The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-30 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 arc marked 1,2, &c.—" I leave to Eleanor Mary
East every dog belonging to me at my decease, be it
where it may—shall be kept, in every respect, as well
as during my life, be fed with milk, barley, or oatmeal,
or sea biscut and tripe, &c., and I leave to be paid to
the person possessing the property set down in No. I,
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 be an extra payment, over and above the
weekly allowance, as shall also medicine. 1 do 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 plemilully given to them, and warns 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 propel ty set forth in No. 1, for the ns aintenance
of each horse, mare, or gelding ; and whom I hereby re-
quire to hire a trusty and honest person to attend
thens, and administer to their wants, who shall be paid
extra, and not from the Bs. per week. Further, any
parrot that may to rice belong, at my decease, shall, at
the decease of Eleanor Mary East, if she outlives me,
1.).! made over to Martha Hack, who, I trust, will its
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 passession of the property set down and be-
qaeathed 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 circuro7

stance, or the death of Martha Hack occurring, and
which substitute to Martha Hack ought to be ry
trustworthy, the quarterly sum of 15/., making 60/.
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 20/. a year .fer 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."

EXTRAORDINt RY INSTANCE OF LONGEVITY.
—A female pauper named Whiffen, expired yesterday in
the workhouse of St. Luke's, Chelsea, Arthur-street,
King's-road, having attained the extraordinary age of 107
years. She was born in the year 1734, seven years after
the accession to the throne of King George the Second.
She thus lived during the reigns of five Sovereigns (one
of which (George the Third's) is the longest on record.
The old woman was frequently in the habit of collecting a
number of the paupers around her, ar.d entertaining them
with stories of her early days, and drew amusing pictures
of the contrast between the manners and customs which
prevailed a hundred years ago and those of the present
day. She described Chelsea' in those days as a quiet, se-
cluded village, the corrimunication between which and the
metropolis was rendered a matter of some risk, in conse-
quence of the swarms of highwaymen and desperate cha-
racters, who infested the " Five Fields," the site of the
r,resent magnificent buildings composing Belgrave and
E aon-squarcs.
DEATH OF THE REV. Mr. MUSGRAVE, ONE
OF THE CANONS OF WINDSOR.--.WINDSOR, JAN. 29
Intelligence has just reached Windsor of the sudden de-
cease of the Rev. Richard Adolphus Musgrave, one of the
canons of St. George's Chapel, whose death took place
near Brussels, a few days since, whither he had gone to
reside for a temporary period, with his family, consisting of
a wife and three children. The s'all thus rendered vacant
is the fourth that has lapsed at Windsor since the Act of
Parliament came into operation for the regulation of ca-
thedral duties and revenues. As it is intended to reduce
the canons at St. George's Chapel from twelve (the origi-
nal number) to four, as deaths may occur, (appointing a
new canon upon every third vacancy which may be so trc-
ated), no new appointment will take place upon the
decease of :he Rev. Mr. Musgrave, nor until two more
vacancies in the prebendal stalls are declared, arising either
from deaths or otherwise.
INTERMENT OF HATFIELD.—After the death
of Hatfield, who attempted to assassinate King George the
Third, his relations, who reside in the neighbourhood of
C!erkenwell, applied to the authorities of Bethlem to have
Lis remains delived up to them fur inter mcnt, but their re-
quest was not granted. Au intimation was made that
Government would undertake the whole of the expenses of
ibe funeral, leaving it to the friends of the deceased to se-
lect a spot for the interment. Arrangements have been
made for the funeral, which will take place this day in the
burial ground of St. Andrew's, Holborn.

['HE FRENCH CAVALRY.—GeneraI Count do
Sparre has, according to the Echo dc la Fronticre, arrived
at Valenciennes as Inspector-General of the horses pur-
chased for remounting the cavalry at that town and Dun-
kirk. This Journal adds—" The Remoun:-Commission
at Valenciennes, presided over by General Dandre, has
already received about 3,500 horses, and expects only be-
tween 800 and 1,000 more. The lowest price paid has
been 405 f., the highest 8501. The first are intended f
the waggon train, and the last for the Carbin,:ers. The
paymaster at Valenciennes has paid for horses to the
amount of more than 2 000,000 f. The prohibitions in
Germany against the export of horses have not had any
sensible effect on the supplies brought to this place."—
Galignani's Messenger.
DRURY LANE TIIEATRE.—Lord Cardigan,
who occupied the front seat in one of the private boxes
at this theatre, on Thursday night, was perceived and
recognised by some persons in the pit, who commenced
pointing him out to others as the " black-bottle man ;" he
was groaned and hisoed by a majority of the house, but
he had a considerable party who cheered him. His
Lordship remained in the box to the close of the perfor-
mance, apparently disregarding the reception he met
with:; of course under these circumstances very little of the
beautiful music could be appreciated. When the per-
formances were over numbers of persons rushed out of the
pit to give him, which they did, a lusty patting groan in
the street.

