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of the executors. The personalty was tornitdern
£14,000. The trustees are W. Wrigt Esq., ofr
Kelvedon Hall, Essex ; and Chas. J. Blount, Esq.,
of Richmond, Yorkshire. The will was made in
February last, and the testator died on the 22d of
June, at the age of 69. Sir William was the second
son of John Wright, Esq., of Kelvedon Hall, and
Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Sir John Law-
son, Baronet ; and married, in 1825, Clarinda
Catherine, only daughter and heiress- of J.
Lawson, Esq., M.D., whom he survived. Con
succeeding to the inheritance, in 1834, he
assumed the name of Lawson, in lieu of
Wright. lie .was Deputy Lieutenant for the
North Riding of Yorkshire. Sir William has left
to his eldest son a legacy of £5,000, and to his son
Thomas £3,000, chargeable upon the landed
estates. To his son the Rev. William Lawion,
£500; and appoints his son Sir John Lawson,
Bart., residuary legatee.

The will of Admiral Sir Francis William Austen,
G.C.8., late of Portsdown Lodge, near Ports-
mouth, was proved in London on the 10th Ult. The
personalty was sworn under £25,000. The execu-
tors are his sons, Captain Herbert Grey Austen,
R.N. ; the Revs. George Austen, M.A., and Ed-
dward Thomas. Austen, M.A. The will is dated
1857, and there are four codicils, dated 1859, 1860,
1861. Sir Francis was twice married, and attained
the age of 91, and died at his residence on the
10th of August last. The gallant naval officer
was promoted to the distinguished post of
Admiral of the Fleet and Vice-Admiral
of the United Kingdom, whose appointments
bear date April, 1863. Sir Francis had served with
distinction in the Mediterranean, East and West
Indies, Baltic, and the North Sea ; and was com-
mander-in-chief on the West Indian and North
American coast. lie has bequeathed to his eldest
son all his presentation plate. Amongst them are
four silver candelabra presented to him by eight
East India captains ; four silver dishes with covers,
by thirteen other East India captains ; a silver vase
commemorative of the action of St. Domingo, on
the 6th of February, 1806, presented to him by the
committee of Lloyd's Patriotic Fund ; which, toge-
ther with war medals, are to be held and preserved
as heirlooms. His copyhold, freehold, and personal
property he directs to be sold, and the proceeds di-
vided equally amongst all his children.
The will of Miss Sankey, late of Chatham, for-
merly of Canterbury, and of St. Peter's, Isle of
Thanet, was proved in London on the 13th ult., and
the personalty sworn under £lO,OOO, the principal
part of which she has bequeathed to charities. The
executors and trustees appointed are John Frew,
Esq., St. Dunstan's, Canterbury ; John Charles
Strange, Esq., of the Isle of Wight, and of Harley-
ford-place, Kennington Park; and William Paine,
of Canterbury, chemist. Mr. Prew and Mr. Paine
are the acting executors. The will was made in
1864, and a codicil Sept. 18, 1865, and she died on
the .22d of the same month. There are a few lega-
cies, which do not exceed, £350, to her relatives and
friends. Her furniture and some rings she leaves to
her aunt, and to each of her executors £3O. The
rest of her property is to be applied to public chari-
ties. She bequeaths to the London Missionary
Society, the London City Missions, the Ragged
School Union, each a legacy of £l,OOO (the whole of
the legacies are Three per Cents.). To the Church
Missionary £5OO, and a like sum to the British
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
amongst the Jews; the Ragged Church and Chapel
Union, Female Aid Society, London Female Pre-
ventive and Reformatory Society, Midnight Meeting
Movement, Religious Tract Society, Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, each
£500; to the National League Temperance' and
Alliance Societies, the Naval and Military Bible
Society, and Lock Hospital, each £3OO ; to the
Ragged School, Canterbury, £2OO ; the Ragged
School; Canterbury, £2OO ; the Ragged School,
Ramsgate, and the Army Scripture Readers' and
Soldiers' Friend Societies, each £lOO ; to the Royal
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
£l,OOO ; £5OO to be applied for the suppression of
vivisection—qmd_ 1500 for abolishing_9r improving
the condition of slaughterhouses and knackereyara
in the metropolis ; to Miss Lisetton Rist, of London,
£lOO in aid of her gravelling fund. She bequeaths
the residue of her property to her executors and
trustees, to apply the same to any charitable or
religious purposes they may jointly deem most
desirable.