The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-18 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS,

(From the Illustrated London News.)
The will of the most noble Frederick William
Marquis of Bristol, of St. James's-square, and Ick-
worth Park, Bury St. Edmunds, was proved in her
Majesty's Court of Probate on the 9th inst., by the
present Marquis and the Right Hon. Lord Augustus
Henry Charles Hervey, the sons. The personalty
was sworn under £lOO,OOO. His Lordship was
born in 1800, and married in 1830, Lady Katherine
Isabella Manners, daughter of the fifth Duke of
Rutland, K. G., who died in 1848, by whom he had a
large family. His lordship succeeded to the title
and estates in 1859, and executed his will in 1860 ;
and there are two codicils, dated March and July,
1864. To his eldest son, the present Marquis, he
has devised all his real estates, and has bequeathed
to him the residue of his personal property. To each
of his younger sons he has left a legacy of £20,000,
and to each of his daughters £lO,OOO besides other
bequests to them.
The will of the Hon.:Gertrude Ploriuda Tolle-
mache was administered to in the London Court by
her daughter, the Hon. Frances Louisa, wife of the
Hon. Algernon Gray Tollemache, the residuary
legatee—Arthur Hyde Dendy, Esq., f the Inner
Temple, the surviving executor, having renounced.
The testatrix was the eldest daughter of the late
General Wm. Gardiner, neice of the first Viscount
Mountjoy, and widow and relict of the Hon. Charles
Tollemache, who died in 1850. The will bears date
1851, and there are three codicils, dated 1853, 1859,
1863. To her sister, Frances Gardiner, she has
bequeathed the property left to her by the will of
her uncle, Lord Mountjoy, for her life, and after
her decease to her testatrix's nieces, Harriet and
Frances Hastings. There are a few legacies to
friends and to her servants. To the Middlesex
Hospital she has bequeathed all her linen and under-
clothing, and plain pocket handkerchiefs without
borders or lace. The residue of her" property she
leaves to her daughter, the said Hon. Frances
Louisa Tollemache.

The will of the late William Kaye, Esq., of Tet-
worth Hall, Huntingdonshire, was proved in Lon-
don under £40,000, and is contained in these
words :—" The last will and testament of me, Wil-
liam Kaye, revoking all other wills. I hereby will
and bequeath to my most excellent wife, Mary
Cecilia, all nly personal and real property, and ap-
point her executrix, and her sons, Joseph and
James, executors.—Dated Nov, 19, 1864."
The late James Quilter, Esq., of 1, York-place,
Regent's Park, whose personal property was sworn
under £7,000, has left to each of the following
charitable institutions a legacy of £25 :—The
British and Foreign Bible Society, London City
Mission, Church Missionary Society ; Female
Penitentiary, Pentonville-road ; and the National
Schools at Hadley.

• Bushranging in New South Wales.

It would appear, from the Australian papers just
arrived, that bushranging is on the increase in New
South Wales. The Sydney Morning Herald, of Dec.
21, says ;--" On the 2d ult. five men, masked and
armed, stuck up the sheep station of Mr. Garbutt,
a short distance from Mudgee. The bushrangers
drove all the inmates into the kitchen, and took
with them £35 and two saddles. On the same day
Morgan and his mate stopped the Deniliquin mail,
about forty miles from Wagga Wagga. They
cut open all the letters, and, after examination,
said the mail was a very poor one. On the Satur-
day previous, Ben Hall stuck up the mail from
Yass to Lambing Flat. The miscreants
rifled the letters, and then burnt all of
them, with the periodicals received by the
November mail. They were heard of on Monday
at the station of Mr. Macnish. On the 29th ult.
they paid a visit to the residence of Mr. Rothery,
but a party of police were inside, and the bush-
rangers rode off. On the 29th the Gundaroo mail
was also robbed by two armed men, and Mr. Moran,
mail contractor, and an assistant bailiff, were stuck
up near Collector, and the latter was robbed of £lO.
On the 13th of the present month, Morgan made
his appearance at the camp of Mr. Adams, road-
contractor, and bailed up all the men, and as he
could get no cash he set fire to the tents.
Five Chinamen having made their appearance,
he caused them also to join the rest of the
men ; and, having ordered them to strip, with
a view of searching their garments, they
not understanding the command, and therefore
apparently hesitating to put it in force, he shot one
of them in the arm just below the shoulder joint.
This man is now lying in a precarious state. Mr.
Jones, another contractor, paid a visit to the camp
(which was soon after it had been set on fire) ; he
was likewise secured, besides a traveller and two or
three other men residing in the neighbourhood, who
came there on horseback. On leaving, he took these
men with him, as also Mr. Jones, four in all, they
being each mounted on horseback. He made them
carry a gun with them, and took them by a circuit-
ous route over the mountains to a small bridge on
the Little Billabong, about eight miles south
of Kyamba. Here he met two buggies, in one
of which were Mr. and Mrs. Manson, on their
way to Braidwood, and in the other were two young
men travelling to the same destination. These he
immediately stopped, ordering them out of their
buggies ; and, because Mr. Manson seemed to he-
sitate, he threatened to shoot the whole of them on
the spot. Having got them out, he pointed to the
four other men standing where he had placed them
in a rank close by, and spoke of them as belonging
to his party. This effectually set aside all idea of
resistance; and, after having stripped Mr. Manson.
to his shirt, and searched the pockets of the others,
he succeeded in taking £6 in all. They then asked
his permission to proceed, but he said theymustwait
20 minutes, as the mail was expected, and the bug-
gies would be useful in stopping the passage of
the coaches, The time having expired, however, and
the mail not arriving, they were allowed to proceed.
He conversed freely at the camp for some hours, with
the men, detailing his various exploits at great length,
and dwelling particularly upon the murder of M‘Gin-
nerty and Smyth, of which he made no attempt at
concealment; indeed, he stated that he had watched
Smyth's party five days in order to make sure of the
right man. Soon after Mr. Manson had escaped
from his clutches, the mail to Albury arrived at the
scene of action. The mailman had been previously
warned, but did not consider it to be his duty to
take any steps by way of special security. Being very
light, he allowed it to pass after a merely formal
examination ; but shortly afterwards the Albury
mail arrived, when he demanded of the driver to
stop. This not being instantly complied with, he
fired a shot at him to bring him to. He then made
hint net out and hold the horses' heads, while he
ransacket: +he mails. This inspection lasted a con-
siderable time, II; the course of which nearly, if not
the whole, of the lette:s. were opened, and though
many cheques were found, c-..hich he threw to one
side as useless, it is supposed that. ,he obtained but
little booty in the shape of bank notes ; or he com-
plained bitterly of the poverty of the mailg. A. box
of pills and some photographs were disposed of witi;
sovereign contempt.

—_ - —
THE LATE CARDINAL WISEMAN.—We under-
stand that his Eminence Cardinal Wiseman, the pain-
ful newsof whose decease after a wasting illness has boon re-
ceived with general regret, has been suffering for about 12
years from diabetes. In 1860, whilst in Rome, lie suffered
severely from carbuncle. His last illness was erriPelas of
the head and face, which came on about three weeks ago.
It was followed by a carbuncle on the scalp, ten days back
of
He gradually sank, exhausted by this accumulation
maladies.—Lancet.
The Emperor's speec consists of 1;710 wards.
Delivered in Paris at one o'ch lock, the whole was known in
London at half-past three.
The Prince Napoleon's recent ball, says the writer
of a Paris letter in the Nord, cost 30,000 f., thus distri-
buted:—Supper, 14,000 f. ; flowers, 6,000 f. ; lighting and
decorations, 10,000 f.
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