The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-21 00:00:00

1.0 BRIGHTON-TUESDAY. Their Majesties took a carriage airing this morninz at twelve o'clock. The Duchess of Gloucester, accompanied by Miss Wil son, took a carriage airing this morning at twelve o'clock. The Princess Augusta, accompanied by Miss Wynyard, drove out this morning at twelve o'clock. Prince Ernest walked out this morning. Lord Nugent and Lord G. Seymour had audiences thht_ morning. Viscount Falkland and Dr. Davis have left for London ; and the Rev. J. It Wood for Reading. The followin persons have called at the P a la k T i this day —Sir Francis 'Burdett, D. Gilbert, Esq., Rev. Charles Wetherell, Major-General Sir Samuel and Lady Diakens,, and Lady Jane Peel. On Sunday the venerable Earl of Egrcmont, attained his eighty-sixth year ; and yesterday his Lordship rejoiced the hearts of some hundreds of the poor in the neighbour hood. It was a day of great rejoicing to the peasantry for miles:around the hospitable mansion of the Noble Earl. The members of the Sussex County Museum, of which In stitution the Noble Earl is a munificent patron, dined to gether in celebration of the event. Sir Francis Burdett was at the dinner. It is needless to add that the Noble Earl's health was drunk with enthusiasm. Wis Majesty gave audiences yesterday to Lord Nugent aVA Lord G. Seymour. Yesterday evening the dinner invitations comprised—the Marquis of Bri s t o l, Earl Jcrmyn, Lady Katherine Jermyn, Colonel Hill, Major-General Sir Charles and Miss Doyle, Colonel and Lady Susan Doyle, and Mr. Glover, their Majesties' Librarian. COURT CIRCULAR. Prince E?nest of Hesse Philippsthal arrived at the Queen's House, St. James's, last evening, from the Pavilion at Brighton, His Majesty's Christmas bounty to poor and aged men and women, was in the course of distribution at the Al mortry Office yesterday and on Monday ; there were 1,100 applicants, and of this number 900 were relieved. His Majesty's Gate Alms to the aged and afflicted, has also been in course of payment. One of the women re ceiving relief is in her 108th year ; several of the men and women are aged between 90 and 100 ; and a number are between 80 and 90 ; the rest are all above 60 years old, except those suffering under certain infirmities. Mr. Hanby, Secretary to the Lord High Almoner, paid 13s. each to 168 persons, receiving Gate Alms ; and ss. each to the 900 receiving the Royal bounty. Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had in tervir.ms with Viscount Melbourne and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street yesterday. The Earl of Belfast and Sir Hussey Vivian had inter views with Viscount Melbourne yesterday. Mr. Warburton transacted business, yesterday, at the Home Office. The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday. The Spanish Ministe`.• transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Earl of Minto had a dinner party on Monday even ing, at his residence in the Admiralty. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. DEPARTURES. -- Lord George Quin and Miss Quin, from Thomas's Hotel, for Paris ; Mrs. Beaumont, from ditto, for her seat, Button Hale, Yorkshire ; the Bishop of Worcester, from the St. James's Roy al Hotel, for the Palace, Worcester; Captain B. Martyn, from ditto, for Ireland ; the Rev. H. F. Daniel, from ditto, for Essex ; E. Bagge, Esq., from ditto, for Cambridge ; Adm. Sir Tremayne and Lady Rodd, from Wimpole-street, for Brighton. ARRIVALS. Sir John and Lady Beresford and family, in Portland-place, from a tour ; J. Blackwood, Esq., at the St. James's Royal Hotel, from Cheltenham ; George Stewart, Esq., at ditto, from Paris ;Mr. and Mrs. W. Yates, at ditto, from Hastings; Colonel Vernon Graham, C. 8., at ditto, from Madras. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, Lord Lynedocb, Lord Waterpark, Sir W. Cooke, Col. Packe, and a numerous circle arc on a visit at Holkham, the seat of Mr. and Lady Anne Coke. Mr. Hope is entertaining company at Decpdene. Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Hope left Carlton-gardens on Mon day to join the party. Earl and Countess Craven have arrived at Gorham bury on a visit to the Earl and Countess Verulam, who will entertain a large party during the holydays. The Countess Stanhope anri per youthful daughter, Lady. NN'ilhelinina Stanhope, arrived in Dover -street, from a visit to the Duke of Wel.lington at Strathfieldsaye, whence Lord Mahon, her La.ayship's son, and his Lady, have aho returned. The Earl of 2ssex has arrived in Belgrave-square from Cashiobu.ry Park. Mr. Arthur Capel, his Lordship's nephew and heir-presumptive, and Lady Caroline, are still tra , :ellinn• on the Continent. TR IiSTE, DEC. B.—Arrived his Majesty's frigate Portland, from Venice, said to have come to wait for King Otho and his consort, wha were to embrrk on board of her for Greece. The Duke of Devonshire gave an elegant dinner to a select party at Devonshire Rouse on Monday evening. The Duke and Due ;less of Northumberland are expected to leave Alnv:ick Castle early in February for Northumberland ; and, in consequence of the favour able change of 1,:e3 Grace's health, the parties are expected to commence soon after their Graces' arrival. Lord Ciaude Hathilton, M.P., arrived on Sunday, at Baron's Court, on a visit to his brother, the Marquis of Abercor n. The Marquis of Douro arrived at Apsley House on Monday evening from a tour. Letters from Count Pozzo di Borgo, received on Sunday, intimate his intention of arriving at Ashburnham House, unless he should have a relapse of the gout, on the the 17th. inst. The present Charge d'Affaires, Baron Mal titz, will remain some time longer attached to the Embassy, as Counsellor of Legation, and will remove to a residence in the neighbourhood of Gloucester-I:lac e . The Earl of Kingston's magnificent seat, Mitchels town Castle, county of Cork, bcs been relinquished to his son, Viscount Kingsboroug . h. The Noble Earl, it will be recollected, by a commiss.;on de Lunatico Inquirendo, has been pronounced of ur,sound mind from the 9th of April, 1830. Viscount G"..ge is said to be on the eve of diminish ing his cstabli Ailment at Firlc-place, Sussex, and of making an extended. Continental tour. The c,outemplatcd marriage between C. W. Cod tington% 'Esq., M.P., and Lady - Georgiana Somerset, second •aaughter of the Duke of Beaufort, will be solemnized on Tr_lesday next, at Badminton. Mr. Codrington arrived in ‘.'ark-lane, on Monday, from Doddington Park, and loP.ves for Gloucestershire again to-day. Lord 'llunally, who has experienced a severe attack of the gout, is convalescent. _ The Marchioness Wellesley has been indisposed at Herlingham H o u se , F u lh a m. Th e Marquis an d Marchio ness of Carmarthen visited her Ladyship soon after their arrival from Scotland. A Grand Fancy Dress Ball, for the benefit of the Celtic Society, takes place at Edinburgh on the 27th of January, and will be one of the most brilliant given in that city since the time of the Prince of Wales. The list of pa tronesses contains many of our most distinguished fashion ables, for it include; the Duchess of Somerset, Marchioness of Breadalbane„ Countess of Morton., Countess of Wemyss, Countess B osebery, Countes9. of Caithness, Countess of Glasgow., Countess of Lcvru, Lady Mary hoes, and Lady Greenr i ck. The Stewzveds, the Duke of Buecleueh, Mar quis of Huntley, Earl of Morton, Marquis of Breadalbane, Ev:rl of Rosebery, Lord Elibank, Lord Loughborough, &c. The Opera Bu a last evening was again honoured with the most distinguished company. The Duke of Brunswick, Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Argyll, Lord Burgl,ersh, Count D'Orsay, Duke Palmella, Baron Logos, Countess Bjornsterna, Cowntetts of