The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-06 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUES.

The will of the Right Hon. Leicester Fitzgerald Charles
Stanhope, Earl of Harrington, C. 8., of Elvaston Castle,
Derby ; Gawsworth, Chester, and Kensington Palace Gar-
dens, was proved in London on the 24th ult. The per- 1
sonalty was sworn under £250,000. The executors and
trustees are the testator's nephew, the Marquis of Kildare;
her Majesty's Attorney-General, Sir 'William Atherton;
William Lloyd Birkbeck, Esq., Inner Temple; and James
Boyd, Esq., Furnival's Inn. The will is of considerable
length, bearing date November, 1861, and is entirely of a
family nature. The Earl has bequeathed to his relict, the
Countess,a life interest in the estates over which his lordship
had a power of discosition,vhich he has charged with annui-
ties to his two daughters. To the countessisalsobequeathed
an immediate legacy of £3,000, together with a disposition
over £lO,OOO, and to each of his daughters he has given a
like disposition over sums of £lO,OOO each. The remainder
of the estates, real and personal, are left to his lordship's
only son and successor, the present Earl of Harrington
(now in his seventeenth year), who is appointed the resi-
duary legatee. The late Earl, who attained the age of
seventy-eight, was a Colonel in the Army, and a Knight
Commander of the Order of the Redeemer, of Greece.
The will of Sir Robert Henry Gunning, Baronet, of
Horton, Northampton, was proved in the London
Court, by the executors, the Reverend Sir Henry John
Gunning, Bart., M,A., Rural Dean, Rector of Wigan,
Lancashire, the testator's brother; and W. M. Fladgate,
Esq., solicitor, Craven-street, Strand. The personalty was
sworn under £9,000. The will bears date 1860, and a co-
dicil, August, 1862. These documents occupy many pages
with directions as to the security and payment of several
annuities. There are legacies left to his steward, gardener,
and to all his other in and out door servants. His estates,
subject and chargeable with these bequests, he has left to
his brother and successor to the baronetcy, The testator
died a bachelor at the age of 67.
The will of James Walker, Esq., C.E., President of the
Institute of Civil Engineers, who died at his residence,
Great George-street, Westminster, on the Bth of last Octo-
ber, aged 81, was proved in the London Court on the 15th
ult., the executors nominated being his sons-in-law, Alex.
Boyle and Wm. Smythe, Esqrs., together with the Rev. J.
Hoole, M.A., and G. K. Rickards, counsel to the Speaker
of the House of Commons. The personalty was sworn
under £300,000. The will was executed in March,
1860, and there are appended six codicils, which,
by revocations, involve much complexity. These instru-
ments are of very ample dimensions, extending oti er up-
wards of 300 folios. The bequests are also exceedingly
numerous. There is a singular item in the will with refe-
ence to wine, in which the testator mentions one stock
as consisting of 5,500 dozen and upwards, a number almost
unprecedented in the cellars of a private gentleman. A large
portion of these wines is bequeathed, conditionally, amongst
his sons-in-law and some personal friends. His estates,
subject to the payment of annuities and legacies, he directs
to be divided into ten parts, and shared in certain specified
proportions, chiefly amongst his daughters and their hus-
tands and children. Legacies are left to servants, and to
the London and Westminster Hospitals £5OO each, and £5O
for the Westminster Dispensary.—Front the illustrated
London News Dec. G.

THE MAGAZINES,

Fraser's Magazine.

We find in this number an interesting article on
" The Reaction in Naples," the writer of which
states his conviction that the Bourbon dynasty finds
no sympathisers among the better classes of the po-
pulation, and that the brigandage derives its
strength entirely from the help afforded it by the
Roman Government. In support of these states-
ments he brings forward some curious facts. For
instance the brigand prisoners taken by the French
soldiers " are marched to Rome, where they are at
once handed to the Pope's authorities, who without
delay set them again at liberty. In this way up-
to make a journey
thousand men Lava at different times
fallen into the hands of the French soldiers, with no
toobllitbgeerathtieomn
really does take
plans, and is no idle invention, has been satisfac-
toothßoer
Rome. That
thThatan
this
satisfac-
torily proved by the fact that the French have on
some occasions caught the very same individuals
whom shortly before they had delivered into the
Pope's keeping." The article on the "Present
Position of the Church of England" will also repay
perusal. " Laurel and Cypress" is an account of
the late Australian exploration of Burke and Wills.
Mr. Ruskin gives another essay on Political Eco-
nomy, and the tales, " A First Friendship" and
" Adrian," are still in progress.

Colburn's United Service Magazine.
The third of the series of papers on " Continen-
tal Armies and Foreign Politics" is here given, the
nation under consideration in this instance being
Austria. The " Reminisences of Southern Africa"
are concluded; and the opinion given of the coun-
try, as a field for emigration, is, upon the whole,
the reverse of favourable. In 4; The French Com-
mercial Marine" we find an abridgement of an
article which appeared in the Revue des deux
Mondes, and many of its statements will be new to
English readers. The sixth chapter of "Lobscouse 4
treats of a cruise in the Coral Sea, but contains no
very thrilling adventure. "Pen Sketches in
Ceylon " are brought to a conclusion by an account
of the Ascent to Adonis Peak;
and other articles
treat of '' The Greek Revolution," " Modern Pro-
jectiles and Armour Plating," &c.

Corburn's New Monthly
Magazine.
That "Democracy is, strictly speaking, only one
of the incarnations of Despotism," its history, when-
ever it has gained the ascendancy, unmistakeably
proves, and we could scarcely wish a stronger con-
firmation of it than is afforded by
"The Reign of
Terror," which is the subject of the opening article
in this number. Edward P, Rowsell discourses
"About Starts in Life," and the biographical sketch
given by " Sir Nathaniel" this month treats of Gus-
tavus Adolphus. De La Rive's Reminiscences of
Count Cavour also furnishes matter for a paper.
"The Shadow of Ashlydyat" and "Granville de
Vigne" are continued, and the contents conclude
with "A Dark Story."

Dublin University .Magazine.

A review of Mr. Sandby's " History of the Royal
Academy of Arts" opens the present number ; the
article called " Glimpses of Goathe" will repay
pursual ; and the sketch of the life and works of Paul
de Kock is amusing. The tale called " The House
by the Churchyard" has reached its one hundred
°csosn°seration.
and twelfth chapter, and a new one is commenced
called "Little Flaggs, the Alms-house Foundling."
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Macmillan's Magazine.

We direct attention to the able paper, by the
editor on " Genius and Discipline in Literature."
Professor Kingsley's clever tale of " The Water
Babies" is still progressing. Miss Muloch discourses
of the Great Exhibition. Agnes Strickland has a
tale concerning Nelson's sword; and the distress in
Lancashire forms the topic of the concluding article.