The Sun.
London, England, 1805-12-24 00:00:00

;LORD NELSON's WILL.

THE Testamentary •Papors, thlatchlamented latch
Lord Nr.L.ko;,t were yesterdays , proved in notStors'
Common.; by .Eart:lslnsoll and Mr. HAsr.Ewoon,
his ii);ecutor3. •

The Will is dated 10th May, 1863, and there are
seven codicils (all, exce•prot c;-.in- his. Lordship's
hand7writing),' the latest of- which bears date the.
11th of SepteMber last.
Art annuity of one thousand' pounds a year-is be-
queathed to VISCOIIatCSS 'NELSON, widow of the de.
ceased. The 'estate and dukedom of Bronte are limit.:
ed'ill ouch 4 manner as to accompany ,the Barony of
NELSON (to which limitations the new creation of
Earl and Viscount NELSON, of Trafalgar, and of Mer-
ton, has been made to correspond). The insignia of
the various orders with which Lord NELSON was in-
vested are directed to be tmustnitted to the SUCCOS•
sive possessors of the Dukedom and Barony, in the
nature of heir-looms. The most remarkable of the
presents which he received from distinguished per-
sons, Band from public bodies, are distributed -among
his brother, Earl Nr.s.soN, and his two sisters, Mrs.
liot.Tort and Mrs. MAI:MLA:A : and to these, in equal
thirds, is bequeathed the residuary estate, The
gaCiei Are not 1111111eVOili. The qtaly. legacies to per-
sons not of Lord NELSON'S' flintily are, to Lady HA-
MILTON, to Mr. DAVISON, CO Captain HARDY, to
Mr. HASLEVOOP, tea. Miss HotiATto
Tuompsort, to Mr. JOHN SCOTT,. his Lordship's
Secretary, who fell by hisk side in the fatal fit bran
off Cape Trafalgar, and to the .liev. AL! .K,\Npu;a
JOHN SCOTT. The house and furniture at Merton,
and seventy acres of the adjoining land, are given to
Lady HAMILTON, - logether with a legacy of two
thousand pounds, and a lent charge on the Bronte
Estate, of five hundred pounds a year, during her
life.

An Official Letter'has,been written IP Sit ISAAC
HEARD, by cwnmaud of tilt!. PRINCE; Of WALIts,
itt-
form him, as Garter Principal King at Antis, that
it is the intention of His Royal' Highness to walk in
thc procession at the funeral ofj.ord NELSON, or to
attend a confortnably to imy other r.:gulation that
caly h adopted by. His Majesty's Ministirs on this
melancholy ocosion.

IYIANstox-HoosE.—Vesfer Mason, a private
in .the West Middlesex Militia,. and
labourer at the East-India Company's- warehouses,
were brought before the Loan Mnyoa, on a charge
of purloining a quantity of einnamonand quassia, the
property of the East4ndia .:otnpany. Forester,
Police-Officer, who took the Prisoners into custody,
stated, that he obserYed Mason going down'the ivii-
uories with a bundle under his coat ; on questioning
hint re:ative to the way he came by the property,
which appeared to be Past-India produce, he said,
he received it from \Volderidge, who pretended
that he had just bought it of an elderly woman.—
They could not tell, however, who the pretended
woman was, and the Officer took-theta into custody.
The Loan MAYOR ordered Woldefidge to be sent
on board the Tender, and Mason was conveyed to
his regiment.
PuBLIC-OPFICE, Bow.S.rarra.---Yesterday Law-
rence Keene, alas King, was charged with having re-
turned from Botany Bay before theterm of his ,sen-
tence had expired,!..-The Prisoner I.vas
,folly Com-
.
mittt.d for trial.