The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-26 00:00:00

RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrate,,' London News)
The will of Sir John Hare, late of Hardelot
Villa, Clifton, and of Boulogne_sur.lfer, France,
has been proved in London by his relict, Lady Hare,
the sole executrix. Sir John was formerly a mer-
chant residing at Bristol, and a magistrate for
Somerset ; was twice married, and died, on the 2d
of February last, at the age of 81, having executed
his will in January this year, whereby he bequeaths
the whole of his property to his wife for life, and
upon her ladyship's decease the same to be divided
equally between his two daughters.
The will of Francis Williams, Esq., of Langhern-
hill, Wichenford, Worcester, was proved in the
London court, on the 9th inst. The personalty was
sworn under £400,000. The executors appointed
are his nephews, Francis E. \Villains (who alone is
acting) and Edward J. Williams, together with the
Rev. W. E. Wall. The two latter renounced. The
will is dated June 23, 1862, and there are five codi-
cils, the last dated December 23, 1863. The will
is of considerable length, and there are numerous
bequests, The principal portion of his freehold
property he has devised by his will to his nephew
F. E. Williams. His Wichenford estates he leaves

to Thomas J. Jones on attaining 21, and who,

upon his coming into possession, is to assume and
use the surname and bear the arms of " Williams."

His estate called the Noke, in Avenbury,

Hereford, he leaves to Sophia Jones for her life,
and after her decease to John Francis Williams.
His farm at North Shink, Hats, he leaves to his
nephew, Edward J. Williams. There are also
pecuniary legacies to these parties, and to other of
his nephews and nieces, as well aito other members
of his family and acquaintance. Legacies also to
his servants. The residue of his property he has
left, by a codicil, in certain divisional parts amongst
the said Sophia Jones And her five children.

The will of John Craven, Esq., formerly of
Alexandrian House, Surrey, and late of 9, Upper
Brunswick-place, Brighton, was proved in London,
under £12,000, by the acting executor, Henry
Craven, the son ; Thomas Martin, of Great Garden-
street, the other executor, having renounced. The
trustees are William Sentance (the testator's son-
in-law), and David Brown, of. the Merchant Sea-
men's Office. The will is dated Feb. 24, 1860, and
the testator died on the 13th of May last. He
directs his trustees to see that his business of sugar
refiner is carried on until the Ist of February, 1872,
and should the said Thomas Martin not continue in
the management, that it shall be in the power of
the trustees to place his sons therein, who will be
at liberty to purchase the stock, &c., at the expira-

tion of that period. He leaves to his wife an
annuity of £l5O and £450 a year for the support of
his children, except his daughter Ann, the wife of
his executor, Mr. Sentance. The ultimate residue
of his property is to be divided equally amongst all
his children.

In the abstract of Sir C. E. Grey's will, given in
our last number, it ought to have been stated that
he apportioned £1,500 (not £15,000) of a sum of
money over which he had appointment to each of
his two sons, Jervoise John Grey and Edward
Grey.