Beauchamp, Countess of Aldborough, Countess of A.shburnham, Sir Francis and Lady Sykes, Sir Wm. Curtis, Hon. Colonel L. Fitzroy Stanhope, M arqu i s P : Douro, &e., were present. Viscount Fal.'4land arrived at the Clarendon Hotel yeterday, frorr., the seat of Lord Frederick Fitzclarenee, near Berw•Lek-upon-Tweed, on his way to visit the King and Queen 'at Brighton. Lady Falkland arrived at the Hotel Con IV..onday evenin g , from th e P av ili on , t o meet his Lord s hip. The Duke of Grafton and Lord and Lady Charles Fitzroy have arrived at . Wakefield Lodge, Northampton- Aire, where they will pass the Christmas. It is not gene rally knawn that the Noble Duke is hereditary gamekeeper to hi's-Majesty at Newmarket. The Right Hon. the President of the Board of Con trol has arrived at Corshatn House, Wilts, on a visit to Mr. Methuen, M.P. It is reported that the Right Hon. Baronet is on the eve of leading one of the daughters of Mr. Methuen to the hymeneal altar. The Duchess of Athol and her grand-daughter, the Hon. Miss Murray, have left Leamington for Dunkeld House, Perthshire. The immense tract called Blair Forest, the property of the present Duke of Athol, has been let to the Duke of Bucelcuch. The Earl of Lichfield, Postmaster-General, is still confined with the gout at the 'Brunswick Hotel, Hanover- Square. Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Cdurtenay Boyle has promised to come forward as a candidate for the repres...r.- tat:on of Dome at the next election. lOREIGN INTELLIGENCES .*; PAais Pf.t, 18.—The Russian calendar beiiig twelve daya behind ours, it is only to-day that thßussiatt Lega tion celebrates the fete of Olo,pnip l eiA3k7 hotel of the Ambass - 41 ( 4 Pale des Champs Elysees is brilliantly and a splendid banquet unites the dirli.+Agi , 2:oody, With the exception of Lord Granville, awn() happens to have the gout, and of M. Le Hon, Belgian Ambassadtn-, who is doubtless stir fatiiio(ll conscrnce of the fete whieh kW, i.r . c,•;.'. 4 .!: '6'n the 16th, the birth-day of King,laetVollAt DEc. 19 7 , - 4 .;'•tier from Toulon, speakihg of b. new ex peclitiOtt ;.;onstantina, says—" 7TA ikkthre the s'uc'cess of X 11! expedition so important hs that agaiiAt e emiitantina, we must emple,!7 •ittltriers 'iritred te the eli*.ntt, and accus tomed to tktt rnanner of tg'h'tihe of tbe Arabs. We have artillery, provisions, and ttansports.. Noir, ait it intended to go to ConstAntina In the menit'lk of March:, it will be ne; cessary immediately to send NM° melt to Alkietil l , Oran, and Berefia. treat magaiifteS 0-'e\-:tions must be formed at Bona, at the vamps tit tlausel and Dream, and at Gathna. Camels and beasts of burden Might 13e. lected at all parts of the Regenty, akd *a some days before the departure of the ttnps to the place of rent de4vous. All these preliminary operations and iiidif±pU% sable to the success of the expedition% Meantime, excur sions might be made during CM) months in the provinces of Algiers and Oran, to thw the Arabs that we are net ihtt& midated, and to season the troops who have e htt fought in Africa?' The last letters fret Ilona (says the Courrier Frcmcait) paint our di aster in even darker colours, tt ttefns that we left in the hands of the enemy d,OtYt) muskets and seve ral chests of cartridges, The booty made by Achmet's army must have been considerable ; for besides the, pit viQ sions and ammunition, the baggage of tilt) Prince, the Marshal, and the superior officers, mks abandoned. It was said that the Arabs of Jounod had abandoned him and gone over to the enemy ; but the report was false. it was only the natives that had the care of the mules, who left their beasts of burden, lean And miserable animals, that could not reach Cootantina. Some persons think they heard the order to fire from the ramparts, given in French and English. What is certain is, that the guns were much more accurately pointed than those served by Turks usually are. One 24 pounder kept up a constant fire for three days on a ford, by means of which there might hare been a communication between the first brigade and the re mainder of the division, It is not accurately known with what number of troops we had to contend, but it is sup posed that there were 4,000 combatants in the city, and that Achmet had on the outside 2,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry.—Journal du Commerce, Dec. 19. The Eclefreur de la Atediterrance states, that the French army in Africa has lost 1,500 men, with two pieces of artillery, la waggons , and all the implements belonging to the engineeringdepartment, amounting to 1,000 articles. A portion of the hospital apparatus, a large quantity of arms, boxes of rampart muskets, 50,000 cartridges, and most of the private baggage, were likewise left behind. The Council of Ministers held on Sunday lasted until six o'clock in the afternoon. They have not, it seems, as yet been able to come to an understanding on the question of Constantina. It is the third time the subject was brought before the Council without any result.—Mcssager. It is stated that Admiral Massieu du Clerval has already set off for Toulon, with orders from the Minister of the Marine to prepare three ships for conveying troops imme diately to Africa, and which will afterwards be followed by a much greater body of forces. We are also informed that orders have been sent to General Castellane, who has the command of the Pyrenees Orientales, to embark at Poi Vendres for Bona the Ist Regiment of the Line and the Ist Light Infantry. The &sac alludes to a report that Marshal Clausel's re signation of his post has been offered and accepted, and that the Government of Africa is reserved for the Duke de Mortemart. " The Noble Duke," observes the Siccie, " has since his mission to Russia been in high favour at at Court, and the rumour now circulated, if true, may explain the object of his visit to Algiers." The Presse says—" Since a new expedition against Con stantina has been talked of, innumerable applications have been made to the Minister of War by officers of all ranks to serve in it as volunteers. A strong indication of an ad vance towards conciliation in political parties is found in the fact, that among these applicants there are a certain number of officers who belonged to the Royal Guard, and who have hitherto refused to serve under the tricoloured flag." FRENCH FUNDS.—Pasts, Dec. 19, Five per Cents., 107 f. 50c. 55c 60c. Four per Cents., 99f. 30c. Pc. 20c. Three per Cents. 78f. 95c. 79f. Bank Actions, 2,350 f. Rente de Naples, 97f. 30c 40c. 5 - c. Roman Five per Cents., 101. Spanish Actives, 21 21% 21. Spanish Passives, 5%, Belgian Loan, Five Ira Cents, 101%. Portuguese Thref! per Cents. 29N 3o 30%. Dutch Two PAid a half per Cents., '55. Haytian Loan, 350 f. 355 f. t),Boe. rxcittarola trN Lormox. One month paw:sr, Lsf. 371,4 c. ; money, 251 875 c. Three mouth', paper, 25f. 12%c. i money, —f. —c, -tk,te)'s AuthenliQue. BOURSE, HALF-PAST Foua,—Tbe funds looked rather better to-day, without any very obvious cause to occasion im provement. Portuguese stock rose in consequence of a report that an assurance that the dividends would be paid had been received from London. Spanish Active was firm at 21. A rumour prevailed here that on the arrival of Marshal Soult, who is expected in Paris on Wednesday (this day), he would receive a carte blanche from the King to form a new Ministry. LAST PRICKS.