Star.
London, England, 1830-07-22 00:00:00

THE LATE XING'S WILL.

Various ezetradictory statements have appeared upon this sub-
jest. The fact, uwe are informed, is this—that, legally speaking,
his Majesty died without a will, the document which he has left
not strictly bearing that designation. It is rather, we understand,
what the lawyers call a testamlmtary paper, containing no pecuniary
bequests, but simply directions as to the disposal of certain papers,
and other specific property. The whole of the document is said to
be, as has been already stated, in the band-writing el the Earl of
Eldon, the Duke of Wellington, and Sir William Knighton, being
the persons to whom the duty is assigned of seeing the directions
which it contains executed. The person who might have been
expected to have been benefitted by the King's wi11, had he made
one, was otherwise provided for, having received (as report states)
from his late Majesty's own hands, not many days previous to his
death, no less a sum than (as some say) 300,000 L

ANNANDALE PEERAGE. I

The claims of Mr. Godinge Johnston to this title having of late
excited a good deal of attention, and moreover, at this moment
under the consideration of the House of Peers, the following correct
account of them may not be unacceptable to our readers :—Mr.
Oodinge Johnstone, op the 29th of March last, presented, in the
usual way, to the Magistrates of the Canoopte in Edinburgh, his
claim of service, as the nearest and lawful heir of the body, and of
line and provision. in general, to the deceased John Johnstone,
of Stapleton, his great grandfather, and be therein sets forth
his propinquity as follows r—" That the deceased John John-
stone, of Stapleton in the county of Dumfries, was brother
gaman of the deceased William, Marquis of Annandale, and that
tee claimant was the eldest eon of the deceased Sarah Johnstone,
and of the deceased Wm. Oodinge, Esq. of London, her husband,
which Sarah Johnstone was the only daughter of the deceased
John Johnstone, Esq. of Rotherhithe, and of Jane Price, his
which John Johnstone was the son and heir of the said
spouse, n
Johnstone of Stapleton, and Elisabeth Belehier' his
spouse; and so the claimant is the nearest and lawful heir of the
body, and heir of line, of the said John Johnstone of Staple-
ton ; and also that the claimant is the nearest and lawful heir of
provision, in general, to the said John Johnstone of Stapleton, tur-
as: and by virtue of a charter of resignation by Queen Anne, under
the (heat Seal, dated the 23rd of September, 1702, and instrument
of wine following thereon, dated the Ist, and registered in the
particular ?epees of wines for the Sheriffdom of 'Dumfries, the
iieh day of October, 1702... by which charter there are given, grant-
ed, and Mural to the said John Johnstone therein designed. " Mr.
John Jahnoione, brother-german of William, Marquis of An-
neserieb, mei to the heirs of his body, all and whole the ten
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