The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-22 00:00:00

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WILLS AND BEQUES7S.

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D EMERARA.

(Froze the Illustrated London News.)
The wills of the under-mentioued clergymen were
recently proved—namely, the Very Rev. Frederick
Anson, 1).D., Dean of Chester, under £45,000
personalty ; the Yen. W. W. Phelps, Archdeacon
of Carlisle, £12,000 ; the Rev. John Earle Welby,
£50,000 ; the Rev. S. Pagan, of Haulgh, Lan-
caster, has left a very interesting catalogue of
books.

The will of Charles Pinney, Esq., of Camp
House, Clifton, Bristol, was proved in linvlon
the 2d ult. and the personalty sworn under £60,000,
the executors appointed being Piim.ey,
Esq., the nephew ; George S. I.tw, Esq. ; Mary
Jane Pinney, the daughter ; Frederick Wake
Pinney and the Rev. John Charles Pinney, the
sons. The will is dated Sept. 29, 1866 ; and a
codicil Oct. 12 following ; and the testator die 1 on
July 17, at the age of 71. The bequests are of a
family nature. The testator has bequeathed his
plate to his eldest son, Frederick ; his books
between his two sons equally, with liberty for his
son, the Rev. Charles Pinney, if he should so wish,
to include any theological works iu his share.
The rest of his property he has divided pretty equally
amongst his daughter and two sons. To his former
nurse he has left an annuity of £BO, and legacies to
his servants.

The will of Robert Walker, of Springfield Mol:int,
Leeds, was proved in the Court of Wakefield, -ander
£40,000 personalty, by the affirmation of Henry
Walker and Edward Walker, the sons, and George
Tatham, the son-in-law. Tho will is dated April
28, 1864, and a codicil Nov. 2, 1865 ; and the tes-
tator died Aug. 4, 1867. He has made a liberal pro-
vision for his family and orphan grandchildren. To
his daughter-in-law, Mary Walker, widow of his
late son Joseph, he leaves the interest of £6,0110
during widowhood. He has bequeathed the house
he occupied and other property to the three daugh-
ters of his son-in-law, George Tatham. He has
left his housekeeper, Jane Millar, £2OO, and
legacies to all his servants, in and out door. All
legacies are to be free of duty. Thereare the follow-
ing charitable bequests :—To the Leeds Dispensary
and the Rawden School, York, each £lOO ; Ack-
worth School, Leeds Benevolent Society, Leeds
House of Recovery, British and Foreign Bible
Society, and the London Peace Society, each £5O ;
and to the Eye and Ear Infirmary, £3O. The
residue is to be divided into three parts—one third
among the children of his deceased son William,
one third to his son Henry, and the remaining third
to his son Edward.

The will of Chas. Moore, Esq., of Liverpool, and
of Claughton, merchant, was proved at Chester,
and the personalty in England sworn under £30,000.
The executors and trustees nominated are the Rev.
John Lewis Moore, D.D., of Trinity College, Dub-
lin, the brother ; Win. Henry Holt, of Liverpool ;
and Mary Louisa Moore, the testator's sister. The
guardians appointed to his son and daughter, Chas.
and Mary, are Mrs. Moore, Miss Moore, and the
Rev. John L. Moore ; and the guardians of all his
other children are his wife and her brother, Robert
St. George, of Crossmoline, Mayo, Dublin. The
testator executed his will March 30, 1864, and a
codicil Sept. 4, 1865 ; and died April 8, 1867, at
Woodchurch-road, Oxton, Cheshire. He has left
his freehold and landed estates in the United King-
dom and in America to his eldest son, Chas. Moore ;
and he has directed that his personal estate should
be divided into 35 parts, which he leaves to his wife
and children in certain specified portions.
The late Mrs. Lydia Wells, of Chehnsford, who
died in August last, and whose will was proved on
the 17th ult., has bequeathed to the Essex and
Herts Benevolent Society £lOO ; Essex Congrega-
tional Union, £150; the Association of Bible Women,
London, £5O ; Girls' and Infant British Schools,
Chelmsford, each 19gs ; the Chelmsford Benevolent
Society, and Lying-iit Charity, each £lO ; and £2OO
towards the building of the proposed new schools in
connection with the now Loudon-road Independent
chapel at Chelmsford.

The report of the directors states that the lamented
death of their manager, Mr. Martin, the discovery
that some of the bridges required to be renewed, the
consequent laying of new sleepers, and reballasting
the line, which, when once commenced, it was neces-
sary to carry further than was originally contem-
plated, and the fact that all those repairs had to be
carried out under the direction of a gentleman who
had only recently arrived in the colony would have
been at any time no ordinary difficulty ; and it un-
fortunately happened that this extra outlay had
been incurred when a drought of greater severity
than had visited the colony for more than a quarter
of a century had most materially diminished the re-
turns; those circumstances, however, might bo
deemed quite exceptional. The last reports from the
colony stated that the railway was in admirable work-
ing order, that travelling on the line was much more
smooth than formerly; that the wear and tear, both of
permanent way and rolling stock, were very greatly
reduced; and that the return of favourable seasons en -
couraged the hope that a large increase of traffic
would now take place. Of the extra expenditure
above alluded to about one-half was included in the
revenue account for the half-year ending 31st De-
cember, 1866, and the directors had charged 1-3 d
of the further portion against the half-year ending
30th of June last, intending to charge the remain..
ing two-thirds against the current and subsequent
half-year. The balance available for dividend was
£5,947, of which the preference dividend would
absorb £1,025, and a dividend at the rate of 24 per
cent. per annum on the original stock £1,689, mak-
ing together £5,714, leaving a balance of £233. On
capital account it appeared that £257,361 had been
expended. The revenue account for the half-year
ending the 30th of JUR° showed that £12,491 had
been received, and £7,741 expended, leaving a
balance of £4,753, out of which £263 was deducted
for interest on advances, leaving a balance of £1,491.