The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-29 00:00:00

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LATE EARL OF VERULAII.—Probate has _ :i•:1
the will, with two codicils, of the late Rig s._ _......aaria4r
Walter, Earl of Verulam, Baron Verulam, of,, . . b.;:,st:4
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Hertfordshire, Viscount Grimston, and Baron 1., 3. bokU;
in Ireland, and Baron Forrester, of Costorphine, in Scotland,
and a Baronet, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of
Hertford. The acting executors are his sons, the present
Earl of Verulam, also the Hon. Robert Grimston, and the
Hon. and Rev. EH. Grimston. The personality WV valued
for duty at 25,0001. Bequeaths to his Countess a sum that
will make her income 3,0001. a year, and to his younger
children a sum that will make up with other provisions
10,000/. to each. The will was made in July, 1843, and the
codicils last year. His Lordship had attained his 70th year,
and left issue five sons and four daughters.
LATE VISCOUNT HOOD.—The Right Hon. Samuel Tibbittss
Viscount Hood, of Whitley Abbey, near Coventry, Barton
Seagrave, Kettering, and Bryanston-square, London, had
recently purchased the inheritance in fee-simple of the
estates in Whitley and Penley, Warwickshire, adjoining to,
part of the settled estates of the family, with a sum of
23,000!., derived from property of his wife's paternal grand-
father, and which, with all other real estate, he has devised
with he settled estates. From his personal estate, valued
at 35,000/., he leaves an annuity, to be secured on 4,0001., for
his mother, the Hon. Caroline Hood ; leaves an immediate
pecuniary legacy to the Viscountess, and the carriages,
horses, farming stock, furniture, books, and jewels ; the
plate, bearing his arms and coronet, in trust for her life,
and then to the eldest son ; the residue amongst his
younger children. The acting executor is the Hon. Lieut.-
Col. Francis Grosvenor Hood, the brother, and, witk the
Viscountess and the other executors, the Hon. Samuel,
Baron Bridpert (the uncle), and the Hon. Alexander
Nelson Hood, are appointed guardians of the children.
He has left three sons and one daughter, and died in his
38th year, on the Bth of May last.
General Sir Henry Bayly, C. 8., Celonel of the Bth Foot
(King's regiment) who died in April last, at the advanced
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late of the Coldstream Guards, and 3,000!., equally between
Hugh Forbes, the younger, and Archibald Forbes ; on failure
of both attaining twenty-one, the whole for the children of
Mrs. Buchanan, wife of John Buchanan, Esq., Carbeth, North
Britain. The residue and reversion of his personal estate,
together with his real estate, he leaves to the said Mrs. Mary
Louisa Buchanan, for her own absolute use and disposal, and
has appointed her sole executrix. She has duly admi-
nistered to the will in London. The personal effects were
estimated at 6,000/.
Rear-Admiral Valentine Collard, late of Teddington, has
left the property which he acquired by the will of Mr. James
Forth, distiller, at Kingston-upon-Thames, the uncle of his
deceased wife, to her brother, Mr. W. H. Kempster, and the
books, plate, furniture, Ecc. ; a legacy of 2001. to Mr. Chris-
topher West, commander R.N. ; and legacies to other of his
friends. The residue, real and personal, he bequeaths to his
nephew, Mr. Robert Lendrum, and has appointed him and
Mr. Kempster, together with James Williamson, Esq., of
Gray's Inn, the executors. The personality was valued at
9,000/. He made his will in January, 1845, and a codicil in
February, 1846 ; the death of this gallant admiral occurred
on the 18th of March last, at the age' of seventy-sin.
