The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-24 00:00:00

MEL A ND

DUBLIN, FEB. 22.
GENERAL AS sOCIATION. —The adjourned meeting of this
bd wa3 held yesterday. A letter from Mr. O'Connell wLs
first read ; it recommended the Association to pass at once a
resolution to publish speedily all the names of the members
alphabetically, in the newspapers.
Mr. Shea Lalor, in a long and spirited speech, introduced
an address to he people of England, describing the objects,
character, &c., of the Association.
STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES.—It will be recollected that
the magisterial conduct of Mr. Vignolles, at the late Car-
low election, was called in question. The Dublin Evening
Post has the following remarks on the :
" We have caused enquiries to he made into the matter, and
we rejoice very sincerely to find, from the very best authority,
that of the High Sheriff of the County, and of his Assessor,
at the election, that there are no grounds whatever for the im-
putations cast upon Mr. Vignolles—that these imputations
arose from a misapprehension of the circumstances, and from a
misinterpretation of his conduct. Though we did not origi-
nate the charge, we make, however, this amende to Mr. Vig-
nolles with great pleasure. He has, in truth, entitled himself
to the thanks of the Sheriff and the county."
" If this be the case," says the Freeman, "there must be a
most grievous error somewhere. We have been informed by
several gentlemen of the highest respectability who were eye
witnesses to the conduct of this peace preserver, that he came
into court with a large stick three inches in diameter—that be
struck at several persons with it for acting in compliance with
the Sheriff's directions—that his conduct all through the elec-
tion was that of an Orange partizan—that he sent an hostile
message to a most excellent Magistrate, Captain Moore, and
afterwards apologised for his conduct—that he insulted an-
other Magistrate, Mr. Haghton, and, in apprehension of the
consequence, sent another apology. We have no doubt that
had Colonel Bruen been the High Sheriff, Mr. Vignolles
might possibly have entitled himself to his thanks, but we de-
mur to his title to the thanks of the Sheriff and the county.
THE Btsnors.—No proceeding in Parliament has caused a
greater sensation on this side of the water than the formidable
minority on Mr. Lushington's motion for the expulsion of
the Bishops from the House of Lords.
CARLOW ELECTION.—One of the electors of a tenant of
the defeated candidate, on being brought up to the poll, de-
clared that he would rather go into the field of battle than
vote against his excellent landlord; but he added he had no
choice, that landlord having joined the oppressors of his
country. Mr. Bunbury may be—nay is—one of the best
of landlords, but he is surely also one of the very worst
politicians.
The threat of a petition has not yet died away. They
aver 'that the decision of Mr. Walsh, the assessor, is con-
trary to law, and have the cool effrontery also to charge
Mr. Vigors's party with acts of intimidation. Neither of the
allegations, we are, assured, can be sustained. There can be
no ground whatever for petitioning against the return of the
successful candidate ; and if any such petition be presented,
the probability is that it will be pronounced frivolous and
vexatious.
TORT TACTICS. —For the last week, in this city, the
Orangemen have been propagating all manner of stories, as to
the immediate change of men and measures. The Duke,
Peel, Graham and Stanley, with Knatchbull, Roden, Ripon,
Herries and Goulburn, are to be, according to these state-
ments, the Broad-bottomed Administration. They will begin
by passing a Tithe Bill, :minus 30 per cent. of the present
alleged income of the Church, passing over the Appropriation
Clause ; next, the abolition of Corporate bodies in Ireland,
without substitution ; thirdly, a distinct overthrow of the
Dissenters, by throwing out the Rate Bill : fourthly, putting
down the Irish Association by the common law ; or, if that
be found insufficient, by a new Act ; fifthly, a general arma-
ment of the Orange Yeomen of Ireland ; and, sixthly, the
Lieutenancy thereof to be undertaken by the Duke of Wel-
lington, with a military Secretary, Sir Henry Hardinge--
Dublin Evening Post.
THE CAMPAIGI4.—The following extract from a letter, ad-
dressed to the Secretary of the Association, shows how the
Church carries on the war against the people of this country :
Nenagh, Feb. 15, 1837.
Dear Sir—Another victim has been immolated at the
shrine of the " Church militant." Patrick Woods, an honest
industrious farmer of this neighbourhood, aged eighty years
was arrested on Monday, the 13th instant, under a writ of
rebellion, by the notorious " Phil Ryan," for tithes due to
the late Dean Gabbett ; and on the night of the Tuesday
following, the 14th, died in a damp cold cell of the Nenagh
bridewell. The sensation created by this martyrdom, or rather
murder, was indescribable, at least I am totally unable to de-
pict it. " * * *
At a stage of the proceedings, Ryan, the rebellion ruffian,
daringly entered the Court-house, where the inquest was
being held, and in a most insulting and uproarious manner in-
terrupted the business ; and although Dr. Dempster, a Ma-
gistrate, and besides the coroner, Mr. Carroll, who at the
time was invested with more authority than even a magistrate,
were present, yet he poured forth such a tirade of gross and in-
sulting abuse against John D'Arcy, Esq., who was foreman
of the Jury, as would disgrace even Billingsgate in its most
palmy days of filth and vituperation. Hoping you will give
this publicity, I have the honour to remain your's, &c.,
TIMOTHY KING.
We subjoin a few other paragraphs :
On last Monday, Ryan sold for tithes, at the Market-place
of Nenagh, the stock of the Rev. Pat. Quinlain, parish priest.
—Tipperary Constitution.

