The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-15 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)
The will of Sir James Francis Doughty Tichborne, Bart.,.
of Tichborne Park, near Alresford, Hants, was proved in
London by the executors and trustees, William Moatyn,
Esq., of Cork-street, Burlington-gardens, and Vincent
Gosford, Esq., of Tan-y-llan, Flintshire. The personalty
was sworn under £lB,OOO. The testator bequeaths to 1118
relict, Dowager Lady Tichborne, a life interest in a cert
portion of the property, together with a legacy of £l,OOO,
a
carriage, and the plate bearing the Tichborne crest, Which
was purchased in France, and is principally of French
manufacture the rest of the family plate, furniture, articles'
of virtu, paintings, statuary, &c., are to be retained as
heirlooirs with the title and estate), and appoints his sou
and successor to the baronetcy residuary legatee. There area
legacies to his executors, And to some personal friends, end-
others; also, to his butler, bailiff, gardener, and other
servants, as well as to the poor Catholics of Tichborne and
Ito St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Great Ormond-street, London,
and the Reformatory, Mount St. Bernard, Leicester. The
will bears date the 6th of February, 1861, being tv7
months prior to the marriage of his (the testator's) een en
only surviving child, now in his 22d year. The testato
died at the age of 77.
The will of John Corrie, Esq., of Southington, Senrl3''
ampton, was proved in London under £lOO,OOO personaltlhy
the executors nominated being the relict, together wit
John Akers Hankey, Esq., of Westbourne•terrace, 110.4
Park, and Henry Rutt, Esq., of Upper Clapton. The WI:.
was executed in 1855. To his relict, who enjoys a life inter°
over £30,000 under marriage settlement, the testator make°
some further provision; and, after leaving legacies to a fel
friends, to his executors, and to his servants, directs tile
entire residue of his property to be divided into three per°,
bequeathing to each of his two nieces a third, and the re'
maining third to the three daughters of his niece Caroline
by her former husband, in equal proportions.
The will of William Kentish, of Grove Villa, Belmont'
hill, Lee, Kent, was proved in the London Court on the
15th ult. The personalty was sworn under £lOO,OOO. Tile
testator was of that highly-established firm, Rowe, Xew,
tish, and Osborne, 16, Change-alley, Cornhilf, engravers ot
bankers' security cheques and bank notes. The will bear'
date April 15, 1561, and is contained in a few lines, whera
the testator disposes of the whole of his property, real en
personal, to his relict absolutely.

LABOURERS' COTTAGES.

Never let us be deceived by the ignis fatuus of orris'
mental cottages, where the principal element, good drain-
age, is neglected. Your cottages ornee, where architecture
gives place to every other consideration, are mere " solono
shams"—traps to catch the unwary. A well-drained
roomy cottage, with fire-places in every room (a feature
oftentimes overlooked), and a good supply of pure OW
are the three primary essentials.
Although condemning the ornamental to the parisl ort
total exclusion of the useful, we are by no means if ttimfl
class who consider cottage improvements consist col/
looking after the internal condition; something :out;
done for the external. The romantic cottage of Ctzeu";
land has its own peculiar charm, as well as the houlr:
thatched one of Hampshire, or the half-wooden one 01101;
We must not cast all our cottages in the same moult' 11'
'
the houses in some of our London squares, or mutt
turesqueness would vanish from the land. We reuse;
vide for the pig and the small poultry-yard, as well as
rustic vase and the climbers and patch of vegetables
flowers. In this case each family must be the judge 4,1 t
own peculiar wants and capacities, according to the ausvo,
of space, labour, or capital which each can invest.
rule can be laid down except the necessity of proviii!,
sufficient space. A cottage, with a simple railing rouad e
ie
is not of half the value to the labouring man i
which has adjacent space for a pig and poultrYl3o,
few vegetables and flowers. Many an industrious
with a good helpmate, will earn enough to pay his roll"
such means. His manure heap also should not be kePt,°o
of view, as there are many things at present discarded toll
useless which may be utilised, such as road scrapinffefd; O• 11,
that otl
bottoms, the excreta of fowls, offal, fish, and night soil,
which latter may be rendered innocuous by the additionty
a little quicklime. It should not be left reeking outside
dwelling, but as far removed as possible from it. to
The system of garden allotments has also been PO
tha
be another powerful incentive towards improving .00.
status of the agricultural classes. Small moue,' Prin, •
given for the best vegetables, flowers, and fruit, forl
source of incentive to individual exertion which °awl°
too highly praised.
" The glorious flower that bore the prize awitY", of
is not to be deemed unsuitable as one of the constituen,e of
cottage improvement, although we are not admire
"statute-coloured tulips, and act-of-parliament P°l.
thuses." The "gadding vine" is another tree which °tithe
to be in every cottage garden, whether trained nver_miot
house, or the trellis-work and arbours.—Social 0,50-
Review.