Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-09-24

tain Of aeefsmtiasef AeahE was To Ee dfvi-
ded into three poriiofis. AID osie- -if.frd wSals
to be given 20 each OF the s.eldes; male linz
ael desce ndants" Of hrs three sors. Having
thus done sshalh liked With his own, and
excluded asl kfs living progeny from all the
benefit, he ends viii sahTre to the I.eeisia-
ture worthy Of Shylock appealing aaaflsst
mercy-he had earned his money with hon.
/ esty and Industry, and he hoped the Leeisia-
ture would ues alter his viii. Uf eoarse
the first thing fisaf followed was clfancery
suit OF the faitest bulk.
The ecntsen eease tfevs Of lie case - ott4agd 4
haze been to set aside The will as the pro-
duct of diseased miDd--a mind Feifeeted
morbid as to is esisposing powers by DWELL
ing On an irrational Object: But Lords
LodgR5orohgh, and Alvanley and Elpon, and
Judges Of kindred sympathies. seem to have
been led by their love of art to admire tie
skill with Ssicts the teeh0icaiities of our.
blessed real property Law had been adaytea
to the object of this old trader. The iitiaas
lion went up to the House of Lords and the
win was confrfned. This affair naturally
made areal noise. M $50
HS 4FzzetatufS @tOok II ups aHu a1IHoCgn
they would aot set aside the will by al er
post facte lay, they branded Peter Thellus-
sons memory with the impu,ation Of s.yani-
ty, niiberaisty, and fnlly,., and enacted by
statute 39th and 10th George ILL.,, cap. 90,
thai the power of devising property for the
purpose Of accumulation shall be restrained
in general 10 twenty -ene years after the
death of the sestator. Persons of an arilIi-s
metica. and statistical turn of mind also oc-
cu2ied themselves with the matter, and, with
the aid Of life insurance tables and Cocker,
they caicnfated that this fund, accommodating
at compound interest, could no; amount to
less than nineteen millions al. the moment OF
Distribution. and would very probably reach
the tremendous figure Of thirty two millions
Bar noshlHg is ssso false as facts, except ig-s
ures.7 The ea.cuiaters had forgotten to
take account OF Thai un known quantity which
must, in practical matters, be represented,
not By the letter sse,' but by the word ..iili-
CATION - GontemporaneousIy with the chan
ceFy suit 10 set aside the will there was
cFoss-salif TO haves the trusts of the will per-
formed under the direction of the Court of
Ehancery. That suit is now sixty years old
and though children and grandchildren are
dead. the suit Is as hale and lively as it was
in theifsearliesa youth. Tnat suit was the
true heir to Peter ThelIussou. and il is still
spending his money like frelicksome young
cofuaet. Necessarily there were other
suits.
The last srrvisof Of Tie Hide lives died In
Febfltu-s 4 $50, and four new bills were inn
mediately flied. The property is now to be
divided, into thirds, but into meilies. There
is, however, question raised as TO who is
entitled. Who were the eldest lineal de-
scendants of old Peter Thuilnsson in Febru-
arys 1886 There are two she are eldest
in Peis.a Of Hneages and two who are eldest
in puint Of persuRai age. This point Of per-
.sssstaee. Tbs point is still sub5udtce II
would not be very difficult 10 guess how it
swtIl Be deciaeds ssa fEat Is no ilatseF af tlss.
laast interest toeld Peter Theilusson.
His object was to make the heap very
large; he evidently cared not one lecH of
wool as to which of the descendants might
be the possessor. Public interest in this
long line of litigation is confined 10 its gem
eral aspect. Peter Thullussof1's scheme has
turned out foolish failure. No single Thel-
lusson will stalk over the land, oyershadow-
ing our dukes and crushing our barons by
the magnitude of his te rritorial possessions.
No thirty-two millions of money are expand
ed into broad acres where men may travel
and say, 'Behold the conquests of the great
Peter Theliuaeon.'
Whether Lord Rendlesham and Charles
Sabine Augustus Tnellusson divide the es-
tate as the eldest in lineage, or whether
Thomas and Arthur take eldest in years,
we should equally desire to call up old Peter
Thelusson to see the division of his antici-
pated accumulations. The Court of Chan
Gerry hasso clipped and pollarded his oak that
it is no larger than he left it. Ii would be
sufficient punishment for that purse-proud,
vain, cruel old man to see that he disinheri-
ted his own children only to fatten gene
tation of lawyers; that he was dupe of his
own subtlety. and that his name, instead OF
being associated with the foundation Of a
house of fabulous wealth, is only known in
connexion with an aboriiVe scheme of vul-
| gar rvanty.-LondoE Timer.