The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-23 00:00:00

RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS

(From the Illustrated London News)

The will of the Rev. Sir B. W. R. Boothby, Bart.,
M.A., Rector of Welwyn, Herts, was proved in
London.on the 4th inst., the executors and trustees
being the Rev. F. K. Leighton, D.D., Rural Dean
and Rector of Harpsden, Oxfordshire; C. B.
Boothby, Esq., 22, Clarges-street, Piccadilly, the
brother ; and M. G. Davidson, Esq., solicitor, 18,
Spring-gardens. The personalty was sworn under
£B,OOO. The will is dated Jan. 12, 1858, and the
testator died on Sept. 22, aged 56. To Lady
Boothby, who takes a life interest in his estates, he
has bequeathed an immediate legacy of £3OO and the
wines and consumable stores. Her ladyship may
select such plate as she may require, together with
books, furniture, &c., to the value of £5OO. All other
articles and the rest of the plate, MSS., &c., he leaves
to his son succeeding to the barenetcy. lie directs his
estates to be sold, and, together with his personal pro-
perty, invested for the benefit of his wife during her
life, and at her decease he leaves a moiety to his
eldest son (now in his tenth year), and the other
moiety to be divided among all his other children.
The will of Samuel R. Arnold, Esq., of Alders-
gate-street, druggist, and Brunswick-square, Brigh-
ton, was proved in London, under £25,000 per-
sonalty. The executors are Mrs. Arnold, his relict ;
Benjamin Alfred Arnold, his son ; and Chas. Edwin
Ogden, his cousin. The will is dated Aug. 1, 1865,
and the testator died on Sept. 22, at the age of 77.
To his wife he leaves the sum of £2,000 absolutely,
and a life interest in a large portion of his estates,
which at her decease devolves to his son and daugh-
ter in certainspecified portions. His freehold pre-
mises in Aldersgate-street and Half Moon-passage,
London, and his freehold at Whissendine, Rutland,
he devises to his son. His copyhold in Church-
street, Hackney, and 11 houses in Montague-place,
Islington, he leaves to his daughter, together with
a sum of £2,000. It is his desire that his cousin
and executor, Chas. Edwin Ogden, be admitted into
copartnership into his business, and he leaves him
one-fourth of the profits, bequeathing the remainder
to his said son Benjamin, whom he appoints resi-
duary legatee of both his real and personal estate.
Legacies are left to his servants, and £lOO is to be
divided among his workmen. He bequeaths to the
British and Foreign Bible Society, the London Mis-
sionary Society, and the Religious Tract Society,
each £lOO, and to the London City Mission, £5O.
The will of Mrs. E. Russell, formerly of Brance-
peth Castle and Hastings, but late of Cheltenham,
was proved in London, on the 24th ultimo, under
£lOO,OOO personalty. The will is dated July 4, 1862,
and she therein appointed her daughter, the Right
Hon. Emma Maria 'Viscountess Boyne, sole execu-
trix. The testatrix died on September 30, 1865.
She has bequeathed legacies to several of her
nephews and nieces to the amount of £1,800; and
annuities of £lOO each to her nieces Matilda
Tennyson and Ellen D'Eyncourt ; and to her
niece Julia D'Eyncourt, a nun at Princethorpe, a
legacy of £lOO. She has left legacies to four of her
servants. The residue of her property she leaves to
her daughter, Viscountess Boyne.
The will of the Marquis de Casana (Paul George
du Gout), of 37, Rue St. George, Paris, was proved
in London, under £25,000 personalty in England.
The will of the Baroness Stratenus, (Suzette Otte-
line Constance), of the Hague, has alo just been
proved in London, her ladyship having died pos-
sessed of property in England estimated at £2,000.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments
in the Civil Service.

