The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-03 00:00:00

Recent Wills and Bequests.

(From the Illustrated London News.)
The will of the Rightßev. George Trevor Spencer;
D.D., formerly Bishop of Madras, and since rented
of Walton-on-the-W olds, Leicestershire, was prevce
in the London Court, on Oct. 5, by his widow', I,
le
sole executrix, to whom he has bequeathed the is!
of his property in these words :—" I give, devise'
and bequeath, unto my dear wife, Harriett Tl3e°,
dora Spencer, if she survive me, all and singular DV,
real and personal estate, wliatsoever and wherese,,
ever, to and for her own use and benefit absoluteli',o
The personalty was sworn under £16,000. I'D:
learned prelate died on July 16, 1866, at his sea
Edge Moor, near Buxton, Derbyshire, at the age °
67, having executed his will September 2, 1864.
The will of Thomas Joseph Eyre, Esq., of .135tv:
was proved in London on Oct. 23, and the Pef.a
sonalty sworn under £350,000. The executors 3.`"rt
Thos. Joseph Eyre, Esq., his nephew, and linbet,
Farre Dalrymple, Esq., of Parliament-street, Wrestle
minster. The will is dated July 6, 1866, and the
testator died in September, at the age of 86. 1,0
has left his property in large legacies amongst

immediate relatives.
The will of Jonah Harrop, Esq., of Bardsleel
House, near Ashton-under-Lyne, and Gattonlg
Salop, was proved in the district registry, at 10-3,,,t13:
cheater, on the sth Octoberrby the Rev. Thonos!ic
Bentley, M.A., and William Shaw, Frederlebo
Whitehead, and John R. Coulthart, Esqrs.,
trustees and executors. The personalty is 00°0
under £lOO,OOO. He leaves to each of his execilt°o,
a legacy of £2OO ; to his widow an annuity of i6'ol
with a specified amount of silver plate and 13°1f
all his stock of wine at Bardsley.

Great Indian Peninsular RailwaY•
of
The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholdelo
this company was held yesterday at noon, at the Lou

Tavern—Mr. W. J. Hamilton presiding.
The report, which has been circulated amongst the Pf°'
prietors, was taken as read. t
eea
The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, congro,toll'
the proprietors in being the first of the Indian guarautott
companies who had obtained the position of havil3sfor
surplus profit after providing out of net receiPts the
the guaranteed interest of the same half-year uP°l3s ota
whole of the paid-up capital. That event had arisen 'fitlt
the working of only 700 miles of opened line, which, 8:00t
the necessary equipment, was estimated to ha:Oa-80
£9,066,556, the balance of capital raised, namely £5,37",.; a•
being required for the 5721 miles still under construe-°0
The gross receipts of the half-year on revenue ace 43
amounted to £812,758, or £1,160 against £557,121, a ;,00
per mile on the half-year ended June 30, 1-86.5",;(11f
half-year's guaranteed interest amounted to £3'-'5OO
which, deducted from the net receipts, left a surplus Pr- ft
of £69,555, being equal to 245. per cent. per atoll° the
the paid-up share capital. Since the close °ft trtli
half year the following additional sections of the rfc's,i.
had been opened for traffic; On the 16th of July frontaDd
naire to Poolgaum, 401 miles on,the Nagpoor branch ar°D+
OD the 3d of September from BoorhamP oor to I;.butt:io
q:4 421 miles in the main line to Jubbulpoor. As
capital was requisite to meet the liabilities of the Onlrtlie
In respect of the unfinished portion of the railwaY,,,,,co
sanction of the Secretary of State for India had been 51'10
to raising
one million by 5 per cent. debenttvs"
amount would increase the debenture capital to foilL. 11'01
lions, the subscribed share capital being 13 niillion7ot,
which £11,656,950 had been paid up to the 30th blue o'o'
Like other companies they had suffered from the late coy,
mercial crisis, on account of the depreciation in tbi)

of cotton.
Mr. J. G. FRITH seconded the motion. and red
e
After a brief discussion, the report was adoPtevl.
solutions were agreed to declaring the following dis'—,verY
out p
of the surplus profit, at the rate of ss. 11011 tie
£lOO
capital stock ; 9d. per share £l6 aid ; ad P %
er 1
£6 paid ; ld. per share £2 paid, all free of income 01;.,,c0
was stated that this would absorb £30,000; the
b b"'
eing carried forward to next half-year's account' .s - 1.03
rlt was stated that Captain She and Osborn, dist
atired from the position of the company's agent in
1:113914
and tho directors bad appointed Major-General 00-
of the ea
Rivers, of the Royal Engineers, to be the agent
pany there. He had been twenty years consulting
gineer to the Government of Bombay.
A vote of thanks to the chairman and
the proceedings.
directors eleOS

)uise,

moral
and

tarter

irgbe,
aty A
eneral

nner)

dame

Emily

Li. A.

3froora

. Pon-

1r St.

Prince
sand-

rondo
or St•

Lrriage
id the
rinceSo
gliness
se the

nely'

hed to
3coont

quis 0
Laptaio
by the
r,-cross

5-
Ye— Wa

,ho ac-
endent
kburn
:_croBo.

is royal

es alter

noble-
-3e Pr°-
ded Or

on the

ce, who
to the
bark at
convey
railWai

nigll-
- this
,ornNvall
party At
pact the

Lbridge,
weester-
ds shoot-

learn
Is place.
0, icing
unts the
Iself and

rie, b°
„Ai To g-1
with J

orshalm

two Pi•e-
pted t4°

ision 49!
A for 11`8
vices as I`

jtysTlC
of
le, one
Idered 111"
ed 1)5. /be

Spencer'
:0 reel
Ls prove
dor, the
;he whole

dal" se'
UV°
gular DIJ
w h ere();
loluteli•
gyp. Tb
his seal
he age co
1864.
of Batof
the Per-
Liters 0,1;
Rober
3t, Wrest-
and t/10
86.
ongst bid

Baragel
ma Lodge'
at gall:
bows's ig
Frederiebe
sqrS•l
is 00,-
exec
r of ibb();
half °

ray.
of
'holders
Loll6l°ll

st the

;a re'
god,
aivid° I
)g pvel
uP°ll Do'
3cl er
rote %' o
taapc
the b3j,
Dad
,nt in lord
noral, a coo"
of tPs' asuitiDg
0004
,ctoro