The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-27 00:00:00

WILLS, &C., BILL.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second reading of
the Wills and Administrations Bill, and explained that
its object was to remove the necessity for more than one
tribunal's decision in will cases. He proposed, therefore,
to abolish all resort to the eccleslastcal courts in such
cases, and to constitute a court to dischai'.ge the functions
both of a court of law and equity. He ;1160 proposed to
establish a testamentary office in London granting
probates of wills, and fifty-two branch offices ;.2 rural
districts of England and Wales, and to give compens
to proctors whose vocation would be lost by the provisiou.4

of the measure.
Sir F. KELLY approved of the measure, and referred to
the case of llyce Sombre as illustrative of the evils of the•
present law in regard to wills, and stated his opinion that
if this bill had been is operation in MO, that case would
not have occupied so many months as it had now taken
years to decide.

GRAHAM would not oppose the second read-
ing of this bill, but objected to the establishm9nt of a
court, similar to the Court of Chancery, to act side by side
with that court, and to take away some of its most

Sir JAM

important functions

Mr. COLLIER approved of the measure.
Mr. MALINS objected to many of the details of the mea-
sure, and suggested that the object might have been gained
by providing that the ecclesiastical courts, when any
question arose as to the validity of a will, depending upon
mental capacity or other circumstances, should have
power to send the matter to a court of law. He expressed
a hope that the bill would not be pressed in the preseNt

session.
After some comments from Mr. J. G. Phillimore

bill was read a second time.
The Registration of Voters (Scotland) Bill was read m
third time and passed.
The Drainage (Ireland) Bill went through committee.
The Cambridge University Bill was read a third time
and passed.

THE MAYNOOTH COLLEGE BILL
Mr. SPOONER, in consequence of the opposition offered`
to the Maynooth College. Bill on the previous evening,

withdrew it for the session.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned shortly before two o'clock.

GALLANTRY OF A GALLANT VETERAN.—It iS said that
Lord Gough is of opinion that English women who were
in the Crimea previous to the armistice or end of Febru-
ary, ought to be decorated with the Crimean ribbon solely.
In India, Lord Gough states, four English ladies were
decorated, amongst them Lady Gough, who is very proud
of her Maharajpore bronzed star, and likewise of the oue
given her by the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers.
THE NEW COMMANDANT AT WOOLWICH.—A banquet
worthy the occasion is in course of preparation at Wool-
wich, to be given by the officers of the Royal Artillery,.
to Major-General Sir William Williams, of Kars, who is-
appointed to the post of Commandant of Woolwich
Garrison, in the room of Major-General Whinyates, who
has resigned. The formal installation of General
Williams will take place on the 4th of July. the day fol-
lowing his reception at dinner.
RUSSIAN CRIMEAN MEDALS.—The Emperor Alexander.
in imitation of France and England, has just iastituted.
a Crimean medal, to be given to all those who took part
in the defence of Sebastopol. It will be in gold for
officers, and in silver for privates. It will have, on one
side, the words, • ro the eternal memory of the immortal
defence of Sebastopol," and on the other, " By their
Majesties Nicholas, of eternal memory, and Alexander
II."
THE RUSSIAN CABINET.—After the various changes
which have taken place in the Russian Ministry. it may
be satisfactory to know the names of the persons who
havo lately entered it :—Count Orloff, President of the
Council; Prince Gortschakoff, Minister of Foreign:
Affairs ; Prince Serge of Lanskoi, Interior ; General
Count Adlerberg, Minister of the Emperor's Household ;
Baron de Lieven, Quartermaster general of the Staff ; and
G neral Annenkoff, Controller of the Empire. Tne
departments of Marine, Finance, Justice, Pubiic Instruc-
tion, and the Post Office remain as they were.
APPREHENSION OF THE DUCHESS or PARMA BY AUS•
TRIANS.—A gentleman who has just reached Paris, from
Parma, informs me that the Grand Duchess, who was
attempting to leave Parma, was taken prisoner by the
Austrian military authoritiLs, and obliged to retilYll to her
capital. On offering some remonstrance, she was told that
as the government of Parma had called in Austtian fro '1313,
was necessary that the sovereign should remain to coo).*

tenance their acts.
BANKERS' CUVQUES.—The new Act to amend the law
relating to draughts on bankers was issued on "Wednesday-
The preamble states that doubts have arisen as to the
obligations of bankers with respect to cross-written
draughts, and that it would conduce to the ease of com-
merce, the security of property, and the prevention of
crime, if drawers or holders of draughts on bankers,
payable to bearer or to order on demand, were enabled
effectually to direct the payment of the same to be made
only to or through some banker. Therefore it is enacted
that a draught crossed with a banker's name is to be
payable only to or through some banker. The Act is now

in fore(

success.

