The Express. — London, England, 1859-06-02 00:00:00

BRITISH COLUMBIA. Mom ors own ooassatoonstre.) FORT %UR Fes. 23. lettanky being the anniversary of Washington's bertsday. was ushered in by the thundering dis charge of half-minute guns and the incessant prattle of small arms, to the surprise of her klaiest)'s subjects, who keep no record about the catie:ty of that illustrious Englishman, aid the coneternation of the unvophisticated na tives, who, no doubt, thought it portended the immediate advent of general doom, rather than a natal festivity, if one were to judge by their aspect., as they hurried from their rancharres in dripping blankets, shaking and shivering, like so mane dogs in wet sacks. No wonder either they shotild be terror-stricken by the frantic American demonstration, which must have travelled by cite:ri fled echoes to the Forks of Frazer on the ono hand, and to its ocean delta on the other. The se poor, simple, srind m rfag people have lived shut out from the noisy world since the flood, in their natural fastneesill, having no commerce or con nexion with the busy sous of civilisation beyond their mongrel huckstering with a band of half-cute traders. and never getting a glimpse at modern en lightenment, save the murky ray emitted from the dark lantern of the Hudson's Bay Company. Eight months ago they imagined that the family of pale facts was confined to the factors and their satellites; that the acme of inventive skill was an old flint-lock earabine, and the triumph of manufac turing ingenuity a four-point blanket. Bet within that brief period their worldly experience has been enlarged—God help them' An avalanche of white men his fallen amongst them, bringing &manlies t:or, disuse, and death in their tra:n. w:tbout any countervailing benefit. India. men have been wantonly butchered ; Indian wives and maidens have been infamously violated, without riding or otitis bation : Indian fin-roosts• have been plundered and Indian piitato-patches have been heartlessly tom up by the white invaders, without remorse or compeneation; and when the wretched victims of a superior race hare gone in starving groups from door to door, craving sustenance in return for the food of which they had been deprived, a callous scoundrel inicht be heard to deciare It would be eying in the face of Providence to succour th e desti tute." ti , •1 eytcl I.iire•—••ri Blatt, with tear!• 44 eye., he starve.. ' and pi 'Lily d..0l :.Lit go Al prolix, wink a seliktr alr, acid laaaaa tbas. l'euviden cur. The anniversary celebration we, revealed to me as I arose by a neatly written invitation to an evening hall and supper; and bang, bang, bang, went otf heavy discharges close on the heels of each ether, as I dressed, rattling the shingles on the roof, and exciting my especial wonder as to how or where the numerous pieties of ordnance could have been procured to produce the effect. The waives were fired in front of the house where the ball was to come off, and thither I repaired to satisfy my curiosity, but instead of a battery of mortars and cannons I found a long row of smith's anvil., on the esplanade above the river. They were placed on the ground bottoms eßward; and the concavities Intentionally left in all these implements were filled with gunpowder. Another eat of anvils was phiced over the charges having quick matches protruding be tween, so that with long portfires they were mad. to explode in regular succession, producing reports quite equal to nine-pounders. lu the course of the aftenseen a few canoes arrived from both up and down river, each freighted with one or more of the fair 'sex. Ladies being scarce in these parts, active recruiting had been going on for some days, for, in addition to the iiitluensis of their charms, the difficulty of getting them enhanced their value. As each lady stepped out on the ice she was saluted with an anvil; but the entire master of the city sad suburbs did not exceed the baker's dom. There was a strong muster in the ball-room, but the mss (lathe, predominated over the crinolines in the ratio of at least 12 to 1, which caused periodical commotion' not unattended with transient difficul ties throughout the night, for whenever the first flute--whe appeared to be master of the ceremonies a. well—vociferated, "Ladies and gentlemen will now promenade"—i.e. walk about their business or sat down, frantic rush es were mile tit each lady, to ware her for the next dance. YALE, 31.454 4 1. A,thongh we have had intermittent thaws, within the lest week there have been several heavy falls of Snow, so teat the thick fleece overspreading the country now equals its greatest winter depth. How ever, faith in the near advent of spring, from the ad vance of the season, daily increases the number of boats arriving from below ; and the west bank of the river up to the small canon presto!, an almost un broken line of shore-tents and covered-in boats, whose crews are impatiently awaitieg the first fa vourahle break that will enable them to continue their journey. The last mail from Vsecutiver's Island carried a proclamation announcing the intention of the government to establish a port of entry in Frazer Hirer. Alit is now arranged that we are to have& capital of our own, it is to be hoped our public functionaries will be induced to reside a portion of their time within the sphere of their jurisdiction. At preemst Captain Brew is the factotum of the colony, administering all its slain by proxy from his head quarters here. lie is chief inspector of police pro tern., chief commissioner of crown 'soda pro tem., chief gold commissioner pro tem., chief justice of the peace pro tern., and chief treasurer. Such is his energy, I bedeve he W031(1 give tolerable satisfaction were he nst constrained in every instance, however trivial, to refer to tun preseut capital for final order', thereby involving *delay, even by express message, of three weeks. Just think of three weeks—why, an ahemonding debtor might be contracting fresh liabilities, Routh of the Lime, before a cc cm! could reach the hands of his northern creditor. The land question, which hes been a source of cm siderable anxiety and uncminese, is at length decided ia • prelunir.ary way, which, however, arrive with it an earnest of future satisfaction, inasmuch ea *beauties system Leanly adopted in the sale of town allotments. Non-aunterous country lands our be taken up bye/libation after Min ey—as I understand the involved proclamation—at an upset price of ltts. per acres, half cash down, the remnlnder payable within two 'oars. The only creels retarratinos are gold end silver, but even them I take it, judging from Australian indulgences, arc purely 'seminal, only intended to be of force or tfftct mail the time 'hall arrive when a bill, regulating the right of money in private property, may be required in our smiler rn gold regime. Up to the present mo ment there is not a single acre of country land suf. r %eel in British Columbia, and if the government is uniioue to keep pace with the public thirst for ter iitoriel ac , ,aisitiem, it will be indiapensably seem eery to euepiemeat largely the staff of Royal Ea gleson now on duty here ; moreover, the collapsed conditior, .4 It• exchequer calls loudly and emptied rill), for t .enc..t relief, which wueld come in a spring tide surge if there wee a aistiloiency of land open for seleatioa. I believe fam mg writsng with oat my warrant when I assert that there is not an etticial of 14h or low degree in the colony who does rot rank as a public eredtior. &vent may ow• kaowledge. who have been in the harness from the first Mart, have drawn a farthisq salary ; sad many others. according to their ono almost incre dible assertion, have advent. d lar;;cly on pablis account from thcir own private it NOUtt a. But test the overflis ing "private resource." of public off (inks shield appear esigroatiral to the home reader, I ' , Ojai' the copy of • document at'ached to a magis trate'. committal in a caw of drunkenness. with this note of my own, tint the " tonic c f the whole," tine and all, drops into the private portesouoaie of the public magistrate. - vuolT O. 111 IT. Crow v. Draw —sllllh rArsary, 1842 I , ea D , Oottielr, mad two was ',awls( jadirsesat Clerk's fee 330 Core At e eteading wart .. 