The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-23 00:00:00

RECENT WILLS AND BEUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)
The will of Lady Rowley, of Tendring Hall, Stoke-by-
Neyland, Suffolk, and Hyde-park-square, and relict of Ad-
miral Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Bart., who died in 1857,
was proved in London on the 21st ult. The testatrix, Char-
lotte Lady Rowley, died in Dec. last, at Glemham House,
Suffolk, without issue. Her ladyship was the only daugh-
ter of John Moseley, Esq. The will, which is of consider-
able length, bears date 1863, and a codicil August, 1861,
the surviving and acting executor nominated being her
brother-in-law, Sir C. R. Rowley, Bart., who succeeded to
the title. The personal property is £25,000. The freehold
estates in Berkshire, Suffolk, and in London, over which her
ladyship had a power of disposition, she devises to the eldest
son of her cousin, Letitia Lofft, and disposes of a sum of
£16,000 to Sir Wm. Payne Gal lwey, Bart., and others,
who are her relatives on her mother's side, appointing her
cousin, Henry Capel Lofft, Esq,, residuary legatee. There
are the following charitable bequests—namely, to the Bri-
tish and Foreign Bible Society, £100; Church Missionary
Society, £100; London City Missions, £100; Sailors'
Orphans' Home, Frognall, Hampstead, £lOO, Idiot
Asylum, £lOO ; and St. Mary's Hospital, £2OO. There is
also left to Muller's Orphan Home, Bristol, a sum of £6O,
and some articles of plate for the use of the orphans.
The late Miss Frances Elizabeth West, of Kemp Town,
Brighton, whose will has just been proved in London, died
possessed of personal property estimated for probate duty
at £46,000, and has left the following bequests to charitable
institutions—viz., the Sussex County Hospital, Church
Missionary Society, Colonial Missionary Society, Church
Pastoral Aid Society, Old Irish Society, and the Society for
Promoting Christianity among the Jews, to each a legacy
of £lOO.

The will of Lieutenant-General George Morton Eden,
late of Onslow-square, who died at Berne, in Switzerland,
in November last, was administered to in the London Court
of Probate on the 24th ultimo, the deceased being possessed
of personalty in this country estimated at £25,000. The
will, which was executed a week previous to his decease, is
very concise, and entirely in the gallant General's own
handwriting, and contained in these words :—" I give and
bequeath the whole of my property, whatever I possess, to
my dear wife, for her sole and entire benefit and use."

The will of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Butler, of her
Majesty's Indian army, late of Welbeek-street, Cavendish-
square, was proved in London by the executers, therein
nominated—namely, his two nephews, the Rev. John
Butler and Francis George Butler, Esq. (the sons of the
testator's deceased brother, John). The personal property
was sworn under £12,000. The gallant Colonel, who died
in December last, executed his will the month preceding,
which was attested by Major Robert Trew, Madras Army,
and J. G. French, surgeon. The dispositions are solely
confined to the members of the Colonel's family; bequeath-
ing legacies to his brothers, nephews, and nieces; directing
trinkets and other articles to be given by his executors at their
discretion amongst his (the testator's) relatives and friends,
leaving the entire residue of his estate and effects, including
his property in his agent's hands at Madras, to his eight
nieces, in equal proportions.
The will of Henry Thomas Hope, Esq., of Deepdene,
Surrey, and of Castle Blaney, Monaghan, and Piccadilly,
was proved in London, on the 16th inst., by the executor s
and trustees—namely, the Earl of Lincoln, in conjunction
with Edward Cane, Edward J. Rickards, and Hugh Hope,
E stirs., to each of whom a legacy of £l,OOO is bequeathed. The
widow is also an executrix. The personalty is England was
sworn under £300,000. The testator held extensive landed
estates in Surrey, Gloucester, Warwick, and Monaghan, as
well as very large property in Holland. Mr. Hope was returned
M.P. on three several elections, and represented East Loo
in 1830-2, and Gloucester 1833-4 and 1847.52, and died, at
the age of 54, in December last, The will bears date 1855,
bequeathing to his relict for her absolute use the residue of
his personal property, leaving also to her a life interest and
an absolute power of disposition in and over all his manors,
lands, &c., in England, Ireland, and elsewhere,and all other
property, including jewels, pictures, sculptures, works of
art and vertu:; in default of which the whole of the property
is to be held for the use of testator's only child, Henrietta
Adele Countess of Lincoln, and her issue. The will con-
tains legacies to the Rev. Mr. Harness; General Marcus
Beresford, and others, and to the servants, keepers, and
labourers on the estates.

COURSING.

THE GREAT WATERLOO (ALTCAR) MEETING.

SATURDAY.

The Great Waterloo Cup, value £1,600, in specie, by sub-
scription of £25 each; the winner to receive £5OO ; the
seeond, £2OO ; two dogs, £5O each ; four dogs, £3O each ;
eight dogs, £2O each ; and 16 dogs, £lO each.
FIFTH TIES.

