WILLS & BEQUESTS re: LANGWORTHY The will, dated the 13th of March last, of EDWARD RYLEY LANGWORTHY, late of Victoria-park, near Manchester, who died on the 7th of April, was proved in the district registry at Manchester, on the 4th ult., by MRS. SARAH LANGWORTHY, the widow, ANTON PHILIP RUDOLPH WEDMEYER and BENSON WILLIAM CLEGG, the executors, the personal estate in the United Kingdom, including leasehold property, being sworn under £1,200,000. The stamp duty paid on the probate amounted to £16,500; the legacy duty to be paid in addition, will also amount to a very large sum. The testator bequeaths to his wife, all his furniture, pictures, plate, horses, and carriages, and other household effects, his residence at Victoria-park, and a pecuniary legacy of £300,000, to be paid immediately after his decease, in cash, or in such securities as she may select; to his nephew, EDWARD MARTIN LANGWORTHY, £100,000; upon trust for his niece, FLORENCE LANGWORTHY, and her children, £50,000; to each of the sons of his brother LEWIS, £35,000; upon trust for each of the daughters of his said brother and their children, £25,000; to his said brother LEWIS LANGWORTHY, £20,000; upon trust for MRS. HANNAH LANGWORTHY, the wife of his said brother, for life, and at her decease for their children £10,000; to his wife's sister, ELIZABETH FRANCES HEAVEN, £20.000; to his wife's sisters SOPHIA and HARRIET HEAVEN, £5,000 each; upon trust for MRS. ANNIE JANE CRITCHFIELD and her children, £40,000; upon trust for MRS. MARIA DOLORES CLEGG and her children, £40,000; to be equally divided between SARAH and SOPHIA RYLEY and MARY FISHER, the daughters of his late uncle, £4500.; to each of his executors for their trouble, £1000.; to MR. WEDMEYER, in addition, £2000; to the REV. ALEXANDER MACLAREN and WILLIAM BICKHAM, £100 each; to such of his servants engaged in or about his domestic establishment who have been twenty years in his service, £250 each; to those who have been ten years in his service, £100 each; to those who have been five years in his service, £50 each; and to the remainder, £5 each. The testator then says: "I bequeath to the trustees of the Manchester Grammar School, £10,000 upon trust, to invest the same in their names in or upon such securities as they shall deem most advisable, and to divide the income arising therefrom into twenty equal parts, in order to constitute twenty annual scholarships (each of such parts constituting one scholarship), which scholarships respectively shall be open to general competition among the students at the Manchester Grammar School, and shall be tenable during the space of one year, as a reward for proficiency shown by the student to whom the same shall be awarded in one or more of the following branches......viz., classics, mathematics, physical science, and modern languages. And I declare that the mode of conducting the examination for the same, the subject of such examination, and the conditions upon which such scholarships shall be held, shall be from time to time prescribed by the trustees and High Master of the said school. Provided always that the examination for such scholarships shall be in one or more of the above-mentioned branches, and that no greater number than seven of such scholarships shall be awarded in any one year to students under the age of 18 years, and no greater number than six to students over the age of 18 years and under the age of 19 years, unless the trustees and High Master shall think fit. And I declare that, if the said trustees and High Master shall not in any one year award the whole of the said 20 scholarships, then and in such case the share of income, constituting the scholarships so unawarded shall be accumulated and invested by the trustees of the said school, and the interest arising from such accumulations, when invested, shall be applied in increasing the value or amount of the said 20 scholarships in subsequent years, or in increasing the number of scholarships, as may be from time to time deemed most advantageous by the trustees of the said school. Provided always, that if in future years it shall not be deemed advisable either to increase the value or number of such scholarships, then and in such case the said accumulations may be applied by the trustees of the said school in or towards such other purposes for increasing the usefulness of the said school, as they may consider desirable. I bequeath to the Corporation of Salford £10,000 upon trust, to apply the same for the benefit of the museum and library now established in Peel-park, Salford; and I direct that the same shall be expended either inn the purchase of additional specimens for the museum, or in extension of the library, or in both of such objects, as they shall deem most advisable; and I empower them to expend the said sum in or upon one or both of such objects, or to invest the same and apply the annual income for the benefit of one or both of the same objects. The deceased leaves the residue of his property, real and personal, to his wife. The probate, granted on the 20th of January last, at Dublin, of the will and four codicils of the RIGHT HON. WILLIAM MEREDYTH LORD, BARON ATHLUMNEY in the Peerage of Ireland, and BARON MEREDYTH in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, late of Somerville, Balrath, Navan, in the county of Meath, to HERBERT RIVERSDALE MANSEL JONES and JOHN CORNWALL, the executors, was sealed in London on the 19th ult., the aggregate value of the personal estate in England and Ireland being sworn under £12,000. The will, dated the 16th of Nov., 1834, of LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM HENRY ELLIOTT, G.C.B., Knight of Hanover and Colonel of the 51st Foot, who died on the 27th of March last, at No. 20, Cambridge-square, was proved on the 1st. inst., by DAME JANE ELLIOTT, the relict, the sole executrix, to whom he gives and bequeaths all his property. The will and codicil, dated respectively the 2nd of July, 1870, and the 7th of February, 1872, of MISS MARY MASTERMAN, late of Forest-rise, Walthamstow, who died on the 20th of April last, were proved on the 12th ult., by THOMAS MASTERMAN, the brother, and HENRY MASTERMAN and the REV. CHARLES HARRIS, the nephews, the executors, the personal estate being sworn under £50,000. There are considerable legacies, and the residue is left to testatrix's said brother THOMAS MASTERMAN. The will of the late SIR ALFRED JOSEPH DOUGHTY TICHBORNE has only just been proved, under a nominal sum. The will, with three codicils, of ALEXANDER HADDEN, late of Old Park House, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, LEICESTERSHIRE, HAS BEEN PROVED UNDER £30,000. The wills of the following persons have also been recently proved; CAPTAIN WILLIAM CARLETON, R.N., late of the Albany, Piccadilly, under £50,000; MRS. ELIZABETH GREGORY, wife of the RIGHT HON. WILLIAM HENRY GREGORY, late of Kandy, Ceylon, under £35,000; The REV. CHARLES GLOSSOP, under £30,000; SIR ANDREW SNAPE HAMOND-GRAEME, under £3000; and CONSTANTINE GERALOPULO, late of No. 21, Pembridge-gardens, under £45.000. [ from Illustrated London News ]