The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-12 00:00:00

lIER MAJESTY AT ALDERSHOTT,

RECENT WILLS AND BEQ UESTS.

The will of the-Right Hon. Georgiana Dorothy,
Countess of Carlisle, late of Castle Howard, in the
county of York, was proved on the 15th of June,
and probate granted to the Right Hon. George
William Frederick, Earl of Carlisle, K.G., P.C.,
the son and sole executor. The personalty sworn
under £30,000. The will is in her own hand-
writing, and disposes of her jewellery and other
valuable property, much of which consists of pre-
sents from Royalty and persons of rank and dis-
tinction, which she has specifically bequeathed
amongst her family and friends. The bequests
are numerous, and cover many pages, and the
Countess concludes her will with the hope
that these memorials will be received with
a cheerful spirit and valued for her sake, many
of them being serviceable. There is no
disposition of her money. The will was commenced
on the 3d of June, 1848, and the date at the con-
clusion is the 27th of January, 1859. A codicil was
made on the sth of January, 1852, confirming the
will.

The will of the Venerable Archdeacon Berens,
Edward Berens, M.A., late Archdeacon of Berks,
Prebendary of Sarum, and Vicar of Thrivenham,
was proved on the 24th of June by the joint execu-
tors, the Right Hon. William Reginald, Earl of
Devon (the nephew of Lady Catherine Berens, the 1
relict), and Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. (the nephew 1
of the deceased). A legacy of £2OO is left to each
of them for their trouble. The Archdeacon leaves
his curate, the Rev. C. B. Calley, £2OO ; his maid
servant, Mary Viners, £lOO ; and legacies to his
other servants. He bequeaths to Miss Clare, re-
siding with the family, .£l,OOO ; and to the widow
of his nephew Harenc, £3,000. The residue, real
and personal, he bequeaths to his wife, the Right
Hon. Lady Catherine Berens. He expressed a wish
that £1 should be given to each bearer of his coffin,
and also a thick blanket preiented to every poor
family in Shrivenham and Watchfield having more
than two children to support. The personalty
sworn under £45,000.
The will of Sir Arthur Ingram Aston, G.C.8.,
late of Aston Hall, Cheshire, was proved on the
24th of June by Charles Staniforth and William
Loaden, Esqs.—the personalty £16,000. The tes-
tator, having purchased the expectancy in the
estates of his great-nephew, Charles Talbot, has
devised them to his great-nephew, Hervey Talbot,
son of the Hon. and Rev. Arthur Talbot, and to his
heirs male, and in default to his great-niece, Mrs.
Blanche Chetwynd, and her issue male; on failure,
to his sister, or to his right heirs. He has left an
annuity of £2OO to his old and valued friend, Ed-
ward Nugent Murta. The will is short, bears date
the 16th of April, 1859, and the testator died on
the sth of May.
The will of Captain Henry William Craufurd,
R.N., formerly of Calcutta, but late of Tillington,
Sussex, was proved on the 25th of June by Mrs.
Craufurd, the relict and sole executrix—the per-
sonalty in England estimated at £l2O.
The
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will is short, is written in his own hand, and is
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dated Calcutta, 9th of January, 1854, bequeathing
all his property to his wife if there are children ;
but, if none, then two-thirds to his wife beyond
£5,000 under marriage settlement, and one-third
to his sister, leaving to his brothers and sisters, as
tokens of affection, either some article he has ;
pos-
sessed or money if he should acquire much. He
died on the 29th of April last at Tillington.—
, Illustrated London News.

DESTRUCTION OF THE SHIP SARAH MINOT BY
FlRS.—lntelligence was received at Liverpool, on Saturday
last, of the burning of the Boston ship the Sarah Minot, on
the 28th of June, in latitude 48, longitude 23. The crew
were saved by the Retriever, which arrived in tie Mersey
on Saturday from Barbadoes.
THE DEAN OF CHICHESTER.—The. new Dean,
the Rev. Dr. Hook, before leaving Leeds, of which town he
has been the vicar for :2 years, made the following bene-
factions to different institutions in the town :—£4oo to the
Grammar School, the interest of which to be expended
an-
nually in a prize ; the sum of £lOO to the National schools,
on condition that the debt remaining on the schoolsob dis-
charged before the institution of his successor; £5
expended on churchwardens of the parish church, be expeno
im-
provements; £5O to the Church Institute, to 13.. expended
r o:
on the library ; £5O to the Philosophicaldancl Late' t
00 to the L'e
ciety, to be expended on the museum; t 11? five annual ay-
teo the
pay-
Mechnnics' Institute, to be distributed m
onthe working classes.
con-
nected with the social advancement of
meats of £lO each for the best essay sortie subject