Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-08-13
NUMBER 165

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laii0ns on Esrs excited to sdui-siisu - ss,i..
nsanssl zies Of man expanded ial0 sOmeihins lks
sa0Amiy n It's gigantic proportions The lri9a-
toh "ens up 70 the House 6f Lords and A. FitE
Ees-eenaEmed -Le gislaturs took L. "a. .s1d
s -l'nous taey you'd not SCI aside The viii 81 en-
memory with the inputation os siva.ii-- 5ii;t5ls,
and folly and sHasted BY Sldtafs sgfS i1i5r -
George ILL., eaP.5 9S, that the
property Tor the purpose Of aooumalation sl,ll -
restrained IN general % y years after TIE deais al
the testator. Persons OF an arithmeusai and ~
stieal turn Of mind also occupied themselves 99Bs
the natter and with tae aid Of life insu7aa e a.
hles and cocker they calculated that tbis fund ao
eumulaiing at compound interest, could not amount
g less than 10 millions e the moment Of dsifibu>
ton, and would very probably reach TIE sreaisn-
douS hgar6 Of 81 millions But ssnofainF ss 1slsaf
IS facts, except fgures" The calouialors hsd fsF.
gotten 10 take account Of that unknown euantitF
which must, in practical matters, Be reprssentei-
not y the ies er z, but BY The word 'iiSaiou 81
nporansouslT VIA tbs OhancerT suiS ters.stT
aside the viii, there was cross suil 10 hsrs The.
trusts Of the viii performed under the direotion of
the Court Of ChancerY. That suit is nov SO years
Old, and although ohilGren and grsndebildreh are
dsad The SUM is as hale and lively IS it was m asr
early yonlh That suit sas ths true heir 10 Peter.
Fheusson, and il is still spending his money Ike =
ireiicsone young cornet Necessarily, lhsrs were
suits about post testament acquisitions 81 rsai o
perry, there we're suits about adEoasons there 9srs
suns Al4Ak etlel Al4tacles so lAUefuua tenf
equity lawyers, not siiDgy Of their words ara fiR
to describe them as f'EaTiOus." The earefal and
imprOTiBg management Of the Court of C6aacsfvi
also exercised is infusnoe upon this ssfats.1
The Yorkshire estates have participated in thareEs
eeent system, which has been uniform ia d a ao-
tiou, that when We see house sll WindoWIess aud
unpainted, tottering and decaying, We can prsdi.
cate with tone Of undoabted eonyicti0n, sThats
property is In Chanoery -..-rr- .--l-,.s .s.f
Tue last survivor Of The nina lives died in PskrB-
sry, 1886 and four new bills were immedialsly sled
TIE property is ncN 10 be divided moi info sh,s5
bat into mOieties There e. however a 6nss5fo,,
raised as 20 Who is entitled hU were the sIlssf
male linesl desceL daBts Of O. d Peter Theuusao.i
February, 1856! There are two Who are eIirsl IN
point OF lineage and Two who are eldest n point of
PersOnalage This point is siilI5H5 jsdies Il would
not be very difealt 70 guess hos ii wiz s iced o.
but thai Is mater Of OUrs would g have ber
matter Of the least interest to old Peter Thelussoa
His object vas to axe the heap very large he svi-
DENLY cared one loek Of VI ol as to which 6fhis
descendants might be the possessors1 The bu6iis1
int rest in this long line of litigation Is eosdnsd eo
It's general aspect. YeteF Thellussons clever sshea
has turned out fo0hrh failure. 80 single Tbslius-
son viii stalk over the land, overshadoHitg our
Dukes and crushing our Barons By the msgnifUde 81
his territorial possessions No 0ihirty-tHu miilians
Of money are expanded into broad acres, where nsn-
may travel and say; behold the c lnquests of he
great Peter TheiIusson.a Whether LORD Rendlesham
and Charles Sabine Augustus ThsIlusson aividsthe
estate as eldest IN hnesge, OF whether ThomEs ahda
Arthur take as eldest IN years, We should eqaslFr
desire TO be able TO call upon old Peter Thelluss,
see the division Of his antioipaied aeoumulAions.
The Court Of ChaneeEy has 90 clipped and polsfdsG
his oak, that Il ia EO1 much larger than when be-
left it. Il would be ht punishment for thai purse
proud vain. cruel old man, 70 .hat be dsiBher-
tied his children only to fattsn generation OF
lawyers; that be was the dupe Of his 0Eh sUbtlety
and thar his name, instead Of beng associated th
The foundation Of house Of fabulous wealth. scnlyr
known in connection with abortiVe scheme Of
vulgar vanity.