2160 1.00 5 !I 60 II will be °been ed in pertuieg the above doe.- mot that the summons costa ea exeunt which Wear currency is represented by 1/. is., or more than a writ inane of her Msjesty's Superior Court.. The next item toot calls far comment is " docketting and two oaths." The first term I am unable to explain, but the second is accounted for by the fact that before any witness is permitted to kiss the bock either he himself or the petty producing him has to come down with a do;:ar. Before I was made acquainted with all the tributaries flowing into the "private resources" I foodiy imagined that the dollar institution—as the Yankees term it—wee a sort of prohibitory tax, to discourap the profanation of the divine book. However, inquiry has made me a wiser, if not a better man ; and I see no reason why, with the sanction of Exeter-hull, our Caucasian Chancel:or of the Exchequer, or even his I'useyite competitor, should not seize on the idea as a financial expedient, when the courts of Westminster alms would pay off the national debt in a twinkling. The next lain—entering j udgment—calls for no particular comment beyond its novelty acid enormity; nor would I make en observation on the cleik's fee, were it not that he (the clerk) is a mythological functionary—or more technically speaking, a legal fiction, who never appears in court, and never receives the tribute levied under the sanction of his appellation. Lastly, the constable only differs from the clerk in this respect, that he attends court in proprid persona, and has to gulp down the mortification of seeing the Fright dollar which be should in all equity clutch. disappear in the private-resource vortex of the presiding justioe. The above little document, and the number of drunken cases which occur , amongst digging communities, explain how it is that magistrates can live Independently of their eseariee. And am the magistrates take cognisance and adjudicate on every species of case or offence, civil or criminal, in many, nay, in most of which, scores of wimesses are examined, under the dollar insti tution, :it is no marvel that en official should aid the government employing him from his own "pri vate resources." It is, however, to be re marked, that in the earlier or anti-Moody days the costs of court were fall 600 percent. heavier than those contained to the above document, which is framed on the reformed scale. In the good old times of 18.13 a smack at the testament coat 6 dot.., and everythiog else was in sacred proportion. Bat why should officials be condemned for practices 'auctioned by the government, which sheltered itself urder the plea of necessity? Our colonial Chan cellor of the Exchequer devised this self-sustaining system of government, whereby officials are made to prey on the public. Nor would the patient pub lic have grumbled, I verily believe, if the vampires acted on the "eat enough bat pocket none" prin ciple. Bat when needy place-hunters become sod. den!, translated into bloated state creditors, I consider that forbearance, instead of ranking as a sissies., wouli have deg ted into the most culpable of public vices. Seeing the state of affairs in general, and recoguisiug the inexpediency of saddling an infant colony with a staff of county court judges, I suggested the idea , of giving magistrates a civil jurisdiction (under proper restraints) up to 28/., and also the power of taming writs of ne areal, which cannot be exercised with the desired effect by the supreme judge over widely-scattered communities, separated as they are by regions of difficult access, and, worse still, being far the most part located within easy reach of the American frontier. If some such device is not re sorted to, law and justice will continue to limp most impotently in British Columbia for at least another season. • Boles duel seer the tope at tall trees, where the cured Wawa en mond tow use. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY _EVENING, JUNE 2, 1869. Ur. Doris said the wipers did act °ppm) the applica tion, though they were not eatittled with the account,. Ma Honour ordered the ditcher/re, Riving the bankrupt protection for a month, renewable only in the event of his rendering satisfactory account,. IN RE BARFIELD ♦ND BIAIITIN. The bankrupts, grocers, of Wonitricti, obtained certificates of the third clam. Their liabilit'es are of trifling amount. 111 HEWITT. This was the certificate meeting. The bankrupt waa a small corn factor, at Chatham. Liabilities, 7001.; rata of trtacumoutit. . . . 711agley opposed for the assignee.. The bankrupt bad contrasted a large portion of hie debts within six wens of hie failure, having purchased goods to the smoust of 2221. In that period. Ile then submitted toe friendly arrest, having gone to Canterbury for the purpose, where be pored through the Ineolveat Court before a judge who was rather popular with debtcra. He had failed to account satisfactorily for the ;7of his goods; only 301. had come to the hands of P d :even in the shape of asset.. Shortly before the failure he had blush' 18/. worth of oat', which he had ex changed for a bores, and then sold the bone for 91. Mr. Lawrence submitted that the failure was attributable to losses end bad debts. The expenses bad been moderate. Hie Honour said tho case was not to be lightly judged simply becalms the Sgures were email. In such caeca it frequently happened that great miechief was done to a small class of creditors. There would be no dividend here; there wee not even enough to pay the expenses. The assignees lad very properly brought the case before the court. The trading had been reckless, especially in the last few weeks; the bankrupt ought then to have contracted, instead of ex tending hie purchirees. The certificate most be euepenied for Mx mouths; and as the bankrupt had carried on hie ba dness In the moat negligent way, the certificate would only he al the third class. INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—MAY 31. (Before Mr. Commireioner Karptry.) IX 11 W. D. P11611.