The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-22 00:00:00

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Naval and Military Intelligence.

Yesterday Major-General Sir Robert Walpole,
K.C.8., commanding the Chatham district, made
an official inspection of the chartered East India
troopship Malabar, -which has been taken up by the
Hon. Council of India for the conveyance of rein-
The following are the
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troopsforcem ewnhtischtowilKluerrmabcahrekn board from Govern-
e.
ment quay to-day—viz., one non-commissioned
officer and 3 men of the 7th Queen's Own Hussars,
from Canterbury ; 1 officer, 1 bandmaster, and 54
men of the Ist battalion of the 7th Royal Fusiliers,
from Walmer ; 1 officer, 1 bandmaster, and 111
non-commissioned officers and men of the Ist bat-
talion of the 19th Regiment, 1 officer and 49 men
of all ranks of the 35th Regiment, and 1 officer and
31 men of the 94th Regiment, from Chatham ; 1
officer of the 55th Regiment, from Preston ; 55 non-
commissioned officers and men of the 38th Regiment,
and 35 men of the 82d Regiment, from Colchester ;
2 officers and 103 non-commissioned officers and
men of the 93d Sutherland Highlanders from Stirling,
and 2 officers of the 3d battalion of the Rifle Brigade
from Winchester. The Tyburnia has also been taken
up by the Government for the conveyance of rein-
forcements to Bombay, and will embark at Graves-
end 14 officers, 2 staff-sergts., and 340 non-commis-
sioned officers and men of the 3d Prince of Wales's
Dragoon Guards, 6th Enniskillen Dragoons, Ist
battalion of the 4th King's Own, 102 d Royal
Madras Fusiliiers, 45th Regiment, Ist battalion of
the Ist Royals, 103 d Royal Bombay Fusiliers, 2d
battalion of the 10th Regiment, 16th Queen's
Lancers, and the Royal Artillery, together with two
officers' wives, 27 women, and 34 children. Every
provision has been made on board both ships for the
comfort and health of the troops during the voyage.
Among the officers who sailed in the Conflict,
troopship, from Gravesend, on Thursday morning,
for India, with the draught of the 34th Regiment
was Ensign J. C. Cowslade.
On Thursday evening, shortly before the hour for
the cessation of work, Mr. E. J. Reed, the Chief
Constructor of the Navy, arrived at Chatham dock-
yard for the purpose of inspecting the ironclad
frigates Bellerophon and Lord Warden, both of
-which are in dock fitting and completingfor sea. Ac-
companied by the master shipwright and officials,
Mr. Reed went on board the Bellerophon, and was
occupied some time in inspecting the rapid progre;s
made towards the completion of that vessel. Already
a considerable portion of the six-inch armour plat-
ing which will inclose the gun battery has been
fitted in its place, and the 4i-inch and 5-inch
armour is also being attached to the vessel's sides.
The chief object of Mr. Reed's visit, however, was
connected with the machinery he has invented, and
which is now in course of manufacture in Chatham
dockyard, for working the large 12-ton 300-pounder
Armstrong guns with which the Bellerophon is to
be armed, the first deliveries of which have been
received at this dockyard. The machinery is ex-
ceedingly simple, and will be so arranged as not to
interfere in the least degree with the comparatively
limited space on the gun-deck. The apparatus for
working each gun is placed on the lower deck,
while a simple arrangement of wheels and screws
will enable a couple of men to manoeuvre and train
the heaviest guns. Some of the machinery for the
300-pounder guns is now in the fitting-shop, and
will be completed in the course of a few days, when
it will be subjected to a series of trials under the
superintendence of the officials of the establishment.
The chief advantage of placing the machinery for
working the guns on the lower deck is that it will
be below the water line of the frigate, and conse-
quently quite beyond the reach of hostile shot.
The Admiralty have placed the paddle wheel
steam frigate Gladiateur, 6, 430 horse-power,
(nominal), Captain Elphinstone Aplin, at the dis-
posal of the Floating Obstruction Committee, for
the trials which are to be made in Chatham har-
bour, under the direction of Vice-Admiral Sir C.
Talbot, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief, for the pur-
pose of testing a new description of boom just com-
pleted at Chatham ',dockyard, to bQ used for pro-

tecting the entrance to harbours, and preventing
the passage of hostile vessels.

