The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-20 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS

The will of Colonel Sir John Morillyon Wilson, K.C.8.,
K.H., major and military commandant of Chelsea Hos-
pital, was proved in the London court on the sth inst.,
and the personalty sworn under £30,000, by his son-in-
law, Mr. Lionel Ames, and the Rev. Canon J. E.
Jackson, M.A ~ of Leigh Delamere, the executors. The
will is dated 1866, and the gallant colenel died May 8 last,
aged 85. He bad served in Canada, the Peninsula, and
the West Indies, and was for six years in the royal
navy. He bequeaths to his daughters, Augusta Ames,
Emily Napier, and Agnes Lady Fletcher, each a legacy
of £l,OOO for their own separate use and benefit; and leaves
the moneys under his late wife's marriage settlement to
be divided between his son Charles and daughter
Ella Napier. To each of his executors he leaves £lOO,
to two of his maid-servants each, and to Mrs. E.
Southey £3OO. The residue lie leaves to his two sons
Herbert and Charles, and daughter Ella Napier.—The
will of Sir John Liddell, Knt., M.D., C. 8., F.R.S., late
Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy,
formerly inspector of hospitals at Malta, Haslar, and
Greenwich, was proved in London, on the 13th inst., by
his sons, Commander John Liddell, R.N., and Captain
Robert Spencer Liddell, 10th Hussars. The per-
sonalty was sworn under £5,000. The will is dated
January 18, 1868, and the testator died at his residence,
Chester-square, May 28, aged 74. He leaves to his son
Robert alibis shares in the Peninsular and Oriental Steam-
ship Company and in the Union Screw Ship Company-,
also a policy on his life in the Equitable Life Insurance
Office, with the bonuses. He leaves an annuity to the
widow of his late brother James. The residue, real and
personal, lie divides equally between his two sons, John
and Robert.—The will of Mr. George Edward Aldred,
F.R.C.S., late of Richmond, Surrey, was proved in
London on the 16th ult., by Mr. William Dimsdale
Child, of 8, Finsbury-place South, the sole executor. The
testator executed his will in 1865, and died March 13 last,
at Algiers, in Africa. The personalty in this country was
sworn under £B,OOO. He has left his property principally
amongst public charities. All bonds held by him in the
Portuguese funds are to be sold, and the proceeds divided
in sums of £lOO each amongst the Sanatorian Hospital at
Bournemouth ; Consumption Hospital at Brompton ;
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond-street ; Royal Medi-
cal Institution for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of
Medical Men, and such other hospitals and institutions in
town and country as his executor may deem worthy of
support ; Royal Dramatic College, National Life-boat
Institution, and the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel.—lllustrated London News.

A MAN WORRIED BY A DONKEY. —Last week
at Grantham an old man tamed Cox, engaged in Mr.
Wakefield's field, on the Ifailaxton-road, was worried by
a donkey, which knocked him down, got its fore feet over
him, and bit his face and a piece out of his arm.
THE APPREHENSION OF DOGS.—From Monday
next to the 31st August, dogs not taken care of or muzzled
may be apprehended by the police, and if not claimed in
three days be sold or destroyed. The Police Commissioner
has issued the authority under the Metropolitan Streets
Act.

A PRACTISED MURDERER.—A man named Roure
has just been executed by the garotte at Madrid for the
murder of a gaoler at the prison of Melilla. Before ascend-
ing the scaffold he admitted that he had previously taken
the lives of six other persons, besides committing various
lesser crimes.

PROPOSED NEW BISHOPRICS.—Two new bishop-
ics connected with the Church of England are to be
formed as soon as the necessary arrangements can bo
made ; one for the west coast of South America, and
another for the east coast, exclusive of the diocese of
Guiana.

FALL OF A WAREHOUSE FLOOR.—A day or tyro
ago, at the place of business of Mr. William Taylor, jun.,
oil and varnish manufacturer, Whitechapel, Liverpool, the
top floor gave way, precipitating the whole of its contents
to the ground, carrying away in its progress the second
floor and all the stock. As it happened, the clerks usually
engaged in the office upon which the falling masses of
stuff descended were providentially absent at their dinner,
and as none of the other persons engaged about the place
were in this part of the building, no loss of life or personal
injury took place, although considerable damage has been
done to the property in question. The roof and many of
the windows are uninjured.

THE RETURN OF THE DUKE OF EDINBUROH.—•
According to the New South Wales papers received by the
last snail, the Galatea, with the Duke of Edinburgh on
board, left Sydney for England, rid Cape Horn, on the
6th of April, She had 800 tons of coal on board, and it
was intended that she should call at the Isle of Ascension
to fill up with more. It was expected that she would
reach England soon after the Australian mail which left
Sydney on the 26th of March. That mail arrived nearly
a month ago. The Galatea, therefore, is not probably far
from England at the present time. The Cape of Good
Hope mail packet Anglia is clue in England on the 28th
instant, with news from the Isle of Ascension up to the
2nd instant. If the Galatea does not arrive before the
28th, it is probable we shall hear of her by the Anglia.

FATAL ACCIDENTS TO BATHERS 1N THE SER-
PENTINE. --On Thursday morning, about seven o'clock, a
young man was drowned in the Serpentine. He bad
succeeded in swimming nc arly across the lake, when he
got into one of the boats which are usually moored in the
morning Lear the north shore. Having rested for a short
time, he dived off and swam for the shore. A boy who
was swimming near bins saw him struggling and turn
round, apparently with the intention of recrossing the
water. Although three boats were present, with
the drags, it was more than an hour and a half before the
body was found in about ten feet of water, a few yards
from the shore. It was identified as that of Edward
Sherwood, of 30, Cumberland-street, Pimlico. On Friday
another fatal accident occurred. A gentleman bathing-
suddenly sank. The Royal Humane Society's men, after
great difficulty, succeeded in finding the body, but life was
extinct. Deceased was about 25 years of age, 5 feet 10
inches high, complexion and hair fair. His linen is marked
with the name of Davis. The body lies at St. George's,
Workhouse, Hanover-sauare.