The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-14 00:00:00

WILL of the LATE MR. DAVIDGB.

'1 his t:oetiment was read on Tuesday last. By it Mr.
Davidge appoints Messrs. T. P. Cooke and J. P. Wilkin-
son his executors ; to the former he gives 251., to the latter
501. Then come the following legacies: Mr. W. Smith
(Surrey Theatre). 19 guineas; 'J. T. Haines, Esq. (author
and actor), 19 guineas ; J. M. Jolly, Esq. (composer), 19
guineas; Mrs. Lewis (Surrey), 19 guineas; Mrs. Sharp
( Columbine), 19 guineas ; Mrs. Vining (Surrey), 10 guineas-;
Mr. H. Hughes (Surrey), 5 guineas; Mr. Craddock (stage
door-keeper), 19 guineas ; Mr. Simpson (hair-dresser), 19
guineas ; Mr. W. Elliott (Victoria), 19 guineas ; all persons
engaged in the theatre. actors, musicians, carpenters, door-
keepers, lamplighters. sireepers, &c., are to have a fortnight's
salary each ' • the interest of 1,0001. each for life to his
two aunts; 300/. to each of his three cousins; 2001. to Mrs.
Pearce (mother of Mrs. Davidge); 3001. each to Mrs.
Davide's three sisters ; to the Blind School, 50/ ; to the
Orphan Asylum, 50/. ; to two Hebrew Societies, 501. each ;
and the like sum of 501. to every Hospital in the metropolis ;
1101. to be placed in the poor-box of every police-office in
London; to and Rutherford (nephews), 501. each ;to
J. and W. Meyer ( brothers-in-law), 50/. each ; to Mr. J.
Nash, 2001. ; to Willis Jones, Esq., 50/., and his gun
and rifle; 'to Mr. W. Tyler (Surrey Zoological Gardens),
1.50/. ; to Mr. Richard Lawrence (his treasurer), 100/. ; to
F. 1-1. Yates, 11. Homier, W. H. Stamp, G. Stansbury, Paul
Wilford, Gardner, Ratcliffe, and A. Bunn, 5 guineas each;
to Dr. Marsden 501. ; to Miss Martin, 5 guineas ; to Mr.
Lewis (his at tor ney ), 501. ; to Mrs. Davidge (who is residuat'y
legatee) his share in the theatre, all his houses (comprising
I),iyidge- place and Bawd-terrace), his furniture, plate, car-
riages, horses. wine, books, pictures, &e., &c. The Surrey will
for the fain, be conducted solely by Mr. Willis Jones, for the
-benefit of the WO and himself. 'rhe value of the deceased's
prop rty cannot b. at present ascertained. It is expected to
exceed 2h,000.

Tile proposal it' laying. a tax of 3s. on the importa-
tion of wheat from the United States into Canada is universally
esindemned- as an impolitic and al considered propos:firm. In-
stead a
imposing taxes oti the importation of American agri-
cultural produce into Our color id dependencies, the soundprin-
ciple of legislation now to be adopted is to remove the existing
restrictions, which exclude American corn from British ports.
The resolutions proposed by
Mr. Gladstone, taken in conjunc-
tion with the new sliding scale of the Premier, amount to an
attempt to perpetuate the exclusion'Of American wheat and flour
as an article of consumption by the people of this cows t..y. In-
stead of throwing open British ports to American produce, at a
low rate of import duty, her alajesty'a Government propose
to subject it to a high fluctuating range, on direct. transit, and
to lay a tax upon its passage through an indirect channel.
Ch runiele.
Practical opinion on Sir Robert Peel's proposi-
tion respecting the Corn-laws" is contained in the circular of
;Messrs. Kingsford and Lay, an eminent firm on the Corn Ex-
change. They state their belief to be, that the plan will not
produce any sudden or extensive alteration in price, but ap-
-I,(:ara to give more confidence to the holders of free wheat,
~
tine- it will not,- if an advance can be maintained, operate
prejudicially to' the importers of bonded wheat at present,
bearing in mind the. defective crop of 1841. The ultimate
operation of the measure will, in their opinion, be to make the
continental pricey low. It will not be safe to purchase there,
they consider, without calculating on the wheat being subject to
a duty cf at lest 1-is. on entering for home consumption. and as
there will be no longer the same inducement to hold back for
the :otvest rat..., the importers will prefer ii . vin.t the current
'story and sciliog ex ship, t incurring the expti:nses.of landing.
'The average prices, they pred,et, wilt ranee -between bOs. and
; that. importers \sill not often have, an opportunity to
Vail the nisei yrs th, »ilitimum dat v. —7 tmes.
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Qtr
Friday an ill
qoyition was taken lerore Alr. Wat,l4.y, m.p.,
Cnronor, and
a iffs...,lY e table Jury, at the Litat Inn, in the town of
Stsimis, Afd lcsex, oil view of the liody•of Mr. John Larnr-
i„,, xespect'd inhabitant of that town, It appeared th'it
t 17 de e tst.d.
who had. been a reiident of the Iwe.n r many
,
years, was considered a skilful surgeon, betame considerably
involved, and a short time ago had an execution in his house.that.
It was discovered on Sunday night, about eleven o'clock,
he had taken a large quantity (said to be about half a pint) of
laudanum. Two surgeous were immediately called it, but al-
though every means that human skill could devise was adopted,
he gradually sunk. and died within an hour afterwards. Ver.
s I m ,orary insanity.
Sou Tit EASTERN RAILWAY.—J. S. Yeats,
has, we are informed, exchanged from the Secretaryship
of the Superintendent of Traffie, and is succeeded
John Whitehead, Esq., Secretary to the joint
"v.ic!, Croydon, and Brighton lines at Lon-
-nniefe.