THE PRESS IN THE DUCHIES.—The following is
the text of the circular recently issued by the
Schleswig-HolsteinLand Government on the urgent neces-
sity of a sharper supervision of the press in the Duchies :
" The circumstances of the present time render it neces-
sary to devote the utmost attention to the political press
of the interior. The press has first to observe the general
limits of law, and must not trench upon the sphere of
right of the State or of individuals either in form or in
the mode of expression. If it intends to preserve its dignity
and beneficial influence, it must, at the same time, be care-
ful to protect the public tranquillity and benefit. In both
directions the press of the Duchies leaves much to be de-
sired. Various illegal manifestations of the press have re-
cently occurred, and the attitude of certain papers is at
present but little calculated to promote the common weal.
Under these circumstances the police authorities are desired
to exercise the most careful supervision over the political
press, and, as soon as cause exists, to bring into application
the repressive measures prescribed by law. It will also be
incumbent upon them, when the occasion arises, to avert
all misuse of the press as much as possible, by coming to
an understanding with the editors of newspapers. To secure
the correct application of the means placed by the law at
'-the disposal of the police authorities, the Land Govern-
ment must not omit to point out that the two repressive
measures provided by our press legislation—viz, seizure
and criminal procedure with respect to the same production
of the press—may follow one another, but that either mea-
sure may also be adopted independently. While criminal
procedure presupposes the co-operation of the courts,
seizure is at first a measure of administration, and only
then becomes a matter for the consideration of the law
when the parties interested claim a judicial hearing, or
the Land Government refers the matter to ,the courts.
Whatever the punishment presupposed by the existence
of a criminal code, the conditions of seizure are more ex-
actly laid down in sec. 8 of the order of March 10, 1848, as
regards Holstein, and in sec. 1 of the order of the same date
and in the decree of Feb. 22, 1820, as regards Schleswig.
According to these, the seizure of a publication is to take
place when the same contains an offence against the laws
of the country or an attack upon the constitution, security,
and dignity of a friendly State. As now generally the
friendly relations of other States to our own cause such
attacks to appear illegal, this is the case in a still higher
degree when the attacks are directed against States with
Which the Duchies have entered by the force of cir-
cumstances into particularly close connection. By
the rights of possession of Austria and Prussia,
based upon the treaty of peace, a relation of autho-
rity pending its duration has been created in the
Duchies to the supreme heads of those States which is
placed under the protection of the Land Government. An
attack directed against this relation cannot, therefore, be
suffered under any circumstances. From this point of view
the police authorities have therefore to judge of the excesses
of the press, and to proceed against them with severity by
the application of the resources of the law."
THE COAL-BEDS OF BRAZILS.—Some time since it
was stated in our columns that Mr. N. Plant had
discovered large deposits of coal in the provinces of Rio
Grande do Sul, Brazil. It appears, from a late number of
the Anglo-Brazilian Times, that Mr. Plant had submitted
some fossils and geological illustrations of the province
to Professor Agassiz, who was on a scientific expod ,-
tion to Rio de Janeiro ; and from that distinguished savant
Mr. Plant has received the following interesting letter :
" Rio, June 18, 1865. Dear Sir,—I have not yet returned
my thanks for the fine specimens you have presented to me,
though ever since I saw them I have looked for a moment's
leisure to do so. However, this gives me an opportunity of
expressing a more mature opinion concerning their geolo-
gical ago, which I am glad to have an opportunity of re-
cording, especially since the examination I have made of
them has satisfied me of the correctness of some views
concerning the fossils of the oldest geological formation,
in which I had little confidence. That these organic
remains all belong to the carboniferous period is unques-
tionable, and it is the close affinity with the characteristic
fossils of Europe which particularly interests, and in a
measure surprises me. Had the whole collection been
made in Pennsylvania, I would not more decidedly
have recognised its carboniferous characteristics;
down to the rocks underlying and overlying the fossilife-
rous bed; and the photographs you have shown me of the
localities leave no doubt of the great extent and value of
the coal beds proper of the river Candiota, whilst the coal
itself may fairly be compared to the best in the market,
judging from the specimens you have shown me, and those
I owe to your kindess. As to the coal of the Falkland
Islands, I can only compare it to the Anthracite of Mans-
field, in Massachusetts, and the adjoining deposits in Rhode
Island ; though it does not appear quite so pure as the best
Anthracite of the United States; but this is an impression
derfved from surface specimens, gathered at random. With
my best wishes for the further success of your geological
explorations, in which I hope you may hereafter also in-
clude the drift and erratics, now that you are satisfied of
their existence in Brazil, I remain, yours very truly, L.
AOASSIZ.—N. Plant, Esq." In a note to the foregoing; the
editor of the Anglo-Brazilian Times says :—" We point to
the latter portion of this very important letter of Professor
Agassiz as a provisional answer to the assertion made by
the medical officer of her Majesty's ship Stromboli, to the
effect that coal does not exist on the Falkland Islands.
The question is a scientific one, and the great philosopher
from Cambridge, United States, has, by
igeological.
deduction, as we have seen, declared n favour
of the position assumed by Mr. Ramsay Cooke, of her
Majesty's ship Egmont, who was the first discoverer
of these coal beds, and who assures us that, the coal from
these deposits wore burned by her Majesty s ship Satellite,
on her passage from the Falkland IslandsAtgoaßssim. an
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GRANT'S LINE.—An American paper states that
General Grant really made a speech at Bowdoin Commence-
ment. As he had declined to speak, General Chamberlain
said—"l have tried to get General Grant to speak, but he
says 'No ; and when he says that word he means it. Lee
knows it means something." General Grant broke in, say-
ing, " I continue to fight it out on that line." And that
wag his speech,