The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-26 00:00:00

RE \JA!tKS.

The distribution of atnin•Plierteiapressure over our o
'lnes not differ materially from thnt of yesterday mom.,
although a slight increase has taken place in the south
districts, whilst In the west and northvi evt a do-rear h..
occurred. Considerable difference exists between prev,onv 0
Scotland and In the south. The remliog at Salm i- nolo
an inch below that at remanee. Temperatures have .liminkhed
little, but the weather Is gene. ally • NIL for the was...
have continued moderate from the north.tra,t. INK king to
south-west at places in the northern districts. and nos
southwesterly on Irish coast but from west to too, m.,t
In the south of England i !dist s report.' from the volt].
, Ireland and the wed coast of France. The weather commie,
cloudy.

THE LATE MK. E. E. CHuWE. —We regret t•.
announce the death of Mr. Eyre Evans Crowe, which
took place yesterday merning, under the eohousting effects
of a surgical operation. Mr. Crowe enjoyed a high awl
deserved reputation as a public writer, especially on cw..
tinental affairs. From Paris, where he resided much dulls;
the last few years, be maintained a correspondmicv a ith
the most eminent public men of Europe, besides making
frequent personal visits to the centres of political adios.
He was pre-eminently a man of observation and insight,
and his knowledge of the internal movements of the
great courts was probably unsurpassed. He bad made
special local study of the politics of the southeast of
Europe, and the aid of his judgment on their affairs would
hove been valuable in the crisis which appears to be le.
pending. Mr. Crowe's most recent and chief literary work
was his " History of France," published by Messrs. Long-
MUM.

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President Johnson, in his Message, in alluding
to his threatened impeachment, said :—" In such a case
the President must take the high responsibilities of his
officio, and save the life of the nation at all Wirth."
PORTB3IOUTH, FEB. 26. —The Indian troopship
Crocodile, Captain Watson, arrived here this morning.
at
8 a.m., from Alexandria, with troops.
THZ MURDEROUS ANSAULT UPON A Lit ERrod.
MERCHANT.—The young men, David Harris and Juho
Wilson, apprehended on the charge of having made a usu,
throw; attack upon Mr. Adolphe Kesel, wine merchant.
Towerdmildings, Water-street, on Monday momit g,
brought up at the Liverpool police-court, yesterdry.
Walter Ford, another youth, one of Mr. Kuser' clerk`.
was put into the dock with them, charged as an acco..sy
before the fact. Mr. Kneel being so seriously injured Dud
he was unable to attend the court, the prisoners were all
remanded, without any evidence being gone into.
A BRUTAL HUSBAND AND FATHER. —A shocking
ease of brutality came before the county magistrates at
Bolton on Monday, a man named Richard Barrow, a host-
man, of Aspill, being charged with having thrown a kettle
of boiling water over his wife and two chi,dren, with in-
tent to do them grievous bodily harm. It appeared that
about eleven o'clock on Saturday night the wife and chil-
dren were asleep in the cabin of a boat lying at Aberdeen.
Blaclued,when the prisoner returned in a state of (Mold
cation. He commenced quarrelling, and took a kettle of
boiling water from the fire, which he [lung at his wife sod
children, the contents severely scalding them about the
face, arms, and other parts of the body. The YOUngeS
child, aged about twelve months, was etated to bc in
dangerous state, and even thould it recover it ia fearcd
that it will totally lose the sight of one eye. The other
child and its mother are also seriously scolded, and were
unable to appear. No medical man hid been called in to
attend them. The primmer was apprehended at two
o'clock on Sunday afternoon, and on being charged with
the offence, he said, " It's dose, and I'm sorry for it. I
was in drink et the time."—The magistrates remanded hint
until Thursday.
INTIYIDATING Wormitstr.—A CAUTION. —At the
Liverpool
_polies court yesterday, a man named John Webb
was 'barged with having threatened and intimidated
Reheat Batchelder, • " holder up "at Dtheers.Jack's might
works. In January last Messrs. Jack found it Decrial
to redoes the "
on wages of their workmen, who have in conse-
uence been strike " ever since. The comp
lainnt.
ho came to Liverpool a few weeks since, entered into
Messrs. Jack's service, and on Monday, as he was at work
onDook,hoard.thethprisoe riena:roshweuipterimto
himean,,mdin,
maths
ingSanutnotif
cdreasive epithets, swore that he would " have his (row
trt's) life," and that he would wait outside and
aldint" On the foreman making his apporinhoo the Pd.
seiner ran away, but returned in about ludf an hour after-
words, dallied Batcheldee " knobstiek," and said b,
would throw him into the dock. The feats hiving been
proved in evident* Mr. Barnes (the stipendiary ruktrir'
trate) said that the'effenee with which the prisoner war
wsoa very serious the. People must be new
I trate for themselves as to dee wages they would work
I rk
for., and they must not be ingsrfared with. Webb,
One wsa
said, mast go to gaol for six weeks, sad if any' .
, brought there fora similar offence, drip wthM got the mu
I term Kittleresment. A person from the trades nnisa
I ts w Informed the nindintn4.
that they relent:lV:Webb had deem ND' ingoot

SECOND EDITION.

