The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-02 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the illustrated London News.)
The will of the Right Hon. Catherine Sasan
Dowager Baroness Chesham was proved in the
London Court on the 15th ult., by her son, the.
Right Hon. William George Baron Chesham, and
her son-in-law, the Right Hon. Thomas ByronDacre, the joint acting executors. The p:.•rsonalti
was sworn under £7,000. Her ladyship was the
eldest daughter of the ninth Marquis of Hu"tll'
K.T., and married, in 1814, the Hon. Charles
Compton Cavendish, who in 1858 was created Baron
Cheshain. ller ladyshipdied on Dec. 14,1866, MTh°
Hoo, Welvyn, Hefts, aged 73, having executed her
will in 1863, and two codicils in 1864 and 1865. lier
Ladyship, after leaving annuities to her sister, Lady
Charlotte Gordon, and her sisters-in-law, LAY
Henry Gordon and Lady Cecil Gordon, and be-
queathing the plate to her son, and legacies to her
servants, leaves the residue of her property to h

divided equally amongst her three children.
The will of James Ashton, Esq., of Miinwood,
Herts, and Highfield, Bredbury, Cheshire, Iva°
proved in London on the 6th ult., and the Per;
sonalty sworn under £160,000. The sole actino
executor is Benjamin Ashton, Esq., his brother ;
the other executors nominated being hiss
brother, Samuel Ashton, Esq., and
brother-in-law, Charles Andrew, Esq. Illeeseci
three executors, together with his wife, are appoint
guardians of his infant children. The will is date
1863, and two codicils April and October, 186 d;
and the testator died at his residence, Alinrcs:°%
Nov. 6, aged 57. He bequeathes to his wife
legacy of £50,000 ; also leaves her an annuity °t
£2,000, besides other provision. To his elde:o
daughter £4OO a-year for her own separate use'
his daughter Emily, £30,000. His second 10'
Robert, being entitled to considerable property
under the will of the testator's uncle, Robert Ashton;
Esq., he leaves him only a contingent inter° ;
in the residue; but directs the payment of premitill!,o
on several policies of assurance on his son E,obert.
life during his minority to be paid out of his estatc.
To his salesman, Joseph Halksworth, of Mancile.si;
ter, now in the employ of his brother, Benin
all'
Ashton, he leaves an annuity of £lOO. Ilis m;
sions and estate of Alimwood and Highfield, subjec
to his wife's occupation, he leaves to his eldest o°'
who is residuary legatee. of
The will of William Frederick Collard, Esq"
Cr -endish-square, was proved in the London Court,

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on the sth ultimo, by the executors and trusteL
Bart. James J. Lonsdale, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, barrister,
Robinson, Esq., eldest son of the Ea.
and Sir JohnG.
R. B .
Robinson,
1866, at Folkestone, aged 90. His will is
Feb. 20, 1854,
sworn under £70,000. The testator died Oct.
11;
The personalty Ava.°
dateu
tors a legacy of £lOO, free of .
with three codicils, dated respec-
tively 1857-63-65. He leaves to each of his e%ecii
to his granddaughter Anne and to his grands°ll,
Arnold (the latter born subsequent to the date co
his will) each a legacy of £5,000, and leaves til°
pencloP°
residue of his property to his daughter,
Frederica Fitzgerald, for her life, and after her de'
cease to her children, as she may by will direct. _
surgc°''
The will of Thomas Brownrigg, Esq.,
R.N., formerly of Cheltenham, but late of Xeighleiii,
Yorkshire, was proved in the London Court, ..).,1110
29, and the personalty sworn under £5,000. 1
tort
executors are Mark Antony Reyroux, Esq., solicitor,
ll° hequeaas
Old Broad-street, and Arthur Ellis, Esq.,
andll;lfr to
place, West Bromptou, Paymaster, R.N. ; 0,01
them he leaves the residue of his property, t° coo
a moiety, "to divide the same amongst such .00
or mote institutions of a charitable or religl re,
nature, and in such proportionS as in his dis.crivg
tion he shall think most deserving or reqlo
1, the
a sistance ;" the only legacies bequeathed PYOOO
testator being £5O to each of his executors ; ri,
to the Royal Naval Female School, at Islcwooo4i
£3OO to the Western Dispensary for ise,ls° ,t,
the Skin; and £lOO, together with his books: 'the
narnents, and wardrobe, to the landlady Olis. ,c..
house at which he resided at Keighley, in cotilowol
ration of the kindness and attention she had s
..i: a
to him. The will is dated Nov. 4, 85 ; r,t.
lig.
codicil, March 24, 1866; and the testator died. '•
18, 1866, at the age of eighty._
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THE CI
_LARENDON CLUB.—'At a numerously all;
tended meeting of the members of the Clarendon Ciao
recently held it was unanimously resolved to abandon tuo
idea of making it a political club, and to carry it on 'lig°. -
rously as a private and social club, without reference t°
the political opinions of its members. 1 i• to bde
BUNIIILL-FIELDS BURIAL GROUND --It ouga-
sufficient to create an interest in preserving this gt.°°,?,,
from any possible spoliation to say that hero lies 0%
bodies of John Bunyan and Daniel Defoe, the Writers of:.
the two most popular works in the English language'
ire
new tomb and moutunent for the immortal dreamer Wit,
erected recently, when the Earl of Shaftesburi toc'l
uration.
principal part in their public inaug