—Five per Cents., 107 f. 80e. ; Three per Cents., 79f. 20c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, ; Gueb bards, —; Differes, 89; New Loan, —; Actives, 21 ; Pas sives, 51,- ; Ducats, —; Romans, 101 ; Pedros, —; Belgians, 100 1 ; Dutch, 55f, ; tlaytians, 355 f. —c. ; Mi guels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 331- ; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, —; Five per Cent. Perpc tuelles,—; Royal Loan, —; Three per Cent. Portuguese, 30 ; Bank Actions, 2,350 f. ; Austrian, —; Rente de Naples, 97f. 70c. ; Portuguese Five per Cents., —. PAIN, SIEGE OF BILBOA, Diary of the proceedings of General Espartero, from the 25th olt.to the 12th inst, ail Eye-witness. " Towards evening, on the 25th of November, General Espartero, with a body of troops, amounting to nearly fourteen thousand men, arrived at Portugalette. The first division had been brought by the British steamers and a flotilla of chassemarees round the coast from Castro, whilst the other, under the personal command of Espartero, had marched from the same place over the hills. On the fol lowing day, the 26th, the village of Sertaos was occupied by a part of these troops, whilst a bridge of boats was being constructed across the Galinda by the sailors of his Majesty's brig Saracen, under the direction of Lieutenant Le Hardy. On the 27th, the army crossed the Galinda, and attacked the fortified convent of Buena, from which they drove the Cari ; ts, not, however, before they had set fire to it, and tot without a loss of nearly 300 killed and wounksi. Some companies of Christinos crossed the bridge of BAireena and pursued the Carlists in gallant style and to a con siderable distance, but finding themselves most unaccountably not only unsupported, but ,summoned by a bugle call to re treat, they were forced to make a precipitate and retrograde movement towards and across the bridge, in doing which thew suffered very severely from the Carlists, now pursuing in their turn, and who were also enabled by this retreat of the Christinos to blow up the bridge of Bercena and another further en, that of Castrejana. Espartero then gave up all atttrripts at a forward movement in that direction, and de termined to cross over to the right bank of the river Ner vion, opposite the fortified conduct of the Desierto, and take possession of the heights of Evandio. On the 28th, to enable him to effect this operation, the Comet steamer towed up the river a great number of chassemarees and launches for the purpose of forming a bridge, and in her progress, while passing the hill of Aspce, she had an officer and boatswain's mate wounded by a discharge front the Carlists. Whilst the bridge of boats was being con structed, Espartero all of a sudden changed his mind, and marched his troops back to Portugalette, suffering them to set fire to all the villages and detached houses and cottages that lay in their way. Having made up his mind to cross the river at Portugalette, instead of at the De sierto, where he would have been some six miles nearer to Bilboa, the Comet was ordered to tow back the fleet of the chassemarees and launches, and on the 29th another bridge was constructed by the blue jackets of the Ringdove, un der the superintendence of Captain Lapidge and Lieu tenant. Hervey. At noon the next day, the 30th, Espartero with his army passed over to the right bank of the river and occupied Argota. That night the weather broke up, and the troops suffered most severely, many of them having to bivouack on the bleak bill sides, exposed to am incessant deluge of rain. On the following day the army made an onward movement as far as the valley of Evandio, and Espartero established his head-quarters at Andecca, a position which he might have occupied three days before had he, according to his first intention, crossed the river in front of the Desierto on the evening of the 28th. Instead, therefore, of being close to, if not inside the walls of; Bilboa on the Ist of December, which he might and ought to have been, a whole week since the 25th of November had not only been frittered away in senseless marches and countermarches, but the ground gained at. the cost of 300 men killed and wounded, recklessly, if not Pusillanimously abandoned ; for, with the most ordinary exertion of energy, the bridges of Burcena and Castrejana might have been passed ; in fact, nearly .50 of the Christino infantry did cross over the former, and General Castenada did not hesitate to assert that had he not received orders to halt before coming up to the bridge of Castrejana, he might have passed it and made good his footing on the other side with a very slender addition to his numbers. Towards noon on the '2d a small body of troops made a dash at the bridge THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1836. Ama, whilst another body attempted to gain the head of, the river above the bridge, by pushing through a wood that came down to the water's edge. What hideous hydras or Organs dire they saw id the wood they never told, but in a Verii feW irffintites their whi l ?Ccii liying With as much preci pitation and terror as if the ' Old Gentleman' himself and his infernal posse comitatus were at their heels. The party back with , ;1 Itaeptv which had dashed at the bridge were soon seen splashing than . they had gone 6,1(1 tli4 eHOristureet befot c twa p.m. 'he depini'ably aliOrtiV6 result Of these two atteitipts Seemed.t6 be owing id the Want Of OffieerS to lead, as the risen appen'red eager and reSOltit,C enough; but failed from the absenee Of a aid. These two attempts occa sie?..ta the.loss of, Sev.eral then killed ,and Wotinded without the gain of 1 Single addiiiOndl • flick i4,iirniind: 'the three following day 5 . ‘;.ae Unprofitably passed; though the weather bad again taken tin and wai most faVOnrable. for active oNiatiOns, rejecting new and vg.t.et,":l'', piaiis and projects. Some guns were taken from his Britannic Majesty's brig the Saracen, to arm a battery on ShOre;,iti or 6othr proposed bridge of iicliktoons ilia, 114 O t tiN; st,eing g;:,i - ; 4, the guns were taken back Again. On the 4th an officer de serted to the CarlistS: *At tiot till the that, after kitapy iiTak;eliq!*: abd hirthei- piei 9f kii4ssing at Castrejana was reverted to ; and finally resolved upon ; and the indefatigable and patient commander of the Comet Again fettikrtti orders se tow the iteet ehassemarees, launches, &c., to their former station under the Desierto, whence he had brought thetii oti the 'Bth ttiti This Up and clown the thiclit_ dance of steamers and small craft, besides being as ineffectual with regard to the fad of Bilboa as the same number of moves on a chess-board in the cabin of the Comet, had the doubly bad result of dis heartening tied disgusting the General's own army, whilst it inspirited and gave confidence to that of the enemy. 'That the latter, at least, was the case was proved by the Carlists thetnselves becoming so impatient at lspartero's delay, that they actually attacked, on the sth inst., his troops in their encampment in the valley of Erandio, and inflicted a severe loss upon them in killed and wounded, the whole of the afterpart of that day being employed in bring ing down the wounded and passing them over to Portuga lette. Though the new bridge of boats opposite the De siert° was completed towards the evening of the 6th, the army was not put in motion until 24 hours after, when, hav ing received abundant supplies of provision and ammunition from Santander by sea, they crossed to the other side of the river, but when there, instead of proceeding in the di rection of Castrejana, they, to the utter surprise of all those not in the secret of the General, took the road back to Portugalette, and Lieut. Le Hardy, in furtherance of some new plan of Espartero's, set about constructing another bridge over the Galinda, somewhat higher up than the former one, which was within long range of some of the Carlist guns. Since the 6th, up to the 12th, though in the interval he had received abundant supplies of provisions and ammunition, and had been joined by his coips de reserve, upwards of 3,000 strong, making in all nearly 17,000 men, he still remained, for what reason Heaven and himself alone know, perfectly inactive and stationary, be ing still exactly in the same position—Portugalette—that he was on the 25th of November, and with no other re sult than a diminution of between 900 and 1,000 men, put hors de combat in the abortive and futile attempts already mentioned. His troops, as was naturally to be expected, have not only become dispirited, but not a few of them mutter something very like a desire to change sides, and many of the officers cannot restrain the open expression of their disgust and shame, when they perceive, every time the weather will permit, the telegraph at Bilboa imploring immediate succour. On the 9th the weather again became wet and gusty, but on Sunday, the 11th, the sun again shone out in a cloudless sky, but the invitation was not ac cepted, not the least symptom of an onward movement be ing perceptible, though the roar of the Carlist guns about Bilboa has been echoing in our ears since eight o'clock that morning until dusk."