The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-29 00:00:00

MULLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)
The will of Major-General Sir Charles Warren,
K.C.8., Colonel 96th Regiment, late of Monks-
town, Ireland, was proved in the London Court by
his son, Charles Warren, Esq., power being reserved
to William Warren, Esq., the brother, and John
Henry St. John, the son-in-law. This brave officer
had seen much active service in India and China,
and was several times wounded. Sir Charles was
twice married, and died Oct. 27, at the age of sixty-
seven. His will bears date Aug. 29, 1864. To
his son Charles (Royal Engineers) he bequeaths all
his plate and a much-prized chessboard with ele-
gantly-carved chessmen. To his daughter Mar-
garet he leaves his jewels and household furniture.
To his son William (Royal Rifles) he haves a legacy
of £1,300. Sir Charles divides amongst his said
daughter and sons all property to which he was en-
titled under the will of his late brother, the Rev.
John Warren, M.A., Rector of Gravesley, Cam-
bridgeshire, and Caldecote, Hunts ; and appoints
his son William residuary legatee of all other pro-
perty.

The will of Thomas Augustus Gibb, Esq., for-
merly of Oxford-square, Hyde Park, and late of
90, Lancaster-gate, Bayswater, was sworn under
£400,000 personalty in England. The executors
and trustees appointed are Thomas Gibb and Ed-
ward Ford Duncanson ; and his nephews John
Darby Gibb and Hugh Bold Gibb, Esqs. The will
is dated June, 1860, with four codicils, executed in
1861-2-6. He has left liberal legacies to his brother,
nephews, nieces, and other relatives. To his brother,
Lieut.-Colonel W. E. Gibb, there is a legacy of
£lO,OOO. He has made liberal provision for his
servants :—To his coachman he leaves an annuity of
£5O, to be continued to his wife if surviving ; to his
housekeeper, £6O a year; to all his servants lega-
cies ; and an annuity of £2O to a servant of his late
mother. To his godson, William Edward Gee, he
leaves £50,000, and to his goddaughter, Margaret
Gee, he leaves £20,000, on their attaining the ago
of twenty-three ; and that they shall assume, by
Royal license, the name of Gibb. llis estate at
Marsham will ultimately revert to the children of
George Gibb. He leaves all other his property,
whether in Great Britain, Hong-Kong, Canton, or
elsewhere, to Thomas Jones Gibb and his issue.
The will of Daniel Norton, Esq., of the firm of
Norton, Hoggart, and Trist, Old Broad-street,
City, who died at his residence, Regency-square,
Brighton, was proved in London by George Trist
(his partner) and Frederick and Arthur Garrard,
both of Kennington, the executors and trustees.
The personalty was sworn under £30,000. The will
is dated November, 1865 ; and two codicils, May
and July, 1866 ; and he died Oct. 29. He has made
a liberal provision for his widow, who is also entitled
to an annuity from the business under the terms of
the partnership deed. To his daughter, Mary Ann
Riley, besides other bequests, he leaves the interest
of £5,000, and the principal to her children at her
decease ; and also an annuity of £l5O for their edu-
cation. He leaves the reversion of the residue of
his property to his daughter for her life, and after-
wards to her children. To her brother Robert he
leaves a legacy of £l,OOO.
The wills of the undermentioned persons were
recently proved
Rricinhiatrydri 3fallea, ,—The Rev. 11. R. Shepherd, 8.D.,
T Cdaemibcriindg, ge,
Esq.,under £o3f 0,
pooyOripaenrdsonHalatyn:
Taunton, Somerset, £50,000; William Powell, Esq.,
of Palace-gardens, Bayswater, and Stock Exchange,
£40,000 ; Robert Wilson, Esq., of Durham, ship
and insurance broker, £20,000; Miss Mary Touchet,
of the Grove, Exton, Hants, £50,000.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN
RAILWAY.—In our first edition yesterday we gave
the commencement of the evidence taken at the adjourned
inquest, held at St. Bartholomew's Hospital on the bodies
of the throe unfortunate persons killed by the falling of
tho girder; later in the evening, in our third edition, we
published the result of the deliberation of the jury, viz., a
verdict of manslaughter against Wilmot and Chainey, the
men in the employ of the Thames Ironworks, and who
bad the arrangement of raising the girder. They wero com-
mitted to Newgate for trial, but bail for their appearance
was accepted.

MANSLAUGHTER ON CHRISTHAS-DAY.—Yester-
day afternoon an inquest was held at Honley, by Mr. In-
gram, touching the death of Alfred Schofield, joiner,
Farnley Tyas, aged 21 years, who was kicked to death in
an up and down fight on Christmas-day in the morning.
It appeared that Schofield met some young men at the
Towngate, Honley, on Christmas morning, about half-past
12, and among them wero Tom Hamelin, weaver, 17
Joseph Brooke, spinner, 16, and Whitworth Horsfalf,
carder, 21 years. The deceased went up to these three,
pushed them about, and when they turned away challenged
the best two to fight. They turned back, he pulled off his
coat, and ho, Brooke, and Horsfall fought, the fight being
mainly kicking. The deceased, who was in liquor, wore
thick boots, and all the prisoners had wooden-soled clogs,
shod with iron. While they wore fighting Hamelin stepped
out of the crowd that surrounded them and kicked Scho-
field twice on the lower part of his body. Immediately
afterwards Schofield called out " Yield," fell on his kne
rolled on his back, and died. Police-constable Poster came
up at the time,carried the body to the Whoatsheaf Inn, and
apprehended the prisoners. The medical evidence showed
deceased had died from a rupture of the vessels of the left
kidney and rupture of an adjoining bowel, which might be
caused by a kick. The coroner explained that all the pri-
soners would be guilty of manslaughter, though one kick
caused the death, as all were engaged in the affair, if the
jury considered a kick had caused the death. The jury
were deliberating when the parcel was despatched.
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of several miles. The gasometer contained about
18,000 metres of gas. The loss of gas is estimated
at the value of 6,000 f., and the injury done to the
works amounts to no less than 200,000 f. The
steam engine was blown to pieces, and stones and
portions of columns were hurled to a considerablein-
undated
distance. The water from the broken reservoir
the works, and the rats rushed out by
thousands to seek refuge elsewhere. The gas set
fire to a building in the vicinity.
The Courrier de la Meuse, a paper published a
Maestricht, states that the cattle plague has broken
out with great severity at llassum, in Prussia, on
the route from Goch to Afferden (Limbourg). On
Friday last it was deemed necessary to kill 21 head
of oxen affected with the disease. The authorities
have adopted stringent measures to prevent the
spread of the disease. A fresh augmentation had
been noted in the number of bovine typhus. During
one week there had been 7,703 cases.