The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-12-22 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

WILLS.—The will of Field Marshal Viscount Hardinge, G,C.8., has been proved in London under £BO,OOO ; also have been proved, the wills of Lieutenant General Sir John Rolt, K.C.8., K.C. ; Sir Edward Sherlock Gooch, Bart., M.P. for East Suff )Ik, £50,000 ; C. Walker, Eq., Seymour House, Jubilee place, Chelsea, and of New Inn, formerly of Old Jewry, £100,000; Miss Elizabeth Mary Miller, of Ansley Manor House, Hants, £30,000 ; William Cox, of Dorchester, £14,000 ; Miss A. Dupree, of York place, City road, has made a curious will, and amongst other legacies, has bequeathed to the Friendly Female Society £3OO, the interest to be distributed to poor single women of good character, or widows above forty, having bad sight, and who are hardly able to work, being English Protestants ; to the Rev. Mr. Hetherington's Charity for the Blind at Christ's Hospital, ;£5OO ; Aged Pilgrim's Society, £3OO ; Society for the Prevention of cruelty to animals, £3OO ; Asylum for Idiots, Park House, Highgate, £3oo.—lllustrated News. THE CONVICTS UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH AT MAlDSTONE.—lmmediately after the conviction of the two men, Thomas Mansell and Dedea Redanies, for murder at Maidstone, they were removed to separate cells. Mansell, who was convicted of the murder of his corporal, by deliberately shooting him with a rifle, is a very fine young man. When the trial was concluded, he expressed himself surprised at the result, and said he thought that as it was a Maidstone jury, who he knew were averse to capital punishment, that tried him, he did not expect to have been convicted of murder, but thought they would only have convicted him of manslaughter, and that he should be transported for life. He does not, however, entertain any hope of a commutation of his sentence. He had served for ten years in the 49th regiment, and conducted himself well before the enemy in the Crimean campaign. The foreigner Redanies, who was convicted of the murder of the sister of his sweetheart, having previously murdered her also, and pleaded guilty to that crime, has excited a considerable feeling in his favour by his apparently mild and inoffensive disposition. He is a Servian by birth, and originally professed the Mahommedan religion, but he states that he was converted to Christianity, and he appears to pay great attention to the spiritual exhortations of the Rev. Mr. King, the chaplain of the Maidstone gaol. A good many years have elapsed since there has been an execution in Maidstone. The ordinary course for carrying out the sentence of the law, is for the execution of a criminal to take place on the second market day after his conviction, but as in the case of Mansell this would fall on Christmas Day, the probability is, that the sheriff will appoint the following Thursday for the execution, and that both the wretched convicts will suffer on the same day. _  IMPROVED WRITING INK, —What a delicious treat it is to be blest with free, flowing writing ink. We have often been disposed to quarrel with our very finger ends when compelled to use some of those abominable quasi-fluids called ink. Mr. E. T. Hall, of South Joh❑ street, has produced an ink, which we have tried, and we do not hesitate to pronounce it one of the best kind we ever used. It flows freely from the pen, and is amongst other things distinguised by its affinity and intensity of colour.—Northern Daily Times, 24th October, 1853.—501 d in Bottles, 6d, Is, and 2s each.—Advt. "TnE