The late Colonel the Hon. Fulke Greville Howard, of
Castle Rising, Norfolk; of Ashstead Park, Surrey; of Levens,
Westmoreland; of Elford Hall, Stafford; and of Grosvenor-
square, London ; died without issue. His estates in West-
moreland and other hereditaments comprised in his marriage
settlement, subject to his wife's interest and disposition, he
has devised to his nephew, the Hon. G. F. Upton, second
son of Viscount Templetown, those at Kilburn, Middlesex ;
to his nephew, the Hon. Arthur Upton ; his estates at Elford
and Stafford, except certain estates at Fisherwick and Elford
which he has devised to Captain Henry Bagot, son of Sir
Charles Bagot, are left under same trusts as the estates of
Stafford,and those of Ashstead by thewillofshhsisld anatefad Castle Rising,ther-in-law,
Richard
Howard, to
wife for life, and then in the same manner as the estates
of Ashtead and Headley are derived by the same will,
the bulk of the estate at C Astle Rising being limited
to appointment by the Honourable Mrs. Howard. The
personal estate, which was valued for probate duty at
120,0004 he has disposed of by a codicil, made only the
week before his death, leaving legacies to his godchildren,
and specific bequests to his family and acquaintance. To his
brother, Viscount Templetown, the whole of his valuable
collection of pictures, except the pictures of one room, to
his sister, the Hon. Sophia Upton, and two pictures at
Ashstead, of St. Mary in Egypt, and the death of Seneca,
to the Marquis of Bristol. To his nephew, the Honourable
Henry Montagu Upton, all his books, and the reversion
to the pictures on the death of his father. His musical
instruments to his brother, General the Honourable
Arthur Upton, with a pecuniary bequest. He has left liberal
legacies to his servants • to his steward at Ashstead, 5001.;
his personal servant, 4001. ; to his gardener at Levens, 4001. ;
the gardener at Ashstead Park and at Elford Hall, to each,
3001; and the like legacies to his coachman and cook, and to
the porter, at Grosvenor-square. The residue he leaves to
his wife, the Honourable Airs. Howard, whom he has ap-
pointed, together with his said nephew,. the Hon. H. M.
Upton, and the Rev. William Legge, rector of Ashstead, to be
the executors of his will, with a legacy of 500/. to each.
The Hon. and Gallant Colonel died at Elford Hall, on the
4th of Mareh, in his 73d year.
The late Sir William Boothby, Bart., of Ashborne Hall,
Derby, Receiver-General of her Majesty's Customs, had
made his will in 1833, during the lifetime of his former wife,
Lady Boothby, and, in the event of her surviving, had made
a provision for her of 300/. a year ; but Sir William did not
alter his will on his intermarriage with Mrs. Nesbitt, nor
has he made any testamentary disposition in her favour. To
his daughters, Louisa, Caroline, and Maria, he leaves 3,000/.
each ; and as the late Earl of Liverpool has amply provided
for two of his children, Cecil and Fanny, he leaves to them,
as a mark of affection, 100/. each. The residue of his pro-
perty, real and personal, he leaves to his son, Sir Brooke
`William Robert Boothby, Bart., who is the acting executor.
The freehold in Derbyshire, and all other estates, he directs
to be sold, the funded and personal property amounting to
only 2,000/.
The late Elias Goldsmid, Esq., of the Stock Exchange,
left personal property to the amount of 16,0001., and has be-
queathed to his brother Aaron Goldsmid, Esq., for his life au
annuity of 3001., the surplus, together with the principal, he
bequeaths to his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Levieu, under the like trust of their marriage settlement.
The will of the Honourable and Very Reverend H. L.
Hobart, D.D., late Dean of Windsor, and of the Collegiate
Church of Wolverhampton, was proved in London on the sth
of June, by two of his executors, Captain Sir George Tyler,
R.N., and Edmund Fitzmoore, Esq., of the Inner Temple; a
power being reserved to the Honourable Mrs. Hobart, his
relict, to whom he has bequeathed an annuity of 300/. in ad-
dition to the provisions under marriage settlement, and
leaves to her his carriages, horses and furniture • the residue
of his property he leaves to be divided amongst children.
The personal estate was estimated at 35,000/. His will i 8
dated in 1829, and he died on the Bth of May, in his seventy.
fifth year. He held the livings of Great Hasely, Nocton,
and \Vantage, and was Registrar of the Order of the Getter.
The late Rev. Dr. Walton, Rector of Birdbrooke, Eisex,
has bequeathed the following charitable bequests :—To the
Clergy Orphan Society, 100!. ; to the Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge, 100/. ; to the Society for the Propa-
gation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, MR ; to the Charity
for the Essex Clergy, 100/. ; and to the poor of Birdbrooke,
10/. ; also to the trustees of the district church of St. John,
Finchineeld, Essex, 100/. for the repairs of the church ; and
to the Reverend John Russell Stock, minister of St. John's
Chapel, and his successor, such books out of his library as he
may consider necessary to form a foundation for a useful
library in his study. All his freehold and copyhold estates in
Fordham, Warningford, Coln, and other parts of Essex, he
leaves to his nephew, the Rev. Russell Skinner, M.A., Rector
of Sweilling, Suffolk, and appoints him, together with J. D,
Williams, Esq., of Essex, and J. Roberts, Esq., of the Middle
Temple, executors. Leaves to each of his eight godchildren
100/., and the residue to the children of his said nephew. The
personalty was valued at 7,oool.—Post.