STEAMERS ON THE PACIFIC.—We have
been tivoured with the following extract of a letter from
Valparaiso, addressed to a mercantile house in this town,
from which it appears that two of the four English
steamers intended to ply in the Pacific, have arrived
on the western coast of South America :—" Valparaiso,
Oct. 15, 1840.—The steamers Peru and Chili arc now
coming into port, under salutes from the British frigate,
the Chilian frigate, and the fort. An aquatic proces-
sion, composed of all the boats in the port, is also sal-
lying forth to hail the first steamers which have ever
braved the seas of Cape Horn. They arc now plying
to and fro in the bay, to the great admiration and asto-
nishment of the natives. All the stores, shops, &c., arc
closed ; and all the inhabitants of the place seem to be
present to witness the novelty. I understand that until
two more steamers arc procured from England, the two
now here will only ply betvvecn Talcahuana and Callao,
touching at all the intermediate ports; and, when the re-
inforcement of two more vessels is procured, they will pro-
ceed as far north as Panama, which route will afford a
very expeditious communication between Englani and
these countries."—lllanchester Guardian,

We are glad to announce that a sudden and
compk:e thaw seems at length to have arrived, to release
us from that state of blockade in which we have been
placed for some weeks. Up to yesterday, the 25th instant,
there were no symptoms of change. The most intense
frost, and frequent falls of snow, prevailed in all directions.
The severity of the weather has produced sad changes.
" The river Spey," says a correspondent in Badenoch,
" has disappeared from our polar landscape—frog en up,
and covered with snow. With great difficulty can even a
scanty supply of water be procured ; the mills arc all
stopped. Hundreds of moorfewl may be seen in the
morning, between the corn yard and barn-door, associated
with the domestic poultry. For the last three weeks the
robin redbreast has taken regular possession of the barn,
unterrificd by the swinging of the noisy flail." The
average depth of the snow is eighteen inches, but at short
intervals occur long wreaths of from ten to twenty feet.
lace; ness Courier.

In the Calcutta Courier of the 16th November,
we find some account of a company forming at Bombay
for trading on the Indus. Government, i seems, is about
to establish a steam flotilla and monthlypackets on that
river, which will ascend on the Gurrab or eastern branch
of the river as far as Ferozeporc, lying about sixty miles
south of Lahore, and 1,200 miles from the sea. The un-
friendly spirit of the people on the lower part of the Indus
will perhaps prevent any considerable trade from being
carried on with them at first ; but in the meantime all the
Punjab will be (Ten to us, with its three millions of !nimbi-
tants, and the transportation of goods to A ffghanistan will
be greatly facilitated. The channel of the Indus will even
he tho best route to Bokbara, and ultimately it will lay open
countries possessing six or seven millions of inhabitants to
our commercial industry. We cannot help thinking that
due advantage has not been taken of steam navigation as
a means of intercourse with the interior of Asia. A ship
with no other moving power than sala is helpless in a river,
especially in ascending, but the use of steam completely
removes this disadvantage. Supposing, for instance, that
we were on good terms with Persia, why should not some
of our merchants establish one or two steam-boats to piy
on the Euphrates and Tigris? The latter passes through
a well peopled country, and is navigable for three or four
hundred miles ; the territory along the Euphrates is less
populous, but in the season of floods the river is navigable
to the confines of Syria. With two or three guns the
vessels would be secure against any attack of the predatory
tribes ; and the fact that British good,: reach the northern
parts of Persia and the eastern parts of Turkey at present
by an expensive overland journey of 800 or 1,000 miles
from Trebisond, shows bow much more profitably they
might be carried into these countries by the channel of tbo
rivers.—Scolenran.
MILITARY " DRUAIMING-OUT."--Yesterday,
a private of the WI Hussars, named Yates, who was
flogged a few weeks ago for thieving money, underwent
the further ignominy of being " drummed out" of the
Regiment, which was thus purged of the stain of retaining
within its ranks a confirmed bad character. Although this
mode of dismissal is, according to custom, called drum-
ming-out, it was in this instance a performance of trum-
pets; the fellow being led out of the Barracks by a halter,
and then turned up under the sound of the " Rogue's
March."— Coventry Herald. . _ _

PARLIAMENT.— Ile system of Parliaments
commenc, d under the Saxon Government ; but the
first regular one was in 1204, during the reign of
King lohn. The epoch of the House of Commons
is generally to be January 23, 1265, under Henry
111.: and the first Peer's eldest son who ever sat in
the Lower House was Francis Russell, son of the Earl of
Bedford, and who was the brother of the William Rus-
sell so celebrated fur his milftary services in Ireland (of
which he was for some time Lord Deputy) in the time
of Elizabeth. In 1619, after the death of Charles, a
Peer was elected, and bat as a member of the House of
Commons. Pailiamentary grants were originally made
to the King in kind ; and in 1340, 30,000 sacks of wool
are included in the grant then made.
THE MURDER IN THE RUE ST. HONORF.—
The water carrier who was taken into custody for the as-
sault on the two diligence porters, is named Tiniere, a
Savoyard. He voluntarily surrendered himself and gave
the name of the man who actually committed the murder
as Roussi, another water carrier. The latter was taken
into custody next morning as he was filling his pails at the
fountain in the Carrefour Gann], and was shut up for a
time iu the guardhouse of the Pointe Saint Eustache ; but
when the police ollicers came to conduct him to the 1 rc7
lecture he was found quite dead, having hung himself with
his handkerchief to the window bars.

THIRTY-EIGHT PERSONS POISONED FROM
EATING TURTI.E.—Wc have ben, horrified by heating of
the most extensirc mortality we ever remember to have
known from eating nomh,us food, that occurred within the
last few days near Pantura. IL appears that two turtles
were caught and brought to the haz.ar, where they were
cut up and sold, rand that every individual who ate part of
women, and children), died, arid
them was se:zed in about 24 hours with a species of ello.
—The
lera, of which it has been ascertained beyond a doubt at
least 38 perfons (mei),
that upwards of 40 more are dangerousf,, u I, ~
j nwv.,.---tust
claim of India Tehvraph.
MARCIIMONT PEERAGE.
Cap-
tain F. D. Home, Bart., to this Peerage, loch i
pied much of the time of the Commi::e' .0-i -13'arsiv7eCg"c-s
during the last three Sessions of Parlidatilent, rod which
House, will, we 'under "
has already received nino lengtheyo hearings in their
anal review of the I?,.ird Chanrothr
Lordships'
for elvelson ::most im-
stand, come under the
nacdiately,

EVENING= EDITION.

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