Mr. H. Haywood's Rebe beat Mr. Williams nd Silkworm.
Mr. Lister's Chloe beat Mr. Russell's Reliance.

Deciding Course—Mr. Lister's Chloe, by Judge, out of
Clara. beat Mr. H. Haywood's Rebe, by Regan, out of
Lady —, and won the cup.

The Waterloo Purse for 32 dogs, beaten in his first course
for the Waterloo Cup, the winner to receive £100; se-
cond, f. 50 ; two dogs, £5 each ; four dogs, £lO each ; and
eight dogs £5 each.
FOURTH TIES.

Mr. Pateman nd Sea Girl beat Mr. Mather nd Bamish
Lord Grey de Wilton Glendower beat Lord Binning's
Heart of King.
Deciding Course.—Glendower beat Sea Girl, and won the
purse.

The Waterloo Plate, for the sixteen beaten dogs in the se-
cond ties for Op Cup, amounting to £lOO ; winner to re-
ceive £45 ; second £2O ; two dogs £7 10s. each ; and four
dogs, £5 each.

THIRD TIES.

Mr. Barron nd Dunoon beat Captain Molyneux nd
Sutler.
Mr. Randall nd Patent beat Mr. Lawton's Laura.
Deciding Course—Patent beat Dunoon, and won the
plate.

Napolo)n 111. is reported to have enjoyed him-
self very much at the late masked balls. Le roy
ramp's. Why not? Count Bacciochi, I trust, will not
give me the lie, if I venture to say that Napoleon is, after
all, a man of pleasure. No beardless habitue du Bal
Alabile is more fond of dancing; no youth of 20 can boas,
of dancing the Landers with more heartiness than that
stern statesman who is on the wrong side of 50. When
people suppose him to be buried in deep meditation and busy
remodelling the world, he thinks perhaps of a pretty actress,
Miss So-and-so, and inwardly digests the drolleries of some
vaudeville like Twrlututu. It is but fair to own that he
knows how to act the gallant to a lady ; and I am sure
that, on the occasion of the recent marriage of Earl Cowley's
daughter with Lord Royston, at the British Embassy,
there was no fault to be found with his courtesy.—
Spectator.
LISBURN ELECTION.—DUBLIN, Feb. 21.—The
Liberal has won at Lisburn. The contest was
exceedingly close. Until noon the numbers were equal.
At 1.16 Barbour had a majority of 8. For an hour and a
half there was no polling. At length one vote was added
to the majority. At a quarter to 3 o'clock the numbers
were—For Barbour, 142; for Verner, 133. At 3 the majo-
rity was reduced to 5. Close of the poll—Barbour, 140 ;
Verner, 134 ; majority, 6. There was great excitement, but
no breach of the peace. The streets were crowded ; the
police and military under arms.
A transport vessel on a new plan has just been
completed at Cherbourg. Thirty-six others are
nearly finished on the same plan. and they are to be in-
creased to 50. Each vessel is capable of accommodating
1,000 men, so that in case of necessity the flotilla at Cher•
bourg might transport an army of 50,000 men.

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NEW ZEALAND.—A letter just received by our
correspondent at Plymouth says :—" The Maoris
have consented to allow a steamer to be placed on the
Waikato. A tribe has also offered for sale to the Govern-
ment 50,000 acres of land, with five miles of the most dis-
affected district. This is an evident proof that the forbear-
ance and firmness of our Governor, Sir George Grey, is
working most powerfully. The first .named concession is
considered to be a greater victory than 10,000 soldiers could
have won in 12 months."

SELLING ARMY COMMISSIONS.—From a return
issued on Friday it appears that, in the last eleven years,
19 lieutenant-colonels have been permitted to sell out, 36
majors, 515 captains, 604 lieutenants, 14 cornets, and 57
ensigns.

THE TOBACCO TRADE.---A meeting of gentlemen
interested in the tobacco trade was held on Wed
nesday, at which Mr. Ayrton, M.P., attended, and sug-
gested that the meeting ought to ask to have their case con-
sidered by a select committee of the House of Commons,
and that the bill introduced by the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer sho,ild be postponed till the committee made its re -
port. The suggestion was adopted by the meeting, and
Mr. Ayrton undertook to move in his place in the house fur
the appointment of a selectso
—he Chicago Times of 27th
ILLINOIS COTTON.
The first bale of cotton ever packed in
Cuhlti.casgaoy
swaTsewn together yesterday. tis made of cetton
grown in the southern part of this State,l which, for fineness
of grain and general adaptability to the requirements of the
spinner will compare favourably with that brought from
theto farh
e afternoon the hesufgras was ushered
n
courtyard of the Tuileries, The Emperor, the
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Empress, and the Prince Imperial were standing in the
Baleen de l'Horloge to see the animal. Suddenly, on an
order from the Emperor, all the iron gates of the grand
courtyard were thrown opsn, and the public admitted.