The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-14 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of Mr. Thomas Brocklehurst, late of the
Fence, in Macclesfield, in the county of Chester, who died
on November 7 last, was proved at Chester, o-a
December 27 last, by Thomas Unett Brockehurst and
Charles Brocklehurst, Esqs., sons of the deceased,
the executors named in the will. The personalty
was sworn under £600,000. The will of General
Charles Montauban Carmichael, C. 8., Colonel
of the 20th Regiment of Hussars, and many years
a distinguished officer of her Majesty's Indian Army, who
died on November 21st last, at the Hotel du Louvre,
Boulogne-sur-Mer, in his 80th year, was proved in the
London Court under £12,000 personalty.—The will of
Colonel Frederick Clinton, late of the Grenadier Guards
(son of .General Sir William Henry Clinton, G.C.8., and
Lady Louisa Dorothea, daughter of the first Earl of
Sheffield), who died at his seat, Ashley Clinton, Lyming.
ton, Hants, on November 9 last, aged sixty-six, was
proved in London under £lOO,OOO personalty.—The will
of Lady F. L. Thomas was proved under £4,000.—The
will of Philip Eyles Patton, Esq., of Dean-street, Park-
lane, who died on October 24 last, at Sion Mansion,
Brighton, was proved in London, on the 21st ultimo,
under £50,000 personalty.—The will of Mr. William
Henry Burke, of Thistle-grove, South Kensington,
was proved in London, on the 3rd ultimo under
£lB,OOO personalty. To Mr. Wood he leaves £lOO,
and to Mr. O'Bryen £5O. The will is dated May 6,
1870, and a codicil June 16 following, and the testator
died July 17 last, at Queenstown, Cork, in Ireland.
He bequeaths to his son William Henry Burke
his six Spanish Bonds, nominal value stated
at £3,060, and his Italian coupons, £3,010 ; these
bequests are beyond any other provision made for lila
The testator confirms the provision and settlement for
his two daughters and daughter-in-law, the wife of his son
William H. Burke. He leaves to his daughter Harriet
the sum of £3OO, which she is to give to such charitable
objects as she might think proper, and appoints her reel-
dua,ry legatee of both his real and personal estate.---
Illustrated London News.

The creditors of Messrs. Bewley, Webb, and Co;
shipbuilders, Dublin, have accepted a composition c's*
7s. 6d. in the pound-ss. immediately and 2s. 6d in
g"
next.
The "Med. Cent. Zeit.," of Berlin, says thst
diphtheria is reigning extensively in that capital, attaelci
ing both young and old. Many cases have been observe
in the military hospitals.
CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE UNITED KINOD°'),,I
ALLIANCE.—Mr. Benjamin Whitworth, J.P., has b.ee;
elected chairman of the' Executive of the United 1(1°?
dom Alliance, in place of the late Mr. Alderman 119,0%.
1 The appointment, we are sure, will give universal sati'
faction to the friends of the cause.—Alliance News.
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Mn. FREDERICK HARRISON.—The next sPe.-i,e„r
was Mr. Frederick Harrison, barrister-at-law, the w",e-j
of the celebrated article on Bismarkism which aPrel° il
last month in the Fortnightly. Mr. Harrison is a tali g°,l
strongly-built man. with a very large head, a full rouos,
forehead, and very black hair. He has a rather roughe
tenor and an ungainly manner. It seemed as
if t'.,cl,
were a standing feud between his nose and his right lite
and altogether he is an awkward rhetorician. Nor ouci,
he speak as he writes. He lacks both force and flo°
—London Correspondent. 10
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A NEW AMERICAN GAME.--A DOW game 0' De
has recently been introduced into Chicago, under the,l.l,Y, it
of " American Cricket." The field is laid out ill of
cricket field, and the striker wields the wi yardsnsoe
the ash. The bowler, who stands 22 fron:log at
striker, bowls as in cricket. The striker, in raal'-'1,,,,itil
tally, runs to first base, and then to third (dispensing a at
the second), these being in the form of a triangle, all,„,100
a distance of 28 yards apart. There are no fouls to,nore
delays. There are six ball " overs." " Out, leg l'e,tisre
wicket," is dispensed-with. The prominent and attrtiA tbe
features of both the English game of cricket an oie,.
American pastime of base-ball are kennd rolled Pi,
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thereby making a magnificent game. The Gentle iv-
Journal. .