The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-23 00:00:00

RECENT WILLS AND BEQrESTS.

(From the Illustrated _London News.)
The will of Lady Rowley, of Tendring Hall, Stoke-by.
Nryland, Suffolk, aLd Hyde-park-square, and relict of Ad-

miral Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley, Bart., 'ho died in 1857,
was proved in London on the 21st ult. The testatrix, Char-
lotte Lady Rowley, died in Dec. last, at Glemham House,
Suffolk, without issue. Her la lyship was the only daugh-
ter of John Moseley, Esq. The will, which is of consider-
able length, bears date 1853, and a codicil August, 1861,
the surviving and ac ting executor nominated being her
brother-in-law, Sir C. R. Rowley, Bart., who succeeded to
the title. The personal property is £25,000. The freehold
estates in Berkshire, Suffolk, and in London, over which her
ladyship had a power of disposition, she devises to the eldest
son of her cousin, Letitia Lofft, and disposes of a sum of
£15,000 to Sir Wm. Payne Gallwey, Bart., and others,
who are her relatives on her mother's side, appointing her
cousin, Henry Capel Loth, Esq,, residuary legatee. There
are the following charitable bequests—namely, to the Bri-
tish and Foreign bible Society, £100; Church Missionary
Society, itoo ; London City Missions, £lOO , Sailors'
Orphans' Home, Frognall, Hampstead, £lOO, Idiot
Asylum, £lO6 ; and cq. Mary's Hospital, £2OO. There is
also left to Muller's Orphan Home, Bristol, a sum of £5O,
and some articles of plate for the use of the orphans.
The late Miss Frances Elizabeth West, of Kemp Town,

Brighton, v. hose will has just been preyed in London, died
possessed of personal property estimated for probate duty
at £45,000, and has left the following bequests to charitable
institutions—viz., the Sussex County Hospital, Church
Missionary Society, Colonial 111issionto y Society, Church
Pastoral Aid Society, Old Irish Society, and the Society for
Promoting Christianity among the Jews, to each a legacy
of £lOO.
The M ill of Lieutenant-General George Morton Eden,
late of Onslow-square, who died at Berne, in Switzerland,
in November last, was administered to in the London Court
of Probate on the 24. h ultimo, the deceased being possessed.
of personalty in this country estimated at £25,000. The
will, which was executed a week previous to his decease, is
d entirely in the gallant General's own
very
concise,handwriting, and contained in these words :—" I give and
bequeath the whole of my property, whatever I possess, to
my dear wife, for her sole and entire benefit and use."
The will of Lieutenant-Cu onel Robert Butler, of her
Majesty's Ind an army, late of Welbeel-street, Cavendish-
square, was proved in London by the executers, therein
nominated—namely, his two nephews, the Rev. John
Butler and Francis George Butler, Esq. (the sons of the
testator's deceased brother, John). The personal property
was sworn under £12,000. The gallant Colonel, who died
in December last, executed his will the month preceding,
which was attested by Major Robert Trew, Madras Army,
and J. G. French, surgeon. The dispositions are solely
confined to the members of the Colonel's family; bequeath-
ing legacies to his brothers, nephews, and nieces; directing
trinkets and other articles to be given by his ext cutors at their
discretion amongst his (the testator's) relatives and fn'ends,
leaving the entire residue of his estate and effects,
t including
his property in his agent's hands at Madras, o his eight
nieces, in equal proportions.
Esq., of Deepdene,
The will of Henry Thomas Hope'
Surrey, and of Castle han and Piccadilly,
oßnlanthenD°na
6ithilgist., by the executors
n,
was proved in London,
the Earl of Lincoln, in conjunction
and trustees—na
h of whom a legacy of £l,OOO is bequeathed. The
with Edward Cane, Edward J Rickards, and Hugh Hope,
Esqrs., to eac
widow iEI also an executrix. The personalty in England was
sworn under £300,000. The testator held extensive landed
estates in Surrey, Gloucester, Warwick, and Monaghan, as
well as verylarge property in Holland. Mr. Hope was returned.
M.P. on three several elections, and represented East Loo
in 1830-2, and Gloucester 1833-4 and 1847.52, and died, at
the age of 54, in December last. The will bears date 1865,
bequeathing to his relict for her absolute use the residue of
his personal property, leaving also to her a life interest and.
an absolute power of disposition in and over all his manors,
lands, &c., in England, Ireland, and elsewhere,and all other
property, including jewels, pictures, sculptures, works of
art and vertu;; in default of which the whole of the property
is to be held for the use of testator's only child, Henrietta
Adele Countess of Lincoln, and her issue. The will con-
tains legacies to the Rev. Mr. Harness, General Marcusßeresford, and others, and to the servants, keepers, and
labourers on the estates.

Napole )n 111. is reported to have enjoyed him-
self very much at the late masked bolls. Le roy
amuse. why not? Count Bacciochi, I trust, will not
r
give me the lie, it I venture to say
that Napoleon is, after
all, a man of pleasure. No beardless habitue du Bel
liabile is more fond of dancing; no youth of 20 can boast
of dancing the Lanciers with more heartiness than that
stern statesman who is on the wrong side of 60. When
people suppose him to be buried in deep meditation and busy
eurodolling the world, he thinks perhaps of a pretty actress,
Mira So-and-so, and inwardly digests the drolleries of some
vaudeville like Turlututu. It is but fair to own that he
knows how to act the gallant to a lady; and I am sure
that, on the occasionotthe,srtecr, t marriage of Earl Cowley's
daughter with Lord Royston,
no fault
the British Embassy,
there was
fault to be found with his courtesy.--‘
Spectator.