Otit: West Iffa and Offa Correspondent writes that parson
O'Callaghan has filed seventeen bills for the recovery of tithes,
against 189 persons. The notorious " Shamus Foddha," alias
long Jim O'Donnell, made, it seems, an affidavit that he was
prevented from personally serving the subpoenas, and upon
such grounds the usual application for a substitution of service
was made to the Court of Exchequer. Why, it has been
sworn before the Judges of the land that long " Shamus" was
not worthy of credit, notwithstanding an .affidavit has been
made, we are told on his information, that a combination ex-
ists against tithes, and that the defendants are party thereto ;
but we learn also, that steps are being taken to prove that long
" Shamus" made no attempt to serve the subpoenas alluded to.
—Tipperary Free Press.
One hundred and eighteen bills I Let there be 118 an-
swers by the beginning of next term.
THE QUEEN OF SPAIN'S AUXILIARIES.—On Monday, an
action was brought by a publican, in the Exchequer Court,
against Major Polden, her Majesty's recruiting officer, for 751.
6s. 6d., for various items, including the raising of 290 re-
cruits, at 2s. per man. The plaintiff acted as crimp and adju-
tant, kept the scores, and, also having eyes right on the major
for his sundries, issued a writ of ne nexeat regne, in conse-
quence of which the target he was firing at—cash—was
lodged in Court. Before this had occurred the crimp went
on board to see his " boys" off for Spain ; the sea was
rough—" I am very ill, indeed," said the trembling pale plain-
tiff—" pay me, Major." The gallant officer replied—" 'Pon
honour, at leisure, you shall be the first gentleman settled
with." " I'll get a boat—and bring an action," was the man's
reply. " Well," answered the Commandant, "Do get a
boat off, or we'll bring you to St. Sebastian." The Jury found
a verdict for the plaintiff.
RIOTERS.—Five ruffians were convicted in one of our police
offices yesterday of rioting and plundering ; they, and four
others not convicted, were brought in surrounded by police-
men, whose wounds were defined by innumerable dressings
and bandages, traversing and mapping their skulls in wild un-
finished touches.

ORANGE MASSACRE.—The investigation was resumed on
Monday, when after the examination of several witnesses Mr.
Nunn closed the case on the part of his clients. The Court
then adjourned till the following, day.
NEW MiNisTar.—The Mail of this evening contains in-
telligence which will no doubt surprise all who are not as well
acquainted as we are with the authentic character of its news,
the extreme caution employed in its publication, and above
all, its distinguished adherence to veracity in all its party
statements.—" The majority will doubtless be assigned as a
reason to deter Sir Robert Peel from the formation of a
Ministry ; but we can assure our readers that be the majority
on this isolated question what it may, it will have no such ef-
fect. He is prepared not only to take office, but there are
the materials ready for the construction of one of the strongest
Ministries that ever occupied the Treasury benches—one that
will possess the confidence of the whole British Empire; and
that will conduct the affairs of the nation—aye, and in the
House of Commons, too—without a dissolution. What will
Mrs. Prunty say to this?" -
What will she say to it? Why that the merest old woman
would laugh in the face of any person who uttered such sheer
nonsense, such improbable transparent absurdities as the Mail
blushes not to publish as fact.

