The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-02 00:00:00

CURIOUS BEQUEST.

In the will of Sir Gilbert East, Bart., of Fitfield,
Berks, proved in Doctors' Commons under 300,0001.,
is the following curious bequest. Certain clauses in the
will are marked I, 2, &c.—" I leave to Eleanor Mary
East every dog belonging to me at my decease, be it
where it rosy—shall be kept, in every respect, as well
as during my life, be fed with milk, barley, or oatmeal,
or sea biscuit and tripe, &c., and I leave to be paid to
the person possessing the property set down in No. 1,
for his life, 7s. a week for each dog ; and, at the de-
cease of Mary Eleanor East, who shall first keep them,
the person in actual possession of the property be-
queathed in No. 1, be he who he may, shall continue well
and punctually to pay the weekly allowance for each dog,
as before directed ; and, moreover, to find out and employ
a trusty honest person to look after them and attend
them, which, together with any kennel furniture, when
wanting, shall he an extra payment, over and above the
weekly allowance, as shall also medicine. Ido not
allow of any one dog to be killed because old or in-
firm, under a false notion of charity. And, further,
any horse or mare belonging to me at my decease
shall have each a run for life, with every possible
care and attention paid to them ; but most particularly
in winter, when I will that chaff, bran, and hay, be daily
and plentifully given to them, and warm sheds to shelter
themselves in be provided ; and that they be allowed to
run in my meadows, at Fifield particularly. And I
hereby order that Eleanor Mary East, during her life,
do amply provide for the horses, &c., aforesaid, and
at her decease I leave and bequeath eight shillings per
week, to be defrayed by the person being in actual posses-
sion of my property set forth in No.l, for the maintenance
of each horse, mare, or gelding ; and whom I hereby re-
quire to hire a trusty and honest person to attend
them, and administer to their wants, who shall he paid
extra, and not from the Ss. per week. Further, any
parrot that may to me belong, at my decease, shall, at
the decease of Eleanor Mary East, if she outlives me,
be made over to Martha Hack, who, I trust, will in
every respect take the greatest care of them, en the
same plan of keeping and feeding as practised
while I was living ; and to enable Martha Hack to
perform this, I hereby order the person in the
actual possession of the property set down and be.
qeeathed in No. 1, to pay unto Martha Hack, or
any other person afterwards whom it may be ne-
cessary to appoint, in case of any unforeseen circum-
stance, or the death of Martha Hack occurring, and
which substitute to Martha Hack ought to be very
trustworthy, the quarterly suns of 131., making 601.
per year. And the person in the actual possession of
the property bequeathed in No. 1, shall appoint such
successor when necessary ; and at the death of the said
parrot only 201. a year for life shall be paid unto
Martha Hack, or the successor actually appointed.
A cage similar (being iron) to the present one shall be
provided at the expiration of every two years for the
parrot aforesaid ; to be purchased new by the person
in actual possession of the property set down in No. 1,
at his own expense."

A letter was received in town this morning from
the manufacturer of the engines of the Halifax and
Boston steam-vessel Columbia, and we find, frorr its con-
tents, that the remarks made by us in Thursday's
paper, as to the probable nature of the damage said
to have been sustained by her machinery, were per-
fectly warranted. It is thought quite impossible that
the commander of the Columbia should have gone
out of his way to provision a distressed vessel being
himself in distress, without writing to give the ne-
cessary information to his employers. Mr. Napier intends,
we hear, to put himself in communication with the master
of the Rapid, which vessel has proceeded to Antwerp to
discharge het cargo in order that the truth may be elicited.
The great success of Mr. Cunard's line of steamers has
apparently excited a very unworthy feeling of jealousy
on the pill of other shipowners in the American trade,
and hence the reports injurious to his v2ssels that arc pro-
pagated from time to time. A gross misstatement ema-
nating trom the same source (Cork), was set on foot on a
previous occasion, concerning the Acadia, and it is greatly
doubted if the machinery of the Columbia has suffered at
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A MOVEMENT AMONGST THE WORKING
CLASSES.— We understand that a large chapel at Dock.
head, Bermondsey, is to be opened on Sunday next, the
7th of February, for the purpose of communicating moral
and religious ins..ruction tc, the werking It
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the principle recuramemlud by Sir R. Peel, taking their
affairs into their own hands.