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

Wills and Bequests,

The will of the Hon. Edward Henry Roper-
Curzon, of Ramsam, near Barnstaple, Devon, was
proved in the London Court on the 7th ult. by his
relict. the soh executri4, to whom he has bequeathed
the whole of his property. tad attesting witnessss
are Anne Marla Cook;, gentlewoman, Barnstaple,
and Richard Budd, physician, Barnstaple. The
testator was the son of Henry Francis Roper, four-
teenth Baron Teynham, who assumed the came of
Curzon.

The will of the Rev. Sir Charles Hsrdiuge, Bart.,
of Boundes Park, Tunbridge Wells, Vicar of Tun-
bridge Wells, Vicar of Tunbridge (1809) and Rec-
tor of Crowhurst (1804), was proved in the London
Court on the 3d nit. The personalty was sworn
ander £35,000. The executors and trustees are
Lady Hardinge, the relict; the Venerable Bober'
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 Her-
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 ai e added tan
codicils—the last dated April, 1861. To 1. ldy Har-
dinge, his relict, besides the Property under settle
meat, there is an annuity of £4OO, an immediate
legacy of £2,000, and a life interest in the real and
personal estate, which, upon her decease, will be
divided amongst the children,e
, who are in the m 3221-
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 Ha3ne, Esq,, of Gloucester-
square, Hyde Park, was
proved in the London
Court on the 17th ultimo, and the personalty
s Rom under £400,000 ; the executors and truE -
Rayne,
tees appointed being Charles W. Esq.,
the brother, and George
Davy, Esq., and Henry
H. Gibbs, Etl., 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
furniture. The oil paintings and 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 executor
he has left au annuity of
sisters each an annuity of £3O, and legacies to
some other relatives add iliende,--Fronz the Illus-
trated London .News. £5OO, and to his two

report from the Minister of Marine
MARITIME SIGNAL
-8.--The Monitcur publishes a
on the subject of the labours of the Anglo-French commis-
sion appointed to inquire into the question of a system of
and the Colonies
universal maritime signals. This document, after some
Emperor's approval the system drawn up by:the commis-
sion. By means of 18 flags combined two by two, three by
three, or four by four,,ooo different combi-
nationslllore than 78
may be fornad ~,h. h number is sufficient to
Previously in use, submits for the
express all the communications necessary at sea, and to in-
dicate the names of the ships 01 war and commerce of all
nations; fcr vessels at too
great a distance for the colours
of the flags to be distinguished the same number of com-
munications may be made b combinations of three balls
and two flags. The report is
followed by an imperial decree
0
ordering the code of signals alluded to to be employed by
all French vessels in their cominunications between each
'
other or with foreign ship;,t An ulterior notice from the
Minister of Marine and
Colonies will fix the date on
which the use of the new code will come into operation.
GENERAL GRANT IN BATTLE.--A correspondent
of the New For Times Writes .—" I was near Gen. Grant
during that terrible Friday
in the Wilderness. To
,
all outward appearance he w (Jane 3)
cool, calm, and unoccupied.
The skin is so drawn over his forehead '
forehead that wrinkles there
don't show when he is perplexed, and his beard SO hides his
mouth that no nervousne:s there betrays his thoughts. So
he sat and whittled, cutting away at his stick with
'leisurely, measured, meditative strokes much of the time,
out turning his knife and cutting at the end nearest him.
self with short, Clipping strokes whsnever 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,
giving the reins to his fancy) when tha stick was gone the
enemy was beaten."

TRENT FISHERIES.-_A
meeting of proprietors
of fisheries in the river Trent was held yesterday,
' at the house of the Speaker, Palace-yard, when it was
agreed that an association be formed 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
Major Scott and Mr. Thomas Worthington be appointed
joint honorary secretaries. The bankers are Messrs.
Evans, Derby, into rhos) hands clonstions and subserip-
tiO4B way be paid,.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

The Royal Mail steamship Scotia arrived a

Queenstown at 6 10 a.m. this day, with 215 pas-
sengers and 412,552 dole. in specie. She landed

112 sacks of mails and 18 passengers, and pro
ceeded for Liverpool at 630 a.m. All well.

NEW YORK, SU.NE 29, Morning,
No engagement has taken place at Petersbarg
since Wednesday.

It is supposed that Grant will abandon further
assaults, and commence the siege of Petersburg and
Fort Darling.

Johnstone is heavily reinforcing Lee.
Sherman has been repalst:d in Georgia, with

heavy loss.
President Lincoln has officially denied havin
authorised recruiting in Canada.

NEW YORK, JUNE 28 (Evening,

On Friday the Confederates vacated their en-
trenchments in Grant's front, and prolonged their
right flank against Grant's left, apparently to pro-
tect the Weldon Railroad against Grant's further
advance.