-IICOXING A IItiAREHOLDEX TX A PI:BLIC COMPANY. This insolvent, a government clerk, who applied under the Protection AM, was rimmed by Mr. These on the part of Mr. M'Crietb, the oHctsl manager of the London and County Assurance Company, under the Winding-up Act; Mr. Bergood supported. Some years ago the insolvent had a legacyof 1001. left him, end invested the same in share* of the Landis and County Assurance Compiny, thinking it • safe investment, and that it was the extent of the liability. He was now declared to be one of the contributoties, and his liability ascertained at 1,062 f., under the Winding-up Act, by the Court of Chan cery. Application had been made to him for the money. end terms were proposed by hie attorney which the official manager could not accept. It appeared that the insolvent had disposed of a reversionary Interest be poisoned in some pro perty, sad had also sold some furniture, with the pr seeds of which he paid several members of his family . in full, and offered the balance, 801., to the official manager in discharge of his debt, which sum was refused, and the same was paid into the court to satisfy the only creditor on the sche dule namely, the official minim of the London and County Assurance Company. The complaint was that the insolvent had no right to pay his relations in preference to the official manager after appli• cation had been made to him, and he knew the extent of his liability to the compare Mr. M'Crieth, the tidal manager, was called, and proved I sending notice to the Ineolvene, and mentioned the terms pro posed by his attorney. lie (Mr. 81•Crieth) said if 2001. was offered, with en a® davit of the iciaolveat's circumstances, be would apply to the Court of Chancery for permission to take the money. The official manager said the liabilities of the company wen from 8,0001. to 1{,00(1. and the smuts about 1,0001. The costs might be 1,0001., sad perhaps 1,0001. more might be got in from parties liable. Mr. COMIIIII.6OINK Murphy said the dividing point in this cue was that the insolvent had chosen to pay his relatives In full after he knew Ids liability to the company. Mr. Bargood said the insolvent had been cheated In tte first instance, and to this "miserable company" he was now declared to be a debtor to 1,0621. It bad been meet disastrous to him. _ _ _ Mr: Dowse remarked that his point was that the iseolvent was sot jumilled b esffiag all hie property, paying his own friends 20e. in the pound, and then offering the remainder, 801. to the mummy. Mr. Cmnieer Murphy thought the beat course would be to name the day for the dual order, and by that time it would be mew whether any arrangement could he made, by the relatives giving up a portion of the money they had been paid. The 21st June was accordingly appointed sad the peotee. time renewed. The court adjourned till Thursday. PORTUGAL. CONON °VI OWN 001ZZIPONDZIFT.) LISBON, MAT 26. is said that the Prince of Wales will arrive here in the beginning of next month, and will remain here some fifteen days. a telegraphic manage to this effect having been received from the Queen by the British Minister. A • of the chief Lisbon merchants has been called at Consul's office for Monday next, to &tide upon the best way of honouring the Prince's coming, and also to frame the address to be presented to him. Doubtless the Hing of Portugal will do his best to make the short stay of the Prance of Wales agreeable, on account of the very friendly relations he maintains with the British court. The new postal convention' has passed both Chambers of the Cortes, and was published as law in the Diario of the 23th inst. The ratification on the part of the Portuguese government is, I believe, being now made out at the Foreign-office, and will be ready to forward to England early in June. The Cortes will close on the 29th inst. The busi ness under transaction lately has been of purely local interest. In reply to a direct question the other day, the minister stated in the Cumber of Peers that, in the existing state of affairs on the Continent, it is the intention of Portugal to maintain a strict neutrality. The new Prussian minister, the Count de Rosen berg, has presented his credentials to the King at a so:ema audience at the palace of Neeesaidader. The accounts of the wine crop from all parts of the country are very satisfactory, and promise an abun dant supply. Under these circumstances we may look for a fall in prices. in foreign exchanges little has occurred since last mail, and paper on all places continues very scarce. 1 tie quotation on London, 30 days sight, 521 to s ; 90 du). date, 52f to I; Paris, 542 to 545 ; Ham burg, 461 ; Amsterdam, 4I j--all at three months datr. Government stock has declined within the last day or two, and prices are quoted now as follows : Three per Cent. Reground Stock, 441 to 431 ex die. ; Coupons, 43 to 431 ex div. ; Deferred, 29 to 295 ; Bank of Portugal shares, 4 to 41 per cent. pram, CIPTAIN SCHOMBERG, OP HMI MAJESTY'S STITT Anot I,lll.—The Aboukir, of 91 guns, to which Cantata fittiomberg his jest been ',piloted...Flß atom ly, it is stated, be stetinned Is the Meroiy, whereCaptala Eletromberg (who duet, t hie residents is Li aa chef of the goreromiot ✓tuipstion deperuaeat R.laed curls gemrall populseiry) will &intakes be rwry soemoeful Is obtaining men for the navy. Nit:TINT ON BOARD SIIIP.—LIVYRPOOL, 30111 M•I.—TO• British barque Robert flirter, from Callao to Itionplon-reeda, was sy,ite with to lb. 20th Feb., by the imuileton, arrived at Baltissov-, Uaitid State., from Caw. T e Robert Barkeee crew were in a obits of mutiny, to maeleteace !wing been rendered in coofining the mem, etc , vend be Valparaiso. The Robert backer bag been ....erred ea evokes with on the 2nd March, In lat. 41 8., lon. 96 W. 1 - ,)Eng's CANAL. COLFANT.—Yteierdny the half. yearly aesembly of the shareholders of thi. socanney was held at Canal-house, Clty.read Basis, the Most Hen. the Marquis of Salisbury, K. 0., in the (-Ult.. The report of the direiton Mated um. train in the half•yrar eritheg the net March, 1859, amminted to 800,018 tom, and the gross amnia' of tolls to 27,7794 3e.; the net protit for the bail ees, be" g 14,618 t. de. 21. ; mad =slime, with the belaece iron, the Mat amuse, 14,7991. ; and that after trine- &scrim to the reserve Lin/ 7321. 8.. 21. (Lents +5 per vat. is the mot profit), there would be mum .mat for a dirWandol pre than Irmo( income tag, lenvin,r a ,iurplu. of 6571. 18..51. thwarts the salt half-yeara dividend, The director., how ever, would sly recorinaind a divid.n4 of 84. per share, It heels; bees found aecirevry from 0 , 0 April to Mem an extraordinary exp.n.., tunniuting t 'I.MM 16.. lOd., for the pumping at cater law the canal. It was usual to charge meth er mum upon the reserved fund, bat as that fund was sot andletest to meet the lull arunianr, it was proposed to pay *h.. diff.ethre (3,106/. IS.. All out of the lase Italf.yeer's medic With tots tor devilment there would he in laid, after toying au If.. dlvolesd, a balance of 162/. 16e. to be carried to the account of the cures? halt-par. Favoured by thestale craw Laney market they had succeeded is reducing the lathered on a 20,0001. mortgage from 6 to It per cent Mr. Parter, In Diemen the aeoetion of the port, attributer* th e went of water lo Ili, cam l to the great d Themmigla alto be a leak•g• im the low lend where the .star proof through the Grand Juliette , . Canal. 1 halation& was alder lavemigaim by the compete'''. engi neer, and If the get!rtmey area. hum say engineering impe diment either la their own end or the Grand Junction, it wooki beat cope remedni. The fermi was then agreed to; a Olvidtad at the rate of 40. per Aare, payable on and after the Stla 'sly, deetero and the anal routnie hmieere di - pow.' of, when Ile prvico4ing. temsimated in the n-eel maasee. Adratissaent.l HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND 0 ease.