—Times. PRIVY COUNCIL.-SATURDAY. (Before the Judicial Committee.) g(oirr V. SCOTT. This was an appeal fidrn it entetide of John Nichol!, the late Judge of the Prerng'afiVe Coda, by which he pro nounced for the v:ilidity of the will of Christopher Scott, formerly of iaint, Anth•ew's/ in New Brunswick, who died his lodgings in Tower-hill on tilt (2.l)th of July, 1533. o ment on Thursday, Dec. 8, The easialfo. On tor 12.;!! and ociiiiiad tlia# Ana two following days, Mr. Thessiger and Dr. ilVaii:O l s'',Ttle , 7tring,f3r the ap pellant; and, Mr. Pemberton and Dr. Nichol! foV :iit re spondent. arr:eAeitthat the will in question, which was dated on the 20th of July, i83:1'; /7":' , nointed Mr. William Scott, the respondent, a natural son of the his sole ekccdt7.+ T iiivauoiversal legatee, its validity being op posed by Air. Jo .r?cdt,,t! thp brother of the de ceased; On i,he grdtind hi.st. , sr end of the 3o 0t 1848'; or Elie b'effuiang , of 1829 ; ihi; de ceased became of unsound thithi! add that the c±ecu don of the will was clandestinely prodilfiA Aetti' he- wat" tH O 4O.F.> inc. p. of doing any testamentary aet: On the part of eti°llgrrt it was alleged in the Court below that the deceased, who was d '.!'!ti-To of Greenock, but who, early in life, had settled at New Drito,tfißk. where he edffitd ho ,thq trade of a merchant and ship owner, having acquired et/nOiderAl° property, had re turned to Scotland in 1827 or 1828, aild tiottght an estate near Greenock, intending to reside upon it ; at £haf residing hie brother, the appellant, who was a banker at Greenock, and being dii thti be,t terms with him and his family. In the autumn of 1828, th4defreagefl, determining to go out to New Brunswick to wind up lil6 afklir, there, executed a tell, by which he devised his real and pef6titiai estates to and _artidnet hia brother and his nephews and nieces, which will was delivefed iiitd Ftt own custody ; but what had become of it did not appear. It Oft 3 further al leged, dri the part of the appellant, that, dufltig residence in this country ; the deceased was given to habits of drinking to excess, and thefdliy greatly injured and en feebled his constitution ; and that, shortly after hi* arrival in New Brunswick in 1828 or 1829, he became of tinwsund mind ; that instead of winding up his affairs in New Bruns wick, and bringing them to a conclusion, for the purpose of a final return to this country, he entered into many hazar dous speculations, and lent his money improvidently ; and without due security ; that for the purpose of carrying on the same, he drew bills to the amount of many thousand pounds upon Mr. Alexander Sinclair of London and his brother Robert at Greenock, which they accepted under the guarantee of Mr. John Scott, the appellant. That ap pellant, however, being at length convinced that the deceased was out of his senses, and would ruin himself, refused any longer to guarantee his bills ; upon which they were refused acceptance by Messrs. Sinclair, and were re turned protested. It appeared that in the spring of 1831, the deceased returned to this country ; and as he . - continued to pursue his speculations in trade, his brother and nephews, who had advanced him about 20,000/4 for the purpose of settling his affairs, refused to sanction his further proceedings ; and his affairs became so embarrassed that in the month of July, 1831, he wits arrested and lodged in the gaol at Bristol, where he remained until the riots .7hich took place in that city in the month of Oc tober, 1831, when he was released by the rioters along with the other prisoners, and a commission of baribruptcy was shortly afterwards issued against him. The allegation then went on to state that from this period the deceased had no fixed place of abode ; but was continually travelling be tween Scotland, Ireland, Liverpool, Bristol, Leaden, &c., without any rational motive or object ; also that his pre-: pensity to excessive drinking increased upon him, so that he was frequently intoxicated, even in the middle of the day, and that he also from that time constantly entertained and expressed the most absurd and extravagant delusions re specting himself and his property. Pereral instances of such delusions were then stated, and it appeafe'd that he had conceived a violent hatred towards his brother and big., other reLitiong, 4 ,9 - 1 4 1h001 he attributed all his embarrass ments. It was further alleged that 4ti the 30th of May, 180,, the tleeeased took up his abode at the White Bear in Basinghall-street, where he remained until the 13tli of July, When he was 'removed by Mr, Alexander Sinclair to some lodgings an Tower-hill, and that during the whole of that period the deceased continued daily to grow worse, and mare enfeebled and reduced in bodily strength, in eon seqtterien of *Nell Mr. Sinclair sent Mr. John Hunter, a surgeon and apotlieezify, to prescribe for him, who was of opinion that he would not long and ho so wrote to Mr. John Mwtt, the appellant, who arriVt'.4 in London on the 19th of July, and the next morning he and Mr , Bins clair visited the dontased just before the execution of the will in question, and again just after its eAeention, accom panied by Mr. Hunter, who was of opittlatt that on those occasions the deceeased was incapable of making a It appeared, however, that on the 22d, Mr. Sinclair himself accompanied Mr. MiDougal, who bad prepared the for mer will, to the bedside of the deceased, in order to ascer tain whether he was desirous of giving any instructions for the disposal of his property, or of making any alterations in his will. After alleging the bodily and mental incapacity of the deceased to originate a will or any other act, and that on Sunday the 21st of July, Mr. Sinclair entreated him to be reconciled to his brother, the appellant, to which the de• ceased apparently assented, the allegation went on to state that Mr. W. A. Greatorex, solicitor, London, procured the will in question to be executed between the hams of 9 and 10 in the morning of the 20th of July, in the absence of the landlady, and without any communication with the medical attendant or the friends or relations of the de ceased; that the nurse, and a clerk of Mr, G. were the only persons present at its execution ; that the titu46 was enjoined to keep it a secret, which she did until the day of the funeral ; and on the 2gd of July, Mr. Greato rex was in the room with Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Mac- Dougal, whoa the state of the deceased, and bee capa city to make a will, was discussed in his presence, witliottt his (deceased) being conscious thereof, or taking any part therein ; and that on such