The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-08 00:00:00

Wills and Bequests,

The will of the Hon. Edward Henry Roper-
Ca:zoo, of Ramsam, near Barnstaple, Devon, was
proved in the London Court on the 7th nit. by hit
relict, the sole executrix, to whom he has bEgneathen
the whole of his property. The attesting witnesset-
are Anne Maria Cooke, gentlewoman, Barnstaple,
and Richard Budd. physician, Barnstaple. Ths
testator was the son of Henry Francis Roper, four-
teenth Baron Teynham, who assumed the game of
Curzon.

The will of the Rev. Sir Charles Hardinge, Bart.,
of Boundes Park, Tunbridge Wells, Vicar of Tun-
bridge Wells, Vicar of Tunbridge (1809) and Rec-
tor of Crowhnrst (1804), was proved in the London:
Court on the 3d ult. The personalty was swori,
under £35,000. The executors and trustees are
Lady Hardinge, the relict; the Venerable Reber!
W. Browne, Archdeacon of Bath, the son-in-law ;
Edmund S. Hardinge, Esq., the son; and Captain
Edward Hardinge, R.N., the nephew. Sir Charles
was the eldest brother of the first Viscount Har-
dinge,G.C.B. He succeeded his uncle, Sir Richard,
as second baronet in 1826, and died on the 3d of
February last, at the advanced age of eighty-four.
His will bears date in 1844, to which al e added ten
codici!s—the last dated April, 1861. To Lady Har-
dingo, his relict, besides the property under settle-
merit, there is an annuity of £4OO, an immediate
legacy of £2,000, and a life interest in the real and
upon
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pdividedersona lamongst estate,
which,toe children,
time to receive an interest in the sum of £lO,OOO.
There are a few legacies to some of his relatives and
friends.

The will of John Hayne, Esq., of Glow„ter.
square, Hyde Park, was proved in the London
Court on the 17th ultimo, and the personalty
s morn under £400,000 ; the executors and trui -
tees appointed being Charles W. Hayne, Esq.,
the brother, and George Davy, Esq.,
and Henry
H. Gibbs, Esq,, the testator's late partners. The
will bears date the 23d of September, 1863, and the
testator died on the 17th of May last. To his wife
he has bequeathed an immediate legacy of £l,OOO,
an annuity of £2,000 a year, and the whole of the
an.d
furniture. The oil paintings plate at her de-
cease he leaves to his eldest son, and he has appointed
his three sons and daughters residuary legatees,
share and share alike. To his brother and
he has left an annuity of £5OO, and to his two
sisters each an annuity of £3OO, and legacies to
some other relatives and friends.—Fron3 the Illus
trated London News. executor

MARITIME SIGNALS.—The Moniteur publinheS 0
report from the Minister of Marine and
the Colonies
on the subject of the labours of the Anglo-French commis-
sion appointed to inquire into the question of a system of
This universal maritime signals.
--ta document, after some
observations on signals previously in use, submits for the
Emperor's approval the system drawn up by:the commie •
sion. By means of 18 flags combiued two by two,three by
three, or four by four, more than 78,000 different combi-
nations may be formed, which Dumber is sufficient to
express all the communications necessary at sea, al.d to in-
dicate the names of the ships of war and commerce of all
nations; for vessels at too great u distance for the colours
of the fl igs to be distinguished, the "me number of com-
munications may be made by combinations of three bal:s
and two fl qs. The report is followed by
an imperial decree
ordering the code of signals alluded to to
be employed by
all French vessels in their communications between each
other or with foreign ship.. An ulterior notice from the
Minister of Marine and the Colonies Nvlll fix the date on
which the use of the new code will coma into operation.
GENERAL GRANT IN BATTLE.--A
correspondent
of the New York Times writes :.....44 I was near Gen. Grant
,
during that terrible Friday (Jane 3) in the Wilderness. To
all outward appearance he was cool
calm, and unoccupied.
The skin is so drawn over his forehead that wrinkles there
don't show when he is perplexed, and his beard AO hides his
mouth that no noevousne:s there betrays his
thoughts. So
he sat and whittled, cutting away at his stick with
leisurely, measured, meditative strolr.es much of the time,
but turning his knife and cutting at the end nearest him.
self with short, clipping strokes whenever word came of an
important change in the chances of battle. Thus he fought
the great contest with knife and stick,
and (adds the writer,
when
giving the reins to his fancy)
enemy was beaten,' ' the stick was gone the

TRENT FISHERIES.—A meeting of proprietors
of fisheries in the river Trent wee held yesterday,
at the house of the Speaker, palace-yard, when it was
agreed that an association be fortnod amalgamating with
that of Derbyshire for the.preservation of fish in the river
Trent and its tributaries. It was decided that Lord Ver-
non be requested to accept the office of president, and that
3ldor Scott and Mr. Thomas 'Worthington be appointed
joint honorary secretaries. The bankers are Mess:s.
Evans, Derby, into whose hands donatioas and eub;,crip-
Lions may be paid,