The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-08 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of the Hon. and Rev. Frederick Baring, 111. A.,
late of Ashgrove, Kent, and 9, Grosvenor-crescent, Bel-
grave-square, was proved in the London Court, on the
27th ult., and the personalty sworn under £BO,OOO.
The testator was the third son of the first Lord
Ashburton, and died June 4, aged CO. He was rector
of Itchen Stoke, Hants, from 1830 to 1845. He has
left his estate and mansion of Ashgrove to his
wife for her life, and afterwards to his nephew, the
Hon. A. H. Baring. He also leaves to his wife a life
interest in his debentures in the North-Western Railway
and the New River Company, amounting to £49,000 ;
and after her decease to his nephew absolutely. He
leaves his town residence, and all the furniture, plate,
books, and other effects there and at Ashgrove to his
wife absolutely.— The will of the Right Hon. Lady
Francis Buchanan Riddell, eldest daughter of the first Earl
of Romney, and relict of Sir John Buchanan Riddell,
Bart., of Riddell, in Scotland, was proved in the London
Court on the 29th ult., under £20,000 personalty. After
making some moderate pecuniary bequests to her sons ana
daughters, she leaves the residue of her property to be
equally divided between her two unmarried daughters.—
Illustrated London News.

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

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The arrangements of the British Association for the
Advancement of Science in connection with its Norwich
meeting have now made great progress. The first general
meeting will be held in a building known as the " drill
hall," erected for the local volunteer corps, on 'Wednesday
the 19th inst., when the Duke of Buccleuch will resign the
chair, and Dr. Hooker, the president of the year, will
assume the presidency and deliver an address. The sectional
meetings will be held on Thursday, August 20 ; Friday,
August 21; Saturday, August 22 ; Monday, August 24; and
Tuesday, August 25, The various sections will hold their
meetings as follows :—Mathematical and Physical Science,
Lady-lane lecture-room (president, Professor Tyndall) ;
Chemical Science, Chapel-in-the-Field School (president
Professor Frankland) ; Geology, Mr. Noverre's room
(president, M. R. A. C. Godwin Austen) ; Biology, the
Friends' Meeting (president, the Rev. J. M. Berkeley) :
Geography and Ethnology, St. Peter's Hall (president,
Captain Richards) ; Economic Science and Statistics, in
the Museum (Mr. S. Brown, president of the Society
of Actuaries) ; and Mechanical Science, Free Library
(president, Mr. G. P. Bidder, C. E.) On Thurs-
day evening, August 20, a soiree will be held in St.
Andrew's Hall, and on the following evening a discourse
will be delivered in the drill-hall by the Rev. J. Ferguson,
F.R.S., on "The Archaeology of Early Bhuddist Monu-
ments." On the Monday evening a discourse will be
delivered in the drill-hall by Mr. W. Odling, on "Reverse
Chemical Actions ;" and on the Tuesday evening there
will be another soiree in St. Andrew's Hall. The con-
cluding general meeting will be held in the drill-hall on
Wednesday, August 26.

THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE AT
LIVERPOOL.

The business of the Conference was resumed on-Friday.
A letter was read by the secretary of the conference from
the young men ordained at Grove street Chapel, expres-
sive of their high appreciation and thankfulness for the
charge delivered to them by the ex-president, the Rev.
J. Bedford, and also requesting that it be printed. The
Rev. Charles Prest moved a vote of thanks to the ex-
president, and urged the request of the newly-ordained
ministers. The resolution was seconded by the Rev. W.
Shaw, and supported by the Rev. J. Hargreaves, chair-
man of the Liverpool district, and carried unanimously.
A vote of thanks to the Rev. W. Arthur, M.A., for
his excellent charge delivered to the newly-ordained
ministers at Pitt-street Chapel, was adjourned on
account of his una voidable absence from the Confe-
rence. It was recommended and carried, that in
some rare instances a fourth year should to granted
to young men in the theological institutes. It
was passed that Hugh Price Hughes should be
so returned this year. The secretary announced that the
Rev. Morgan Griffiths, superintendent minister, had died.
The expediency of holding two ordination services each
year in the future was briefly discussed, and it was
resolved that two should be held, and that the proximity
to the presidential chair should rule as to the delivery of
the charge. It was requested that the Revs. A. Barrett
and W. Shaw should each have an assistant minister. It
was reported that the total number of ministers in the
Methodist societies of Great Britain was 342,380—an
increase of 5,310.