The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-30 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS

(Front the Illustrated London .Neu,s7)

The will of Major-General Sir John Campbell, K. T.S.,
formerly in the Portuguese service, late lieutenant-colonel
in the British army, retired, was proved in the London
Court by the executors, Richard Onslow, Esq., of 'Wands-
worth, and Lieut.-Col. Win. Campbell Onslow, late Hon,
E.1.C., of Crescent House, Southsea. The personalty sworn
under £B,OOO. This gallant officer was the son of the late
W. Campbell, Esq., Commissioner of the Navy Board ;
had served in the Peninsula ; was formerly a Captain in the
7th Hussars; and commanded the 75th Foot, 1821-4. Sir
John was twice married—first, in 1816, to Donna Maria
Brigida de Fari e Lacerda ; secondly, in 1812, to Harriet
Maria, widow of General Sir A. Dickson, K.C.B. The
testator died in December last, at the age of 83, having
executed his will in February, 1862. After making a few
bequests, he leaves his property, real and personal, to his
daughter Elizabeth, wife of Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq.,
and to her children.

The will of the Rev. Francis Minder Snollys, D.D , In-
cumbent of Fitzhead, Somerset, Fellow of Magdalen Col-
lege, Oxford, and Domestic Chaplain to Lord Ribblesdale,
was proved in London by the sole executor, E. J. Western,
Esq., solicitor, Great James-street, Bedford-row, to whom
he leaves a legacy of 1700. There are liberal lagacies left
following societies :—TheFriend of the Clergy and Curates'
I also bequests to the four
to servants and their families
Aid, each £5OO ; the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts and the Tithe Redemption Fund,
each £l,OOO. He has appointed his brother, James Ed-
ward Knollys, Esq., residuary legatee.

The will of the Rev. Alexander M'Canl, D.D,, Preben-
dary of St. Paul's (1844), Professor of Divinity, King's
College, and Rector (1850) of St. Magnus-the.Martyr,
London-bridge, was proved in the principal registry by his
sons, the Rev. Alexander Israel M'Caul, M.A., Divinity
Lecturer at King's College, and Rector of St. Magnus-the-
Martyr, City, and Samuel M'Caul, Esq., the acting execu-
tors. The will was executed in November, 1863, whereby
he bequeaths the whole of his property to his wife for the
benefit of herself and their unmarried children.
The will of Thomas Deans, Esq,,
Parliamentary solici-
tor, Abingdon-street, Westminster, was proved in the
London Court under £50,000 personalty.

Attempted Fraud on the Underwriters.
Scuttling a Barque,

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Maria went from
Cardiff to Bahia with coals, arriving at the latter
place on Sept. 7. She was chartered for a voyage
to London, and while the cargo was being shipped,
the crew, for some unaccountable reason, were
allowed three days' leave ashore. It was stated that
a greater quantity of cargo was alleged to have been
put on board than she could reeeive, and the ship,
freight, and cargo were insured in London and other
places. In the .course of the voyage from Bahia
the name of the ship was painted over ; and on Dec.
18, when the vessel was reported to have sprung a
leak, supposed to be in the captain's cabin, he re-
fused the crew an opportunity to search for it. On
the following day the water had risen 10 feet, and
the captain gave orders to abandon the ship. The
boats were lowered, and the captain, in going over
the ship's side, let fall into the sea a packet of papers.
In the protest he declared the parcel to contain two
boxes of diamonds of the value of £3,900, for which
amount insurances were effected in the Royal Ex-
change and other offices. One boat, containing the
mate and five seamen, was picked up and taken into
St. Michael's, and the other boat drifted about seve-
ral days before it was fallen in with. Inquiries were
then instituted, and the result tended to show that
the ship had been wilfully scuttled, and that there
were no such diamonds and other property on board
as alleged. The facts also implicated the shippers
at Bahia.

After a protracted trial the Court convicted the
prisoner of issuing false bills of lading, and of
attempting a fraud on the underwriters, and he was
condemned to three years' imprisonment, and then
to be dismissed from the country.