The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-27 00:00:00

ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR.
(CHAPMAN and Co.'s PATENT.)
Is recommended by the Faculty as the best food
• for INFANTS, as it is very easy of digestion,
and contains in due proportion all the sub-
stances required for a healthy growth.
ENTIRE -WHEAT FLOUR.
(CHAPMAN and Co.'s PATENT.)
Is acknowledged to be the most wholesome and
nutritious diet for CHILDREN, its richness in
earthy phosphates ensuring healthy develop-
ment of the teeth and bony frame.
ENTIRE WHEAT FLOUR.
(CHAPM.AN and Co.'s PATENT.)
Is recommended for the use of Invalids, as far
more sustaining than Arrowroot, Corn Flour,
&c., which are often rejected, when the Entire
Wheat Flour is taken with relish.
Retail of Family Grocers, &c., in 3d., 6d., and ls. packets, and
3s. tins. Wholesale of
ORLANDO JONES and Co.,
18 Billiter-street,Jlianufacturers of the GOLD MEDAL

RICE STARCH.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.
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REFUGES FOR HOMELESS AND DESTITUTE CHILDREN
and CHICHESTER TRAINING SHlP.—Upwards of 600 Boys and
Girls are now being supported in these Refuges and Ship.

Owing to the benevolent and praiseworthy exertions which
have for several months been made to aid the sick and Wounded
in the present War, the funds for the support of these Refuges
and Ship have decreased considerably.
An urgent appeal is therefore made for assistance to support
the inmates.

£l5 will keep a ,boy or a girl for one year, and £1 Ss. for a
month.

Contributions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank, 214, High Holborn, WA., and 41, Lothbury,
E.C., and by

WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.

No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C.

ALEXANDRA ORPHANAGE for INFANTS,
Hornsey-rise, near Highgate, N.
Children eligible from any part of the Kingdom.
Under the immediate patronage of
Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE and PRINCESS of
WALES, and the
CROWN PRINCESS of PRUSSIA.
A MEETING of Governors was held on THURSDAY, November
17, 1870, at the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street, for the
ELECTION of TEN INFANTS, Two of whom to be retained
until sixteen years of age.
ROBERT JONES, Esq., Sheriff of London and Middlesex, in
the Chair.
At the close of the Ballot the following were declared to be
SUCCESSFUL :
ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SIXTEEN I EARS
OF AGE.
1. Scarlett, Alice Maud.... 635 12. Bloom, Louisa ........ 611
ELECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL NINE YEARS OF AGE.
3. Richards, Henry William 648 7. Stevens, Elizabeth .... 452
4. Leigh, Charles Edward.. 576 8. Mather, Selina Agnes.. 439
5. Eyles, Alfred Henry .... 490 9. Bennett, Louisa Mary.. 431
6. Childs, Alice Rebecca .. 458 10. Curtis, Elizabeth Maud 429
A vote of thanks to the Chairman and to the Scrutineers
terminated the proceedings.

JOSEPH SOIJL, Hon. Secretary.

73, Cheapside.
URGENT APPEAL—The Committee very earnestly appeal
for Contributions in aid of the BUILDING FUND especially, as
well as for the general purposes of the Charity, which has no
funded property, but depends wholly upon voluntary support.
No salaries are paid but to the household. The Orphange is
open to visitors.

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WEST LONDON HOSPITAL, Hammersmith,
W.—FUNDS are urgently needed, and the Committee
earnestly appeal to the benevolent to assist them in carrying on
their useful work. T. ALEXANDER, Sec. and Sup

LORD PENZANCE ON INTERFERENCE IN

WILL- Ni AKING.

The Judge of the Probate Court has during the past
week had to investigate the cause of Treadgold and
Edgcombe v. Treadgold. The plaintiffs, one of whom is
a son of the testator, propounded a will made in 1868 by
the late John Treadgold, of Portsmouth, who died when
an octogenarian leaving £30,000 personalty and £4,000
realty. By a former will the plaintiff Treadgold did not
benefit so largely, and the will which it
was now endeavoured to set up was opposed
by daughters of the deceased, their husbands and two
grandchildren on the ground that when it was made the
testator was of unsound mind, and that he was unduly in-
fluenced. A vast amount of evidence was adduced on both
sides, and the most eminent counsel were engaged in the
case. Lord Penzance, in giving a lengthened judgment,
said that in the case now before the court it was not even
pretended by the defendants that the testator was actually
insane, but only imbecile. There had been a great deal of
evidence by persons who were constantly about
the person of the deceased, and people often
seemed to think that those persons' evidence
was the best. That was not always so, as persons when
constantly seeing a man did not notice the appearance of
any particular symptom which those who had known him
for years and only saw him occasionally would at once do.
This was the state of things in the present suit. The
family of the deceased swore to certain indications of his
mental decay, whilst tradesmen and others who only saw
him occasionally spoke to his being perfectly mentally com-
petent. One remarkable feature in this case, and one
that went far to establish the validity of the
will was that it was executed by the testator without that
interference which was frequently lamentably visible in
disputes about wills. It was often the case that a will
was prepared, and the testator was asked to what the
parties call ".acquiesce ;" and in some cases the deceased
had even to have their hands guided to the paper to make
their "X," as they were often too far gone to write their
names. Wken this occurred, the Court naturally looked
on the transaction with great suspicion, and it was
fortunate that nothing of the sort had taken place.
His Lordship proceeded to view the whole of the evidence,
and concluded by stating that the Court would pronounce
for the will. As to the costs, he thonght that each party
should pay their own. William Treadgold, the plaintiff,
acted unavisedly in dealing with his father's money as he
had done. He knew very well tnat under the will
he would be the residuary legatee, and he took
out money from the bank which belonged to
his father, and invested it in his own name.
That was to say the least unwise, and it was a great mis-
fortune that when a man was, as it were, on the verge of
mental incapacity he should alter his will without
making any -3nsible difference in his dispositions, as it
was pretty f'.re to lead to an expensive law suit, which
was the fact in the present case.

Judgment for the plaintiffs, and no order as to costs.

The competitive examination for candidates for the
artillery division of the Royal Marine forces will com-
mence next Wednesday.