The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-04 00:00:00

WILLS AND DEMISTS.

The will of the Right Hon. Jane, Countess of
Ki'moray, hie just been proved, in the London Court,
under 1,500/. personalty ; and the will of lady Rachel
Oliver, under 30,0001.
The will of,Mr. John Rogers, formerly of Upper Tooting,
and late of River-hill, near Sevenoaks, Kent, was proved
in London, on the 18th ult., under 160,0001. personalty.
The executors are 31r. John Thornton Rogers the eon ;
Henry
Mr. Blackburn, of The Hollands, Kent ; and
the Rev. Francis Vansithart Thornton, M.A., of Chilton
4.yi kis wiii in lain;
and died, Augu.sit 12,1867, at the Hotel de la Metropole,
Geneva. lie has made &liberal provision for his wife and
has apportioned to his younger children the sato of 150,0001.
left under the will of his late father; also a legacy of
5,0001. to each, besides other interests under the will.
To hie eldest son he leaves his real estate and the residue of
the penonalty.
Tne will of Mr. Edward Startle Teton, late of Laurel-
' road, Fairfield, was proved at Liverpool, by hie niece, Miss
Martha Prances Dempster, and James Mather, of Waring-
' ton, the joint acting a:000ton. The personalty was sworn
under 30,0001. He has made liberal bequests to his brother,
sister, nephews, nieces, and cousins ; and has
divided the residue of his estate, both real and per-
sonal, into six parts, amongst his nieces. There are legacies
to his servants, and bequests to 21 inatitnions. Amongst
them are the following :—The Church Missionary Society,
Wesleyan Missionary, London Missionary, British and
Foreign Bible Society, each 3001. ; the Society for Pro-
moting Christianity amongst the Jews, Liverpool Royal
Infirmary, Sunday and Day School, St. Andrew's, Liver-
pool, and the Central Relief Society, Liverpool, each 100/.;
the Southern and Northern Hoepitala and the Liverpool
Dispensary, each 501. ; and a like bequest to other local
charities

The will of Miss Eleanor Sarah Robinson, of Holmfield.
Aigbertb, wee proved at Liverpool by her nephew, William
Fotnergill Robinson, jun., of New-square, Linooln's•inn ;
and William Gandy Bataan, of Liverpool, solicitor,
the joint acting executor,. The personalty was sworn
under 30,0001. Mims Robinson executed her will
in 1863. After making some bequesta.to her nephew
and executor, W. P. Robinson, including the
epergne presented to her late brother, James Robinson, by
the committee of the Liverpool Union Bank, she also
leaves to him for Ida Ilfe several paintinp and pictures
which are topmast* hischildren, but in the event of there
being no Issue surviving they are to devolve to the South
Kensington Museum. The residue of her property, real
and personal, she Loves amongst her nephews and nieces.
Tun mils of the undermentioned have been proved
Benjamin Cleave, Req., of Newcombe, Devon, under
00,0001. personalty ; Mips Rachel S. Anderden, of Ham.
monolith, 40,000/. ; John Blagrave, of Caloot Lodge, Tile-
hunt, Barks, 30,0001. ; Solomon Leonard, of Clifton
(proved at Bristol), under 20,0001. ; Benjamin Scott Riley,
Esq., of Bath, under 10,000/. personalty ; he has left to
the Liverpool Infirmary 4,0001., and bequesta to other
charitable institutions.—lllustreted London Neva

Yesterday a new town-hall and two public parks
were opened at Preston by the Duke of Cambridge.
Great demonstrations were made in the town, and they
will be continued until to-morrow night. Flags and ban-
ners were displayed yesterday in many parte ; the prin-
cipal thoroughfare—Fushergate—was for some distance
cont'nuously decorated on both aides; triumphal archm
were erected in several places ; and altogether the people
were in a state of greet holiday excitement.

The Field-Marsha! Commanding-in-Chief has ap-
proved the lowest standard for gunners for the Royal Ar-
tillery, whether the recruits be men or growing lads, being
fired at 5 feet 6 inches.

We read in the Times City article :—" Letters,
with the royal ann. engraved, from a person who styles
himself 'government contractor,' are now being sent to the
various foreign exhibitors at the Preach Exposition, asking
full particulars of the prime of their goods—ehawls, lace.,
wines, &c.—and transmitting orders for a supply. The
address given varies from time to time, but is usually at
some place in the suburbs, such as Holloway, Fulliam,
Barnsbury, &e., and there is reason to apprehend th►t
several firms have already experienced loss."

The twenty-second volume of the Napoleon Cor-
respondence has appeared. It contains over 700 letters,
notes, or instructions, the 6rst, addressed to Champany,
Duke of Cadore, dated the Ist of April. 1811 ; the last
to General Clarke, Duke of Feltre, written on the 6th of
November the same year. All are of considerable interest
un the events of the last nine months of that year.

From a paper upon the cultivation of flowers and
the coanofocture of perfumery at Nice by Mr. A. 0. Aldis,
United States Causal at that port, we learn that the ex-
port of perfumery from Nice, Grasse, and Cannes to the
United States last year amounted to about 40,000 doh.
There are six or seven manufactories at Nice, the same
number at Cannes, and at Grasse about sixty. These
manufacturers supply perfumers in all quarters of the
world. There Is a distinction between the manufacturer

and the perfumer. The business of the former is to ex-
tract from the sowers their essential oils. The perfumer
buys these oila, pomades, and extracts, and compounds
them in rations ways.