The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-25 00:00:00

RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)
The will of Lady Tyrwhitt, relict of Sir Thomas
Tyrwhitt-Jones, Bart., of Stanley Hall, near Bridge-
north, Shropshire, and of Chesham-street, Pimlico,
was proved in London, on the 23d ult., by the exe-
cutors and trustees—namely, Timotheus Burd, Esq.,
of Whitstone Priory, Salop ; and her son, Colonel
Charles Tyrwhitt, aide-de-camp to Field-Marshal
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
The personalty was sworn under £30,000. The
testatrix, Elizabeth Wallwin, Lady Tyrwhitt, was
the daughter of John Macnamara, Esq., of St. Kitts.
Her husband, the late Sir Thomas, who died in 1839,
had assumed the additional name of Jones, which
was discontinued by his son, the present baronet.
Her ladyship died on the 24th of June last, having
executed her will on May 25, 1863, and added two
codicils, 1863 and 1864. Her ladyship has be-
queathed to her son, Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt, Bart.,
the snuffbox which was presented to her late hus-
band by his late Majesty King George IV. when
Prince Regent ; and also bequeaths to him all the
ivory ornaments and vases, &c., brought from
China ; to her daughters and granddaughters va-
rious specific relics, also rings and other articles of
jewellery, as well as pecuniary legacies to them and
to her sons ; and to her sister, Caroline Macnamara,
an annuity of £lOO. Her son, Colonel Tyrwhitt,
is appointed residuary legatee.

The will of the Hon. T. C. Haliburton, D.C.L.,
late M.P., formerly Chief Justice of Nova Scotia,
has been proved in London. The personalty was
sworn under £6,000. The will is concise, and in
his own handwriting, dated 1863. 'lhe testator
died in August last, aged 68. He was an American
by birth, and the son of the Hon. Mr. Justice W.
Haliburton, of Nova Scotia. This learned judge
and popular writer was twice married—first, in
1816, to Louisa, daughter of Captain L. Neville,
19th Light Dragoons ; secondly, in 1856, to Sarah
Harriett, daughter of W. Mortyn Owen, Esq. Ho
has bequeathed the whole of his property, real and
personal, to his relict, whom he has appointed sole
executrix.

The will of Richard Martineau, Esq., late of
Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk, of Westbourne-
street, Hyde-park, and of the brewery, Chiswell-
street, was proved in the London Court, on the
28th ult., by his son, John Martineau, Esq., and
his nephew-in-law, Frederick Manning Needham,
Esq., of Glocester-square, Hyde-park, the executors
and trustees. The personalty was sworn under
£50,000. The testator was one of the partners in
the celebrated firm of Whitbread, Martineau, and
Co., brewers. His death occurred at his residence,
WaLsham-le •Willows, on the 14th of August, at the
age of 61. His will bears date the 28th of May,
1864, and is attested by Herbert Martineau, solici-
tor, Raymond's-buildings, and his clerk. He be-
queaths to his wife, Lucy Martineau, an immediate
legacy of £l,OOO, together with the furniture, plate,
linen, china, books, pictures, horses, carriages, &c.,
and a life interest in the residue of his personal pro-
perty, which at her decease he directs to be equally
divided between his two daughters. His real estate
he devises to his said son, John Martineau, Esq.
Bequests to charitable institutions have been
made by the following :—The late Robert Lewis,
Esq., of Surbiton Park, Surrey, has left to each of
the six undermentioned hospitals a legacy of £4OO,
free of duty—namely, Charing-cross, Middlesex,
St. George's, Brompton Consumption, London, and
Royal Free Hospital ; and a like legacy of £4OO to
to the British and Foreign Bible Society. The late
John Lowe, saddlers' ironmonger, of Birmingham,
has bequeathed to the Birmingham General Hospital,
the Queen's Hospital, the Birmingham Dispensary,
and to the Bluecoat School, each a legacy of £lOO.
And the late James Henning, Esq., of Avenue-road,
Hampstead, has bequeathed to the Dorset County
Hospital a legacy of £5OO.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments

in the Civil Service.
(From the Civil Service Gazette.)

HOME OFFICE.-Mr. C. Deffell hasbeen appointed
to a clerkship.
COLONIAL OFFICE.—Mr. R. Wynne has been ap-
pointed a clerk in the colonial convict service,
Western Australia.

