The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-09 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelli::ence.

Yesterday the chartered troopship Dilbhur, which
has been taken up by the Hon. Council of India for
the conveyaucepf detachments of Royal Artillery and
Infantry troops to India, embarked atGravesend the
following reinforcements for Kurrachee—viz., 145
non-commissioned officers and men, nine soldiers
wives, and four children, of the Royal Horse Artil-
lery, from Maidstone, and the F, 19th, and 24th
Brigades of Royal Horse Artillery, from Woolwich,
Sheerness, and other stations ; 165 non-commis-
sioned officers and men, 16 soldiers' wives, and
eight children of the Ist battalion of the sth (North-
umberland Fusiliers) Regiment, from Shorncliffe ;
eight non-commissioned officers and men, five sol-
diers' wives, and six children of the 38th Regiment,
from Gosport ; 80 non-commissioned officers and
men, seven soldiers' wives and ten children of the
109th (Bombaylnfantryßegiment), from Chatham,
and two men and one army schoolmaster of the
Rifle Brigade, from Winchester, giving a total of
401 non-commissioned officers and men, 37 soldiers'
wives, and 28 children. The following officers em-
barked on board the Dilbhur with the detachments
—viz., Lieut.-Col. F. Wells, 2d battalion of the Ist
Royals, in command; Capt. G. Sullivan, 109th
Regiment; Capt. D'A. Mackinlay, Ist battalion of
the sth Fusiliers ; Lieut. M. H. Hayes, Royal Ar-
tillery; Lieut. R. T. Mayne, 109th Regiment;
Lieut. J. B. Kemeys-Tynte, Ist battalion of the sth
Fusiliers, and Ensign J. C. Hutton, 109th Regi-
ment, the whole in medical charge of Staff Assist.-
Surg. G. C. Turcell. Major-Gen. F. Murray, com-
manding the Chatham district, who had previously
inspected the Dilbhur, was present on board yester-
day during the embarkation of the troops, which
was effected under the superintendence of Brigade-
Major W. W. Lynch, and the officers of the staff
from Chatham garrison. The Dilbhur will leave
the Thames to-day.

Detachments of non-commissioned officers and
gunners of the Royal Artillery have joined the head-
quarters of the Ist Division of the Depot Brigade,
Royal Artillery, from the following stations, pre-
viously to embarking for India—viz., Dublin, Shoe-
buryness, Clonmel, Kilkenny, Athlone, Aldershott,
Woolwich, Plymouth, Gosport, and the Isle of
Wight.

A code of new regulations has been issued at
Chatham Dockyard for the more effectual securing
of the various buildings at the establishment from
injury by fire, a series of rules being at the same
time laid down for the guidance of the police and
workmen employed in the yard on a fire occurring.
Under the new regulations the keys of all store-
houses and oilsheds are no longer to be retained in
the custody of the storekeeper, as has hitherto been
the practice, but they will in future be handed over
to the police on the workmen leaving the yard in the
evening.

An order has been received at Chatham from the
Admiralty directing the discharge to-day of 200 of
the mechanics, labourers, and other workmen em-
ployed on the Government extension works at the
dockyard, the reason assigned being the intention
to discontine a considerable portion of the works
which have hitherto been carried out by the Admi-
ralty. This order does not apply to the workmen
engaged by Mr. Gabrielli, the contractor for the
construction of the new docks and basins, the wlVa
of the hands, amounting,to several hundreds, em-
ployed on the works at St. Mary's Island being
retained.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From th* Illustrated London News.)

The will of
,James Aspinall Turner, Esq., late
M.P. for Manchester, of Pendlebury House, Man-
chester, and of St. James's-place, Westminster,wse
proved in London on the 22d ult., by his sone
Henry, Francis, and Philip Turner, power being
reserved to his relict, the executors and trustees
appointed. The personalty was sworn under
£300,000. The will is dated Jan. 23, 1866, and
the testator died at Almond's Hotel, Clifford-street,
New Bond-street, on September 28, 1867, at the
age of seventy. He has left his house and estate at
Pendlebury to his wife for her life ; the furniture,
pictures, works of art, books, collections, and cabi-
nets, with the jewellery, plate, carriages, live and
dead stock, farming produce, consumable stores,
wine, &c., he leaves to his wife absolutely, together
with a legacy of £20,000, and the interest of
£30,000. He bequeaths to each of his sons, Wil-
liam, Henry, Francis, and Philip a legacy of £20,000,
and to his son John the interest of a like sum of
£20,000, the principal at his decease to his children ;
and to his daughter Catherine (Mrs. Sharp) the
interest of £20,000, the principal to her children•
The residue is to be divided into four equal parts,
one fourth he leaves to each of his three sons,
Henry, Francis, and Philip, and the remaining
fourth to his daughter-in-law, Ann Elizabeth, wife
of his son William. All legacies are to be paid free
of duty.

The will of Joseph Pocock, Esq., of Warminster,
Wilts, was proved in the registry at Salisbury, by
the joint acting executors, the Rev. Arthur Fan°,
8.A., prebendary of Salisbury and vicar of War-
minster, and the Rev. Charles Arnold, M.A., of
South Norwood, Surrey. The personalty was
sworn under £60,000. The will is dated January
30, 1860, and the testator died September 8, 1867.
He has left to each of his executors a legacy of £5OO.
There are several small bequests ; he leaves to each
man who can prove to the satisfaction of his executor
that he was in the testator's employ at Brixton
Deverell the sum of £5. The following are the
charitable bequests the Wilts Friendly Societif
£2OO ; the Salisbury Infirmary, Bath United gos-
pital, and Salisbury Church Building Society, each i
£lOO ; and to the Blanket-lending Society, Aged
Poor Society, and the National Schools, all in War-
minster, £5O each, all legacies to be free of duty.
The residue of his property he leaves equally between
all his nephews and nieces, and the share which hie
nephew George Pocock would have been entitled to
he leaves to his children.

The will of Miss Susan Colquitt, of Greenbani',
near Liverpool, was proved in the registry, at
Liverpool, on the Ist ult., by Miss Lucy Ashton, her
niece, the daughter of the Rev. Ellis Ashton, I:3•V''
rural dean, vicar of Huyton, and Ambrose Lace'
Esq., of Liverpool, the executors and trustees. rrha
personalty was sworn under £30,000. The will
made in April, 18G7, and the testatrix died in Jun°
following. She has left the following charitable
bequests :—To the Society for the Propagation c,
the Gospel, the Church Missionary Society, British
and Foreign Bible Society, and the Royal Infirmary'
Brownlow-street, Liverpool, each £3OO ; the Society
for Promoting Christian Knowledge, £2OO ;
Northern and Southern Hospital, each £2OO ;
Northern and Southern Dispensary, each £l5O ;
Strangers' Friend Society, Female Penitentiary
ii
Bluecoat School, and Deaf and Dumb Asylum, a
in Liverpool, £lOO each ; Lancashire Fel3l3le
Refuge, and the schools at St. Clement's, each £looj
and the Seaside Infirmary at New Brighton, Xsv.
all legacies to be free of duty and paid within $'A
months. The residue of her personal estate she e
queaths to her niece, Lucy Ashton, and also leave:
her the freeholds, including her Greenbank estate'
upon certain conditions.
mI „T ---)S-
TESTIMONIAL TO THE QUEEN'S PRIZESIA4-••
testimonial to Sergeant Lane, last winner of the Qu°3:ay
Prize at 'Wimbledon, wos presented at Bristol ou Thu'bsti,
afternoon by the mayor, Mr. E. S. Robinson. Th° to
monial consists of a silver tea and coffee Krvicor o'
value of £9O.

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