CORONERS' INQUESTS.-Yesterday an inquest was
held at the Hope public-house, Tottenham-street, on the body
of Daniel Peat, aged 25, late foreman to Mr. Wiggins, an ex-
tensive cow-keeper, who put an end to his existence by hanging
himself. Evidence was given of his distressed state of mind
since the death of a young female whom he was to have mar-
ried. Verdict " Temporary derangement."—Yesterday an
inquest was held at the County Lunatic Asylum, Hanwell, on
the body of William Carter, aged 50, a lunatic, who was dis-
covered by a keeper quite dead about an hour after having eaten
a hearty dinner. On examining the body a piece of meat was
found sticking in the gullet, which the medical officer of the
asylum stated to be the cause of death. The jury returned a
verdict " Died of strangulation."
The Kentish Observer would have its dupes believe
that Mr. Marjoribanks, as well as Mr. Hodges, the enlightened,
useful, and Liberal Member for the western division of Kent,
is upon the eve of dissolving his parliamentary connexion with
the county. The wish is parent of the thought; but even in
that county, where the foul influences exist in their rankest
grossness, another Tory can scarcely hope to creep into the
representation.
A groat of Elizabeth, of the date 1580, has lately
been found in Sherborne.

Handbills were circulated at Lyme, under the au-
thority of the worshipful the Mayor, thanking the public for
their liberal contributions for affording the comforts that had
been contributed towards the wants of the poor during the
late season, and the prevalence of influenza. —Sherborne Jour.
,On Monday last, at one o'clock, a public meeting of
the inhabitants, convened by the Mayor, in answer to a nume-
rously signed requisition, was held at the court-room in the
Sessions-house, " for the purpose of petitioning Government
against any change in the present conveyance of the mails to
and from Ireland, in his Majesty's packets, at present esta-
blished at this port."--Liverpool Courier.
LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, FEB. 22.—The
market to-day is not quite so firm as it was in the early part of
the week. To-day 3,000 bags have been sold. More Cotton has
been offering, and less inclination to buy it ; but the market,
on the whole, exhibits a much more firm tone than it did a
week or two ago.

LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1837.

In the House of Lords last night several petitions
were presented, and some bills advanced a stage. The
Wills Bill was read a second time. For an explana•
tion of the objects contemplated by this measure, we
refer our readers to the remarks of its framer, Lord
LANGDALE.

The House of Commons stood adjourned till this day.

The Bill for making certain alterations in the law
respecting Wills, lately introduced into the House of
Lords by the LORD CHANCELLOR, was read a second
time last night. The object of this very useful mea-
sure is to substitute for the multifarious, inconsistent,
and perplexing requirements of the law as it stands at
present, a more simple, uniform, and intelligible
system. There are, as it appears, no less than ten
forms of making a will, according to the different nature
and circumstances of the property to be bequeathed.
It is thus difficult for any one who is not a lawyer to

now how to make a will that shall be valid, and the
natural consequence is, that a great many wills are
void, and much hardship is produced to families by the
informal way in which testamentary papers are often
drawn up. It is evident that the great point to be se-
cured is to carry into effect the intentions of the tes-
tator, and surely where those intentions have been
clearly ascertained, it is absurd to defeat them, merely
because some legal technicality may have been omitted.
All that it seems requisite for the law to insist upon,
is that the testator should be a free agent, and
of competent age. That a man must have a
certain number of witnesses to his will if he disposes
of one kind of property, and a certain other number
if he disposes of another kind—that he cannot for
instance, bequeath a single acre of land without
three or four witnesses having attested his
will in his own presence, while an unsigned
scrap of paper—a memorandum in a pocket-book--
may convey_ away millions of money, is one of those
things that people would confidently assert could not
possibly exist, did not the fact prove the contrary.
Lord LANGDALE proposes to do away with this
absurdity, and to make the same form applicable to
all sorts of property.
The chief of the other improvements intended to
leetgalr thatage property may or
may not have Come Y 9 ',
be made in the law, are to allow all the property
aduteGhed make bl2l
possessed by a testator at the time of his death, to be
bequeathed
syevheisnte"e'inil,thelhhe before the will was made,
r,,r bequeathing
personal property. The Bill, we are glad to pence,,_,
was greatly approved of
in the Upper by the high legal authorities
House, of both ulrries. There is, there-
fore, little or no doubt that
will be extensively felt.
• •n pass—its it he 6t ne

