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 iust''
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, 51),
Pisa, in Italy, at the age of 72, having executed hi!
will only two days previous thereto, which is attested
by Henry Greene, chaplain to the British at FIST.
and B. Elliott, F.R.S. Sir Charles has left to each
of his trustees a legacy of £5O, free of duty; tO hi°
male attendant, £3OO, and to his cook £lOO,

free of duty ; to Lady Eastlake an joule-
diate legacy of £3OO, and his residence:
with his pictures, drawings, engravings, works 01
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 3t
her decease is to be equally divided among his 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 Lish°l3,.:
was proved, in the London Court, under £lo,ouv
personalty in England, and probate granted to
son, Antonio de Sousa a Silva Costo, 8.L., the slse
executor. The testator was a native of Lanlegl
and died at Lisbon on Dec. 7, 1865, having execate,,,
his will Feb. 24, 1863. The will is translated frc''
the Portuguese. He bequeaths to his wife an an;
nuity of 300 milreis, and has left legacies to his tw
sisters, a niece; and to his cousins. To his private
servant-360 milreis, and to each of his other Or'
vants 50 milreis, constituting his two sons sole Mire'
He concludes his will as follows As I owe t°
the State and to the votes of my co-citizens the eca-
tinned exercise of public functions, and having
always fulfilled my engagements according to the
dictates of my conscience, there only remaieef°r
me to ask pardon for any errors of my Wel"-
gence."

The will of Henry Stanley, Esq., of Crosby gailt
near Liverpool, formerly of Hooton Hall, Chested
and afterwards of Leamington Priors, was Prc4l,l
in London, on the 13th ult., by Nicholas Blundell'
' Esq., the nephew and sole executor. The personal
was sworn under £BO,OOO. The testator was th
brother of the late Sir Thomas Stanley Masse;
Stanley, Bart. The will is dated Jan. 20, 18u(vi
and the testator died on Feb. 17, 1866, at the age !
:75. He leaves his estates, real and personal, trust
to pay the dividends and interest to his sister, Cath,O
rine Blundell, for her life ; and upon her decease he
directs the property to be divided into four equiT
parts between his three nephews, Nicholas Blunde11,
Charles Blundell, and John Blundell, and his niece,
Frances:Blundell, share and share alike.
The late Mrs. Rosetta Waddell, wife of James 13;ii
Waddell, Esq., of Holford House, Regent's-Par"
has left the following bequests :—X,500 for the erec-
tion of a fountain in Warwick-square, NewgAte:
street ; £3OO to the Society for the Prevention °I
Cruelty to Animals ; £3OO to the Printers' Pensi.°,ll;
Society ; £3OO to the Bible Society;
to the Church Missionary Society, £2OO to Pt.
~
Bartholomew's. To the Refuge for Destitute; Field
lane ; the Blind School, S. George's-fields ; the
s
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 'Old Kent-road ;1g
College Hospital, and Charing-cross Hospitals eac h
£5O. To the poor of Christ Church, Newg
4',3,t0e;
street, £lOO ; the poor of Hammersmith, "-
Chigwell, £25 ; Wanstead, £25 ; St. James's, ricer
dilly, £2O. To theNationalSchool, Christ Church' u
Newgate-street, £5O ; to the Lord Mayor for the
poor-box, £5O ;to the senior magistrate at each
the metropolitan police offices, £lO for the po°r 0
box; and to the Sheriff of London for the 01
being, £5O for poor prisoners.

NEWSVENDORS' BENEVOLENT AND pßovi---,
lINSTITUTION.—We observe with much pleasure that P_O
pensioners are to be elected at the annual meeting 01tline
Newsvendors' Benevolent and Provident Instittiti°"l
which is to be held on Thursday next at the Nevla
change.
THE SHEFFIELD AND LEICESTER LIFEIINTS...:,
Sheffield and Leicester have severally presented 7.
the National Lifeboat Institution the cost of a Wen
Each boat is named after the respective town. The
field boat is 32ft. long, and is to be stationed at itunel" to
near Whitby ; the Leicester lifeboat is 33ft. long, an 130th
be forwarded to Gorlestone, near Great Yarmouth•
places have not previously had boats belonging to the 0
stitution. The lifeboats possess the usual characteristicia
of self-righting and self-ejecting the water. The She,°teue
boat on the way to its station is to be exhibited la to
Botanical Gardens in that town on Whit Monday, an
Leicester lifeboat will be shown to the people of Leic''tito
on the following .day. The principal residents and
working classes in both towns have most liberally a"e„
ported these humane undertakings, which will long rof
main monuments of their philanthropy, as by meals;
these two lifeboats both towns, although situated far I;
land, will be aiding directly in the great and national 0t
of saving life from shipwreck. Commodious
houses are in the course of erection at Runswicko
Gorlestone for the reception of the boats. It should
added that the Great Norther; Midland, North-BOW:13i
and Great Eastern Railway Companies will, as 11111;
convey the boats freo of charge to their destinations. a
institution has now 168 lifeboats under its charge, all

their number is gradually increasing.
Of
AN INCIDENT OF THE PANIC.—One inciden-
the panic deserves record to the honour of all con°B,,,lll„e ,
It is said that when one of those great employers ()flaw-art
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the suspension of whose large operations is one of the 0),-,
be
to universally
readily surmised, for it has become throughout Europe
a household word for probity and straightforward condoe"
as well as for enterprise and energy - called on Win, anci°,3:e
panied by three other members of the same calling; „n- 00
first had in his pocket £200,000, the other three X""'„°sal
each. The half million was freely placed at the dis P-0
of the tottering firm, on the condition that its use wa-ess
be sufficient to insure its stability, and with a franner,
and courage as honourable as was the generosity of tha,, it 19
was at once declined. If this account be true, an ," jou
stated on no slight authority, it is hard to say to noble s
party it does most credit-to those who, on so 11°,,iblede-
scale, did as they were done by, or to those who coui-oatii
cline assistance to such a gigantic amount, lest it Si' gO'
not be fully adequate to supply the wants of credit arra°
ments suddenly and violently overthrowu.-Bailderrr.burS'
ROBBERY OF £4,000 AT BRADFORD.- -°° -,0 in
day afternoon a cash box, containing £4,'(l„, the
local bank notes, bills, and drafts, was stolen fr°-01..
counting-house of Messrs. G. and W. Townsend: vs,
th
staplers, Cheapside, Bradford. The members of
were absent at dinner when the robbery was nOinnirloool
but during their absence a clerk was present in an it
adjoining that from which the cash-box was tak:io; of
appears that neither the door of the room nor the „.1.15
the safe was locked. About £45 was in local notaests_nd
in gold coin, £1 17s. in silver, and the rest in dr fut
bills, which cannot, of course, be negotiated with omitted•
signature of the firm or without forgery being ootarn_ and
The thief seems to have known the habits of the firro;
_ors
to have chosen a favourable moment-when the pit tu
were at dinnner-for effecting the robbery.
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News ving
News from Antwerp states that cholera
; tS from
broken out on board a steamer carrying eimo-,ra, n tsin to
Luxemburg, the authorities have compelled the
of the
put to sea, followed and watched by a shiP
which has received on board four of her patieute. tate,