WILLS AND BEQUESTS, The will and codicil both dated 1 August, 1885) of the Right Rev. Hibbert Binney, Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia, late of Halifax, Nova Scotia, who died at New York on April 30 last, were proved on March by the Rev. William Hibbert Binney, the son, and Lewis Hill Bliss, the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to upwards of £66,000. The testator bequeaths £6OOO and an annuity of £l2OO to his wife, Mary ; annuities of £750 each to his three children and to his son-inlaw. Captain Herbert Belfield ; £5OO to his cousin, the Rev. Douglas Binney ; 2000 dels, to the Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia, upon trust, to pay the income to the Bishop of the See for the time being ; 2000 dols. to the said synod, upon trust, for educating the children of two or more clergymen ; 2000 dols. to the said synod, upon trust, for the support of clergyman, to be at the disposal of the Bishop; 2000 dols. to the said synod, upon trust, to invest and accumulate the income till such time as a refuge for fallen women shall be established at Halifax, when the income is to go towards the expenses thereof ; and legacies to executor and servants. The residue of his real and personal estate he leaves to his three children and his grand-daughter, Mary Clare Belfield.

NOTE   There are a very large number of articles in the papers about Hibbert Binney.  Many about him protesting about rate charges or the loss of income.  It is not surprising therefore that he left the huge sum (at that time) of £66000

RECTORY HOUSE, NEWBURY, BERKS. Neat HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Books, Grates, Roll Blinds, handsome Brass Curtain Poles, neat Four-wheel Phfeton. and various uselul effects. MR. ALEXANDER DAVIS is favoured with instructions from the Executors of the late Rev. Hibbert Binney. D.C.L., Sell by Auction, Wednesday, the 23rd day of September, 1H57. the premises, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, a portion of the useful Household Furniture. Ik the Bedrooms.—Mahogany and painted 4-post French and {tent bedsteads, straw palliasses, chests of drawers, mahogany dressing and painted night chests complete, mahogany lady's winged wardrobe, painted clothes press, washstand, dressing tables, &c. the Dining akd Drawing Rooms. —Eighty yards of new elegant tapestry pattern Brussels carpet, capital urkey carpet, chimney glass in gilt frame, steel-top cast and brassmounted fenders and lire irons, fdining room, library, and spring seat easy chairs, in hair seating covered in red morocco, set of mahogany telescope, dining, 100, and other tables, 3-tier dumb waiter, set of bookshelves, fire screens, 36m. register and Bath grates,fhandsome brass curtain poles, with ornamental ends, rings and mirror holders, also a few kitchen utensils. May be viewed the Morning of Sale, and Catalogues had of the Auctioneer, Valuer, and Estate Agent, Market-place, Newbury, Berks.

DEATH OF THE REV. HIBBERT BINNEY, D.C.L.

We have this week the melancholy duty of announcing the death of the Rev. Dr. Binney, the Rector of St. Nicholas' Church, in this town. For many months it had been observed that Dr. Binney was labouring under a disease, which by degrees incapacitated him for the discharge his ministerial functions, and latterly these have solely devolved upon the respected curate, the Rev. H. T. White. Easter Sunday was the last occasion on which Dr. Binney officiated; since then his illness gradually assumed character so serious as to create great anxiety and alarm among his relatives and friends, and most of them were summoned to the rectory, where they remained until after his death, which took place at ten minutes before nine o'clock, on Saturday evening, the 6th instant. The Rev. Dr. Binney was appointed to the rectory (as successor to the late Rev. J. Roe,) August, 1838, by Lord Melbourne, then Prime Minister; the right of presentation being, at that time, in the Crown: he has, therefore, held the living for a period of 19 years, within a few months. By an order Council, dated, August 11, 1854, Her Majesty ratified scheme of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, for transferring the patronage of the rectory of Newbury, from the Crown to the Bishop of the Diocese, in exchange for one in Hertfordshire. Although the late rector, from physical inability, was unable to visit the sick and the poor, yet he ever evinced much anxiety for their welfare. The poor, in him, found a friend; true it was they seldom saw him at their homes, but they knew that at the rectory they had a truly sympathising friend, and visits to him were not unheeded or lightly treated. His charity knew no bounds, and many a heart and home have been made glad by the beneficence displayed at the rectory. The parishioners however, were not neglected in that ministerial care which ever required, for the Rev. H. T. White, during the last eight years ot his residence, has been unceasing in his attention to the sick and the distressed, and most energetic in the discharge of his more public duties, by which means he has won for himself the affectionate esteem and regard of the whole of the parishioners. The remains of the deceased will be interred this day (Saturday}, in that part of St. Nicholas' Churchyard, known as the "Garden." The inhabitants generally have been invited to attend the funeral. During the week, the following memorial has been signed by the Mayor, Town Councillors, Magistrates, Churchwardens, and a large number of the most respectable inhabitants of the Borough:— To the Rev. Henry Towry White. " Rev. Sir, —We, the undersigned inhabitants of the town and parish of Newbury, desire at this time to express to you the deep and sincere respect and regard which we entertain towards you, and the gratitude we feel for the kind, constant, and faithful attention which and the inhabitants generally of this parish have received during the eight years you have ministered to us, as the curate of this parish. " The death of our rector will necessarily lead to very impor - tant changes. We know not what effect those changes may have the relation of minister and people, which has so long and so satisfactorily subsisted between you and us; but we are impelled by deep sense of the sincerity and faithfulness with which you have laboured among us, to say, that we shall deeply regret if your ministrations should cease. We know that the duties you have undertaken, and for so many years cheerfully fulfilled, as the curate of this parish, have been most laborious, and it would be to us source pleasure if cirenmstances should so occur, to induce you to remain amongst us, and, if it should please God, to continue your ministrations in this place or neighbourhood."

NEWBURY. Funeral of the late Rector.—

The mortal remains of the Rev. Hibbert Binney, D.C.L., were on Saturday last conveyed to their final resting place, in St. Nicholas' Churchyard. As mark of respect to the departed, nearly the whole of the shops in Bartholomew-street were closed when the funeral cortege passed. Some of the clergy in the neighbourhood, the Mayor, and many of the tradesmen walked in the procession, and they were joined at the grave by a large number of other inhabitants. The funeral service was impressively read by the Rev. Henry T. White, curate. On Sunday morning, the Rev. H. T. White preached a funeral sermon on the late Rector. The rev. gentleman selected his text from the Ist chapter 2nd epistle to Timothy, the latter part ot the 12th verse—" I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day." The discourse was most appropriate for such a solemn occasion, and the rev. preacher feelingly alluded to the late Rector, who, he said, had laboured among "them nearly score of years; he spoke the many acts of kindness shown by him to the poor. The congregation was very large, and the sermon appeared to make a deep impression upon all present.