occasion the said Mr. G. said the deceased had made a will, but in such terms as to give the persons clearly to understand that the will was one made some time before, and the friends of the deceased re mained ignorant of the date and contents of the present will until after the funeral. This case was supported at great length by the Oldenee of the several witnesses. On the part of the respondent, Mr. William Scott, it was alleged, in substance, that the Conduct of the deceased in his mercantile, and other transactions, id the tittle of his bankruptcy, was perfectly rational ; that up td tvli tithe of his death he was a person of sound and disposing mind, &c., and that as well before as after the exe cution of the will he talked rationally and sensibly arid was fully capable of doing any net tvbateret requiring thought, judgment, and reflection. That the decdaged had very great regard and affection for the respondent, uhe was born in 1807, and from his infancy treated him with great kindness and parental care, and that deceased's love and affection for him continued until his death, and ho fre quently expressed and declared the same to his friends, as , . quaintances, and others. That after the deceased went into lodgings on Tower-hill, he expressed great anxiety to see Mr. Greatorex, and on the 20th of July expressed great pleasure at seeing him, shook him by the band, and en tered into conversation with him in a rational and sensible manner. That at the time of the preparation of the will Nis. - G. had no knowledge of or acquaintance with the re spondent, save and except from the information given to him by the deceased ; that he never had any correspon dence or communication with him directly or indirectly, nor was he acquainted with his Christian name, until he was in formed of it by the deceased, who told him the name of his son, for the express purpose of having it inserted in the will. The subscribing witnesses were Mr. Greatorex, his clerks, and the nurse, who all stated that the time of the execu tion of the will the deceased was very feeble, but was per fectly conscious of what he was doing, and on the will being read over to him by Mr. Greatorex he approved of it, and after signing it, on being asked if he published that as his last will and testament, said " Yes ; certainly I do." He also requested the witnesses to attest it ; and the nurse stated, that in hearing the will read he objected to his son being called illegitimate ; but after having signed it, be ob served that he had made his son doubly secure. Their Lordships having taken time to consider, this morn ing, Lord BROUGHAM delivered an able and elaborate judg ment, in which he recapitulated all the leading parts of the case, and after applying to them the principles of law which govern the decisions of the Courts upon questions of sanity or• competency, concluded by affirming the judg ment of the Court below, and thereby pronouncing for the validity of the will. His Lordship said there were two grounds upon which the opposition to the will rested, which were distinct, but not inconsistent—first, the gsneral incompetency of the testator, produced by exces sive drinking and other causes, as manifested by the various acts spoken to by the witnesses for the appellant ; and, secondly, that the executio❑ of the will was procured by contrivance, at a time when his mind was so enfeebled by disease and bodily infirmity, that he was totally incapable of performing any testamentary act. Upon the first part of the ease, their Lordships were clearly of opinion that the allegation of insanity or imbecility was wholly unsupported by the evidence. The various acts spoken to by the wit nesses, such as •his extravagant speculations, and his quarrels with his relations, to whom he attributed his misfortunes in trade, might be irrational, or unjustified by the truth of the facts ; but by no means established, the existence of any delusions on his part, such as were generally understood to constitute or characterise unsoundness of mind. The other circumstances from which the same conclusion was sought to be deduced also admittesl of a similar explana tion ; they might arise ,from a state of mind which had be • come weal; from irregylar habits, or irrational from feelings of _irritation at imaginary injuries ; but there was no proof of any total want of capacity to execute a testamentary act. With respect to the charge of contrivance in procuring the execution of the will, their Lordships were also of opinion that the appellant had equally failed in making out any such thing.- it Was true that Mr. Greatorex, the solicitor, had sugges'ed to hitt/ di; protriety of making a will, lest he should die intestate, and WithOW ptotiding for his son, who appeafiid id be the object of his love LW affection ; and so far it waS 1.0 Pe 'wished that the facts had hen/ otherwise, for the executidd of rr will was an act which ought Orrays to originate with did ritOfy himself ; but at the same dri'l6. tt ,appeared that Mr. Greatarqx had n o p e i - :pnal or pecun;ari 14telra,st in the matter, atid if fit!!! clearly estaLlished by his evidairev, supported by that of his clerk the muse, who were preset! , at the time that the deceased adopt rm 4 signed the will, rnalimF use of expressions which clearly sluitial , that he approved of its eeEtchtl? Arid was perfectly conselong Of what he was doing. It was httird,ible, therefore, not to with* , Mr. Greatorex of all impropelT Wotite in the transaction, and the tjttestion was, whether the state of 4te testator's mind, at thd flint' of the execution of the will, cVdtiolch as to ren der it invalid. Their Lordships were of opinfoft that the evidtUee' in- support of the affirmative of this propoiiitiou, had only gone Cos length of showing that the deceased was at that time in a state of great weakness from disease and tAtl age, and there was no proof whatever of any such total want of eapagity as was necessary to support the appel lant's allegation. it was remarkable, that Mr. Sinclair, who was the chief witness called to establish the fad of in dtpaeity on the 20th of July had himself given efflence to the coneary by his own acts, for on that day he had in duced the testator to be reconciled to his brother, the ap pellant ; and on the 1241 he requested Mr. M'Dougal to speak to him on the subject of making a will. Upon the whole, therefore, their Lordships were of opinion that the sentence of the Court below must be affirmed, except in so far as it directed that the appellant should be condemned in the costs of the 'whole proceedings. 'Although the charge of insanity was wholly unsupported, and ought not to have hem brought forward, the circumstances attending the execution of the will were sufficient to justify the ap pellant in putting the parties upon proof of its validity, and therefore as to that part of the case, he ought to be re lieved from the payment of costs. LAW I N TELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY; DEC. 20. POWYS v. MANSFIELD. Mr. JACOB having concluded his argument against the appeal yesterday evening, Mr. WALKER was also heard on the same side to-day. Sir C. WETHERELL then replied, and contended, as in his opening, that if Sir John Barrington was to be held as standing in loco parentis with respect to his niece, then that his debt as a parent was discharged by the sum given to Mrs. Powys under her marriage settlement. The deci sion of his Honour set aside the law of the Court with re spect to double portions for nearly a century, but it was now confidently hoped that his Lordship would once more restore it to that state in which it bad remained for so long a period, under the sanction of some of the most learned and able Judges who ever presided in a Court of Equity. The LORD CHANCELLOR directed a copy of the judg ment of the House of Lords in Wharton v. Lord Durham to be handed up to him, along with the pleadings and the will and settlement.