The Challenger, 22, steam corvette, 1,462 tons,
400 horse-power, which has been undergoing repairs
and been refitted in Sheerness dockyard, was yester-
day taken to the measured mile off Maplin Sands,
for the trial of her machinery, The vessel was in
charge of Capt. A. Barrow, of the Steam Reserve ;
Mr. G. Tucker, Inspector of Machinery Afloat ;
Mr. S. Townsend, foreman of the factory ; and Mr.
Herbert, assistant master shipwright at Sheerness
dockyard, being likewise present. The following
were the results of the trial :—Speed of vessel, full
power, 10.721 knots per hour ; half power, 9.017
knots ; draught of water forward, 17ft. 4in. ; aft,
18ft. 10in. ; pressure of steam in boilers, 201 b. ;
vacuum of steam in condensers, at full power, 251 ;
at half power, 261 ; revolutions of engines full
power, 60 ; half power, 48 ; force of wind, 3 to 4
N.E. ; quantity of coal on board, 230 tons. The
engines were stopped in 12secs. from the moving of
the telegraph, started ahead in ssecs, and backed
astern in ssecs. The trial was considered satisfac-
tory, and the vessel will be placed in the first divi-
sion of the Sheerness Steam Reserve.

The Octavia, 35, screw wooden frigate, 3,161
tons, 500-horse power, Capt. Chas. F. Hillyar, made
her official trial over the measured mile course in
Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, yesterday, prepara-
tory to sailing on her experimental cruise with the
frigates Constance and Arethusa. All three frigates
were fitted some three years since with experimental
machinery by different engineering firms, and with-
out limit to first cost of the machinery or design of
the engines, the object being to ascertain the best
form of marine engine, combined with economy in
the consumption of fuel, steam, and boiler space.
The engines of the Octavia were manufactured by
Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, from designs by
Mr. Sells, the chief draughtsman to the firm, and
their chief noticeable features are-the employment
of three cylinders, with their cranks placed at
an angle of 120 deg. with each other to render the
power, exerted uniform in its motion, the surface-
condensing system adopted, the superheating of the
boilers, and a peculiar arrangement of working the
slides without eccentrics. The details have been
fully explained on previous occasions in The Sun.
The engines drive a Maudslay-Griffiths screw of
18ft. 2in. diameter, 20ft. 3in. pitch, a length of
3ft. 2in., and an immersion of the upper edge of
3ft. 3in. on starting from her anchorage yesterday
morning for the measured mile, the ship's
draught of water at the time being 20ft. 10in.
forward and 23ft. 10in. aft, with 248 tons of coal
on board, and complete in stores for sea service.
The Octavia got under weigh from Spithead
yesterday morning by 9 a.m., and immediately en-
tered upon her trial, which lasted until nearly 3
p.m. The following officers were on board-viz.,
First-Lieut. J. Michell, of her Majesty's ship Asia,
in charge, as the representative of Capt. H. Cald-
well, C. 8., commanding the steam reserve at Ports-
mouth ; Mr. W. Williamson, inspector of machi-
nery to the Channel Fleet, in charge of and to
report to the Admiralty on the results of the sea
trials of the three frigates ; Mr. Sells, the designer
of the engines; Mr. H. Warrenner, representative
of Messrs. Maudslay, the manufacturers of the
engines ; Mr. Murdoch, inspector of machinery
afloat at Portsmouth, and Mr. W. Lynn, assistant-
engineer of the dockyard at Portsmouth, to conduct
the trial of the ship over the measured mile. The
wind was very light from about south-west, and
the conditions of the weather altogether as favour-
able for developing the ship's speed at its highest
possible rate as could be wished for. The general
results of the day's trial will be most briefly ex-
plained by the following figures, full boiler power
only being used :-No. 1 run, time 4h. 41m. ; speed
of ship, 12.811 knots ; steam, 241 b. ; VACUUM, 26
inches ; revolutions of engines, 67. No. 2 run,
time, Gh. 6m. ; speed, 9.830 knots ; steam, 2511 b. ;
vacuum, 26 inches ; revolutions, 68k. No. 3 run,
time, 4h. 31m. ; speed, 13.284 knots ; steam, 261 b. ;
vacuum, 26 inches ; revolutions, 69. No. 4 run,
time, Gh. Bm. ; speed, 9.873 knots ; steam, 25i1b. ;
vacuum, 26 inches ; revolutions, 69. No. 5 run,
time, 4h. 28m. ; speed, 14.432 knots ; steam, 261 b. ;
vacuum, 26 inches ; revolutions, 69. No. 6 run,
time, 6h. 10m. ; speed, 9.729 knots ; steam, 261 b. ;