—rsU Am., CUM. L. eel. temente, thee estellemee we • eoTeml4l newel While I. Dimmest bum theotaeb tbe pot,e 0/ the es inter a .turttee Moose. or •• wet pebanater welt, the Pals set epee the b o rl, ak huh Ihry e,n3 SW pmts. The .bole ohyvheal 1111111ettlwy .0 t, n aWered bead% "wake. •bed Tisoroa.. The cum thee areal n wit t•-•Nv Si toe, .Ire) the &es. I. entire y sitJ Iw OR? dram (row the at, a, ale: the matieet nnol n t ire mew eet.tire of tie mum. A. 1e.., J 1.11 0.1•14 ...Vet), awe re eel eseeni . ete any laborrepdoe Si enflame, .Tomatoes. impend et we Webb% &ad My An to *UMW hose* iLab) intelltanut. EQUITY coußrs.—Ants 1. (Beton tbe Led C Wexner.) CROUCH V. WALLIS. This wee an appeal from the Muter of the Rolle. The matter eetete before the court below in a suit brought by Emma Christian Crouch, by her next friend. fteeiest her hus band, Charles Richard Crouch, to recover tio arrears of an tenuity of 601., given to her by a settlement made on the 31st December. 11150. Mr. and Mn. Crouch were married in the year 1845; they subeerptently agreed to separate, end in August, 1848, the husband, by a memorandum of agree ment, agreed with certain pelves la for the wife to make a it:Ailment of 601. a year upon her for her separate misdating her life, and after her decease to himself for life, and ulti mately upon trust for the children of the marriage. The moth rot Mrs. Crouch brought an action against the husband for necessaries which the had supplied to his wife and two children • and, by a judges order made la No vember, 1819, • verdict was taken by consent, and all the matters in dispute referred to arbitration. As award was made, under which • deed of Lion was executed by the partici, which provided tb:lTl r rt: Crouch should live apart from her husband, and that she should have the custody, education, and control of the two children, which control she was empowered to delegate to any person ; and the deed contained • proviso for making the same absolutely void if the husband and wife should at say time thereafter, with their mutual consent, come tope they and cohabit as man and wife. By &deed of the same date an annuity of 60/. was given to the wife, and atter her decease an annuity to the two children, both being charted upon property to which Mr. Crouch was entitled. The ennui/ ef tee wife not haring been Enid, an agreement woe entered iato in April, 1862, by which Krs. Crouch agreed to take 301. • year in lieu of th e annuity of 601. Mrs. Crouch by her bil l claimed the original annuity, with arresre. It was in evidence that the wife bad led a dissolute life, and also that subsequently to the deed of 16.50 she and her hus band bed for weeks renewed their cohabitation. The Muter ef the Rolla held that the clauses in the deed of separation were contrary to public policy and rendered both deeds void, and dirtaiesed the blll. The lemma appeal was they brought. Mr. Roundell Painter and Mr. Cole appeared for the ap pellee_ ,t • Mr. Ealwyn and W. D. Innis for the defendaat, the behead; Mr. H. P. Roche wee for the trustee; Kr. Bagebewe, jun., for the defendant Waller, the executor of the father el Mr. Crouch. At the eencledon of the 'tegument', The Lord Chancellor, in giving judgment, haviog gone through the facts of the cox, said that the settlement could not be considered voluntary, because the warrant of attorney given by the bletband m ISIS, could have bees enforced in court of common law, when the husband came of the age of 2.5. He could not concur in the second decision of the Master of the Rolls that the two deed' of separation and set tlement formed one entire transaction. lie considered that the settlement wee &boleti' In fulfilment of the arti cle* of agreement, July, 1848 ; that the children took no interest under it; that the cisme de priving the father of the custody of the children was nut void on the ground of public policy end that, there fore, the right of the wife to the annuity o f 601. had been es tablished. The decision of the court below would, therefore, le reversed, and a decree made In the Mame of the original decree made by his honour. Appeal allowed. DAVISON N. TOVNO. The hosting et this ewe Rai resumed, sad wau not con cluded Irks Us mart rase. (Beers Vlce-Chaacellor Wood.) ECCLES P. ERE LIVERPOOL BOROUGH A ks; C. This bill was filed for the pupae of cancelliog or recti fying a certain deed, whereby the plaintiff had become secu rity for the liabilities of the firm of Joseph Eccles and Co, of Liverpool, sad also for restraining proceedings at law, which had been instituted ageing the plaintiff by the parties repreienting the Liverpool Borough Bank. It appeared that in 1867 Joseph Eccles was considerably indebted to the bank, and on being mead for some smutty he executed the deed which it wee now sought to set aside. By this instrument the plaintiffs, Thomas and Richard Eccles, agreed to pay all moneys due to the bank from Joseph Eccles, provided the amount should not exceed 36,0001. They stipulated that they should be allowed seven yams In which to pay off that sum. They oleo agreed to forego a debt of 66,0001. due to them /elves Isom Joseph until he had defrayed all his liabilities, and in the meta time to bold that debt as trustees for the blink. Shortly after this date the bank suspended payment, and is now in coarse of winding-up. When thy first instalment et the 36,0001. became due, the plaintiffs declined to psy it, upon the ground of fraudulent misrepresentation on the part of the bank. The bank, how ever, recovered at law, whamuten the present bill was filed. The plaintiffs now set up in equity the case of mierepreeenta lion which they made at law. The Solieiter-Orneral, Mr. Mellish, sad Mr. Bardswell, were for the plaintiffs; Mr. Bolt, Mr. Blackburn, end Mr. Kay. were on the other side. The Vies-Chancellor, without hearing the defendants counsel, dismissed the bill with costs. His honour considered that both the ground. of fraud and of mistake which were put forward were insufficient to suprort the plaintiffi con tention. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-JuNE 1. Bittinp at NI Pds;.—(Batore Mr. Baron Channel! and Common Jades.) 10111 TEA AND MINE O. OIAHAN.-FALSE The plaintiff is this case is a commission agent, and the defendant IN s widow lady, residing at Sunderland, where she pommies mots house property which she lets out is fiats. The defendant and his wife occupied one of these, and paid his rent fora time, but some dispute having when he re moved his furniture bef rte quarter•day to South Shields. Oa the Bth of March, Mrs. Faster wee at the Sunderland railway station, about to proceed to join her husband, when she wee follo wed by the defendant, who called out, " Tbis is the woman who ha. robbed me," sad sppealed to the bystanders to fetch a policeman, to which they did sot however reopmd. The defendant then mid she would preescule Mrs. Foster, sad actually followed her to Newomtle, who she wee detained by the guard until the passeagere had lift t h e room. The defendant then renewed the charge in peesence of the station-master, who sent for a policeman, but be would not take the plaintiff's wife into custody, and she wee ',hewed after an hour. The jury found for the di fiodent on the slander, and for the plauatifi on the false imprisoament, with damages of one farthing. FOSTER AND WIFE r. O*DlitIEN. This was en action aliens, oat of the wee state of facts against the defendant, the station•mnter. The record was withdrawn. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.