The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-28 00:00:00

" House of Commons, May 12, 1861, 7 p.m.

"M dear M. Gladstone,—l was delighted at your
speech this morning, but still, after to-night you
will not, even below the gangway, find a congeninl
sphere. We are very few of us is favour of so near
an approach to universal sufirage ; indeed, as far as
I am myself concerned, I have been held so cheap
by the great mass of working men that I should be
very sorry to seo any great number of upper
loggers' coming in to swamp the lower middles,'
as you call them. You are going too far for me.—
Believe ma yours faithfully,
" JOHN BRIGHT."

"11, Carlton-house-terrace, May 13, 1861.

"My dear Mr. Bright,—l have received your
note, and will speak frankly to you. I was, as
you may guess, determined to be most studied
in every I said, and not to commit myselt or
the Government except with my eyes open.
I must flatter myself I succeeded admirably ;
and though I confined myself to generalities, I think
if you examine them you will allow that they are
generalities of the most Democratic character. I
said that, barring certain disqualifications, every
every man has a moral right to give a vote. Nothing
is more advanced than this, because it lays on the
opponents of an extension of the franchise the
burden of proof that the claimants are disqualified.
I added, as you may remember, that I should be the
last person to desire that the. working-classes should
acquire an overwhelming preponderance, and this
should please you as champion of the • lower
middles.'

" I hope and believe, my dear Mr Bright, that
You will lay aside your dislike of the real working
man, and that, under my auspices, you will soon be
called upon to tinker and reform the British Con-
stitution,--I remain, yours faithfully,

W. E. GLADSTONE."

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London .News.)

The will of the lion, and Very Rev. Fitzroy
Henry Richard Stanhope, M.A., Dean and Rector
of St. Buryao, Cornwall, formerly residing at
Trevor•square, and late of H ins-place, Chelsea, was
proved in London, on the sth inst., by his relict,
the Hon. Caro ine Stanhope ( laughter of tn 3 Hon.
C. Wyndham), to whom he has left the whole of his
estate, real and personal, absolutely. The testator
executed his will in 1838, and died in April last,
aged 77, and was the fourth eon of the third Earl
of Harrington.

The will of George Wheelhouse, many years dis
tiller, of Deptford-bridge, Kent, was proved in
London, on the 20th inst. The personalty was
valued under £lOO,OOO. The testator died on the
28th ult., at the age of 92, and does not appear to
have left any relatives. He has disposed of a large
Portion of his property, including his real estate,
amongst his five executors and trustees, with the
exception of £13,450 to charities and £2,800 to
personal friends. The will, and a codicil, were
executed on Aug. 12. 1863, and are drawn up in
the handwriting of .Mr. Bristow, the executor and
solicitor, and attested by the testator's servants.
Fanny Eilis and Charles Starkie. The testator's
signature is remarkably good. The will commences
with the following charitable bequests ;—Tne
British and Foreign Bible Society, £1,000; the
Westminster Hospital, Middlesex Hospital,Charing.
cross Hospital, Royal Free Hospital, North London
Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, Metropolitan Free
Hospital, Seamen's Hospital Society, Royal Hos-
pital for Incurables, Royal Infirmary for Children
and Women, Association for Promoting the General
Welfare of the Blind, Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge, London City Mission, Church
Missionary Society for Africa and the East, £5OO
each. The Great Northern Hospital, Association
for the Relief of Destitution iu the Metropolis,
Baptist Missionary Society, Primitive Methodist
Missionary Society, and the Benevolent or Strangers'
Friend Society, £3OO each ; Royal National Life-
boat Institution £250, fora lifeboat for Bridlington ;
to the Scarborough Dispensary, £2OO ; the poor of
Deptford, £500; £2,500 for the erection of 43
dwellings for the poor of Scarborough, each occupier
to receive 30s. every Christmas. The residue of his
property the testator leaves in trust to his executors,
to hold for such uses and purposes as by codicil or
deed he might direct, and in default to be appro-
priated, within three years after his decease, in such
*ay as the majority of them may in their judgment
agree upon. The executors and trustees appointed
I, are Alfred Rhodes Bristow (solicitor of the Admi.
ralty), John Flesher, of Easingwood, Yorkshire,
minister ; William Hodgson, of Grimstone, York-
shire, gentleman ; William Rowe tree (of the Society
of Friends) ; and Edward Welch, of Lewisham,
gentleman. By the codicil the testator bequeaths
to the three first-named executors £5,000 each, to
Welch £2,000, and Rowetree 11,000, as token of
esteem, free of legacy duty, and gives such five
legacies irrespective of any interest they may ulti-
mately take in the residue. To Mr Gay Shute, sure
geon, 4'500 ; and to Mrs George Verney, Mrs
Samuel Noble, Mr Simpson, of New Ceoss_aAltr.
Thomson, of Deptford, each £200; Mr J. !Llr.
wen, £500; Alfred Isaac Bristow, son of his
Rev.
execu-
tor, £5OO ; to Christ's Hospital, £500; t
Moray, of Deptford, £100; Mrs Edwardh Welch,
near Deptford Bridge (in par
£2OO. Tie testator has devised
part of
whhis f
iehreheehorledsiaat or
ed),
to his executor, Mr Bristow.
The will of Francis3lolgla6no,,oEn; sq.,tohfatßoefdfßnoetl Bedford-
Square, was proved under
Sampson, Esq., of Great Wood, in My loe,
Cornwall, £35,000; and that of Benjamin Golden
Kent, Esq., of Levant Lodge, Worcester, £45,000.

The new paddle- wheel steamer the Washington,
announced to take her departure from Havre for
New York on June 15, is to serve as a pioneer
for the French Transatlantic Company, which will
henceforth have a regular line between Havre and
New York, and, in a few months, between St.
Nazaire and Mexico, served by steamers mote
powerful than those now used.