The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-05 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London Jews.)

The will of Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson, late
Consul-General of Sardinia, formerly a member of
the Council and Assembly of New South Wales,
and lately reading at Prince's-gardens, Kensington,
was proved in London on the Ist ult. The personalty
was sworn under £40,000. The testator was for
many years the head of the mercantile firm of
Donaldson and Co., Sydney, and died at Carleton
Hall, Cumberland, the seat of his father-in-law, on
Jan. 11, at the age of 54. His will bears date Oct.
8, 1861, and two codicils in 1866. The executor
and trustees are George H. Donaldson, his brother ;
Samuel Rawlins, his brother-in-law ; Frederick
Cowper, his father-in-law ; Lady Donald Son,
his relict ; William Shilbeck, solicitor, his
brother-in-law; together with W. P. Faithful, of
New South Wales, and John B. Watt and Charles
Tarbury, both of Sydney. To each of the exam-
tors acting in the trusts he leaves a legacy of £100;
to his mother lie leaves £100; to his wife he leaves
all the furniture and other effects not otherwise dis-
posed of, with the carriages, horses, &c., and a
legacy of £5OO immediate, and an annuity of
£1,2u0. His several pieces of presentation plate
and other gifts he leaves to his wife for her life, and
after her decease he leaves them to his eldest son, to
be held as heirlooms. His estates in the colonies
of New South Wales and New Zealand, and in
England and elsewhere, are to be held iu trust to
pay thereout the said annuity, and to divide the
residue equally between all his children on their
attaining the age of 25 years.
The will of John George Abbot, Esq., of Otter-
caps and Tone Hall, Northumberland, was proved
in the district registry of Newcastle-on-Tyne,
and the personalty sworn under £600,000. The
testator was an extensive iron and brass founder,
and died at his residence, Saville-place, Newcastle-
on-Tyne, Feb. 5, aged 64. His will bears date
March 24, 1864. The executors and trustees are
Catherine Abbot, his relict ; Lawrence W. Adam-
son, his wife's brother, of Douglas, Isle of Man,
advocate ; Joseph Heald, merchant, and Edward
Glyn, solicitor, both of Newcastle-on-Tyne. To
the two last-named heleaves each a legacy of £l,OOO.
To his wife he leaves £lO,OOO and £5,000 a year.
To Mrs. Mary Abbot, his father's widow, £l,OOO
and £1,500 a year. To other relatives, both of his
own and his wife's family, and to some other per-
sons, he has left very liberal legacies, as well as
legacies to his servants. The residue of his pro-
perty, real and personal, he leaves to his wife abso-
lutely. _ _

The will of Richard Lambert, Esq., late of
Lowndes-square, Knightsbridge, formerly of New-
castle-on-Tyne, was proved in London, on the Bth
ultimojand the personalty sworn under £140,000.
The testator's brother, Nathaniel G. Lambert, Esq.,
of Denham Court, Bucks, is appointed sole execu-
tor,andthe
testatoesuccks,
cousin,
in,
Francis D. Lambert,
of the Coal Excbang London ; Thomas Ridley, Esq.,
of Newcastle •on-Tyne, barrister-at-law ; and
Edward Hall, Esq., of Weybridge, solicitor, are
trustees, to each of whom a legacy of £lOO is be-
queathed free of duty. The testator has left his
property, both real and personal, to his said brother
Nathaniel, absolutely, with the exception of £20,000,
which sum, upon the decease of his brother, is to be
divided equally between his two nieces, daughters
of his brother.

The late Mr. William Masters, of Stamford-hill,
has left to the Asylum for Fatherless Children, at
Reedham, £2OO ; to the Kingsland Congregational
Church, £2OO ; to the British and Foreign Bible
Society, London Missionary, Rome Missionary, and
London City Missions, each £75.
Mr. George Moon has bequeathed to the Reli-
gious Tract Society £lOO ; the Baptist Missionary
Society, £lOO ; and- leaves to the Bible Society the
residue of his property. The personalty was sworn
under £6,000.

Mrs. Frances Riley has bequeathed to the Blind
School, St. Mary's Hospital, and the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, each £5O.
The wills of the undermentioned persons were
recently proved :—Richard Harman Lloyd, £70,000
personalty ; William Turner, £60,000 ; Richard
Heywood, £70,000; Mark Huish, £4,000; Thomas
Alexander, £90,000 ; John James Cavan, .£40,000 ;
William Brooks, £30,000.
In the will of Alexis J. Doxat, given last week,
the legacy to the Society for the Relief of Foreigners
in Distress ought to have been stated as £3,000.