The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-28 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will and codicil of Sir Richard Budder
Crowder, one of the Justices of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas, late of Carlton House-terrace, were
proved in the principal Registry of the Court of
Probate on the 18th inst. by his brother, George
Augustus Crowder, Esq., of 42, Portland-place, the
sole executor. The personalty was sworn under
£70,000. He has bequeathed to his brother Fre-
derick Robert and to his sister Anne Greene each a
legacy of £12,000 for their own absolute use; to
his housekeeper a clear annuity of £52; and the
following liberal agency to his clerk, who appears
to have been most highly esteemed by this excellent
Judge ; and we cannot forbear to give the terms of
this bequest in the Judge's own words :—" I give
to my 'aithful clerk. John Dickenson, whose kind
attention and valuable services I have received for
upwaids of 30 years, and whose zeal, diligence,
and integrity I have ever highly appreciated, the
sum of £3,000." The will and codicil were entirely
in his owu handwriting; and it is a remarkable
fact that he suffered alterations to appear in his
will without the initials of himself and the wit-
nesses, or any allusion thereto in the attestation
clause. The witne:ses, however, were able to
prove they were made previous to the execution.
The will of Lady Peel, relict of the Right Hon.
Sir Robert Peel, Bart., P.C., of Whitehall-gardens,
was administered to by her son, the Right Hon.
Fred. Peel, M.P., the sole executor. The personal
property valued at £14,000. The will, which is
very concisely and ably drawn, disposes of the
jewellery, ornaments, furniture, and effects left to
her ladyship by Sir Robert, as well as that previ-
ously her own, or since purchased by her, all of
which she leaves to her said son Frederick. To her
daughters, Viscountess Villiers and Mrs. Stonor,
£l,OOO each, and to her sons, John and Arthur,
£5OO each. The eldest son, Sir Robert, becomes
entitled to the mansion in Whitehall-gardens, with
the family plate, and an annuity of £5,000, which
was a charge upon the patrimonial estates in Staf-
fordshire.

Tne will and two codicils of Robert Wilson
Ffrance, Esq., late of Rawcliffe Hall, near Garts-
tang, Lancashire, 18, Northumberland-square,
Tyneside, North hields, and Ballochmorie House,
near Barr Hill, Ayrshire, N. 8., who died at Wood's
Hotel, Furnival's-inn, London, on the 21st October
last, were proved in the principal Registry on the
18th of January by Edward Sharp, Esq. of Vera-
lam-buildings, Joseph Roscoe Allen, Esq., of More-
combe, Lancashire, and Sarah Aiston and William
Aiston, brother and sister, the joint acting
executors. His estates, real and personal, subject
to an annuity of £l,OOO to Mrs. Aiston, and to
whom he leaves the household furniture and ef-
fects at North Shields, he has left in trust for his
son, Robert John Wilson Barton Ffranee (a minor),
and to his issue ; in default to Sarah Aiston for her
life, and at her decease to her brother William and
his issue ; on failure, then to the Commissioners of
Chelsea Hospital. The will was made in 1855, and
the codicils in 1858 and 1859.—From the illustrated
London News, January 28.

