The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-12 00:00:00

_RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

Sir William Napier—The will of the late Lieut.-
Genoral Sir William Francis Patrick Napier,
K.C.8., late of Scinde House, Clapham Park, was
proved in the London Court of Probate, on the 2d
of March, by his relict, Lady Caroline Amelia
Napier, sole executrix, the personalty being sworn
under £40,000. He has bequeathed to Lady Napier
his real and personal estates in trust, that she
should receive the income arising therefrom for
her life, and upon her decease the property to be
divided among five of his children—namely, his son
John and his daughters, the Countess of Arran,
Mrs. Bruce, and Emily and Caroline Napier, but
has excepted from any share therein his daughter
Mrs. Miles, from her being amply provided for.
The will was made on the 9th of April, 1859, and.
Sir William died on the 12th of February, aged 74.
The deceased General was distinguished both as
an officer in the field and in the " mks" of litera-
ture.

Captain Moorsom—The NN ill of the late Capt.
Moorsom, R.N., C.B
whereh itb y , York,
and late of Vernon-terrace,, formerl
Brighton,hofWhedied
on the 4th of February, at
proved in London on the o
24th of the age of 44, was
the same month,
and probate granted to his brother, Robert Moor-
som, Esq., the sole acting executor ;.power being
reserved to William -Ward, Es
buildother exec
ings, Temple, the q""
of Plowden-
utor. Personalty
£30,000. He has
devised his freehold at Whitby
to his •
his
personal said brother Robert, and bequeathed 7
is
personal estate between his said brother
and his sister, the wife of the Rev. John
Graham. The will bears date the 17th of Novem-
ber, 1857, He was celebrated for his invention of
the " shell," and had seen much active service, was
in the first Chinese war and throughout the whole
of the Russian war, and had acquired several badges
of distinction, English and foreign.
Lady Pearl.—The late Lady Anne Pearl, relict
of Sir James Pearl, of St. John's, Newfoundland,
had executed her will just previously to her leaving
that island for England in 1844, "considering the
dangers of the sea," as she herself expresses it in her
will. She died at her residence, Brompton-row,
Kensington, without leaving any known relative
whatever. She was possessed of landed estates ha
Newfoundland, and devises certain portions, called
Mount Pearl, consisting of 400 acres, with the build-
iegs thereon, to her friends Mrs. Eliza Bulley and
Mrs. Wix Saunders, their heirs and assigns, but no
part thereof is to be sold. She bequeaths to her old
- servant John Lester, and his heirs, 100 acres, part
thereof bordering on the river, to be hereafter called.
"Anna Vale," no part of which is to be sold. To,
Mr. Robert R. W. Lilly, one of her executors, anti
who proved the will in the Supreme Court of Pro-
' bate in Newfoundland, she has bequeathed the
copper mine at Shoal Bay, together with 100 acres
of land, to him and his heirs and assigns for ever.
Lady Pearl not having disposed of the residue of
her property, and there being no next of kin, the
Solicitor to the Treasury has administered
thereto
on behalf of the Crown.—lllustrated London Aims:.

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Major-General tho Hon. A. A Dalzell will 'AM-
ceed Major-Geueral Eden in the command of the Cofa dis-
trict on the Ist of April.—Army and Navy Gazette..
TIM WRECK OF TIIE ROYAL CHARTER..—Ope-
rations are about to be commenced for the purpose of
raising the 'wreck of the ill-fated Royal Charter steamer. A
steam-tug and several fiats have been moored near the spot,
and a large number of casks and spars have ',Ron brought
from Liverpool to assist in weighing up the remains of the
unfortunate vessel. On Thursday evening ebb tide was one
of the lowest that has been known for years, and a large
portion of the ship was exposed to view. It was anticipated
that an attempt would be made on Friday to float some part
of the vessel. A number of men were employed under
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Cap-
tain Martin, the representative of Messrs. Gibbs and
who have purchased the wreck of the underwriters,obu (34.
t. .
to post time nothing had been done. A lftrgea Me unaccotunq
gold is still believed to be about the remains, one
giving the sum
value
gold of the of
after-
noon a labouring man picked up a bar of.
in charge of the
at as much as Z 120,000. On Tuesday
£lOO off the rocks. He at once placed it,
salvage. The work
some 15 or 20 per cent, in the shape of
as it is thought
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brought up in a.
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