The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-12 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of the Hon. William Ritchie, Advocate-
General of the Presidency of Bengal, and member
of the Supreme Council of India, was first proved
in Calcutta by the relict, and on the 21st ult. proved
in the Loudon Court with reference to the property
in England, the personalty in this country being
sworn under £25,000. The executors appointed for
the property in India, in conjunction with the
widow, are Lieut-Col. Sir R. C. Shakespear and
Lieut.-Col. E. W. S. Scott; and for the property
in England, D. S. Morice, Esq., of Coleman-street,
together with the widow. The testator has be-
queathed to his relict a legacy of £2,000, with a
life interest in his property, with the exception of
that derived under his father and mother's marriage
settlement and as heir-at-law to his brother. This
excepted property is to pass to the testator's two
sisters, equally between them. The property be-
queathed to the widow for life is on her decease to
be divided amongst the children. There is an an-
nuity bequeathed to a sister of a cousin of the tes-
tator, whose death occurred during the frightful
scenes of the recent mutiny in India; annuities are
also left to the testator's servants. The will was
executed in England in 1855, and two codicils were
added in 1857-9, which were executed in India.

The will of Col. Sir Geo. Henry Hewett, Bart.,
of Old Hall, Netherseale, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch,
Leicestershire, was proved in London on the 20th
ult. The personalty was sworn under £16,000.
The executors nominated are Lady Hewit, the re-
lict ; the Rev. Henry Majendie, M.A., Prebendary
of Bangor and Sarum, and Vicar of Speen, Betio;
and the Rev. Prancis Dear, M.A., Prebendary of
Salisbury, and Rector of Bishopton, Wilts. The
testator succeeded to the baronetcy in 1840, on the
death of his father, the late Right Hon. Sir George
Hewett, G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
in India and Ireland. The testator's will, bearing
date 1855, is strictly confined to the members of
his family. To his relict, Lady Hewett, a life in-
terest in the funded property is bequeathed, and
she is also appointed residuary legatee. To his son
and heir, Sir George John Routledge Hewett, the
present baronet, certain landed property and tene-
ments are devised. On the decease of the widow,
Lady Hewett, the funded property is directed to be
divided equally amongst the testator's two sons
and two daughters. Sir George, the testator, held.
the rank of Colonel in the Army. He died in May
last, at Woburn-square, at the age of 71.
The will of Edward Norman, Esq., of Mistley,
Essex, was proved in London under £200,000 per-
sonalty, the executors being his nephew, the Rev.
Charles F. Norman, M.A., Rector of Portishead,
Somerset, Robert S. Green, Esq., of Beaumont, Es-
sex, and W. Brooks, of Mistley, merchant. The
testator died on the 28th March last, having exe-
cuted his will in July, 1861, which is of very ample
dimensions, rendered necessarily so owing to the
numerous bequests and directions contained in it.
The testator bequeaths to his relict a life-interest in
certain estates in Essex and Suffolk, an annuity of
£l,OOO, and a legacy of £2,500. Upon the decease
of his relict the estates enjoyed by the widow are to
pass to the testator's nephew, the Rev. Charles F.
Norman, and to his children, together with the
family portraits, which are to be retained as heir-
looms. The rev, gentleman is also appointed resi-
duary legatee. Certain other estates are devised to
other of his nephews. There are legacies and an-
nuities varying in amount to the testator's brothers,
sisters, nephews, nieces, and other trenches of his
family. The testator, who appears to have had a
great many persons in his employ, has been most
liberal to them in his will; we notice very hand-
some bequests to his clerk, Mr. Brooks, to whom
he leaves certain matters connected with his mer-
cantile transactions ; also, his pocket-chronometer,
as a token of kindly feeling and special remem-
brance; and to Mr. Brooks's children he has left
legacies of £lOO each. To the Mistley Norman Na-
tional Schools, erected by the testator, he leaves a
reversionary interest in £5OO ; also, a sum of £3OO,
the interest to be applied in clothing ten boys and
ten girls of the schools ; and a sum of £2OO, the
interest to be expended in an annual entertainment
to them. To the Essex and Colchester Hospital,
120 guineas; Royal Free Hospital, Blind, Deaf and
Dumb, and Infant Orphan Asylums, ana Refuge
for the Destitute, £lOO each ; and to the Clergy
Widows and Orphans' Asylum, the Ipswich Hospi-
tal, and Idiot Asylum, Colchester, 50 guineas each.
—lllustrated News.

THE SALMON FISHING ON THE TAY AND EARN
—Since these rivers were flooded, some excellent sport has
been obtained on them, especially on the higher parts of the
Tay and lower parts of,the Earn. In the end of last week
one gentleman caught six large salmon weighing from 101 b.
to 181 b., besides several dozen of very fine trout, some of
which weighed 21b. Towards lower extremity of the Earn
several heavy salmon were got last week. Otters, how-
ever, frequent the Earn and Highland portions of the Tay,
and are destructive to both salmon and trout.
RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARMA-
mENT.—Yesterday, in the House of Lords, owing to the
state distribution of prizes at the International Exhibition,
only three committees sat, the others having adjourned
over until Monday. The traffic case of the West Riding,
Hull, and Grimsby Railway occupied Lord Wodehouse's
committee all day ; and all the bills of the Edinburgh,
Perth, and Dundee, and Fife and Kinross Railways, and of
the Somerset Central and Dorset Central Railways were
passed in Lord Redesdale's committee. Having passed the
preamble of the Middle Level Drainage and Navigation
undertaking, the Duke of Montro.se's committee proceeded
with the consideration and settlement of important clauses,
with a view to give it due force and effect. The questions
as between the Belford Level Corporation and the Middle
Level Drainage were settled, the committee apportioning
the surplus funds so as to give as approximately as possible
each level the benefit of the surplus. They amended the
clauses having reference to the repairs of the outfall sluice,
the bursting of which caused the recent inundations, and
decided that they would not interfere with the questions
now pending in litigation before the courts of law.