The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-10 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS

The will of the Right-Hon. Frederica Emma, Countess
DoWager of Lanesborong,,b, relict of the Right Hon.
Gedrge John Danvers, ffteenth 'earl, was proved in tile
London Court, on the 30th ult., under £90,000 personalty.
—The will of Count de Flahault, AuguSte Charles Joseph,
senator of France, and Grand Chancellor of the Legion of
Honour, Who died at Paris on OCtober. 31st last, Was ad-
ministered to in London under 24,000 personalty, in En-gland.
—The will of-the Hon. Lady Ha,friet` Bagot Was proved in
the London Court under £13,000. Her ladyship, who
died on October 18 last was the relict! of the Hon. and
Right Rev. Richard Bagot,, D.D., Lord Bishop of Ox-
ford.—The will of Thomas Thornton, Esq., of Brixton,
Surrey, was proved in London on the 29th ultimo. The
personalty is sworn under £900;000.. The testator died
on the 27th ultimo. He leaves 400 to each of the.
following institutions, viz.:—The Asylum for , Idiots
at Earlswpod, the Asylum for, • Fatherless , Child-
ren: at Reedham, the British Infant, and London
Orphan Asylums, the Orthopcedie Hospital, the Royal
HoSpital for Incurables at Putney, the National Bene-
volent Institution, the Female Orphan Asylum, the
YoAcshire Society, the City of London. Truss Society,
the Hospital for Diseases of the Chest (Victoria Park),
the Asylum for the .Deaf and • Dumb, the. Royal
Asylum of. St.., Ann's, the Brixton National Schools,
and. the Brixton, Tulse Hill, and Herne Hill Dispen-
saries—all legacies free of duty. He ,leaves £l,OOO, the
interest to be distributed at Christmas amongst the poor of
BUrton-in-Lonsdale, Yorkshire; and another .£l,OOO to keep
in, repair the church built by him in the same village. He
leaves £2OO for a monument to his memory in the same
church, and £4OO to keep in repair his two vaults in
Norwood Cemetery. He , gives to Mr. J. S.. Neall and
Mr.' Browne £5OO each. He leaves £l5O to his. coach-
Man , William Locker, and £lOO to each servant in his
service three years. He leaves two BLUM, of , £20,000
'L'hree per Cent. ConsOligated Bank
,Annuities for each
of his two younger sons, William and Thomas. The
residue he leaves in three equal parts between his two
elder sons, Robert and Richard, and his daughter
Margaret Hodgson. The testator died possessed of con-
siderable freehold property, and leave his estate of Cannon
Hill Park, Surrey, to his son Richard ; his property at
Hazen Hall, Yorkshire, to his son-in-laiv Barnard Becket
Hodgson for his life, and then to his grandson Barnard
T. Hodgson; his estate of the Netherland and land
on Thornton Tell, Yorkshire, to his elder son, Robert,
for life, and then to his grandson Robert L. Thornton;
his freehold, Old Swan Wharf, London Bridge, Albion
'Wharf; Blackfriars, and Other real estate he leaves to his
eldest son absolutely.—The will of Commander Charles
Henry Stirling, R.N., late of her Majesty's ship Excel-
lent; a passenger on board the merchant 'ship City of BIM-.
ton,', was proved in London under £12,000 personalty.
Itlustrated Londcoi News.

THE DEStRITCTION OF TUE al-lIP JAPAN
BY FIRE.

A despatch, dated San Francisco.'November.lo, states
that the ship Matchless, Captain Dawes, from Boston,
hadarrived of the 9th, having on board Captain Emmens
and six of thetvetew of the ship Japan, which was burnt at
sea off Cape Horn. Captain Emmens gives the following
'Particulars of the disaster :—" The Japan left Liver-
Pool on the . 3rd of June, with her lower hold
filled with coal, and a general cargo of mer-
chandise between decks. On the 2041 T of August, in lat.
50.25 S., long. 64:53 W., the smell of 'smoke was dis-
covred on board the ship, and it was supposed to arsse
from some iron Ow that had been coal-tarred, and were
stowed between decks.. On'thO 22nd the smell of smoke
grew stronger] but on examination there Were no traces of
fire to be found. On the night of the 25th' of August,. the
Japan being then in lat. 57.47 S., long. 70.16 W., Captain
Emmons found the smell of sMoke very strong in the cabin,
and in the morning, when, the hatches were opened, the hold
was discovered to be full of smoke. As soon as it cleared
away Captain Efinnens went below and succeeded in
working his way over the coal in the lower hold to the
main hatch, where he found the smoke coming up through
the coals in large volumes, accompanied with great
heat. According to the appearance of things, he
concluded that the fire might soon break out, so as soon
as be returned on deck he ordered the hatches to be
battened down, so as to stop all ventilation below. He
kept the ship headed to the NrE., in hopes to make
the Straits of Lamaire, about' 170'n-dies distant. On the
27th the smoke was so . strong 4in: the cabin that-he was
compelled to leave it, and at about noon that day a ship
was seen to the eastward. The Japan was headed off
and ran down to the vessel, which proVed to be the
Matchless, bound to San Francis Co. . The condition of
affairs was communicated to Captain Dawes, who con-
sented to take the officers and crew of the Japan on
board his own vessel." Captain Emniens concludes
by saying that; "-knowing the fire WILS liable to break out
et any time, and that there would b but a mall chance
of saving ourselves in tlAe. boats, timnght
,beat to aban-
don the ship at crime. We left in the boats, saving but a
small portion of our clothing. it was blowing heavy,
and there was a thick snow squall at the time." Captain
Emmaus says ha does not know when the ship burned,
as there wore no signs of the vessel after she had been
abandoned. ' .

THE PROPOSED DOWRY TO THE PRINCESS
LOUISE. -A meeting of working men; • convened by the
Land and Labour League- was held on' Thursday evenirg
at the Bell Tavern, Old Bailey ; Mr. Hennessey, the
President of the League, in the chair. Mr. Boone moved,
" That we, members of the Land and Labour League,
and otheps of the indlistri4l classes, believing that it is the
diify of all men Who marry to labour, and: with the
results of that labour to Maintain themselves and families
without asking for parish or national relief, protest
against any taxation to provide a dowry for the Princess
Louise on her contemplated marriage with the Marquis of
Lorne'; and further, that this protest be signed .by the
chairman of the Leagne, and'forwaTded to her Majesty's
Ministers and to, all, members of Parliament." 45 con-
tended that if the protest did not answer the object, the
working met} must take other measures to draw attention
to the monstrous proposal about to be made to Parliament
by a so-palled Liberal Ministry, boasting of their economy.
Mr. Osman seconded the resoNtion, whieh was supported
in several speeches' of 4 draw; Republican character, and
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