--JoNs 1. Sittings at NW Pries, at Onfldball.—(Bekoe Mr. Baron Mansell and Cosmos Judo.) NEM O. 11.011 ET.—AX CSIDTZTAZZIeII DILL. This was sa action brought by the plaintiff to recover 221., the amount of his bill. The defendant pald .201. into court, end as to the balance denied his liability. Mr. George Francis was counsel fir the plaintiff; Mr. liuddlaiton represented the defendant. The plaintiff is an undertaker, of Cherlotte•atreet, St. GeorgiVe East, end the defendant is a smi-maker. The defendant met the plaintiff in Watzeratreet on the let of March, sod told Lim that his wife was deed, at the same time giving him instructions for her funeral. The defendant tipreeeed his satisfaction at the manner in which the (enteral had been conducted, and de sired him to teed in kis bll the next morning, when be would give him a @bowie for the amount. The plaintiff said that be smiled and told the defendant that the funeral would coat 601., to which the letter replied, " I should think not half of it." The plaintiff then said " Wall, it will be about 261." la his croae.examination the plaintiff said he did not publish handbills healed, "Respect to the deputed," "Incenc7 and pomp combined for 101.," with a house drawn by prancing horses. He bail charged 61. for the elm shell, which was polished. Ile preecnnd the clergymen with a silk band and gloves, and the defendant did not object, as it was usual and nspecteble. Ile bad charged half-a guinea for attending the funeral with silk Beings. Ile had °barged for en horses, beans, velvets for three hammer clothe, one hearse, and two mourning towhee, and for ten men, inclining two muter, described in the bill as two poe. tern, with notes and silk fitting.. Mr. Houleey, Mr. Adam Spreyfield, and other under taken, were called to prove the reatonsldenese of the plain tiff's charges. '-e defect* The was that the action was defended on prin ciple, as bents were charged la the bill which had not been supplied. I.r instance, there were only eight sea Instead of ten, and the defendant denied lire converiatlogi with the plaintiff, aa sworn to by the letter. lie also said he hid called at the plaintiff's shop, end had ettu,tly yeti hited anything approaching to powp, included, es he had many bills to pay, aad wiehad to he just before he was generous. Several witnewes we wiled to prove the charges too WA, and maid thew, an undertaker named ILdMy, eat the practice of the trade was to chirp persons according to their condition T:ie s iury loud a virdict for the plaintiff for the amount COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—kNE 1; (Saes Kr. Catomiaslacer Goo'buns.) RE DRAGE. The bankrupt, a brut-mikes, of Olney, applied for his crtificate. His debts were 1,391 L ; liabilities. 1,0611.; assets about 1501. The liabilities ware principally on ac count of Darks ant floe, of Gran church-street. There were en 1.ro8•s; the loam and eapecties, in twelve months, .weeded 1.0001. ST. 'toward, for the weir:tree, offered no opposition. The baalropee failure was attnbutable to tbet of Davtos mad Son, by whom ►e bed loot upward. of 1,00.1 Ilia Honour said it approred that the bankrupt bad kept no suit book, end hod begun hie accounts with a fictitious lOW of 2161., bet to the absence of optima ion he might take a otatilloite of t►e third clan. (Beim Mr. Commissiookr Foul)lupe.) IN EE °VW'. Tit) bankrupt wa an ironmonger, In Elacktriara-road. Ha haa been in custody site. December lan, sad now applied for his discharge on the ground or ill-hanhh. THE POLICE COURTS. MANSION HOUSE. Nark lows, a taiddlosged female, was charged with at tempting to utter • counterfeit shilling. It appeared from the evidence that the poisoner went to the AIIIIMIMI Stone Fenchurch-street, kept by Mr. James, for a glees of porter , in payment of which she tendered a counterfeit shilling. It was, however, immediately detected by the barmaid, who told her it was a bad one, upon which she put down • penny and asked to have the shilliag returned, but wee told Mr. James did not return bed money. The shilling was given to Mrs. James, who took it to her husband, and as soon as the prisoner sew Mr. James coming she can off, but was followed by a policeman, who took her into custody and conveyed her to the station, where she asked to be ellewed to Mt down, and upon getting up the Inspector dimovered three counterfeit shillings on the seat covered over with& good hsifpenny. The prisoner was committed for trial. lames Ila Ors, cos.ermonger, was charged with assaulting Mr. 1). Macain, merchant, of 75, Old Broad-strtitt. The prosecutor said, on his way to the ateamboaton the pre vious evening be stopped to purchase seine almonds of the prisoner, who appeared to be giving him the smallest. Prose cutor took a few of the larder ones in his band, sad happened to drop some on the ground, upon which the prisoner struck him a violent blow behind the ear, which had caused a deafness, sad through which he had not been able to eat anything since. The prisoner, In defence, said that the prosecutor was picking out all the large nuts, and he (the prisoner) told him that if he did so Le could not afford to sell them at that price, 2) a penny ; he must take them as they came, and protean tor in putting them down knocked some off the banner, upon which be gave him • push. The prisoner was fined 10s., or in de'ault 14 dayb' im prisonment. - - - GU ILDBALL. Mr. Weitall, a common councilmen, waited on Mr. Alder man Cubitt, to complain of the cangregation of betting men in Bride-lone and Fleet-street. After expatiating on the obstruction which these men caused to the trafile, and the evil influence their example had on the morals of the young men lathe neighbourhood, Mr, Wasted! Legged the worthy alderman to use his best exertions for tte suppression of the nuisance. Alderman Cubitt said that Mr. Westall deserved the thanks of the public for drawing attention t the matter, and promised to do his beat to put an end to the practice com plained of. WORSHIP STREET. - - John Davis, a men about 40 years old, formerly a clerk in the docks, and Saneud Haddert, a young men, were charged with being bond in possession of a quantity of 000tterfest coin, with intent to circulate them. Mr. Brennan, of the metropolitan pollee force, staled that be, Inspector Bryant, and &meant Leonard, followed Davis into the Flower de Luos public-house, Shorediteb, and salad Nan. Davis threw a parcel under he beer win gine, and witness picked up sia bad shillings from audit.