vacuum, 26 inches ; revolutions, 68k. The mean
speed of the ship by the six runs was 11.536. The
temperature of the superheated steam during each
of the six runs was 325 deg., 323 deg., 325 deg.,
326 deg., 326 deg., 326 deg. Two circles
were made, also with full boiler power, with these
results :-Helm to starboard.-Time in gettinghelm
up, 1 min. 13 sec. ; angle of rudder, 23 deg. ; turns
of wheel, 2.5 ; men at wheel, 13 ; half circle made in
2 min. 58 sec. ; full circle made in 5 min. 46 sec.
Helm to port. Time in getting helm up, 1 min. ;
angle of rudder, 25 deg. ; turns of wheel, 2.5 ; men'
at wheel, 13 ; the half-circle was made in 3 min. 6
sec. ; the full circle in 5 min. 52, sec. The trials with
half-boiler-power, which are with these vessels of
very little consequence, were abandoned owing to
the unexpected priming of one of the boilers, but
they may yet be made before the ship starts on her
cruise, should the Admiralty decide that such a
course is necessary. At the conclusion of the circle
trials, and before the ship re-anchored at Spithead,
she was swung under steam by Mr. F. H. May,
master of the Victory, flagship, to ascertain the de-
viation of her compass, after which she came to
anchor at the western part of Spithead ; there she
awaits orders from the Admiralty. Those orders may
this morning direct the ship to make her half-power
runs in the usual form over the measured mile in
Stoke's-bay, and 24 hours afterwards proceed on her
cruise, or they may direct the ship at once to proceed,
on the termination of 24 hours from her first trial, to
the rendezvous of the threelrigates in Torbay, and
thence on her cruise with her two consorts. Capt.
Hillyar, of the Octavia, will be Commodore of the
squadron. To carry out the trials of the engines iu
the most complete and perfect form possible, the Ad-
miralty have appointed teryporarily to the Octavia
Mr. W. Williamson, Inspector of Machinery to the
Channel Fleet, to superintend the entire course of
trials, and report upon them for the information of
their lordships. Each ship is to make four separate
trials of the capabilities of its machinery, the
weather on each day of trial to be as nearly as pos-
sible alike, or the trial to be repeated to render the
conditions in that respect equal. When the ships
have completed their trials (which are to take place
between the Isle of Wright and the Lizard), and Mr.
Williamson has completed his report, the squadron.
will return to Spithead, fill up with_ coal, and await
further orders from the Admiralty. The Liverpool,
35, screw wooden frigate, 2,656 tons, 600 horse
power, Captain Rowley Lambert, now lying
at Spithead, sails from Spithead with the Octavia,
and will accompany the squadron during its
cruise. This cruise of the three frigates has, how-
ever, necessarily been preceded by a trial of their
speed over the measured mile of the trial ground of
the port at which they received their outfit, and the'
second of such trials, that of Octavia was made yes-
terday. The forthcoming trials in the channel of the
peculiar qualities, good or bad, of each description
of engine in the three frigates will be, as a matter of
course, of considerably less value now than had they
been made when the ships were first ready for trial
some three years back. Many important facts which
must have resulted from the trials if made at that
time have since become known, the natural fruits of
experience during the intermediate time ; but there
are doubtless other facts of importance which may
be brought to light during the trials which are now
to be made. As relates only to the preliminary
trials of speed (which are made without measure-
ment of fuel) over the measured mile, it is some-
what to be wondered at that the Admiralty did
not order all three ships to be tried over one
course, in lieu of allowing each ship to be tried on
a separate measured ground. With one course
for all three ships equal conditions of trial might
have been attained, but with three different courses
the conditions could not in all respects be the same
The Octavia has the original bow with which she
was designed and built as a sailing frigate by the
late Sir W. Symonds. She proved herself by her
trial yesterday to be a moderately fast vessel (for
her class) under steam. She is a very useful, handy,
comfortable ship in waters where such wooden craft
can still be considered effective as men of war, but
she will be utterly useless as a man of war if brought
into comparison with ironclad ships, even of such a

