The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-16 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of the Hon. Fanny Caroline Pennington
of Muneaster Castle, Cumberland ; Warter Priory
Yorkshire; and Clarges-street, Piccadilly, was
proved in London by her brothers, the Right Hon.
Joslyn Francis Lord Muncaster and the Hon. Alan
Joseph Pennington, the joint acting executors. The
personalty was sworn under £25,000. Her ladyship
was the eldest daughter of the third Baron Lowther,
Augustus Lord Muncaster, and died on July 12 last,
at Fevey, Switzerland, at the age of 35, having
executed her will in Ju1y,1863, Her ladyship has
bequeathed to her sister, the Hon. Louisa Drum-
mond, wife of Mr E. A. Drummond, all her jewels
with the exception of a pearl necklace, bracelet and
earrings, and diamond star, which are bequeathed
to her ladyship's two brothers, the executors, who
are also appointed residuary legatees of both the
real and personal estate. The will of Mr Edmund
Hanborough Joynson, of St Mary Cray, Kent,
paper manufacturer, was proved in the London
court by his brother-inslaw, Mr Chas. Robt. Collies,
together with Mr John Gotch Hepburn, and Mr Chas.
Beadle, jun., of Erith, the executors and trustees.
The personalty was sworn under £35,000. The will
bears date April 23 last, and he died June 29, at Rig-
bourne, Sussex. To his wife he has bequeathed an
immediate legacy of £5OO and the furniture, &o. ;
also the sum of £lO,OOO under the terms of their
marriage settlement, and leaves her a life interest
in his estate at Beckiey, Kent. This estate, upon
her decease, is to be divided equally amongst their
children, who are ako appointed residuary legel
tees of the real and personal estate, including his
share in the business of paper manufacturer, carried
on by his father and himself. To each of his three
sisters, as well as to a friend, he has left legacies of
£5OO. There are legacies left to his coachman,
gardener, and all his other servants. The will of
Mr William Simpson, civil engineer, of Belgrave-
road, Pimlico, was administered to in the London
Court of Probate on the 6th ult., by his son, Chas.
Seaward Simpson, one of the residuary legatees
named in the will, the executors--namely, Mr
Charles Simpson, the testator's brother, having died,
and Mr Henry Lloyd having renounced. The per.
tonally was sworn under £30,000. The testator,
who was drowned in the Thames, near London-
bridge, in May last, had executed his will so far
back as 1849, bequeathing to his wife a life interest
in two-thirds of his real and personal estate; and
the remaining third, together with the reversion
on the death of his wife, he leaves to his son and
only child, the said Chas. Seaward Simpson.—
Illustrated London News.

A WONDERFUL ESCAPE,—IcI the naTal action
near Jaemund, on the Isle of ltugen, between
the Danes and Prussians, on the 2d cf April, a Prussian
sailor named Wilhelm Gern, son of a pensioned tax collec-
tor at Naumburg-on-the-Queie, was wounded and fell over-
board. As nothing more was seen or heard of him he was
considered dead and reported as such. Notwithstanding
his wound, however, he managed to swim for four hours,
when he was picked up by a Lubeck vessel bound to Riga
Next day the ship was captured by a Danish cruiser, and
Gern was sent as a prisoner of war to Nyborg, whore he
remained till the 7th August, on which day he endeavoured
to make his escape, together with three cf his companions.
Their flight being immediately discovered, they were pur-
sued to the beach, where a furious hand to hand encounter
took place, in which Gern, after killing two Danish soldiers
and nceiving himself two severe wounds from a bayonet
and a sabre, succeeded in jumping into a boat alone—his
companions being overpowered and retaken—in which he
managed to set the sail and get to sea. Five days later the
boat was picked up by a Prussian sloop of war off Rugen.
Gem was found lying insensible at the bottom of the boat,
but under medical treatment was restored to life and sub-
sequently landed at Dans zic, where he is now in the Naval
llospital, slowly recovering from his wounds. This galiwit
sailor had previously served in one of the vessels composing
the Prussian expedition to China and Japan.
A gentleman while walking along the Place
de la Bourse yesterday pointed out to a police agent an
individual who had just c fLred to sell smuggled cigars,
known by thr name of. Marabaibo. The policeman spoke
to the person in question, and having opened a parcel which
the latter held, and which contained about 600 cigars of a
flit shape, took him before a commissary of police. The
man, in reply to questions put to him, admitted, after some
hesitation, that the cigars were not of the kind represented,
but French cigars which he had purchased at five cents.
each, and after wetting and pressing them sold them for
foreign smuggled ones at 40 cents., thus realising a large
profit. lie has been comittod ivr illegally selling cigars,

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HER MAJESTY.

BALMORAL, Sept. 14.

The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Sage'
Coburg and Princess Louise, drove yesterday afters
noon to Birkball.

Princess Helena honoured the Countess o!' Fife
with a visit yesterday at Mar Lodge. Her Royal
Highness was attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce,
the Hon. Harriet Phipps, end Lient.-G,neral the
Hon. Charles Grey.

E irl Russell, as Secretary cf State in attendance
on Her Mjesty, arrived at the Castle yesterday,
and had the honour of dining with the Qlten apa
royal family last night.