The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-17 00:00:00

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WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of the Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall
Lewis, Bart., D.C.L., M.P„P.C., of Harpton Court,
near Radnor, South Wales, and Kent House,
Knightsbridge, was proved in London by his
brother, the Rev. Sir Gilbert Frankland Lewis,
M.A., canon of Worcester, rural 'dean, and rector of
Mornington-on-Wye, Herefordshire, the sole exe-
cutor. Tha personal property was sworn under
£20,000. The testator has bequeathed to his
wife, Lady Maria Theresa Lewis, beyond her mar-
riage settlement, all his property in British,
foreign, and colonial securities, for her own absolute
use, also his town residence, Kent House, with the
furniture and other effects; but, as respects jewel-
lery, Sir George directs that the diamonds presented
to her ladyship by the late baronet's father, the
Right Hon. Sir T. F. Lewis, Bart., shall, upon her
ladyship's decease, become the property of his (the
testator's brother), the successor to the cities and
estates, whom he has appointed residuary legatee
of both his real and personal property. The will
bears date the 9th of .13J.:.'emberf
1861, and is
attested by 13. Charles Stephenson,
I',',2r-office, and
F. J. Nicholl, Carey-street.—lllustrated News_

HUDSON'S BAY MONOPOLY.—The Canadian
papers, . received by the last mail, speak strongly
against the renewal of the monopoly of the Hudson's Bay
Company and its sovereignty of the Red River districts,
and the country between it and British Columbia, desiring
all to be placed under the Crown—Canada also claiming,
as representing the original French settlers, a large portion
of this territory. It ie stated that gold mines have been
discovered in the Saskalchewan district, equal in richness
to those of British Columbia, so that miners and farmers
will have equally good prospects.
ARDGLASS HERRING FISHERT.—The herring
fishery at this place has been most successful, for so
fai of the present season. The fleet now numbers nearly
200 sail. The weather is most favourable, and the take of
1e each night highly encouraging. Besides eight
,l' buying boats,"
there is a steamer from Liverpool in regu-
lar attendance to purchase all the herrings that can be had
bruripi
at a cei tain price. That price is very remunerative and
quite satisfactory to the fishermen. In addition to all these
tt buying boats," there are carts in large numbers from Bel-
fast, Warrenpoint, Carlingford, Newcastle, Downpatrick,
&c., which crowd the quay every morning. The demand is
so great that the price has been seldom under 255. per mease
the whole season. One fishing boat alone took 40 mease in
one night this week, for which the owners (six in number)
received about £5O. This, however, is an extreme cane
The average yield of each night's fishing might be abeut
eight to ten mease for each boat. It is calculated that about,
£2,000 are paid every morning, five mornings in the :000.
to these hardy and industrious fishermen. The ee,aßildsorne
tinues on an average about ten weeks, so that the
enrolls
fish.
sum of £lOO,OOO is paid for herrings at this
ing station. While we have much ParinfTplacing be-
fore the public this pleasing statementd
state in which
but express our deep regret at the neglectsain
for years. A large
Pie"efurfacts, we cannot
the harbour has been permitted to remain
is now in quite a dila-
msiderable sum of money
n expended some years ago'
hpearatibLeme; of the quay, upon which a co
importance of the harbour as a
pidated agate. From
it is
matter of surprise that some effort
fishing stet: ion alone,
:estore it. It is a public loss, and on '
is not being
aid.eote we ask why it has been allowed to re-
t 12)resent state? A large sum is voted
E.' I don and maintenance of harbours al a
pinuabinliosogrloounid-nit: ,
annually for the erect .
sister mg oms. Of this
the several
L 5 000 were lately expended on the harbour of Howth,
coasts in t his and the I d
ama ,
a fishing stati on. Several sums have been granted
sfoorletly
the maintenance of .other harbours in Ireland, and we
again ask how it comes that so important a place as Ard-
glass has been overlooked.?