It is an,-
_,-.4suig to observe the way in which th

Tory Journals speak of the majority of yesterday
morning; The Post, or rather our Contemporary's
correspondent, ZETA, is quite indifferent, indeed we
may almost say, frolicsome on the subject ; while the
Times is pathetic to a degree that absolutely brings
tears into one's eyes. "If we must now go to the
wall," says the latter Journal, " because we arc threa-
tened, and thus set the Papists on horseback in the cor-
porate towns, when they come within the next six months,
and call upon u I to sacrifice the Protestant Church
with its revenues, on pain of you must,' or we
will repeal the Union,' what reply, let us ask, has the
majority of yesterday morning left the Protestant
people of England any fair pretence of offering ?
O'CONNELL has long since declared that he will get
all he can.' SuEIL flings it in our faces that we
dare not henceforth refuse him." These are words
literally " steeped in tears," and show that the majo-
rity of eighty has struck to the heart'score of our Con-
temporary. But what says the Post. Is he too
given to the doleful—handed over, without bene-
fit of clergy, to the Blue Devils ? Quite the
contrary. He is in the best possible spirits ; swears
that he was never less surprised in his life at finding
his party so handsomely drubbed ; that it was "accord-
ing to general expectation ;" that it was " expected by
all parties as a matter of course ;" that the " Conser-
vatives are not dismayed at their defeat, because they
expected it as a matter of course ;"—in a word, he goes
on ringing the changes upon his "expectations," in a
way to convince us that he was not quite so
prepared for the result as he would fain have us
believe. But this is by no means the most diverting
part of ZETA'S lucubration. After stating over and
over again—for, like Ancient Pistol, he " hath damn-
able iteration in him"—that he had fully made up his
mind for a defeat, he discovers towards the close of
his epistle, that the defeat was no defeat at all, but, on
the contrary, a signal victory I " The division of last
night,"quoth he, "exhibits no falling off in the numbers
of the Conservative party. On the contrary, the Con-
servatives have actually gained six votes since last year.
In the division upon Lord J. RUSSELL'S motion, on
the 10th of June, 1836, the numbers were, 324 against
238; whereas in the late division upon Lord 17..EGER
TON'S motion, the numbers were, 322 against 242, so
that, in point of fact, the Radicals have lost two votes,
and the Conservatives have gained four votes on the
present occasion." This is rich. Nevertheless, we must
strip the gilding off this fine statement. The division
on the 10th of June, 1836, to which ZETA so
complacently alludes, occurred, as he himself acknow-
ledges, on the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL for
rejecting the amendments of the Lords, which amend-
ments, let him remember, swept away the whole Cor-
porations of Ireland bodily. The cases, therefore, are
not parallel. If there should be a smaller number on
the liberal side, and a larger number on the other,
when the same question comes to be decided—sup-
posing
the Lords mad enough to act as they did last'
year—then we will allow the force of ZETA'S argu-
ment, but not till then. The fair and honest way of
estimating the comparative strength of the two parties,
is on the divisions which have taken place on the same
points, and at the same stages of the Bill.

We direct public attention to the subject of a letter
from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which will be found in
our" columns of this day. It refers to the extraordinary
demand of ten per cent. legacy duty, claimed by the
Magistrates of Zurich, on the property of all foreigners
—no matter where situated—who happen to die within
the precincts of that aristocratic little canton. To
English travellers—and English residents in' Switzer-
land more especially—the existence of a law which
sanctions such a demand as this is of the utmost
importance. What do our readers suppose would be
the effect of such a law, if observed, were some half
dozen of our great landed aristocracy to die in the
course of one summer in the Canton of Zurich ? Why,
that the Republic would draw more money from Eng-
land in the shape of legacy duty in one year than
would half suffice to purchase the fee-simple of the
entire State. The very idea of such an exaction is
monstrous. It is alike opposed to every principle of
Justice and common sense. One would suppose that
the Swiss would be satisfied with the immense wealth
squandered by British residents and travellers when
alive, without extending a claim to the plunder of their
rightful heirs. Although we feel confident that Great
Britain will not recognize the right of Zurich to ex-
tend a claim for legacy duty to property situate in these
kingdoms, yet the fact of such a claim having been
made calls for a severe repudiation of the law in-
voked to sanction it. To the Swiss themselves
it must eventually prove most injurious, as it will
prevent rich foreigners from settling among them.
Most of the English who select Switzerland for