NEWSPAPER STATISTICS.—From the Newspaper
Press Directory for 1860 we extract the following :—" That
there are now published in the United Kingdom 1,041 news-
papers, distributed as follows :
England ......
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
129
British Isles ..
Of these there are-
-34 daily papers published in England.
6 ditto Scotland.
10 ditto Ireland
1 ditto British Isles.
On reference to preceding editions of this useful Directory
we find the following interesting facts, viz., that in 1840
there were 472 journals published in the United Kingdom.
In 1850 there were 443 (showing a decrease), but in 1860
there are now established and circulated 1,041 papers, show-
ing that an extraordinary impulse has been given to every
description of newspaper enterprise."—C. Mitchell and Co.'s
Newspaper Press Directory, 1860.
THE DISCOVERER OF THE NEW PLANET.—Yester-
day's Moniteur announces that M. Lescarbault, the d iscoverer
of the now planet, has been made a Chevalier of the Legion
of Honour. The announcement is preceded by a report to
the Emperor by M. Rouland, Minister of Public Instruction,
giving some account of M. Lescarbault, and setting forth his
claims to the distinction. It appears that in September last
M. Lo Verrier, the eminent director of the Observatory at
Faris, sent to the Academy of Sciences proofs of the exist-
ence of certain planetary bodies near the sun, and account-
ing for some apparent anomalies in the motion of the earth
and of Mercury. For the verification of these results, which
he had arrived at by calculation, he recommended to astro-
nomers an attentive study of the phenomena which present
themselves en the surface of the sun. Towards the end of
December he received a letter from M. Lescarbault, a poor
medical man living at Orgeres (sure-et-Loir), announcing
that on the 26th March he had observed a planet passing
across the sun's disc. M. Le Verrier visited his correspon-
dent, and convinced himself of the value of his observations.
M. Lescarbault, who was passionately fond of astronomy,
had devoted the intervals of his practice to it, and had made
his own instruments, which were of astonishing accuracy.
SUSPECTED MURDER AT NOTTINGHAM.—Mr.
Coroner Browne held an inquest on Wednesday afternoon
last on the body of a man named Lorenzo Jarvis, a
brewer by trade, the cruse of whose death is enshrouded
in mystery, there being many suspicious circumstances
connected with it. On Saturday last he had been working
at the Queen's Arms Inn, Queen's-road, Nottingham, and
left that place at a quarter to 12 at night, having in his
possession a quantity of silver and about 51b. cf beef tied
up in a newspaper. Jarvis did not arrive home that
night, and was missing until Tuesday, when his relatives
became greatly alarmed. The police were instructed to
search for him. The piece of beef was found under
Carrington-street Bridge, which projects over the Not-
tingham Canal; the water was then dragged, and the
body was soon afterwards found, when four bruises were
discovered upon the head of the deceased, two of which
were of a very violent and serious nature. Only 11d.
was found in his pockets, although just previous to his
leaving the Queen's Arms he had a handful of silver in his
possession. From the evidence of Mr. Bannister, the
landlord, it appeared that the deceased left the house
rather the worse for liquor ; he was alone, and appeared to
walk steadily, and was quite cheerful. After some other
evidence had been adduced, the coroner remarked that it
was clear the deceased had either been robbed, or had
got through his money in a very short time. The in-
quest was adjourned until Monday, that further inquiries
might be made.
THE PROPOSED BEER BILL.—A deputation of
the friends of the National Temperance League attended
yesterday before the Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis, at the
Homo Office, for the purpose of ascertaining the intentions
of her Majesty's Government with reference to the above
subject, and also with the view of offering suggestions.
Mr. Payne having introduced the deputation, Sir G. C.
Lewis observed that he was not at that moment in a posi-
tion to communicate any decision which the Government
had come to in reference to the subject. It would, how-
ever, receive due attention. Mr. Tweedie said he had
waited upon the Bishop of Oxford, and had obtained a
distinct statement from his lordship that in the event of the
Government not bringing forward a measure in the Com-
mons his lordship would introduce the subject into the
House of Lords. They considered that 42,000 beer-
houses and 63,000 public-houses were a great deal too many
for the requirements of the public; that facilities for the
sale of beer increased the evil of drunkenness instead of
supplying a better article ; that public-houses and beer-
shops should be put under the same jurisdiction, and that
the jurisdiction should be removed from the magistrates and
confided to a special body elected by the ratepayers. Sir
G. C. Lewis said he could not see how they could expect to
extinguish drunkenness by measures of the kind proposed.
As advocates of a Maine Liquor law he could have better
understood their purpose. What he understood them to
recommend was that the present system of licensing public-
houses and beer-shops should be abolished, and that the
authority to license should be transferred to a body elected
by some large constituency, and which should exercise no
other functions. The deputation then withdrew.
STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER, lan. 27.--
The market was quiet in the early part of the week, but a
steady business was done for the home and most of the
foreign markets, except those of the East. For the latter,
the heavy engagements recently entered into had disposed
both buyers and sellers to pause a little. We have now
telegrams to hand in anticipation of the overland mail from
Bombay and Calcutta, bringing advices to the commence-
ment of the present month of a rather favourable cha-
racter, and these have given a new impulse to business.
Fresh orders have been placed where manufacturers and
spinners have been in a position to take them, but it is diffi-
cult to buy without some addition to prices.
THE NEW IRISH MAIL BOATS.--It has been de-
cided that the four vessels building for this service shall be
called the Leinster, Munster, Connaught, and Ulster. Mr.
Laird, of Birkenhead, is constructing the Munster and
Ulster, and Messrs. James Watt and Co., of Birmingham,
will supply the engines Mr. Laird is also building the
builttons
Con-
naught. The last of the four, the Leinster, b
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Messrs.
at Blackwell by Messrs. Sanauda Brothers, and_
. fromfor the two
Ravenhill and Co. are to supply the engines
last-named vessels. The first will be launched
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Laird's on the 20h of February, and the others will quickly
follow, The new
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SUICIDE land portion o e
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SUICIDE, OF A POLICE-CONSTABLE.--A
frightful
act of suicide was discovered on Thursday to have been
committed by police-constable Charles Davis,
Greenwich division of metropolitan
a gentleman residing 169 11, or
police. The gardener of
at Lewisham, on entering his master' s
summer-house, disc,Neroi the deceased sitting in one cor,er,
with a coat drawn over his head and his throat cut in a
frightful manner. Blood was discovered in other r,arts of
the summer-house, indicating that the deceased must have
struggled for some time after committing the rash act. To
show the determination of the deceased, it may 'oe mentioned
that, to reach the place where his body was, found, he had
to cross a ditch and clear a hedge, and after cutting his
throat he had the coolness to ciose the razor with which the
injury was inflicted and place it in his coat pocket. On the
person of the deceased a letter was found, addressed to his
sister at Mortlake, and in which lie expressed an intention of
destroying himself, saying the troubles of this world could
not be longer borne. Tho deceased had been nearly 20 years
in the police, and the fear of losing a pension to which his
services would have entitled him is supposed to have led to
his committal of the suicidal act.

it There has of late been no material change in the
state of health of the King of Prussia, but the Prince Re-
gent has latterly also been an invalid. The annual festival
of the knights of the various orders of the kingdom, which
was to have taken place on the 22d, has in consequence
been postponed until the 29th, when it is expected that his
royal highness will be So far recovered as to be able to bear
his part in, the ceremonies of the day.