The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-10 00:00:00

_RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will and two codicils of the late Cosmo
Orme, Esq., of Bryanstone-square, formerly book-
seller and publisher of Paternoster-row, firm of
Longman and Co., were proved in London on the
2fith of August, by Malcolm Orme, Esq., the ,
nephew, and Joseph Bonsor, Esq., two of the sur-
viving executors. Power reserved to Thomas
Brown, Esq., an executor; John Alston, Esq.,
another executor, died previously. The personalty
was sworn under £200,000. The will bears date
in' 1851, the codicils. in 1853 and 1855. He has
bequeathed to his nephew, Malcolm Orme, an im-
mfdiate bequest; of £lO,OOO, and appoint him
residuary legatee. He bequeaths to his niece,
Catherine Isabella Orme, the residence at Bryan-
sthn-square, with the household furniture and
effects, and the carriages and horses, a legacy of
£5OO, and an annuity of £l,OOO a-year. To each
of, his nieces a legacy £lO,OOO, besides other
legacies ; also, liberal bequests to others of
his family. To Mr. Thomas Brown, £l,OOO.
To the Booksellers' Provident Institution
£lOO, and Booksellers' Provident Retreat, £7OO.
T 9 his servant. Edward Palmer £5OO, and legacies
to his other servants. All legacies free of legacy
duty.
'rhe will, with three codicils, of the late Lady
Sydney Morgan; relict of the late Sir Thomas
Charles Morgan, M.D., were proved in London, by
two of the executors, Charles Wentworth Dilke,
jup., Esq., and Duncan Macgregor, Esq., the other
executor Mrs. Sidney Jones, the niece, having re-
nqunced. The personalty was sworn under £16,000.
Tie will bears date 1854, and the codicils in 1858.
She has left specific bequests as mementos to several
of the nobility who were her distinguished and
much-valued patrons, amongst them the Duke of
Wellington, the Marquis of Norrnanby, the Earl of
Carlisle, Countess Beauchamp, Viscountess Comber-
mere, and Viscountess Dungarvan. To Sir Charles
Clark, her brother-in-law, she leaves £3OO ; to
her niece, Mrs. Sidney Jones, £3,000, and has
appointed her residuary legatee, but to share the
plate with her niece, Mrs Geale, who has a legacy
ofi £2,000;. leaves to Henry Arthur Savage, her
grandnephew, £l,OOO, and the Greek and Latin
classics from her library to assist in his education ;
to the Theatrical Fund for Distressed Actors, £lOO,
but, if discontinued, then to the college now erect.:
ing ; to the Poor Governesses' Institution, £200;
and to the Poor Needlewomen's Society, £lO.
Legacies to her servants. .The MSS. of her
late husband she has left to Dr. Robert Fergu-
son, M.D. The last of his literary produc-
tions, she remarks, was Angels on Earth,
prepared for the New Monthly, and was re-
plete with wit and humour, the proofs were cor-
rected by him shortly before his death. Her own
MSS. she leaves to her executor, Mr. Dilke, and
Mr. Hepworth Dixon. The bust in marble of her-
siell:,htasakednireincted
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administered to by his sisters, Mrs. Hannah n,Prit-
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and Miss Ann Alsager. Personalty £45,000.
.
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A STEAMBOAT BURNT.—On Thursday morning
about two o'clock, an alarm was given that the steamboat
Olive, one of the tugs belonging to the Commissioners of
the river Wear, and then lying in the half-tide basin of the
sea outlet to Sunderland Docks, was on fire. Dense volumes
of smoke were at that time issuing from the fore part of the
steamer, which was immediately boarded by the dock ratta-
ter and his assistants. Great exertions were made to extin-
guish the fire without moving the vessel, but this was
found to be'" impossible, upon which she was shifted into
the outer basin, a work of great difficulty, seeing that the
whole of the hull was then inflames. The removal, however,
was successfully accomplished, and within an hour of the
discovery of the fire the burning mass was scuttled. It is
fortunate that no explosion occurred, as there was steam in.
the boiler during all the time of the conflagration. The
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heat on board was so intense that the vessel's engines and
upon n.
insured the Com
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were red-hot. All was right on board the Olives
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the County fire-office.
RESIGNATION OF SIR CHAPMAN MARSHALL.--It
is with regret We announce that it is the determination of
Sir Chapman Marshall, Knt., to resign his Aldormanic
gown, and with it all official connexion with the Ward of
Bridge Within.. He was elected. Alde7 Jan. 18th,
1832, succeeded Alderman Garrett. He rved as 'Sheriff
in 1830, and was L6rd Mayor in 1839. •t is probablelSir
Chapman will make known his intention to the Court of
Aldermen on Tuesday week.—City Press.