The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-18 00:00:00

RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS,

The will, with three codicils, of the Right Hon.
Lord Sidney Godolphin Osborne, of Bartrams,
Hampstead, Middlesex, were proved in her Ma-
jesty's Court. of Probate on the 2d inst., by the
executors, Sir Ed ward Dundas, Bart., of Beech-
wood, Midlothian, N.B. ; Capt. Frederick Paget,
Coldstream Guards; and Capt. G. J. W. Melville,
Coldstream Guards, the testator's nephew. The
personal property was sworn under £200,000. The
will bears date Sept. 11, 1845, the codicils 1847
and 1849. The large fortune of which the testator
died possessed, consisting both of realty and per-
sonalty, he has bequeathed to his brother, Lord
Godolphin a portion of it in trust during his life,
and upon his decease to pass to his children. The
testator also gives to his brother the residue of his
estates and property absolutely. These bequests
to his brother are subject to the payment of
various legacies to friends, his executors, his ser-
vants, and others. We must not omit to mention
that the testator, Lord Osborne, died a bachelor,
at the age of seventy one.
The will ofLieutenant-Colonel Duncan M'Pher-
son, of Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square, was
proved in London on the 27th ult., by the execu-
tors therein nominated, being his relict, together
with the testator's brother, George Gordon M.Pher-
son, Esq., and his nephew, Berkley Augustus
M'Pherson, Esq. The will bears date in 1857, and
the Colonel died at Boulogne on the 6th February
last. The testator bequeaths all his property, real
and personal, in trust for the benefit of his widow
during her life, subject to the contingency of their
two daughters marrying in the lifetime of their
mother ; should this event occur, the daughters are
to receive a fourth each of the entire property, and
these ladies will also ultimately, on the decease of
the widow, take the residue.

The will of John Clarke, Esq., Beaufoy-terrace,
Maida Vale, was provedpin the London Court on
the 26th of last month by Henry R. Mark, Esq., of
Highbury-crescent, and James Searle, Esq., of Bar-
tholomew-lane, the executors. The personalty was
sworn at £16,000. Mr. Clarke died on the 23d of
February last, and his will bears date the 9th of
October, 1858. This gentleman has left his pro-
perty principally to public charities and institu-
tions. He directs the realty to be sold, which, to-
gether with the personalty, is to be applied to the
payment of all the various bequests. Mr. Clarke
possessed feelings of philanthropy rarely, if ever,
surpassed, as we may almost say the whole of his
property, with a few exceptions, is devoted to cha-
ritable purposes. We give the list of the charities
referred to :—To the British and Foreign Bible
Society, the Church Missionary Society, and the
London City Missions, immediate legacies of 1.:500
to each. The Religious Tract Society, the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, St. George's-fields, and the Bishop
for the time being of Rupertsland for the missions
there, £250 each. To the Scripture Readers and the
Moravian Mission Societies, £2OO each ; and a like
bequest of £2OO to each of the following hospitals :
Charing-cross, King's College, St. Mark's, St.
George's, St. Mary's, and the Gray's Inn-road
Free Hospital; added to which the sum of £lOO is
directed to be laid out in aid of local charities in
connexion with St. Paul's Chapel, Kilburn. The
residue of the property is also given amongst the
four first enumerated charities and the two executors
in six equal proportions. This philanthropic gentle-
man has most generously directed that all his e-
quests of every kind are to be paid free of legacy
duty.
The will of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Wm.
Pasley, K.C.B , Hon. D. C.L., was proved in London
on the 9th inst. This distinguished officer belonged
to that scientific branch of the army, the Royal En-
gineers, and passed a long life in the discharge of
his military duties, and held the appointment of In-
spector-General of Railways. The General's will
bears date Nov. 8, 1856, and the executors nomi-
nated are his sons, Captains Charles Pasley, R.E.,
and George M. Pasley, R.A., and his son-in-law, ,
Captain H. W. Taylor, R.E. The personalty was
sworn under £12,000. General Sir Charles Pasley's
will is strictly a family one. He has left his pro-
perty, real and personal, together with investments
in railway shares and property in India, to his two
sons and daughters, the wife of Capt. Taylor. There
is an exception in favour of his eldest son, to whom
the General has left his plate bearing the family
arms, books, &c., together with a gold snuff-box
presented to the testator by the Corporation of the
City of London in 1838 for his valuable services in
blowing up and removing the wrecks of two vesselsiver
which obstructed the navigation of the R
Thames. This gallant General died at his residence,
Norfolk-crescent, Hyde park, on the 16th February
last, at the advanced age of 81.
The will and two codicils of Ralph Lindsay,
Esq., M.A., of Durham Lodge, Norwood, was
proved in London on the 25th ult., by the Rev.
Ralph Lindsay Loughborough, vicar of Pirton,
Herts, The testator's nephew, and William Elliott
Duncan, Esq., solicitor, London, the executors.
This gentleman is of ancient descent. He died
possessed of real and personal property, together
with Church livings, which he bequeathed
in the following manner : To his nephew,
the Rev. R. L. Loughborough, he leaves
the presentation of the livings of Braintree, Essex,
and of Pirton and lckleford, in Herts, together with
his copyhold estates situate at Kennington. This
gentleman also takes a fourth part of the residue of
the whole of the testator's estate, to whom he has
left exclusively his carriages, horses, &c. To his
nephew, T. Lindsay, resident in New South Wales
he bequeaths also a fourth of the residue of his
estate. To his niece, Jane Spink, who resided with
the testator, he also leaves a fourth of the residue
together with his furniture, library, and other
effects. To his niece, Isabella Jane Duncan, wife of
W. E. Duncan, Esq., the testator's executor, he
leaves the remaining fourth of the residue, bequeath-
ing to the latter his law library. There are legacies
to his servants, and an annuity of £25 to his late
coachman.

The will of Sir William. Burnett, K.C.8., M.D.,
F.R S., dated December 7, 1859, was proved in the
London Court on the 10th inst. by his son, Rev. W.
Burnett, M.A., rector of Tangmere, Sussex, one of
the executors ; a power being reserved to the tes-
tator's &lighter, Mrs. Notts, widow, the other exe-
cutor. This gallant and esteemed gentleman was
well known, but especially to his naval brethren.
Sir Sir William had passed a long life in the n I
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and Trafalgar, and for these and other services Sinereials, be-
created K.C.8., and received four Wad ultimately
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stud T. Barson, both of Chichester. Sir William
died on 10th Feb. last, having attained the patri-
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THE RUSSIAN NAVY.—According to official docu-
ments published by the Russian Minister of Marine, Russia►
now possesses 242 steamers, of an aggregate power of 36,935
horses, and 2,374 guns, Also 71 sailing vessel's, with 1,477