The National Register.
London, England, 1819-01-11 00:00:00

LORD ELLENBOROUGH'S WILL.

The will of the late Lord Ellenlxwough was am Sal-
tl:rdav proved in Doctors' Commons. It is in sub-
stance as follows ; and the personal property is sworn
toaler '200,0001.
He gives to Lady Ellenborough 1,2601. per annum,
for her life, which, with the further sum of 7 tol. per
annum, secured to her by marriage settlement, will
Make an annuity of 2,0001. to her for life. He also
gives her all the hoUsehold furniture and pictures in
his house in St. James's Square, (except certain prints
in his dressing room, and some others afterwards mcn-
tioned) all his wines, household linen, wearing apparel,
and lobes, (except as afterwards mentioned), all her own
books, and one half of the plate. He directs the gold
chain worn by hini as Chief Justice of England, to be
offered in sale to his suocessor, as it W:l.; to him by di-
rection of his predecessor Lord Kenyon, at the sum of
100 guineas, the money to sink into the residue of his
property.
lie gives his gold watch and chain to his clerk, Mr.
Richard 'smith; and also 201. thu mourning, as a small
mark of his remembrance of Mr. Smith's long and faith-
ful services.
lie gives to his chlot son, Edward, (now Lord El-
lenborough), all seals opus which his arms, &e. are en-
graved, and also his coat of aunts, emblazoned by Sir
Isaac Heard ; he also gives him the remaining half of
the plate, all the horses, cattle, live and dent'. stock, &c.
at Rockamptun, (except such a. are used by Lady El-
lcaborough), the remainder of the books, and all manu-
tripts and papers, a gold medal which he obtained as
a. a prize at Cambridge, and the remainder of the
pictures, oarticnlarly that of his father, by Romney :
the likhop of Elphin, by Robinson ; the Bishop ofChes-
ter, by 11,,yter : Dr. Paley, by Romney : himself, by
Lau 'Trace, &c.: painting of poultry, supposed by l fon-
divot:wt.. Ile also gives to his eldest son his Peer's
ralte-, and letters patent of the Peerage for life; di-
recting them aftesvards to ace impany the title to his
icirs male, as heir looms, agreeably to a clause in the
I,,iters patent. He gives to Lady Ellenburough 2001.
fine a present supply of cash at his death.
lie gives to his dear natural daughter, Miss Elizabeth
Thornton, 2,0001. with interest, from his death, to the
time of payment.
He devises the Manor of Thorby-hall, and all his
mittr hereditaments to his son Edward, for life, with
remainder to his heirs male ; and on failure of issue, to
his second son and his issue ; and so on in succession to
all his other sons and their issue ; with remainder,
on failure of issue of all of them, to his own right heirs.
Ile gri.nts a power to lease to each tenant fur life, for
aoy peril,/ not exceeding '2l years, and appoints the
roisue Judges of the Court of Kings Bench and their
hears trustees, to supra: contingent remainders, &c.
Hr tier i,e% his estate at ltochampton, Starry, purehas-
.o of the late Benjamin Goldsmid, Esq.'s trustees, with
7 the furniture, wines, live and dead stock, farming
implements, &v. to his son Fdward, and 2,0001. in
motley

Ire direrts the house is St. James's Square, with
sorb ti.rniture as is fitted to it, to be sold, and gives
the procoeds, ‘vith all his remaining pesonal estate, to
he squally divided amongst his nine younger children,
and suai others us unmht be afterward., host in his