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, July 21.

Her Majesty visited the Royal Victoria Hospital
at Netley yesterday afternoon, accompanied by her
Royal Highness Princess Helena.
The Queen crossed over from Osborne Pier in the
royal yacht Alberta, Captain his Serene Highness
Prince Leiningen, and landed in front of the hospi-
tal at a quarter before 7 o'clock.
Colonel Wilbraham, C. 8., and the officers of the
establishment, were in waiting to receive her Ma-
jesty. A large number of convalescents were drawn
up near the entrance for the Queen's inspection.
Her Majesty then entered the building and went
through many of the wards, addressing a few words
to the sick and inquiring into their cases.
The Queen returned to Osborne at half-past
eight o'clock. . . _

The suite in attendance consisted of the Countess
of Gainsborough, the Hon.EmmaLascelles, Colonel
the Hon. A. Hardinge, and Major-General Sir T.
M. Biddulph.

Her Royal Highness Princess Louise rode on
horseback, attended by the Hon. Horatia Stopford.

The Queen of the Netherlands.

Yesterday morning her Majestyvisited Newgate,
attended by her suite, and afterwards, accompanied
by Count Rendwyck and Baroness Pabst, went to
the " Grove" at Watford to visit the Earl and
Countess of Clarendon. Her Majesty remained to
lunch, and was accompanied back to the station by
the Earl of Clarendon.

Her Majesty will leave Claridge's Hotel this
afternoon at three o'clock for Woolwich, and em-
bark for Rotterdam.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

PLYMOUTH, Friday.

