The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-12 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The Scotch confirmation of the late Right lion.
James Alexander St. Clair Erskine, Earl of Rosslyn,
P.C., Lieutenant-General in her Majesty's Army,
Colonel of the 7th Hussars, has just been sealed i❑
the principal Registry in London, as a testamentary
trust disposition.

The will of the Hon. and Very Rev. Geo. Pellew,
D.D., Dean of Norwich and Rector of Great Chart,
Kent, was proved in the London Court by his relict,
the Hon. Frances Pellew ; his son-in-law, the Right
Hon. William Wells, Viscount Sidrnouth ; and his
son, Henry Edward Pellew, Esq., the surviving
executors. The personalty was sworn under £25,000.
The will is dated in 1862, and a codicil September,
1866 ; and he died 0ct.13, at the age of seventy-
three. The testator was third son of the first Viscount
Exmouth, and married, in 1820, Frances, second
daughter of the first Viscount Sidmouth. He leaves
to his son, Henry Edward, all the paintings of his
late father's battles and actions absolutely, and
leaves him the painting of his father, the celebrated
Admiral Pellew, G.C.8., first Vizcount Exmouth,
which after his decease is to be handed over to the
then Lord Exmouth ; he also leaves to his son the
ornamental piece of plate presented to his father by
Marseilles, to be held in like manner. his real
estate he devises to his said son Henry. To his
wife he leaves an immediate legacy of £lOOO, all the
furniture, &c., and a life interest in the residue of
his property, bequeathing an annuity of £lOO to
his daughter Charlotte. The residue at the de-
cease of his wife is to be divided between his son
and three daughters iu equal proportions.
The will of George Peckett, Esq., of Aberdeen
Park, Highbury, and of the Stock Exchange, was
proved in the London Court by his relict, Matilda
Peckett, and John Nicholas Payne, Esq., of the
Stock Exchange, the executors and trustees. The
personalty is sworn under £120,000. TllO will bears
date March 12, 1866, and the testator died Novem-
ber 30. The whole of his property, with the ex-
ception of a legacy of £5OO to his executor, Mr.
Payne, he has bequeathed to his wife for her own
absolute use and benefit.
The will of George Gardner, Esq.,
of Chelten-
ham, was proved in the Court at Gloucester, by his
relict and William Gardner, Esq., the acting exe-
cutors ; William Johnson, the testator's nephew,
also an executor, having renounced. The perso-
nalty in the United Kingdom was sworn under
£B,OOO. The testator died Aug. 3, 1866, 'at
Balyoukan Lodge, Pitlockry, Perth, N. 8., but was
domiciled in England. His will bears date June
16, 1864. He leaves the whole of his estate, real
and personal, to his wife for her life, and after-
wards to his children, appointing his wife their
guardian during their minority.--Illustrated Lon-
don News.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE
ENSUING WEEK.
Geographical, at 8} ; "Journey to Kano, from the Niger,"
—Monday—Architects, at 8.
Dr. Baikie ; " North East Province of Madagascar," the
Bishop of Mauritius; "Diary of a Hill Trip, Burmah,"
Lieut. Lewin. Tuesday—Engineers, at 8: "Ships of
War," Mr. Bourno. Statistical, at 8 : "Prison Statistics,
India," Dr. Mouat. Wednesday—Meteorological, at 7.
Society of Arts, at 8 : " Mercantile Marine Legislation and
British Seamen," Capt. Toynbee. Thursday—Zoological,
at 4. Numismatic, at 7. Linnean, at 8: " Distomto Cla-
vatum, from Sword-fish," "Experiments with Trichina
Spiralis," Dr. Cohbold. Chemical, at 8 : " A.nount of Car-
bonic Acid in Sea-air," Mr. Thorpe ; "Synthetical Re-
searches on Ethers, Part II.," Dr. Frankland and Mr.
Duppa ; " Laboratory Contributions," Professor Wanklyn.
Royal, at B}. Antiquarian, at 81.-4th,enteurn.
ACCIDENT TO LORD LEIGH IN THE HUNTING
FIELD.—On Thursday afternoon Lord Leigh, the Lord
Lieutenant of Warwickshire, met with an accident whilst
hunting, on the Stoneleigh estate, with the North War-
wickshire hounds. In leaping a high cinicksot fence his
lordship was thrown from his horse and fell heavily to
the ground, and the horse placed his hoof upon the
back of his lcrdship's head, but fortunately he escaped
without serious injury, although severely shaken by tha
fall.

TIIE SUNNINGIIILL MURDER.—From information
which has recently come into the hands of the chief of the
Berks constabulary
there appears a very great likelihood
of some light being thrown upon the circumstances sur-
rounding this mysterious crime, and that tho murderer of
the poor old woman, Elizabeth Butler, who kept the lodge
on Mr. Cruteillty's estate at 6unninglaill Park, will be
brought to justice.