The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-17 00:00:00

WILLS OF PERSONS _RECENTLY
DECEASED.

The will of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Grant, of
Connaught-place, Hyde Park, and of Brighton, was
proved in London, on the 2d of April, by Dame
Lydia Grant, the relict and sole acting executrix,
power being reserved to John Gillam Booty, Esq.
of Gray's Inn, solicitor, the other executor. The
personalty was sworn under £14,000. The will is
short, being contained on two sides of foolscap, and
there are but two legatees named therein. To Lady
Grant he has bequeathed his house at Adelaide.
crescent, Brighton, for her life, and has left her the
furniture, plate, linen, 'china, wines, and other
effects at Brighton and Connaught-place, absolutely,
and leaves the residue of his property to his sister,
Mrs. Ann Shawe, widow of George Shawe, Esq.,
late of Havant. The will is dated the Bth of Au-
gust, 1855. Sir Richard attained the rank of Ad-
miral onthe 7th of February preceding, and died
at Shawefield, Havant, Hampshire. on the 3d of
March, 1859, at the age of 76.
The will of Captain James Robertson Walker,
R.N., of Gilgarran, Cumberland, who died there on
the 30th of October last, possessed of large estates
in Cumberland and in North America, bears date
the 21st of October, 1856, and a codicil on the 25th
of August, 1858. The will is of considerable
length. The estates in Cumberland, and other real
estates, he has entailed, making a provision for his
wife and settling an annuity upon her. His estates
in Nova Scotia he has bequeathed to his brother,
John Robertson. He has left a pecuniary legacy to
his nephew, James, the son of his deceased brother,
Murdoch Robertson, and legacies to others of his
family. The executors are John Robertson, Esq.
(his brother), John Munro Mackenzie, Esq., N. 8.,
and John Champley Rutter, Esq., solicitor, of 170,
Regent-street, and Ely-place, Holborn, who duly
proved the same in the London Court of Probate,
on the 29th of April.
The will of Simeon Leete Sell, Esq., of Bassing-
bourn, Cambridge; which bears date the 6th Feb.,
1859, was proved in the London Court of Probate,
on the 30th April, by John Seabrook, Esq., of
Royston, the acting executor. The deceased has
left personalty amounting to £30,000, besides real
estates. The latter he has portioned out to a sister,
a brother, and nephews, leaving to them also pecu-
niary legacies, as well as to other relatives, ap-
pointing his sisters, Edith and Elizabeth, and his
brother, Tempest Sell, residuary legatees.

EXTRAORDINARY STROY ABOUT THE
DAUPHIN OF TRANCE.

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for
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flovratkhiceys, strange---
There are stranger things than fiction, even in
modern times ; but people will hardly be prepared
at a coroner's inquiry held yesterday before Mr.
iMiddlesex,eh
that asserted
the
Dauphin of France, the unfortunate son of
Louis XVI., died not, as history states, "on the 9th
of June, 1795, in the prison of the Temple, after a
miserable confinement of three years," but that he
died in a London street cab a few days since, and
that the deceased, upon whom the inquest was
being held, was no other than that Dauphin,
Louis XVII. of France. Such was the marvellous
story made public yesterday at an inquest
held at the Lord 'Wellington, University-street,
upon a person who, under the name of Augustus
Menes, has for some years past resided with his
family at 35, University-street, Tottenham-court-
road, where he followed the avocation of a professor
of music. It appeared that the deceased, who was
in his 75th year, was taken suddenly ill, when near
his own residence, and as medical assistance could
not be immediately procured, he was conveyed
without delay in a cab to the University College
Hospital, close by ; but he was dead before arriving
at at the institution, the cause of death being,
_ disease
post modem examination distinctly proved, al
verdict of the hefirt. The jury recordedaof
the accord-
ingly, and so far the judicial partie farther into the
proceed-
ings terminated ; but upon
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ceased'speculiar statements thahteh
rumours that have ..got
family,
and; turhood, causing no little
about in the neighbourhood,
the eceases
excitement, it it
seeseemss
years, when he first made his
tion for the last
with the strange story, has been
family acquainted O
to the effect that
he was the Dauphinwho was
supposed to have died •in the Temple ; and while
bore a striking likeness
the deceased in the face to
Bourbon family of France, his family further
the
assert that he had certain marks on his person
which the hapless infant King had. He had him.
self always a desire to keep the matter secret from
the world, but his family have now expressed their
determination to publish the whole facts connected
with his life.

. THE MANCHESTER RIFLE CLUB.—We under-
stand that two gentlemen, who were working separately to
promote the efitablishment of a local rifle corps, have joined
their forces and influence, and that the project is now pro-
gressing more favourably than could have been anticipated.
Already the club numbers some 50 members, and it is pro-
posed, as soon as the number of members reached 100, to
wait on the Mayor, to request his worship to convene a pub-
lic meeting to consider the subject—such meeting to be held
in the Town-hall, under the presidency of the Mayor.
Meantime the powerful co-operation of the great warehouse
firms is desired, that they may not only sanction the pro-
ject, but allow some of their young men the requisite time
for rifle practice. It is suggested that, at all events for a
time, the Saturday afternoon half-holiday would suffice for
this purpose. We believe there is a strong feeling amongst
Guardian.
the members in favour of the Whitworth rifle, if that
can be obtained. A very good practice ground, it is stated,
can be secured on Carrington Moss, affording
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