The Sun.
London, England, 1837-08-29 00:00:00

UNION-BALL.

Yesterday Sarah Griffith and Mary Ann Cadwallader
were brought before Mr. 'FRAM, and Mr. JEREMY, charged
with stealing a great quantity of cutlery and other articles,
the property of Mr. Holmes, an ironmonger, in Union-
street, Southwark.
The prisoners, who declined saying anything in their de-
fence, were committed.

THAMES POLICE.
Yesterday Robert Bailey, the master of the collier brig
Francis, appeared before Mr. BALLANTINE to answer an
information preferred by the City authorities for having on
the Ist of August illegally taken his ship higher up the river
than Limehouse, while the collier detension flag was flying
at Greenwich, without permission of the Harbour Master,
by which he had incurred a penalty of 101.
After hearing evidence,
Mr. BALLANTINE said that after the captain had com-
mitted the first offence he did all he could to prevent fur-
ther inconvenience ; and under those circumstances he
should mitigate the penalty to 41., and 20s. costs ; but he
must not repeat the offence, or he should inflict the full
penalty.
Lieutenant Mayott—The colliers give us a great deal of
trouble, Sir. We can scarcely enforce the port regulations.

Mr. BALLANTINE—We all have trouble in our respec•
tive vocations. I have trouble in enforcing the law some

times.

A Soiree was held in the Town-hall at Dunse on
Wednesday, by the members of the Dunse Temperance
Society and others friendly to the cause. Upwards of 100
persons of both sexes were present, and the evening was
spent in the most delightful and social manner.—Kelso
Chronicle.
AIRDREE, AUG. 19.—THE VOTER COOPER.—
Sheriff Alison held his Court for the registration of elec-
tors at Airdrie, on Saturday. When he came to the close
of the names of the county voters, he stated to the agent
appointed for the Liberal interest, that there was a man of
the name of Cooper, whose name he had erased on a former
occasion, by mistake from the roll, and asked if it was his
wish that the name should be enrolled anew. The answer
was No. We hold he stands at present on the roll. Both
the question and the answer were full of meaning.—Cor-
respondent of Glasgow Argus.
Two yolin, Parisians who had been dining together
0
were returning home about eight o'clock in the evening,
when, at the extremity of the Pont Louis Philippe, they
perceived a poor devil whose feeble minstrelsy had suc-
ceeded in drawing around him a little circle of idlers that
was dissipated in an instant when at the end of his song he
advanced to make his modest collection. One of the youths
who happened to have a fine voice, was affected ley the ap-
parent misery of the old man, and the hardness of heart
manifested by the audience. He had, perhaps, heard of tl a
anecdote of Garat and Ellevion, or had perhaps seen a few
days before the fat ce at the Pantheon, in which two students
array themselves in the attire of Bobeche and Galimaufre,
in order to perform a generous action. Be this as it may,
he assumed without hesitation the place of the luckless
singer, and a few verses were enough to assemble a nume-
rous auditory. At the end of the aria an abundant collec-
tion was made by his friend, and they were just on the
point of delivering it over to the object of their patronage
when some agents of the police came up, and ordered them
to show their license for singing in the streets. All at-
tempts at explanation were useless. The professional men-
dicant and the two amateurs were all locked up for the
Inight, and it was only on Ow f,llowing n,;)rnin,,,•, after they
had been conducted to the prefecture of police, that they
succeeded in obtaining their liberation,

WILLS ACT.

We understand that the following have been extensively
circulated by the Secretary of State for the Homo Depart-
ment : _ .

Directions for making a will or codicil, required by stat.
1 Victoria, c. 26, sec. 9. To be observed after the end of
the year 1837 :-
1. The will or codicil must be signed at the foot or end
thereof by the testator.
2. If he does not sign, it must be signed by some other
person in his presence, and by his direction.
3. The signature must be made, or acknowledged, by the
testator, in the presence of two or more witnesses present at
the same time.
4. The witnesses must attest and subscribe the will or
codicil in the presence of the testator.
The principal regulations contained in the recent Act (1
Victoria, c. 26) for amending the laws with respect to wills,
which will take effect on the Ist day of 1838, are—
No will made by LIN), person under the age of 21 years
will be valid.—Sect. 7.
The new statute does not alter the law as to the wills of
married women.—Sect. 8.
The regulations to be observed in making a will or codi-
cil are as follows :-
1. The will or codicil must be signed at the foot or end
thereof by the testator.
2. If he does not sign, it must be signed by some other
person in his presence, and by his direction.
3. The signature must be made or acknowledged, by the
testator, in the presence of two or more witnesses present at
the same time.
4. The witnesses must attest and subscribe the will or
codicil in the presence of the testator.—Sect. 2.
Appointments by will, under a power, are made subject

to the above-mentioned regulations.—Sect. 10.
The testator's marriage is a revocation of this will (ex-
cepting in certain cases of exercise of powers).—Sect. 18.
The revocation of a will or codicil may be by any one of
the following means :-
1. By a will or codicil executed in the manner above men-
tioned. _ _

2. By a writing, declaring the intent to revoke, and exe-
cuted as a will.
3. By burning, tearing, or destroying of the will; by the
testator, with intent to revoke, or by some person in his
presence and by his direction.—Sect. 20.
Alterations made in wills must be executed in like man-
ner as wills.
N.B.—The signature of the testator and subscription of
witnesses may be made in the margin, or opposite, or near
to, the alteration, or at the end of a memorandum, on the
will, or referring to the alteration.—Sect. 21.
Residuary devises in wills will include (unless a contrary
intention appear in the will) estates comprised in lapsed or
void devises.—Sect. 25.