The orangery at Mount Edgcumbe was yesterday
afternoon the scene of a brilliant gathering. About
100 of the nobility and gentry staying in the
neighbourhood assembled there at the invitation of
the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe to meet the Prince
and Princess of Wales at luncheon. Among those
present were the Duke of Somerset, the Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of Vallambrosa,
the Duke of St. Albans, Lord and Lady Temple-
town, Earl and Lady de Grey, the Earl of Morley,
Lord and Lady Vivian, Lord and Lady Skelmers-
dale, and Captain Le Brie, commander of the
Magenta. The orangery was fitted up for the occa-
sion with the utmost taste. The walls were draped
with flags and banners, and decorated with pieces
of tapestry, beautiful specimens of mediaeval art,
which were obtained from Clothele-hall. Around
the room, too, were ranged casques and helmets,
and other armour of ancient fashion. Baskets of
flowers embedded in moss and fern hung from the
ceiling, and in garlands and festoons on every side,
making the air fragrant with their perfume. From
the centre window a pathway of crimson cloth led
to the carriage drive outside.
During luncheon, which was served at 3 o'clock,
the band of the Royal Plymouth Division of
Marines was in attendance and played a selection of
music. Notwithstanding the unfavourable promise
of the early part of the day, the afternoon was
bright and warm, and a large number of visitors
were attracted to the park. Among them the
Prince and Princess walked about, freely entering
into conversation with those whom they happenedto
recognise. In the evening they honoured Lord and
Lady Templetown with their company at dinner at
Mount Wise, where the following guests were as-
sembled to meet 4hem :—The Duke of Somerset,
Lord de Grey and Ripon, Col. Berm, Royal Artil-
lery ; Captain of the French Navy M. Le Bris,
Captain of the French Navy M. Baelnue, Lieut.-
Colonel Benson, 66th Regiment ; Major G. P.
Colley, Brigade-Major ; Rear-Admiral the Hon. J.
Drummond, Lieut.-Colonel Daniell, 28th Regi-
Meat ; Captain Sir William Fairfax, A.D.C. ; Ad-
miral Sir Charles H. Fremantle, K.C.B. ; Rear-
Admiral Fanshawe, Colonel Gascoigne, C. 8., Com-
mandant Royal Marines ; Major Grey, Captain
Hore, R.N. ; Lieut.-Colonel Jervois, C. 8., R.E. ;
Colonel Owen, C. 8., R.E. ; Lieutenant-General
Knollys, Captainogerrier, French Navy ; Captain
Pigeart, French Navy ; Miss Spalding, Rear-Ad-
miral Symonds, C. 8., R.N; Lieut.-General the
Hon. Arthur Upton, and Mrs. Woodford.
Later in the evening the Prince and PrinCess
were present at the ball, which was given in honour
of their visit, as well as in compliment to the French
and Austrian naval officersnow staying at this port.
The duty of making the necessary preparations for
the ball was undertaken by a committee composed
of Captain Codd, R.N. ; Captain Ewart, C.B. ;
R.N. ; Lieut.-Colonel Milman, Royal Artillery ;
Capt. Beauchamp Seymour, C. 8., R.N. ; Capt.
Cormack, C. 8., R.N. ; Lieut.-Colonel Clavill, Royal
Marines ; Major Coiling, and Capt. Durnford,
Royal Engineers ; Mr. E. Moore, Superintendent
of Stores ; Capt. Williams, 28th Regiment, acting
as honorary secretary. The great difficulty which
met the committee at the outset was to secure a
room sufficiently large to accommodate the large
numbers to whom they desired to send invitations.
This difficulty was, however, overcome by the selec-
tion of the Melville Stores, at the Royal IVilliarn
Victualling-yard, for the purpose. Here were
spacious rooms, one being 180 ft. long by 50ft. in
breadth, and another of almost equal proportions,
besides rooms of smaller dimensions but still of con-
siderable size, which might be used as cloak and
refreshment rooms. Much remained to be done,
however, before the bare walls on which the com-
mittee had to work could be made to wear an ap-
pearance in harmony -With the new use to which
the rooms were to be converted. Still by dint of
great exertion and the exercise of much skill this
difficulty, too, was successfully surmounted. At
the end of the laf gest room, furthest from the
entrance, a slightly elevated dais was erected,
on which seats for the Prince and Princesswere
placed, the whole being surmounted by a canopy

of flags of various colours, among them the
French Tricolor and the Royal Standard. The
decoration of the remainder of the room was
effected by a tasteful arrangement on the walls of
the flags of almost every nation, and by the frequent
use of armour trophies. Two hundred gas lamps sus-
pended from the slight iron work by which the roof
is supported, and hanging at short intervals in groups
of 20 along the centre of the room, shed an ample
light all round. On the left-hand side of the dais
was the entrance to the supper-room, which ran at
right angles to the ballroom, and which was deco-
rated after a somewhat similar fashion. The stair-
case leading to the ballroom was also draped with
red cloth. The invitations to the ball were issued
in the names of Lieut.-Gen. Viscount Templctown,
C. 8., Rear-Admiral Sir C.Fremantle, K.C.8., and
the officers of the united service at Plymouth.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the company began rapidly
to assemble. At 11 o'clock the French officers en-
tered the room, the band playing " Partaut pour la
Syrie." By this time there could not have been less
that 760 or 800 present, and as the naval and mili-
tary uniforms predominated over the more sombre
attire of the civilians the assembly wore an unusually
brilliant aspect. It was not till half-past 11 that
the Prince and Princess of Wales arrived. They
were received at the entrance to the building by a
guard of honour of the Royal Marines, and were
immediately preceded by the Duke of Somerset,
Lord de Grey and Ripon, the Duchess of Suther-
land, Lord and Lady Templetown, Lord Mount
Edgcumbe, and Lady de Grey. On entering
the ballroom they walked up the centre to the
dais, bowing repeatedly to the ladies and gentlemen
who stood on each side as they passed. The coming
of the Princess was the cause of all the more grati-
fication because fears had been entertained through-
out the day that she would not be present.
Dancing commenced immediately after the ar-
rival of the Royal party, the ball being opened with
a quadrille, in which the Princess was the partner of
Lord Templetown, and the Prince of Lady Temple-
town. In the Lancers, which followed, the Princess
danced with Captain B. Seymour, R.N., and the
Prince with the Duchess of Sutherland. At ono
o'clock the Royal party partook of refreshment in
the supper-room, and the Prince and Princess im-
mediately afterwards returned to Mount-Edgcumbe.
Tho ball was, however, kept up with much spirit
until nearly dawn.

