The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-22 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of Miss Elizabeth Welby, of kondon, Derby-
, shire, was proved in the London Court by the executors
and trustees therein nominated—namely, Sir Glynne Earle
Welby Gregory, Bart., the testatrix's nephew; the Rev.
Edward Welwyn Foley, M.A., of Derby; and Grosvenor
Hodgkinson, Esq., solicitor. The personalty was sworn
under £70,000. The testatrix, who died in March last
executed her will in 1860, a codicil in 1861, and another
codicil in the month she died. The will is of more than
ordinary length from its containing many bequests, both
legacies and annuities, to the various members of her
family, as well as to servants, and £l5O to her companion.
To her nephew and executor, Sir G. E. W. Gregory, Bt.,
she has devised the whole of her estate, and also bequeathed
to him a legacy of £20,000, together with a moiety of the
residue of the per onalty, bequeathing the other moiety
amongst ten charitable institutions, as follows :—.rhe Pas-
toral Aid Society, the Rev. Hugh M'Neile's Proteztant Re-
form Society, the British and Foreign Bible Society, So-
ciety for Promoting ehristian Knowledge, Rome Missions,
Coun y Hospital, Derby; Asylum far Idiots, Park House,
Highgate; the Samaritan Free Hospital, London, for
Women and Children; Society for thePrevrention of Cruelty
to Animals, and the Field-lane Eagged Schools. To the
two first-mentioned societies are also left legacies of £l,OOO
each.

The will of Colonel Thomas Orlando Cater, R.A., for-
merly of Port Louis, Mauritius, but late of Blomfield-road,
St. John's-wood, where he died in May last, was adminis-
tered to in London on the Ist inst. by one of the testator's
sons, John Cater, Esq. The will, which bears date 1855,
was arrested by Col. Cockburn, Capt. Vibart, and Lieut.
Algernon Joy, all officers of the Royal Artillery. The
testator's wife, who was appointed sole executrix therein,
and to whom he had bequeathed the whole of his property
of every description, died before the colonel. He had,
however, made a provision in the will to meet such an
evert, bequeathing the property upon such a contingency
equally between his two sons, who are also appointed resi-
duary legatees.

The will of Charles Oldfield Bowles, Esq., of North
Aston, near Deddington, Oxfordshire, was proved in the
London Court, on the 20th ult., by the executors and
trustees—Frederi3k Goulburn, Esq., one of her Majesty's
Commissioners of Customs ; Henry Oldfield Bowles, Esq.,
the eon of the testator; and the Rev. W. Holbech, M.A.,
Vicar of Farnborough, Warwickshire. The personalty
was sworn under £40,000. The testator was Colonel of the
Oxfordshire Militia, and a magistrate and Deputy Lieuten-
ant for the county. He succeeded to the family estates in.
1810, attained to the age of seventy-seven, and died in July
last. The will was executed in December, 1861, by which
he bequeathed to his wife, Lady Elizabeth Bowles, the
daughter of Lord Rokeby, the whole of the furniture, plate,
pictures, carriages, &c., and an immediate pecuniary legacy,
her ladyship appearing to be otherwise provided for. The
testator has left to the widow of his late eldest son au
annuity, and has bequeathed to their children (two sons
and one daughter) logtaeius of £5,000, £2,000, and £1,000;
he has also bequeathed legacies to other of his grandchil-
dren. His real estate, including the freehold of North
Aston (which latter is estimated at £73,500), together with
the residue of his personal estate, he directs to be divided
into three equal parts, leaving one portion to each of hig
two sons and the other portion to his daughter, beyond any
legacies left to them by the will. Illustrated Lonclots
News.