mistimes of the ramificetioes
to which the article alluded is connection with the criminal
charge preferred against Dr. Hunter.
Mr. Justice Lush said he thought that applied to the
system of advertising.
Mr. Justice Blackburn said it did not refer to the pro-
ceedings in the police court, bet that Dr. }Witter had
taken undue moue to get a preetiee es a =neon.
Mr. H. Williams—Then let the defendant ear what they
are.

The Lord Chief Justice mid that U the defendant in-
tended on the trial to enter into the charge made
at the police court. plaintiff ought to know it before
he came into court, in order that he might
be prepared to meet it ; but he agreed with
owe of the learned jtidges that he understood
the revelation of the existing ramifications, lox, re-
ferred to the advertisements, or the effect of the plaintiff's
treatment u a medical imposture, by professing to cure
by which he knew to be impossible. It was
Er mesa
eey, utter 'nearing the "widow*, of there who pos-
sibly might have paid their money and received no benefit,
to fly whether it was a hbel... . . .

Judith Blackbure said the article did not make a
specific charge against Dr. Hunter, but generally that he
was a quack, preying upon the public.
Mr. H. Williams said the plaintiff wanted the particulars
of the general allmations.
The Lord Chief Justice said the defence might be based
upon the evidence of scientific men, to show that it was
impossible for Dr. Hunter to effect cures by his treatment,
or upon the evidence of a number of persons who had been
treated by him, sod who had paid their money. He thought
it was a case in which particulars could not be given. •
Mr. H. Williams—Then let the &loudest give us what
he can.

The Lord Chief Justice said the plaintiff might tall
witnesses to show that his treatment wee beneficial, and
the beet that could be devised, but he doubted if the
plaintiff would give the particulars to the defendant if he
naked for them. The plaintiff well knew the substance of
the charge, and he must be prepared so meet it by showing
the numerous cures he had effected.
Mr. Justice Blackburn said he doubted if the defendant
on the trial could introduce the criminal proceedinp at the
police court.
Mr. Justice Lush said he studied the libel when it was
brought before him at chambers, and he came to the con-
clusion that it did not apply to the criminal proceedings.
Rule refused.
The court disposed of Nonni new trials, but they were
devoid of interest.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
JAN. 11.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)

LOCOCK T. COCHRANE—THE LATE EARL OT DIINDONALD.
The Queen's Advocate (with him Dr. Triatraml appeared
on behalf of Sir Charles L'cock, who propounded the will
of the Dowager Countess of Dandonald, as her ladyship'.
sole executor and universal legatee. Sir It. Phillimore
Mated that is 1844 the plaintiff was called in to attend
Lady Dundonald, and that there afterwards sprang up a
considerable intimacy between Sir Charles, him patient, and
her husband. Sir Charles advanced from time to time
various moneys to that distinguished but somewhat amen-
tric nobleman. Thane sums amounted to 4,6174, which
the interest would rebel to between 7,000/. and 8,0001. Os
the 30th of June, 1862, Lady Dundonald executed the
will in question, which, after reciting that her
husband had made large provision for her children,
bequeathed all that she might die possessed of
to Sir Cherie*, by way of discharging the debt
of honour which her husband had contracted to him. It
was stated that the estate was very small, and would pro-
bably not exceed 1001. when the testatrix's debts were
paid. Besides the will, there was a codicillary letter which
purported to have been signed by the testatrix on the 7th
of January, 1864. It was directed to Mr. Englehack„ a
clerk in Messrs. Cootta's bank, who had =waged her
affairs for her, and directed him to pay 5001. to
Mrs. Kendrick, beg servant, 2001. to lief mech.
man, and some other legatees ; but it had not
been properly executed is conformity with the course
of law, and it became therefore necessary to inquire into its
genuineness. Mrs. Kendrick, in wham handwriting the
letter was, had only been in the service of the deceased for
a short time, and the medical attendant of Lady Dun-
dooald said that her ladyship spoke of her in terms of great
dissatisfaction. After berlsdyabip's death, which occurred
on she 25th of January, 1865, Mrs. Kendrick bad cashed •
'draft on Coutte for 5001.
_ _

Mr. Hopwood, who appeared for Mr. Horace Cochrane,
a sou of the dammed, withdrew hie op and
The Court, after beerier the evidence of Sir Charles
Looock, Mr. White, the testatrix's solkdtor, sad other
witnesses, decreed probate as peered.