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

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LUSHINGTON appeared for the exe‘nr,ors, and ocip Osett tie •. e;,.,,, ._
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Dr. ADDAMS, on the same side, thought that sgergo-. ' ,i .---r ;
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and that it was only done for the purpose of stignltaarra-A
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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.-looking lad, about eighteen
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 nothing 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.

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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.
LIVERPOOL 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 Just come
out at Manchester, the shareholders 1:',0 consist, f
o issuing
bankers and the public in general. It pteiposes an ultimate
capital of 4,000,000/., but intends 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 bitirto been fruitless, it is to be hoped that those
efforts which rnOttv,:.s of local interest opp:lee, will soon be
crowned with a enceess tertflX vivify our
commerce. Notwitbetanding tit,;
difficulties it ;:as had to
contend with, this branch of nationai industry has expe-
rienced a very satisfactory improVernent. During the first
six years of the union Norway
only exported annieally
120,001 to 160,000 lasts. During the last six years telie
exportation has 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 together, 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 three ten years past,
have contributed to maintain it during unfavoUrable con-
junctures?' It is stated that, since 1815, the
population
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 occasion 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. .