Mr. Rhodes's will, which was published on Saturday last, disposes
of property which it is believed amounts to 0,000,000, but which some calculations put as high- as £9,000,000. The executors aae Lords Rosebery, Grey, and Milner, and Mr. Belt, Dr. Jameson, Mr. Michell, and Mr. Hawksley. After desiring that he shall be buried in the Matoppos on the hill called " View of the World," and pro- viding funds for making there a Rhodesian Westminster Abbey, he begins the Oxford bequeath, which are the chief feature of the will. He leaves £100,000 to his old College, Oriel, but as College authorities " live secluded from the world, and so are like children as to commercial matters," they are to take the advice of the trustees of the will as to investments. All the Oriel College stipulations are excellent, but unless they have greatly changed of late Mr. Rhodes's impression that College Bursars are bad men of business is not well founded. They are often very shrewd managers. The High Table endowment is a very sensible one. After setting apart De Groot Schuur as an official residence, with the stables and men-servants needed for a dignified establishment " all found," for the Prime Minister of a Federated South Africa, and till then as a public park, Mr. Rhodes proceeds to found a number of scholarships of £300 a year each, to be held by young Colonists, young Americans, and young Germans at Oxford. Of the Colonial scholarships, twenty are to be given every year, and to be tenable for three years. The scholars are to be drawn from all the chief educational institutions in the Colonies. The American scholarships are to number two for every State and Territory in the Union, but only one of the two is to be filled up each year. In the case of Germany, fifteen scholarships are to be established and to be filled up by nomination of the German Emperor.
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