- Leath it. Davis made a violent resistance. These was a savage dog there which flew at theta, and bad to be beaten off with a stick. Sergeant Leonard said be took a pcket from Hadlen's hand cont.ining four counterfeit shillings. Mr. Hurlstons (ths chief clerk)—Are all these shillings from the same mould ? . _ . Mr. Brennan—l cannot oar, sir. The Mint Inspector baa not yot examined them. Mr. D'llyncotut—llave you any dou!t of their king all bad? . Mr. Brennan—Nane whatever, although they are such good Imitations that almost any tradeetuan would be de. calved by them. Mr. Hurlstooe—They would deceive me, certainty, al though there is a marked diffsrenee between the sound of these and a good cola (ringing the good end bad coin* on the table). Mr. D'Eyncourt—Why the bad one sounds the beet. (Laughter.) I should not have known A was counterfeit. Mr. Brennan—lt is surprising how correctly they copy them now, sir, ant theme prisoners belong to a clans of middle men most difficult to pt at, as they see the oersiins who dispose of the coins for the coition; to the re tail utterers, and so determined are they to fled prisms to pass them that they wait at the prison doors for the poor penniless wretches who are discharged from time to time, and tempt them to con tinua their career of crime by providing them with a Ripply of counterfeit coin, which from the amoll risk of detection, induces them to grasp at so ready a mode of relieving their neceesitles. The prisoners were then remanded. CLERKEI!IWELL, Ebene.ter Ward, a respectably-drused man, between 40 and 50 years of age, delimited as • tax collector, residing at No. I. Alwyn•road, Canontear was charged with having embezzled 700 !. and upwirdn, nosiest by him fo and on mount of the vestry of the pariah of St. Mary, lelington. Mr. Layton, vestry clerk of !Minors, attended for the pecesentko, and stated that the prisoner was for nearly • collector of the poor and other rates for the parish of Islington. It having teen near. Lined by the accounts committee that the prisoner had not paid in all the mosey be had received, les was asked to do so at once, but title he tilled to do. Lase weak, as the pawner had left ho, aad could not be &sad a war rant for hie apprehension wee granted by his worship, but thin mooning the priaouer wrote • letter to him (Sir. Layton), saying that he wool.' be at the wild at noon. It app. ared that the prisoner had received on the rate made in Michael mas, ISM, up ti Lady-day, 1819, the sus of 1,1401. 4a. 7d., and had only paid law the banker's the sem of 4331.95. ild.; onstrpiently there west balance against him of 7071. 145.11 d. Not belsg pupated to complete the cuss to-day, be should ask lot • abort unwed. lie then celled Mr. Now Twine, who sald-1 am the aceounlaat to the vestry of I.Heaton. The prisoner was 01141 of the eollecten appointed by the wain. His duty was to collect the poor and other rates of the parish. Igo through and check the collectors' woman's. The prociner was called upon to deliver a statement of his accounts. He did not produce the state ment, but merely left his receipt becks. Ile left with me his collecting book, which Is in fact a receipt book. Some of the receipts were torn from the counterfoil. In that date of ciroti r iustareas I have beam through the prisoner's accounts. On the rite made for Michaelmas, 1858, to Lady-day, 1860, the prisoner had received 1,1401. 42. 74., and had paid into the banker's the sum of 4321. 9a. Bd., leaving a Wince un accounted for of 7071. 14a. 114., which remains unpaid. An application was made to the prisoner for the payment of the balance, when he wrote to say that ha wu sorry to say le could not meet it. . . -- T 'be prisoner said the total amount of money he bad re ceived he had paid into the banker's, but the feet was that he bad been foolish, and had given receipts when be bad not been paid. The consequence was that he was 7001. out of pocket. He hoped bail would be taken. Mr. Layton said he did not think the prisoner "toed run away. Tn. prisoner had left a bundle of receipts, extending u ter beak ea the year 1861, for examination, but the dim etflts that the vestry only came into existence in April, 1868 Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the case for a week, and said he would take bail, the prisoner in the sum of 1,0001., and two entetke in the amount of 5001. each. The prToota; ieilioTtiit he could get bail, was the. remanded. THAMES. Mr. liederiek Smith, shipowner, of the firm of Teiglte and Smith, Fenchurth-street, appeared before Mr. on a charge of assaulting William Cutler, quartermaster of the Croc od ile receiving ship, off the Tower. Mr. West, barrister, prosecuted on behalf of the Lords of the Admiralty, and detailed the particulate of the assault, and pointed out the law of the case as regarded seamen entering the navy. Any seaman in the merchant service wu jnatified in leaving his ship and entering into the service of her Majesty, and the muter of any ship abandoned by any seaman was bound to deliver to the seaman his clothes sad effects, and to pay the wages due to the officer authorised to receive the seaman into her Majesty's service. A seaman named Charles Marks had abandoned the Coldstream and joined the Crocodile at the rendezvous on Tower-hill. Cutler, the complainant in this case, went on board the Coldstreem with Marks and served a notice, signed by Captain Greet, the commander of the Crocodile, upon Captain Kennedy, the master of the Cold stream, for the delivery of the seaman's papers and effects. In the execution of this duty Cutler was assaulted by Captain Kennedy, and that tumult woe Instigated by the defendant, the owner of the Coldstream, who also need offensive language towards the quarter master. A summons was taken out against Captain Ken nedy, who sailed before it could be served upon him. When the Lords of the Admiralty found a gentleman of Mr. Smith's influence and position obstructing and insulting an officer engaged in raiaing volunteers for the Royal Navy they could not, consistently with the duty they owed to the country, refrain from prosecuting, and doing even thing in their power to protect their officer. He was sorry to state that death had deprived him of the evidence of the seaman Marks, who went to bed at his lodgings in Retail on Monday night and wee found dead the next morning. Evidence having been gone into in support of the charge, Mr. Belfc said the Admiralty did perfectly right in prose cuting this case and protecting their officers, more partial laxly at the present time, when men were wanting to man our flute. He believed that Mr. Smith, in common with all shipowners, would not do anything to prevent seamen entering her Majeety's service. Every honest citizen most feel the greet importance of assisting to man our navy. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Smith knew per fectly well who Cutler was, and his Dunce/iv. The quarter gnawer was on board the Coldstream in the proper discharge of his official duties, and the captain ought to have delivered the seaman's papers to him. He could maks allowance for Mr. Smith's anxiety when his ship wee leaving port. He had committed an sesanit, and be admitted that he bad also used an offensive word. A gentleman in Mr. Smith's poet non ought not to have acted as he had done. There wee no occasion for Mr.