WAR OFFICE.—A vacancy in the Accountant-
General's Department has been caused by the death
of Mr. Peter Constance Rorke. Mr. S. J. Forster
has been appointed commissariat issuer, Gambia.

BOARD OF TRADE.-Mr. J. M. Nicolle has been
appointed to be a temporary clerk.

POST-OFFICE.—The postmastership of York is
vacant ; salary £4OO, with an office provided by the
Crown, and an allowance of £lOO a year for office
expenses, in addition to emoluments from poundage
on stamps, estimated at about £B6 a year. Mr. H.
Nelson has been appointed to be a clerk at Derby.
Mr. A. Spooner has been appointed to be a sorting
clerk at Derby.
CUSTOMS.—Mr. Lewell Hamilton has been ap-
pointed an extra clerk, London. Mr. Francis
William Fenelon Molloy has been appointed a clerk,
Belfast. Mr. Elias Tozer has been appointed to be
a clerk, Exeter. Mr. George C. Calvert, clerk, fifth
class, Tea-office, London, has been promoted to
be clerk, fourth class. Mr. Wm. C. Samuel,
clerk, sixth class, Tea Office, London, has been
promoted to be clerk, fifth class. Mr. John Hol-
land, clerk, sixth class, St. Katharine's Docks, has
been promoted to be clerk, fifth class. Mr. Wm. E.
Foxwell, gauger, sixth class, has been promoted to
be gauger, fifth class. Messrs. J. 0. Maclean, P.
A. T. Courtenaye, W. Reid, J. C. Thompson, T.
J. Pittar, and W. F. Austin, have been promoted
from the supernumerary class at the London Docks
department, to the sixth class of clerks. Mr. Robert
Wilson, out-door officer, second class, has been
promoted to be out-door officer, first class, London.
INLAND REVENUE.—Excise Branch—Mr. George
Samuel Cooke, second-class clerk, London, north,
collection, has been appointed first-class clerk,
London, north, collection. Mr. Alexander
George Smith, third - class clerk, London,
north, collection, has been appointed second-class
clerk, London, north, collection. Mr. Lachlan
M'Rae, preventive man, Aberfeldy, 2d preventive
station, Perth collection, has been appointed pre-
ventive man, Muasdale preventive station, Camp-
beltown collection. Mr. 'William ROE'S, officer,
Aberavon ride, Swansea collection, has been ap-
pointed to Aberfeldy, 2d preventive station, Perth
collection. Mr. George Hodges, second clerk,
Sunderland collection, has been appointed officer of
Aberavon ride, Swansea collection. Mr. Hubert
Marchant, officer, Lechlade ride, Oxford collection,
has been appointed to Bilston,7th division, Lichfield
collection. Mr. Arthur Wise Glenn, officer,Upping-
ham ride, Leicester collection, has been ap-
pointed to Lochlade ride, Oxford collection. Mr.
Alfred Lane, first-class assistant, Burnley, 2d divi-
sion, Middlesex collection, has been appointed officer
of Uppingham ride, Leicester collection. Mr. Wm.
Maher, first-class assistant, Campbeltown, 20th
division, Campbeltown collection, has been ap-
pointed office of Ballymena ride, Coleraine collec-
tion. Mr. Edward Hughes, first-class assistant,
Dublin, 2d division, Dublin collection, has been ap-
pointed officer of Auchnacloy ride, Newry col-
lection.

IRELAND.-Mr. J. Winder has been appointed a
clerk in the Registry of Judgments Office, Dublin.
Mr. A. D. Cooper has been appointed a clerk in the
Registry of Judgments Office, Dublin.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in
Downing-street. The Ministers present were Earl Russell,
the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey,
the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell,
Earl de Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke
of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, and the
Right Hon. C. P. Villiers.
We have reason to believe that Lord Augustus
Loftus, at present Minister at Munich, will succeed Lord
Napier as Ambassador at Berlin.

THE OTT AFFAIR.—The Gazette d'Augsboury
states that the preliminary investigation of this affair is
now concluded, and it now only remains for the military
authorities, in whose hands the matter rests, to decide
whether Count Eulenburg is Dr is not to be tried. It is
generally stated that it has been impossible to establish
with certainty that Count Eulenburg gave poor Ott his
mortal blow.