The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-31 00:00:00

REGENT WLLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)

The will of the Right Hon. Elizabeth Dowager
Countess of Cawdor, relict of the late Right. Hone
John F. Campbell, Earl of Cawdor, D.C.L., F.R.S.,
was proved in London on the sth inst., by her son,
the present Earl of Cawdor, the acting executor,
power being reserved to the Hon. and Rev. Lord
John Thynne, D.D., Prebendary of Westminster,
her ladyship's brother. The countess was the daugh-
ter of the second Marquis of Bath, and married, in
1816, the late Earl of Cawdor. Her ladyship's will
bears date Dec. 3, 1830, and is attested by Egerton
Ellesmere and Lord W. Thynne, Grenadier Guards,
and she died on the 16th Feb. last, at her residence,
Tilney-street. Her ladyship 112.. s bequeathed to her
sons, the Hon. and Rev. A.. G. Campbell and the Hon.
H. Walter Campbell, Coldstream Guards, all her
moneys and securities equally between them ; and
leaves all the rest of her property, furniture, and
effects to her eldest daughter, Lady Emily Caroline,
wife of Colonel the Hon. Octavius Duncombe,
late M.P.

The will of the late Viscount Gort, who died on
the 20th of October last, was proved in the Court
of Probate on the 18th inst. by the present Vis-
count, as acting executor ; the other executors, who
are also trustees under the will, being the late noble-
man's sons-in-law, Colonel Hamilton, of the 92d
Highlanders, and Mr. Basset, of Tehidy Park.
The personal property was sworn under £3,000.
The arrangements made in the will are entirely
of a family nature. The powers of appoint-
ment which the deceased peer possessed under the
settlements made on both his marriages are
exercised in favour of his younger children. His
plate and pictures are bequeathed to his wife for
life, and after her death they will devolve, with the
castle and park of East Cowes, in the Isle of Wight,
on his eldest son, the present Viscount.
The will of Miss Frances Cressviell, formerly of
Prince's-gate, Hyde-park, was proved in London,'
on the sth inst., by Francis Joseph Cresswell, the
nephew, power being reserved to her brothers,
William Cresswell and Oswald J. Cresswell, the
other executors. Her brother, the late Right Hon.
Sir C. Cresswell, was also appointed an executor.
The personalty was sworn under £16,000. The will is
dated Dec. 6, 1859, and a codicil Dec. 30, 1865, and she
died on the same day it was executed. The legacies
are numerous, including many charitable bequests,
and are to be paid free of duty. She has remem-
bered all her nephews and nieces, as well as a num-
ber of godchildren and several of her friends. To
Lady Mayne, wife of Sir Richard Mayne, a legacy.
of £200; to her old governess, Miss Knipe, an an-
nuity of £2O for her life ; liberal legacies to all her
servants, and bequeaths her wardrobe between her
two lady's-maids. She has directed that all por-
traits of members of her family be sent to Cress-
well Hall as heirlooms, and appoints her two
brothers, William and Oswald, residuary legatees.
The following are the charitable bequests :
£l,OOO towards rebuilding the church of Cal-
decote, Hunts ; £l,OOO for building a par-
sonage to Holy Trinity Church, Brompton ;
£lOO to the national and £5O to the infant schools
of the said church ; £lOO to the national schools of
All Saints, Knightsbridge. To the Society for Pro-
moting Christian Knowledge, the Society for Addi-
tional Curates, and for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts, the National Society for
the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the
Church of England, the Colonial Bishoprics Fund,
each £2OO ; and £lOO to the Bishopric of Columbia.
Charitable bequests under the will of the late
Miss M. F. Woodburn, of Kensington Park-gar-
dens :—To the Asylum for Female Orphans,
the Hospital for Consumption, Brompton,
and the Society for Irish Church Mis-
sions to Roman Catholics, each £l,OOO. To
the Church of England Scripture Readers' Associa-
tion ; St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington ; Royal
Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Open-
air Mission, National Lord's Day Rest Association,
Lord's Day Observance Society, Society for the
Relief of Poor Pious Clergymen, and Vernon Men's
Ragged School, Notting-hill, each £5OO. To the
Metropolitan Convalescent Institution, Seaside Con-
valescent Hospital, Church Missionary Society, Royal
National Lifeboat Institution, London City
Mission, London Missionary Society, Ragged
School Union, Seaman's Mission, City of
London Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, Nottng-
hill and Shepherds-bush Dispensary, Female Orphan
Home, Metropolitan Visiting and Relief Society,
the Society for Promoting Christianity among the
Jews, Irish Peasantry Society, the London Refor-
matory for Adult Male Criminals, the Artists' Bene-
volent Institution, and the Artists' Society, each
£3OO. To the British and Foreign Bible Society,
British Orphan Asylum, Early Closing Associa-
tion, Ragged Church and Chapel Union, Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel, United Law
Clerks' Society, the Missionary Society, the
Royal National Sea-bathing Infirmary, School
for the Indigent Blind, Westbourne Dispensary,
London Female Reformatory, London Society for
the Protection of Young Females, London Diocesan
Home Mission, Home for Penitent Females, Bene-
volent Society for Aged Deaf and Dumb, Associa-
tion for Special Services to the Working Classes,
Society for the Rescue of Young Women and Chil-
dren, Society for the Promotion of Missions
to Seamen, Notting-hill Shoeblack Brigade
and Evening Schools ; Provident Society, Not-
ting-hill, each £2OO. To the Society for Pro-
moting Christian Knowledge; Infant Orphan
Asylum, Wanstead ; the Sailor's Home, Philan-
thropic Association, London Diocesan Church
Building Society, Houseless Poor Society, Book
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Work-
ing Men's Scripture Association, Soldiers' Friend
Association, Working Men's Association, each £lOO.
To the Kensington Dispensary and the Seamen and
Boatmen's Friend Society, each £5O.