- Smith to push the quartermaster ont of the ship. The cue was, however, divested of the aggravated circumstances with which it wu introduced. The object of the prosecution will not to obtain a heavy tine, but to makiait clear to everyone that the officers of the Admiralty engaged in an important service could not be interfered with or molested. He thought the justice of the case would be answered by inflicting what wee to Mr. Smith only a nomi nal penalty, a fine of 40e. The penalty was instantly paid. MIIIM, THE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AZ OLDBURY. The miserable woman who murdered her child and attempted her own life, u reported in the Express of Tuen din has somewhat rallied, and has beta able to take a Ilia liquid sustenance. She to perfectly sensible, and ap pears to bo impressed with a deep sense of the crime she has committed. The excitement is the town continues to Win terise, particularly among the mining population, and great commiseration is felt for the unfortunate husband, Wiltlam Forster. _ _ The inquest on the deceased boy wee held on Tuesday. The jury, after bring sworn, proceeded to view the body, which lay in the lame room where the weeder took place. On their return the first witness examined woe .... ----- William Forster, who deposed-1 am a miner, and live in Furnacmrow, Oldbury. Ibe deceased wee my son. On Sunday night we all retired to bed about eleven o'clock. Myself, my wife, and four children occupied the same room. The youngest child slept in 'he same bed with myself and my wife. The other three children slept in another bed. Their names were Ellis, aged sixteen • Susan, aged eight ,• and John, aged a bout ' bout twelve. I did not go to Amy till about two o'clock, and wts awoke about three by my daughter Eliza screaming. I then 111, my wife standing in bar chemise close to the bed where the deceased bad been sleep ing. I did not see her in the act of maim his throat, but with my daughter endeavoured to prevent her doing any more mischief. Before we could get to her my wife cut a large wound in her own throat, and was in the act of repeating the cut when I and Eliza took the razor from her. Blood was fl owing from the deceased's throat, end also from my wife's. I threw my wife dowa on the floor, and she became insensible. I thought she was dead. I then went to look at the boy4and saw he was dead. I then rushed downstairsand bunt open the door with a poker, hereon I could not wait for the key. I alarmed a neigh. tour, Mrs. Houghton, and sent ter for Mr. Cooper, surgeon. In Match last my eldest daughter, aged Wastes; died end it preyed vary much upon my wile's wind. She wee always moaning: and saying," Oh, my poor wench." My wife became very much depressed. She said the neighbours were telking about her, and wished to raise a scandal about her. On Sunday she was more depressed then usual, and seemed la • sad way. The taus with which the deed was done was mine ' and was kept in • drawer in a chest of drawers in the kiLhes. I had used it on the same Sunday Dunning. The drawer was not kept locked. The key was not usually takes out of the lock. Illy wife never attempted to destroy herself, nor was her mind aff.cred previous to the death of our eldest daughter. My wife was vary fond of the deceased, and was an affectionate mother to all her children. Eliza Forster, en intorreting-lookiog girl, aged about sixteen, deposed—John Forster was my blether. I slept with him on Snuday night. My sister Susan slept with ne in the tame bad. Abut daylight I was awoke by my elver, who thought her brother was sick. My eater isereansect, and I then saw my mother standing by the side of the bed, and leaning over John. I juteq.ed out of bed, and went to my mother as quickly as I could. As I got out of bed she drew a razor whith she had in her right hand scram her throat. I then seised her handy, and my father also took hold of her. I tried to take the razor from bee, but she drew it through my hand, and made another cut at her throat. She was bleeding from the throat a great deal. My hand was cut very badly, but I got the razor from her. My father then threw my mother down. She did not drug. gle much. I went down stain., and welted until my lather came bock dies striding for Mr. Cooper. Just as my father Game hark my mother came down stairs. She has always teen kind to rue, and to ell her children. She seened fonder of the deceased then of any of the others. He was the only boy, std I never heard her threaten hint. At this stage of the proceedings the inquiry was adjourned. ILARICE7S. SILK.—The poeition of the sflk market is thus not in the monthly circular issued the let June by ?deters. 11. Waldman and Co. : "The silk market continued very quirt during the arty part of the past month, and at one tiumsonia few sales were forced at a decline of about la. per lb. ; but the nnteveurable accounts t f the European crop soon stimulated buyets and a lag* business has since bean done at prima fully eq ual to ear quotations of the lot ult. The deliveries for the month are 6,217 bales. The China Letters received on the 28th ult. rep seitlemente for the month 6,600 bale., making the totel to date 71,000 bake spinet 64.600 boles at the some peeled lad year, and 79,000 bales in 1867. The shipment. wets 68,139, in addition to such some 2,800 bales were on board ships In port. Prices, owing to the bad news received fromhence, kidhence, declinedi 20 to 25 thaw Unsold stock on the marset 8,000 bales. Exchange at 13hangbse 6s. sd. M Bs. &I. Bengal Silk : There hoe bees more business doing in the finest and best descriptions owing to the scarcity of Italian silk, bat the medium sorts are still neglected. In Italia& silk the stock an the marked le almost ml, and prime are higher." COTTON.—Ltwsuroot.., it as I.—Ths sake of Gotha to-day ars estimated at 20,000 bales. There has beet a large domed for ootton to-day with leas awing ' s* prices id. par lb. darer than on Friday kat. COTTON GOODS.—HAMICHTSTER, JONI! I.—MNIMIL Rlberi Freeland and Biothrr, in their monthly circular of this day, repoet :—At the Wool our last Circular our market wee under tits 14211• DC-of a combination or causes catculebd materially to depress Owe. The breaking out of beetilities betwixt I'rsoce and Au.itria, the uncertainty and uneasiness regarding diplomatic relstione between European powers, and simultaneously a eudilen stringency in the motley mw ket, causal a total suserneion of barker. Producers, how ever, having been well sold previously. were is a position to withstsad the sudden shock without forcing sales. On the other hand, buyers WOO totally indifferent about increasing their engagements. This state of thiegs lasted during IT A drat fortnipht of the month, when symptoms of moo in the money market, end greater ccodidence as to the limit. of the war setiog upon buyers, and at the Fame time accuom. lasing .tucks terinning to press upon sellers, led toe point of agreement resulting ia very extensive trussactioas on India. and American account. The German beim', however, have numbed almost entirely aloof. Purchases could not be made now on equally favourable terms as those a week ago. The exports of the month have been 96 262 packages cotton pieta good. and yarns, against 110,627 for the same time h e r year. To Calcutta there has been an inures of 6,499 para. ages, while Bombay shows a decrease of 14,221. There is g large falling off to Hamburg of 3,764 balm, principally yarn, end to Rotterdam of 1,362 as compared with the same time last year. The following classification shows the pro. portion shipped to the various markets of the world dune' the month _ _ Pf CMG. Cotton Conon Plena Good. Varna East Indies chum l2 o Control and South America 129 01 North America 9•1 I'l West ladies Coast ot Africa _ _ 21 Turkey, Egypt, end Levant 9'6 .... 10 i Germany and Holland .... 3.1 .... 37.3 Other European States.... 7'3 .... 22.0 CORN.—Boarox, Jcvi I.—Our supply of wheat Iris at* large to-thy, and was disposed of at to. decline on the rims of this day ttemeight, the market closing firm. Rod, 50e. to 62a. ; white, 64/. to 555. Oats, beaks, sad barley same is last week. Beans, 495. to 50s. Barley, 32.. to 31e. Oats, U. Id. per stone. CATTLB.-4orrnAft., luxe I.—We had a study busioem trade today at about last week's currencies. Beef made from 24. ed. to 4e. lOd.; mutton, 3e. lOd. to 61., lamb, Si. 61. to 65.; veal, 4e. to be.; pork, 3e. to 4s. 4.1. per stone of 81bL, sinking the offal. LEATHER AND HlDES.