THE NA rTONAL REGIgTEM

life time, or with which Lady Ellenborough might be
ensient at his death, on their attaining stl years of
age, or being married, with benefit of survivorship as
usual.
He requests Lady Ellenborough to execute the
power of appointntent necessary under their marrisee-
settlement, for giving etlivt w the provision thus
made for the younger children; but if any considera-
tions should arise to wake it adviseaLlo in her estima-
tion not to du z.o, his Lordship expresses his wish not
to limit their operation in her mind ; but he leaves
her, in that case, at liberty to decline executiug the
power of appointment.
lie directs that Lady Ellenborough shall be paid a
suitable sum tbr the maintenance of such of the
younger children as shall remain with her, out of their
respective fortunes, at the discretion of his executors,
Hugh 14,ycester, Esq., and his brother Ewan Law,
Esq., with the advice of Lord Sidmoutb, Chief-Justice
Gibbs, and NI r. S,:rgeant Lens ; whose decision he di-
rects w be taken upon all differences that may arise
under his will. In addition to the two executors just
mentioned, his Lordship appoints Lady Ellenlxirough,
his son Edward, and his nephew Edward Henry
Lushington, Esq., his executers likewise ; and he gives
to all his executors, and to Lord Shbuoutb, 501. each,
fr their trouble in the discharge of the trusts confided
to them.
Ile observes, that as it might be painful to Lady
Ellenhormigh to be disturlsol in removing from St.
James's-siptare immediately on hjs decease, he directs
that she shall be permitted to remain there, with a
suitable allowance for housekeeping, for one month
afterwards. _ _

Ito appoints her guardian of all his younger chil-
dren.
lle directs his funeral to be as plain and economi-
cal as pessiblc.
lie gives mourning rings to the Lord Chancellor,
Vice Chancellor, Master of the Rolls, his successor,
and all his brother Judges, the Attorney and Solicitor
General, Lord Siamouth, Mr. Nathaniel Bond, the
Bishop of Chester, and to his executors before men-
tioned. _ _ _

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The will is dated on tha 20th March, 1817.

The will and codicil are proved by all the executors
except Mr. Ewan Law, to whom a power is reserved
of doing so, it' he should think proper, at any time
hereafter.
The will and codicils are all his Lordship's own hand
writing, and they are attested by his tipstaff and
two servants. The hand writing is much less neat and
legible than in general used to he, and the papers have
have the appearance of having been written in illness,
or in gnat baste.

Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, Captain
Lovelace, a gcntleinan in the rules of the Fleet prison,
and residing in the house of Mr. Page, in Boy Court,
Ludgate Hill, endeavoured to put an end to his ex-
istence by cutting his throat with a razor. Fortunately
the wound which he inflicted was not of such a nat..re
as to prove instantly mortal ; and the medical gentle-
men since their inspection of it, have given his friends
every reason to suppose that he -will recover of it, if
his mind can be rendered tranquil. The cause of this
desperate action arose from the loss of 1501. at the
gambling table on the evening of Friday last, a loss
which has •ireyetl on his spirits ever since. Previously
to committing it, he had sent a letter to an intimate
friend, requesting his immediate attendance on business
of rile! importance ; as soon as he heard that gentle-
man's rap ►►t the door, he perpetrated the fatal deed ;
and on his friends entering the room, in which be was
to behold so dreadful a sptetacle, presented him with
the bloody razor, which had been used us the instru-
ment of his attempted suicide, and enjoined him, as
well as he was able to articulate, to give it to his
(Captain Lovelace's) son, with his dying wisher , that
the fitte of his father might p►eveut him from pursuing
the ruinous propensity to gambling to which he him-
self had been so unfortunately addicted.

On Wednesday list, a fellow entered the town, with
a large placard on his hat, exclaiming, in a voice, which,
for power, was scarcely ever equalled, " Wonderful
lICW6 front St Helena ! Burnt:yam escaped in an open
boat ! ! Just arrived in three days and dime nights ! '!''
Though one would suppose, that a person, but tole
rably gifted with the credulous faculty, might well
have listened until doomsday to such a tale, and still
remained a sceptic ; yet, sock was the 'Trate for
" something new," among our politicians, that some
(even the prothundest) of them, held long and strew,-
' ous discussions on tho subject ; and we are nut certain
whether they have yet decided for or sgai.ist the pro-
bability of the event —The vender, we lielieve, sold all
his papers, and ltft the town beh're the Ma4istrates
could chew him the attention he deserved.—H. igkoof
Herald.

The Monarch. of 620 t.ms, sailed from the Downs,
on Thursday, full of picked men from the reduced
British regitucnts, being the 51h vt.ssel which hall
been dispatched to join the c4cditit,n to Nem Grena-
da, under the command of Gentral Nl•Gre6or.

PRICE

15111T/IFIT:t.D.

s.d. s.d.
Reef ..... 4 4 a 3 0
Motto!' -4 0 a 6'o
Vs. Al...-4 0 a 6 4
Pork 4 4 a 6 0
1,ae1b...-0 to a 0 0