The following is a list of the principal guests in-
vited :—The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the
Duke of Somerset, the Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl
de Grey and Ripon, the Countess of Dalkeith,
Viscount and Viscountess Templetown, Lord and
Lady Vivian, Lord Faversham, the Earl of Morley,
Lord and Lady Skelmersdale, the Earl of Listowel,
Lord Tredegar, Earl Vane, Earl Cathcart, Lady
Rosse, Lady Sawle, Sir J. R. Brooke, Sir R.
Collier and Lady Collier, Mr. W. Morrison, M.P.,
Mr. Dent, M.P., Sir John and Lady Kingscome
and Miss Kingscombe, Rear-Admiral Sir C. and
Lady Fremantle, Sir F. and Lady Graham, Sir W.
Gordon, R.E., General Hutchinson, Colonel and
Miss Hicks, Sir W. and Lady Harris and the Misses
Harris, Capt. Hall, RN., Sir E. and Lady Kerrison,
Sir M. and Lady Lopes, Col. and Mrs. Maxwell,
Admiral Mundy, Col. and Lady Hastings Russell,
Admiral and Mrs. Symonds, Mr. St. Aubyn, Mr.
G. and Lady Augusta Sturt, Major and Mrs. Stro-
der, Admiral Sir Houston and Lady Stewart, Sir
W. Fairfax, &c. The French officers from the Ma-
genta present at the ball were :—Captains Lebris
and Lefevre Dubna ; Lieuts. Bonomy de Villeme-
reiul, Emery, Lendormy-Emdelle, Littee, and
Pougin de Maisonneuve ; Ensigns Hardouin and
De Leantand-Donine ; Aide-Commissaire Gestin,
Surgeon (Ist class) Jolieu, Surgeon (2d class) Hel-
leouet, Surgeon (third class) Theret ; Assistant (2d
class) Julien; Volunteers Vertier, Belin, Charpig-
non, and Busset. Those from La Flandre were
Captains Baehme and Margolle ; Lieuts. Thoreau
Lassalle, Longueville, Goudeville, Lange de Fer-
rieres, Hubert, Lasme Ducolombier, and Tiret
Aide-Commissaire Henry ; Surgeon (Ist class)
roye, Surgeon (2d class) Mathis. From the Ariel,
Capt. Poiner d'Hauterive, Lieut. Arago, Ensigns
Lullier and Clemenceau, Surgeon (2d class) Cosquer.
• The Prince and Princess will, as has been already
stated, sleep on board the Osborne to-night, and,
as the weather has again assumed a favourable
aspect, they will in all probability start for the coast
of Cornwall to-morrow morning.

