The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-06 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)

The will of Lady Abercromby, of Netherlaw,
N. 8., and Albemarle-street, was proved in London,
on the 16th ult., by Sir George Samuel Abercromby,
Bart., the sot, and William Cosmo Gordon, Esq., two
of the executors, power being reserved to David
James Abercromby, Eeq., a son, also an executor.
Alexander H. Abercomby Hamilton, Esq., re-
nounced. The testamentary dispositions are drawn
up both in the English and Scotch forms. The
English is dated July 14, 1857, and the Scotch
Cct. 30, 1861. The first disposes of the library at
the family seat Fort;len, in the county of Banff, to
her eldest son, the Baronet, with the exception of
140 volumes, the Braid!' poets, which are to be di-
vided amongst all her daughters. The persona! estate
in England her ladyship has bequeathed to her son
David. By the Scotch will, her ladyship leaves to
her daughters all money in her possession and at
her banker's, and the jewellery to be divided
amongst them, as they may arrange. To the eldest
son is bequeathed the rents due from the estate ;
and to the youngest son, the furniture, pictures,
&c., except certain portions of the plate, which is
bequeathed to the Baronet. The testatrix was the
only child of the late Samuel Douglas, Esq., of
Netherlaw and Castle-Douglas, and the relict of Sir
Robert Abercromby, Bart., of Birkeuboy and For-
glen, who died in 1855, and was chief of the clan of
Abercromby.
The will of Sir Charles Wake, Bart., of Courteen
Hall, Northamptonshire, was proved in the princi-
pal registry by the Right Hon. and Right Rev.
Archibald Campbell Tait, D.D., Lord Bishop of
London ; Drury Wake, Esq., the son ; and William
Jaques, Esq., solicitor, Clifford's Inn, the joint
.acting executors. The personalty was sworn
under £lB,OOO. Sir Charles succeeded to the
baronetcy, on the death of his father, in 1846 ;
was twice married, first, in 1815, to Mary
Alice, eldest daughter of Sir S. Sitwell,
Bart., and, secondly, in 1822, to Charlotte, daughter
of Crawford Tait, Et q. Sir Charles died at Brighton
in February lest, at the age of 73, having executed
his will in 1862, and a codicil the 13th of January,
1864. The dispositions are entirely of a family
nature, provision being made for his wife and
younger children, and further appointments to the
latter under power of disposition (except to the
eldest son and daughter), there being a legacy to
his daughter Matilda of £7,000. The residue is
left amongst younger children. There are also
legacies to servants; to two of them £lOO each.

The will of John John Vaughan, Esq., silver-
smith, of the Strand, was proved in the London
Court of Probate by his sister, Miss Georgians
Vaughan, the sole executrix, the personal property
being sworn under £60,000. The testator died in
March last, having executed his will in 1850. He
has devised his estate at Stotfold, Bedfordshire, to
his brother, William Vaughan, Esq., subject to the
payment of an annuity of £l5O to his sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth Cooper. There is a legacy of £4,000 to
his niece, Elizabeth Georgians, and legacies to other
nieces, nephews, and relatives. The residue is be-
cpeathed to his sister and executrix, Georgians
Vaughan.

The Dismissal of Mr. Morel'.

The official correspondence relating to the dis-
missal of Mr. T. R. Morell from the office of her
Majesty's Roman Catholic Inspector of Schools has
just been published. It appeared that a memorial
was forwarded early in November last to the Com-
mittee of Council on Education, complaining of the
conduct of Mr. Morel! in the discharge of his offi-
cial duties, and alleging that in September, 1861,
when Mr. Morel! visited St. David's School, Cardi-
ganshire, two pupils, who were candidates for the
pupil teachership, were not examined in his pre-
sence as they ought to have been, but that printed
examination papers, with the questions marked, were
left by him, with directions that the answers should
be given to the Rev. S. Bruno. Other grounds of
complaint, relative to the mode of examination
adopted by Mr. Morell, were stated by the memo-
rialist, Mr. James Kelly, teacher of the said school,
who strongly impeached the impartiality of Mr.
Morell, both in the conduct of the examine.
tions, and in his official reports, and offered to esta-
blish the charges by evidence before the committee.
The memorial referred to led to a very lengthened
correspondence with the Committee of Council, and
in a letter, dated Nov. 26, Mr, Morrell denied the
allegations made by Mr. Kelly, stating that the lat-
ter had been suspended for misconduct by Mr.
Stokes, as " a mischievous person who, with the
support of a powerful Irish party, made himself
very offensive at Cardif." The Rev. Stephen Bruno,
in a letter to the Committee of Council on Educe- ,

tion, whose conduct had been pomplained of, also
described the charges made by Mr. Kelly as a
" tissue of lies." The charges then uncDar went in•
vestigation by the Committee of Council; and the
secretary of the committee, writing by their order,
complains strongly of the "great irregularity"
disclosed in the diaries of Mr. Morell, showing
that out of 153 engagements in 1862 to visit
elementary schools and to hold collective examina-
tions of pupil teacher, he had kept 64 and failed to
keep 89. Much of the correspondence just pub-
lished consists of letters and documentary evi-
dence given in support of the charges of Mr, Kelly,
and the complaints of the Committee of Coun-
cil. In one case, Mr. Waterworth, Catholic
Chapel-house, Worcester, tells Mr. Morell that there
is on: lengthened murmur against the uncertainty
of his visits, and in other places complaint is made
of the inconvente: ce caused by his arrangements.
correspondence refers to the
Another portion of than...
entry in his diary relative to the journey from
, September, 1863,
Cardiff to Plymouth on the 18th o:
although it appeared that he crosset, the Bristol
.
Channel on the night of the 17th. After a careful
consideration of the correspondence, quite aph.rt
from the testimony of Mr. Kelley, Mr. Lingen, on
behalf of the Council of Education, writes that "my
lords of the committee feel themselves placed under
the necessity of calling upon you to resign your
office." In reply Mr. Morell begged most respect-
fully to decline the resignation. In accordance,
however, with the decision of the committee, Mr.
Lingen, the secretary, announced to Mr. Morell
that his appoltittztent was cancelled by the Queen
in Council on the 1.,t March, 1864. In the last
letter, from Mr. Morell to Mr, Lingen, Mr. Morell
states that he considers that he has been condemned
on an unfounded charge of Untruth, without refe-
rence to the practice of the deparfmt:
nt on the point
imputed to him, and therefore without being heard.

