The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-07 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of Colonel Sir William Lockyer Free-
stun, K.C.T., of Belvidere, Weymouth, Dorsetshire,
and of Gloucester-square, London, was proved in the
principal registry, on the 23d ult., by his relict,
Josefa Benita Lady Freestun, sole executrix. This
military officer had served with distinction in the
Peninsula on the staff of General Sir De Lacy Evans
and in Syria, and received the Spanish orders of
knighthood of Charles M., San Fernando, and
Isabella. Sir William represented Weymouth
in Parliament from 1847 to 1859, and also
held the offices of magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant
for Dorset. The testator, who only attained to
his fifty-eighth year, died at his town residence in
April last,having made his will the month preceding
which is very brief, and disposes of the property,
real and personal, principally to his relict. There is a
singular bequest to Lord Palmerston of a watch
and appendages, worn by, Sir William (the testa-
tor), which. ho (31i. William) rorriooto thmt his
lordship will do him the honour to accept. To his
faithful nurse he leaves a legacy of £360, and a
liberal bequest to another servant. The testator
has also commended to the kind consideration of
his relict his brother Charles, residing in Tasmania,
and the widow of his brother Edward of Western
Australia.

The will of Lieut.-General William Vincent,
late in the army of the East India Company on
Bengal establishment, was proved in London by
the relict, sole executrix, who first administered
thereto in the Supreme Court, Calcutta, at Fort
William, the testator having died at Mussoorie, in
British India, possessed of considerable property in
that settlement. The will, which is of moderate
length, was executed in India in 1857, and attested
by M. Kempson and A. B. Sampson, of the Mus-
soorie Schools, is purely a family disposition. The
testator has bequeathed to his relict a life interest
in certain property and estates, leaving to her
the furniture, wines, stores, carriages, and
horned cattle, together with a residence for her own
use absolutely. To two of his daughters certain
estates are bequeathed; and to his two other
daughters and his son a division in certain pro-
perty amongst them on the youngest attaining
twenty-one, or the daughters on marriage, in which
the relict takes an equal portion with the three
latter children, she being also appointed residuary
legatee.
The will of John Nicholson, Esq., of Tilling-
bourne, Surrey, was proved in London by his
brother, William Nicholson, Esq., sole executor.
The personalty sworn under £lBO,OOO. The testa-
tor, who died in December last, had executed his
will in the mouth preceding ; it is exceedingly
brief, consisting only of two folios. This circum-
stance is rather remarkable, taking into considera-
tion the large amount of property particularised and
bequeathed. Mr. Nicholson was possessed of realty
as well as personalty, and has disposed of it amongst
his family. To his motheran annuity of £2,000 is be-
queathed, and to each of his three sisters a legacy of
£20,000. All the rest of his property, both real and
personal, is devised to his brother, Mr. W. Nichol-
son, of that extensive and long established firm of
Messrs. John and William Nicholson, distillers.
The will of James Shoolbred, Esq., of Tottenham-
court-road, and of the Elms, Acton, was proved in
the Court of Probate on the 2d inst. by John Young,
Joseph Jordan Knight, and James Shoolbred, the
executors. The effects were sworn under £250,000.
The testator bequeathed his leasehold premises in
Tottenham-court-road to his James, and the residue
of his property equally amongst his children.—
Illustrated London it ews.

POTATOES.—Strangely enough, as the season
hastens to a close, prices get up, prime samples now bring-
ing from 255. to 275. per boll, while retail rates are from ls.
4d. to ls. Bd. per peck —.Perthshire Advet User.
THE COAL SUPPLY TO THE METROPOLIS.—
The supply of coal to the metropolis from the various coal-
fields in the kingdom still shows a great diminution, and
is one of the best tests of the state of trade. For the
month of May just ended the railways have carried 37,957
.
tons 2 cwt. less than in the corresponding month of 1 861 ,
the canals, 754 tons less ; but the arrivals seaborne have
increased 13,048 tons. For the five months of the current
year ending the 31st of May ult., the
troengsat 9 _e
cwt.
t., 244,388.5 ea.
diminution is still
more striking, and amounts in the egg
tons 9 cwt.—namely, railways, 166,360
borne, 74,678 tons; and canals, L
3,350 tons. For theondon
last month the entries into have been
as follows : London and North-Western, 41,367
Chatham and Dover, 148 tons
tons 4 owt. ; Great
IN3, 605r5thertt10,n537,01989 teownts.
;2
Great
Western, Western, 6,612 tons ; Midland, 3,610 tons ; South-
!Eastern Counties,
and Southend, 36 tons—total,
Grand Junction Canal during
a 9
cs tvet9ron; ,t
021,n, 6se7nlld9ot
cno
wn stT.6i cwt.bau‘hr Tilbury,
105,1
the same month has brought 1,774 tons 15 cwt. ; and by
sea there has been received from Neu castle 92,339 tons ;
Sunderland, 80,242 tons; Hartlepool mid West Hartlepool,
57,3E7 tons; Welsh coal, 15,350 tons ; Blyth, 2,238 tons;
Middlesborough, 4,591 tons; Duff, 627 tons; small coal.
1,330 tons; cinder... 11,954 tons—total, 282,287 tons. The
total tonnage for Tre present year is--railways. 668,968
tons ; sea-borne 1,391,970 tons; canals, 5,135 tons 10 cwt.—
total, 1,965,474 tons 19 cwt., against 2,209,863 tons 8 cwt.
for the first five months of 1861.