The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-12 00:00:00

THE NEW AUSTRIAN LIBERT.

(From the Wiltshire Independent.)
The letter of Mr. Darby Griffith, which will he
found below, shows the sort of liberty which is en-
joyed in Hungary at a time when the Austrian
Government is boasting of the constitution it has
granted, and of the happy condition in which it has
placed its subjects. Shame that it is so, and greater
shame that Englishmen should he found ready to.
palliate such conduct. Were the hon. member for
Sheffield to take up the cause of Captain Ca'raliero,
or at any rate to inquire into it, perhaps his eyes
might be opened to the still continued perfidy of
the Austrian Government, and to its base injustice
to those under its control. Possibly, too, he might
cause justice to be done to a British subject, for
surely Austria would listen to one who has 1.1.--en so
hearty a friend and apologist. But whatever the
member for Sheffield might do, the member for
Devizes has done good service in bringing so hard
a case before the public, and the Foreign Minister
would do well to mske it the subject of inquiry of

the Austrian Government :
"TO THE EDITOR OF THE WILTSHIRE INDEPENDENT.
" Pesth, Sept. 25, 1861.
" Dear Sir,—lt may perhaps interest your readers
to have a genuine specimen of Austrian govern
ment operation, just as it has come under my own
personal observation at Vienna and at this place,
fresh from the Mint, as I may say, and with the
true stamp of arbitrary and irresponsible govern-
ment fresh upon it.
" Captain Cavaliero, a British subject, born in
London of a naturalised British father, having en-
tirely preserved his nationality, and bearing n British
passport, has been in command of some of the best
vessels of the Danube Steam Navigation Company
for the last six years, from Vienna to Orsova. No
a semblance of complaint as to the discharge of his
professional duties has ever been or is now alleged
against him. Nevertheless, he has, within these
two days, received notice to quit their service im-
mediately from his company, and when ho naturally
asks for the reason of such a proceeding, he receives
no explanation in any avowed and ostensible way,
but it is whispered to him in private by the officials,
that the Government have expressed a wish that
he should no longer be employed in Hungarian
waters, and the company comply with the wish of
the Government.

" Captain Cavaliero is married, and resides at
Pesth, and therefore his arbitrary removal for no
even alleged fault is an act of great injury and op-
pression to him. Bat the case extends further in
its consequences than this primary statement alone
expresses. Captain Cavaliero is well known on the
Danube as a good, efficient captain, and other pro-
prietors of steamboats on the river would be ready
and glad to offer him a command, who would pro-
bably be less obsequious towards the Government
than the company above mentioned. Well then, in
case, when he is discharged by the former company,
he should take service with another, is the Govern-
ment going to repeat this paltry persecution—to
prevent an able and honest man from earning his .
bread ; and in case of the second company not yield-
ing to dictation, is Captain Cavaliero going to be
arrested by gendarmes on board of his steamer, and
sent out of the country, in guise of a criminal, for
such a reason ? I apprehend the Austrian Govern-
ment would think twice before they resorted to
such an extreme step towards an innocent man ;
but in that case, what must be thought of the pal-
try meanness of a Government which,
Willing to wound,
But yet afraid to strike,'
makes a eat's paw of a subservient company, and
gets them to no for it the dirty work it is ashamed
to effect avowedly in its own person ? I should add.
that there is no pretence for saying, and it is not;
pretended, that Captain Cavaliero has ever taken.
any part in political matters. Some time ago the
captains were called on to sign an engagement that
they would have nothing to do with that subject,
and would never enter into any political conversa-
tion with passengers. This engagement, I need
not say, he has honourably kept, and it is not
even alleged that he has infringed it. No,
sir ; the offence of Captain Cavaliero is of
a more indelible, although of an involun-
tary nature. It simply is, that he is an English-
man. No doubt the mere presence of an English-
man in a despotic country is an unconscious rally-
ing point to all the aspirations for national freedom
existing in any part of the world, and it is this
congenital original sin which Captain Cavaliero is
now expiating by all this injustice and injury. And
this is the government which is now enacting the
part before Europe of a formal adoption of the
forms of a constitutional government in the esta-
blishment of a Reichsrath, the sitting of which I
attended two days ago in Vienna, in all its appa-
rent order and respectability ; and you wonder
that the Hungarians are not ready to put implicit
faith in the constitutional promises of a Government
the most ordinary principles of which, and pri-
marily the liberty of the subject, they see daily
,violated before their eyes.
" I wish to add that Captain Cavaliero knows
nothing of, and is therefore not responsible for, the
contents of this letter; but as the recess deprives
me of the opportunity of making this statement in
Parliament, I trust you will excuse my resorting to
your columns in the statement of a case affecting a
British subject, involving so much meanness, injus-
tice, and oppression. —I am, sir, your obedient ser-
vant, " C. DARBY GRIFFITH."