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will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, on Tuesday, the 19th March, 1867, at one
o'clock precisely.
The specie movement during the past week has
been on a rather extreme scale as regards the im-
ports, consequent upon large arrivals from Aus-
tralia, the West Indies, and the Pacific. The
imports have amounted to about £859,999 —in-
cluding £1,380 from New York, by the Africa;
£7,300, by the City of Baltimore; £32,000, by the
Malta, and £35,400 by the Arago. The Rhone, from
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country, with £44,000 ; the Tasmanian,:from the
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from Alexandria, £2,519 ; and about £16,545 in
silver has been received from the Continent. The
exports have been £12,300 to the West Indies by
the Atrato, and there have been remittances to the
Continent through private sources estimated at
£129,480, the total amounting to £141,789.

Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
remain steady at 30 32, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds at 25 26.

Notice has been given that a call of £1 10s. per
share has been made upon the shares of the Im-
perial Land Company of Marseilles, payable at the
National Bank, Old Broad-street. The Coupons
for the next half-yearly payment of interest
(namely, 10s. per share) will be accepted as cash on
account of the above.

The General Credit and Discount Company
(Limited) are in receipt of advice from their agents,
Messrs. IL L. Boulton and Co., dated La Guaira,
Feb. 7, 1867, of duties collected and remitted on
account of the Venezuela 6 per Cent. Loan of 1861,
as follows :—Per statement No. 1 from Ciudad
Bolivar, $3,450.95 ; do. No. 2 do., $37.50; do No.
6 from P6rto Cabello, $5,811.54 ; do. No. 8 from
La Guaira, $2,211.56 ; do. No. 9 do., $2,339.98—
total, $13,851.53.

Two o'CLocr. ,

At the Stock Exchange to-day there have been
few operations, and very little change can be reported
in prices. Owing to a few sales in realisation of pro-
fits, Consols have receded 1 per cent.—viz., 902 91 for
money, 91 for March account, and 911 1 for April.
The New Threes and Reduced Annuities, 88/ 891
ex div. ; Annuities, 1885, 12/ ex div. ; Bank Stock,
254 ; Exchequer Bills, 11s. prem., for March ;
India Stock, 216 ; do. 5 per Cents., 1071 ex div. ;
and do. 4 per Cents., 92/.
Foreign Stocks are in moderate request, and
generally remain at steady rates. Greek Bonds
have advanced 1, to 161 161; the Russian Loan
Scrip 1, to 2:1- 3 prem. ; and the Milan Loan Scrip,
I, to 2 1.1 dis. ; while the Danubian Loan Scrip has
declined I, to 212 dis.
The transactions in the Railway Share Market
have been on a very limited scale, and a further de-
cline has taken place in values. North Western,
Midland, and South Eastern, have each receded I ;
North Eastern (Berwick), 4 ; Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln, 1 ; and Great Western, 2 ; while Great
Northern have improved I.

,Foreign and Colonial Shares remain very inactive
and at steady rates.
Bank and Miscellaneous Sharas are in fair request,
and generally sustain former prices. Alliance are
'narked 16 London Chartcrel of Australia 22
221, Union London 45 451, Anglo-American Tele—
graph 15a 2 ; and Telegraph Construction and
Maintenance, 13 13g.

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