—Judgment postponed. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Dm 20. BELL V. BELL. Mr. KNIGHT stated that this bill was filed to establish the will of the late Dr. James Hamilton, of Edinburgh, who did in 1835, seised of considerable estates in this country, as well as in Scotland. The only specialty in the case arose out of the circumstances of the attestation and of tito witnesses to the will. The attestation, which had been wtitten in Scotland, omitted to state that the will had been signed by the witnesses in the presence of the tes tator ; and of the witnesses, one was dead, another was blind owl in Scotland, and the third only was resident in England, and hs , l been examined in the cause. His HoNoun thought that as the only witness in this <4145.0 who could be examined had been examined, the evi dew VMS sufficient. A question then arose whether the decree ral;ght not simply declare the will established. Mr. JACOB contended it was not the practice of the Court to pronounce a declaratory decree as to a conclusion of law, where it had not to give any direction as to the per formance of any trust. It was ultimately arranged that the decree should con tain an order for the trustee to perform the trusts of the will. COURT OF RINGS' BENCH, DEC. 20. BLUNT V. HESLOP. In this case, which vfas not concluded when our paper went to press, the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the common-law proceedings, for the plaintiff also as to the negligence, and for the defendant as to the proposal to carry on the equity suit. The amount for which the verdict should be entered ;vas afterwards the subject or discussion among the Counsel, and we understood that the sum was finally entered for 128/. 10s., the verdict being taken subject to the right of each party to move the Court on the point found against him EMPSON V. FAlftrA% AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an attorney at Leamington, against the defendants, proprietors of the Leamington Chronicle, for a libel inserted by them in their paper, and impugning the character and. conduct of the plaintiff. A person named Gomm, who kept a hotel at Leamington, had become rather involved in his circum stances, and the plaintiff had issued a fiat of bankruptcy mal-Ist him. In consequence of this proceeding, a meeting of his creditors was held. The alleged libel, which was in the form of a letter, consisted of a statement of what had been done at this meeting, and of the plaintiff's conduct thereupon. The statement was published in the form of an advertisement, and was signed " Weston Hatfield." The filleged libel was put in and read, and the publication was admitted. The ATTORNEY•GENEBAL, for the defendant, had never before seen a case of this sort left to the Jury without one single witness being called. The Learned Counsel then went through the letter, with a view to show that it con tained nothing which could be called libelous. Lord DENMAN summed up the case. As no evidence had been sailed for the, defendant under this plea there must be a Vertli , et for the plaintiff upon the issue raised by it. Then came the question to what" damages he was en titled. As to that point, the Jury had been reminded that the defendants were only the publishers of newspapers. Such d observation was often made in cases like the pre sent, but it had often occurred to him that the publisher, without whose moistened the libel could have no currency, and who inserted it merely for pecuniary advantage, was Vicitse than the writer, who might be actuated by strong motiveB at the time of composing the libel ; certainly pro prietors of neWspitro:) ought to be careful as to what they thus inserted. But, on the other hand,in this case the Jury would take into their consideration that which was certainly Withettt precedent, namely, that a man came into Court seeking tiff thmtiiges for a libel, and yet called not one single witness to speait 111 the value of that character which he complained had been injured by the libels published by the defendant. lb should himself have little doubt in saying that the letter was libellous. The Jury returned a verdict for Ole defendant, saying that their vetiliet was that it was no 'Ad. The verdiet was then entered tor the plaintiff on the jotification, and for the defendant on the plea of not guilty. PREROGATIVg COURT, lige. 20. WOOD AND OTHERS V. GOODLAKE,', HELPS, AND OTHERS. This was-an allegation in a suit respectingthe will of the late Mr. James Wood, d OlotleeSter, propounding an al leged codicil to the will. The i#lftrioe died on the 20th of April, 1836, ageit eighty, possessed tit *6l'7 considerable property, the real estate being pleaded in the tglation to be worth 250,0001., but which the deceased), ig soid to have estimated at 10,000/. per annum, and the i;ersonal pro perty is upwards of a million. (Th the day but one u:!'' the deceased's death instructions were given for a commis sion to swear the executors, tvlio arc Alderman Matthew . Wood, Mr. John Chadborn, Mr. Jacob Osborne, and Mr. John Surman Surman. The commission was issued, and was executed at Gloucester on the 25th of April. Caveats, however, were entered on behalf of Mr. Thomas Helps and Mr. Thos. Wood, supposing themselves to be next of kin, by which probate was stopped. On the first Session of Tri nity Terra a proxy was exhibited for Mrs. Elizabeth Goodlake, widow, alleging herself to be second cousin, and next of kin of the deceased ; upon which MeFsrs. Helps and Wood authorised their proctor to discon tinue proceedings on their behalf as next of kin, having ascertained that they were more remote relations of the deceased than Mrs. Goodlake. The will was pro pounded on behalf of the executors, and opposed by Mrs. Goodlake. Thus the matter stood, when, on the Bth of June, Mr. Helps received, through the medium of the threepenny post, a letter addressed to hint at his residence at Balham-hill, enclosing the codicil now propounded, the contents of which have been already given. This document was accompanied by an anonymous letter, written with pencil, to the following effect Enclosed is a paper saved out of many burnt by the parties I could hang. They pre tend it is not James Wood's hand. Many will swear to it. They want to swindle Inc. Let the rest know." On the 13th' of July these , documents were brought into the re gistry of this Court, sealed up, and on the 1-Ith they were, on the petition of the executors, directed to be opened. On the 2d of August an appearance was given for Mr. John Phillpotts, and on the 15th of November for Mr. E. chins, alleging himself to be a second cousin, and next of kin of the deceased. The allegation now before the Court consists of 58 articles with twenty-six exhibits. ' :On the last Court the KIN ms's ADVOCATE an Dr THE GREAT BALLOON. PAIttS ) DEO. 19.