The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-29 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUBS2'S.

The will of the late Right Hon. Mary, Dowager
Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorn, and Baroness
Bowes, was proved in the London Court on the
19th inst. by John Bowes, Esq., of Streatham
Castle, Durham, the sole executor, to whom admi-
nistration was granted of her ladyship's effects
under settlement, the personalty being sworn
under £40,000. The Dowager Countess of Strath-
more was twice married, the first husband being
the Earl of Strathmore, who died the day after
the nuptials; and her second the Right Hon.
Wm. Hutt, P.C., M.P. for Gateshead, and Paymas-
ter-General, to whom she was married in 1831, and
who survives her. To him she has bequeathed her
property of every description, with the exception of
a sum of £B,OOO, and some landed property, situated
at Mickleton, Yorkshire, to her executor, John
Bowes, Esq., and a legacy of £6OO to a niece. Her
ladyship executed her will in 1854.
The will and codicil of Dowager Lady Kinloch,
of Eaton-place, Belgra.ve-square—relict of Sir Alex.
Kinloch, Bart., of Gilmerton, East Lothian, Scot-
land—were proved in London on the 18th inst.
The executors appointed are the testatrix's daughter,
Lady Hay, wife of the Right Hon. and Rev. Lord
Hay, Rural Dean and Rector of Rendlesham,
Suffolk; Alexander Kinloch, Esq., the grandson ;
and the Rev. Richard Burgess, 8.D., Prebend of St.
Paul's, and Rector of Upper Chelsea. The personal
property was sworn under £140,000. Her lady-
ship had also landed property, over which, together
with the personalty, she had the power of dispo-
sition. To the present baronet, Sir David Kinloch,
who takes the family estates, she has bequeathed a
life interest in the residue of her property, having
first left to him the specific sum of £17,000 ; and
on his decease this latter sum, as well as the
residue, will revert to his children, to each of
whom, a son and three daughters, are left legacies
of £lO,OOO. Her ladyship bequeaths to Sir David
her diamond necklace and earrings as heir-
looms. The estates at Newton, to which the de-
ceased Dowager Lady Kinloch was heiress, she has
bequeathed to her daughter, Lady Hay, together
with the sum of £17,000 for her own sole use, bene-
fit, and disposition. To Lord Hay a legacy of £lOO,
and a like legacy to each of her executors. There
are some bequests to friends, and also to her ser-
vants. Her ladyship has left various charitable
bequests to the poor of the parishes in which
her estates are situate, and to the following
institutions legacies of £2OO each, namely :—The
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Fo-
reign Parts, Christian Knowledge, Pastoral Aid,
Promotion of Christianity among the Jews, and
Christian Missions to Africa and to the East, free
of legacy duty. The will was executed in 1858
and the codicil in 1859.

The will of Sir George Jackson, K.C.H., and
Knight Bachelor, formeriy residing at Onslow-
square, Bromptou, and late of Worthing, Sussex,
was proved in the principal registry in London, on
the 21st inst., by his relict, Lady Jackson, sole exe-
cutrix, to whom he has bequeathed the whole of
his property for her own absolute use and disposi-
tion. The will bears date July 28,1860. Sir George
was late her Majesty's Chief Commissioner at St.
Paul de Loando, on the coast of Africa, under the
treaties with Portugal for preventing the illicit
traffic in slaves.—lllustrated London News, June 29.

ROYAL IfILITARY COLLEGE, SA.YDEURST

The following is a list of ge
for commissions without pure]

entlemen cadets recommended
:base :

Marks. Marks.
E. S. Creek
L. Do T. Prevost .... 6,0611 J. E. C. Doveton
C. J Burnett..
A. H. Heyland
E. O'B. Forsyth
J. E. Lo Mottee .... 5,255 H. H. Johrston
11. J. K. Grenville 4,9811 E. E. G. Clayton
F. C. Lewin
T. H. King 4,5531 A. W. Bowman 4,065
H. A. F. Merewother 4,543 : A. H. Handley 3,983
The following is a list of gentlemen cadets of the Royal
Military College who obtained prizes at the half •yeariy
examinations in June, 1861 :
- - - -

Mathematics-Ist prize, Charles J. Burnett; 2d, Lewis
De T. Prevcst ; 31, Walter H. M. Fitzllerbert.
Fortification-Ist prize, Edward F 3. Creek; 2(1, Walter
H. M. Fitzlierbert.

Military Surveying—let prize, Edwin Thackwell ; 2d,
Albert F. Adams.

Military Drawing—Euston H. Sartorius.
Landscape Drawing—Edmund J. Y. Armst-ong.
French-Ist prize, Hugh L. Baldwin; 2d, John P. Bra.
bazon.

German-Ist prize, John E. Le Mottee ; 2d, Euston H.

Sartorius.

Military History-Ikt prize, Edward S. Creek; 2d, Geo.
W. B. Anderson.

Geology—Charles J. Burnett.

Exemplary Conduct-Ist prize, Henry G. Wilson; 2d,
Hugh L. Baldwin; 3d, Robert C. Dudgeon; 4th, Arthur
E. Havelock.

2 lIIS DAY'S ShIPPIXG.

LONDON, June 29.—Wind this day at noon, North-
Westerly ; strong breeze, and fine.
OFF PORTSMOUTH, June 28.—Arrivel—Victoria, from
London, for New York.
PLYMOUTH, June 28.—Wind W.—Arrived—Princess
Royal, from Quebec; Eliza, ditto ; Superior, from San
tarsier; Countess of Yarborough, and Fuller, from Cape of
Good Hope. Sailed—Kent, for Melbourne.
SWANSEA, June 28.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed—Trio, for
Coquimbo ; Jhelum, for Valparaiso.
LOUGH FOYLE, June 27.—Arrived—Yered, from Phila-
delphia.
HOLYHEAD, June 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—
Notthumberland, from Miramicbi, for Liverpool.
SUNDERLAND, June 28.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—L ord
Raglan, from Kurrachea.
MILFORD, June 28.—The Crystal Palace, from the
Clyde, to Marseilles, m hich put in here on the 26th of Juue,
leaky, has been surveyed and commenced discharging.