The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-19 00:00:00

RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)
The will of Sir Charles L. Eastlake, Kt., F.R.S",
D.C.L., of 7, Fitzroy-square, President of the Royal
Academy, was proved in London, on the 10th inst.,
by his relict, Lady Eastlake, the sole executrix.
The trustees are John Murray, Esq., of Albemarle-
street, and Austen Henry Layard, Esq., of 130,
Piccadilly. The personal property was sworn under
£40,000. Sir Charles died on Dec. 24, 1865, at
Pisa, in Italy, at the age of 72, having executed big
will only two days previous thereto, which is attested
by Henry Greene, chaplain to the British at Pisa'
and B. Elliott, F.R.S. Sir Charles has left to each
of his trustees a legacy of £5O, free of duty ; to his
male attendant, £3OO, and to his cook
£lOO,
free of duty ; to Lady Eastlake an ilwrie"
diate legacy of £3OO, and his residence,
with his pictures, drawings, engravings, works of
art, books, chattels, and all other household effects
whatsoever. The residue of his personal property
he divides into two equal parts, leaving one moiety
to Lady Eastlake absolutely, and bequeaths to her
ladyship a life interest in the other moiety, which at
her decease is to be equally divided amonghis three
nephews, William Eastlake, Charles Lock Eastlake,
and Henry Edward Eastlake, Esqrs.
The will of the Most Excellent Counsellor Fran'
cisco Jese da Costa Lobo, late of the city of Lisbout
was proved, in the London Court, under £lO,OOO
personalty in England, and probate granted to i 3
son, Antonio de Sousa a Silva Costo, 8.L., the sole
executor. The testator was a native of Larueg°l
and died at Lisbon on Dec. 7, 1865, having execute'
his will Feb. 24, 1863. The will is translated from
the Portuguese. He bequeaths to his wife an air
nuity of 300 milreis, and has left legacies to his two
sisters, a niece, and to his cousins. To his private
servant 360 milreis, and to each of his other ser"
vants 50 milreis, constituting his two sons sole heirs'
He concludes his will as follows As I owe to
the State and to the votes of my co-citizens the con-
tinued exercise of public functions, and having
always fulfilled my engagements according to tb°
dictates of my conscience, there only remains for
me to ask pardon for any errors of my inte'w-
gence."
The will of Henry Stanley, Esq., of Crosby gall'
near Liverpool, formerly of Hooton Hall, Chester,
and afterwards of Leamington Priors, was prey!,
in London, on the 13th ult., by Nicholas Bluudeot
' Esq., the nephew and sole executor. The persena,ibie
was sworn under £BO,OOO. The testator was "
brother of the late Sir Thomas Stanley gass:(;
Stanley, Bart. The will is dated Jan. 20, 18" 's
and the testator died on Feb. 17, 1866, at the ageust
75. He leaves his estates, real and personal, in tr
e'
to pay the dividends and interest to his sister, Cab e
rine Blundell, for her life ; and upon her decease
hl
directs the property to be divided into four ecluil,
parts between his three nephews, Nicholas Bluudele
Charles Blundell, and John Blundell, and his Diec
Frances:Blundell, share and share alike.
Tho late Mrs.liosetta Waddell, wife of j amen
Waddell, Esq., of Holford House, Regent's-Part'
has left the following bequests :—£soo for the erec-
tion of a fountain in Warwick-square, Newgatei
street; £3OO to the Society for the Prevention
Cruelty to Animals ; £3OO to the Printers' Pcosl°oo
Society ; £3OO to the Bible Society ; i2s•
to the Church Missionary Society, £2OO t° id,
Bartholomew's. To the Refuge for Destitute, Fie ',e
lane ; the Blind School, St. George's-fields ; tja,o
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Old Kent-road ; Gogh
College Hospital, and Charing-cross Hospital, eat;
£5O. To the poor of Christ Church, Newg:so ;
street, £lOO ; the poor of Hammersmith/
Chigwell, £25 ; Wanstead, £25 ; St. James's, Fjce
b,
dilly, £2O. To the National School, Christ Chur'
Newgate-street, £5O ; to the Lord Mayor for th
poor-box, £5O ;to the senior magistrate at eaeLlor.
the metropolitan police offices, £lO for the 13°.03
box ; and to the Sheriff of London for the tl
being, £5O for poor prisoners.

