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

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

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 sonic 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, Belgrave-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 Kieloch, Esq., the grandson ;
and the Rev. Richard Burgess, 8.D., Prebendof 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 tip-4 Gospel in Fo-
reign Parts, Christian Knowl,age, Pastoral Aid,
Promotion of Christianity among the Jews, and
Christian Missions to Afric7, 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, formerly residing at Onslow-
square, Brompton, 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 MILITARY COLLEGE, SANDHURST

The following is a list of gE
for commissions without pure:

entlemen cadets recommended
:hase :

Marks. Marks.
E. S. Creek
L. De T. Prevost .... 6,061 J. E. C. Doveton
C. J Burnett 5,900 E. J. Y. Armstrong.. 4,429
A. H. Heyland 5,821 G. P. Townshend.... 4,277
E. O'B. Forsyth' 5,963 R. C. I:udgeon 4,'75
J. E. Le Mottee .... 5,255 H. H. Johnston
H. J. K. Grenville .. 4,981 E. E. G. Clayton
F. C. Lewin
T. H. King .... .... 4,553 A. W. Bowman
H. A. F. Merewether 4,543 A, 11. Handley 3,983
The following is a list of gentlemen cadets of the Royal
Military College who obtained prizes at the half-yearly
examinations in June, 1861 :

Mathematics—lst prize, Charles J. Burnett ; 2d, Lewis
De T. Prevost; 31, Walter H. M. Fitz Herbert.
Fortification—let prize, Edward S. Creek; 2d, Walter
H. M. Fitz Herbert.

Military Surveying-1g prize, Edwin Thaekwell ; 2d,
Albert F. Adams.

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

bazon.

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

Sartorius.
Military History-Ist 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.