—There was en increased supply of leather at Leedenhall this week, and a rather dlmutated number of buyers ; conseqct e etly the upward totdency of prices was In some degree h ked, and there was not so much business Iran/meted ; previous rates were, however, well supported. The articles more prominently in demand were the beet foreign butts, shaved hider, heavy harness hides, end horse Wee. Calf skies of light weights were also in request and some of beet quality made over the previous weak. 'By private We 1,000 salted Buenos Ayres Lid., have again made Dd. end 3,300 beet heavy Australians have ben sold at 6d., with the usual tares, TRAFFIC RETURNS. NW. Ps. Min r ?Mak ams. man camas,. 1M Uil. Wek...dbm 27 . A A A a; Ir.= re irmirm air nut Ims Loa 8,834 1,172 Wall masa May 11. sad Gismo. ...... 141 Ila ma li nfterla ---- Mak soling May 111. Oraat Northam Firm lit;E", North Lorre, 111.110.1 - SS ma 21 suer (he °, to = :. weeltiadW May U. lamed& AM Ma% VOA Lei 8.00 ►.w 11.406 14.11111 - 41 011 .. .. 4Y IN 23 83 841 148 swig mass 11332.9. 1413323 334130uil 132 13.324 1.931 1 2 .146 Liailm Wmails 1133111 Waters ale 30.663 3103 GU.310 M SW 13real JOS Itsaataaar. &Meld, and 13•• 11 Wolin . .... ...... 170 s.ue 7en 11,001 13. 019 Waterford sad KUkeany .. 17. 377 . 179 114 375 Catraty Down 3l 119 123 612 213 Owl 130339342 T Inamitre awl if...43,211n T lbb/ 9,361 WM 79.194 MAU Iftwrabory asd Itlrmtheteek 1.914 1,73 .. 3,049 2.1.1 Week ending Hay 30. 13•331/434.3. 00.129 Altrlactua In 173 9P la t toctiult• LOadoboro Ll= tattle tor bolk Protork outreopon in lad. SW SHIPPING IIV2BLLIGENCIL C• ISII•LTI 88. BeihldL—Royal Arthur. Caplath Turbid, booed 10 pot boa to Table Pay, en the Path March, lathy. haring imam Aura at Cam Hed•e; aliened on board %army of the wrecked MIR inert. Menu Broads, Captain C 1.,., railed from Bombay on the 1710 January for London. Emma, of Dublin, Captain Woolsabam from the Clyde to Bartamln, foundered on the 10th Nay, off Calm St Thoth* sew httn 1 g by 1101041 C., and leaded here —Falmouth, Jura I Pride of tht We tr.—A balgoe, a 'chooser. and a @Moo, were aim ashore on the Perth pan of the 'Modulo donde 414.10 pa. TM ataaratui W dole rut to there, end t►ey or. all *melded of with the food tide, the weather brinumoderatit-9.10 p.m. The bums fa the Pride of the WIIAT, horn tuadoriand loAleamthrtt ; the has got dr.—Letanaie, May 11. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Culloden (American ship), bound woet, May 19, lat. 46 05 N., Ma fu 38 W. Franklin Hawn (ship), from New Oilcans for Livergrol, bley 5, off Cape Florida LlgBt. roman. (skip), of Boston, from Bt. John's, N. 8., for Bristol, May 10. lat. 4917, km. 64 46. Vienna (Moque), Imm Bristol to Bt. Jam, N. 8., Aprll6, lat. 41 Orkney Lam ( (B British larva), bound south, on the equator, April w. fluemar Claud (buspa),;, bound south, April 30, WO 30 N.. for ST U W.altaassesiposemlriana Bt. Cbarls (ship), tram New .Orleans far Liverpool, Yap 3, lat. 9410 lon. t TIIE MAIL SERVICE.—SOUTHAMPTON, WED NESDAY.—The steam-thip Elba It ft this day for New York, with the English and French mails, a fall complement of paseengere, and a heavy cargo of French and English merchandise. The steam-ship Valetta left this day fa Marseilles, to lake the place of the Ettore in the conveyance of the mails from that port to Alexandria. The Royal Mall steam-ship Wye, which haa undergone a thorough overhaul, left yesterday on a trial trip, which was extremely satis factory. She will &put in a few days for en inter-colonial station. The Busraatta will leave for en official trial trip on Monday next. The Royal Mail Company's new steam-ship Shannon and Seine are expected round In a few weeks. From the let of June to the 6th of July, • period of five weeka, nine steamers will leave Sou th ampton foe New York, viz., the Fulton, &zombi, Ocean Queen, Bremen, Bavaria, Vanderbilt, Weser, Amp, and Ariel. Fivsof these steamers will carry mails. Up to the present time there has been no lack of freight for the New York &tamers, owing to this being the wawa for the export of English goods to Amelia. It is feared that before long the freights obtained from Ger many and France toe these Steamers will be considerably lessened on account of the war. Captain Weeks has been re-appointed to the law mail packet, and Captain Billiton will take out the new monster steamer Perareatta,which will leave with the West India and Pacific Mail/ on the 17th inst. According to a Post-office notice the Magdalena will take out the West India mail to-morrow ; the Pas the Calcutta mail, and the Europa the American mail, on Saturday ; the Celt the Cape of Oood Hope mail; and the Tegus the Peninsular mail on th e 7th; the Avon the Brazil m.il on the 9th ; and the Indus the Australian mail on the 12th. COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL: The Iris, of and from Swansea tie Liverpool, was run down last night by the Norwegian brig Agifies arid foundered. The brig sustained damage The fate of the crew of the his is not mentioned. AMERICAN MAILS.—The steana-ship North Briton sailed front Liverpool pet-witty) foe Quebec and Montreal, with American m.rits, 90 /teems and a number of cabin psesengers. The next mail despatched will be taken by the British and North American Royal Mail steamer North American, which sails from Liverpool on Saturday next for Boston. Thu new screw steam frigate Emerald, Capt. Arthur Caroming, and the new screw 004111 corvette Cad mus, Capt. Hillyer, now at Sheerness, ready to join the Channel squadton, will proceed to the Groat Nova, and there remain to suite the Pricorwe Royal of Prussia cn her pavane down the Thames. liar royal highness will em bark front Gravesend this day. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. COMDER.—Way SR, at Whltehasca, the wife of Commander 11. W. Comber, It.N of atimuhttr. D %pd.—May 30, at Itruosalek square, the safe of Mr. D. J. pasta. . of a am II R M the wife of W. J. Hard. Eag ,of the 0 recdlalge, Stoke Norlagtort. of • Ao. LAING —Way 111, at aurderlaad, the wife of J. Lobar, Erg.. of twin daughter. PAIISONIL—IIIay.3O.itt Burnt AA Lodi. Lo. the .fif. of P.M. Pat seat. Ea.., ot ••easter. . WA 11D.—Var 29, at Matlbortetab place. X. Jobe .Ir:ed. the alfc f the ter. 11. Ward. X Ltd 9 W h MARRIAGES. ....... BHA ND—RI/I'3olf .—May 31, at Streatham J 2111,% a^o J. Wand, Eat. of New liroad Wort, to Mary Julia. uaughter of J. Slrupoon, of Smite-row. flEu kOE—BaLLITT.—May 3., at Arthur Areal Ctutpel, Waleorth. br the flow. J. George. air. J. OODIVO. to Elmabeib, daughter of Mr. C.. Billets, of 41,1dioston place. Camberwell. II ILL—VE ATTIES -To N —Slay 31, at An ne kes, Chelva, by the Rev. C. I'. llohLa, W. E. Hall. Sal to Julians, claugh . ...r of .1. U. lioatharaton, Esq., of Ve/deletmet. Chant,- DEATHS. ALLES.—)Lay Mat Bt. Leoronnetnace, Ink. W. Allen. EA. CASTLE —nay 29.0 toltenone, J. Ca.tlo. 7,,0.,1,1 le. OABKELL.-114a719, at Mrktitharrl .quart, Che.ca, P. Gana Eq.. 11.1L.C... reed 42. AMILTON.—aIey H 77, at Porten. Kuno. an Once the bonbon Down r of Hanka.. HISIXIOD. JUNI Untelbenult. EEC.—My IS. at Streatbaue, thumb Lona. wile of Sr E. 0. Key. Ban. 11077117051. —Way 77, at Ilarleanor. Edinburab. Colonel H. Moro An" IL ti.1.0.1L. aged 70. pnimps.—flay 79, a 4 Bank Bak leanceoblre. 1. A. Chilly' Hen .10 7 77. Maid sad /WOW WlWksatax Kure RAM. d No. I. Leceteed umm. 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