ALARMING FlRE.—Yesterday morning, between the
hours of twelve and one o'clock, a fire raged on the exten-
sive premises of Mr. J. Dodsworth, printer, 15, Crown-
street, Finsbury. The inmates were alarmed, when Mr.
Dodsworth rushed up stairs, and wrapped his two chil-
dren, aged six years and four years, in blankets, and
brought them through the dense body of smoke ; but he
was scorched and nearly suffocated, and his own lite
would have been sacrificed, if he had not been helped out
by the police. After great exertions the fire was sub-
dued, but not until the composing rooms, press rooms,
and warehouse were entirely burnt out, and the upper
part of the house considerably damaged.
Bonn's BANxnurTcY.—Yesterday in the court of
bankruptcy, Mr. Commissioner Fane gave judgmant on the
question of certificate to Mr. Mark Boyd. His Honour
went into a very elaborate and broad exposition of the in-
tricate affairs which the bankrupt had had with his brother.
Benjamin Boyd, and considered that a great hardship and
cruel oppression had been inflicted on the bankrupt to
require him to go back into accounts extending over fifteen
ye as. With regard to the different charges, they were
frivolous and unfounded. His Honour concluded by de-
claring the bankrupt entitled to an immedi ite certificate of
the first class, and expressed a strong hope for his future
-- The bankrupt was warmly greeted by many gen-

tlemeu present.
MONUMENT TO WALLACE.-01.11' Scottish cotemporariea
contain long accounts of the meeting held on Tuesday at
Stirling, to take measures for erecting a national monu-
ment to Wallace. The day was fine, and was observed as
a holiday in the neighbourhood, and the numbers present
were variously estimated at from 10,000 to 20,000 persons.
Lord Elgin presided, and in the course of his speech
he said—" If time permitted, I would undertake to show
that it is to the successful struggle carried on under
Bruce and Wallace that it is owing that the union between
Scotland and England has been not only honourable to tho
former country but profitable to the latter. I think the
comparison of the results which have attended the con
and
nection between England and Scotland and England
Ireland, will go very far to show how little a
nation gains which succeeds in forcing its own foreign
institutions, foreign laws, and foreign religion, on a
reluctant and high-spirited people. (Cheering.) Oh,
gentlemen, I fear, I greatly fear. that we have not yet
read that most valuable but most painful lesson
to its close, for, rely on it, that if ever a collision takes
place between these two great branches of the
Anglo-Saxon race which dwell on the opposite shores
of the broad Atlantic, that calamity, the most
grievous that can befal either country, will-be attributable
to the humiliations which in bygone times England has
sought to impose on Ireland. (Hear, hear.) I believe.
therefore, that if the whole truth were to be told in this
matte we might show that England owes to Wallace an.d
Brucer, a debt of obligation only secand to that which is
due to them by Scotland.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A FEMALE IN A POLICE
Yesterday, Ann Mack, a tall, fine looking young woman,
of dissipated appearance, was brought before with
A'Beckett, at the Southwark Police-court, charged vvith
committing damage at a coffee house in High-street,
Southwark ; also with attempting to commit
.suicste
id
when confined in the cells at the rear of the police -
Ca-
tion. The prisoner, who has been known to the police o,
a long time as a drunkard, went into the Saint George
coffee house, High-street, Southwark, and commenced
creating a disturbance and annoying the customers.
She was told to go out, when she seized up several curs
and saucers and broke them. She was eventha
at
ejected and taken into custody, and placed in a cell t
the Stones End police station, with other femai pri
soners. During the time she was in confinemesnutoisdhee.
was discovered to have attempted to comomoit suicide.
was at
Police-constable 99 M said, that he.
was
placed .in a
the police station, and he saw the
out
that
thee
cell with other females. About
ttPthrerirre
morning he heard some
of trmleadiately went to the
prisoner was in a fit. caolic
d •t b
noise, an qui e ack
the seat, making a
.gurgling cell, and on opening it hen. efounmd the prisoner lying on
her neck, which he cut, and
thi face. He perceived that she had a small handker-
chief tied tightly round
room, where she so .n
Mr. A'Beckett asked her what she had to say
recovered.answer to that portion of the charge ? She replied
brought her the reserve
that she wawaunk, and not aware what she was about.
She did not hto commit suicide. Mr. A'Beckett told
her that drunkenness was the cause of all, and to prevent
her making another attempt on her life he should commit
her to prison.