The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

TEE LADY OF MANY WILLS.

A lady, of cOnsiderable beauty and still young,
died a few weeks ago, says the Constitutionnel, at
the Batignolles. As she had lived alone, the juge
de paix of the district took possession of her furni-
ture and her effects on behalf of the heirs. Amongst
other things was a rather large collection of richly
bound books. On opening one of the volumes, the
juge de paix found a will : in a second there was a
second will, and in nearly all the others there were
others. Each of these wills was of a different date,
and each constituted a different person universal legatee.
These legatees were all young men—officers of the
army, advocates, shopmen, artists, actors, students,
architects, physicians—in short of every profession,
and of almost every class of society. Inquiries
having been instituted, it was ascertained that the
lady had married eight or ten years before, but,
being of a romantic disposition, had soon vio-
lated her fidelity to her husband, and having aban-
doned him, had
,indulged openly is intrigues with
every young man who struck her fancy. Her re-
lations with each were, however, of short duration,
owing to the fickleness of her disposition ; but
having, it appears, a sort of monomania for making
wills, she regularly drew up one in favour of every
new lover. Each will thus set aside that which
preceded it ; but the last of all was valid. The juge
de paix caused the person named in this last one to
be sought for, and he turned out to be a young artist
without fortune. He was warmly congratulated on
his good luck, and calculated on being placed in com-
fortable circumstances for life—the lady having an
income of 30,000 f. a year. But a few days ago the
husband presented himself, and destroyed all the ar-
tist's hopes by producing his marriage contract, which
established him inheritor of all his wife might leave
at her death.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
INT-MBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 18, 1851.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*229
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 39
Tubercular Diseases ... 199
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 97
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 36
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ••• ••• .•• ••• ••• ••• 129
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ... 68
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. 14
•• ••• •••
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ". 9
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 8
•••
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ••• 2
Malformations...
••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 3
Premature Birth ... , . 27
Atrophy ***
35
••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• _ _
Old Age
Sudden
••• ••• ••• ••• 11
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 25
Causes not specified ••• ••• ••• ..• ••. 6

DEATHS FROM ALL CALTSES ... ...
Population Deaths in corre-
Enumerated, sponding week
1851. of 1850.

981
Deaths
in the
Week.
167
191
187
195
241

West Districts... 376,332
North Districts.. 490,441
Central Districts 392,986
East Districts ... 435,336
South Districts .. 616,545

123
148
147
232
210

Totals..., 2,361,640 ... 860 ... 981
Males
Females ... ... ... ... 482