The Sun.
London, England, 1870-04-15 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of the Right Hon. Henry Unwin Addington,
P.C., of 78, Eaton-place, Belgrave-square, wavli proved fr.
her Majesty's Court, on the 4th inst., by his relict, the
sole executrix, to whom he has bequeathed the whole (se
his property, real and personal, absolutely. The per-
sonalty was sworn udder £35,000. The will bears date
December 17, 1869, and the testator died on the 6th ult.,
aged 80. He had held many diplomatic appointments,
and in 1842 was made permanent Under-Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs. He was the second son of the
Right Hon. J. H. Addington, P.C., M.P., and of
Mary, the daughter and heiress of H, Unwin, Esq.,
and was nephew of the first Lord Sidmouth, succes-
sively Speaker of the House of Commons, Chancellor
of the Exchequer, and First Lord of the Treasury.
The wills of the undermentioned have been recently
proved—viz., C. Edward Martyn, Esq., Holbrook Park,
under £90,000 personalty ; Henry Bradley, Esq., Thorpe
Hall, Yorkshire, £50,000 ; Oswald Milne, Esq., Wood-
ville, Leamington, £BO,OOO ; Charles Brook, Esq., Wake-
field, £90,000 ; Henry Alcock, Esq., Wakefield, 280,000; E
Richard Perrott, 160,000 ; Jonn Naish Sanders, sq.,
Bristo,„l £35,000 ; Henry Warner, Esq., Loughborough,
£250,00 ; and John Roberts, Esq., London, £30,000.--,.
Illustrated London News.

THE CIVIL SERVICE.—APPOITMENTS : To be
assistants of Excise—Messrs. Owen Craig, B. Phelan, J. J.
Walsh, J. Woodhead, C. Brailey, and W. Purvis. Mr.
Hardy Augustus Godhy, after limited competition, to be
clerk in the Money Order Office, Post-office. Mr. J. A. 0.
MacDonald to be writer in the Mint. Mr. George Hour
Hill to be temporary clerk in the Habitual Criminals Regis-
ter Office. Mr. Samuel Westacott, after limited competition,
to be Clerk in the General Register Office.

THE "PE C ULIAR PEOPLE."—The " Peculiar
People have turned up again ; and we hear that the chil-
dren of four of their body have lately died in Essex for
want of medical attendance in sickness. The father of
one of these children has been convicted at the Orsett
Petty Sessions of having neglected to provide medical aid,
and was discharged under a promise to come up for judg-
ment when called upon. Except as a characteristic deci-
sion of the Great Unpaid, we can hardly understand this
absence of sentence. The man being convicted, his
offence must have been considered proved ; and its serious
character is sufficiently shewn by the fact that death
resulted from it. It is surely no answer to the law to
say that the prisoner was enslaved by superstition. Pecu-
liar people should be taught that in England they must
either abstain from procreation, or fulfil their legal obliga-
tions towards their offsprings ; and that the protection of
the law will not be withdrawn from the latter on account
of the insanity or fanaticism of their parents. The
tendency of the decision of the Orsett Justices is to render
the life of every child in Essex less safe. We hope the
new sect is not numerous, and that hence the evil may be
confined within narrow limits.—The Lancet.

TAX-GATHERING IMMORALITY.—In producing his
Budget, on Monday night, Mr. Lowe quoted from re-
ports furnished to him by the Inland Revenue Commis-
sioners that "their collecters of taxes were for the most
part utterly indifferent to the interests of the Exchequer—
sometimes, indeed, openly opposed to those interests,
and engaged in doing their best to thwart the inten-
tions of the Legislature." Seeing that a tax-collector
is hated of all men for the sake of the Exchequer,
it is rather hard that those for whom he endures obloquy
should turn round and abuse him. One of. the fraternity
writes a protest which, but for its calm immorality, would
be extremely amusing. He says that the charge against
tax-collectors is on the face of it absurd, because the more
taxes assessed the more poundage the collector gets.
Therefore he is sure to charge all he knows. " I can say
for myself," adds he, " that I have this year charged a
great many more than could be substantiated, sheaving
that my interest was with the Exchequer and myself." It
may not be consoling far poor taxpayers to know that the
best way in which tax-collectors can serve the interests of
the Exchequer is to attempt extortions, but now that this
point is made clear, a memorial from persons who have
suffered from overcharge would probably have enough
signatures to convince Mr. Lowe that his interests are not

neglected. Meanwhile his faithful servants represent to
us that it would be a great convenience to them if they
could give more than one licence on one paper. The
present plan, by which every licence has its own separate
paper, is productive say they, of much inconvenience.
In consideration of their overcharges in the interests of
the Exchequer:
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mad not the tX;-colleetore claim thin little

THE APPREHENDED FENIAN RAID IN

CANADA.

A couple of telegrams from Canada shew that the
authorities are taking measures to guard against the
threatened invasion of Fenians. One message from
Toronto is dated Wednesday, and says : "In consequence
of the apprehended Fenian raid the 16th Regiment left
for the Eastern frontier this afternoon, and the London
Ontario Field Battery has been sent to the Saint Clair
river." The other is from Ottawa, same day. It runs
" It is stated that a measure suspending the Habeas
Corpus Act will be passed by the Dominion House of
Commons to-day, and will receive the Governor-General's
immediate assent."