The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-16 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will and two codicils of the Right Hon. Lord
Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart, commonly
called Lord James Stuart, M.P. for Ayrshire, and
Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Bute, late of
Whitehall-place, were proved in London on the
12th of December, by Lieutenant-Colonel James
Frederick Dudley Crichton Stuart, M.P., his son,
the sole executor. The personalty in the United
Kingdom was sworn under £45,000. To his
daughter he has bequeathed £lO,OOO, and £6OO a
year ; to his younger £20,000, and has left him the
gold watch he usually wore. To his eldest son he
has left the residue of his property, real and per-
sonal. Lady Stuart has a provision under settle-
ment. Several of his relatives are named to whom
he wishes some article from his effects should be
selected by them as a mark of his regard, and that
Lady Stuart should receive a sum of £2OO, to be
laid out in charity at her discretion, and that she
will select a carriage for herself, and any furniture
she pleases.
The will and codicil of Sir Thomas Isaac
Horsley Curteis, Knight Bachelor of Great Britain,
were administered to in the London Court of Pro-
bate by a legatee, Mrs. Emily Curteis Rogers,
owing to the death of the sole executor, John
Brooke, Esq., of Berry Hall, Old Walsingham. He
has bequeathed his residence called the Villa Twy-
ford, near Foulsham, Norfolk, to the daughter of
his executor. He has left to a few friends some
small legacies. Bequeaths to his old servant
Henry Shorting his sword and wearing apparel,
and a sum of £lO. He gave particular directions
that his coffin should not be finally closed till he
had been dead eight days, having a great horror
of being buried alive, believing that such has often
occurred ; his armorial bearings and helmet of
knighthood to be engraved on a mural tablet • also
directs that the old pictures of his grandfather
and grandmother Horsley, and the old
crayon portraits of himself and his deceased
sister, shall be taken out of the frames and burnt ;
but that the large pictures of himself and his sister
should be placed on the walls of the great chamber
at Berry Hall.
The will of the Rev. George Nicholas Dealtry,
M.A., Rector of Outwell, was proved in the London
Court of Probate by his son-in-law, John Fraser
Macqueen, Esq., barrister-at-law, the sole executor.
He wished to be buried by the side of his wife, in
the family vault in the chapel called Beaupre
Chapel, in the church of Uutwell, and that a marble
tablet on the wall of the chapel should record his
. death, corresponding with one there. He has left
liberal legacies to all his servants. The residue of
his property he has bequeathed to his son-in-law,
Mr. Macqueen. His freehold and other estates are
held under settlement. The will is dated the 25th
of January, 1859.—Illustrated News.

The Norfolk is announced from Melbourne with
68,054 oz. of gold—worth about £272,000.
The dollars brought by the Mexican steamer
have been sold at 611 d. per oz., being an advance of id.
upon the price realised for those by the previous packet at
the beginning of last month. Meanwhile, however, dol-
lars have been sold at 611 d. and 62d., owing to the pres-
sure of the demand on French account, which has now
ceased.
All the leading Manchester houses in the City
and retail firms at the West-end have arranged to keep
holyday on MondaY, the 26th, Christmas-day falling on a
Sunday.
At the Great Ship Company's meeting called for
yesterday, but afterwards proposed to be postponed to next
month, only a few shareholders were present, and an ad-
journment took place, no business having been transacted.
It is proposed to carry on the business of Messrs.
Calvert and Co. by a limited joint-stock association, to be
called the London Brewery Company, with a nominal ca-
pital of £600,000 in shares of £25 each. Since the concern
has been conducted under the direction of inspectors the
profits have been at the rate of about £50,000 per annum.
It is therefore hoped that the greater part of the, unsecured
creditors will come into the arrangement. Their claims
are to be received for shares at the rate of 18s. in the pound,
and cash subscribers are to have a preferential interest at
the rate of 6 per cent.
THE HOLYHEAD TELEGRAPH TO LIVERPOOL.
—At the meeting of the Mersey Docks Board yesterday
(Thursday), it was elicited that men were at present em-
ployed in relaying the submarine cable between Port Lynas
and the Ormshead, which has been broken by the Royal
Charter, or in some other way. It was said that, owing to
the state of the weather, the men had not been able to touch
the cable, but the engineer expected it would be completed
in a few days, when the line of telegraph would be again
a eration.
GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION. Her Majesty's
Emigration Commissioners chartered yesterday afternoon,
the 15th inst., the Hannah Moore, 1,130 tons, belonging
to Messrs. Wiliam Roberts and Co., of Liverpool, to sail
from Birkenhead for Sydney, New South Wales, at £l6
9s. 9d. per statute adult, to be ready for the reception of
passengers on such a day as the Commissioners may appoint
between the let and Bth of February. The ship is to be
furnished with Bible's ventilating apparatus and Dr.
Normandy's fresh water distilling apparatus.
MR. HENRY LESLIE'S CHOIR.—ThaI body of
Amateurs, under the direction of the most distinguished
amateur of the day—amateur, indeed, only in name, for he
does not yield, in talents and acquirements, to any of our
professionally-educated artists—commenced their fifth sea-
son with a concert at St. Martin's-hall last evening. These
concerts of Henry Leslie's choir have obtained a firm foot-
ing among the regular entertainments of the London sea-
son; and they deserve to hold it, for none of our musical
entertainments are of higher quality, or are more condu-
cive to the progress of music in ono of the most delightful
branches, the harmonious combinations of the human voice.
Last night St. Martin's-hall was crowded in every part,
and the performance was probably the finest that Mr.
Leslie and his choir have ever given.
DEATH FROM INHALING CHLOROFORM.—The
Newcastle Chronicle states that Mrs. Jenkinson, daughter
of the late Sir William Gordon Cumming, Bart., of Altyre,
and daughter-in-law of the late Bishop of St. David's, was
last week on a visit to her relations at Cresswell Hall, and,
having been suffering from the toothache, rose early on
Friday morning to inhale the vapour of chloroform. Later
in the morning the unfortunate lady was found a lifeless
corpse. Overcome by the vapour, she had either fallen or
reclined upon the bed, and the contents of the bottle which
had contained the chloroform were discovered to have been
spilled upon the pillow.
ATTEMPTED MURDER IN IRELAND.--Abailiff
named Reid, a Scotchman, in the rent office of the Earl of
Rosse, at Parsonstown, was fired at on Wednesday evening
about six o'clock, when passing through the dark walk of
Woodville House; about half a mile from the town. He
escaped, but his murder was clearly intended, since the
assassin was close to Reid when he fired, and several slugs
wore lodged in the wall beside him.
A CONSCIENTIOUS JUROR.—At York assizes OR
Monday, on swearing the jury, one of the jurymen refused
to take the oath, on the ground that he had conscientious
scruples. His Lordship (Mr. Justice he
had What
scruples ?" Juryman—" I consider it contrary to the Bible
in several places. His Lordship—" Do you object to take
the oath 1' " Juryman—" Yes, I do." His Lordship—
" Very well, then, you can leave the box ; but you must sit
there (pointing below it) and remain every day till the end
of the a;.sizes. it would be very easy for any one, by
stating that he had conscientious scruples, to escape the
duty of a juryman altogether." The juryman accordingly
took the place assigned to him, amid considerable 'amuse-
, meat in court.