EXPRESS OFYICE,

Wedmeaday, 3.45.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF APPEAL.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)
pon the appeal of " Jones V. Badley" being called,
'ibe Lord Chancellor said that, as there arpeared to be
g, prospect of this case being concluded to-day, he should
g:; t.,le the further hearing.
The court immediately rose.

EQUITY COURT.
(Before Viet-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood.)
IN RE !MANLEY'S TRESTE.
11:e following curious point arose of this petition
A testator died in October, 1.h.55, having by his will,
,:rd in the May preceding, devised and bequeathed all
nil personal estates to trustees upon certain trusts
pia youngest child should attain 24, and then upoa
tr...* to s-,11 the real estate and stand, possessed
the proceeds and the personalty, as One mixed
r..... 1. and to divide the clear residue into four
rate of which ho gave to his son James,
.a.other for the benefit of his daughter Ann Maria, her
:0.41 children, with a proviso that if she should
he a hoot children and without appointing the share, it
go to the persons who would be entitled as " next
o: it. soil. r the statute in c se she had died intestate and
The two remaining shares he gave in similar
for the benefit of his two other daughters, Harriet
pii.l then provided that any shares to which
of his three daughters should become entitled by
iirtue of the will, " M next of kin of the others or other
of them, or of his son," should beheld upon the same trusts
the origin..l shares. The daughter Harriet married and
,h• d in December, 185.5, but under the age of 21, and not
mails any appointment. Some time afterwards,
5' • tr of tier share discovered that the testator's
(.:t iiriilren were illegitimate, having been born before
ti.. ..Irmo of the testator with their mother, which
ha.k place in May, 1832 ; awl that the testator himself was
111, itimate. The mother was still living. In con-
s,. iienic of the illegitimacy of Harriet, there was no next
of kin of hers to whom her share amid go ; hence it was
tailihrosed in hy the testator's will, and as he wee Slee-
t; had no next of kin, one-half was claimed
by the crown, the widow being entitled to her moiety.
It ‘, iiiie.l, however, on behalf of the daughters, that
te:tator bad actually referred to his surviving
r 1 ra under the phrase • ' next of kin of the others, or
rt of them, or of his son," ho had used the term "next
in a sense which showed his intention that it
• include his children, and that the court would
..! ,111.1 e it accordingly, although the children were ills-
)! • . Aii i.hlett. Q.('., and Mr. C. M. Roupell, appeared
f., t!•• ; Mr. Wickens for the crown; Mr. Will.
and Mr. C. Hassell, for the other daughters
n•. I t rtr f audio; ; and Mr. Godefroi and Mr. Stallard for
panic,.
Ti' case was argued on the 17th of Fe
11,.. ice-t'hanceller in giving judgment is morning,
~ lir should have been very anxious to carryout
te the in-
t..atn of the teeti.tor, if it bad been possle to let in
t. I'stow as his next of kin. The only cases in which
i• ,•istat.• children bad been admitted under a devise to
:, • : a, re, where such children were clearly and dis-
tt;•rt le ert.iined, as, for example where there was a gift
t.. '• tit., children of my deceased brother," and the
d ',tether bad never been married—in other worts,
• ,it W.O the same as if the testator had actually
• t 1 e names of the persons designated with the will.
• a,.,,h1 that teat apply in this case? Certainly not. Not
It a. 11,1 it have been an extremely roundabout way of
:tin_ the very persons whom the testator had named
; hut that did not seem to be precisely what the
inknded. Suppose the son had died, and then
glace had -flied, leaving children, was it
I . to suppose that it was not intended
t• t the son's share should not go to such children? It was
;,• if tie testator bad said, " I intend that all my
,1 Ir, n. though illegitimate, should be treated as if they
• r I,gitiniate." His Hunour could not hold that
• rrintous description of persons as next of kin in one
~f . will, would let them in as personal designate in
other; art of the same will. The ;result would be that
a i,l -sr must be held entitled to one moiety, and the
to the other.