The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-10 00:00:00

THE WILL OF THE ARCHBISHOP

OF YORK.

This will was made only six weeks before his
death, and the original was deposited on the 3d
instant in the archives of the Prerogative Court of
Canterbury. The property of his Grace is thus be-
queathed :—The property he purchased at Culham
and Baldon, in Oxfordshire, adjoining to the Nune-
ham estate, devised 'to him by the will of the late
Earl Harcourt, he devises to such person as may suc-
ceed to the Nuneham estate and lands, and to be sub-
ject to the devise in the will of the late Earl, but to
pay out of the Culham property 401. annually for the
endowment of a school at Nuneham Coartney. The
Earl by his will empowered his Grace to raise
15,0001. for younger children out of the manors,
lands, and estates. In pursuance thereof, his Grace
appoints 10,0001. to his daughter, Anne Harcourt.
To his son George, his successor to the inheritance
of Nuneham and Stanton Harcourt, he leaves all
his household property, stores, wines, and con-
sumable articles at Nuneham, and everything
belonging to him on the premises (not being
heirlooms), he paying 4,0001. to the residuary
personal estate. His Grace here observes that, " it hav-
ing been the particular wish of our joint benefactor,
to whom we are indebted for that inheritance, that a
deer park should be kept up there, I hope that my
successor, from regard to his memory and mine, will
continue in the park a small herd of deer, not less
than 200, there being at present about 400." The
books and pictures in his mansion at Nuneham are
to descend, as heirlooms, with the inheritance. To
the library at Nuneham he gives such of his books,
maps, prints, and drawings, at Grosvenor, square and
Bishopthorpe, of which there may not be duplicates
at Nuneharn, and the remainder he leaves to his son
William. The Harcourt plate (which he describes to
be very extensive) and the pictures at .Nuneharn are
heirlooms ; he adds to these the portraits of the
Marquis of Stafford and the late Duke of Sutherland,
which are at Bishorthorpe. The pictures which his
Grace found on entering the palace at Bishopthorpe
are heirlooms of the see of York ; and his Grace
makes an addition to them of the portrait of his
late Majesty King George HI. (by \Vest) and
his own portrait. The pecuniary bequests are
as follows : To his sons Charles, 7,0001. ;
Egerton, 6,0001.; William and Frederick, 3,0001.
each ' • and Henry and Francis, 1,000/. each ; and to
his daughter Anne, 7,0001. To his grandchildren,
namely—Lady Norreys, the six children of his son
William, the seven children of his daughter Louisa,
to Jane (the daughter of his son Frederick), and to
his own niece, Louisa Boothby, 1,0001. each. To
others of his family his Grace has made equivalent
gifts in his lifetime. To his trustees he leaves 10,000'. '
for Edward, the eldest son of his son William Vernon
Harcourt. To the ministers and churchwardens of the
respective parishes of Bishopthorpe, Sudbury, and
Nuneham, 5001. for each parish, to apply the interest
annually at Christmas among the poor. To each of
his servants a legacy ; and to his own personal man
servant an annuity of 100/., and to his housekeeper
6001. sterling, for their long and faithful services.
All legacies to be free of duty. his Grace concludes
his will thus :—" Infirmities, always more or less
experienced towards the close of a lung-pro-
tracted life, have necessarily connected isle more
intimately with my dear son Egerton than others
of my family, he having been with me on all
occasions, and to whom I am indebted for being re-
lieved from various discomfitures to which my im-
portant station in the church, and the highly
responsible duties attached to it, must unavoidably
have subjected me ; and he having unceasingly
watched my wants, and anticipated my wishes, with
an attention my heart fully appreciated, but were I
to attempt to give utterance to, I should fail in so
doing, I do appoint him my residuary legatee and
sole executor." Dated on the 25th of September,
1847, and signed "E. Ebor." Witnessed by W.
Gray, solicitor, York, and one of his clerics. Besides
the property in the province of York, his Grace died
possessed of funded and personal property within the
province of Canterbury which was estimated for duty
at 80,0001. This venerable prelate, in his 91st year,
had held the see of York for a period of 40 years, the
annual revenue of which by the last returns, is
given at 10,0001.; upon his translation thereto from
the see of Carlisle, in December, 1807, he was then
Dr. Edward Venables Vernon ; but on his subse-
quently acquiring the Nuneham and Harcourt pro-
perty, from the late Earl Harcourt, Viscount Nuneharn
(which titles are now extinct), he obtained the
Royal license to use the name of Harcourt.—Ob-
server.

SCOTCH CHURCH, CROWN-COURT.—Yesterday this
place of worship was re-opened by the Rev. Dr. Cum-
ming, the minister of that place. The chapel was for-
merly calculated to accommodate nearly 1,000 persons.
It is now enlarged so as to contain 400 additional sit-
tings. The greater part of the building is entirely new.
Its interior is an oblong square, the pulpit standing in
the centre of one of the longer sides. The gallery runs
along the other three sides. The roof is of oak, elabo-
rately awl beautifully executed. There was a very
large congregation. The minister took his text from Ist
Timothy, chap. 3, verse 15. The discourse was appro-
priate for the occasion, and of that able and instructive
character which might be expected from the celebrity of
the preacher. In the course of the service, the Rev.
Gentleman stated that during the temporary occupation
of Exeter Hall, by that congregation, they had contri-
buted 2,0001. towards the expenses of the church, about
1,000/. for the schools, 4001. for their destitute country-
men A borne, and about 1,000/. for other purposes.
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ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN HOLLAND.—The King
of the Netherlands has authorised the construction of the
electric telegraph from Amsterdam to Helder, and from
Rotterdam by Brouwershoff to Flushing ; he has also
accorded to the directors of the railway from Amsterdam
to Rotterdam permission to place at the use of the public
the electric telegraph already established on that line.