The Danubian Principalities.

BUCHAREST, March 24.

The consuls of Great Britain, France, Austria,
Italy, Prussia, and Russia have addressed the fol-
lowing collective note to Prince John Ghika, the
chief of the Provisional Government :

" The undersigned have the honour to inform you that
the representative of the Powers who signed the treaty of
March 80, 1856, assembled in conference in Paris upon the
10th inst. Tho undersigned are further commissioned to
recommend the Provisional Government of the Principali-
ties to restrict itself to maintaining order and carrying on
the administration, and to abstain from every step that
might be taken as prejudging the decision of the confe-
rence. While we request you to bring this communication
to the knowledge of the members of the Provisional Go-
vernment, we embrace this opportunity," &c., &c.
A report of the Finance Minister to the Pro-
visional Government displays a very gloomy pic-
ture of the condition in which Prince Couza has
left the finances of the country. Upwards of 23
million piastres have to be devoted annually to
payment of the interest and redemption of the
national debt. The treasury is empty, and the
daily demands of the State creditors cannot be met.
Bills for over 12 million piastres, partly dated from
August last year, are in circulation ; also state bonds
for upwards of 23 millions, the term of payment for
two millions having already expired. The salaries
of officials are months in arrear, and many of the
public philanthropic and religious institutions have
been unable to meet their obligations for the last
half year. The finances of the Alranr la)dedpiatirotn7tare
at the lowest possible ebb.
con-
cludes the report, " sums amounting to upwards of
23 million piastres above the current revenue have
been arbitrarily and illegally seized and devoted to
state purposes. The revenue estimates are far from
being adequate to meet current expenditure upon its
plc • ,sent footing, and the state will not nearly be able
to meet the obligations it has contracted towards
its creditors."

THE RECTOR OF EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY.---3fr*
Carlyle, whose installation as Rector of this University
takes place on Monday afternoon, will, it is behoved, arrive
in Edinburgh on Saturday evening. It is understood
that, on the installation of Mr Carlyle, the degree of
LL.D. is to he conferred by the University on several men
distinguished in science and literature, among them Pro-
fessor Huxley, Professor Tyndal, Lord Ashburton (Presi-
dent of the Royal Geographical society), and Mr. Erskine,
of Linlgthen.