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(From the Civil Service Gazette.)
FOREIGN OFFICE.—The office of Secretary of Em
bassy at Paris has become vacant by the death of the
Hon. Wm. G. Grey.
AUDIT OFFICE.—Mr. A. H. H. Jesse has been ap-
pointed to a clerkship.
LUNACY COMMISSION.—MT. Chas. Palmer Phillips,
barrister-at-law, has been appointed to be secretary
to the commission, in the room of the Hon. William
Spring Rice, resigned.
BOARD OF TRADE.—Mr. A. Payne has been ap-
pointed to a temporary clerkship.
THE ADMIRALTY.—Mr. T. Brown has been ap-
pointed to a clerkship, Somerset House.
THE POST OFFICE.—Mr. E. P. Gallagher has been
appointed a temporary clerk in the Savings Bank,
London. Mr. G. Mudge has been appointed a tem-
porary clerk in the Savings Bank, London. Mr. C.
Hodgson has been appointed a temporary clerk in
the .Savings Bank, London. Mr. Allen has been
promoted from the probationary class to the third
class of clerks, Savings Bank, London. Mr.
J. Fox, Stamper of the second class, has been pro-
moted to be a sorter in the circulation department,
London. Mr. F. Coppin has been promoted from
the second to the first class of stampers, circulation
department, London.
CUSTOMS.—Mr. James J. Leary has been ap-
pointed an outdoor officer, London. Mr. Henry
Davis has been appointed an outdoor officer, Bristol.
Mr. Patrick Gaffney has been appointed an outdoor
officer, Liverpool. Mr. Enoch Margrave has been
appointed an outdoor officer, Goole. Mr. John T.
Simpson has been appointed an outdoor officer,
North Shields. Mr. David A. Thomas has been
appointed an outdoor officer, Bristol. Mr. John
Murphy has been appointed a boatman at Cork.
Mr. John Gibson has been promoted from the fifth
to the fourth class of gaugers, London. Mr. Wm.
C. Walker has been promoted from the sixth to the
fifth class of gaugers, London. Mr. Charles Hall
has been promoted from the fourth to the third cliss
of outdoor officers, Newcastle on Tyne.
INLAND REVENUE.—STAMP AND TAX BRANCH.—
Mr. John P. Atkins Long, assistant surveyor of
taxes, has been promoted to be a surveyor.
EXCISE BRANCH.—Mr. John Hackett, supervisor,
Dublin, sth district, Dublin collection, has been
appointed surveying general examiner, 3d class.
Mr. Hugh James Hopps, supervisor, Belfast, 2d
distriet, Belfast collection, has been appointed
supervisor of Dublin, sth district, Dublin collec-
tion. Mr. George Jones, supervisor, Preston dis-
trict, Lancaster collection, has been appointed
supervisor of Chipping Norton district, Oxford col-
lection. Mr. Benjamin Westell, supervisor, Chip-
ping Norton district, Oxford collection, has been
appointed supervisor of Preston district, Lancaster
collection. Mr. Thomas Barton, officer, Sudbury,
3d division, Colchester collection, has been ap-
pointed to be an examiner. Mr. Walter Hickor,
officer, Bromley, Ist division, Middlesex collection,
has been appointed to be an examiner. Mr. Wm.
Henry Blake, dropped first-class assistant, King-
ston collection, has been appointed officer, Clare-
morris ride, Galway collection. Mr. Win. Robert
Stoyle, dropped first-class assistant, Bristol collec-
tion, has been appointed officer of Richmond, Ist
ride, Ripon collection. Mr. Daniel Roberts Town-
send, dropped first-class assistant, Campbeltown
collection, has been appointed officer of North
Walsham, Ist ride, Norwich collection. Mr. Henry
New, officer, Southwark, 3d division, London,
South, collection, has been appointed to Southwark,
sth division, London, South, collection. Mr. George
Hamilton Madden, officer, Norwich, 4th division,
Norwich collection, has been appointed to South-
wark, 3d division, London, South, collection.
Henry Spencer, officer, Norwich, 7th division,
Norwich collection, has been appointed to Nor-
wich, 4th division, Norwich collection. Mr. Wm.
Whalley, officer, Witham ride, Colchester collec-
tion, has been appointed to Norwich, 7th division,
Norwich collection.

Our readers will no doubt be glad to have the
opportunity of perusing the following list of
novelties which Mr. Chappuis, of 69, Fleet-street, has
prepared for Christmas presents, among which will be
found scientific toys and amusements for all ages, namely:
—New. pocket magnesium lamp, with wire, Gs. 6d. ; pris-
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guaranteed,
75., 10s., 155., or 255. ; a box of novelties in
harmless fireworks, for drawing-rooms and gardens, viz.,
Japanese pleiades, feu follet, surprise-matches, Bengal fires,
Pharaoh's serpents, magnesium wire and garden drops, for
Cs. 6d. ; tho novel patent bulliere, or bubble-amusement,
scientifically applied, complete, with geometric frames,
&C., Bs. 6d. ; polyoramas, with six artistic views and
novel effects, 95., 125., or 21s. ; au open stereoscope,
with 12 excellent slides assorted, 10s. 6d. ; ditto, superior,
with reflector and 12 slides, 19s. ; artistic sets-20 scraps,
photographic gems, from album size to 6 by 8 inches, 125.;
12 charming cartes for album, scenery, celebrated paint:-
ings, for ss. 6d. ; 12 album celebrities, at choice, from life,
free 12s. 2d. ; useful articles for 6s.—one pair registered
whist-markers, one stampholder, and one reading magni-
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Sezame-purse, Gs. ; a pair of capital puzzles, with surprise,
ss. 6d. ; for 6s. 6d.—a basket of fragrant grapes, a savings'
bank, with scent and perfumery, also a surprise deviced
puzzle ; the tell-tale mirror, to see within apartments
passers-by in streets, complete, 21s. ; the reader's reflector,
for the bedridden in daytime, 325. ; the Dreadnought illu-
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also a variety of useful articles connected with the reflec-
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purposes. These prices include packing ready for rail,
&c. Early orders are solicited to insure execution before
Christmas. N-B. Remittances in stamps, &c., to accom-
pany order.