PLYMOUTH, Saturday Morning.
The Royal yacht Osborne, with their Royal Highnesses
the Prince and Princess of Wales on board, left Barnpool,
Mount Edgecumbo, at 4 o'clock this morning, for the west-
ward. Wind south-east, a light breeze ; weather fine. It is
probable that the Prince will visit Fowey, distant, about
25 miles, before proceeding to Penzance.
The Turkish frigate Osman Ghazy, from Greenock, ar-
rived last evening ; the French ships Magenta, La Flandre,
and Ariel are preparing to leave this evening for Cher-
bourg.

RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS

(From the Illustrated London News)

The will of Major-General Augustus S. Hawkins,
of her Majesty's Indian Army, lately residing at
Kelvedon, Essex, was proved in the London Court
by his relict, Mrs. Henrietta Hawkins, the sole exe-
cutrix. The will is dated October 7, 185-, with a
codicil made in 1861, and the gallant officer died
May 30, 1865. He has made some bequests to his
son and daughter, and leaves the residue of his pro-
perty to his wife.

- The will of Admiral Henry Meynell, of Hill-
street, Berkeley-square, was proved in London by
the executes—viz., Hugo Francis Meynell-
Ingram, Esq. (his nephew), and James li. Hallet,
Esq., of Great George-street, Westminster. The
personalty was sworn under £lBO,OOO. The gallant
and distinguished Admiral entered the Navy in
1803, was Captain in 1816, and full Admiral in
1862. He was M.P. for Lisburn from 1826 to
1847, and was attached to the Court and household
of George IV., William IV., and her present Ma-
jesty ; and died, at Paris, at the age of seventy-
five, having executed his will in 1863, and added
thereto f3ur codicils. There are many liberal and
specific bequests ; amongst them the gilt tea-service
which belonged to H.R.H. the late Duke of York :
this he leaves to his brother, Hugo Charles Meynell-
Ingram, Esq., and to his brother's wife a legacy of
£4OO. His horses and guns he lea ies to his nephew
and executor, Hugo Charles Meynell-Ingram, toge-
ther with a legacy of £5OO, and a like sum to his
other executor, Mr. Hallett. To his sister,
the wife of Colonel S. IVaymouth, £lO,OOO.
also an annuity of £2,000, and a life-
interest in upwards of 133,000 ; this latter su ra
at her death, is to be divided between the two chil-
dren of his said brother, who are to receive an im-
mediate legacy of £5,000, and are appointed resi-
duary legatees. A provision is also made for the
colonel should he be the survivor. There is a
legacy of £5,000 to his widowed sister, Mrs.
Beckett. There are other lagacies to his friends,
and also to his servants.

The will of William Mann, Esq., of Eltham, Kent,
was proved in London by Messrs. Henry and Fre'
derick J. Chester, solicitors, Newington-butts, the
executors. The personalty was sworn under £60,000.
The testator died in March last, having executed
his will Dec. 24, 1864. The legacies are mail
and liberal. To each of his executors, Henry and
Frederick Chester, £5,000 and his freeholds in
Kent and in Bishopsgate-street ; to the four chil-
dren of the latter, £l,OOO each ; to the wife of Mr.
Holland, draper, Newington-causeway, £3,000, and
the freehold premises, which latter are to pass to
her children, leaving also to each of them £l,OOO
to his tenants Misses Colman, the freehold resi-
dence in their occupation, together with a legacy
of £l,OOO each ; to his tenant, Mr. Seldon, fish-
monger, Lambeth' the freehold house ; to Mr'
Shott, some freeholds, and to each of his five chil-
dren, £l,OOO ; to Mr. Evans, surgeon, Brix-
ton, £2,000 ; to Mr. Paine, clerk to Messrs•
Chester, £5OO ; to his bailiff and gamekeeper 2,
£2OO ; to his housekeeper £5O; and legacies to his
other servants. All legacies to be paid free of duty
Legacies to the following charitable institutions
The National Schools, Newington-butts ; tot:l'
Surrey Dispensary, Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Blin
School, and the Society for the Propagation of tu
Gospel,each £l,OOO. To the Female Orphan MY;
lum, York-road, £2,000 ; and to the churchwardet.
of Newington £2,000 for the poor of that paled
The residue of his property he leaves to be divt
amongst the seven before-named charities.