The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-21 00:00:00

THE EXPLOSION RELIEF FUND.

This fund progresses satisfactorily. The committee
have received about £3,000, and ask for a similar amount
still to complete the work they have so benevolently taken
in hand. It is doubtful whether they will be able to ac-
complish that object with less than £lO,OOO. The com'
mittee meet daily at the Clerkenwell Vestry Hall, under
the presidency of the incumbent of the parish, the Rev.
Robert Maguire. It appears that the whole district
affected by the catastrophe has been already thoroughly
visited, the position of every family ascertained, and need-
ful relief administered, chiefly in a reconstructive form,
enabling the inhabitants to repair their shattered homes
and furniture, and the working men to purchase tools so
as to replace those they had lost. The incumbent asks for
more parcels of clothing, blankets, men's clothes, &c.

Among the contributors yesterday were Maria Mar-
chioness of Ailesbury, £5 ; Dowager Viscountess Bar-
rington, £5 ; Mr. J. S. and Lady Diana Pakington, £5 ;
Lord Clermont, £lO ; the Hon. Mrs. Preston Bruce, £5 ;
the Hon. Flora Macdonald, £5; Lady Templemore, £1 ls.;
Earl Stanhope, £5 ss. ; Lord Stratford de Redcliife, £5.
It is a significant fact that the name of Mr. Morgan
John O'Connell, son of the " Liberator," occurs in the
subscription list.

Yesterday afternoon Prince Arthur, attended by Dr.
'Telmer, physician in ordinary to her Majesty, visited the
patients lying in the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road,
suffering from injuries received through the late explosion
at Clerkenwell. His Royal Highness was conducted
through the wards by Dr. J. H. Hill, house-surgeon, and
Mr. H. C. Hopkins, house-surgeon. The sufferers who
remain in this hospital are all progressing favourably, with
the exception of the old man Humphrey Evans, who still
lingers in a most precarious state.

LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. —WO
understand that the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone has
had a private interview with several members of the
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, in the offices of the
Chamber, when he expressed his willingness to accept an
invitation to a banquet to be given by the Chamber
to himself, Lord Stanley, and other influential members
of Parliament connected with the town and country.
FENTANS AT SEA.—The screw corvette Danae,
6, Captain Sir Malcolm M'Gregor, received orders on
Friday afternoon to weigh from Spithead and proceed to
sea, with sealed orders. It is supposed that she has gone
to join the squadron of observation now forming to the
westward, at present comprising the Admiralty paddle
yachts Enchantress and Black Eagle, the paddle steamers
Gladiator and Medusa, and the screw gun-vessel
Cromer.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS. —TIIO will of the Right
Itev. John Lonsdale, D.D., Lord Bishop of Lichfield, of
Eccleshall Cantle, Stafford, was proved in the registry
at Lichfield by his two sons, the Rev. James Gylby
Lonsdale, M.A., of King's College, and the Rev. John
Gylby Lonsdale, M.A., canon of Lichfield, the joint
acting executors. The personalty was sworn under
£90,000. The will i; dated March 17, 1864, and his lord.
ship died October 19, 1867, at the age of 79. He has
devised his freehold elate at Evcrton to his eldest son,
James, and leaves him the plate presented to his lordship
on his leaving St. George's, Bloomsbury, as well as that
presented to hiM on leaving King's College, of which he
was principal. He has left pecuniary legacies to both
his sons and his three daughters. The residue of his pro.
perty he leaves equally amongst them, as well as the
property under his marriage settlement.—The will of
Samuel Hibbert, Esq., of. 2, Sussex-terrace, Hyde Park,
and of Billiter-court, under the firm of Hibbert and Co.,
West India merchants, was proved in the London court
under £90,000 personalty.—The wills of the undermen-
tioned have also been proved :—George Thomson, Esq.,
£120,000 personalty; Thomas Sedgwick Summers, Esq.,
£80,000; Alfred W. Baillie, Esq., £40,000; John Griffiths,
Esq., £35,000 ; John Sills Charlton, of Tunbridge Wells,
£30,000 ; and John Morland, of Croydon, £60,000. Mr.
Morland has left legacies to the Peace Society and the
Friends' Schaal at Croydon.