The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-14 00:00:00

NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL.

The trade is more cheerful and rates firm. Becf, 3s
4d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d;
pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 3s 4d to 4s 4d.

POTATOES.

Supplies no better and the trade dull at late quotations.
Regents, £6 lOs to £8; Shaws, £7 to £7 10s.

BOROUGH HOP.

Messre. Henry Turnbull and Co. report that the late
rains have had a most beneficial effect on the plantations,
though some districts are still infested with red spider.
A moderate business is passing :in the Borough ;
about 150 pockets of the new growth have arrived at mar-
ket, but are taken slowly at prices ranging from £5 12s to
£8 Bs. 1867's rule firm at the late advance, with a short
supply.

COTTON.
LITERPOOL, Aug. 14.—Sales probably 12,000 bales.
liarket very firm.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(Prom the Illustrated London New.)

The will of Vice-Admiral Edmund Yonge, late of
Brixton, Devon, was proved, at Exeter, by his
relict and his nephew, the 113 V. Duke Yonge,
n.A., the joint acting executors. The per-
sonalty was sworn under £lO,OOO. The will is
' dated July 26, 1867, and the gallant Admi-
ral died at his residence, Ellbridge House,
Brixton, Devonshire, on April 14 last. He be-
queaths to his wife all his furniture, pictures, plate,
carriages, horses, and a legacy of £1,250.
estate of Ellbridge House and lands be leaves to
his wife for her life or widowhood, and afterwards
to his son James Edmund Yonge absolutely, and
leaves the residue of his property in like manner.
The will of John Sillifant, Esq., of Combe House,
near Coplestoue, North Devon, was proved, at
Exeter, by his son, John Woolcombe Sillifant,
Esq., 8.A., the sole executor. The personalty was
sworn under £BO,OOO. The testator was Deputy
Lieutenant for Devon and High Sheriff, in
1848, a magistrate, and chairman of the Quarter
Sessions. His will bears late May 27,1865 ; and
there are two c )d.icils, dated respectively
July and October, 1867 ; and the testator died
May 1, 1868, at the age of seventy. The bequests,
with the exception of legacies to his servants, are
confined to the members of his family. He leaves
to his son Charles £11,000; Henry, £8,000;
Francis, £7,000 ; George, £6,000 ; and to his
daughter, Mary Ann, the interest of £15,000, for
her sole U3C. He devises all his real estates in the
parishes of Lincombe and Whidcombe, Somerset-
shire, and in Bath, to his soa Charles ; and he
leaves all his other estates not otherwise disposed
of to his son John Woolcombe Sillifant, whom ho
appoints residuary legatee.

uiPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, Aug. 13.—Alice, from Oporto; Amazon, from
Froderickstadt ; Agnes, from Richmond.

81IDDEN DEATH OF THE DEAN OF RIPON.

The Very Rev. Dr. Goode, Dean of Ripon, was found
dead in his bed at the Deanery, on Thursday morning.
No signs of illness had previously been shewn, the
Dean having attended a public meeting of the Society for
the Propagation of the Gospel on Monday, a meeting of
the Ripon Cathedral Restoration Committee on Tuesday,
and Divine service in the Cathedral on Wednesday morn-
ing.. Mrs. Goode, on Thursday morning, left him in bed,
as she thought, sleeping ; an hour and a half after she got
,up a servant went into his bedroom and found that ho
was dead in bed. The deceased was appointed Dean of
Ripon in 1860, at which time he was rector of St. Mar-
garet's, Lothbury, London. He succeeded the Very Rev.
fir. Gamier, at Ripon, on that rev. gentleman being ap-
pointed to the Deanery of Lincoln. The deceased was 68
years old. The cause of the death of the deceased is
believed to be disease of the heart.

f SOCIETY OF ARTS' PRIZES.

The council, at the suggestion of the Food Committee,
offer the following prizes for improved railway meat vans,
milk vans, and milk cans : -1. For an improved method
of conveying meat by rail, the society's silver medal and
£lO. The object in view is to reduce to a minimum the
deterioration which meat now suffers in its transit by
rail. The principal evils to be avoided are—excessive
changes of temperature and injuries by pressure, by
handling, exposure to dust, insects, &c. This prize may be
awarded for an improved railway meat van or for a
travelling meat larder suitable for railways. Model on a
scale of half an inch to a foot to be sent in. 2. For an im-
proved method of conveying milk cans by rail, the society's
silver medal and £lO. The object in view is to reduce
to a minimum the deterioration which milk now suffers in
its transit by rail in the ordinary open trucks. The prin-
cipal evils to be avoided are—the heating and shaking of
the milk cans. Model of an improved railway milk van,
on a scale of half an inch to the foot to be sent in. 3. For
an improved railway milk can, the society's silver medal
and £lO. The object in view is to reduce to a minimum
the deterioration which milk now suffers in its transit
by rail in the ordinary milk cans, or churns. The prin-
cipal evils to be avoided are—the heating of the milk, and
all motion within the can which may cause the buttery
particles to separate. A specimen of the improved rail-
way milk can to be sent in. The models and specimens
for competition must be forwarded to the secretary of
the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi, London, before
Feb. 1, 18G9.