The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-03 00:00:00

WILLS AYD BEQUESTS.

The late Countess Granville : The will of the
Right Hon. Marie Louise Pellirie de Dalberg,
Countess Granville, wife of the Right Hon. Gran-
ville George Leveson Gower, Earl Granville, K G.,
Lord President of her Majesty's Privy Council, was
proved, with a codicil, on the 20th instant, and
administration granted to her husband, Earl Gran-
ville, the sole executor to her will, which was limited
to the personal estate, over which, by settlements
made on her marriage, in 1840, her ladyship
had a disposing power of appointment. This lady
being of the Catholic religion, some of the bequests
are in favour of that community. She leaves to her
husband, Earl Granville, some policies of assurance
effected on her life, and directs a sum to be appro-
priated for the support of the religious worship of
the Roman Catholics in Aldenham, Salop ; and also
an income to be bestowed upon the officiating priest
of that place ; and a legacy of £6O is also to be
given to each of the priests officiating at the place
of worship in Farm street, Berkeley-square. Her
ladyship, who was twice married, has be-
queathed to her only son, Sir John
Emeric Edward Dalberg Acton, Bart.,
son of her ffrst husband, Sir Richard R. E. Acton,
Bart., all the rest of her disposable property in
England, France, and elsewhere, and has nomi-
nated her son residuary legatee. The Countess has
charged her estate with an annuity of £5OO per
annum, which her son is directed to pay to the
Countess's mother. Her ladyship was the only
child and heir of Emeric Joseph Duke of Dalberg.
The Countess died at Brighton on the 14th March
last, at the age of forty-nine ; and her will bears
date the 16th of February, 1852. .
The late Baroness von Speth Schulzburgh ; The
will and codicil of Maria Walburg Baroness von
Speth Schulzburg, of Castle Schulzburg, in the
kingdom of Wurtemburg, was administered to in
London on the 15th of June, by John Charles
Edward Nickell, Esq., the lawful attorney of Fried-
rich Christian Wagner, Privy Councillor in Am-
orbach, in the kingdom of Bavaria, the sole executor,
having been first proved in the Royal Bavarian
Provincial Court. This lady died in London, un-
married. She was formerly Lady of Honour to her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and was of
distinguished Bavarian rank. The Baroness was
possessed of property in England and abroad. The
will was written in German, disposing of her
foreign securities and of a great variety of jewellery
and plate, which she has left among her relatives
and friends, appointing her two nieces, Mrs.
Muller, " born Baroness von Speth," and the
Baroness Marie von Speth, her co-heiresses and re-
siduary legatees ; her wardrobe she leaves to her
waiting-woman, The will bears date from Clarence
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c. WHITEHALL PREACHERS."—The Lord Bishop
as Dean of her Majesty's Chapel Royal, has
of London as
the following gentlemen to fill the office of
TnVihitehall Preachers" for the two years next ensuing
mowing from the 30th ult.) :-1. The Rev. William
rcrae -311. A., Sub-Rector and Fellow and Tutor of Exeter
College,n to be the preacher from the University of Oxford,
in succession to the Ray. Adam Storey Farrar, M.A., Fel-
low of Queen's College ; and 2, the Rev. William Emery,
8.D., Fellow and Tutor oaf Corpus Christi College, to be
the preacher from the University of Cambridge, in succes-
sion to the Rev. Frederick Gall, 8.D., Fellow of Christ
College, and Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of London.