—.. A considerable sensation has been for the last two or tided tlayB redted itl Paris, donSepende of a public announcement that the great balloon, which has acquired such universal celebrity by its voyage, from Ing laud to the CohtlecA Wag tel make an ascent in this city previous to Its departure for London. The balloon having boon inflated in the yard of the military barracks, in the Faubourg Poissoniere, a short distance from the Boulevard of the same name, this day was fixed on for its ascent. Pre= vious to the hour of its ascent a considerable ithitiliOr of persons had collected on the spot, and every point in the vicinity from which a sight of the balloon could be obtained free of expense was occupied by the curious, The weather was, however, most unfavourable for such a spectacle ; it was damp, gloomy, and raw. As the balloon was completely distended with gas, its size and elegant form were fully dis played, and excited general admiration. At 2 o'clock Mr. Green gave the signal for starting ; the ropes which attached it to the ground were let loose, and the balloon slowly and majestically rose almost perpendicularly (for there was scarcely a breath of air stirring at the time), amidst the cheers of the bystanders. But their delight was of very short duration indeed, for the balloon had scarcely risen to the height of 100 yards from the ground, when it was all at once enveloped in a thick mist, which most effectually con cealed it from sight. At the moment of its disappearance it had just begun to take a south-easterly direction, and it is probable that it will descend very speedily ; for it is not likely that the aerial voyagers (six of whom were in the car —viz. Mr. Green, four gentlemen, and a lady) would choose to make a long trip in such disagreeable weather as the pre sent. The ascent was witnessed by a number of distin guished individuals. Lord Brougham left town on Saturday, to join Lady Brougham and his daughter at Worthing, where they arc sojourning for the benefit of their health. Last week the fishermen of Abbotsbury, in the Royalty of the Earl of llehester, caught upwards of .5001bs. weight of turbot, of a size and number greater than was known to be taken in the memory of the oldest man living on that coast. An affair of honour has taken place in Longford, between a Lieutenant and a Cornet of the Queen's Bays, arising, it is said, out of an intrigue between the latter and the Lieutenant's wife. An exchange of shots took place without damage. The lady has since left her husband, and the Cornet is about quitting the regiment. Yesterday morning the Bristol, . Portsmouth, and several other of the western mail coaches, did not arrive at the Post-office until half-past eight o'clock, the roads being in numerous places so inundated, that it was dangerous to proceed in the dark. At ten o'clock the Bath and Bristol night coaches had net arrived, being then three hours be yond their usual period of arriving. In the earlier part of the last century, the gross weight of the cattle sold at Smithfield did not, on an ave rage, exceed 3701b5., and that of sheep 281b5.; whereas, at present, the average weight of ()ken is estimated at about 8001 b., and that of sheep at about 801bs.—/IPCulleck. A PPREUENSIONT OF TIIE SUSPECTED MUlt- DERER.—The Irishman, John Dimsey, to whom suspicion attached ►with respect, to the horrible murders at Kirton Lindsey, of which we gave some account yesterday, was ap prehended at Sheffield, brought to Kirton Lindsey, and examined there last Saturday. On being asked whether he would make any statement be sullenly replied, " I have no thing to say at present." lie was remanded for further examination on Thursday next. A remarkable instance of the advantage with which steam boats of adequate power arc capable of being em ployed in towing ships when they arc disabled by any acci dent, or when extraordinary dispatch is required, was exhi bited yesterday, when a large and loaded vessel, the United Kingdom, was towed over from Calais harbour by the steam• ship, the Magnet, in fifteen hours. • The Magnet left Ca lais at eight o'clock in the morning: with the United King domin towond arrived at Blackwall at eleven in the evening. Some of the Paris newspapers have announced that Lord Lyndhurst was on his way to England, in order to assist at the dinner which the members of the Glasgow University have offered to Sir Robert Peel. This, how ever, is not the fact, for if we are correctly informed, the ex-Lord High Chancellor will not leave-Paris before the opening of Parliament. Lord Lowther, son to Earl Lons dale, and formerly a member of the Wellington Adminis tration, means to stay in our capital till the same period.— Paris Paper. We learn, ,on good authority, that Sir Michael Shaw Stewart is so seriously indisposed that no prospect exists that he will ever be able to resume his Parliamentary duties, and that a change in the representation of Renfrew shire must take place at the first election, if not sooner.— 'Glasgow Evening Post. Another fall of snow, being the fourth in the course of the present winter, took place on Monday last. The storm, though extremely threatening at its commencement, did not continue so long as either of the two former ; and a thaw took place in the course of the night. The country is extremely wet, and the rivers and streams are constantly running ►n full flood.—Neweaslle Journal of Saturday. Randle flohne, .in his " Booke of Armoric," de scribes an heraldic bearing thus :—" He beareth pies, a heading-block fixed between two supporters, with an axe placed therein ; on the sinister side a n►aule—all proper." The late Sir Robert Greenhill Russell, though in Possession of a landed estate of 10,0001. a-year, retained his studentship of Christchurch to the time of his decease. There is, we believe, but one Annual issued in Scot. land—that one (the " lixeiteinent"), is of 40 unpretending character. ~~. l . LUSHINGTON appeared for the exe‘nr , ors , and ocip Osett tie •. e; ,., ,, ._ ".- . ~.. admission of the allegation. ..t ......:•,:,k...,:-::: - .. tof.. ' . '...-, i.ri-, - ;•;-./., A Dr. ADDAMS, on the same side, thought that sgergo-. ' , i . --- r ; duction of this allegation was the height of human abmtlths . 77l - i;-.,. ~;..! and that it was only done for the purpose of stignltaarra - A the executors. '- M 74 b: , Dr. Pitthm MORE appeared for Mrs. E. Goodlake, the ad mitted next of kin. The COURT asked if Mrs. Goodlake opposed the will as well as the codicil now propounded ? Dr. rtintAmottE stated that most decidedly she did. Dr. CURTIg, on behalf of Mr. E. Hitcher,, alleged next of kin, oppo . sed the allegation. Dr. BURNABY, for the parties profited by the codicil, supported the admissibility of the allegation. The Learned JUDGE postponed the further herring of this suit till the first session in the next term. ' POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-110 USE. Several respectable shopkeepers waited in the course of the morning upon the Lord Mayor to be informed whether• orders which bad been sent to them, signed " Peter Hob-. ler," and purporting to be issued by a Committee, of which the Lord Mayor was the principal member, were genuine. Many of the orders had been transmitted by the twopenny post, to tradesmen in Blackfriars-road and Newington, and were for a great variety of articles. In one case 300 coats, 300 pairs of trowsers, and 400 waistcoats, were ordered ; in another, some hundred weights of sugar, and a hundred pounds •of tea ; in a third, some hundreds of tin kettles saueepans, tea-pots, Szc., &c., and the tradespeople were directed to send their goods to the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion-house. In no one case had the hoax so f.ir suc ceeded as to induce any shopkeeper to send his goods ac cording to the order ; but several were put to much it.con venience by the stupid pastime of the idle vagabond who wrote to them. GIii.r,DHALL. Yesterday - a sulky, stupid. - loo kin g lad, a b ou t ei g hteen years of age, named Thomas EG - Wrse , an apprentice to Mr. 'Bunco, a music-printer, in King's IL-ad-court, Holborn, was brought before Mr. Alderman lIARMEIA:; on suspicion of at tempting to set fire to his master's premis,^s. The Magis trate thought that the boy had the appearat:ce of being of weak intellects. The circumstances were ; but as yet there was nothin g that fixed the guilt upon hint. He would, however, remand the prisoner till Thursday. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. One of those mysterious domestic robberies which I,.ave of late become so frequent occurred a few days ago in t:ie house of Dr. Ley, of Half Moon-street, Piccadilly. One of the female servants, on rising at the usual hour, perceived that a lamp, which was always kept burning by the bed-- room door of Dr. Ley, bad gone out. The footman, Charles Webb. proposed to get a light from the gas-lamp over the door, and he went down for that purpose. When he got into the passage he found that the street-door lock had been forced off ; and, on making further search, that some one had gone to the pantry, forced the door, and had carried off a silver teapot, and about fifty other pieces' of plate, consist ing of decanter-stands, forks, spoons, &c. The family were immediately made acquainted with :he circumstance, and the assistance of the police was obtained. The search made by the police, under the direction of Inspector Walsh, satisfactorily proved that the robbers must have been well acquainted with the premises—must have known where the principal part of the plate was kept—and must have had the assistance or connivance of some one in the house. Suspicion fell on the footman, Charles Webb, and he was accordingly taken into custody. It was then discovered that Webb had obtained the situation about four months ago, under a false name, and by means of a false nharacter. That he had two wives living, or, at least, that he hed chil dren by women who passed es his wives, and that he ryas discharged policeman of the E division. The prisoner, in a whining tone, asserted his innocence, and said that the proceedings against him were calculated to ruin him by the injury which his character would sustain. Mr. CHAMBERS remarked that the prisoner bad very little reason to complain on the score of character, and then ordered him to be remanded for a week. ~ HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Archibald O'Connell, a medical student, was brought from the station-house, charged by Miss Isabella Broadman, a smartly-attired young lady, residing in Copen hagen-street, Islington, under the following circumstances : The complainant stated that on Monday night last, about twelve o'clock, she was in bed, when she was alarmed by a noise in the house, and shortly afterwards she was ex ceedingly terrified in consequene of the prisoner evidently breaking open her chamber door, and rushing like a mad man into the apartment. She screamed and called for as sistance, and he was given into custody. • Mr. BENNETT—Arc you acquainted with him ? Miss Broadman—He resides in the adjoining apartment, and lie is very riotous. Prisoner (dejected) — l am extremely sorry for my conduct. Mr. BENNETT—You have acted exceedingly wrong, but I shall discharge you, under a promise not to repeat such onduct. Prisoner—I shall not be repeated your Worship. Mr. Hume, M.P., and W. Harvey, M.P., are expected to attend and take a part in the meeting to be held this evering at the Town-ball, Brighton, for the purpose of forming an an:i-ehurch-rate paying association. Mr.KentP, M.P., fills the cha:Ye M. Bosse was eluted a member of the French Insti tute on Saturday last, in tee room of the late Abbe Sieyes. L IVE RPOOL CoTTON-MARET, DEC. 19.—We have had a good demand for c. y• to-day. Sales fully 3,000 bags at very steady pricer. A prospectus of a new bank oe' issue has J ust come out at Manchester, the shareholders 1:',0 consist, f o issuing bankers and the public in ge neral. It pteiposes an ultimate capital of 4,000, 000 /. , but inte nds at first to work upon 1,090,0001. One half is to be raised by banLers, the other by the pnblic. The public are always to have a dividend greater by one per cent. than the banking part of the pro prietary ; and Ole bankers who join them are to havei their bills discounted to a certain extent, and the rate of...inte rest charged is never to exceed three per cent., nor to be less than two per cent. A second Joint-Stock Banking Company is ale. nounced at Carlisle. The ordinary meeting of the Institute of British Architects was held on Monday evening ; C. Barry, Esq., V.P., in the chair. Several members were elected, and a variety of donations announced, amongst which were speci mens of marble from Haverfordwest, Roman and other tiles, &e. A letter was read, announcing a donation of 01. 7s. 6d. from ten Fellows of the Society, who were candidates for designs of ere new Houses of Parliament, being their share of the profits of the exhibition of the same. A paper was read by John Britton. Esq., F.S.A., on the application of the character and style of monastic architecture to modern mansions, more particularly with reference to Toddingtorr Park, the scat of C. H. Tracey, Eel., M.P., of which a de tailed account was given. 'ffris style of architecture, although hitherto little adopted, will, it :s anticipated, be more gene rally introduced, since the stYle of the projected new Houses of Parliament has set the example. Mr. Donaldson. the secretary, gave an explanation of the geological phenomena connected with the origin and source of porphyry, sienite, serpentine, and other rare marbles used in ,47ch t cct ural em bellishments, after which the meeting adjourned to Jan. 16. The following paragraph, contained in a copy of the Speech delivered at the opening of the Norweg:ae Sterthing, in reference to the trade with Great Britain, possesses some interest, and deserves a more lengthened notice than we have yet given to it :—" Within these few years the trade deals has acquired an extension, which is the more unexpected as the impediments which chiefly oppose its progress. still ei'et. The measures adopted by England for favouring that beench of commerce with her colonies have injured this source cif Norwegian trade. For a long long time past the King has :'railed himself of every oppor tunity to induce the Government of Great. Britain to change d „ se „ 2 ,lsu . res ; but, though the nespciaCons for th;:s pur pi ose have b it irto been fruitless, it is to be hoped that those efforts which rnOttv,:.s of local interest opp:lee, will soon be crow ned with a enceess tertflX vivi f y our commerce. Notwitbetanding tit,; difficulties it ;:as had to co ntend with, this branch of nationai industry has expe rienced a very satisfactory improVernent. During the first six years of the union Norway on l y e xported annieally 120,001 to 160,000 lasts. During the last six years telie exportation h as never been tinder 170,000 lasts, and on art average of the three last years it has been rased to:114,000 lasts. The extent of the Norwegian forests, the quality of the timber, and the facilities of transport, are &c um. stances which, taken togeth er, assure to the eounry the permanency of this national wealth, especially if a freest code be introduced. The redeetions of export dutiee gvantkl in fivour of this trade , for th re e ten years past, have contributed to maintain it during unfavoUrable con junctures?' It is stated that, since 1815, the p opulation has increased from 900,000 to 1,200,000. The.footpath of St. James's-park is really too bad. Tire besom of reform is nowhere more needed than in that disgracefully dirty, yet royal, locality. Why is not the Buckingham bag drained ? The people's pockets have sub mitted to the draining system for no purpose whatever, if the Park patlitvnys are for ever to remain swamped and impasabh , . • Their Excellencies the Lord Li?u!.enant and Coun tess Mulgrave attended the Dublin Theatre in state on Saturday evening. On this o ccasion Mr. Kean performed his favourite character of Richard the Third. Mr. Kean's engagement has been most profitable to the manager, the theatre having been crowded on every evening of his per torn - lance. .