their residence are proverbial for their great wealth
and eccentricity, and these the very name of such
a law would for ever drive from the Republic.
This is a view of the question which may have escaped
the Magistracy and Legislators of the canton of
Zurich.

The case of Mr. MA TITER is one in which every
British subject is interested. Till we know whether
the Government of Zurich will persevere in confiscat-
ing the property of that gentleman, and actually ap-
propriates the proceeds of sale to cover a legacy duty
claimed on property situate in this country, we shall
content ourselves with this notice of a transaction
which reflects but little credit upon the legislative
wisdom and justice of Helvetia.

The Seventh Annual General Meeting of the St.
Marylebone Bank for Savings was held yesterday at the office,
No. 76, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square. The Rev. J. H.
Spry, D. D., in the chair. It appeared from the report that
the progress of the bank continues to be of the most rapid and
satisfactory description, no less than 2,696 new deposits having
been made during the last year; 8,328 deposit accounts re-
mained open on the 20th November last, and upwards of
125,500/. was then invested with the Commissioners for the
reduction of the national debt. This amount has since risen to
more than 132,0001., and is rapidly on the advance.
The Duke of Roxburgh and his newly-married
Duchess have been joined in Paris by the Dowager Duchess
and Lieut.-Colonel O'Reilly. It is said that the young Duke,
whose titles are Scottish, will be elevated to the British peerage.
Major-Generals Hawker and Butts have received
the decoration of the Guelphic Order.
Notwithstanding the vigorous means which were
promised to put down the various gaming houses in the Quad-
rant and elsewhere, as the season advances, they are every day
increasing in number and publicity.
The Duke of Grafton and Lady Laura Fitzroy are
expected in Clarges-street, from Wakefield Lodge, Wliittle-
bury Forest, Northamptonshire.
The Earl and Countess Grey are expected in Berke-
ley-square, at Easter, visiting Lord and Lady Dacre at the
Hoo, in their route.

M. de Berg, Secretary to the Russian Embassy, is
expected at Ashburnham House, from Paris.
Lady Ashburton, who met with a serious accident
in Piccadilly on Wednesday, is recovering. Her Ladyship
passed a tranquil night, and was doing well yesterday.
On Wednesday the annual general meeting of the
proprietors of the University College was held, for the purpose
of receiving the report, &c. Mr. C. Atkinson, the Secretary,
read the report for the last year, from which it appeared that
several very liberal donations had been made to the college,
comprising one of 5001., for the purpose of forming a fund to
be called the " Ricardo Fund ;" one of 5,000/. by Mrs. Fla-
herty ; two donations of 1,0001. each by " A Patriot ; one by
the Rev. Dr. Fellowes of 500/. ; and a bequest by Mr. Clark
of 501. It was also stated the number of collegiate students
during the Session was 565-439 in the medical, and 145 in
the general department. After some discussion on the terms
of the report, Mr. Warburton, M. P., moved a resolution, re-
commending the Council to accept the collegiate charter,
offered by the Government. The resolution was carried.
Mr. Parnther's soiree musicale, on Wednesday even-
ing, in Grafton.street, was most brilliantly attended by upwards
4istinguished persons. The carriages began to arrive
of ibt, continued setting down until eleven. The
at ten o'clock, W.., Pozzo di Borgo, Count Charles and
-
-,(1 Lady Fitzroy Somerset,
Earl of Aberdeen, Count,
Countess Pozzo di )forgo, Tio t-;nnes of Ailesbury,
rct
---,ngst the
Lord and Lady Sydney, Marquis and 111t4rv4..-
Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbery, Wev'
company.