The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-15 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

ROYAL GALLERY OF
STREET SCIENCE, ADELAIDE
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NOON. 111Ancii 15
Barometer 30.19 In.
Thermometer
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Highest 6l *5
Lowest
Wind' —Frcezing Point 32 Deg.

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF HIS LATE
MAJESTY GEOR,..E THE FOURTH. BY THE REV. Da.
CROLY. —ll the .e clever volumes we are brought back to
the brilliant epsch of which " the First Gentleman in Eu-
rope" was the chief attraction, though surrounded by such
characters as Fox,, Curran, Sheri tan, end the other mem-
he,-s of that unrivalled ri-c'e of wit and fashion who were
the intimate associates of the Prince of Wales, whilst every
feature of into, est that marked his career from the cradle
to the grave receives frOm hit talented biographer the same
ample justice that marks his i lustretions of this highly in.
teresting period. The work is replete with tmezdutes cf
the most distinguished persons of the la,t fifty years.
REMARKABLE WILL.—One of the masters of
the Court of Chancery has this week, in asctrtaining who
aie the next of kin to Thomas Spooner, EN., late of
George's-yard, in Lorntard-,trcut, London, deceased,
decided in favour of a poor old woman feiicling in Sal
ford, (a client of Mr. W. Banks, solicitor, in this town)
by which a surplus fund of personal estate. 11111isposed of
by the will of the decettEel, amounting to 15,000/. and
upwards, will now
.become distribut tble equally between
her, another, and the widow of the decease t. The proof
adduced by Ni... Bartlcs in eita')ihhifig his client's claim
as one of the next of kin, and upon which the Master in
Chancery has decided, will plso hereafter, if the leg il
rie.fessary steps be taken to perpetuate that testimony,
establish the claim of the "heirs at law" to the testator's
real estates in Middlesex, Norfolk, and Suffilk, ail of
which are devised to the widow for life (who is still
living) and upon whose dercate, real estates to tie
amount of 70,0001. will deseed to the testator's heirs at
law, who are at present two pour labouting inen, one '
re iling In Westmorland, the ether in Lancashire.
Most strange to relate, the testator, by his wiil, after he
queathing p:curi try It gacies to lis li iends and 1 clations
amounting to 25,000/. out of his personal estates, pro-
ceeds as follows t--" I at present (1837) !ewe my real
estate afur the (!ecca,,e of my wife, arid the residue cf my
perAanal estate, ?Indisposed of." Thus 12a‘ing his next
of kit. arid I errs ac Law to make out the it hi Idled in the
left
tt 1
iws, way they
1,
iciituel d
in; having\ll%,:csittizsre:lafnd
fo r 63 years ago
Loader, wl ea
about to e,,ty-one, and rever ef.er recegnisi g any ti ~g-e
re'a!iv.t of his either in We trnoillud or Yorkshire. The
inqui•y has produced an innumerable number of relßt:ves
in the family, who neither knew nor before heard of each
(An-. —Preston Paper.
In consequence of the extraordinary detention of
newsrpers by the persons connected with the Post-office,
the P, tmastq-Coneral has issued a circular to the PeA-
masters of the diffe:ent towns throughout England, g.v,rg
entice,that ma only will di3misril follow the offence of
abstracting new: pap, v, bat. that the offeniers will be pre-
scented with tl.e utmost rigour.
On Tuesday, the river Exe formed for itself' a
new channel, by carr}ing away reirly an acre of fir'
James's
mea;s
dow land, adjoining Old Abbey (formerly St. arce_.si e
1 Priory), pattly belonging to the Earl of Devon. T_or
mills at James's wtir and Countess weir wereo stopped
lanid,
want of water, and, in addition to the loss .
the river to
its 1i81C14.3A Course, —Exolor Flying Fos , more than 1,000/, must be extended to
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