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A KING CONDEMNED TO IMPRISONMENT WITH HARD
LABOUR.—We find the following curious account in a letter
from Copenhagen of the 15th :—"Our prison has just received
two remarkable guests, an African King and his prime mi-
nister. At the beginninogzoinf,
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wyhearo ,wtashisubn.ldaeckr
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whose name is Aquatim
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forms part of the Danish p
ossanessoithnesr African king and hie
sove-
reignty of Denmark, as the country
entrapped into his territory rYonovtehre
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prime minister, and at night, with the aid of his own minister,
wasattaeked them and put them to death. The murdered prince
sovereign of another portion of the coast forming part of
the Danish possessions. The murderers were arrested and
brought to trial before the Danish colonial tri-
bunal. The defence made by the advocate es..
gaged by the prisoners was, that Aquatimozin, as a sove-
reign prince, had a right to put his enemy to death, and
that Kongitl, his minister, being under his orders, was only
performing an act of obedience, the refusal of which would
have caused his own death. This defence did not avail, and
the ex-king and ex-minister (for both had been deposed by
orders from Copenhagen) were condemned to die. The pri-
soners appealed to the King of Denmark for mercy, and
were so far successful as to have the sentence of death com-
muted into perpetual confinement in the prison of Copeu..
hagen, to which they were brought in the Eagle corvette.
Aquatimozin is 72 years of age, of small stature, excessive)
thin,
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work-
ing in prison, rasping dye-woods, for which each receives
two skillings (less than a penny English) per day Aquati
mozin appears very resigned, and works assidueualy. His
ex-minister has less philosophy, and is only kept to his work
by the frequentapplication of the whip."
EMBEZZLEMENT AND FLIGHT OF A CLERK OF MONZY
CLUBS.—A series of frauds, by which a number of respect-
able parties in Sheffield will sustait great
of jhaasm6isuscthcoarre
to light by the sudden flightbmtoker.The accused was clerk
to America
Simpson, of that place, pcfubs, and he enjoyed such a high
degree of confide
to a number of
confidence that the committees of the clubs were
lulled into security,
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and he seems to have managed them,
almost as ha pleased. Previous to his leaving home on the
23d May, he disposed of a valuable collection of pictures (of
w connoisseur),andstock goods,
his of
hich he was a great
transferring
the pledges to Mr. Eaton, who paid him the
moneylent upon them, and his household furniture. He set
sail for
fer America on the 28th ult., on board the
John R. Skiddy packet, accompanied by one daughter
leaving his wife and another daughter in England to
shift for themselves. Yesterday week fiat in bankruptcy
was opened at the Sheffield Court, and we understand it is in
contemplation to send out a messenger by the next, steamer
to arrest the delinquent, and recover the property. in his pos-
session. The extent of the frauds he has committed has not
vet been ascertained. There is no doubt that they amount
to 3,000/. or 4,0001., and probably a much larger sum....
Doncaster Gazette, June 26.
PENCIL CEDAR.—Nearly all the railway sleepers in
America are made of this wood, as it never rots, and it
hardens by exposure to wet. It is now being introduced
into some of the railways in the north of England for the
same purpose; it is also extensively used in America for
ship-building, having the property, when used with other
wood, of preventing its rotting. There is no limit to the
quantity that can be obtained of this wood, if required. Its
present selling price averages about sd. the superficial foot.—..
The Builder.

There are 118 towns and counties in the United
States called Washington ; there are 91 Jacksens, 69 Jeer—
sons, 58 Monroes, 50 Madisons, 32 Harrison, 19 Adamses,
16 Van-Burens, 21 Clays, 3 Websters, and not one Tyler.
Of Bentons there are 14, Franklins 83, and Lafayettes 34.

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EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.—There is at present a. High,...
lasadman employed on the Scottish Central Railway, near thee
Bridge of Forteviot, who will take a rail in each han4 argil
carry them a distance of from forty to sixty yards. In carry..
ing the rails to where they are to be laid, he saves the labotrr
of sometimes six, and never less than four men. Six milli Is
the burden allowed for the railway horses to carry, and the 3se
weigh 21 cwt., which makes two equal to 7 cwt., or 3i- c. Wt.
each, a weight sufficient for a llercules.—Perthshire Courier,
COAL-PIT EXPLOSION.—On Tuesday last an explo .sion
of fire-datnp took place in the coal-pits at Midgley. Aty suer,
named Richard Ripley, was burnt to death ; the rest . of the
workmen escaped without injury.—Doncaster Gazette.
RUNNING MATCH.—In the Waterloo-road, OR 7 Aide„,
afternoon, Horton and Jay ran their 100 yards' race , for A
The latter won.