The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-31 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)
The will of the Right Hon. Lady Arabella. Alvanley, of
Bruton-street, was proved in London by the executors,
Richard -William Peirce, Esq., of Northallerton, and Chas.
Reynolds Williams, Esq, of Lincoln's-inn-fields. The
personalty was sworn under £70,000. Lady Alvanley was
the fifth daughter of the first Dike of Clevolend, K. G., and
married, 1821, Richard, third Lord Alvanley, who died in
18b7 (title now extinct). The will is dated April, 1864, and
her ladyship died on the 26th of November. Her ladyship
has left legacies to her nephews, nieces, and others. To Mr
R. 'W. Peirse £l,OOO, in addition to £2OO left to each of the
executors; and appointed her neice, Meyrick, the daughter
of Colonel and Lady Meyrick, her residuary legatee, leav-
ing to her also the principal part of the property over whioh
her ladyship had the power of disposition under a deed of
the late Lady Amelia Powlett.

The will of the Rev. Sir William Marriott Smith-Mar-
riott, Cart,, M.A,, of Horsmonden, Kent, was proved under
£35,000 personalty, the executors being the Rev. Hugh
Forbes Smith-Marriott, the son ; the Rev. Lewis C. Davies,
and George Hinds, Esq. The testator was appointed to the
rectory of Horsmonden in 1825, of which living he was also
patron. He died, in October last, at the age of sixty-three,
having executed his will in 1862. He leaves the advowson
of the i ectory of Horsmonden to his son Hugh Forbes ; de-
vises his farm, land, and estate called Pattenden to his son
John Bosworth ; and to his eldest son, now Sir William
Henry Smith-Marriott, Bart., he devises the rest of his
freehold property. Ho bequeaths to his relict an imme.
diate legacy of £5OO, and a portion of the furniture. To his
sons John and Hugh pecuniary legacies are left; and, after
providing for his three daughters, he has appointed his
three eons residuary legatees. There are the following
charitable bequests :—To the Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, Curates' Aid Society,
Church Building Society, and the Kent. Ophthalmic Hos-
pital, each £5O free of legacy duty.
The will of John Dakin Gaskell, Esq., of Highgate, was
proved under £50,000 personalty. The executors appointed
are Wm. Beaumont, Esq., of Warrington; Samuel Gaskell,
Esq., one of the Commissioners of Lunacy ; and Warburton
Pike, Esq., of the Temple. The testator died in August
last, having executed his will in 1859, and a codicil in July
1861. He has bequeathed to each of his executors a legacy
of £lOO, and to Mrs Pike, wife of the Rev, Mr W. Pike,
whom he appoints guardian to such of his children as are in
their minority, he leaves a legacy of £5OO, and divides his
estate equally amongst all his children.
The will of the late Edward Yates, Esq., of 30, Compton^
terrace, Islington, has been proved. His personal property
is sworn under £60,000. The executors are Mrs Yates, of
the same residence, mother of the testator; and Dr C. J.
Hare, of Brook •street. After some legacies to Mrs Yates
and other relatives, so much of the property as may legally
be applied to charitable purposes is left to University Col-
lege, London, in trust, to apply one moiety of the annual
income thereof to the general purposes of the North London
Hospital, connected with that college, and the other moiety
to the Samaritan fund for the relief of poor patients. The
residue of personal property is left to Dr Hare.

Drury Lane Theatre.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—In the critique (in your impression of Tuesday
last) on the Pantomime at Drury-lane Theatre, Mr Ot,c..ir
Byrne's name is mentioned in connection with the ballet ;
permit me, sir, in justice to myself, to state in your columns
that that gentleman has had nothing whatever to do with
the Drury-lane pantomimes for the last two years,, and that
the ballet in question, of which you spoke so favourably,
was devised by your humble servant,

JOHN CORMACK,
Ballet Master, Theatre Royal, Drury Lano.
December 30, 1864.

CHRISTMAS FARE.—The -following is 'a corrco
statement of the provisions delivered at the London
Station of the Great Eastern Railway, from the 19th to the'
25th December, 1864 :—Oxen 2203, sheep 7094, calves 1639`
pigs 578, turkeys 12,117, geese 16,768, ducks 922., bares Oct
pheasants 1289, flint. 13,590 sacks, beer 9090 kildeikino,
hhds, and brls, oranges 1160 boxes, dried fruit 3413 boxes,
nuts 720 bags, oysters 3011 brls and 72 tons in hags, 1634
boxes almonds, 10,926 sacks potatoes, 418 tons meat pacte'
in hampers, 348 tons poultry, 340 tons fish, 76,886 clitrt°
milk, 1421 Stilton and other choice cheese.
A STRUGGLE IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.----InSPece
tor North, of the Wilts consta,bulary, has had a severe
counter with a dangerous lung tic in one of the carriag °
the Great Western Railway. 'The lunatic was Walter Ws,
about 28 years of age, and forn lady a sergeant in the aril':
lery. The inspector found him 'wandering about Wilton, o'l
in pursuance of a magisterial order, took him to Fiehertoa
station and took train for Deviz.ls in order to planehirn ,1110
the asylum there. After the train had got in motion, tL'a
man, hearing the ct ,rriage window make a noise, ace
ben
the inspector of stoloting at him with a revolver. 11. e t 13,1%,
attempted to get ,out of the window, and thrust his ben"la
half through. It ispector North seized hold of him,
pulled him back , when the man_attacked him viol troy
kicking and bitin g at him with great fury. lie V 78.9 a siiiy
and powerft.,l me n, and the inspector had much difaci.. cow,l
subduing r,im, bu t the guard, who was in the nexioo.
partment, fOriunat,sly heard the scuffling, and oze
into. the, carriage all
chat,
y caused the t.-ain to bo brought to a stan ,_ is
tit to handcuff the. lunatie.a
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P.ssisted Inspector Nec •
d seeing the state of affairs, he
' another proof of the inn. pro
,erative necessity of
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by railway compaAjea,,,-7),lsl,Fzes Gazette.