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the illustrated London News.)
The will of Charles Hoar, Esq., of Lenfield, Box-
ley, near Maidstone, Kent, was proved in London
on the 13th ult. by the son, Edward Hoar, Esq.,
and the daughters, Emma and Clarissa Hoar,
executors, the personalty being sworn under
£16,000. The will bears date the • 24th of Feb-
ruary, 1860, and the testator died on the 20th of
August last. Mr. Hoar acted as treasurer to the
Kent Law Society for the long period of 23 years,
and, as a testimony of respect, the society presented.
to him two handsome articles of plate ; these together
with other silver presentation plate, he has be-
queathed to his son Edward. The testator has left
to his relict an annuity of £2OO, and an immediate
legacy of £lOO. To his sons and daughters liberal
bequests are bestowed, and there are several
legacies to relatives and friends. £lOO as a charit-
able gift is bequeathed to the West Kent Infirmary
and Dispensary, and £5O to the Bluecoat Charity
School at Maidstone. Mr. Hoar has left the residue
of his estate equally between his son Edward and.
his two daughters, Emma and Clarissa.
The will of Thomas Housman Higgin, Esq., for-
merly of New Lodge, Dunadry, Antrim, but late ((it
of Clifton-villas, Maids-hill, was proved in London.
on the 30th ult. The executors appointed are
Edward Higgin and Thomas Higgin, Esqs., the
sons of the testator, and, together with the Right
Rev. William Higgins, D.D., Lord Bishop of Derry
and Raphoe, are also nominated trustees. Mr.
Higgin, who was the manager of the Belfast and.
Ballymena, and the Ballymena and Portrush Rail-
ways, died possessed of property which he has left
entirely to his relict and amongst his family. To
his relict a life interest in the whole of his property
is bequeathed, and she takes all the furniture, plate,
carriages, and other effects, absolutely. On Mrs.
Higgin's decease the property is directed to pass
to the 'testator's unmarried daughters ; but, in the
event of their having previously married,
bequeathed amongst all his sons and daughters,
it is then
share and share alike. The will and codicil bear
date June 1, 1857, and the testator died at his resi-
dence, Clifton-villas, on the 27th of Mareh last.
The will of Charles Joseph Pagliano, ,
was Esq proved. ~ of The
Lodge, Brook-green, Hammersmith,
last month in the London Court, and probate
granted to Michael Forrestall, Charles Crawley,
and Horace Rymer, Esqrs., who are nominated
executors and trustees ; tie personal property being
sworn under £20,000. This gentleman died
Ife
pos-
sessed of ' a handsome fortune, consisting of both
real and personal property.
was a member of
the Romish Church, and has been very liberal in
his bequests to several of its charitable institutions,
societies,
been
in this easnpdeectltehrgatyn;
nearly half
lsfoolfavhisish
schools, has
er-
sonal estate has been bestowed upon them. Ye
can only mention a few, our limits precluding us
giving them in detail. To the Society for the
"Propagation of the Faith," of which Cardinal
Wiseman is patron, the sum of £2,000 ; to the poor
schools, of which the Hon. Charles Langdale is pre-
sident, £2,000; to Allhallows, Dublin, £2,000.
There are numerous minor bequests to the Catholic
clergy in and around the metropolis. The testator
has bequeathed to his relict a life interest in his
real estate and in the residue of the personalty.
Mr. Pagliano has bestowed some legacies upon his
personal friends ; and, on the decease of his relict,.
the whole of the property is directed to
be dui-
tributad in certain proportions amongst numerous
legatees, of whom many are relatives.

THE " INDIAN ORDER."—To those of our readers
nt
the
memorable honour
al
ioelge
whose loyal and patriotic feelings may have been warmed
by the recent institution of this order, it may not be unin-
teresting to observe that a venerable and gallant nobleman
and who received the gold medal
so justly decoraomtedeer7:wthhotbsaetrveerrgnat
and important services in the East is also one of the two
sole surviving
on that occasion. The other survivor is Captain granted
of SeringaPatam,
of the late 25th Light Dragoons, now an Edwards,
and unfortunately blind, who then serve octogenarian,
Immure. under' Lord Com•