General Grant has abandoned his advance upon
the Weldon Railroad, and returned to before

Petersburg.
In Wednesday's engagement the Confederates
claim to have driven Grant two miles from the
Weldon Railroad.

Grant and Butler's armies are suffering from
scarcity of water and the intense heat.
The New York Herald thinks the capture of
Richmond this summer improbable.

Sheridan has moved from the White House to
the south side of the James River.

Hunter reports himself victorious in every en-
gagement with the enemy, upon whom ho inflicted
great injury; bat from want of ammunition and
supplies he was compelled to withdraw.
Southern journals claim that Hunter retreated
with a loss of 13 guns.
Wilson's cavalry struck the Danville railroad
near Burkesville, destroyed the track, and moved
south ward.

Stanton reports that all the railroads leading to
Richmond have been destroyed,
Sherman unsuccessfully assaulted Kenesan Moun-
tain en the 24th, losing 3,000 men.

The Confederates are operating heavily in Sher.

man's rear.

Advicee received hero from Mexico announce
that the French have occupied Acapulco and raised
the blockade.

The City of London, City of Manchester, City o
Cork, and Bavaria have arrived oat.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW YORK, JUNE 28 (Evening)

Money tight. Gold 238. Exchange on London,
257; on Paris, 2.273 to 2.25. Stocks dull. New
York Centrals, 134 ; Illinois 13oi ; Erie, 1141- ;
United States Bonds, Five Twenties, 1031.
Cotton steady. Middling Upland, 145. Flour
and wheat advancing. Corn dull. Provisions ad-
vancing. Coffee and molasses, good inquiry. Sugar
in good demand for export. Crude Petroleum, 47
to 48. Refined do., 72 to 74,

NEW YORE, JUNE 29.

Money tight. Gold very excited at 245 to 250.
Exchange on London, 257; on Paris, 2.271 to 2.25.
129,1 ; Erie, 114; United States Bonds, Five
Twenties, 1031.

The Government ha offered the balance of the
75 million 6 per cent. loan at not less than 4 prem.

(FROM THE TIMES' CORRESPONDENT.)

'Per the Royal Mail Steamship Scotia, via Cape
Clear, Tilly 8.)

NEW YORK, Juxu 20, 11.30 A.M.

The reverse to the 2d Corps of General Grant's
army on the 22d was greater than at first reported.
One entire brigade, besides many other prisoners
and five cannon, were captured. The 10E8 in killed
and wounded was heavy.

In consequence of this disaster General Grant
has been obliged to abandon his attempt to occupy
the railways running south from Petersburg, and
he has withdrawn his lines to their previously in-
tpenched position.
Severe skirmishing occurs daily.

Several Confederate attacks upon the weaker por-
tions of the Federal lines have been made, but are
stated to have been repulsed. On the 21st a small
detachment under General Forster, by direction of
General Grant, occupied a position on the north
bank of the James River at Four Mile Creek, oppo-
site Bermuda Hundred.

On Friday evening Sheridan commenced crossing
the James River, near City Point. Ho was at.
tacked by a heavy Confederate force, which he re-
pulsed after a severe fight, in which he lost 1,000•
men. A portion of his troops were still north of
the river on Monday.

Mr. Stanton annonnces that Hunter, finding his
ammunition running short, is retreating to Western
Virginia, but reports the complete success of his ex-
pedition to Lynchburg.
Confederate despatches of the 25th state that the
Confederates were pursuing Hunter, and had
attacked him several times, captured 13 of his can.
non, and inflicted heavy loss upon him in killed,
wounded, and prisoner.s. At last accounts he was
between 50 and 60 miles north-west of Lynchburg.
Snerman reports that two columns of his army,
under Macpherson and Thomas, simultaneously at-
tacked the Confederates at Kenesan Mountains on
the 27th, and were repulsed. He admits Thomas's
loss at 2,000 and Macpherson's at 500, among
whom were General Harker and four colonels.
Confederate despatches state the Federal loss at
4,500. Sherman believes the Confederate Ines to
have been light, they being protected by breast.
works.

The Confederate General Pillow is operating on
She man's rear, and has captured the town of
Lafayette.

Mr. Lincoln has formally accepted the nomina-
don of the Baltimore Convention.

A mass meeting was held at the Cooper Institute
on Monday evening, to ratify the nomination of
General Fremont for the Presidency. All the
speakers vehemently denounced Mr. Lincoln.

COMMERCIAL IN 1 ELLIGENCE.

Gold, 250. Exchange, 265.

Sixec, registered, 1881, 1031 ; Five-Twenties,
Coupons, 1031 ; Seven-Thirties, 1051 ; New York
Centrals, 133/ ; Erie, 114 ; Illinois Central, 129/.
Cotton closed yesterday 145 c. Breadstuff ad-
vancing. Provisions active, and higher. Sugar
steady. Coffee dull. Prices nominal.