LORD BROUGHAM'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.—We het:"
that Lord Brougham is engaged upon a work of the nature
of an autobiography,— The Owl.
DR. GLADSTONE AT IT AGAIN !—Our amusing
little seri° comic sixpenny contemporary, the Owl,
gravely begins its "leader" by announcing—" We have
received an avertissement.' Pressure proceeding from
certain foreign Cabinets compelled our Government to send
Mr. Gladstone last Sunday to our office, where, having
lighted a cigar which we gave him, though he smoked it
with evident discomfort, he informed us that the toil of
compiling the The Owl, combined with the excitement
consequent on our popularity, was clearly Undermining our
health, and that he begged us for our own sake to discon-
tinue our publication,,'

MRS. YELVERTON IN ANOTHER DILEMMA.--It
will probably not astonish our readers to learn,con-
sidering the trials this unfortum to lady has undergone,
and the desperate efforts made to withhold from her her
just and legal rights as the wife of Major Yelverton, that
the £l5O ordered by the House of Lords to be paid to
her to defend her against the agpeal of her husband has
bsen arrested by her own agents in London for expenses
already incurred. Will the Lords not insist that the
funds be appropriated to the specific object for which they
were given P We shall sec.—Caledonian Mercury.
FATAL LOCOMOTIVE BOILER EXPLOSION.—At
about 3 o'clock yesterday morning the boiler of a locomo-
tive engine, just arrived from beet's, suddenly exploded at
the railway station at Collie, with a terrific report, scatter-
ing death and destruction around. The engine driver,
named Jonas Parker, was literally blown to pieces, and his
companion, the stoker, though still alive, was also shock-
ingly injured. Parker was about 27 years of age, had been
only a week married, and resided at Leeds.

Mr. SAMUEL PITMAN, the venerable father of
Isaac Pitman, the inventor of phonography, has
died, at the ripe age of 76. Ile was the first to move in
the establishment of schools in his own town. He learned
phonography, so as to read it easily and write it correctly,
when he was nearly 65 years of age. Of his 11 children 10
survive,

Police Version of the Primrose-hill Affair,

The police reports of the meeting on Primrose-
hill are as follows. On the evening of April 23,
Superintendent Loxton reported to the Commis-
sioner of Police—" I beg to report that the meeting
and planting of the tree on Primrose-hill this day
has passed off all quietly ; there were about 100,000
persons on the hill, Several attempts were made
to address the people respecting the sudden depar-
ture of Garibaldi ; the speakers were spoken to by
the police ; then they left the hill, inviting the
people to come to the Agricultural Hall next week.
The A Reserve were dismissed at 7 p.m,, and the
remainder at 8 p.m." On April 25 the same super-
intendent made this further report—" With refer-
ence to the police interfering and preventing a
Garibaldi meeting on Primrose-hilt, on Satur-
day last, I beg to report that, after the Shakespere
oak had been planted, about half-past 5 p.m., I
heard several persons say that a Garibaldi meeting
was being held on the top of the hill. At this
time there was not less than 50,000 on and about
all parts of the hill ; anti, fearing there might be a
disturbance, I went with about 40 constables to
the top of the hill, A man stood upon one of the
park seats and addressed a f'ew words to the people.
A chairman was chosen (a Mr Beales, barrister),
when Inspector Stokes spoke to the parties; they
adjourned the meeting; on this some remarks were
made against the police and her Majesty's Ministers.
There was no complaint made to me by any person
of being assaulted by the police. One man stated to
Inspector Fidge that a policeman had struck him in
the face with his fist; he had got his number, and
would summon him for the assault." On the same
.25th of April Inspector Stokes also reported as
follows :—" I beg to report that I was on duty at
Primrose-bill on the 23d inst., during the ceremony
of planting the oak in commemoration of the Shak-
spere Tercentenary. At 545 p.m. (after the cere-
mony) a large number of persons assembled on the
top of the hill, and several men, calling themselves
the Working Men's Committee,' were in the centre,
one of whom was standing on a seat addressing the
people, to the effect that' Garibaldi was sent home
by the English Government to please the French
Emperor.' I, accompanied by a sergeant and
two constables, went to him. I said I
wished to speak to him. He got off the seat,
and I told him he could not be allowed to address
any meeting there; when he consulted with another
man, who afterwards told me his name was Cremer,
and that he resided at 31, Great Titchfield-street,
who informed the people that the police would not
allow them to hold the meeting, and he therefore
adjourned it to a future time and place. The com-
mittee above referred to, headed by Mr. Cramer,
then walked partly round the foot of the hill, fol-
lowed by a large number of persons. I heard
Cremer say, 'Let us walk about and give the
bobbies a run; they cannot prevent us walking
about.' I then called off a few constables who were
following, and the committee shortly after left the
park."

MARKETS—This Day.