The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-16 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)
The will of Bonamy Dobree, Esq., a city merchant, and a
director and late Governor of the Bank of England, was
proved in London on the 20th ult., by his only son,Bonamy
Dobree, Esq., sole executor. The personalty was sworn under
£70,000. The will bears date 1841, leaving his personal
estate between his son and two daughters. In a codicil,
deated Dec. 11, 1860, attested by Alfred Lytham, Esq., then
Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, and Henry
Freshfield, Esq. of Bank-buildings, the teal ator states that,
"whilst holding the office of Governor of the Bank of Eng-
land, I received from his Majesty the Emperor of Russia a
malachite vase, with an inscription, in acknowledgment of
the services which his Imperial Majesty considered had been
rendered to him by the Corporation of the Bank of England,
and also of the care which his Majesty was pleased to con-
sider I had individually bestowed in his interest." The
testator, highly prizising this memorial, has requested that
it should be held as an heirloom in his family, and has be-
queathed it on tbose terms to his son and to his issue.
The will of Thos. Brown Young, Esq., of Clapham-road,
was proved in London under £20,000 personalty. The bulk
of the property is to be held by the legatees for each of their
respective lives, and the reversions, as each life falls off, will
revert to. certain charities enumerated in the will, the
amounts varying from £4,000 to £2,000. The residue, which
is left to the testator's three brothers-in-law, is held in like
manner ; the share of each, expiring at his death, will re-
vert to the Infirmary for Children and Widows, Waterloo
Bridge-road. The other societies are the Dreadnought,
Cancer Hospital, British Lying-in Hospital, Royal Infir-
mary for Asthma and Consumption, City-road ; Royal Free
Hospital, East London Hospital, Victoria Park; Surrey
Dispensary, and Middlesex Hospital.
The will of Thos. Peters, Esq., of the Grange, St. John's-
wood, was proved in London under £140,000 personalty,
the executors and trustees being his three sons—John W.
Peters, Wm. W. Peters, and Joseph Peters, Esqrs., toge-
ther with Thos. Gascoigne Norcutt, Esq. The will was
executed in 1859, and two codicils in 1861 and 1863. To
his executors he leaves £l,OOO ; to St. Paul's Chapel
Schools, Kilburn, and the Operative Coachmakers' Bene-
volent Society, each £lOO. There are legacies to his
nephews, nieces, and grandchildren, and to his servants, To
his daughter he leaves the sum of £30,000, and the residue
of his property to his three sons before named.

Shocking Occurrence at the Fishmongers'

Almshouses.

Yesterday evening an occurrence of a painful nature took
place at the almshouses erected by the Fishmongers' Com-
pany in the Wandsworth-road for decayed members of their
company, which created considerable excitement amongst
the peaceful inhabitants of those buildings. The age of the
sufferer, and the still more advanced age of her husband,
added considerably to the sympathy expressed by all to
whom the occurrence became known.

It appears that Mr. Mecham, formerly of Newington-
butts, now aged 87, and who has for the last 12 years been
a recipient of the bounty of the above liberal and wealthy
company, being very infirm, had requested his wife, herself
74 years of age, to fetch him a pillow, and whilst upstairs
for that purpose her clothes unfortunately became ignited
by the candle she was carrying. Her screams aroused her
husband, who in spite of his infirmity, hurried upstairs as
promptly as he could, and endeavoured, but in vain, to ex-
tinguish the flames. Ho then went to call tho assistance of
neighbours, and by their joint exertions the burning clothes
were got away from the poor old lady. The Lady Superin-
tendent sent at once for Dr. March, of St• John's-hill, who
with a medical friend who chanced to be with him, at once
attended, and did everything which experience could sug-
gest to allay present suffering, and, if possible, prevent a
fatal termination to the case. The great age of the sufferer,
however, leaves but little hope that her system can recover
from the severe shock consequent upon the extensive inju-
ries she has sustained.

MORE INCENDIARISM IN YORKSHIRE.—On Mon-
day a fire broke out in the stack-yard belonging to
Mr. Daniel Gibson, the Grange, 0 ttringham, Holderness, in
such a manner as to lead to the belief that it was the work of
an incendiary, In the yard there were 11 sacks, and the fire
commenced in the centre one. On the alarm being given
Mr. Gibson and his men took steps to prevent the spread of
the fire by covering the adjoining stacks with wet blankets,
&e. A telegraphic message was sent to Hull for a fire-engine,
and after the lapse of.absut an hour and a half the engine
belonging to the Local Board of Health was on the spot.
There was a good supply of water, and the large number of
labourers who collected from the adjoining farms rendered
goad service. Fortunately, the flames were confined to the
stack in which they originated, but it was totally destroyed.
A man lead been seen lurking about the place in the early
morning, and he was apprehended near the spot by Super-
intendent -Wilkinson, of the East Riding Vonstabulary, on
suspicion of being tho incendiary.