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PRO'
ES'r
NEWSVENDORS' BENEVOLENT AND PR"A '
1,1) t 0
INSTITUTION.—We observe with much pleasure tha''' t ,
pensioners are to be elected at the annual meeting °'4..
Newsvendors' Benevolent and Provident IrAstitn';'
which is to be held on Thursday next at the Nes°

change. A
THE SHEFFIELD AND LEICESTER LIFE
to
Sheffield and Leicester have severally presentoat.
e
the National Lifeboat Institution the cost of 3 f-
Each boat is named after the respective town• h lc,
ro!hi:
field boat is 32ft. long, and is to bo stationed at 11013;;10to
near Whitby; the Leicester lifeboat is 33ft. long, an 130th
be forwarded to Gorlestone, near Great Yarmouth. in.
places have not previously had boats belonging to the.sto
stitution. The lifeboats possess the usual charaethelloala
of self-righting and self-ejecting the water. The 6, d
-.0 the
boat on the way to its station is to be exhibited the
Botanical Gardens in that town on Whit Monday, enicaster
Leicester lifeboat will be shown to the people of Le d the
on the following day. The principal residents 9/1
working classes in both towns have most liberally Pr'e,
ported these humane undertakings, which ll lollsof
main monuments of their philanthropy, as by °l:o
'r iry
these two lifeboats both town; although situated
land, will be aiding directly in the great and national boat
of saving life from shipwreck. Commodious hi'
and
houses are in the course of erection at Runevricuild be
l
Gorlestone for the reception of the boats. It 511,,,° ,teral
added that the Great Northern, Midland, North'"sual,
and Great Eastern Railway Companies will, as '1 oe
convey the boats free of charge to their destinations.
and
institution has now 168 lifeboats under its charge'
their number is gradually increasing.
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AN INCIDENT OF TILE PANIC.—One d,
the panic deserves record to the honour of all ennee,rilnear,
It is said that when one of those great employers of lak-ost
the suspension of whose large operations is one of theliivia
universally regretted events of the crisis, was first kn°ay
to be in jeopardy, a brother contractor-whose name Tops
be readily surmised, for it has become throughout D'llet,
a household word for probity and straightforward 09°000,0-
as well as for enterprise and energy-called on hire' 3 The
panied by three other members of the same calling.
Ao
first had in his pocket £200,000, the other three XII° 'col
each. The half million was freely placed at the dlaiiid
of the tottering firm, on the condition that its 11°,0,00
be sufficient to insure its stability, and with frb'e offer,
and courage as honourable as was the generosity Of t d it iS
was at once declined. If this account be true,
toa which
stated on no slight authority, it is hard to ssy noble
party it does credit-tothose who, on
i.zald
sO die;
scale most th
, did as they were done by, or to those whO oott'"
cline assistance to such a gigantic amount, lesti
arrange-
not be fully adequate to supply the wants of cred.,tdea'r.
inents suddenly and violently overthrown—Boil 000'
ROBBERY OF,OOO AT BRADFORD.---°/1 4
,000
day afternoon a cash box, containing 020
local bank notes, bills, and drafts, was stole wool-
£4
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counting-house of Messrs. G. and W. the fir's
staplers, Cheapside, Bradford. The members °_oraajitted,
were absent at dinner when the robbery roore
but during their absence a clerk was present 1
adjoining that from which the cash-box taken.
"al note°,
the safe was locked. About £l5 NV&S in 10.12 irsits aa
appears that neither the door of the room
in gold coin, £1 17s. in silver, and the rest
_i
w%oat the
bills, which cannot, of course, be negotiated
c'otf_,,ittadi
signature of the firm or without forgery beinfg. e l'ut."o-5, an
The thief seems to have known tho habits o h. 'powers
to have chosen a favourable moment -whoa Via°
were at dinnner-for effecting the robbery.
holera haviog
News from Antwerp states that
i,rauts foal
broken. out on board a steamer carrying e.ta,„...be t°
Luxemburg, the authorities have compellea ate 6tatey
put to sea, followed and watched by a ship.o°_,.,.
which hats received onboard Nur a her pati PDP
war
the door o 1