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Oct . 16 , in Tralee , Ireland , aged 75 , after a protracted illness , Jerry StriiiiivAN , leaving . property to the amount of £ ' aa , ( xyd , ' which he bequeathed to the inhabitants of Tral ^ e , to be added to the sums already subscribed by them , for the purpose of
tjnaking a fund to defray the expenses of a law-suit , about to be carried on in the ensuing term , against the Denny family , to open the borough of that town ; and the overplus , if any , to form the commencement of a sinking fund , to secure the future
independence of the borough , by defraying tlie expenses of the popular candidate at any future contested election , and thereby encouraging talents and independence in the country ; and in ease the inhabitants should decline prosecuting such suit , then the said sum to
be applied in support of the different public institutions of the town , to be distributed as the grand jury shall think tit . The history of this rnan * s life is as extraordinary as his bequest : —In the early part of his career , he
was for many years an attorney s clerk , in which situation , by persevering industry and rigid economy , he amassed a considerable sum of money , and , considering himself independent , he resolved to become a man of
business . He did not hesitate long in making a choice > he commenced the trade of a stock-broker , or " advantageous money-lender , " and in a few years his success outran his most sanguine expectations . At his death he had liens on the estates of several of
the grandees in his neighbourhood . For the last twenty years he was the " collective wisdom" of the " western empire ; " his house was at nights the resort of all the knowing' ones ; and ,
as he had no family , their nocturnal orgies were not interrupted by any apprehensions of a curtain lecture , or any anxiety for an offspring , whose provisions those revels might lessen . ( Blackwood * s Edinburgh Mag . )'
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Oct . 21 , at Aberdeen , in his 80 th year , John Ewen , Esq . With the exception of various sums left to the
public charities of Aberdeen , he has bequeathed the bull *; of his property ( perhk | f ^ 15 , 000 or , £ 16 , 000 ) to the magistrates and clergy g' an hospital similar to mat of Gordon ' s Hospital at ? Aberdeen .
1821 . Oct . 3 , at Minal , the Rev . Charles Francis , M . A ., rector of that parish , and of Collingbourne-Ducis , both in Wilts , and one of the prebendaries of Sariim , The follow * ing bequests evince that his benevolence extended beyond the period of
since , £ 100 . To repair Minal Church , ( on the beautifying of which he expended in his life between ^ 1000 and , € 2000 , ) he has left the interest of ^ 100 for ever ; and the like to rep air that of Collingbourne . To augment the small rectory of St . Peter ' s
Marlhis life . He has enjoined £ 50 to be distributed among poor persons in each of the parishes of Minal and Collingbourne Ducis . To the poor of the parishes of West Tanfield and Wath , in Yorkshire , to which he was successively rector , nearly 40 years
borough , the interest of , £ 200 ; and the small vicarage of St . Mary ' s , in that town , £ 100 . To the Bath Infirmary , the Institution for the Instruction of Deaf and Dumb , and St . Luke ' s
Hospital for the reception of Lunatics , ^ 100 each . To the Salisbury Infirmary , £ 200 . Towards the Edifice Funds for the repair of Salisbury Cathedral , £ 200 . And the sum of £ 4000 to establish a Protestant Free-School
in Minal ; and the land on which it is to be built , this exemplary individual had ( through the kindness of General Calcraft ) purchased at a very easy rate , and duly enrolled during his life-time . All these legacies , as well as the provision made for his servants ,
Mr . Francis has directed to be j > aid clear of legacy duty . To the Bodleian Library at Oxford , of which University Mr . Francis was a * member , he has bequeathed such of the oriental manuscripts and works purchased by him of $ J | € 5 descendants of the late Prof ^»* l 0 || bcocke , as do not form a part of tnat collection .